Monthly Archives: February 2018

Hundred Nights Now Accepting Cryptocurrency Including Bitcoin & Ether!

The same year Bitcoin was released by its anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Keene’s privately-run cold weather shelter and drop-in center, Hundred Nights, was also launched. I reported at the time on founder Don Primrose‘s courageous civil disobedience of opening without the permission slips from the local … Continue reading

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Bounty on groundhogs predates holiday in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Four years before a celebrated groundhog began predicting the weather in Pennsylvania, a committee of New Hampshire lawmakers deemed the species “not only a nuisance, but also a bore” and recommended eradicating it from the state. … Continue reading

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NH Medicaid Expansion – I wonder if State Senator Jeb Bradley is finally going to apologize to us all?

Even if he doesn’t, there’s a whole bunch of us that can and will taunt him with “See, told ya so!” as the Baby Daddy of Medicaid Expansion here in NH is finally meeting up with fiscal reality as the Sugar … Continue reading

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ESA bill in House Finance Committee

The House Finance Committee is considering SB 193, the Education Savings Account bill, and we expect them to schedule a session soon to vote on it. We need people to write to the committee urging them to support this critical … Continue reading

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The Memo! The Memo! – The Devin Nunes Memo Alleging FBI Corruption Released

The most damning thing, so far, in the long talked about the memo, is that the FISA warrant issued to spy on the Trump Campaign and the Trump transition would never have been issued without the dossier we now know to … Continue reading

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Mayor Joyce Craig’s SB 193 Math Problem Suggests She Could Benefit from More Education Choices

Like many Democrats, Mayor Joyce Craig appears to have an issue with regard to exaggeration. She’s made some remarkable declarations to the NH House Finance Committee about the financial cost to Manchester Schools if SB 193 becomes law. | Keep Reading at … Continue reading

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Top Ten Reasons Why New Hampshire’s Gender Identity Bill is Anti-Liberty

Concerned about personal liberty? Then you need to be concerned about House Bill 1319. There’s more to the gender identity bill than meets the eye. It interferes with private contract. | Read More at Cornerstone

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Agritourism…Convention Center, Restaurants, Mini-bike Tracks…OH MY!

Apparently, the proposed zoning amendments placed on the on the 2018 ballot by a Citizen’s Petition has brought out the fear mongers. Warning you that large conventions centers, restaurants, homes being able to change into a  farm overnight so you … Continue reading

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NH Democrats “Improve” HB 628: They Cut The Benefit Time in Half and Hike the Income Tax by 34%

The New Hampshire Income Tax is not dead yet. Yes, the subcommittee recommended the bill as inexpedient to legislate, and odds are improving that the full committee will follow suit, but the subcommittee minority report included an amendment that is (presumably) meant … Continue reading

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HB 1347: AN ACT relative to information to be included in the minutes under the right-to-know law.

David Talor of Durham NH, a member of RTKNH, provided the testimony to the House Judiciary Committee in support of HB 1347. I am David K. Taylor of Durham, New Hampshire. I served for 12 years on the Oyster River School … Continue reading

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