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The Courtship That Lasted Until The Moon Went Down by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

A legend can relate a story that is true or one that is not, and my source for the tale in this article as told in The Granite Monthly many years ago would not vouch for its veracity, but insisted that it was told to him by one of the individuals involved in the story, the one who was doing the courting. A dictionary defines romance as “a relationship between two people who are in love with each other but are not married to each other.” Other definitions of romance are “a love affair” and “a love story” and romance is sometimes used in referring to the display of affec-

tion and caring before and in the marriage relationship. Moreover, another definition speaks of mystery and anticipation being part of a romance. It used to be the rule, though not always followed,to exercise restraint before marriage and allow the marriage ceremony to represent more than a formal and legal commitment to what had already been consummated. I recall in my college days overhearing a conversation when a young man who was dating a young woman was asked if they had engaged in sexual relations. When he said “no”, he was asked “ why not? ” His answer was because he See SMITH on 25

16th “Saving Animals” Indoor Triathlon At Funspot The 16th Annual “Saving Animals” Indoor Triathlon will once again be held at Funspot in Weirs Beach on Saturday, March 21st. All of the monies raised will go to helping various animal rescue groups throughout the state. “There is a real need to help these great organizations, right in our own backyard, whose mission is to save animals,” said Starr Lawton, the creator and organizer of the triathlon which has raised over a quarter of a million dollars since its inception. Lawton, along with a group of other animal lovers formed the organization FUNds4Paws a

couple of years ago to host the Triathlon as well as do other fundraising events. Most recently a Bowl-A-Thon held last fall also at Funspot. “The Saving Animals Indoor Triathlon has become a landm a r k See T RIATHLON on 20 & AD RE

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Red Flag Laws: Tyrannical, Dangerous, and Unwise To The Editor: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Section 1: 14th Amendment Though difficult to believe, in a free America, the NH State Legislature is again looking to pass a Red Flag Law that would legalize the unconstitutional, warrantless, forced entry into a citizen’s home, and the seizure of innocent citizens’ firearms from their homes, based on hearsay evidence and without proof of any crime being committed. The Constitutional requirement of a valid search warrant based on challengeable probable cause would also be ignored. Hearsay evidence is not proof of anything, and it is certainly NOT probable cause. Tyranny has washed up on our very door steps. This should be an alarm bell that assaults the senses of all freedom loving citizens. Is hearsay evidence now enough to seize an innocent citizen’s property and freedom, to violate his or her peace and security? If the majority of citizens who possess firearms have undergone a criminal

background check, and yet would still functionally be presumed as dangerous by law enforcement because of hearsay evidence, then a poisonous and plague-like precedent will be unleashed on ALL people (nongun owners and gun owners alike) by this dangerous legislation. Frank Kelly Hooksett, NH.

Science Deniers To The Editor: A partial quote from the New York Times: “Li Wenliang, a 34 year-old ophthalmologist in Wuhan, warned medical school classmates about evidence of a new virus in an online forum on Dec. 30, and the authorities later forced him to declare that he had spread an unfounded rumor.” Dr. Li Wenliang recently died from that virus. This is the danger of having leaders who deny established science or other evidence: viruses, environmental degradation, hiding documented proof of wrongdoing, climate change. These are the actions of a corrupt leadership, protecting their own egos and, often, bottom lines. Judith Ackerson Franklin NH

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To The Editor: HB 1659 would legalize physician-assisted suicide in New Hampshire. This is a dangerous bill. We urge the NH House to strongly reject it. HB 1659 effectively gives physicians permission to prescribe drugs that result in patient suicide. We have serious concerns potential impact on NH’s at-risk population if this bill passes. It normalizes suicide as medical care and corrupts the doctor/patient relationship. NH suicide rates are up nearly 50% over the past 10 years. New laws have been passed recently to beef up suicide prevention efforts because there are populations including veterans, teens, people with disabilities, brain injury survivors and the elderly “pre-disposed” to suicide for reasons including depression, lack of autonomy and inability to engage in activities that make life enjoyable. New Hampshire has a suicide crisis and has set an ambitious goal of Zero Suicide. This bill works against that goal. What sort of a message does it send to atrisk people if NH passes a law that says suicide is an easilyachieved option? The exploitation of the elderly is another significant problem in New Hampshire. This bill could enable exploiters to misuse the law to the detriment of those dependent on others for See MAILBOAT on 26

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LRAA “Artists Road Show” – Art Exhibit at Belknap Subaru

Belknap Subaru, Tilton. Belknap Subaru will host an exhibit of art from members of The Lakes Region Art Association in it’s showroom. The grand opening reception will happen on Feb. 3rd from 2pm-6pm. Public is invited, and light refreshments will be served. The exhibit will remain on display until the 29th. 569-3745

Wednesday 12th Cody James Pa t r i ck ’s P u b a n d E a t e r y, 1 8 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www. PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Silent Film Series “The Navigator” Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH. com or 536-2551

“Learn to Play” Lacrosse Clinic – Laconia Lacrosse Laconia. Boys grades 1-4 are 6pm7pm and boys grades 5-8 are 7pm8pm in the Laconia Community Center and all girls are 7pm-8pm at the Laconia Middle School gym. These free clinics will take place every Sunday through the start of the season in March. For information or to borrow equipment to try the sport out, email laconialacrosseclub@ gmail.com If you register by February 29th, there is no cost to play with the Laconia Lacrosse Club.

Watercolor Workshop

L akes Re gion Ar t Association Gallery, Tanger Outlet, Suite #132, 120 Laconia Road, Tilton. 1pm-3pm. Whether you have painted before or never picked up a brush, Pat Edsall will lead you through the process with easy instruction. All supplies are included. Pre-register at 472-3733 (required). Thursday 13th

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Newfound Lake Region Association Presents “The State of the Lake”

Minot Sleeper Librar y, Br istol. 6:30pm. Executive Director, Rebecca Hanson, and Program Manager, Andrew Veilleux, will discuss the great work happening to conserve the Newfound Watershed as well as water quality trends, invasive species, and watershed planning. Come with your questions for these lake experts!

