Retired generals, admirals thank Trump for banning transgender troops

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

More than a dozen retired generals and admirals have signed a letter to President Trump thanking him for his announced policy to ban transgender people from the armed forces.

“We write today to express our gratitude to you for making the extremely courageous decision to reverse President [Barack] Obama’s transgender social experiment,” the conservative retired flag officers wrote. “There may be an enormous amount of vitriol directed at you for making this policy correction, but please know that overturning this policy may have done more in the long-term to save the culture and war-fighting capacity of the U.S. military than perhaps any other military policy you will adopt as president.” | More…

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Federal Judge mocks opponents of Trump voter commission

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

A federal judge Tuesday shot down the latest attempt to derail President Trump’s voter integrity commission, saying there wasn’t enough evidence that Americans’ rights are being violated by the request for voters’ information.

District Judge Royce C. Lamberth even seemed to chide the lawyers for Common Cause, an activist group that sued the commission, when one of them claimed they fear Mr. Trump will find a way to get at voters’ data even if states refuse.

“That’s hard to keep a straight face,” Judge Lamberth said. | More…

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Donna Green: Complaint Escalates to NH Board of Education

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Gentle Readers, here is the reply I received from SAU 55 concerning my request for a public hearing on alleged violations of RSA 194-C:5, which charges SAU boards with setting salaries for SAU employees, something our superintendent does currently. | More..

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Latest Trump Tweets Have NH Advocates on Obamacare “Sabotage” Watch

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

CONCORD, N.H. – Uncertainty in the health insurance market can hit New Hampshire consumers in the pocketbook, and that’s why local advocates say they are on “sabotage” watch over declared efforts by President Donald Trump to “let Obamacare fail.”

Apparently still angry over the failure of Republican lawmakers to pass a new health care bill, the president tweeted this weekend: “If a New HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for insurance companies and BAILOUTS for members of Congress will end very soon!”

Zandra Rice Hawkins, executive director of Granite State Progress, says attention needs to be paid to efforts by Trump and the U.S. House to undermine the Affordable Care Act. More…

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More On Lil’ Debbie And The Pakistani… Spies

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

This GrokClip from Tucker Carlson Tonight, hosted by Laura Ingraham last Thursday, adds depth to the degree of perfidy of DWS and the house Dems who allowed the Awan brothers to rob them blind while apparently stealing sensitive information.

Note how Lt Col Schaffer points out that some of the stolen information appeared to be destined for a foreign intelligence service – Pakistan’s ISI, anyone? | More…

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More Radioactive Waste Rolling through New Hampshire?

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

EXETER, N.H. – Environmental groups have a warning for the nation’s leaders: Haste will make more waste.

A House vote could come soon on legislation known as the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017.

The bill would mean building more temporary storage facilities around the nation to hold high-level radioactive waste from nuclear reactor sites, both current and closed.  | More…

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Rip Current Threat Issued for Beaches in New Hampshire

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The National Weather Service has issued a warning about dangerous rip currents on the North Shore of Massachusetts and in parts of New Hampshire.

At Hampton Beach, beach goers have already seen strong rip currents this summer. Last week, dozens of people had to get help from the water by lifeguards because of the currents. | More…

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Why Does N.H. Still Require Annual Car Inspections?

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

“Why do we put up with the onerous yearly auto inspection? Half of the states, including California, don’t have it. And their accident rate isn’t high.”  …

So, first thing: It’s actually more than half of states that lack an annual inspection. In the last few decades, a growing number of states have scrapped their annual inspection programs— deciding they’re too costly, too complicated or don’t seem to have a clear impact on road safety. | More…

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Whistleblowers, Veterans Criticize VA Bureaucracy

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Complaints about obstructive bureaucracy in the Veterans Health Administration dominated a discussion Monday afternoon between veterans and doctors who blew the whistle on problems at the Manchester VA.

The Boston Globe first reported on complaints lodged by doctors that the Manchester VA was allowing unsanitary conditions and delaying care for veterans with certain spine conditions, leaving some permanently paralyzed. | More…

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Man Overdoses in Dunkin’ Donuts Bathroom During Visit with 9-Year old Son

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire police say a man ingested heroin in a bathroom at a Dunkin’ Donuts during a visit with his 9-year-old son and had to be revived with an opioid-overdose antidote.

Manchester police say the boy told an employee on Saturday that his father had been inside the bathroom for a long time. Police say the employee went into the bathroom, found the man unconscious and called 911. | More…

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