The massacre in Vegas was horrific. The way in which many, who consider themselves to be progressives, have responded, is detrimental to our society as a whole. Hatred oozes from their every word toward their fellow Americans, who simply disagree with them politically. Their public wish for the deaths of innocent people is showing the darkest part of this nation. In a time of crisis, we have been known to come together, and to unite despite our differences. | More…
Shurtleff proposes bill to ban ‘bump stock’ devices in NH
CONCORD, N.H. —New Hampshire House Democratic Leader Steve Shurtleff said Friday it is time for “bump stock” multi-trigger activators to be outlawed in the Granite State.
Shurtleff, a Vietnam veteran who is now in his seventh term in the House, said he will try to introduce a bill for the 2018 legislative session to ban use of the device, which was used by the shooter, Stephen Paddock, in last Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. | More…
More than 700,000 expected to crisscross NH this holiday weekend
Foliage Map October 7, 2017 – Orange is peak, Yellow is Mid-peak, brown is too late,
MANCHESTER, N.H. —Columbus Day is the kickoff to the fall tourist season. Numbers are expected to be up at least 5 percent, with close to 10 million visitors expected.
This weekend is the third-busiest travel weekend of the year, with much of the traffic headed north, where foliage is really starting to pop. | More…
Posted in Around New England, Economy/Economics
Tagged Columbus Day, Leaf Peeping, Tourism
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The Mandate Takes a Hit. That’s Not Enough.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission responds to Seabrook safety activist’s concerns
As Rowley nuclear safety activist Steve Comley Sr. makes the rounds to various communities urging for a letter to request a public hearing on Seabrook, N.H., Nuclear Power Plant and the facility’s evacuation plan, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory says that agency would be OK with such a hearing because it feels adequate evacuation plans are already set. | More…
Students Display “Alt-Right” Flag at NH School Pep Rally
A flag associated with white supremacy and the alt-right movement displayed at a Conant High School pep rally has caused the Superintendent of the Jaffrey-Rindge School District to send a letter to all Conant families.
In a letter dated Sept. 29, Superintendent Reuben Duncan said the district needs to “look very closely at our own culture and analyze how we operate,” after the displaying of the flag led “to a disturbance within the school setting.” *| More…
Berlin NH Fights Bill To Shift Tax Burden
BERLIN — With millions of dollars of utility tax valuation at stake, the city council invited Coos legislators to Monday’s work session for a detailed briefing on the evils of House Bill 324.
Mayor Paul Grenier explained that the bill, if passed, would have serious negative consequences for Berlin and most Coos County communities. | More…
Wolves Against Central Planning
Wolves make the case against central planning, that is against Socialism and pretty much all the -isms that leave Leftist priapistic.
As is usually the case when the government, or anyone really, gets involved in something in which it has no business but is arrogantly confident of its positive effect on things, the unforeseen and unintentional consequences blow up in its face like an exploding cigar. | More…
Trump Rolls Back Obama Contraceptive Mandate
The Trump Administration has just eliminated the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate.
The Trump administration said Friday it will let a vast universe of employers duck Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate by claiming a religious or moral objection, a long-awaited move that will enthuse pro-life conservatives and enrage advocates who say women’s rights to birth control are being threatened. | More…
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Tagged Contraceptive Mandate, Obamacare, Trump
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Dartmouth Liquor Ban, Sexual Assaults, and Drug Arrests
Hanover — Dartmouth College’s annual campus safety report for 2016 shows little change in most key crime statistics, except for a slight drop in arrests and internal sanctions for alcohol violations.
The data show that sexual violence and substance abuse reports stayed nearly level in the first full year of Moving Dartmouth Forward, a collegewide initiative meant to curb risky behavior. *| More…
The New Media Militia 