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Democrats are not being adequately held accountable for the side effects of policies they not only support but defend. While the economy is high on everyone’s list, their border and migration policy is far more devastating. And I’m not talking about eating other people’s pets – which – as an aside, is, in fact, something … Read more
Yeah, curmudgeon here. When I was younger, I played around with X10 devices to create a “smart home” and all that. But when I saw this, I said “Yep, nope!”: Smart House should be MY house without all the electronic peeping toms watching everything I do: vacuum cleaners, lights, thermostats, Alexa, Siri, and all the … Read more
The Commission on the Future of Public Education in VT’s subcommittee on Finance Reform met on September 4th (going back a bit, but the Commission has not been too punctual about posting its meeting recordings). It was their first meeting so, in fairness, expectations for any real substance were low. Still, some initial observations are worth … Read more
The Peter Principle: …is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to “a level of respective incompetence” And it will claim who it will. Yes, I’m late with this news (I keep TRYING to come back…sigh). It happened at the end of last month: Laconia superintendent steps down Steve … Read more
Today, our military services face growing threats around the world while their ability to maintain a quality, well-trained, and capable force is at risk. Our focus should be on readiness, warfighting, and especially selecting the best qualified leaders possible, not on recruiting Drag Queens to perform for service members and their families or promoting sex … Read more
Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is Real, and may someday be a recognized mental disorder. How else can blind hatred be so prevalent? I never liked the man, but saw some value in his business expertise and the belief that he does care about America, of course that is subjective. I have known his faults since … Read more
You know, I really wanted this campaign season to be a Super Bowl time for me – who knows how much time on this mortal coil I (or anyone else, for that matter) remains for them? Alas and alack, the Good Lord above, in his most amusing way, decided otherwise for me. So, in trying … Read more
Among the various new taxes proposed by Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign are increased levies on capital gains and taxation of unrealized capital gains on wealthy Americans. Given recent history, this is particularly sneaky. The Biden-Harris team sparked rapid inflation, so now the Harris-Waltz duo wants to tax the phantom inflationary gain even before citizens holding … Read more
Public trust in the government to “do what is right” understandably remains at an all-time low. After all, how do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t. When you consider all the ways “we the people” are being bullied, beaten, bamboozled, targeted, tracked, repressed, robbed, impoverished, imprisoned and … Read more
If a dog can be trained to salivate each time he sees a light appear, is it not possible to condition people’s minds to commit violent assassination attempts? As a longtime student and observer of how Pavlovian mind control influences the American political arena, two books from the 1970s give insight into how Pavlov’s techniques … Read more
This election looks like a toss-up if you believe the polls. One day, Trump is up by two, and the next day, it’s flipped. We have roughly 50 days until election day, and it will be a nail-biter, but it doesn’t have to be. First, the polls have been far from accurate for the last … Read more
In her book on pandemic planning, “Ending the Cycle of Crisis and Complacency in U.S. Global Health Security,” Ayotte supports state censorship of social media. This book was written before the pandemic! You can look for yourself. She mentions “disinformation” seven times, promoting the need for state censorship. “…the credibility of the scientific and medical … Read more
Due to the recent controversy in Bow, New Hampshire, where the Superintendent punished parents for wearing pink wristbands to their daughter’s soccer game, the word is getting out to BUY these wristbands and start wearing them to games. Whether playing soccer, basketball, volleyball, or swimming, everyone needs to wear these pink wristbands with the letters XX … Read more
I was recently interviewed by Michael Nevradakis of Children’s Health Defense. Michael asked me some very tough questions (that I provided to him beforehand!) about the Vermont Supreme Court’s recent Politella decision, which held that Vermont parents of a six-year-old boy had no legal rights when their son was administered an experimental COVID-19 vaccine despite … Read more
In an effort to exercise his free speech, Anthony Foote, who resides in Bow, New Hampshire, decided to wear a pink wristband with XX written on it to his daughter’s soccer game. Der Führer – in charge of the Bow School District – decided that she would have none of that. Instead, “Superintendent of Schools … Read more
Snow was one of the early casualties of the Global Warming, but when snow refused to play along, they changed it to climate change. The climate is constantly changing and sometimes, in some places, more dramatically than others. Like this! It can snow any month of the year here in Montana, but what’s going on … Read more
Today’s article may appear to have a typo in the title, but it’s not a mistake. It’s a fact. Sean O’Brien, the CEO of Teamsters National, made a historic decision by choosing not to endorse a candidate for 2024. This is the first time the Teamsters have not aligned with a candidate since 1996. The … Read more
A key architect and proponent of the Unaffordable Heat Act, Rep. Laura Sibilia, recently penned a defense of the program. Since she likely speaks for all or most of the 107 members of the Vermont House and 20 members of the Vermont Senate who voted to override Governor Scott’s veto of this absurdly expensive law … Read more
The median age in the United States in 2023 was 39.1 years, according to the Census Bureau. That means that approximately half the people in this country were born in 1984 or later. What was happening four decades ago when about half America’s current population started coming into the world? In 1984, then-President Ronald Reagan was reelected. … Read more
Eastern Equine Encephalitis is nasty but rare. The fatality rate varies, depending on who you cite, but this 2023 paper puts it at around 30%. A more significant number of those infected suffer neurological damage that does not result in death. When a case pops up, people get antsy, with good reason. A 41-year-old NH … Read more