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Heading Into The New Year- Two Centuries Ago of the New Year of 1817. I’d like to take you back there with the help of The Portsmouth Oracle of Saturday, December 21, 1816. Mankind seems to be obsessed with speed. He never seems to be satisfied with the time it takes him to reach one place from another, so, though change happened in stages, taking eighty days to travel around the earth seems like a very long time compared with today’s fast pace. Travel times for passengers and mail had experienced an increase two hundred
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer
I suppose that for many there was not a lot of change in one’s manner of living from the year 1816 to 1818, but for others there were big changes. If someone back then could have leaped immediately from 1818 to 2018 they no doubt would have had difficulty coping with the differences. It would be just as interesting to jump back two hundred and one years to experience in December of 1816 the anticipation
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“Last Night 2017” In Wolfeboro Hall from 12:30 – 4:30 pm. All are invited back to the Great Hall for Contra Dancing from 7-9 pm hosted by G.A.L.A. (Global Awareness Local Action). Wolfeboro’s many restaurants will also be open during the day and evening, some with New Year’s Eve special events of their own. For more information contact the Wolfeboro Recreation Department at 603-569-5639, or the Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce at 603-569-2200. TT
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Wolfeboro invites you to its annual New Year’s celebration “Last Night” on December 31st. The entertainment is free to all ages, paid for with community donations (be sure to look for donation jars) and a gift from the Cate Memorial Fund. Among the events are a Scavenger Hunt downtown from 11 am until 1 pm, entertainment with JUST Bob and Marla in the Great Hall at 1:30 pm, Tricky Dick the Magician will also be at the Great Hall at 3pm as well as The Balloon Man from 3:304:15 and more including Fireworks Over Wolfeboro Bay at 6:30 pm, sponsored by the Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce. Those working up an appetite will find snacks for sale at the Great
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December Thursday 28th Eric Grant – Live Music Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841
Video Game Club
Concord Public Library, Green Street, Concord. Kids play from 3:30-4:30, and teens play from 4:30-5:30pm. Join for some fun, cooperative games on the Library’s Wii U! 225-8670
Friday 29th Dueling Pianos: Jim Tyrrell vs Matt Langley Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. Bring your friends and join in the show as you pick the music! www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841
Saturday 30th
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
Wolfeboro Scavenger Hunt
Starts at The Great Hall, 84 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 11am-1pm. 569-1080
Lasagna Dinner at All Saints Church
All Saints Church, 258 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 5pm-6:30pm. $10pp, kids 5 and under are free. 5691080
JUST Bob and Maria” – Interactive Music and Puppetry The Great Hall, 84 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 1:30pm-2:30pm. Free and open to the public.
Fireworks Over Wolfeboro Bay
Wolfeboro Bay, Wolfeboro. 6:30pm. Sponsored by Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce. Free and open to the public.
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“One Hit Wonders” – Matt Langley Trio Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8:30pm. www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841
Meredith 250th Anniversary Kick Off Dinner & Dance
Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant, DW Highway, Meredith. 6pm. The evening will include a buffet dinner and a brief program with various entertainment before the dancing begins. Jimmy and the Jesters will provide some great oldies and classic country music beginning at 9pm for dancing until the midnight hour. Dress for the evening is casual and you are encouraged to purchase your tickets asap as seating is limited. Tickets are $25pp and can be purchased by calling Dennis or Cookie Boulanger at 279-1332 or mail a check to Meredith 250th Anniversary Celebration, c/o Wicwas Lake Grange, PO Box 1706, Meredith, NH 03253.
Sunday 31st Racky Thomas New Year’s Eve Gala
Friday 5th
Kashmir – Live Led Zeppelin Show Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 8pm. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or call 335-1992 for tickets.
Sunday 7th Public Learn-to-Curl Pop Whalen Ice Arena, Wolfeboro. 5pm-7pm. Free two-hour session, open to the public. www.lakescurlingnh.
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Wednesday 10th New Heights’ Ski & Snowboard Club Lincoln Street School, Exeter. This program will take place on four Wednesday’s with dates to include Jan. 10th, 24th, 31st and Feb. 7th. The destination will be McIntyre Ski Area in Manchester, and the cost is $190. Students will have access to gear rentals and ski and snowboard lessons, so everyone is welcome! Nat Morgan, adventure programmer, said he is excited to offer the program to 5th graders for the first time! www.
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Taylor Road Bluegrass Band Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
Recycled Percussion The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.
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Friday 12th Alexis P. Suter Band Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043.
Pink Talking Fish The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.
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Cheryl Arena Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
Recycled Percussion The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.
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Dave Andrews & Chris Distefano – Live Comedy Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
Scott Sharrard and the Brickyard Band The Flying Monkey, South Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh.
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Gathering Time Anderson Hall, 205 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 2pm. info@ wfriendsofmusic.org or 569-2151
Thurs. 18th – Feb. 4th Gilligan’s Island – The Musical Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Visit www. RochesterOperaHouse.com or call 335-1992 for show times and tickets.
