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Comedy Show At Laconia VFW

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by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

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When Spring Sprung At The Homestead Then it’s springtime in New England, and all the birds are mating, It is the time for loving, saith the Lord, and not for hating.” Those verses were included in a column by Horace A. Fenton in the New England

Homestead magazine in the Spring of 1951. The magazine had its last year of publication in 1969, but the old issues can still be of benefit to farmers and others. Fenton observed that “It is in fact a good deal easier to love one’s neighbor in

the spring than it was last winter, or any winter for that matter.” He felt that our dispositions change when we have to deal with snow, slush, and ice. I could argue that it is easy to love your neighbor when See SMITH on 32

The Laconia VFW at the 143 Church St. is bringing comedy back with a double headliner event, Saturday May 21, at 8pm. The show stars Mark Scalia and Jason Merrill as the main performers in this three-person event. Tickets are $25 for private two seat tables in the first three rows and $20 for the rest of the table seating. VFW management was greatly encouraged by the 100-plus turnout on April 15 which was the Saturday before Easter and traditionally one of the slowest days of the year in terms of comedy show attendance. Scalia is a long time Boston based comedian who has performed throughout the United States and Canada including being an invited performer to The Boston Comedy Festival, Seattle Comedy Festival and the New Orleans Comedy Festival. The night’s other headliner, Merrill rose quickly through the comedy ranks and is now an established star regularly appearing at Giggles, Kowloon, the Mohegan Sun, top New England clubs as well as the Boston Comedy Festival.

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—OBITUARY— JOHN M. EGAN, 68

LACONIA — John Michael Egan, 68, of Laconia, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at his home with his wife and family by his side. John was born May 5, 1954 in Beverly, MA, the son of John F. and Jean (Shea) Egan. John graduated from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, majoring in Criminal Justice. He worked as a Police Officer and Sergeant, for 24 years with the Meredith Police Department. He also spent several years as a Deputy Sheriff with Belknap County and more than a decade as Community Service Coordinator for the Belknap County Restorative Justice Program Youth Services. John proudly served as Meredith’s first DARE Officer, touching the lives of many young people. He spent many years as a proud Board Member of the NH Police Association. He spent some retirement years working part-time as a courier/taxi driver and had many funny stories from that time. He is remembered fondly as a sports coach, mentor, and a true friend, to those lucky enough to know him. John grew up in Beverly, MA, where he excelled in sports; hockey and football were his favorites. He passed along proudly, his love of hockey to his son, John Patrick Egan. He was always happy to have JP visit. He gave him much laughter. He loved spending time with his daughter, Jacqueline Egan, who graduated from nursing school in Florida. He always had a special place to visit as she settled in the Sunshine State. He will be sorely missed by his beloved wife and best friend of 42 years, Dawn (Melvin) Egan. They shared so many happy times, and home, seaside trips, lake life, boating and most mostly enjoyed time spent with any and all family. John is survived by wonderful brothers, Thomas (Linda) Egan, Dennis (Janet) Egan, Joseph (Marie) Egan, and Christopher (Carrie) Egan; his very special sister, Jean (Kevin) Belanger; brothers-in-law, Richard (Nena) Melvin, Thomas (Jennifer) Melvin, Onel Deflice, Louis (Dale) Deflice; sister-in-law, Nancy Labranche; and his truly cherished mom-in-law, Patricia Deflice. He also leaves behind many cousins, nieces, and nephews that he loved dearly. Calling Hours will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Carriage House at Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH, 03246. A Celebration of John’s Life will follow the Calling Hours on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 5:30 p,m, at the Elk’s Lodge, 17 Sugarbush Lane, Gilford, NH 03249. For the those who wish, the family suggests memorial donations in John’s name be made to the Meredith Police Department, 41 Main Street, Meredith, NH 03253, or to the Hospice Organization of one’s choice. Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services and 603Cremations.com, Laconia, NH, is assisting the family with arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, please visit www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

—OBITUARY— JOHN P. CURRAN, 82 John (Chief) P. Curran, 82, of Meredith, passed away at Concord Hospital in the early morning of Wednesday, May 11, 2022. John was born October 4, 1939, at Lynn, MA Hospital to William and Jane (Smith) Curran. John was raised in Lynn where he graduated from Lynn English High School in 1957, going on to join the US Marine Corps in June. John retired from the Marine Reserves in 1993 at the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. In 1967, John started his law enforcement career with the Georgetown, Mass Police department, moving on to Boxford then Newbury, MA Police Departments. He took his first Chief of Police position with the Berwick, Maine Police Department in 1978 then he was the Chief of Police with the Newbury, MA Police Department, and in December of 1978, he became the Chief of the Meredith Police Department where he served until retirement in 2004. After retiring from Meredith Police Department, John served as a part-time deputy with Belknap County Sheriff’s Department and as a member of the Belknap Regional Special Operations Group. John married the love of his life Marguerite Jessie Duplisea on January 23, 1965, and had four children, John P. Jr, Michael P., Patrick S., and Matthew T. Predeceased by parents Jane (Smith) and William J. Curran, sister Jane O’Neil and brother William (Billy) Curran. John is survived by his wife Marguerite of 57 years. Sons John Jr of Sandwich, Michael of Center Harbor, Patrick and his wife Laura of Center Harbor, and Matthew and wife Michelle of Lenoir, North Carolina and brother James Curran and wife Rose of Franklin, NH. Grandchildren John P. Curran III, Ciara Rosebush and husband David, Dalton Curran, Peyton Curran, Caitlyn Dunford and husband Shawn, Patrick S. Curran Jr, Nicholas and long-time girlfriend Kylie Ingham, Kathryn and long-time boyfriend Bennet Hancock, 7 great grandchildren and 2 more expected this summer. John loved to play golf, be with his family and friends, and drive his jeep around town. John is known and will be remembered for his love for his family, country and community. Calling hours were held in the Mayhew Funeral Home, Route 3 and 104, Meredith on Sunday, May 15th. On Monday May 16th, a Mass of Christian Burial was held at Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 300 NH Route 3, Meredith, followed by a burial ceremony in the NH. Veterans Cemetery, Route 3, Boscawen. In Lieu of flowers, donation may be made to the NH Police, Fire & EMS Foundation, PO Box 520, Epping, NH. 03042 or www.nhpfef.org The Mayhew Funeral Home is honored to assist the Curran family with their arrangements. For more information, go to www.mayhewfuneralhomes.com

