Monthly Archives: August 2017
Rich Ashooh unanimously confirmed by US Senate as assistant commerce secretary
Veteran businessman and higher education executive Rich Ashooh of Bedford was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate Thursday for an assistant secretary’s post in the U.S. Commerce Department. WMUR confirmed Friday that Ashooh’s nomination was approved without debate to the … Continue reading
Posted in National News, New Hampshire News
Tagged Asst. Secretary, Dept of Commerce, Rich Ashooh
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Warner Teen Arrested For Theft At The Mall
WARNER, NH — A local teen is due in court later this month on a theft charge after allegedly stealing items at the mall, according to police. Bailey Bigelow, 18, of East Main Street in Warner, was arrested on July … Continue reading
Sturm Ruger faces 22 percent decline in year-over-year sales
“Attributes second quarter drop to retailers overstocking in anticipation of Clinton win.” Gun sales have gone so soft that Sturm Ruger and Co. closed down its Newport, NH plant for two weeks, an opportunity for some much needed maintenance, said … Continue reading
Engineering Education: Social Engineering Rather than Actual Engineering
Alas, the world we engineers envisioned as young students is not quite as simple and straightforward as we had wished because a phalanx of social justice warriors, ideologues, egalitarians, and opportunistic careerists has ensconced itself in America’s college and universities. The … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Jobs/Unemployment, Progressives
Tagged Engineering, SJW, Skip Murphy, Social Engineering
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NH Municipal Association guy doesn’t want to answer questions
Outside a public meeting at the NH State House, something very common happens. I spot a representative of the New Hampshire Municipal Association. Its representatives always seem polite, and it’s been hard to get a precise sense of what (other … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, Ridley Report
Tagged Dave Ridley, NH Municipal Association, NHMA
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Trading platform makes bitcoin available through national banks
“BitQuick works with Bank of America, Citizens Bank, and Union Bank” New Hampshire residents can now readily access Bitcoin via a national bank branch. BitQuick, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform based out of the Midwest, allows consumers to purchase or sell Bitcoin in a … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics
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Ford works with police agencies after cops sickened by fumes
A growing number of police departments across the country are taking action over concerns that carbon monoxide fumes from Ford Explorer patrol vehicles are seeping inside the SUVs, potentially sickening officers. Several departments, including Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the Vermont … Continue reading
Posted in National News, New Hampshire News
Tagged Ford Explorer, Fumes, Police Cars
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Girard at Large – On Air News Read for August 4, 2017 (Drug Infested Den Edition)
Most of the political class in the state of New Hampshire is losing its mind over comments made by President Donald Trump about our state’s drug crisis. In an illegally leaked transcript of a private phone call with Mexican President … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, National News, New Hampshire News
Tagged Donald Trump, Drug Infested Den
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Sounds Racist: NC State admin proposes exclusive housing for ‘women of color’ (aka: Colored Women)
And next summer they’ll suggest growing and picking cotton in the quad? The new Director of Multicultural Student Affairs at North Carolina State University recently pledged to create a segregated housing option for “women of color” only. Nashia Whittenburg, who … Continue reading
‘It’s Raining Needles’: Discarded Syringes From Heroin Crisis Creating Public Health Threat
In cleaning up trash along the Merrimack River, Morrison and his crew have encountered hundreds of needles throughout abandoned homeless encampments along the river, as well as among the debris that accumulates in booms. He decided to collect the needles and display them … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Drugs
Tagged Heroin, Massachusetts, Merrimack River, Needles, syringes
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The New Media Militia 