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Statism and the Unmaking of Reality

August 2, 2023 Op-Ed

The state is, first and foremost, an institution whose overarching goal is the forcible subjugation of all the people who inhabit a given territory. However, what makes the state different from other coercive entities, such as organized crime groups, is that it enjoys some form of popular legitimacy. In other words, in addition to enslaving … Read more

Vermont Looks for a Way to Bribe People Into less Reliable Transportation

July 16, 2024August 1, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Electric vehicles are not better for the environment, regardless of the electricity source. EVs do not solve any emissions problem, may make them worse, are also unreliable and ill-suited to a rural-urban climate, but Burlington, Vermont, is thinking, bribes!

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‘Facebook Files’ Reveal Despicable Disregard for the Constitution

August 1, 2023 Op-Ed

Last week’s revelation that Facebook took orders from the Biden Administration to censor even accurate information about Covid is the latest example of the US government’s disregard for our Constitution.

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NY Unlikely to Save VT Climate Plan – (Empire Staters just as clueless about how to meet GHG goals)

August 23, 2023July 31, 2023 Rob Roper

Vermont’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) requires our state to meet some very stringent greenhouse gas reduction targets in 2025, 2030, and 2050. To be precise, 26% below 2005 levels by 2025, 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, and 80% below by 2050.

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When it Comes to Wind Farm Bat and Bird Strikes How Many is ‘Not Many’?

July 31, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The Vermont Public Utilities Commission has instructed Avangrid Renewables to no longer track and report bat and bird strikes (deaths) at its 15-turbine Deerfield Wind project in Searsburg and Readsboro. Why?

Copeland-Hanzas’ and Her Party’s Climate Policy Sets Up More Disasters

August 23, 2023July 28, 2023 Rob Roper

Vermonters just witnessed the worst flooding since Irene in 2011, which was the worst flooding since the summer of 1998, which was the worst flooding since 1976, which was the worst flooding since 1938, which was the worst flooding since the most famous of all floods, the one in 1927.

Shouldn’t Reproductive Liberty Include the Option to Reproduce?

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Pregnancy care centers have filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Vermont for injunctive relief, claiming a bill signed into law discriminates against them and violates their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. I agree, and I’ll do you one better.

Is Vermont’s “Double Tax” on EVs Really the Problem?

July 16, 2024July 26, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Vermont goes out of its way to steal from its citizens. They are one of the most taxed populations in the US. So an op-ed by EV advocates concerned that vehicle and charging taxes might impact economically vulnerable populations seemed worth my time.

Your Kid’s School Went ‘Woke’? Consider Homeschool.

July 26, 2023 Op-Ed

“Woke” culture has become so prominent in the American education system that it would not be surprising to learn that schools were replacing the once popular rhyme “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” with “sticks and stones may break my bones but opinions I disagree with can make … Read more

BANANAS: CHAT-GPT Writes Sermon, Calls Vermont to Repentance

July 16, 2024July 24, 2023 Johnny Bananas (Fake News Reporter!)

The faithful at Rabbi Schmuley Bojangles synagogue in Woodstock, VT, were shocked this past Sabbath when they found out the sermon he delivered was not his own. After slugging out another round of expository preaching from the book of Ecclesiastes, the rabbi announced to his stunned listeners that he had committed plagiarism from the pulpit. … Read more

Climate Change and Gravity Are Kind of Different

August 23, 2023July 24, 2023 Rob Roper

In the wake of the recent floods in Vermont, it is no surprise that the climate change activists have gone into “See! See! See!” mode and are labeling anyone who disagrees with their conclusions as a “denier.” In two separate op-eds, two state senators, Dick McCormack (D-Windsor) and Tanya Vyhovsky (D/P-Chittenden Central), tried to equate … Read more

Whose Fault Is This?

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 Op-Ed

The Constitution was supposed to create a general government limited to a few specific listed powers. Instead, we ended up with the biggest, most powerful government in the history of the world.

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“The Once in a Century Floods Which Happen Every 10-20 Years.”

July 23, 2023July 22, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The Vermont Press is “flooded” with stories about the heavy rain and damage to livelihoods and lives as a result. Residents are sharing stories spun by the media with the typical bias, ignorance, and incomplete research we’ve come to expect, especially on weather events.

Don’t Be Fooled by “Global Average Temperature”

July 21, 2023 Op-Ed

Last week was a banner week for climate crisis headlines. Washington Post: “The world is hotter than it’s been in thousands of years.” AP: “For the third time this week, Earth sets unofficial heat record.” Politico: “Scientists are freaking out about surging temperatures.”

VT State Rep Hosts Event Resulting in Multiple ODs and One Death

August 23, 2023July 19, 2023 Rob Roper

Every year State Representative Kirk White (D/P-Windsor-Addison) hosts the Firefly Arts Collective on his property in Bethel, VT. The festival is described as a New England version of Burning Man. Its website says, “This event operates under the 10 Principles of Burning Man: not to dictate of how people should be and act, but as a reflection of the community’s ethos and culture as it has organically developed.”

We Need to Stop Pretending That Vermont’s New Clean Heat Standard Won’t Ruin Someone Else’s Environment

July 16, 2024July 19, 2023 Steve MacDonald

VT Digger recently published an op-ed by a local left-wing environmental lawyer. You wouldn’t know it unless you went looking, but Joslyn L. Wilschek is a Utilities and Environmental lawyer with a law office in Montpelier, and her op-ed is about (drumroll) the environment. It is also blinkered.

Biggest Flood Related Scam: The Global Warming Solutions Act

August 23, 2023July 17, 2023 Rob Roper

The headline in VT Digger read, “Officials issue warnings about flood-related scams,” and, “Natural disasters make people more vulnerable to scams.” Surely, they do, and Vermonters should indeed be on the lookout for those praying on people’s fears and emotions in the wake of the tragic flooding so many areas of our state are experiencing.

You Can Contribute to Vermont Grok Too!

July 15, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Vermont Grok, which we’ll also refer to as Green MountainGrok once the new banner logo is done and in place, is a refuge for conservative and Conservatarian thought, including yours. You, dear reader, are as much a content creator on these pages as Rob Roper and John Klar.

Democrats Need to Make Up Their Minds About Child Trafficking

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Democrats and their media homunculi have adopted a conspiracy theory of their own, amplified in the wake of the release of the movie Sound of Freedom. They are claiming that child trafficking is a right-wing conspiracy theory.

There’s Plenty Wrong with Brattleboro, Vermont Allowing 16 and 17 Year Olds to Vote

July 16, 2024July 13, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Democrats in the Vermont legislature overrode a veto by Gov Scott, allowing 16 and 17-year-olds in Brattleboro, Vermont, to vote in local elections. My first question is, why are you discriminating against 13-15-year-olds?