Friday 19th Neil & The Vipers Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. BYOB venue. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
Learn Something New at a “Becoming an Outdoors-Woman” New Hampshire’s Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program (BOW) is offering an exciting lineup of courses in 2018 for women who are interested in learning outdoor skills. Application forms and brochures are published at www.nhbow.com when each registration opens. Sign up as soon as possible after registration opens, as these courses fill quickly. Winter BOW – February 17: This one-day winter workshop allows women to experience ice-fishing, snowshoeing and tracking, winter outdoor survival, or “’Shoe and Shoot” (woodland target shooting on snowshoes). Event is held at Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, NH. Cost is $55 ($25 for participants age 18-25). Registration opens January 2. Beyond BOW – Learn to Tie Flies – March 7, 14, 21, and April 4, 11: Get expert instruction on how to tie flies at this five-session Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshop held at Fox State Forest Education Center in Hillsborough, NH. Cost: $100. Registration opens January 22. Beyond BOW – Deep Sea Fishing Adventure -- June 2018 (date to be determined): Enjoy a day of deep-sea fishing adventure aboard The Yellowbird out of Hampton, NH. Cost: $95. Registration opens April 9. Beyond BOW – Campground Camping – June 23-24: Stay overnight at Pawtuckaway State Park, in Nottingham, NH, and try your hand at camp set-up, outdoor cooking, and more! Cost: $75. Registration opens May 7. Beyond BOW – Introduction to Rifle and Shotgun – August 11: Interested in learning about firearms? In this one-day course at Owl Brook Hunter Education Center, in Holderness, NH, participants will become familiar with firearm action types, proper maintenance, safe handling, and storage. Includes live shooting opportunity at the ranges. Cost: $55. Registration opens June 25. BOW Fall Weekend – September 7-9: This is the NH Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program’s biggest event of the year, held at Rockywold-Deephaven Camps in Holderness, NH. Participants choose four workshops to take during the weekend. Topics include fishing, shooting sports, hiking, outdoor cooking, hunting, map and compass, kayaking, paddle boarding, sharing nature with children, and more. Cost of $335 includes all meals and two nights lodging, plus instruction, and equipment use. Registration opens June 4.
Racky Thomas New Years Eve Gala At Pitman’s Champagne glasses Ring in the New Year with live music, dancing and a delightful hors d’oeuvres buffet at Pitman’s Freight Room on Sunday, Decemebr 31st at 8pm. The Racky Thomas Blues Band has been a torchbearer for the blues since its formation in 1995, when Racky Thomas collaborated with bassist Todd Carson, guitarist Nick Adams, and drummer Ted Larkin to make a demo cd, and do some gigs around the Boston area. Thomas has a vast repertoire of tunes – blues from world-class bluesmen, plantation gospel (the original blues), rocking electric blues, classic and obscure blues, and Racky Thomas blues! including “Matchbox Blues”, “Biscuit-Bakin’ Woman”, “Mona”, “Sugar-coated Love”, “Big Road Blues”, “Hoochie-Coochie Man”, and “Mojo Workin’” (to name a few). Gutsy vocals, down and dirty harmonica, smoking guitar, a killer rhythm section delivering pure unadulterated blues, and you’ve got the Racky Thomas Band. Twice nominated for Boston Music Awards, and winners of the 1997 Battle of the Blues bands you’ve only got to experience them once to become a believer. Complimentary champagne toast at midnight! Admission $45 per person. Call 527-0043 for reservations. Pitman’s Freight Room is located at 94 New Salem Street in Laconia. For more info visit www.pitmansfreightroom.com.
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all my years of following our nation’s democracy at work I have never been disappointed in the political atmosphere as it exist today. I know I am not alone, many hard working tax paying citizens share the same feelings about the latest distraction, “sexual harassment�. We no sooner leave one unjust issue and are faced with another that leaves the real important subjects most essential to the needs of the people and the country on the shelf. Since the election has been over and the name calling and nastiness has subsided somewhat, sexual harassment is the game most likely to destroy careers and families. I do not condone such behavior by anyone, male or female but, the way it has flourish makes you wonder what will be used next to catch the golden ring. When any issue comes to light it is our duty to address it with some kind of restraint and dignity. Up to now that has been the American way but, intentionally searching out individuals as we are doing is an absolute disgrace, and I for one believe that is what’s going on with this sexual harassment campaign. Victims of any embarrassing situation that have been keeping
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quite are not likely to come forward without being sought out for a reason. The only ones that gain are attorneys, talk shows, and the main stream news media. If the victims brought their complaints to the table when it happened no one would have been able to use something like sexual harassment as a tool to turn Washington and the country into a one ring circus. Our president has made some historical advances during his short tenure but, politicians, and the main stream media refuse to tell the American people of his achievements. The coalition that has formed before the election and exists today are determined to oust the president for many reasons but mostly because they dislike him personally, if that were not so we would have some kind of bipartisan cooperation. If a reasonable person cannot recognize achievement that benefits the country, then party affiliation is more important than their country. The deceitful comments we see every day about the President on Twitter, Facebook, and the Main Stream News Media are not helpful in bringing the country together. Writing Opinions and Analysis that have no facts or foundation will not provide better days.
