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Friday Open Thread – Remember: GrokMeetup in Concord tomorrow night!

May 13, 2022 Skip

First, an announcement, and then I’ll turn this thread over to those that rightly own it – YOU ALL! Tomorrow night at the Area 23 Craft Beers and Ciders pub. We’ve been there twice before and the owner, Kevin, is always happy to see us all. The time is 6 pm-8 pm. Location: Area 23 … Read more

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18 US Code §1507

May 13, 2022 Ray Cardello

Unfortunately, we live today in a fractured society where people on the fringe feel a need to take things into their own hands. We see too many instances of violence, but we usually see the results of a violent act rather than preventing them.

So I called the New Hampshire School Board Association about the Hampton Falls Super saying that JBAB was being pulled by the NHSBA…

May 13, 2022 Skip

Based on Ann Marie Banfield’s post on the Hampton Falls School Board’s rejection of the NHSBA Policy JBAB due to lawsuits, I called the NH School Board Association yesterday morning and talked with Susan. She told me that the person to talk to was Will Philips, the NHSBA’s Staff Attorney and Director of Policy Services … Read more

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Not Even Sixty America-First-Republican-Representatives in Congress

May 13, 2022 Ed Mosca

Last night the House voted to send $40 billion to Ukraine, on top of the tens of billions already sent … at a time when mothers in the United States are facing shortages of baby formula.

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Another “Out of State” Dartmouth “Kid” is Running for the NH House

May 13, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The Dartmouth, that college rag selling itself as a form of journalism, has accidentally done us all a public service. It has announced the candidacy of another out-of-state college student running for elected office in New Hampshire.

So Kids, What Did We Learn From Thursday’s House Session (05/12/22)?

May 13, 2022 Judy Aron

We learned that Rep. Mike Yakubovich (R-Hooksett) is not only a talented legislator, but is a talented musician as well, and he played the Star Spangled Banner for us today as we opened our session.

They Shoulda Just Left James Cromwell There, Self-Super-Glued to the Starbucks Counter

May 13, 2022May 12, 2022 Skip

I put this into the same category as “if they are threatening to kill themselves via a hunger strike, gimme a lawn chair, popcorn, and a great prime rib steak.”

Notable Quote – If They Are Yelling at You, Know That They Are Losing!

May 13, 2022May 12, 2022 Skip

Look, I know that some of the regulars — and heaven help me, one or two times a year, me, myself — will fall into doomer mode at times. Standing on the ramparts is tiring work, and not only are the slings and arrows painful, what hurts the most is the HOWLING incoherence of the … Read more

Londonderry Child Put in Harms Way at School

May 13, 2022May 12, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

A few years ago, one of the firefighters in Manchester, presented a program for the schools that they believed would curb drug use among the Manchester students.

Sun-King Sununu’s Hand-Picked Supreme Court Delivers — Court to Draw Democrat-Favorable Map for CD-1

May 12, 2022 Ed Mosca

Sun-King Sununu’s Supreme Court has announced that it will resolve the impasse created by the Sun-King by redrawing New Hampshire’s Congressional districts: This court has both the authority and the obligation to ensure that the upcoming election proceeds under a legally valid congressional district plan. We conclude that changes in New Hampshire’s population, as reflected … Read more

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Heating Oil Costs Are Rippling across My Life and Family

May 14, 2022May 12, 2022 Op-Ed

Today, I had an eye-opener, reality check, slap in the face, call it what you want, can you guess what it was? It’s the cost of heating oil. Heating oil is now up to $6.50 per gallon. If you were to get a delivery of 200 gallons that fill-up will cost $1,300. A year ago, … Read more

I Want to Give Liberals a Break. I Cannot

May 12, 2022 Ray Cardello

I am approaching my 500th post. The negativity we have experienced in the last fifteen months has been overwhelming.

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Representative Richard Littlefield – I am running for re-election to the NH House from Laconia!

May 14, 2022May 12, 2022 Op-Ed

I want to start this letter out by giving thanks to the 3,854 voters in Laconia for believing in me when they elected me to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2020. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. When I ran, I made promises to my constituents like fighting for religious liberty, protections for … Read more

NH State Senator Guida “Bemoans” Legal Expenses at Gunstock – Uses Same Law Firm to Write Letter?

May 12, 2022 Skip

Seriously – no collusion here? At all? Just a simple case of “coincidence”, I’d be willing to bet. Yep, that’s gotta be it… SHOT: I HAVE TO INTERVENE (entire letter to the Delegation at post bottom)! My personal letter and mine alone! January 24, 2022 Re: Gunstock Mountain Resort Honorable Members of the Belknap County … Read more

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By Golly, We’re Living in a Perfect Storm

May 12, 2022 Op-Ed

Not long ago, many of us saw the movie ‘The Perfect Storm’, where a surprisingly perfect storm pattern of battling low-pressure systems catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger, washing one ship and crew away forever. Today, we, in America, are living in another perfect storm,

Cross-posted from Weekend Pundit: “I Don’t Care”

May 11, 2022 Op-Ed

With Permission from DCE: “I don’t care.” This has become my response to a lot of issues that are allegedly plaguing our society. Not all of them, but a lot of them. I find that almost all of the ‘woke’ issues are ones I care less and less about. My reason is that so many … Read more

Critical Race Theory Equity All People are Racist

Barrington RI City Destroys School System Academic Rigor Because EQUITY and More! – Stack of Stuff Part 25

May 11, 2022 Skip

Once again, Black Lives Matter’s rears it’s ugly head in Educational Matters, now just being euphemistically called “Equity”. Different name, same thing – not equal opportunity but equal outcomes. And how to best achieve that “lofty” (/sarc) goal? Rhode Island parents enraged at school board for removing honors classes in ‘equity obsession’ Barrington, Rhode Island, public … Read more

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An open letter to Gunstock Area Commissioner Gary Kiedaisch: Resign

May 14, 2022May 11, 2022 Op-Ed

For months you have been at the epicenter of conflict between the Belknap County Delegation and the Gunstock Area Commission. You have garnered public support through falsehoods and outright lies. Now that the GAC legal bills have become public, the general public can compare the legal activity that you have initiated to the timeline of … Read more

Well, I’m Still Waiting – And the Gunstock Area Commission Is Now Out of Compliance with RSA 91-A

May 14, 2022May 11, 2022 Skip

I just sent this to the Gunstock Area Commission members:

For a “Republican Non-partisan” Party, Is the NH Gop Putting Its Thumb Down on the Candidate Scales?

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 Op-Ed

Friends, the NHGOP is being held back by corrupt politicians who break the bylaws and work for their own personal gain and to elect the candidates they want. This is of course the head of the party Steve Stepanek and Elliot Gault.