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New York’s AG has decreed that donations to non-profits over $5,000.00 be made public. Myron Magnet, writing at City Journal, had some insightful thoughts on that, then closed with this. [James] Madison would not get the joke that the Constitution’s imagined “right to privacy” allows unrestricted abortion but doesn’t protect anonymous donations to those advocating … Read more
That, is funny.
There are fake news sites where you know the stories are satire, and then there are those that post fake news but don’t tell you, or at least not exactly. Rachel Alexander compiled a list of these, some of which are left-wing constructs created to trap Republicans into sharing fake news, or so the story goes.
Either way, these “news” sites do not (or did not) openly advertise any of their “reporting” as fake or as satire. When confronted by these ‘sources’ consider the content accordingly.
If Bill Clinton Had a Son, He Would Look Like Anthony Weiner (H/T: 2016: The Race)
I’ve had to clean rusty stuff before. Heck, I have stuff that still has to be cleaned. I want one. (H/T: Sploid)
WGN reports that just last weekend 67 Chicagoans were shot, 11 died from their wounds.
Apparently, a military-aged American is safer in uniform in Iraq, Libya or Afghanistan fighting ISIS than living in inner-city America. New York, Chicago and Los Angeles also have the strictest gun control in the country reinforcing the old saw that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. And the rest of us can’t protect ourselves from those outlaws.
So when are we going to have a discussion about gun control that highlights these shining examples?
Sorry John but Progressives / Socialist really don’t want a “conversion” about
Last night Kimberly Morin and I recorded a segment for this week’s podcast. The discussion centered on the Sununu family purchase of Waterville Valley Ski Resort in New Hampshire and the claim that the investors were local when at least one of them was not.
As Kimberly explains here, over a million dollars originated from a group called Safa Trust.
Safa Trust is a registered non-profit/charity that serves as a collection of Middle Eastern Shell companies to launder money for international terrorism.
My apologies for the dearth of content. I’ve been very quiet lately, compared to what passes for my blogging “normal.” But I’m in the middle of two projects.
The first is editing the video for the 603 Alliance Issues Briefing Summit. I’ve been posting that video on GraniteGrok a few days after it goes up here.
The second project is a complete retool of GrokTALK! And by complete, I mean that I may not call it that anymore.
What is economic freedom and what is the best way to talk about it with voters? Greg Moore from Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire tries to answer these questions during his presentation at The 603 Alliance Issues Briefing Summit. 603Alliance
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Long-Time Dirty Democrat (and interim DNC Chair) Donna Brazile tried to soft-peddle concerns about Hillary using her Foundation to grant access to her office. Instead, she gives “illegal activity” the DNC stamp of approval.
(Hot Air) You see, Brazille is describing a scenario where, she believes, it’s perfectly understandable that a major donor to a political campaign might gain some access to a candidate or an event because of their donation. She calls this “normal” and she may be right.
Here’s the problem, Ms. Brazile: The Clinton Foundation is not supposed to be a political campaign fund!
Over the weekend a mailer was sent by Save the Children Action Network endorsing and touting Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeannie Forrester in the primary. The same organization has also endorsed Colin Van Ostern in the Democrats’ gubernatorial primary.
Spec Bowers, Chair of the RLCNH, has been publishing the voting records of ‘Republicans’ who ran as Republicans but spend far too much time voting with Democrats. Today he sent out a list- The Hall of Shame. These are the ‘Republicans’ with the worst records, and how often they voted with Democrats or against Republicans.
Alphabetical by town.
Atkinson, Plaistow
– William Friel voted 34.9% with Democrats against Republicans
– Norman Major voted 27.3% with Democrats against Republicans
Auburn, Chester, Sandown
– James Devine voted 27.7% with Democrats against Republicans
Bedford
– Terry Wolf voted 35.9% with Democrats against Republicans
Last week, Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader shared a story from Politico Pro that pointed out Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Chris Sununu’s lie about Waterville Valley only having local investors. Sununu made the claim about having only local investors back in 2010 when he purchased the resort. Sununu often talked about local control and even claimed that he could have gone to outside investors but chose not to, he lied. Landrigan followed this up with another story in the Union Leader yesterday.
Who exactly is Safa Trust and why would a Virginia-based organization invest in a New Hampshire ski resort that needed millions of dollars sunk into it? Why would a Virginia-based organization, whose mission statement as listed in Guidestar, “To promote and contribute to religious, educational, cultural, and charitable activities, programs, and organizations,” invest over $1 million dollars in a New Hampshire ski resort? Especially an organization that focuses on the religion of Islam?
Until they’ve perfected the G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate. “I believe incoming students should be met with welcoming, nurturing, calm, accepting and happy messages,”Resmiye Oral, a clinical professor of pediatrics, wrote Tuesday in an email to athletic department officials, obtained by the Iowa City Press-Citizen. “And our campus community is doing a great job in that regard … Read more
The EPA has taken some of that money they took from you to produce ‘Fact Sheets’ on climate change and its impact on your state.
EPA isn’t trying to be funny but I challenge you to read this without laughing. It’s ridiculous. But it was never meant to be serious science. Its purpose is to enable like-minded cult members at the state and local level–and don’t forget those unelected regional planners–into scrabbling for more “federal money” in response.
The federal money is tied to federal regulators. Once someone takes the (free) federal money you and your local officials will no longer be able to prevent DC from imposing rules upon you and your property.
Jane Cormier from NHRTL was one of our many excellent speakers at the 603 Alliance Issues Briefing Summit. Her subjects were Life and Religious liberty. Here are Jane’s remarks from the event.
On Tuesday, Max Sullivan from Seacoast Online reported that Carol Shea-Porter, a failed Democrat candidate for the 1st Congressional District, believes government is the solution. Shea-Porter is the former 1st Congressional District Representative who lost her seat in 2014 to Republican Representative Frank Guinta. One of the reasons Shea-Porter lost her seat was because of her vote for Obamacare.
Apparently Shea-Porter believes that government knows better than her constituents on how to take care of themselves. A majority of her constituents did not want Shea-Porter to vote for Obamacare yet she chose to vote for it regardless. She admitted on video that she voted with Obama 90% of the time and far left wing extremist Nancy Pelosi even more. It didn’t matter what the people she was representing wanted at all. Shea-Porter admitting she doesn’t represent her constituents:
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In this segment, Government Overreach & Federalism, Jim Kofalt from the 603 Alliance discusses the issue of Federal Land grabs and the EPA’s MS4 Water regulations. Both present significant problems for property rights and property taxes. Everyone in New Hampshire, whether citizen or citizen legislator, needs to understand what they are and the impact these Federal efforts … Read more