(H/T: WMUR). Heck, I’ve been writing about this for years now – and now he seems to be surprised.  This has been slow rolling since the start of the TEA Party movement 8 years ago.  Anyone inside that movement, who thought about what was happening, thinking about what its principles were (e.g., Free Markets, Fiscal Frugality, Government staying within its Constitutional mandated boundaries), sees what is going on as part of that natural progression.  Why?

• Again, if the Republican Party had hewed to its Principles and done its job right, there would never have been a TEA Party movement.

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Heh! (emphasis mine):

Huffington Post: “Eight out of the 16 states that have held primaries or caucuses so far have implemented new voter ID or other restrictive voting laws since 2010. Democratic turnout has dropped 37 percent overall in those eight states, but just 13 percent in the states that didn’t enact new voter restrictions. To put it another way, Democratic voter turnout was 285 percent worse in states with new voter ID laws.”

To be fair, compared to both current Republican votes and to 2008 / 2012 Democrat primaries, votership is down and is being attributed to Democrat listlessness and apathy.  Why not?  The Party that touted itself as being young, invigorated, skin color diverse has devolved to shoving two decrepit, old, whites who both have done pretty much nothing except reveal the Democrat Party to be indistinguishable from the Socialist Party (and by their own admission, too!). 

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The Town of Henniker had to remove its sample ballot from the Town Website just days before Town election this coming Tuesday, March 8th. The problem? Warrant article 5 is a citizen petition to clarify and amend the definitions of agriculture and agrotourism. The Planning Board does not recommend article 5 for passage because the change favors property owners over the Planning Board; and because they have proposed amending definitions for agriculture and agrotourism in their own favor in Warrant article 4 (which they do recommend).

After Warrant article 4, and before Warrant article 5, in bold print, the sample ballot reads “YOU HAVE NOW COMPLETED VOTING.” 

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From the “They will eventually regulate everything” file, (WPRO630 Rhode Island)

The (Rhode Island) state Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require homeowners to prune their shrubbery and trees or face a $500 fine if plant litter lands on someone else’s property.

Senators voted 26-6 to pass the bill that would require homeowners to maintain and control any debris created by a tree or shrubs if it causes a nuisance to an abutting property owner.

The change would fall under criminal offenses, Trespass and Vandalism. So, if your tree drops debris on your neighbor’s property, you could be fined $500.00 for illegal trespass and vandalism.

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We knew this was coming, and here it is. NH Senator Kelly Ayotte has a primary Challenger.

STARK360 ENDORSES JIM RUBENS IN THE US SENATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

WILL SUPPORT ANDREW HEMINGWAY AS AN INDEPENDENT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IF AYOTTE WINS THE PRIMARY

A recent Gallup poll showed that 75% in the US now see widespread government corruption, and a Chapman University survey found that Americans now fear corruption of government officials over all other worries including terrorist attacks, bio-warfare and economic collapse.

The Center for Public Integrity recently gave the State of New Hampshire a grade of D- for overall integrity. Alarmingly, the state received an F for public access to information, political financing, electoral oversight, judicial accountability, and ethics enforcement agencies.

Kelly Ayotte, in her role as Attorney General and then as US Senator exemplifies why New Hampshire has earned such a lousy grade, and it is time for her to finish her last term in Washington DC.

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The Affidavit begins on Page 5/6. You can read the police report and complaint for yourself (pdf below), but this part will get you started.

SJ. accepted the friend request from KyleTasker. Facebook has a component identified as Facebook Messaging that allows two parties to communicate privately by way of typed text. During these private Facebook Messaging communications Kyle Tasker asked how old SJ was. SJ advised “14 -yearsold”. KJ reported Kyle Tasker’s response was “girls like you can get me in trouble”.

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What do we call this GrokHEALTH? Why not.

Eye strain. Staring at computer screens can you make you smart, dumb, numb, or who knows what, but doing it for long periods of time can also mess up your vision. Someone named it digital eye strain, also known as computer vision syndrome. Symptoms include eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision, dry eyes, and neck and shoulder pain.

The Witch Doctors at Facility Executive.com  have published a list of 5 things they say you can do to alleviate these symptoms and we’ve copied and pasted it here (hey, with attribution) to improve your relationship with our first amendment medium of choice.

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