Handy Definintions for People Who Debate Liberals

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| GraniteGrok

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New Hampshire ranks lowest for seat belt use (I wonder why?)

Three New England states are among the bottom 10 nationally for percentage of seat belt usage last year, according to a chart tweeted by the Massachusetts Highway Safety Division this week.

New Hampshire ranked last (70.2 percent), Massachusetts ranked 46th (78.2 percent), and Vermont ranked 44th (80 percent) on a comparison of 2016 seat belt usage based on surveys conducted by all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. Home…

|Boston.com

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Steve Forster Has Friends Over – Neighbor Tattles to Town

Do you want to live in a town where government officials tell you who can come and enjoy your property?

That is exactly what (Henniker) Town Administrator Trovato wrote to Mr. Forster in a letter dated September 1, 2015. Letter from (the) town of Henniker. More…

| OnlyHennikerBruce

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Dartmouth Sorority Reports Obscene Message, Possible Burglary

On May 24 at around 7:50 p.m., Safety and Security responded to a report of a possible burglary, according to a campus-wide Safety and Security alert sent Wednesday night. An obscene message threatening sexual violence was left at a sorority house, interim Safety and Security director Keysi Montas wrote in the email. Multiple sources confirmed that the incident occurred at Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority. More…

| The Dartmouth

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Bernie Sanders Bails on St. Johnsbury Commencement Speech to Hawk His Book

Dan McLean, in Sanders’ office, said initially when contacted only that Sanders was “traveling” and unable to get to St. Johnsbury for the graduation. In a follow-up conversation seeking additional details, McLean said Sanders will be in Europe beginning mid-week next week as part of the promotion for his book. More…

| Caledonian Record

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Atkinson man faces sexual assault charges

Londonderry police said they arrested a man Friday night on several sexual assault-related charges after going to serve him a warrant.

Police said Derick Alexander Spath, 42, of 30 Steeple View Drive in Atkinson, was arrested just before 7 p.m. More…

| WMUR

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Putting Some Perspective On the Democrat Win in Wolfeboro, NH

The epic inspirational “flip” in Wolfeboro was a 51% to 49% victory with 811 votes for the Democrat and 755 for the Republican. That’s 56 votes in a town that cast 4,395 ballots last November and only 1566 last week.

I think we can agree that Democrats tried a lot harder to find a win and got one. And that means something. It means they spent more money, for one thing. More…

| GraniteGrok

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School Choice for NH: Another Strike Against the Blaine Amendment

On Friday afternoon right before the holiday weekend, the Institute for Justice declared another major victory for school choice. They represented several Montana families against the state Department of Revenue in a case involving a tax-credit scholarship program. This win recognizes that parents can direct their children’s education to select either a religious or secular private school under the program. More…

| School Choice for NH

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My Turn: How liberals discuss politics

I recently had a pleasant discussion with a friend, whom I’ll call Tim. I mentioned to him that I’d written a newspaper column stating that the 2008 credit crisis had been caused by wretched federal government policies. The discussion immediately became unpleasant (although we remain friends). More…

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Remembering Memorial Day and the Importance of Civics Education

Rich started by talking about the show’s plans for the upcoming Memorial Day.  He told the listeners his opinion that we have become a culture that doesn’t know how to reflect on its significance and spoke about the importance of a proper civics education. More…

| Girard at Large

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