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Live Music with Jim Tyrrell and Guest Pa t r i ck ’s P u b a n d E a t e r y, 1 8 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7pm. www. PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Showstoppers Troupe Performs – “Seasons of Love” Garrison Players Arts Center, Route 4, Rollinsford. 8pm. The Showstoppers are a touring ensemble who perform together throughout the year. It’s a Garrison Players tradition with roots as far back as 1977. This performance of “Seasons of Love”, will be a musical revue that covers the full range of emotions and draws from Broadway shows through the years. Tickets are $20pp and can be purchased at the door. www.GarrisonPlayers.org

Father & Daughter Dance

Tapply-Thompson Community Center, Bristol. 6:30pm-9pm. The cost is $20/ couple and $5 each additional child if pre-registered and $25/couple at the door. Substitute Dads are welcome. There will be corsages for the girls, contests, prizes and refreshments. Register by calling 744-2713

Mary Fagan & the State Street Band

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. Tickets are $20pp. Pitman’s is a BYO venue. 527-0043

Lasagna Dinner

First Congregational Church, 400 Main Street, Farmington. 4pm-6pm. Bring your sweetheart, family and friends to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a lasagna supper. Both veggie and meat lasagnas will be available, with salad and bread sticks provided by Olive Garden and your choice of beverage and homemade dessert. $10/adult, $5/kids under 10. 755-4816

Fri. 14th – Sun. 16th “The Odd Couple – The Female Version” Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince Street, Concord. Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm. The Community Players of Concord present a bouquet of laughter with Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple – The Female Version”. This

is Simon’s own 1985 adaptation of his hit play about two friends who really shouldn’t live together but decide to give it a try! Here, it’s Olive Madison who is the easy going, sloppy divorcee who agrees to take in Florence Unger, her high strung, ultra-fastidious friend, after Florence’s husband announces he wants a divorce. This show is sure to keep you laughing! $20pp/adult, $18pp/juniors and seniors. www.

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Live Music with Paul Warnick Pa t r i ck ’s P u b a n d E a t e r y, 1 8 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8pm. www. PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

Johnny A and Popa Chubby Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. www.FlyingMonkeyNH. com or 536-2551

Gallery Showing of New Original Works by Peter Ferber

The Art Place, 9 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. Unveiling is at 9:30am with reception to follow. Snow date is Feb. 16th at 11am. The sow will continue through Feb. 29th. 569-6159

Winter Bald Eagle Watching Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness. 9am-12pm. Squam Lakes Science Center’s Executive Director Iain MacLeod leads a tour around the Lakes Region to spot Bald Eagles. Iain will share the natural history and adaptations of these majestic birds, the story of how we almost lost our national symbol of freedom, and what has led to their comeback. Participants will carpool to viewing sites and binoculars will be available or participants can bring their own. Dress to be outside with insulated snow boots and warm layers. $12/ members, $15/non-members. www.

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“Songs of Ice and Fire” – Evening of Latin Music with Noelle Beaudin & Tom Robinson

Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia, 172 Pleasant Street, Laconia. 4pm. Join World-renown saxophonist, Tom Robinson, and Pianist Noelle Beaudin, for an evening of Latin music that will turn even the coldest heart warm with passion! Tickets are $15pp at the door.

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First Church Congregational, 63 S Main Street, Rochester. 7:30-10am. $6pp/adult, $3/kids, under 5 are free. 332-1121

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High Stakes Bingo To Benefit Historical Society The Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society will be hosting a special High Stakes Bingo Game Saturday, February 15th at the Funspot Bingo Hall. There will be $10,000 in prizes as well as big prize money on Lucky 7 pull-tab tickets. (Bingo prizes based on attendance.) The special program includes 4 winner take all games and every regular game pays $320. There will be an early game at 4:30 and the evening game begins at 6:45. Come early for the best seats. Doors open at 2pm. Handheld bingo computers are available while they last for a rental fee of $6. 12 and 18 card packages are available. There is a separate smoking section and food service is available. All proceeds from the game go to benefit the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society.

Peter Ferber Art Show In Wolfeboro The winter Peter Ferber Gallery Show will take place at The Art Place 9 N Main St in downtown Wolfeboro on Saturday, February 15 beginning at 9:30 a.m. The show will feature more than a dozen new original works in watercolor, oil, and acrylic, as well as the cut paper, in a variety of sizes. Peter Ferber will be present at the show during the day, providing a wonderful opportunity to hear the stories behind the paintings directly from the artist, and light refreshments will be served. The Gallery Show will run from February 15 to 29, with a show opening snow date of Sunday, February 16 at 11:00 am . More information is available by calling 603-569-6159 or keep posted for updates on our Facebook page at /theartplacewolfeboro.

Meredith Rotary Four Way Speech Contest

The Meredith Rotary Club will hold its Four Way Test Speech Contest during the Club’s regular meeting on March 18th at Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant. Eligible participants include high school-age students who attend Inter-Lakes Middle High School (I-LMHS) or Moultonborough Academy (MA). The contest is also open to home-schooled students who would otherwise attend one of those two high schools. The speech must be original in content and apply all four questions in the Rotary Four- Way Test as they relate to everyday relationships. The speech must be at least five minutes but not more than seven. It may be given from memory or adequate notes, but not read. The test asks the following questions: Is it the Truth? Is it Fair to all Concerned? Will it Build Goodwill and Better Friendships? Will it be Beneficial to all Concerned? Cash prizes will be awarded. The first place winner will move on to the District Semi Finals in Henniker 0n March 29th. The top four scores from the Semi Finals will advance to the District Finals held May 1–3, 2020 in Portland, ME. For more information and an application please contact Rick Goodby at rlgoodby@comcast.net.

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Thinking It Over Now that the First in the Nation Primary is over, it’s time for me to start thinking seriously about my own political future. 2020 will by Brendan Smith mark twentyWeirs Times Editor two years since my first run for Governor of New Hampshire under the Flatlander Party Banner. (Actually, that first year was an old, torn bedsheet but, hey, we had to start somewhere.) Twenty-two years is a long time to pursue one’s first political win. If I was running as a Republican or Democrat, I would have already served two or three terms as governor, a couple of terms as a U.S. Senator and would possibly be running for President this year. Of course, if I had been running as a candidate in either of those two parties and had lost just a couple of times, they wouldn’t let me run any longer. I’d be pushed to the dust heap of failed candidates and would have to be happy running for city council or selectman or maybe even school board. (Once that thrill of running for office gets in your blood stream, you have to find a way to feed it, no matter how small.) If I had won way back then, I probably wouldn’t be writing these columns every week. I’d be too busy for that, doing whatever it is successful politicians do every day. Probably being asked to comment on this or that or give my opinion on something or another. I’d be eating well for sure and I most likely would never have to cook anything for myself again. If I had won way back then, I most likely would have never published “The Flatlander Chronicles” or “The Best Of A F.O.O.L In New Hampshire”. I would have had to focus on a book about my life. The rough years of my early

