Peter Singer Compared Black People to Apes?

And as far as we know, he still has a job. Princeton ethics professor Peter Singer compares black people to apes, citing the black liberation movement as a model for the liberation of apes. We must “extend to other species,” Singer says, “the basic principle of equality” that we extend “to all members of our … Read more

Justice Thomas Defends Free Speech in Masterpiece Cake Shop v. Colorado…

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Justice Clarence Thomas

Hopefully, Ellen cleared up the “narrowness” of the decision in the SCOTUS Masterpiece Cake Shop LTD v. Colorado Human Rights Commission. The verdict was narrow not the vote. And while it was a victory for religious conscience, it was not a sweeping defense of Free Speech.

We do, however, find advocates for free speech in concurring opinions that should be examined because they remind us that the First Amendment is under constant attack and the Supreme Court provides a wealth of resources for its defense when needed. And they are needed.

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Female Student Gets One Year in Jail For False Rape Accusation

hoax keyboard Hate crime hoaxesIn early May we reported on a case in which Nikki Yovino was on trial for falsely accusing two Sacred Heart University Football Players of rape. The male students had their scholarships dropped effectively expelling them, the College taking Yovino’s claim as gospel without an actual investigation.

Police eventually determined that she lied and if found guilty could serve up to six years in jail. Yovino has copped a plea that would reduce that to one year.

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Jane Cormier to File for Executive Council 4 – Kick-Off/BBQ Event at LFGC

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Jane Cormier to File for Executive Council 4
Kick-Off Event at Londonderry Fish And Game Club!

Jane Cormier and her campaign cordially invite you to join her as she files at the Secretary of State’s office on Friday, June 8, 2018 at 4:00 PM.Jane has decided to run for this office because “the hard-working people in District 4 deserve to have an Executive Councilor who will be their eyes and ears in Concord. The New Hampshire taxpayer has been ignored for far too long”.

Come show your support for Jane!

After filing with the Secretary of State, the campaign will hold a free, special kick off event at Londonderry Fish and Game, 5 Lund Street, Litchfield, NH. 

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To: New Hampshire State Supreme Court, From: Coalition of NH Taxpayers Chairman, Ed Naile

To: New Hampshire State Supreme Court
From: Coalition of NH Taxpayers Chairman, Ed Naile
8 North Main St. Concord, NH 03301
Re: Court Review of NH Election Law Legislation
Date: May 29, 2018

M E M O R A N D U M    OF    L A W

Statement of Facts:

New Hampshire has a practice of allowing citizens of other states to vote in New Hampshire during our General Elections, which includes elections for Federal office. This practice has increased in volume since the adoption of same-day registration in 1996. Any person, from any state, who has attained the age of 18 can simply show proof identity to register to vote in New Hampshire, including a current, valid, out-of-state driver’s license. The registrant simply signs an affidavit as per RSA 654:12. It is known as a: QUALIFIED VOTER AFFIDAVIT.

The Attorney General’s Office, Elections Division, is tasked with enforcing election laws as per RSA 7:6 c. This office may prosecute – at its discretion.

There has been a decade’s old state of confusion regarding the terms “domicile” and “resident” which has been the source of several lawsuits regarding out-of-state college voters and transient campaign workers who choose to vote in New Hampshire instead of their legal residence in their home state.

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Data Point – down about the news cycle.

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The latest Pew Research Center survey found that nearly three-quarters of the nation feels worn out by the fast pace of news.

“Almost seven-in-ten Americans (68 percent) feel worn out by the amount of news there is these days, compared with only three-in-10 who say they like the amount of news they get. The portion expressing feelings of information overload is in line with how Americans felt during the 2016 presidential election, when a majority expressed feelings of exhaustion from election coverage,” said Pew.

Even though I’m a self-admitted and self-described news and political junkie, I’m

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New Hampshire Economy Sets Records for Employment and Labor Force Participation

Economy money growthLast week some Democrat stooge was on the radio badmouthing Governor Sununu on the economy and workers and families and wages (insert dancing donkey in a top hat), but she did it without actually saying anything. It was all empty rhetoric. Palm card pablum.

Yes, I have plenty of issues with Chris Sununu’s “priorities.” I have problems with State Republican Leadership’s priorities. But for all the goofy things they focused on this past Session they managed to not get in the way of the State’s economy.

An economy that has entered record-setting territory.

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Vermont Sets aside One Million in ‘Bribes’ to Attract New Residents

Bernie, Barn, VermontThe People running the People’s Republic of Vermont (into the ground) have decided to offer 10,000.00 dollar bribes to the first 100 people who qualify for what they are calling a Remote-Worker Grant Program. To get the cash incentive you have to move yourself and your remote-work job to the Green Mountain State, (and then pay taxes, backstop socialized medicine and other rising welfare costs, along with increasing unfriendly policies towards natural rights including speech, property, and self-defense).