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Get Involved To The Editor: Throughout recorded human history there has been an ongoing struggle between the rulers and the ruled. The rulers have been the wealthy, powerful elite, and the ruled have been the working classes and the poor. The American Revolution was a time when the ruled rose up to take control of their destiny from the King of England and his wealthy patrons. It is time for We the People to rise again! Today’s rulers are the huge Wall Street banks, the energy monopolies, health care profiteers, the military-industrial complex, and their corporate media. They control our government through “the best politicians money can buy� who are funded by legal bribes from political action committees (PACs) and wealthy donors, The voters get to choose the lesser of evils and the rich ruling elite win either way as they control both Parties. The Silent Majority gives it’s consent to the rule of this corrupt status quo by remaining meek, disorganized, uninformed and uninvolved. The NH Community Rights Network (NHCRN) is working to revitalize our democracy by empowering every city and town with the right of local control. The Community Rights Amendment (CACR 19) See mail boat on 25
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Awaiting The New Year
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
I hate to admit it, but I haven’t done much on the New Year’s Eve front for a few years now. When I was in my twenties, in New York, nine o’clock on a Friday or Saturday night was time to get ready for fun evening activities. Today, in my sixties, nine o’clock at night is still time to get ready for fun evening activities, Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon your point of view) those fun activities usually center around sleep. I have braved it till ten and even eleven on occasion, but that usually evens out with the 8:45 lights out that, I hate to admit, happens on occasion. The rare times I find myself awake at midnight or later nowadays is usually more because of need as opposed to celebration. (If you are a guy over fifty, I think you get my drift, no pun intended.) Staying awake till midnight used to be easy when I was a younger man. It was a nightly occurrence, one didn’t need an excuse. It could be New Years’ Eve or just Wednesday. It really didn’t matter. The local bar in the town where I grew up, actually had a Happy Hour from 2am to 3am and the place was packed. (Of course, as a writer, I was only there to observe this phenomenon in order to chronicle it for future
generations.) When we were kids my brothers and sisters and I were allowed to wait up to celebrate the New Year. It was a big deal since these were the days that we were being prepared for old age by being sent to bed at 9pm, tired or not (usually not.) It was a treat then to be able to stay awake till midnight, tired or not (usually tired). Our parents, who were out at their own celebration, made sure we had an ample supply of party hats and noisemakers to herald in the occasion. Rockin’ New Year’s Eve wasn’t even a consideration then. New Year’s Eve TV was Guy Lomardo and his Orche s t r a o r nothing at all. We’d usually tune in around 11:30, listening to music we didn’t know was as good as it was, watching the clock on the TV screen counting down the final minutes to the New Year. Occasionally, we would even stay up long enough to greet our parents when they came home from their celebration. My mom, who passed away this past September at 93, put me to shame as far as New Year’s Eve goes. She had stayed awake until midnight for every New Year’s Eve since she was a young girl. Lately she may have fallen asleep immediately after, but it doesn’t matter, she kept the streak alive. A streak I broke many years ago. I still stay up late enough to watch the beginnings of the New Year’s Eve Celebration. It is fun to watch the ten of thousands of people gather in Times Square in anticipation of the ball dropping to herald in the New Year. Even though I lived about twenty miles from
New York City growing up, I never once went there for the celebration. Still, today, as I watch it on TV as I did when I was younger, one thought still rings in my head: “Exactly where do all these people go to the bathroom?” One thing I will do on New Year’s morning is to watch the replay of the ball dropping. I’m not sure why I do it, but I guess something makes me want to make sure it actually happened. That there wasn’t some strange, once in a millennium occurrence that transpired at the last minute that kept us from entering into the New Year and I was the only one that didn’t know it. I know, weird right? But, I’ve always been a cautious guy and I need to make sure I am dating my checks correctly. As far as New Year’s Resolutions go? Well, I find that I am still doing as well with those today as I was when I was a younger man. Maybe even a little better. Nowadays I am good for keeping them for at least a couple of weeks as opposed to my old three-day average. (My personal record is twelve hours). So as 2017 comes to a close and a New Year enters onto the scene, I wish all of you out there a happy and healthy one and have fun with how ever you choose to celebrate it. Happy New Year and Good Night! Brendan Smith is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “The Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” both which are available at his website www.BrendanTSmith.com
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Time for Trump Makeover Of Lib NPR and PBS At the close of 2017, no less than seven prominent male hosts and editors of influential governmentsponsored radio and televiby Michelle Malkin sion shows are Syndicated Columnist out of work amid claims of sexual harassment. According to their accusers, the alleged Malevolent Seven are powerful pervs and creeps who’ve been running wild at NPR and PBS for decades, sponsored and subsidized by taxpayers and corporate donors. In August, award-winning broadcast and radio host John Hockenberry departed from his public radio program “The Takeaway” on New York City’s NPR affiliate, which garnered a peak audience of nearly 3 million weekly listeners on more than 270 stations. Female producers and interns accused him of harassment and bullying before and after he deployed his golden parachute. Hockenberry says he’s “horrified” by the allegations. In October, NPR’s former editorial director and senior vice president of news, Michael Oreskes, was ousted from his perch after several women claimed he forcibly kissed them in the 1990s while seeking jobs at his previous employer, The New York Times. That same month, NPR launched an investigation of veteran Minnesota Public Radio host Garrison Keillor, creator of “A Prairie Home Companion.” The liberal icon penned a column defending fellow sexual harassment suspect Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., in late November; the next day, NPR fired him
for inappropriate behavior involving at least one female co-worker. Keillor says the only incident he recalls involves inadvertently slipping his hand up the bare back of a “friend.” Also on the Thanksgiving holiday chopping block: PBS fixture and CBS morning news star Charlie Rose, who reportedly groped, grabbed, phone-harassed and exposed himself to upwards of eight female employees, interns and job applicants dating back to the 1990s. At the end of November, NPR canned Chief News Editor David Sweeney following an internal review after four of the public radio network’s female employees lodged formal complaints involving unwanted kisses, attention and gifts. In mid-December, Boston-based Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s “On Point” live morning show broadcast on 290 NPR affiliates stations for the past 16 years, was suspended after young women alleged he gave “creepy” sex talks, hugs and back rubs in the studio. Ashbrook says he was “stunned” to learn of the charges. And last week, PBS suspended weeknight host Tavis Smiley, whose interview show airs in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Southern California and nationwide -- with major corporate underwriting from Walmart. He also hosted a podcast on NPR. Smiley has waged an aggressive campaign defending himself against his employer’s witch hunt “gone too far.” I can’t tell you who’s lying and who’s telling the truth, but I know with absolute certitude that all seven of these men are left-leaning journalists and pundits encrusted in the public broadcasting establishment.