childhood and the life lessons I learned. The struggles of my younger self faced as I fought for those issues that really affected me and how, today, I am a person of character courage and fortitude and ready to lead. You can’t run for president without one of those on the bookshelf. If I had won way back then and had followed the expected progression through the ranks of the political hierarchy, I’d have a lot more money than I do today. In fact, it’s just very possible that even with a salary of a little over a hundred thousand dollars a year as a governor and then senator, I would somehow wind up a multimillionaire. I’m not sure how that all works, but that is the magic of politics. If I had won way back then, some of the other people running for office would probably want me to endorse them for whatever position they desperately want. It seems you can have a lot of influence over people’s decisions if you’ve won some elections yourself. Some voters will look to you to help them make their choices instead of having to waste time researching candidates themselves. That’s a lot of responsibility. If I had won way back then, today people would be calling me an “elder statesman” instead of “that Flatlander guy.” I’d be honored for my years as a public servant instead of being glared at for having fifteen items at the fourteen item or less checkout. I’d be getting whatever awards they give to people who have spent most of their lives helping lobbyists achieve their dreams. Someone has to. I’m sure I’d even have all kinds of plaques presented to me by different groups for doing this or that. But, I didn’t win way back then, so I sit here contemplating it all again. Do I keep my streak alive at running for governor and go for it again? After all, in some

cultures they say the twelfth time is the charm. It’s even harder than it was way back then. After all, I’m just an old white guy, certainly not diverse enough for today’s demanding culture. Way back then all that didn’t matter much. Speaking of age, I will be turning sixty-five just after election day. Having the stamina to keep up with another demanding campaign schedule would be an issue. I see some candidates running for president who are in their late seventies and I am in awe. I’m not sure where they get the energy. At sixty-four, I’m ready for a nap after writing this column. Is a governor or a president allowed to take naps? For the sake of the state and the country I’d have to hope so. And what if I do win? Where do I go from there? Do I try to rush it along and just serve for one term as governor and then go for the senate and then, if that works out, try a run for president? After all, I’d only be in my seventies and, if that nap thing is a reality, I might be able to make it for two terms and then live out the rest of my years feeling that it wasn’t all for naught. Of course, there is the possibility of losing again and then what? City Councilor? Selectman? School Board? I’d have to have at least one victory to cement my legacy. It’s a tough decision. I’ll keep you posted. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles” and “Best Of A F.O.O.L In New Hampshire”. His newest book “I Really Only Did It For The Socks & Other Tales Of Aging” will be available this spring. Brendan has also entertained audiences around New Hampshire with his storytelling presentations. To find out more visit his website at BrendanTSmith.com

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What Will It Take to Stop Google’s Kiddie Predators? How much more evidence do we need to compile before the federal government protects our children and fully deplatforms Google from American public schools? The Silicon Valley behemoth has already admitted it illegally collected children’s personal information on Youby Michelle Malkin Tube without parental consent, mines Syndicated Columnist students’ browsing habits and emails, and tracks kids’ locations, audio and search history through Google educational apps and logons that are required for millions of students to participate in public schools. Well, there’s more. Much more. Let us review the most recent alarming disclosures that expose grave public health and safety threats posed by the near-trillion-dollar company with its tentacles tightly wrapped around our kids’ eyeballs, brains and behavioral data. This week, the tech giant admitted for the first time that its data export service, Google Takeout, had accidentally sent the private information and videos of untold thousands of users to other strangers’ accounts. The breach occurred in late November, but users only started receiving notices and apologies on Monday -- nearly three months later. “We are notifying people about a bug that may have affected users who used Google Takeout to export their Google Photos content between November 21 and November 25,” an email sheepishly explained. “These users may have received either an incomplete archive, or videos -- not photos -- that were not theirs. We fixed the underlying issue and have conducted an in-depth analysis to help prevent this from ever happening again. We are very sorry this happened.” Can you imagine a similar breach of minors’ photos and videos stored on students’ Google Drives or Chromebooks or smartphones or home computers used to log on to mandatory learning management systems integrated with Google, such as Canvas or Schoology or Blackboard? It’s easy if you try. Will “upsy-daisy” suffice when schoolkids’ pictures, embedded with geolocation data, end up on a friendly neighSee MALKIN on 29

Why The Democrats Won’t Stop Bernie There is no doubt that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is now the leading Democratic presidential candidate. That’s not because his ideas are overwhelmingly popular by Ben Shapiro -- a majority of AmeriSyndicated Columnist cans approve of capitalism, while less than 1 in 5 like socialism; few Americans are on board with total nationalization of health care, even if many like the idea of universal health care; most Americans do not approve of Sanders’ anti-American ideology with regard to foreign policy. But nobody in the Democratic Party can stop Bernie. There’s a reason for this: The Democratic Party has fed off the energy of Sanders’ ideology hoping that, eventually, the voters would come to their senses. Leading candidates have echoed Sanders’ talking points. Sen. Elizabeth Warren adopted and then abandoned Medicare for All, and former Vice President Joe Biden mirrored Sanders’ Howard Zinn historical perspective. Those who have attempted to siphon off Sanders’ base and approximate his authenticity have failed dramatically. Instead, Sanders continues to resonate with the base. After all, if you’re going to go with an anti-Constitution, anti-free market, intersectionality-based perspective, why water it down with insincerity? Sanders brags about the fact that his ideology has never changed. He’s right. Back in 1976, he suggested that he favored “the public ownership of utilities, banks and major industries.” He sounded off for decades on the glories of communist Cuba and the Soviet Union; he basked in the joys of bread lines, saying: “In other countries, people don’t line up for food. The rich get the food, and the poor starve to death.” Sanders trots out

campaign surrogates who openly claim that the United States is rooted in genocide and racism, and that the American system must be fundamentally remade. This is radical stuff. But radicals have passion. And politicians of the Democratic Party are unwilling to quell that passion -- not when they believe they can capture it and turn it against President Donald Trump. This is the mirror image of the Republican problem with Trump in 2016: Trump ran on a platform of bashing the Iraq War and America’s intelligence agencies, blasting free trade, pledging to avoid entitlement program reforms and slamming the door on immigration. Instead of fighting those elements, Republicans decided to tinge their own campaigns with those attitudes and then assume Trump would collapse under the weight of his own personality flaws. That never happened. Democrats seem to be waiting for another collapse that simply isn’t coming. Sanders isn’t going anywhere. His floor is high, and his ceiling remains low -just like Trump. Electability problems aren’t going to dissuade his supporters, who believe -- correctly -- that inauthenticity provides its own electoral issues. There was another path. Some Democrat could have completely and utterly rejected Sanders’ perspective on the world. Some Democrat could have rejected Sanders’ view that America has been a nefarious force in the world; some Democrat could have argued that America isn’t perfect but that it has always been great; some Democrat could have talked about the wonders of the free market while arguing for greater strictures on it. After all, the majority of Democrats count themselves as patriots who don’t despise the free market. But no Democrat was willing to stand up to the Sanders base. They were too greedy for its See SHAPIRO on 27

