Ramadan Bombathon Round-Up : It’s was a Ramadan to Remember!

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Ramadan Bombathon round up 2017As religions go, Islam smoked the competition yet again.  Innocent people were beheaded for not knowing the Quran… children machine-gunned for being Christian… yet not a single attack (that we could find) in the name of another religion during the ‘holy’ month.

Against the 174 attacks, 1595 bodies, and 1960 injured in  29 countries across the globe, there was just two Muslims killed in anti-Muslim attacks – one by an intoxicated loner with mental health issues in London, and the other in India (suspected).

| Religion of Peace.com

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President Trump is Obama’s Legacy

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

For Republicans, luck can’t get much better. While Clinton and Pelosi were hardly innocent bystanders in the historic rout of Democrats at every level of government, the main culprit was Obama.

It was Obamaism, more than Clintonism or Pelosism, that elected Donald Trump and gave the GOP both houses of congress. The former president’s coercive liberalism at home and appeasement abroad led to the greatest upset in American politics.

His two biggest achievements, ObamaCare and the Iran nuclear deal, were sold on the backs of lies. President Trump is Obama’s legacy. | More…

| NY Post

Original Title: Obama’s liberalism paved the way for Donald Trump

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The Unbearable Smugness Of Being…A Democrat

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

It was a different time, a crazy time, all those…days ago…way back at the end of last week. I remember it like it was, well, just last week, when Democrats suggested that maybe, just maybe, the political rhetoric in the country was a little too heated after one of their own tried to murder as many Republican Congressmen as possible. Like I said, it was a different time.

After less than two weeks, that time is done and the political left is back at their lying, hateful rhetoric about how Republicans are hoping to kill as many Americans as possible. It actually took a little longer than I thought it would. | More…

|Townhall.com

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The War On Plastic Drinking Straws – Do You Really Need Them?

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Nearly every chain restaurant and coffee shop offers straws. They’re in just about every movie theater and sit-down restaurant. Theme parks and corner stores and ice cream shops and school cafeterias freely hand them out.

But they are starting to disappear because of the awareness campaign Cress and dozens of conservation groups are waging. Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom bans them, as do the food concession areas of Smithsonian Institution museums. | More…

| MSN.com

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We Might Slam Into the Andromeda Galaxy Sooner Than Expected

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Scientists using a radio telescope known as the Very Large Baseline Array have found our galaxy is rotating at 100,000 miles per hour faster than had previously been thought. One of the radio telescopes used in the VLBA is located in New Liberty. Others are located in Hawaii, California, Washington, and New Hampshire.

According to Mark Reid of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, “this increases the estimate of the Milky Way’s mass by 50 percent, bringing it even with the Andromeda Galaxy.” | More…

| NonpareilOnline

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Franklin NH Gets $125,000.00 for Dropout Prevention

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The city of Franklin, New Hampshire got a gift in the new Republican state Budget. A grant for $125K to address its distinction of having the third highest dropout rate in the state. | More…

| GraniteGrok

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NH Airbnb law leads to ‘healthy’ revenue growth

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Granite Staters hosted more than 95,000 visitors and earned more than $12 million last year from bookings made through Airbnb’s short-term rentals website.

Those numbers more than doubled Airbnb’s 2015 totals of 44,000 New Hampshire guests and $5 million in bookings.

“The typical host in New Hampshire earned $5,400 last year, often using the additional funds to make rent or mortgage payments, save for retirement or repay student loans,” said Airbnb spokesman Peter Schottenfels. “The typical listing is occupied 28 nights per year and the average length of stay is 2.7 nights.” | More…

*| Union Leader

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Thanks to The Growing New Media Militia Audience

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

With 1500 linked articles since the project took off in April I’d like to thank our growing audience for looking to the New Media Militia for stories from around New Hampshire and the World.

Speaking of the world, we’ve had visitors from 42 countries; here are our top 10 with the US at number one.

NMM Top 10 nations as of June 24 2017

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Timberlane Predicts $550k Surplus Shortfall

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Before any budget is approved, prudence and common sense require an examination of projected revenues. Unfortunately, Timberlane’s budget committee never looks at revenue before they give their stamp of approval.

Why does this matter?  Shaky revenues mean a risk of even higher taxes.  A large source of revenue in our budget is the surplus from the previous budget year. Every dollar that doesn’t come through in projected surplus is another dollar that must be raised from taxpayers.| More…

Donna Green | timberlansandsandown

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Female Democratic Senators (Including Maggie Hassan) Snub Female Muslim Reformers

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

“Just as we are invisible to the mullahs at the mosque, we were invisible to the Democratic women in the Senate.”

You’d think that female senators who speak about the rights of women would be eager to hear what Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim from Somalia, and Asra Nomani, a Muslim reformer born in India, had to say when called before a Senate committee to testify about the ideology of political Islam, especially as it relates to the rights of women in Islamic societies.

But you would be wrong. | More…

| IWF.org

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