Pope dubious of visions of Mary in Bosnian village

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Pope Francis has voiced serious doubt about the authenticity of alleged continuing apparitions of the Madonna in Medjugorje, a once-obscure village in Bosnia boosted by the pilgrim business.

“These presumed apparitions don’t have a lot of value. This I say as a personal opinion,” he told reporters on his plane returning Saturday night from Portugal where he gave the Catholic Church two new child saints.

Six children first reported visions of the Virgin Mary in 1981 in a scenario reminiscent of famous apparitions in the French town of Lourdes in the 19th century and 100 years ago in Fatima, which Francis visited on Friday and Saturday. More…

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U of New Hampshire police investigate swastika drawings

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Police at the University of New Hampshire are investigating swastika drawings found in a student dormitory.

The images were discovered Friday in a stairwell at Stoke Hall, the largest dorm on the Durham campus.

The discovery followed a Thursday night forum in which dozens of UNH students urged administrators to do more to combat racism. More…

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Sununu Looks To Outsiders For Appointees

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Concord — As first-term Gov. Chris Sununu builds out his cabinet, he’s largely turned to appointees with little to no professional experience in the departments they’re being asked to lead.For education, he tapped Frank Edelblut, a businessman who homeschooled his children. For labor, More…

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What Happens When a Select-woman Challenges the Town of Piermont? – Part 5

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

First, there is the “View Tax”, or more correctly, the “view factor”, which, despite self-serving articles to the contrary that depict it as a useful tool for fairness in property assessment, it is seen in Piermont, as in other areas, for what it is – a duplicitous means for town and city governments to put an extra tax on desirable property to make up for the lack of a personal income tax in the state. More…

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Yesterday

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Sunday, May 14th was not a great day for news. Finding stories worth sharing was like trying to drag the truth from Hillary Clinton. Damn near impossible.

Here’s to hoping today will be better.

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This is how progressives undermine capitalism in the name of “character”

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Here’s an odd little story for you this weekend which I ran across in the local press out of San Francisco. It really wouldn’t merit much national attention were it not such a sterling example of enshrined, liberal tribal beliefs being carried over in the real world to the point of self-ridicule. More…

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New Ebola Outbreak Reported in Congo

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The last time we reported on Ebola, Sierra Leone was experiencing one of the last remaining cases in the West African epidemic of 2013-2016.

There are now reports that a new outbreak of the deadly, hemorrhagic virus is occurring in the Congo. More…

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Who’s Afraid of SB 8?

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The first thing to know about SB 8 is that it affects only a small number of New Hampshire residents: those who live in school districts that don’t offer all grades from K through 12. There are currently 48 towns that fall into this category, with a total population of 111,070, which is about 8% of NH’s total population. If you live in a district that offers all grades in K-12, enacting this bill might provide more competition for your district’s schools. More…

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Sununu taps Belknap County Attorney for Circuit Court

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Gov. Chris Sununu will nominate Belknap County Attorney Melissa Guldbrandsen of Alton to serve as a Circuit Court judge at the Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.

Guldbrandsen is the first of eight Circuit Court judges Sununu will get to nominate during his two-year term, subject to confirmation by the Executive Council. More…

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Bring Sanity Back To Setting The Speed Limits On Our Highways

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Around 1985 the NMSL was modified to allow states to set the speed limits in their highways up as high as 65MPH. Then Congress got around repealing the NMSL in 1995. The hew and cry from the Safety Nazis was loud and long, with claims that “blood would cover our streets and highways” with the higher speed limits. The reality – the number of traffic fatalities dropped.  More…

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