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A law in South Carolina bans playing pinball if you’re under 18. That’s just one of America’s many ridiculous laws restricting freedom. by John Stossel “There is a role Syndicated Columnist f o r t h e g o v e r n ment in keeping people safe from actual criminals, people who commit murder, robbery,” says Rafael Mangual, a “tough-on-crime” guy at the Manhattan Institute. “But a lot of laws don’t keep people safe,” he says. “There’s a

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That could constitute wire fraud.” Today’s laws punish activities unlikely to be performed with criminal intent. “Taking a rake from New York into New Jersey, that’s actually a federal crime,” warns Mangual. “If you’ve ever had a rake in the back of your pickup truck and crossed state lines, you probably committed a federal crime.” In my new video, I push back at Mangual, pointing out that nobody goes to jail for things like that. “That doesn’t mean that it’s not a problem,” he responds. “Legal compliance is not free. It takes time, money, effort. It violates fun-

damental norms about fairness.” One woman was prosecuted for sheltering animals during a hurricane. “My goal was to make sure that they were not out there drowning,” she said. But North Carolina prosecutors filed criminal charges against her for practicing veterinary medicine without a license. In Kentucky, Holland Kendall gave eyeglasses to needy people who couldn’t afford eye doctors. Then state officials told him that was a crime. What causes this excess? I was taught that the Constitution creSee STOSSEL on 27

State of Union Underscores Economic Success NEW YORK — In a stunningly positive speech before Congress, President Donald Trump delivered the annual State of the Union adby John J. Metzler dress to a deeply Syndicated Columnist d i v i d e d n a t i o n . While the president outlined a long upbeat list of economic achievements and trade deals, amounting to what was called a “Blue Collar Boom,” Donald Trump added, “In just three short years, we have shattered the mentality of American decline, and we have rejected the downsizing of America’s destiny.” Later in a tawdry and theatrical touch, Speaker of the House Nancy

Pelosi, Trump’s Democrat rival, defiantly tore up her copy of the speech. Pelosi’s pique was planned to grab headlines from the address and to fuel the bitter partisan divide. She did not succeed. Veteran New York Post columnist Michael Goodwin opined, “Pelosi shamed herself at Trump’s State of the Union Address.” Now just imagine if Republican Speaker Paul Ryan had reacted this way to an Obama speech? Nonetheless, faithfully following the turgid script of the long running impeachment soap opera, the State of the Union memorably came in the closing hours before Donald Trump’s Senate trial acquittal. George Washington University Constitutional law scholar Prof. Jonathan Turley called this impeachment process “a historic blunder.”

Melodramatic tones of the State of the Union aside, the speech set a measured but triumphant stage set for applause breaks. President Trump recited his positive mantra of 7 million new jobs creating the lowest unemployment rates in half a century. Happily, African-American, Hispanic-American, and AsianAmerican unemployment rates have reached the lowest levels in history. Importantly, many of the jobs are in manufacturing, where over a half million positions have been created. Indeed a rising tide lifts all boats. Often overlooked in the robust recovery has been the reality of America’s energy independence. Being the #1 producer of oil and gas in the world affords the U.S. an indisputable advantage. He presented a list of renegotiated

free but fair trade agreements such as the USMCA, an updated NAFTA with Canada and Mexico. The deal has strong backing of U.S. labor unions. Now before anyone shrugs this off, think of the U.S. economy a decade ago! Significantly, the president supported the Freedom agenda in our hemisphere from Cuba to Nicaragua and Venezuela. In an amazing American gesture of support, embattled Venezuelan President Juan Guaidó was in the Capitol audience! President Trump extolled, “The United States is leading a 59-nation diplomatic coalition against the socialist dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. Maduro is an illegitimate ruler, a tyrant who brutalizes his people. .. H e r e t h i s See METZLER on 29

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whom, AOC should acknowledge, are “black and brown people”)? Second, AOC does not understand wealth creation. She seems to believe that billionaires extracted their billions by some dastardly process, leaving piles of victims in their wake. This is the old zero-sum view of the world that darkened human thought in

This is the old zero-sum view of the world that darkened human thought in the 16th century – the notion that one person’s gain is another’s loss. That is a fallacy. sitting around while others do all the work. Entrepreneurs are the wealth creators of society. They figure out how to combine the economic factors of production (land, labor, and capital) in new ways to create and provide new goods and services for others. Such endeavors require vision, stamina, energy, and hard work. If it were as easy as sitting on a couch, everyone would be a rich entrepreneur. Instead, entrepreneurial excellence is somewhat analogous to playing professional baseball, football, or basketball: Only a minority of people have enough talent to play professional sports competitively, and only a few of those are superstars. Not every human has what it takes to be an entrepreneur, and a Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos will be as rare as LeBron James or James Harden. Why do we admire star athletes but scorn star entrepreneurs (some of

the 16th century – the notion that one person’s gain is another’s loss. That is a fallacy. In free markets based on private property, people only buy or sell if they anticipate they will be better off by doing so. We exchange what we value less for what we value more; otherwise, the trade wouldn’t happen. Thus, both parties to any voluntary transaction gain value. The billions earned by corporations are mirror images of the billions of dollars of value they have created and supplied to others. The profits/benefits of consumer and producer are roughly comparable. But the economic value of the producer is simply more concentrated—that is, on one side you may have a corporation of 5,000 people having created billions of dollars of value for tens of millions of consumers. The total value exchanged between the corporation and its many customers is in

the same ballpark, but on a per-capita basis, those billions are concentrated among a relatively small number of people on the producer side and diffused among a much larger number of people on the consumer side. But both sides are richer, not one side at the expense of the other, as AOC mistakenly believes. It is morally perverse and economically stupid to demonize, persecute, and seek to eliminate billionaires, as Sen. Bernie Sanders desires. (See his wealth tax, among other obnoxious proposals. By the way, you can now get your very own “Billionaires Should Not Exist” bumper stickers by donating to the Sanders campaign.) The continual denunciation of billionaires by demagogues is dangerous. Sanders has avoided saying we should hate billionaires, but in an interview with The Nation, he approvingly cited FDR’s explicit “hatred” for “economic royalists,” calling billionaires today’s royalists. One of the consequences of the anticapitalist fulminations of AOC, Sanders, et al. is that there are equally ignorant and self-righteous people out there who want to put words into action in some pretty vicious and violent ways. For example, Project Veritas recently recorded Sanders campaign staffer Martin Weissgerber making such revolting statements as “Guillotine the rich;” “What will help is when we send all the Republicans to re-education camps;” See AOC on 27

