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SHOT: The number of people that the National Rifle Association (and by their support, WDLNH) killed last year………zero. BARRAGE: Jan Schmidt supports Planned Parenthood. Last year, they (from their own report and her, via her support of them), killed 328,348 babies. Who is the domestic terrorist, Jan Schmidt? (H/T: Facebook)
The Coalition for Open Democracy was founded by New Hampshire’s Granny (D) Haddock to fight big money in politics. All based on the idea that wealthy special interests are warping the process.
Granny D left our world in 2010 and since then, or more specifically in 2014, 2015, and 2016 Open Democracy racked in a total of 750,000.00 dollars in donations.
From where?
This week the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI) issued some analysis on the “abnormal rise” in New Hampshire Business tax revenue. Their conclusion? It is likely due to Federal Tax Reform.
As of the end of April, the BPT and BET together are about $90.8 million (16.9 percent) above plan for the year, and $107.0 million (20.6 percent) above April 2017. Although these two business taxes have been the primary source of the surplus during the year, the post-TCJA rise has dwarfed other revenue sources, even those that are major contributors.
Foxnews.com reports that Tim Allen’s hugely popular ABC show has been picked up by Fox for Season seven.
Gary Newman and Dana Walden, chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group, said the decision to bring back the series was a no-brainer.
“’Last Man Standing’ ended too soon and the outcry from the fans has been deafening,” they shared. “We’ve wanted to put the show back together since its final taping a year ago, and Tim never gave up hope either. Thanks to its millions of devoted viewers and the irrepressible Tim Allen, we haven’t seen the last of ‘Last Man Standing.’”
Let me just say that this from 2013 kinda speaks to it. No, not kinda – exACTLY this meaning:
Now, as to the “prefer to blog instead of writing a newsletter or work to get Republicans elected or do other positive stuff for the Party” stuff, let me direct you first to this this (it will point you back to the first part). Now, let me reproduce what conservative political strategist Jon Henke once said when he tried to explain to politicos what bloggers are (even though it was said a few years ago now, its premise has changed little since then) (paraphrased):
The first:
Consistency breeds Trust yields Votes
The second:
Winning is only the precursor; it’s what you do AFTERWARDS which is most important
A new one:
By Jeff Chidester
“Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said he will sign the recently passed bill” – The public accommodation provision (of HB1319) was a bridge too far for me and many others. Shame on those that could not support a commonsense measure that would have respected the right of privacy. This is not about equality, but a capitulation to stupidity.
I won’t bother reexplaining my position, should it matter you can refer to an article I wrote. If you are a running for office, please do not bother asking for my support, vote, or endorsement, unless you have made a public statement against this idiocy. If you are a candidate running for office who has already received my endorsement, please make a public statement condemning this folly, or consider my endorsement withdrawn.
Brief epilogue to my last post:
What’s the concur/nonconcur/Committee of Conference vote on the therapy ban bill, HB 587?
HB 587 is on its way to Governor Sununu’s desk. It could strip professional licensing from any counselor whose words to a gender-questioning child are deemed insufficiently supportive of gender reassignment. That’s the absurd vagueness of this so-called “conversion therapy” bill.
In 2016 Mr. Sununu barely survived a primary win against Frank Edelblut. Gov. Sununu offered a job as the state commissioner of Education to Frank, and he may be the best one we’ve had in decades. So we can give Chris credit for listening when someone tells him what might be a smart move for him politically.
That’s important because Frank doesn’t strike me as the sort of guy who would undercut his “boss” in that circumstance so I don’t see him accepting any offer or encouragement to primary Governor Sununu in 2018. But if Chris Sununu signs HB1319, Frank would win easily.
There’s a message in that reality. Here’s another one.
SHOT: but what about all the bad stuff we stopped? Doesn’t that mean anything to the “base”?
CHASER: Of course it does – but don’t tout your horn over it over and over.
Why? We EXPECT that to be done – it should go almost without question. If those bad things were outside of the Platform or Constitutional bounds, it should be an automatic “You shall not pass” (H/T: Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail). It is a measure of quality against your Standard. We know what that is – both are easily found. We expect that you know them, that they guide you, and such elected politicians, when you swear your oath to defend it or campaign under that banner that they would be uppermost in your mind when contemplating whether to sign or veto.
Isn’t the first one:
Republicans may hold office, but Democrats hold the power. Republicans, despite holding the majority, continue to defer to Democrats (seemingly out of decency) when they should utilize the majority to their advantage, the exact same way that Democrats would if the majority were in their favor. -Keith Hanson, radio talk show host and activist. My … Read more
Fear of political retribution for supporting one of the most unliked Democrats in modern history has prompted all nine of the primary contestants in the Democrats to Replace Shea-Porter CD-1 fashion who to shun the political stylings of party Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Michael Graham, writing at Inside Sources, observes that, while they appear to cover the spectrum of options for Democrat primary voters, “they all have one thing in common: None of them say they’ll vote to make Nancy Pelosi House Speaker.”
Where are the Republican Professors at UNH? If it’s like most campuses they are in hiding. College campuses are hostile hate mongering intimidation mills for thought outside the approved narratives. And UNH is just getting worse. But it’s easy to see why.
When I read this study, I wanted to see where the University of New Hampshire, the largest university in our state, fell in this bias. The results were even worse than the study: with nearly 2,000 donations this cycle alone, ZERO were to any Republican-affiliated candidates or organizations.
CNBC is reporting that jobless claims have hit a 48-year low (which for the math challenged includes the years when Obama was President).
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits were unchanged at a seasonally adjusted 211,000 for the week ended May 5, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Claims dropped to 209,000 during the week ended April 21, which was the lowest level since December 1969.
There are more jobs than skilled labor, by many estimates. Hey, maybe some of those able-bodied folks on Medicaid Expansion will look for work before January 2019 when the NH Waiver makes it mandatory?
Perhaps; no one can tell me that revenge isn’t a part of politics. In this case, I would say that, given how Obama treated Trump at that White House Correspondents Dinner a few years ago, this may well be the case. Unfortunately, Obamanauts project this onto anyone that did and continues to oppose the Lightbearer’s … Read more
Did you miss the published post for April’s heavy hitters? No. There wasn’t one and this feature may have to wait for its “official” return until the new site goes up. Why?
We had a number of issues in April that made an accurate calculation impossible. First, we had to do a site restore that erased a week’s worth of hit counts. I tried to keep track, I did. Then I had a heart attack. Then we had another issue with a link hijacker and I unplugged a handful of site plugins to address potential security issues, one of which was the post hit counter.
I simply don’t have the number’s but I am still armed with my opinion, so here are a few of the posts I liked the most from April 2018.
I suppose these are to be expected:
But of course, not all of the boys are betas. While there is the honor code, the Scout Masters can’t be everywhere.
(H/T: Powerline)