I think they left (most of that) out of the brochure.

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GraniteGrok reports: Annual Belknap County GOP Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise – Steve Negron

Following Brian Belanger was his friend, Steve Negron.  Both are running for the US House of Representatives in NH’s Second Congressional District.  Like the others, Steve addressed the crowd on the M/S Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Note: it seems that a number of the candidates are prior military – many of them Air Force such as Steve Negron (Major, retired, Missile command).  Turns out that David Webb, the MC, is a prior Marine – and was egged on a bit by Al Baldasaro.  I think you’ll enjoy that the inter-branch rivalry that was brought up.

Full Disclosure: GraniteGrok has endorsed Steve in this election.

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DISQUS Doodlings: Both Jonathan Baird and Dan Williams are wrong about the First Amendment and the NFL

Level the playing fieldBackground: Jonathan Baird works for the Social Security Administration, Dan Williams is a government teacher.  Both work in union dominated workplaces; my opinion stems from that and that both of them get the new NFL policy wrong from different viewpoints.  Mine?  The owners own the teams – they can make policies that their employees have to follow; Baird disagrees (reformatted, emphasis mine):

The new policy outlined by Commissioner Roger Goodell that requires NFL players to stand during the national anthem did not come out of any collective bargaining agreement between the owners and the players. It was a unilateral assertion by management. Up until now, there has been no NFL rule that prohibited players from demonstrating during the national anthem. I am at a loss to understand how the owners think they can enforce a unilateral declaration.

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Quick Thought: One would think that all Republicans would be voting FOR more Individual Freedoms…use your vote against them

Right to workFrom the NH GOP Platform:

  • Support legislation to allow workers to decide the allocation of the portion of their union dues used for political purposes
  • We believe in free people, free markets and free enterprise

To that latter point – if unions have the mindset that they can prevent competition and lock potential workers out of jobs, that’s no longer a free labor market. And those locked out of a job because it is a closed shop are no longer free to compete. On those two points,  Americans For Prosperity NH (“AFP”) is now about to do the job that the NH GOP continuously fails to do – holding RINOS that stray to supporting the Democrat agenda accountable. From the Union Leader (emphasis mine, reformatted):

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Blogline of the Day – when you throw traditional social mores to the curb…

Related: In the middle of a Twitter thread on the MSM’s increasing penchant for doxxing, a Twitter user who goes by the handle “Thomas H. Crown” writes, “Journalists have happened on the fastest way I can identify to drive Americans to say, ‘No, please, rando with a webpage, tell us all about this journalist’s family … Read more

Data Point – “it’s the economy, stupid”

Rising Economy

…Americans love such tales in which the downtrodden succeed, and underdog stories make for great cinema. In real life right now, a lot of economic underdogs in America are growing into a prosperity they did not think possible just a few years ago. Simply put, it’s time for the little guys, the underdogs, to shine. For example, while government dependency expanded massively during the slow growth of the last decade since the Inauguration of Donald Trump almost 2 million people have dropped off of food stamps.

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Oh Good Lord – are the DC Republicans THIS bad that they don’t know what to do???

upside down GOP logoEven this headline from the Daily Mail (yep, a BRITISH newspaper)should make one think: truly, can they govern (reformatted, emphasis mine)?

Senate Republicans are unsure what to do between now and November – so they’re polling THEMSELVES for ideas

Republican Senators are unsure of what to do between now and the November election so they’re polling – themselves. Senators Ted Cruz and Lamar Alexander are quietly circulating an unusual ‘survey’ of their colleagues to ask about their level of support for various legislative proposals, some of them highly controversial. Among the ideas, trying once again to repeal Obamacare, attempting another round of tax cuts, defunding Planned Parenthood, expanding gun rights, and many others. But the odds of any of these proposals coming to the Senate floor for a vote are slim, insiders told Politico, which reported on the unusual poll.

Well, here’s one fer ya – how about just doing the job we expect you to do – like:

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Some Thoughts on the House Bill 1264 Memoranda Filed With the Supreme Court — Part II

courtgavel-tileVOLINSKY and PAPPAS

Volinsky and Pappas devote their memorandum to arguing that the Court should duck the questions transferred by the Governor.  Because I already covered their argument in my discussion of the Attorney General’s memorandum, I will not repeat it here.

STATE SENATE

The State Senate’s attorney, Rick Lehmann, researched the history of the term domicile in Part I, Article 11.  Statements made at the 1974 constitutional convention by the delegates indicate that “[t]he current situation, in which a person can have a domicile in New Hampshire without being a resident is precisely the opposite of the original intent of the amendment’s drafters.”  

In my memorandum, I made a similar point:

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