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A KOBE MOMENT So last September I linked up with three other Plymouth State Panther basketball alby Mike Moffett ums to play Contributing Writer g o l f o n a course in the middle of Vermont. It was a perfect day marked by less than perfect golf shots. Anyway, we had a short wait on a back-nine tee and a member of our foursome did what many folks do nowadays when there are a few spare moments. He pulled out a smart phone to share some imagery. Dave Long is not only a former college hoop teammate and rival sports columnist (Manchester’s “Hippo”) but he’s also an uncle. Now being an uncle is not so remarkable. Many of us become uncles without even trying. What’s sometimes remarkable is seeing how our nieces and nephews can excel. I know the feeling. Dave shared some photos of his niece, Allie Long, who was a member of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team which won the World Cup last year. Yes, Allie was part of that special group of women which included the likes of Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, and “Sportsperson of the Year” Megan Rapinoe. But what Dave really wanted to share was basketball-related as much as soccer-related. He showed a video of Allie and her teammates signing autographs—mostly for girls—at a California event after the American women won the world championship. One of the girls who sought Allie’s autograph was accompanied by her dad, a really big guy who dwarfed everyone else. Kobe Bryant. As diehard basketball fans going back to the days of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell,

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Avoid These Estate Planning Mistakes

You save and invest to meet a variety of goals during your lifetime: college for your children, long vacations, a comfortable retirement, and so on. But you probably also want to leave something behind – to your loved ones and, possibly, to the charitable organizations you support. To do so, you’ll need to develop a comprehensive estate plan, but to make that plan work, you must avoid some common mistakes. Here are a few of these pitfalls you’ll want to avoid: • Not writing a will – If you were to die “intestate” – without a last will and testament – the state in which you live would determine how your property was distributed. And the state’s decisions may not match what you had in mind at all. Furthermore, a will is where you would name guardians for your minor children. • Not going beyond a will – While a will is an essential component of estate planning, it’s often not enough. You may need to create other documents, such as a living trust, which, among other benefits, enables your estate to avoid probate, a time-consuming and public process that can lead to disputes among your heirs and others. And a living trust lets you place highly specific conditions on how and when you want your assets distributed. You might also consider other legal documents, including a power of attorney, which allows you to appoint a person or organization to handle your affairs if you can’t do so yourself, and a health care directive, which lets you name someone to make health care decisions

on your behalf, should you become physically or mentally incapacitated. • Choosing the wrong executor – An executor is responsible for distributing property to your beneficiaries and paying off any debts and taxes your estate may owe, among other tasks. Because the role of executor is so important, you need to choose someone who is reliable, competent and trustworthy. It’s certainly possible to find such an individual in your own family, but many people choose someone who is either conflicted, too busy or simply not up to the task. If you have doubts about picking a good executor, you may want to turn to a trust company. The costs likely will be higher than if you chose a family member, but the results may be much better. • Not naming proper beneficiaries – Many of your assets – 401(k), IRA, life insurance and so on – require you to name a beneficiary. These beneficiary designations are powerful, often superseding the instructions in your will. If circumstances change in your life, such as new children, or divorce or remarriage, you may well want to change beneficiaries. It’s easy to do – but it’s also easy to overlook. • Not updating ownership of assets – A change in your family situation or changes in the laws governing income and estate taxes could require you to update ownership designations of financial assets. And here’s perhaps the biggest mistake of all: not understanding what’s in your estate plan. You need to work closely with your tax, legal and financial professionals to create a plan

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Ice Fishing For Lake Trout by Tim Moore Contributing Writer

Lake trout are a species that anglers seem to either love catching or can take them or leave them. Those who love to catch them are often almost obsessed with them. They are of the most predatory trout. Feeding voracious feeding machines with teeth on their tongues. Although slow growing, they can get big, really big. Lake trout as big as 50-pounds are routinely caught in parts of Canada and a few locations in the United States. They eat big and fight hard. They can be finnicky, but when they’re hungry they hit a lure like a freight train. Jigging or Tip Up Fishing Jigging is generally more active and allows anglers to be more mobile. Spoons and bucktail jigs are common lures among lake trout anglers. Spoons use sight and vibration to attract lake trout in hopes of triggering their predatory instinct to make them bite. The ¼-ounce Leech Flutter Spoon is a favorite among many lake trout anglers across the ice belt. Bucktail jigs work great when paired with a ½” x 2” strip of belly meat from a white sucker. White suckers can be purchased at bait shops near almost any lake trout lake. An effective jigging method is to drop your lure to the bottom, pound it a few times to stir up some silt, and reel up a couple feet before jigging.

Jigging for lake trout is an effective and fun way to catch them through the ice. Rods for lake trout vary by length and power, depending on the size of the lures an angler is fishing and the size of the lake trout they are targeting. Rod selection is also subjective based on the preference of each angler. Some like very heavy rods, or even wooden jig sticks, and others prefer stout rods with some bend to cushion big lake trout head shakes. Most anglers fish 36” – 40” heavy rods. The roof of a lake trout’s mouth consists of hard bone, which requires a hard hook-set to help prevent losing fish. Clam Outdoors offers a wide array of rods suitable for

lake trout, such as the Dave Genz Split-Handle , Jason Mitchel Mack Series, and the 36-inch Professional Series Ice Team rods. Mobile anglers will often use a run-and-gun technique to hunt lake trout, while others will sit in one area and chum. Run-and-gun fishing allows an angler to cover more water and put their lure in front of a greater number of fish and is most effective with highly-pressured fish, or on days when lake trout are less active due to bright sun and high barometric pressure. The general rule is that lake trout will be more active on cloudy See MOORE on 21