Give Trump Credit Where It’s Due
Republicans have tried, on and off, to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling since by Rich Lowry the 1980s. The Syndicated Columnist effort has always engendered intense opposition and always been abandoned. A provision for drilling in ANWR is included in the Republican tax bill almost as an afterthought. Republicans took a constitutional fight against Obamacare’s individual mandate to the Supreme Court in 2012, and lost. They targeted it in their Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill earlier this year, and lost. They tried again with a last-ditch “skinny repeal” bill, and lost yet again. Repeal of the individual mandate also is included in the Republican tax bill. As the year ends, President Donald Trump is compiling a solid See malkin on 25 record of accomplishment. Much
of it is unilateral, dependent on extensive executive actions rolling back President Barack Obama’s regulations, impressive judicial appointments and the successful fight against ISIS overseas. The tax bill is the significant legislative achievement that heretofore had been missing. For much of the year, Trump’s presidency had seemed to be sound and fury signifying not much besides the welcome ascension of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court; now, it is sound and fury signifying a discernible shift of American government to the right. It’s hard to see how a conventional Republican president would have done much better, except if he had managed to get Obamacare repealed. The tax cut is big -- $1.5 trillion over 10 years, and even more if you account for the budgetary gimmicks -- and has changes that conservative economists have sought for decades, particularly the lower corporate rate (from 35
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The Virtue Of Volunteering It’s taken fifty years, but medical science is confirming what writer and philosopher Ayn Rand claimed as objective by Ken Gorrell truth in her Northfield, NH. 1964 collection of essays, The Virtue of Selfishness: There are measurable benefits from acting out of concern for one’s own best interests. One of Rand’s major themes in her non-fiction works and novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged is the struggle between motivations and moral action. She rejected the “beneficiarycriterion of morality” and heaped contempt on the idea of altruistic motives. She defined selfishness as “concern with one’s own interests” that is neither intrinsically moral nor immoral. The moral judgement comes from how you define and act on your perceived best interests. There is a growing body of evidence supporting the idea that volunteering our time and energy in pursuits that help others has mental and physical health benefits for ourselves. As Rand might have put it, there is selfish virtue in volunteering. In a recent article on the website Motherboard, staff writer and science journalist Kaleigh Rogers described volunteering as the “best kept secret for mental
health.” She was quick to point out that “volunteering is one of the most self-serving things I do, because whenever I help out...my stress and anxiety levels noticeably drop.” As a volunteer with CASA of New Hampshire, I know just what she’s feeling. And now there’s data to back up those feelings. A 2013 study by Carnegie Mellon University and published in Psychology and Aging found that people who had volunteered at least 200 hours over twelve months were less likely to develop hypertension than nonvolunteers. Those volunteers also reported greater increases in psychological well-being and physical activity than non-volunteers. The two catches in that study: The participants were men and women over 50 years old, and the study couldn’t rule out the possibility that people who are more likely to volunteer were also doing other things that improved their health. However, the results were in line with other medical studies investigating the same phenomenon. An interesting wrinkle to this came from a 2012 study in the journal Health Psychology, which found that while those who volunteered regularly lived longer, it only helped those whose intentions were to help others, not simply to make themselves feel better. And those whose jobs involved helping others (such as health care) did not see the benefits gained by volunteers who might be helping others in a similar way.
Ayn Rand might bristle at this altruistic twist. But volunteering is inextricably linked to serving something bigger than ourselves without remuneration; if doing so improves our mental and physical health, it’s clearly an act of both
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Deadly Isms
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People want politics to be simple. Left vs. right. Clinton vs. Trump. My side vs. your side. Elect the right guy, and things will be good! The truth is more com-
plicated. Influential political philosophies created the mess we live with today, not just a political “left” and “right.” There’s socialism, conservatism, populism, progressivism, liberalism, scientism (eugenics), Marxism, totalitarianism, nationalism, fascism, Islamo-fascism, Nazism and probably others I missed. But only two “isms” work well for ordinary people. More on them in a moment. It’s in the interests of politicians and activists to tell us society is divided into two armies, one good and one evil, with crushing defeat for one side just about to happen. When primitive parts of our brains see the world as “us vs. them,” we’re ready to fight each other. We may not realize until it’s too late that all those ideologies will reduce our freedom and increase the power of politicians. Matt Kibbe, head of the group Free the People, calls them “the Deadly Isms” in a new series of online videos. He urges people to stop wasting time worrying about which “ism” is on the left or right and worry more about how all threaten individual liberty. Stalin was not the opposite of Hitler. Both were mass murderers who censored the press, seized control of industries and
murdered innocent people. We don’t benefit by choosing between communism and Nazism, or between the milder forms of them that still find adherents today: socialism and fascism. Whether government gives you orders in the name of the working class or a superior race, it still takes away your right to do as you please. On the other hand, there is an ideology that does leave us mostly free to do what we please. John Locke called it liberalism, saying that: “The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man.” We need some government to do some things — keep the peace, for example — but otherwise, government should mostly leave us alone. Unfortunately, today’s liberals stole Locke’s word. Now liberalism means regulating most every detail of individual behavior and dividing people into grievance groups that use government to take each other’s money and freedom. Conservatism claims to love freedom, but its advocates don’t mind government starting wars and crushing civil liberties of unpopular groups like drug users, immigrants, gamblers, sex workers and pornographers. Today, both liberalism and conservatism are guilty of encouraging another ism: corporatism. That’s what we get when government doles out special privileges to corporations and people who have more lawyers and lobbyists than you do. A genuine free market rewards entrepreneurs who serve customers well. A government that hands out farm subsidies, windSee stossel on 24
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Healthy Tip From Dr. Fink —Night Time Eating— even all day. Also, it travels well, so if you’re in a rush in the mornings, make it the night before and just grab it from the fridge on your way out the door.
