Another February is here, as is another February Fundraiser. How is this different from all the other fundraising we do – non-stop, all year? It rolls off the tongue better than most other months – and this year, we have a different goal.
Steve MacDonald
WEF: Coffee is Bad for the Planet – Me: WEF is Bad for the Planet, and the People Living On It.
I’ve been drinking coffee since I was six years old. I still drink it every day. Several cups. Nothing fancy. Regular coffee with a bit of French Vanilla creamer, but I can do regular cream, sugar, milk, iced. And yes, I like coffee ice cream. Stories about coffee tend to attract my attention.
HB1002 Passes The House: These Republicans Voted for a New “Tax” on Public Records Access (Update)
If you missed it, we are opposed to HB1002, which would charge citizens for access to public records and, in some instances, charge them a lot for information that is theirs. We find it offensive and an invitation for abuse by the municipalities whose indifference and inefficacy resulted in the bill.
Legislators Will Need to Screw Ratepayers a Bit Harder if They Want Offshore Wind
Blue State Governors have been scrambling to pad their resumes with whale-killing offshore wind projects on ocean-area “leased” by the Biden administration. But no amount of subsidies has made them even appear profitable, and caps on rates in at least one state have become a deal breaker.
A “Gmail-Blocking-Our-Newsletter” Update, and Other Minor Housekeeping …
Gmail users and others who have similar issues might have a surprise in their inboxes by Monday. After a few misstarts, an issue with the process on the server side, and some clarification in a procedure (how it should really get done), updated instructions have been embedded in the system.
Bonus: How YOU Can Help Democrat Jeanne Dietsch Find Extremists in New Hampshire
If you missed it, Granite State Matters, the latest of many incarnations of online activism by former State Senator Jeanne Dietsch, has a list of anti-democracy extremists. You can check that out here, and when you find yourself missing, we have found a way that you can turn yourself in.
A Different Take on a School Board That Voted to Hold Classes on Veterans Day and Columbus Day
A curious thing has happened in Stamford, Connecticut. The school board has voted 5-3 to make teachers who hate Columbus Day and Veterans Day but were getting paid to sit on their asses – work both days. The school will be open, and regular classes will commence.
Are You On the List of Right Wing Extremists in New Hampshire (I Am! – And I’m in Excellent Company) [Updated]
This will probably go over well, but not in the intended manner. NH Democrat Jeanne Dietsch recently shared a link to a working list of what is called anti-democracy extremists in the Granite State. I see a lot of errors in the list, not the least of which will be the people who are not on it but would like to be.
Flip a School Board – Get Your Native American Warrior Back
In 2021 a woke school board decided their school logo – a Susquehannock warrior – was offensive and ignorant. They erased it and, with it, the visible history of the people it honored. Since then, the locals replaced those board members with seven new ones (there are nine members on the board).
State Sanctioned Kidnapping and Mutilation
Grokster Ian is fond of reminding us that we should call things what they are – “As Confucius said, the first step towards wisdom is to call things by their right name.” That is sage advice, so I’ll use it here. Maine has a bill that allows the state to take children from their parents. Kidnapping.
Comment of the Week – This Weeks Winner Is …
Have I said it too often? You guys are awesome. The engagement is top-shelf and growing steadily, and the comments themselves, with rare exceptions, are relevant and add to the debate. This, of course, makes my job more difficult.
Democrats Drove the Putney Paper Mill Out of Business
Wherever you have a majority of Democrats, you will hear lots of words about supporting various demographics: women, minorities, blue-collar workers, and small business owners. Talk, as they say, is cheap, while everything else under Democrat rule is expensive.
“Independents For Nikki” is a Bush Family Anti-Trump Front
In the aftermath of the New Hampshire primary and the double-digit beating suffered by Nikki Haley, we received all sorts of tips and details, one of which was a query. Do you have any idea who is behind the group Independents Moving the Needle?
What Do Evil A.I. and Members of Congress Have in Common?
Whenever anyone talks about Artificial Intelligence, even the least capable pop-culture dullard will conjure an image of Skynet from the Terminator series – or something similar. Joshua from War Games, perhaps. None of this stops anyone from trying (we’re an arrogant lot), including Google’s Anthropic, which created an evil AI.
79,460 NH Dems Wrote in Joe Biden And This is How He ‘Rewards’ Them
Nearly eighty-thousand Granite Staters made time to get up and go out on a cold Tuesday morning – thankfully not bitter cold like Iowa – to scribble the name Joe Biden on a line at the end of a list of more than twenty actual candidates on the New Hampshire ballot. And what did they get for that?
US vs Them and the 2024 Presidential Primary
Jeff Chidester, Mike Rogers, and I had our share of time to fill on radio row – with opinion, commentary, speculation, and observation. Events like the First in the Nation Primary are opportunities to leverage those debates, hopefully with people aspiring to run the country, but do they even know what the nation needs?
Ford Forced to Cut EV Production As America Runs Low On People Who Can Afford Virtue Signal Mobiles
Electric Vehicles have an opportunity to replace the Edsel as the historic reference for transportation marketing failure. The Edsel was “overhyped, unattractive (distinguished by a vertical grille said to resemble a horse collar[2]), and low quality.” It was also introduced during a crappy economy.
Did Haley-Homer Chris Sununu Just Help Us Close the NH Republican Primary?
It’s one thing to support a candidate, but New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is just embarrassing himself. He’s drunk on the attention and has lost control of himself. Haley seriously underperformed in Iowa and lost by more than ten points in New Hampshire. And now she’s shedding donors.
HB1500: The Dems Latest Act to Chill Free Speech and Expression … Is a New Kind of Stupid (With an Old Twist)
A group of New Hampshire Democrats have introduced a bill that is so blatantly unconstitutional that you’d think even they would know better. There is no chance of that. Oppressing speech feels right, especially if your bill allows you to accuse people of a crime without evidence of one.
Vermin Supreme Interview – Radio Row, Manchester – FITN Primary
If you set up a table with a few microphones almost anywhere, you never know who might sit down to talk with you. Do it at the DoubleTree in Manchester during the New Hampshire primary, and you might get to talk with Vermin Supreme.