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Bolduc Park Volunteer Still Serving at 89 Years Young John Lavertue, age 89, is one of the longest serving volunteers at Bolduc Park in Gilford. 35 years ago he came to Bolduc Park so his son could use the 10k of groomed cross country ski trails to train for a Special Olympics competition. John discovered the unique asset the non-profit, all volunteer, 9 hole golf course and winter sports facility is to the community. For 35 years John has volunteered every winter Saturday at the park. He staffs the clubhouse, checking in anyone wanting to cross country ski, snowshoe or use the Chris Daigle Memorial Disc Golf Course. Asked why he volunteers at Bolduc Park, Johns says "I've been doing it so long, I don't want to quit". He also enjoys the chance to socialize and see families and people of all ages enjoying out-

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John and his wife of 69 years, Charlotte, make their home in Franklin where they raised their 7 children. John spent 21 years in the Army National Guard and served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He worked for 40 years as the custodian at St. Mary's School in Franklin and another 10 years at St. Mary's Church. Retiring at age 84, John says he likes to keep active by volunteering at Bolduc Park and encourages others to help out with golf course maintenance or in the clubhouse in summer or winter. Volunteers earn the chance to play golf and use the winter sports trails in exchange for their service. For more information on volunteer opportunities at Bolduc Park, call Bob Bolduc at 603387-4208.

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“Learn to Play” Lacrosse Clinic – Laconia Lacrosse Laconia. Boys grades 1-4 are 6pm-7pm and boys grades 5-8 are 7pm-8pm in the Laconia Community Center and all girls are 7pm-8pm at the Laconia Middle School gym. These free clinics will take place every Sunday through the start of the season in March. For information or to borrow equipment to try the sport out, email laconialacrosseclub@ gmail.com If you register by February 29th, there is no cost to play with the Laconia Lacrosse Club. Thursday 20th

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K i n g sw o o d H i g h S c h o o l Performing Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro. 7pm-9pm. MMRG will present renowned wildlife expert and photographer Susan Morse for a 75-minute slide show introduction to cougar biology and ecology. The presentation is appropriate for all ages and is sure to delight all who are fascinated by North American native wildlife, especially the elusive cougar. Tickets are $10/adult, $5/student, youth. 978-7125 Saturday 22nd

Live Music with The Sweetbloods – Phil & Janet Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

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13th Annual Robbie Mills 8-Ball Tournament Laconia Rod and Gun Club, 358 South Main Street, Laconia. Doors open at 9:30am. $25pp donation ($30pp after 10:30am) includes practice, lunch and entry for door prizes. Pre-pay by February 15th and receive a free t-shirt. Tournament begins promptly at 11am. Double elimination- BCA Rules apply. Pre-pay at www.RobbieMills.

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Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. Doors open at 5pm, Dinner served at 5:30pm. This month’s meal will be American Chop Suey, cole slaw, garlic bread and “faux” Napoleon for dessert. The meal is free, although donations are gratefully accepted and will help fund future dinners. www.

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Winter Forts and Fires Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness. 10am12pm. This will be a fun winter program for families with children ages 4 and up. Participants will build forts, play games, and then warm up around a fire with hot cocoa and toasted marshmallows. The group will move inside to meet a live animal ambassador with special adaptations for winter survival. Dress to be outside with insulated snow boots and warm layers. Bring an extra pair of gloves. $9/ member, $11/non-member. www.NHNature.org or 9687194 Wednesday 26th

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Live Music with Eric Grant Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 8pm. www.PatricksPub.com or 293-0841

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Thursday 27th Rochester Main Street’s Annual Fire & Ice Cocktail Party Rochester Performance Arts Center, 32 North Main Street, R o c h e s t e r. 5 : 3 0 p m . T h i s fundraiser event offers guests a chance to warm up during the chilly winter months while enjoying custom cocktails, hors d’oeuvres from downtown restaurants, a silent auction, DJ entertainment, and door prizes. Guests are encouraged to stroll through the silent auction items and bid for a chance to win. All items will close at 8pm. Tickets are for those 21+ and are $30pp an include two complimentary cocktails. Space is limited.

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Tuftonboro Country, Bluegrass & Gospel Music Jam Session Old White Church, 109A, Tuftonboro. Every Tuesday from 6:30pm-9:30pm. The

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event for the Lakes Region, and we are so incredibly fortunate to have our family business, Funspot, to host this event! There’s nothing else like it! It was due to its success that the idea for FUNds4Paws was created. The idea for the Triathlon came to me 16 years ago when a group of friends came in to Funspot on a rainy day in the summer to have their own “triathlon” of bowling, pool and darts. Steve Lawton and I brainstormed for about 20 minutes and we knew we were on to something, AND, we knew we wanted it to benefit animals!” Since FUNds4Paws is still waiting on their official nonprofit status, all of the proceeds from the Indoor Triathlon will go to Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester who will then distribute funds to other animal rescue organizations including, Friends Of The Feral Cats, Those Cat Rescue People, Lakes Region Humane Society In Ossipee, Franklin Animal

Shelter, SNIP-IT Mobile Veterinary Unit and Live and Let Live Farm Rescue. How the Indoor Triathlon works is four member teams compete in Bowling, Games and Golf at Funspot (18-hole Indoor Mini-Golf, Candlepin Bowling, Pinball, Skeeball and Darts). Prizes will be awarded to not just the Triathlon winners, but also to the team that raises the most funds outside of the competition as well as for the team that comes in dead last. The Pledge Prize Raffle will give one raffle entry per person on each team for every five hundred dollars they raise. The raffle prize is a 5-day Cruise to the Bahamas or the Caribbean. There will be other prizes and awards as well a 50/50 raffle. All teams will be provided with delicious pizza and soft drinks and an official event T-shirt. Registration is $200 for a team of four with a minimum team pledge of $200.

Registration begins at 10am and the 16th Annual Indoor Triathlon gets underway at 11am. “We are really trying to create a network of people within animal rescue/animal welfare organizations where we can maintain connections and work together for the betterment of the animal community,” said Lawton who also stressed the fact that every penny raised at the Triathlon will be going directly to care for animals. So far the confirmed Big Dog sponsors for this year’s event are Union Diner, Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant and Rhode Island Novelty. As well as supporting sponsors: Lake Side Animal Hospital, Mix 94.1 FM, Oldies 92.9, Planet 101.1 FM, WSCY 106.9 FM, Funspot and the Weirs Times. To register your team or make a donation online go to F UNds4Pa ws .org/ Triathlon. Funspot is located at 579 Endicott St N, Laconia.