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If you are having trouble giving up those late night snacks consider these recommendations with excerpts from an article written by respected Dr. & Author, Mark Hyman MD. Eight Steps To End Night Time Eating; 1. Eat breakfast. This is the key strategy to stop the nighttime cravings. Of course, if you are binging at night, you probably won’t want to eat breakfast, because when you wake up, you’re still full. So, you have to break that cycle, and you have to start with breakfast, a good, protein breakfast. Eggs, any form you like: omelet, fried, poached are a great source of protein that helps balance your blood sugar. Eat WHOLE eggs, not egg whites. Another suggestion, whole food protein shake. “I keep all the ingredients I need in my cupboard, so it’s goof proof, and I don’t have to think about it and it’s all there”. ( We carry a few different options in our office and of course there’s a wide array available on the market. I would advise you to read the label and make sure it’s not loaded with sugar or preservatives.) You can add your own fruits or veggies, nuts, etc. Put it all in the blender, and it’s fantastic. If you have one of those for breakfast, it’ll keep your blood sugar
2. Don’t drink your calories. If you have sugary, liquid calories in the form of sodas, juices, lattes, sports drinks, or iced teas, it will spike your insulin and blood sugar, and this will cause cravings. 3. Make sure you eat regularly. Have breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you want a snack in between, that’s fine. But make sure you eat at regular rhythms and regular times. Your body is a hormonal clock, and you have to eat in rhythm to keep it in balance. Also, believe it or not your weight will balance out. 4.Have protein and good-quality fat at every meal, whether it’s good fats like nuts and seeds, avocados, coconut, olive oil, or quality protein like chicken, fish, or grass-fed meat. Some combination of these, plus lots of vegetables balance your blood sugar. 5. Find your pause button and soothe the stress. “Stress makes you fat (and overeat); relaxing makes you thin. So, learn to find your pause button and destress. Breathing, yoga, and exercise are some great ways to reduce stress, which helps reset the hormones, balance brain chemistry, and stop the cravings”. 6. Prioritize Sleep. If you don’t sleep, you will be hungry, especially for carbs and sugar. Why?
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Your Health is in Your Hands by Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC. Contributing Writer
Do you begin and end your day staring deeply into the eyes of your closest companion - your phone? Do you spend hours on social media, using computer screens, answering emails, playing video games, or watching tv/ movies? Do you have daily stress ranging from kids to money to work to traffic? If you answered yes, to any of those three questions (and really the majority of us did), then you may be a good candidate to consider meditation. Now, you may be thinking of a variety of reasons (excuses) as to why you can’t meditate. Most will center around these ideas: I don’t have time, I don’t think it’s me (aka meditation, I’m just not that into you), or I don’t know how to get started. So, ok...then, here we go: 1) I don’t have time. Yes, you do. It’s about priorities. Plus research indicates that you can get the benefits in 10 minutes of meditation/ day. 2) It’s just not me (aka it sounds a little hippie). No, it is for you. Because, you want to be healthy and happy. Meditation costs no money and as just mentioned, doesn’t take very long. Going further there are a significant number of benefits, that have been researched. This group of 19 benefits is from Psychology Today, but this is just an overview, there is a lot of research revealing good benefits:
1 - Increases immune function 2 - Decreases pain 3 - Decreases inflammation at the cellular level 4 - Increases positive emotion 5 - Decreases depression 6 - Decreases anxiety 7 - Decreases stress 8 - Increases social connection and emotional intelligence 9 - Makes you more compassionate 10 - Makes you feel less lonely 11 - Improves your ability to regulate your emotions (Ever flown off the handle or not been able to quiet your mind? Here’s the key) 12 - Improves your ability to in-
trospect 13 - Increases grey matter in the brain 14 - Increases volume in areas related to emotion regulation, positive emotions and self-control 15 - Increases cortical thickness in areas related to paying attention 16 - Increases your focus and attention 17 - Improves your ability to multitask 18 - Improves your memory 19 - Improves your ability to be creative and think outside the box Do any of these benefits sound good? Maybe you want to consider, making meditation your thing. Lastly: 3) I don’t know how to get started. Ok, here’s a few tips: find a quiet place, sit comfortably, close your eyes, clear your mind and breath. That’s it. It’s definitely an easier said than done thing. At first, time will feel slow and your head will still feel busy. Be patient with yourself. You don’t have to start with 10 minutes, start with 1 or 2 and work up.
If your head feels busy, simply acknowledge each thought, let it go, and go back to focusing on your breath. That’s it. Don’t quit and keep trying (remember the benefits list?). Ultimately, this is just another way to take control of your health. It’s a tool. But, when mastered, it’s a tool that has a huge impact and can be done for your whole life. 2018 is upon us and so many of us will make resolutions. Resolutions, that will vary from losing weight to quitting smoking to saving money. Yet, most every resolution at its core is the same: improve your life. Make your life something that works better for you, feels better for you, and that is just plain more successful - whatever your goals. The problem is that most all these resolutions fail, not for lack of desire, but for difficulty in implementation. So, here is my thought: why not try daily meditation as your resolution? You’ve just read the benefits. It’s free, it can be done anywhere, and by anyone. Make this year great! All it could take is a little effort and 10 minutes per day!
