One common denominator that explains why previously successful societies implode is their descent into fantasies. A collective denial prevents even discussion of existential threats and their solutions.
Spying and How Emboldened the Ruling Class Has Become
Our future mayor, Mike Soucy, has had a few meet-and-greet events in various parts of the city. I did not attend the Castro’s Backroom one as I don’t smoke, but I was at the first one, well-attended and hosted by Family Pizza in Ward 5.
Is This Attack by Hamas/Hezbollah/Iran a False Flag To Drag Us Into Yet Another War?
On August 10, 1964, the United States Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. The resolution gave then-President Lyndon Johnson full authority to engage the North Vietnamese in an all-out war. That war lasted until the United States declared defeat and left Vietnam in April 1975.
If American Society Hadn’t Grown Soft, We Wouldn’t Have This Problem
The traditional American view of people as Individuals REQUIRES swift justice. Instead, the Progressives see not individual criminals but Society as a whole being an entire group – which deserves to be punished.
Draft Legislation Would Put New Hampshire on the Slippery Slope of Medically Assisted Death
Democrat Rep Marjorie Smith has drafted legislation to legalize medically assisted dying in New Hampshire. In its current form (10 pages), it reads like boilerplate camel nose under the tent- assisted suicide, except that by law, you’re not allowed to call it that.
No Nazis in Ukraine?
Someone commenting at GraniteGrok as Doyle shared some thoughts under an article by Ed Mosca, titled, ‘Maggie Hassan Supports Nazis.’ The actual Nazis were ended in 1945. Maybe rather than use a stupid word like that you may want to be surprisingly accurate and call them national socialists. Of course then your BFF Putin is … Read more
How I Became a Conservative Library Trustee
Do you believe in miracles? How I became a library trustee was a modern-day miracle in my town of Raymond NH. It all started when a homeschool-dad named Mike Drago who is now a state representative spoke to me about the children’s section of our library.
Renewable Energy Standard: A “Shell Game” of “Picking Winners & Losers”
This past week’s discussion in the Renewable Energy Standard Working Group, charged with drafting legislation to be considered by the General Assembly during the 2024 legislative session, highlighted some serious problems with Vermont’s energy policies, both philosophical and practical.
The President’s Silence On Hamas Is Deafening
As of the time that I am writing this (Columbus Day, Monday, October 9, 10:00 AM), the “President” of the United States still has said NOTHING about the attack by Hamas on Israel.
Trump: “That’s When I Knew He Was a F*cking Idiot!”
Some will find the following clip beneath contempt, but most of those people are impossible to please when it comes to whatever comes out of this man’s mouth.
New Hampshire’s Michael Durant and the 30th Anniversary of “Black Hawk Down”
It has been thirty years since that October 1993 week in Somalia when Mike Durant saw what hell looked like. A Black Hawk helicopter pilot, Durant, was shot down during the battle for Mogadishu. All the members of his crew were dead.
Poll: Trump for Speaker of the US House … ? [Results]
We have the results of our poll, and they are this. It is not a compelling point of interest. However, among those who did check in and voiced their preference, Donald Trump had a slight lead over Jim Jordan (whom Trump endorsed).
Border Lessons From Israel
Israel is thought to have the most sophisticated systems in the world for protecting their homeland and people. The Iron Dome defies the imagination with the ease and precision it can intercept thousands of incoming missiles.
EV Battery Plant Uses So Much Energy – It Needs a Coal Plant to Keep it Online
Electric Vehicles are already impossible to make without coal. You can’t make steel without it, and there are only so many parts you can replace with polymers. Mining, moving, and processing copper, cobalt, building frames, and axels – it can’t be done. And now, Panasonic’s new EV battery plant has another coal-related problem.
More Proof SAU16/Exeter is Failing Their Students and Community
The big problems in SAU16/Exeter started with closing down schools during COVID. Parents were left begging district administrators and school board members to reopen the schools and make masks optional.
The DNC Just Kicked Iowa in the ‘Caucus’
There was a time when Iowa attracted people and politicians who would show up and party like it was in 1959. The residents would then, after close to a year of this, gather in barns or local veterans halls (or wherever) and raise a hand for a candidate of their choice.
Imagine, if you will…
Imagine, if you will, a government funded by user fees instead of by taxes.
Are you being defended? The defense department can send you a bill for that. Is Congress doing something for you? It can send you a bill for that.
Why The Current Closed Primary Resolution Cannot be Adopted
Resolution To Restrict The Primaries To Registered Republicans (Resolution #2) proposed by Karen Testerman was passed at the January 28, 2023 Annual Meeting. It resolved that:
The Science is Never Settled
“…The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified…” – President Obama, Inauguration (2009)
Training NH Therapists to Affirm BDSM and Kink
The Embodied Directions Wellness Sanctuary yoga studio in Dover, NH, hosted a “Kink Affirming Care Training” in September. Therapists who attended could earn three Continuing Education Units from the National Association of Social Workers – NH Chapter (NASW NH).