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It’sss BAAAACK – The Weight Loss Challenge. Yep, the Thermometers are Back!

March 13, 2023 Skip

Years ago, I had a “diet race” with DCE from Weekend Pundit (we live in the same town) and we both started out around 245. For weeks, every Monday, we’d put up that week’s weight loss results. Yes, I won. The sad thing is that after a while, we both put it back on. Two … Read more

Bank Collapses, Employees Cash Bonus Checks

March 13, 2023 Ray Cardello

Silicon Valley Bank, a regional bank in California, was placed in receivership on Friday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC). This takeover was in reaction to a run on the bank by unsettled depositors in fear of the safety of their cash. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) specializes in tech start-ups. In the last week, … Read more

Questions That Didn’t Get Asked at Meet the Candidates Day in Croydon

March 13, 2023 Ian Underwood

At Meet the Candidates Day in Croydon, one resident kept asking each candidate: Yes, or No, do you support the Free State movement? Do you support public education? Do you support the United States Constitution?

Part 3 – Attention NH GOP Chair Chris Ager: NH GOP E-Board Member Thad Riley Endorses a Democrat over a Republican – The Slander Edition, Thad?

March 13, 2023 Skip

Well, well, it seems that Thad Riley isn’t enjoying the attention we have given him as this NH GOP Executive Board member (Assistant Secretary) since he decided that being a “Republican Role Model” isn’t part of the job description. Or that he can do what he wants given the “So what, what are they going … Read more

Belknap County Delegation – Attendance Record So Far. Why Aren’t Belmont Residents Up In Arms Over Their Poor Representation?

March 13, 2023 Skip

Belknap County’s NH State Representative Attendance through March 9: The median attendance of all Reps is actually 100%. Anyone with attendance below 84% is in the bottom 20% of all Reps. St. Clair is in the worst 10%. O’Hara and Trottier are in the worst 5% of all Reps Some details: Beaudoin missed all of … Read more

Belknap County Delegation – “We’re suffering the consequences of inexperience in county delegation”

March 13, 2023 Skip

At a recent meeting of the Tri-County Republicans, I learned that if Harry Bean, a State Representative from Gilford and Chair of the Belknap County Delegation, does not post three public meetings for the delegation (state reps from Belknap County), taxpayers are in danger of a 35% increase in county taxes.

NH Dems Will Get to Protest – Ron DeSantis to Keynote April NHGOP Amos Tuck Dinner

March 13, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Democrats love them a peaceful protest, and to their credit, at least in New Hampshire, things have not gotten out of control. Not even during the BLM Summer of Love. But will Ron DeSantis coming to the Granite State be too big of a trigger for them to resist?

Biden Budget is Not About the Money

March 13, 2023 Ray Cardello

Joe Biden is late in proposing his budget for 2023, but that may be because it took a lot of time to add so many more ways to control our lives. Although the budget is a staggering $6.8 Trillion, the real story is how Biden and Democrats feel they need to be more involved in our lives.

Newsweek Publishes COVID Almost Apology – Apology

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Not much good can be said about the publication Newsweek, but for reasons not yet clear, it has allowed an opinion piece by Scott Atlas to appear under its banner. Something of an almost apology, apology.

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Notable Quote – Steve Mac Donald on Principles vs Party

March 13, 2023 Skip

Once again, the operative question: Who Watches the Watchers? We know who our “Watchers” are – our readers. Smart, opinionated, know all the pertinent facts/issues – if we screw up, they’ll let us know.

The Morning Mail – March 13th, 2023 (Special Silicon Valley Bank Links Edition!)

November 18, 2024March 13, 2023 Steve MacDonald

On this day in 1677, Massachusetts gained title to Maine for $6,000. The Uncle Sam cartoon figure debuted in the New York Lantern weekly (1852). And the US Senate began Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial (1868).

Hey, House NHGOP … How About Playing Offense – Abolish DEI

March 12, 2023 Ed Mosca

So I read this press release from Chris Ager congratulating the House NHGOP for playing defense. In fairness, they did expand … ever so slightly … EFAs, which is not playing defense. BUT the NHGOP should be playing offense … because once Chris Pappas becomes Governor in 2024 they won’t be able to play offense. … Read more

If the Vice Chair Will Not Follow the GOP Platform… Why Is He Allowed to Stay VC?

March 12, 2023 Op-Ed

I recently had an email from a person that stated Ryan Terrell was against HB591 Fetal Heartbeat bill, which I am a co-sponsor of and is in the Judiciary committee now. His stance is against the NHGOP Platform, which I have a snippet of below.

Belknap County Delegation – So What Do They Expect to Accomplish at Tomorrow Night’s Meeting?

March 12, 2023 Skip

A redo of the tainted results of the illegal Budget Review Subcommittee meetings due to them not being properly noticed at ALL as demanded by NH’s Open Meeting Law, RSA 91-A. Sorry, dudes, dudettes, and duds, no can do. We on the Gilford Budget Committee accidentally did that a couple times over the almost ten … Read more

NH State Rep Stephen Bogert at the Belknap County Delegation Meetings – Use of Email BCC feature vs RSA 91-A (NH’s Right To Know Law) – Two Responses

March 14, 2023March 12, 2023 Skip

UPDATE WITH APOLOGY: “…the County Administrator, and the Commissioner ALL said that the Delegation Budget Review meetings HAD been publicly…”

Apologies to Deb Shackett, Belknap County Administrator, for incorrectly stating that she also said that the subcommittees meetings had been properly noticed. She didn’t – she said she would look into it.

So, I got a very strangely worded response from NH State Rep Steven Bogert to my Right To Know to him:

It’sss BAAAACK – The Weight Loss Challenge. Yep, the Thermometers are Back!

Bank Collapses, Employees Cash Bonus Checks

Questions That Didn’t Get Asked at Meet the Candidates Day in Croydon

Part 3 – Attention NH GOP Chair Chris Ager: NH GOP E-Board Member Thad Riley Endorses a Democrat over a Republican – The Slander Edition, Thad?

Belknap County Delegation – Attendance Record So Far. Why Aren’t Belmont Residents Up In Arms Over Their Poor Representation?

Belknap County Delegation – “We’re suffering the consequences of inexperience in county delegation”

NH Dems Will Get to Protest – Ron DeSantis to Keynote April NHGOP Amos Tuck Dinner

Biden Budget is Not About the Money

Newsweek Publishes COVID Almost Apology – Apology

Notable Quote – Steve Mac Donald on Principles vs Party

The Morning Mail – March 13th, 2023 (Special Silicon Valley Bank Links Edition!)

Hey, House NHGOP … How About Playing Offense – Abolish DEI

If the Vice Chair Will Not Follow the GOP Platform… Why Is He Allowed to Stay VC?

Belknap County Delegation – So What Do They Expect to Accomplish at Tomorrow Night’s Meeting?

NH State Rep Stephen Bogert at the Belknap County Delegation Meetings – Use of Email BCC feature vs RSA 91-A (NH’s Right To Know Law) – Two Responses

#Woke Academy Considers Genderless Award Categories … But They Are Still Handing Out an ‘Oscar!’

Two Bills Head to the Senate Floor Plus A Thank You

Dr. Naomi Wolf Apologizes to Republicans and Conservatives For Blindly Believing the Media and the Government

Online High School Secrets!!!

2/25/2021: “Ivermectin Should Be Approved Immediately for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19”