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Bernie McKay just months after a procedure to remove his blood clot. nary embolism, a serious and potentially deadly condition. Doctors typically diagnose DVT through tests such as an ultrasound or blood tests. First line of treatment can consist of medications and compression stockings, but these options don’t actually remove or dissolve the clot. Many DVT blood clots can be absorbed by the body over time with the help of blood thinners; however, as long as the clot is present, it can cause permanent damage to the valves in the vein, leading to chronic pain and swelling called post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). Another treatment option that physicians may consider for their patients is a medical procedure called a mechanical thrombectomy. This procedure can help quickly restore blood flow by removing the clot altogether, thus reducing the amount and duration of medications a patient needs to take, and may help prevent future complications. “Recent medical advances are allowing more and more patients to have blood clots removed using minimally invasive procedures,” said Dr. Kush Desai, Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “Some patients, like Bernie, may be candidates for a mechani-
cal thrombectomy, which uses a special catheter designed to help break up and physically remove all or portions of the clot.” Only half of the people who develop DVT experience any symptoms, such as swelling, pain or tenderness in a leg with skin that’s warm and red or discolored. However, there are risk factors that you should be aware of as they can increase your chances of developing DVT: Treatment for cancer; Prolonged lack of movement such as long distance travel or long periods of bed rest; A personal or family history of blood clots; Older age; Pregnancy. Understanding the risk factors and being aware of various treatment options can help reduce your chance of developing a dangerous blood clot and the serious health complications that may be associated with it. There are risks associated with all medical procedures. Talk with your doctor about the risks and benefits associated with mechanical thrombectomy. For more information visit ClearingtheClot.com or the Clearing the Clot Facebook community, patient resources developed by Boston Scientific. For more information, visit bostonscientific.com.
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Tiger Woods thing seemed to come all-too easy for Woods— the scholarships, the endorsements, the championships, and the Trophy Wife. Fans could much more easily relate to the like of Mediate, or John Daly, or Bubba Watson. Can you say “schadenfreude?� (The experience of pleasure, joy, or selfsatisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another.) But at some point, after one has been kicked around, lambasted, humbled, and mocked enough, then one becomes a sympathetic figure. Now understanding that Tiger Woods is all-too-human, some bemoan that he never had that “last hurrah.� Think of John Elway finally winning a Super Bowl, or of Ray Bourque finally winning a Stanley Cup. While Woods will never pass Nicklaus with a 19th Major, a 15th Major would be apropos as a capstone to an extraordinary sports journey. But it seemed that Woods was finished. Still, a couple weeks ago—in his first tournament in almost a year— Woods finished ninth in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, finishing ahead of Dustin Johnson, the current top player in the world. Might there be some magic yet to unfold for Tiger? OK. I’ll admit it. I hope
so! Hasn’t Tiger suffered enough? How wondrous would it be for Tiger to be “in the hunt� when the Masters goes to its third and fourth rounds next April 7-8? Should that happen, the CBS telecasts will enjoy record ratings. I’d love to see it. The opposite of schadenfreude is mitgefuhl—the German word for compassion. Bring on some Augusta mitgefuhl in April! (And Happy New Year to all our wonderful Weirs Times readers!)
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In New Hampshire back 100 years ago, you had less choices for an occupation. You could deliver mail which was among the new job category, work in a factory or work outside in the field or the woods. Likely the choice of the woods would lead to being a lumberjack. Within that trade were many division jobs that help support the trade. You could take down trees, move the trees with horses, saw mill the lumber or help load trains with the logs going off to the larger mills. One of the jobs was referred to as the whistle punk. A rather lowly job of letting the train operator know when more logs were ready to be loaded on the freight cars. The punk would operate a signal wire running to whistle letting the engineer know a load was ready to be loaded. Today, that term has been adapted to a wonderful double IPA brew from Sebago. Sebago Brewing company opened its doors in 1998 with three gents who wanted to make great beer in a great working environment in Gorham, Maine. With a heart for great brews, these men concocted recipes for mild and amazing tasting beer that won the favor of their fans and followers. Soon they opened offshoot brewpubs in Scarborough, Kennebunk, and Portland. With these efforts, Sebago grew to be one of Maine’s premiere breweries lifting the spirits of those who visited and imbibed. Look
at their story and beers at Sebagobrewing.com. Whistle Punk is an unabashed double IPA with greatness at its base. With an amazing orangey tone, brilliant off-white head, amazing malty nose, fullness of mouthfeel and flavor, Punk wins at every level. Using generous amounts of malt grain and four awesome hops; Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra and Mosaic, Whistle Punk delivers the flavors and crispness that you want in a double IPA. Resinous character which is gained from both malt and hops, Punk can be paired with many food styles making it a delicious addition to most any meal. And at 8.2% ABV, it adds luscious headiness to that pairing and completes the experience overall. The 16oz four packs deliver just enough of what you might expect from a purchase decision. Sebago also makes unique offerings in regu-
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Concord Public Library, Green Street, Concord. Wednesdays at 9:30am. This class includes stories, fingerplays, songs, and fun, all designed to strengthen children’s reading or prereading skills! Registration is not required and all ages are invited; groups welcome! 2258670
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Hooks & Needles – Knitting & Crocheting Group
Meredith Senior Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. Group meets every Tuesday 9:3011:30am. All are welcome. 279-4647
Support Group for Caregivers & Those with Alzheimer’s or Other Dementias
Laconia Congregational Parish Hall, 18 Veterans Square, Laconia. 2pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday’s of each month. Group is confidential and non-denominational. 5366060
Once Read Bookstore – Open to Benefit Meredith Public Library Hannaford Shopping Center, 38 Whittier Highway, Meredith. Bookstore is open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9am to 1pm. All proceeds fund programs for children and adults at the Meredith Public Library. 520-0434
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5-7pm. Twice a month (Tuesdays). Any and all chess players are welcome, even if you have never played, people will be willing to take time and teach you how to play. Learn a new game, meet new people and have fun! Free and open to all. Tron84nh@gmail.com for dates and more details.
Lakes Region Brain Injury Support Group
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Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting Trinity Episcopal Church, Route 25, Meredith. 7-9pm. First and third Thursday of the month. Persons of all experience levels are welcome to attend.
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Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 12:30-3pm every Monday. 524-6042
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Dover Public Library. Every Saturday at 2pm. Free screening of a family movie. Bring your own popcorn!
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Meredith Public Library, Main St. Wednesdays, 10:3011:30am and Thursdays, 1-2pm. Ages 3-5. 279-4303.
