Summer Military Vehicle Rally taking over Weare

The 30th Weare Summer Military Vehicle Rally will take place Thursday through Sunday behind the Center Woods School off routes 77 and 114.

There will be vehicle displays, trail rides, demonstrations, vendors, ice-cream runs and scenic tours.

Hours will be from about 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, according to mvmvc.org/weare-rally. | Source

| New Hampshire.com

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New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges

Columbia, South Carolina —- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Marshall Carey Strickland, age 42, of Nashua, New Hampshire, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, to Possession of Child Pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B).  United States District Judge Bryan Harwell, of Florence, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.

The evidence presented at the guilty plea hearing established that during October and November of 2013, while living in a motel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Strickland used a particular email account to access and view numerous images and videos of child pornography.

Ms. Drake stated the maximum penalty Strickland can receive is imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of $250,000. | More…

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Medicaid Assists More Than 185,000 New Hampshire Residents (as if That’s a Good Thing)

This is an interesting take on the Medicaid situation in NH. Follow the link to look at the graph (so you can feel the expansion of Medicaid with your eyes) and the breakdown of whom it supposedly serves.

One of New Hampshire’s largest government services, Medicaid helps approximately one out of every seven Granite Staters access health care. The Medicaid program is a joint federal-state partnership to eliminate or defray the costs of health coverage for certain populations with incomes below certain levels, including children, parents, pregnant women, people with disabilities, seniors and nursing home residents, and other individuals with low incomes. | More…

| NHFPI

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The Navy’s Railgun Is About to Get Faster and More Powerful

The U.S. Navy’s experimental railgun is getting new upgrades to make it fire more powerful shots, and fire them faster. It’s the latest bit of progress on this still-landlocked weapon, but when and where it actually would be installed on a warship is not clear.

Defensetech reports the Navy wants to push the Office of Naval Research’s prototype railgun from a science experiment into useful weapon territory. The goal, according to Tom Beutner, head of Naval Air Warfare and Weapons for the ONR, is ten shots per minute at 32 megajoules. How much power is that? One way of looking at it is that a .22 bullet has 1,000 foot-pounds of force at the muzzle. A 32 megajoule railgun shot: 23,601,988 foot-pounds. | More… (incl. video)

|Popular Mechanics

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Ridley Report: Journalism event organizer doesn’t want me to interview participant on way in

‘People say they want journalists who can’t be controlled. But do they? After interviewing a quasi-government official on his way to a public event at a public library…a third person tries to control my coverage.

It’s a presentation about fake news…with Russophobic undercurrents. I’ve been “asked” not to record it without getting permission from the presenters. I ignore the request. | More…

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Use of Force Justified in Estranged Husband Shooting

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says a woman was justified in her use of deadly force in the fatal shooting of her estranged husband in February. …

The report said Nicole Carney was separated from her husband and didn’t want him to know where she and her 5-year-old daughter lived. She said he had threatened to kill her in the past and had assaulted her. She called police when he showed up, but then believed he had left. He showed up again, approached her, and she used a rifle to shoot him twice, killing him. | More…

| US News

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Veterans secretary to meet with New Hampshire whistleblowers

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The nation’s top Veterans Affairs official plans to meet next week with doctors who have alleged substandard care at the Manchester VA Medical Center.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin recently removed the hospital’s top two leaders and ordered a review by the VA’s Office of the Medical Inspector after the Boston Globe reported on a whistleblower complaint filed by physicians. He also has ordered the VA’s inspector general to launch its own investigation and plans to meet with the state’s congressional delegation at the hospital on Aug. 4. | More…

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Liberals Compare Boy Scouts to Hitler Youth, Still Can’t Understand Why They Lose Elections

Trump visited the Boy Scout Jamboree this week, much to the delight of the approximately 40,000 attendees who cheered loudly for him.

Some liberals rushed to compare the Boy Scouts to the Hitler Youth, further displaying their utter disconnect with average Americans, or as they would say, the “deplorables.” | More…

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NHLA: 2017 Potluck BBQ and Annual Meeting

2017 Potluck BBQ & Annual Meeting

It’s annual meeting time! We’re celebrating lots of liberty progress this year, and need your support and ideas to keep the progress going. BBQ tickets are available at https://tinyurl.com/ y9bsql3t.

Join us for a board meeting at 1 pm, BBQ at 4-ish and group picture at 5 pm. Please bring a dish to share. | Original

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Scrutinizing the Results of Yesterday’s Special Election in District 16

Rich talked about the results of yesterday’s special election in District 16.  He conveyed feedback from listeners concerning David Boutin’s (R) loss to Kevin

Cavanaugh (D) and shared his theories about why Boutin’s run wasn’t successful.  He then addressed claims made by Raymond Buckley concerning the Republican Party’s defeat and took a call from Eddy in Manchester, who praised the strength of the Democrat Party in Ward 1 and inquired about the differences between Ward 1 in Bedford and in the Queen City. |More…

| Girard at Large

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