I’m not sure if they’ve got guillotine logos made up yet, but a coalition of groups easily identified as Marxists has formed a coven of free-market-hating hucksters looking to impose a 3% wealth tax on Vermont’s excessively successful (as defined by the thieves).
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Bananas Halloween Activism Spooktackular!
It was an odd year for Halloween here in Vermont. Typically Halloween is used as an opportunity to either conjure up the dead or celebrate those who’ve passed on into the great mortuary in the sky. In contrast to our banal day-to-day lives Halloween gives us a chance to play the impish tricksters or treat our neighbors to the fright of their lives.
14 Year Old Shoots 14-year Old and I have Questions
Property crime has been on the rise in VT for years, but since 2021, murders have nearly tripled. The latest involves two 14-year-olds, one with a loaded gun and the other in the front seat of a vehicle when the weapon discharged.
Oregon Can’t Teach Kids to Read – Solution: Skip the Proficiency Requirement to Graduate
Liberal states and cities with education monopolies have failed kids for decades, but more recently, the problem of illiteracy has gotten more attention than they’d like. Kids can’t read.
On the Air with ‘Right Side Up’ – Talking Politics on Both Sides of the Connecticut River
Right Side Up Radio has been a weekly installment on (WNTK 99.7) since May of 2023, and ever since we announced VermontGrok, Mike Tagliavia and Bill Huff have been asking me on their radio show to talk VT and NH politics. We finally made it happen.
Vermonters Really Don’t Support State Energy Policy
The Vermont Department of Public Services conducted a poll and a series of focus groups over the summer regarding state energy policy, specifically support for or opposition to using more renewable energy. They just released the 87-page report on what they found out.
How the Shutdown Affected Student Performance: Conclusion (part 8 of 8)
This is the final article in the How the Shutdown Affected Student Performance series. This series was inspired by two recent statements made by Croydon Village School Principal Nicole Lackie to the Croydon School Board. First, she claimed the pandemic shutdowns caused poor student performance. Then, she stated that teachers don’t really know how to … Read more
Conflicts of Interest in the Renewable Energy Standard Working Group
The first order of business on the agenda for the Renewable Energy Standard Working Group’s September 20 meeting was “Conflict of Interest – Discussion & Clarity.” This should be interesting, I thought to myself. What it turned out to be was ironic.
Banana’s Events Presents: First Annual Miss Upper Valley Contest
It’s beauty pageant season again, folks, and Banana’s Events Inc. is excited to announce the First Annual Miss Upper Valley Contest to be held October 30th at the Elk’s Lodge on Main Street in downtown White River Junction! We are certain this will be the most diverse and inclusive pageant in all of New England.
Climate Committee Says Don’t Run Electric Heat Pumps at Night
Climate Change isn’t just about changing the climate outside. It is about you changing the climate inside becasue of their claims about the climate outside. It is undoubtedly a mental disorder, but the inmates running the asylum will not be persuaded to stop the madness.
Weed is Still Illegal in New Hampshire so Why is Bud Barn in Vermont Advertising on Keene Radio [Update]
A reader alerted me to this bit of news—Bud Barn, a purveyor of ‘Premium Cannabis Products Made (and taxed) in Vermont,’ is advertising on Keene, NH, radio. Even if they are trying to capture the ears of Vermonters who work in Western New Hampshire, to quote a different local, weed ain’t legal here.
Does Paying Flood Victims to Get Cars That Explode When Wet Make Sense?
Following the recent flooding throughout Vermont this summer, the state very proudly touted a response program that offers victims who lost or suffered damage to their cars the opportunity to replace them with an electric vehicle. Not an internal combustion engine vehicle, just an electric vehicle.
Hey, Burlington, VT: Prostitution was “Legal” in Rhode Island for 29 Years – It DID NOT Go Well For the “Sex Workers”
People who profit from prostitution are typically its boosters. They call it sex work, describe it as a right, and dress it up as a noble calling. That sounds great, but what legalized sex work actually looks like is slavery, trafficking, and sexual assault.
Banana’s: Pride Month To Expand To Seven-Deadly Season
Capitalizing on the smashing success of another month of pride the crypto-fascists at Black Rock have excitedly announced they will be sponsoring Greed Month this coming December. With the heavily commercialized holiday season (formerly Christmas) now a staple for churning out fiscal butter for the acquisition class the big players on Wall Street are certain they have a winner.
Vermont Warns Residents About Flood-Related Scams, Fails to Mention Its Own Fraud
The people who would use a disaster for their financial advantage are not very different from those who do the same from elected office. The latter has a police force, a flimsy claim to a popular mandate, and pays lip series to justice, but the criminality isn’t much different.
Are Some on the Left Realizing VT Climate Policy Is a Useless Waste?
A couple of left-wing columnists recently penned articles lamenting the fact that Montpelier keeps flooding every decade or so, yet local and state governments don’t do anything about it and aren’t prepared for it when it happens. A keen observation.
Banana’s: New Underground Railroads Emerge Along West Coast
Reports of a new underground railroad spiriting people from captivity on the west coast have emerged in recent days. Families, mostly white, conservative, and/or Christians, are leaving in the dead of night via a network of rural routes and safe houses.
Are Sanders and Leahy Off the Hook for Their Part in Scheme to Defraud Foreign Investors?
Elected officials in Vermont at both the state and federal levels will not have to take the stand and explain their part in a years-long multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme to defraud foreign investors. The state has settled out of court.
Shouldn’t Reproductive Liberty Include the Option to Reproduce?
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.
“The Once in a Century Floods Which Happen Every 10-20 Years.”
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.