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Meredith Public Library, Main St. 10:30am - Noon. Every Thursday. All levels of experience welcome. 2794303.
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Pease Public Library, downstairs, Plymouth. 7pm. First and third Mondays of each month. Open to anyone who is dealing with a close friend or family member who has a mental illness. 254-5090 or 536-2699
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Meredith Community Center, Rt. 3, Meredith. 6:30pm. Second Thursday of the month. New members always welcome. 455-0636
Genealogy Workshop
Wolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 10am-Noon. The first Tuesday of every month. Featuring methods of jump starting genealogical research for both the beginner and the advanced genealogist. Free and open to all. 569-2428
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 10:30am12:30pm Every Friday. 5246042
Woodside Carvers Club
Woodside Building at the Taylor Community, Laconia. Tuesday and Thursday 9:3011:30am. Beginners welcome. 934-4265
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Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Bristol. 6pm. $1 per night. 744-2713.
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Knit Wits Knitting Club
Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 1:30pm2:30pm every Friday. 5246042
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Toastmasters Moultonborough Library. 6pm. Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Get over your fear of public speaking. Everyone welcome. 476-5760 or email bobgoff@msn.com.
Rotating Art Exhibits and Unique Shop The Studio, 84 Union Ave, Laconia. Wed.-Fri. 10am-5pm and Sat. 10am-3pm. Fun, unusual gift ideas that don’t cost a fortune! 455-8008
Middle Eastern Expressive Dance & Yoga
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Weirs Community Park Association Meeting
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to 21 percent), the move to a territorial tax system (companies would only be taxed on their earnings in the U.S.), and the business expensing (companies can write off the full cost of new buildings and equipment). The admin istration’s deregulatory apparatus has been in full gear. The Environmental Protection Agency is unspooling the Waters of the United States and the Clean Power Plan, major Obamaera regulations. The Federal Communications Commission reversed net neutrality. The Education Department rescinded an Obama administration Title IX letter that pushed colleges into abandoning due process in sexual-assault cases. Obama administration rulings that occasioned fierce debates during his time in office have fallen by the wayside with barely a whimper. Obama blocked the Keystone pipeline. Trump greenlighted it without a fuss. Obama imposed a Health and Human Services mandate that feminists portrayed as the only obstacle between women and a “Handmaid’s Tale� future. Trump reversed it, and contraception is still widely and easily available in America. Three acts stand out -- pulling out of the Paris accords, decertifying the Iran deal and declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel. All three demonstrated an imperviousness to polite opinion that is one of Trump’s signature
qualities. The president also began the process of ending DACA, the Obama amnesty for so-called DREAMers, and has re-established a baseline of immigration enforcement that has had an instant impact on illegal border crossings. None of this is to deny Trump’s failings. His toxic persona could drive a Democratic wave in the 2018 midterms. Whatever next year brings, though, Republicans aren’t leaving this one emptyhanded. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
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This old logging train greets you at the entrance of Loon Mountain. The resort’s three peaks are located just south of the Pemigewasset Wilderness where J.E. Henry’s railroads carried out timber to the sawmills in Lincoln up until 1948. The East Branch & Lincoln Railroad was the largest logging railroad in New England covering about 72 miles according to LoggingInLincoln.com. patenaude from 3
the East Basin. The snow conditions were terrific and we were able to make big easy turns on Walking Boss and Flume. Moguls are forming on the side of Lower Flume but those weren’t in our plan. Our goal was to ski as many of the more difficult trails until our friends that stick to the Blue Squares showed up. From the North Peak
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old school style. Loon Mountain first opened 51 years ago in December 1966 and this part of the mountain was at first considered too steep to ski. But just two years later, in 1968, trails were opened here and serviced with its own East Basin double-chair. Loon has changed a lot since it was first founded by Dartmouth Outing Club President-LoggerNH Governor Sherman Adams. The first highspeed detachable quad was installed in 1995— the Kancamagus Quad. Loon’s North Peak opened in 1984 and South Peak opened in 2007. You can learn more about Loon’s interesting history at NewEnglandSkiHistory.com. From the bottom of the North Peak we made our way back over to the Governor Adams Lodge to meet our friends. We skied down the gentle and twisty Brookway Trail to the base of the gondola. On the gondola we checked our cellphone and learned our friends were waiting for us at the lift. This meant just one more steep and fast run for us! Speakeasy, Rumrunner and the orange netted lined-race trailCoolidge Street back to the Kanc-Quad. For the next hour we See patenaude on 23
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had more relaxed fun skiing with our friends. We skied the blue square trails Lower Picked Rock and Blue Ox riding the Kanc-Quad. We even rode the gondola to the summit of Loon Peak and followed the green circle route back down to Lower Picked Rock. Loon truly has terrain for all abilities to enjoy and terrain that all abilities can enjoy together. At lunch time I had to call it a day so I could get to work for the other half of the day. But before I left we enjoyed cups of hot chocolate and good ski area comfort food— chicken tenders and fries in the Governor Adams Lodge. The plow trucks were out and my drive to work was slow. Of course, at the end of the day when the lifts closed, my friends sent me messages telling me that the snow just kept getting better. They tried to make me
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On a bluebird day earlier this season, a lone skier on the fittingly named Coolidge Street Trail at Loon Mountain. The big mountain front and center is Big Coolidge Mountain and the pointy peaks of the Franconia Range can be seen further in the distance. Many of New Hampshire’s fourthousand foot mountains can be seen on a clear day from Loon’s slopes including Mount Washington jealous but they couldn’t do it. I had had a great ski day! New Year’s Eve! If you’re in search of New Year’s Eve celebrations look no further
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farm tax credits, mortgage deductions, etc., skews the economy in favor of those who are already rich. That’s corporatism, or crony capitalism, or “crapitalism,” and that’s basically what we’ve got in America now. Donald Trump practiced crapitalism. That’s why cronies like Bill and Hillary Clinton attended his wedding. I don’t blame Trump. When government has its fingers all over the economy, developers are
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smart to get cozy with the political class. But when Trump ran for president, he didn’t call himself a crony capitalist; he said he was a “populist.” Sometimes he called it “popularist.” Populists are angry at the establishment. But populism offers no solution. It leads instead to people following the will of self-appointed leaders who say they share the mob’s anger. Bernie Sanders is called a populist, too. Trump complains about regulations one day (I cheer), but then he complains about free trade the next. He seems to
go wherever his moods, and the public’s shifting moods, suggest. The anger is constant, but individual liberty suffers. The only ism that doesn’t threaten your freedom is liberalism (as originally defined) — libertarianism, as we call it now. Let’s take power from the other deadly isms and leave people free.