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Tip ups are effective and allow anglers to be more social while they fish. MOORE from 11 low-pressure days, and less active when the sun is bright or the wind is blowing hard. When tip up fishing, you are relying on the movements of the lake trout and the liveliness of your bait to attract lake trout. Tip ups allow anglers to spread their lines out over a greater area and wait for a flag to pop up, indicating a strike. Many anglers prefer this method because the in-between time allows them to be more social, and many love racing each other to the next flag. Tip ups are often rigged with some sort of braided nylon line. Attached to that is a swivel and 6’ – 8’ of fluorocarbon line with a hook. A small non-lead spit shot is used to keep the bait at the desired depth. Where to Look When lake trout spawn in the fall they do so in 30’ – 40’ of water. Many of those fish remain at those depths throughout the winter, but that is not the rule. While most avid lake trout ice anglers target those same depths all winter, some believe bigger fish will be caught in deeper water. Inside

trout that are put back are smaller, eventually that’s all that will be left. Replica mounts are a great alternative to catch and kill skin mounts. Lake trout size and numbers varies in lakes they inhabit. Average size varies from one water to the next. Most days, anglers can easily catch several fish. Some prefer to put all the catch back, while others claim to enjoy the flavor of lake trout fried or smoked. Regardless of their preferred angling or eating method, it’s usually the fun and comradery that keeps most people coming back day after day, winter after winter.

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room only), you talk to Sharon or Barry who will pour you a flight of 5 four oz pours or a pint of a single beer. They are known for many great beers but local favorites point to the Maple Cream Ale, with a deceptively hidden 8.2% ABV. Among the recent offerings are Good Ginger Ale (a tangy and delicious twist on ginger root flavors), Dougies Double Dry Hopped IPA (straight up citrusy aroma), Ashlee’s Oatmeal Stout (very creamy), and Fireglow Irish Red (awesome color and smooth flavor). Because there are always new recipes emerging, Woodman’s beers are worth making the trip their way. The relaxed atmosphere of folks understanding great craft-made beer makes it fun. Take away cans and growlers are for sale after you have tried your flight. Plan a trip over to Bristol and find your new beer experience!

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Those Cat Rescue People provide low cost and no cost spays and neuters for owned cats. In the past, we have had a very generous donor who funded our program every year. Unfortunately, she recently died, and the cost to continue our program is about $12,000 per year. Donations gratefully accepted at Those Cat Rescue People, 132 Webber Road Strafford, NH 03884.

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, February 13, 2020 — SMITH from 1 might want to marry her someday. He could as well have said, “Because someone else might want to marry her someday.” With that commentary , let’s read about the legend of a curious courtship. Big Bige, as he was called, was a peddler of various things, having lived back in the days when such men would travel on foot, carrying their wares on their back, going from house to house. This “knight of the road” as some called the peddlers, was asked my he hadn’t married and settled down instead of tramping over the country selling his knick-knacks. Though passing on his story basically as I found it, but trying to make it a little easier to follow, this is what the man, identified only as Big Bige, said: “Maybe you think the old man was too slow to have a girl, or the girl to have him. I guess you didn’t know me before I took on this unaccountable counter-poise. But the gals did: leastways Sal Rogers, and she was as all-fired proud as a yearling heifer. And I waited on her for almost two years, and it really was waiting, because if Sal was willing, the old man, her father, had a contrary opinion. By all that was black in the night and white in the day, he swore I should never marry Sal. Being a tenacious person, and having Sal to sort of brace me up, I swore by all that was white in the day and black in the night I’d marry her. “So I kept on calling on her, sometimes staying until late at night, till the squire kept after Sal, and

complaining until she said I must not stay another night after the moon went down. Seeing that the moon had got into the habit of going down earlier each night, it looked like my chances for sparking Sal were getting close to quitting. To make it more aggravating, Sal felt nearly as bad about it as I did; maybe worse, but you can never tell a woman’s feelings any more than you can her age. “Then I hit upon a plan that naturally made me feel pretty good, and I could see how my wits had made it possible for me to outwit the old squire. There’s nothing to a boy half as good as outwitting the old man, if you ever stop to think on it. “The next night I went to see Sal I took along with me a sort

of hand made moon. I made it taking an old cheese box and pasting greased paper over the open end. Then all I had to do was slip a lighted candle inside, and there was moon good enough for any crusty old landlord of a pretty girl. So Sal and me courted until the tired old moon slinked off to bed, and then I shinned the old tree back of the house and hung up my moon. “Well, you see, the old gent couldn’t see the length of three broom handles from his nose with any certainty, so my notion worked like a new whistle, and Sal and I laughed and courted till mighty close on to morning when I took down my moon, and carrying it under my arm, trotted off home feeling as good as a woodchuck in new clover. And that was only

the beginning of the fun, for I kept going and kept hanging out my moon, and taking her in, and carrying her home. I mean the moon, not Sal, though the Lord knows I’d gladly have carried her home, and gived the moon a rest. “Of course, Sal and me overdid the business, and we oughter have seen that it weren’t going to work always, but love, you know, is blind. Well, one morning, late in the night, we heard a terrible crash and a hurrah in the back yard. ‘For land’s sakes!’ cried Sal, half scared to death as she looked out of the window, ‘the moon has dropped and dad will catch you here with me. Scooter for your life. Climb out off the window.’ “I suppose you would think it an awful funny sight to see me climbing out of a window, but I did it that night and found myself before the old gent dancing around with a fifty foot pole in one hand , and his head sticking through that moon of mine, which had got lodged on his

shoulder! I didn’t stop to get that moon, or complain about the damage he’d done it. I ain’t mean nor stingy, especially where I’m courting the old man’s daughter, and she’s as pretty as Sal was. So I scampered away, leaving the squire wrestling with that pesky moon, and hollering so that they heard him over to the next town and got out the sheriff and his posse thinking bedlam had gotten loose.” Answering the obvious question if he continued calling on Sal the old peddler shook his head, explaining: “That eclipse of the moon sort of broke up my courting. Sal got a new feller, one that the squire did not require to carry a moon with him, and I, well, I ain’t never found the girl to try again.” I don’t know as that story sounds very romantic, particularly with such an abrupt ending, but I suppose a father’s disapproval has ended more than one relationship. I remember in my youth calling on a young lady who was staying at her relative’s home in

what might be classified as my first date. In this never before told tale her father showed up at the house while I was in the living room with the young lady and her younger sisters. My friend tried to persuade me to move to an area where her father wouldn’t see me as he didn’t know I was there. He, she said, would stay in the kitchen and leave in short order if he didn’t see me. I, however, “stayed put” in the chair I was in, and her father saw me and in turn “stayed put”, standing in the kitchen until my ride home arrived and I left. It wasn’t long after that, if I remember correctly, that the family moved far away. I do not know if I had anything to do with that decision on the part of the girl’s father Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., welcomes your comments at danahillsmiths@yahoo. com.