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social relationships and confidence, and develop a new skill set. Volunteering tends to stretch our comfort zone, which is one the greatest consequences!” Emily Clement’s observations as a life coach are backed up by science. As Kaleigh Rogers reported at Motherboard, “research has shown oxytocin (a neurotransmitter regulating social interaction) spikes in some people who regularly volunteer, helping them to better manage stressful events.” As we enter the New Year, most of us will resolve to change something in our lives, and some few of us will act on it. The half-life of a New Year’s resolution is short enough to make it radioactive. But if a commitment to volunteering could help our communities and ourselves, why not resolve to do just that in 2018?
with a life coach. Mostly people want more passion, meaning and purpose in their lives. Though you can create that in a variety of ways, volunteering is an easy and accessible solution.” One doesn’t need to join the Peace Corps and endure the hardships of exotic lands to do good and get health benefits. As I’ve found as a CASA guardian ad litem, there is plenty of need in our own communities. Service organizations often report a spike in volunteer interest around the holidays, but their need is year-round and best met by people willing to commit the time it takes to make a difference. “Some clients are lifelong volunteers, while others want to give it a try,” commented Clement about the people she works with. “The results are pretty consistent. Individuals feel empowered by making a difference. They can connect with a likeminded community, build
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This is a golden opportunity for President Donald Trump to drain the elitist media swamps and inject true intellectual diversity in the newsrooms of NPR and PBS. Liberal bias at these Beltway institutions is notorious -- from NPR legal analyst Nina Totenberg wishing AIDS upon Sen. Jesse Helms and his grandchildren as “retributive justice,” to “Sesame Street’s” Oscar the Grouch mocking Fox News on PBS, to top NPR executives slamming the tea party movement as “scary” and “racist” to the undercover journalists of Project Veritas. If pushover Republicans can’t bring themselves to fully defund NPR and PBS, can’t they at least step up and advocate for hosts and editors who keep their hands to themselves and refrain from insulting the people in flyover country who keep their rackets afloat? What better time, in the wake of liberal hypocrisy and sexual harassment self-implosions, to bring
real balance to governmentsponsored programming? So far, the moment is being squandered. The replacements announced for Charlie Rose on PBS are BBC correspondent Katty Kay and former CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour. That’s right. Two liberal British female journalists. Come on, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Do better, D.C. All things considered, we could use a little more “America First” and a little less globaloney and groupthink from NPR and PBS. I can think of a conservative female journalist or 12 up to the task. Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates” on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail. com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators. com.
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has been introduced by Rep. Ellen Read (Newmarket) and eight other sponsors to give people the right to stop corporate exploitation that harms our communities. Whether it be Northern Pass, dredging Great Bay, gas pipelines or toxic sludge dumping, the local voters should have, and will have, the right to pass ordinances that protect the health,
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and taking soups instead of meat.� Contrary to the Manchester Union about a hundred years later, I found only one mention of Christmas in the Dec 21, 1816 ads or otherwise in The Portsmouth Oracle. There were notices of the movements of ships, one announcing the sale of 1,000 bushels of corn on
the brig John Langdon at two dollars a bushel. Another reporting that the British ship United Kingdom would be sailing in twenty days and anyone desiring passage should apply to the master on board at William Sheafe’s wharf. The notice also added that they “wanted to purchase for said ship, A number of good Horses.-
also a quantity of Poultry.� A “Marine List� column in the newspaper traced the movements of ships and boats in and out of Portsmouth. In the State House of Representatives committees were appointed to consider the location and building of the State House. The Portsmouth paper also had See smith on 30
Wishing and Yours aFarm Healthy, ComeYou see us at Moulton OctoberHappy 15th & New 16th!!Year!
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years ago with the use of steam-powered boats, but freight was still primarily moved over land routes using horse-power, which did not provide for rapid transport. As for the news in The Portsmouth Oracle in New Hampshire on Dec. 21, 1816, the lead story was an agriculture report about how to conserve food for man and beast, particularly the beast. You might be able to imagine the concern of a farmer who begins the winter season fearing that he does not have enough feed for his animals, and maybe his family, to last through the season. The article taken from the National Intelligencer began by addressing the plight of the “poorer class of people; and, what is almost as painful, much greater wants among the domestic animals� because of the scarcity of grain. The article, written by a Thomas Ewell, then proceeded with a plan to cut the consumption of grain in half without reducing the benefits derived from it and thus ensuring the farmer health for his family and livestock throughout the winter.
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law a Justice of the Peace and Quorum. The postoffice has been previously successively held by the father and eldest son; to obtain which, it is said the former sent in his adhesion to Mr. Madison, and had a federalist removed from the office.” The State House of Representatives by a vote of 93 yeas to 85 nays asked Governor William Plumer to remove the sheriffs of Rockingham and Hillsborough County and to replace them with the previous sheriffs of said counties who had been replaced
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