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, February 13, 2020 — STOSSEL from 7 ated checks and balances that make it difficult for any bill to become a law. “Everyone has this idea from ‘Schoolhouse Rock’,” says Mangual, “that a law gets made in a particular way (but) that’s not how it works in practice. At the federal level, 98% of criminal laws are not passed by elected representatives. They are created by unelected bureaucrats who don’t have to answer to anyone.” Established businesses manipulate those bureaucrats into passing rules that squash new competition. “They can afford the lobbyists. They can afford to comply with the crazy webs of regulations,” explains Mangual. “If you’ve got an established cookie business, you don’t want a grandma from down the street who has a better recipe cutting into your business... You go to the legislature and ask them to pass arduous rules about an industrial kitchen and expensive equipment that you need in order to qualify to participate in this business.” One woman was prosecuted in a sting operation for selling ceviche on Facebook. In Denver, a bartender mixed vodka with things like pickles and bacon and then put the mix back in the bottle. Some customers liked that. But authorities jailed the bartender for “infusing vodka.” I wish I could jail that prosecutor. Mangual warns: “People commit crimes all the time without knowing it. It’s impossible to know what sort of behavior is

criminal.” Law should stick to punishing assault, theft and fraud. Otherwise, leave us all alone. A r e c e n t M a n h a ttan Institute report makes suggestions for getting closer to that ideal. The absence of criminal intent should be taken more seriously by legislators. With hundreds of thousands of criminal offenses on the books, the old adage that “ignorance of the law is no excuse” no longer makes sense. Lawmakers should also consider listing crimes in one place instead of sprinkling them throughout the statutory codes, which would take a lifetime to read. And government should regularly repeal laws we no longer need. John Stossel is author of “No They Can’t! Why Government Fails -- But Individuals Succeed.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com.

AOC from 8 and “The Soviet Union was not horrible … [but was] the most progressive place to date in the world.” (Yes, he actually said those things.) Maybe you want to live in a society even more “progressive” than the USSR, but for the average American, this is an existential threat to our basic rights and our way of life. We need more economic enlightenment in this country, and we need it now—not just because there is an election this fall, but because millions of Americans are in the grip of an extreme ideology that can only be described as warped and destructive. Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson is a retired adjunct faculty member, economist, and fellow for economic and social policy with the Institute for Faith and Freedom at Grove City College.

SHAPIRO from 6 energy, and too optimistic that the energy was transferable. It wasn’t. And so the Democratic Party has been captured by an ideology foreign to it -- the ideology of Noam Chomsky infused directly into the bloodstream of a party that once touted former President John F. Kennedy. Partisanship is a hell of a drug. Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “The Right Side of History.” He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, February 13, 2020 — MALKIN from 6 borhood registered sex offender’s Google Photos album? Two months ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google had secretly harvested “tens of millions of medical records” with identifying names, lab results, diagnoses, immunization records and prescriptions from thousands of hospitals across 21 states. “Project Nightingale” was a partnership with Ascension health system to build a search tool and data analytics using machine-learning algorithms. At least 150 Google employees had access to confidential patient data. Amazon, Microsoft and IBM have acquired private health data as well. It’s a massive Big Tech bonanza. The implications for selling off children’s private health information are chilling. Like federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protections for patients, federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act protections have been sabotaged by “publicprivate partnerships” between government education officials and tech companies with insatiable appetites for data. Will “trust us” cut it when Google gets access to your kids’ school-based health records? Meet “Gaggle.” Fully integrated with Google Apps for Education and designated as a Google “Premier Partner,” this snooping system is marketed to school districts as a “safety” mechanism for students. Through 24/7 monitoring of kids’ online use, Gaggle “alerts school officials when students show signs of self-

harm, depression, thoughts of suicide, substance abuse, cyberbullying, unhealthy relationships, and credible threats of violence against others.” Privacy experts for a pro-digital learning nonprofit called Common Sense determined that it is “unclear” whether Gaggle “allows users to control how their data are displayed,” “whether this product allows parents to withdraw consent for the further collection of their child’s information” and “whether this product provides parental consent notice.” Despite all of that uncertainty, 1,400 school districts use Gaggle to mine “social media, browsing history, email, homework documents, uploads, chats, pictures, and calendars” -- and put untold tens of thousands of students at risk of privacy breaches that could do damage for a lifetime. Last spring, Google reported at an education conference that it had started making its cloud platform program accessible to K-12 school districts. Evergreen, Washington, public schools chief Derrick Brown bragged about his district’s data-mining pilot program with Google. “We have tons of data in our school districts,” he is quoted outlining in Education Week, citing information gathered through “student information systems, instructional software programs, online surveys of children’s social-emotional well-being, and special-needs students’ individualized education plans.” “All that data needs to go in a container,” Brown explained. And that container will be

Google Cloud Platform. Now, imagine questionnaires and tests stored in the Gcontainer measuring “social-emotional wellbeing” of children and their families according to politically correct ideology. Imagine being a parent who objects to mandatory vaccine laws or who holds “America first” views deemed “extremist” and “hateful” or who stores guns responsibly in your home -- information that is not the business of a school district or Silicon Valley giant. Where’s the protection for such families? What’s the academic justification for gathering it? Brown hasn’t bothered to figure out yet how parents will be able to maintain control over the data or contemplating privacy concerns. Why bother? It’s free! What possible academic benefits could outweigh the real harm posed by school officials’ addiction to “free” Google services? Understand this before it’s too late: When the educational products are “free,” it’s our children who are the products -- or the prey. Michelle Malkin’s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

METZLER from 7 evening is a man who carries with him the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of all Venezuelans… Juan Guaidó. Mr. President, please take this message back to your homeland. All Americans are united with the Venezuelan people in their righteous struggle for freedom!” America’s focus on this Hemispheric crisis remains crucial to its resolution. Trump underscored, “Socialism destroys nations. But always remember, freedom unifies the soul.” So very true. Alluding to the once divisive defense spending disputes within NATO, the president added without mentioning any specific countries, “We are also finally getting our allies to help pay their fair share. I have raised contributions from the other NATO members by more than $400 billion, and the number of allies meeting their minimum obligations has more than doubled.” On terrorism, “Three years ago, the barbarians of ISIS held over 20,000 square miles of territory in Iraq and Syria. Today, the ISIS territorial caliphate has been 100 percent destroyed, and the founder and leader of ISIS, the bloodthirsty killer

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