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by Chris Bosak

May Birding Highlights

Contributing Writer

Where to begin? May is a firestorm of birding activity in New England. I’ll recap a few of my recent highlights and then expand, where necessary or otherwise interesting, in subsequent columns. A warbler by any other name - Many warblers actually have the name warbler in their name. Yellow warbler, chestnut-sid-

ed warbler, worm-eating warbler and so on. Many, however, don’t have warbler in their name. Common yellowthroat, American redstart to name a few. A few warblers don’t have warbler in their name and look like they belong in the thrush family. The ovenbird and waterthrushes (northern and Louisiana) could easily pass for thrushes with their brown bodies and spotted chests. Heck, the wa-

terthrushes even have thrush in their name. But they are all, indeed, warblers. That warrants a column unto itself. I’ll dig into that in the coming weeks. Dueling grosbeaks I heard a rose-breasted grosbeak singing in a tree during the tail end of one of my recent walks. I paused enough to find its perch. As soon as I spotted the beautiful bird, another male rose-breasted gros-

beak dive-bombed the original bird, and they started chasing each other through the woods. The action caught the eye of a third male grosbeak and that one joined in the chase as well. That was a first for me. Rose-breasted grosbeaks, with their white wing bars, are just as impressive-looking in flight as they are perched. The warbler tree Back to warblers for See BOSAK on 34

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES NH Boat Museum To Teach Boat Basics To Women Boaters

On Saturday, June 18, the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) in Wolfeboro will welcome Lakes Region Community College’s Jacob Marsh, who will teach “Ready To Launch,” a basic boating class for women boaters. Developed in partnership with Lakes Region Community College, the class will take place at Back Bay Town Docks in Wolfeboro from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Designed for novices or seasoned boaters who want a review, “Ready for Launch” will cover safety inspections, engine fluid checks, batteries, jump starting, safe starting procedures, preparing boats when not in use, and more. “The course also provides a solid foundation on the basics of boat motors and safety checks before heading out on the water,” said NHBM Executive Director Martha Cummings. Regarding the intent behind the class, Cummings said the hope is that it can provide women with a safe and comfortable atmosphere to learn how to better handle and care for their boats. Ready To Launch takes place on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Back Bay Town Docks in Wolfeboro. The cost is $25 for members and $35 for non-members. To register or learn more about NHBM, visit nhbm.org. Founded in 1992 by antique and classic boating enthusiasts, NHBM is committed to inspire people of all ages with an understanding of, and appreciation for, the boating heritage of New Hampshire’s fresh waterways. ization. For more information, visit www.aviationmuseumofnh.org or call (603) 669-4820.

Aviation Museum To Hold Annual Fly-In BBQ The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire will hold its annual ‘Welcome Summer’ Fly-In BBQ on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Nashua’s Boire Field. Pilots are invited to fly in, with vintage airplanes and home-built aircraft especially welcome. Vintage cars are also welcome, with classic vehicles parked on the tarmac with the aircraft. The event takes place at the hangar of Nashua Jet Aviation, 83 Perimeter Road at Nashua Airport. A barbecue buffet will be served at noon in the hangar. The meal includes salad, pasta, barbecued chicken, pulled pork, baked beans, desserts, and drinks. Tickets to the ‘Welcome Summer Fly-In BBQ’ are $30 adults; $25 museum members; $10 ages 6 to 12; kids 5 and under, free. The public is invited to attend the barbecue, held each year on Father’s Day weekend to mark the approach of summer, which officially arrives the following Tuesday. The Aviation Museum of N.H. is a non-profit 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. For more information, visit www.aviationmuseumofnh.org or call (603) 669-4820.

Zentangle Art Classes At Galleries At 30 Main

Laconia Car Company Program At Gilmanton Historical Society Laconia historian Warren D. Huse will open Gilmanton Historical Society’s summer series with a presentation on the Laconia Car Company, on Tuesday evening, May 24, 7:30 pm at the Old Town Hall, on Route 140. From 1848 until 1928, the car company produced thousands of railroad cars, both freight and passenger, and hundreds of trolley and subway cars, mostly for rail and trolley lines on the East Coast. The public is welcome.. There is no charge,but donations to support the Society’s work are welcome. Social hour and refreshments begin at 7. For further information check the Society’s website: www.gilmantonhistorical society.org. The Society’s museum, at Old Town Hall, is open Saturdays during June, July and August, from 10 am until noon. It will also be open beginning at 7 pm before programs at Old Town Hall, May, June and September.

Local Artist, Marie Kelly is offering Zentangle art classes at the Galleries at 30 Main, located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire. Classes run two hours and are open to all ages. Zentangle is an art form which is often considered a type of “Yoga for the brain”, because it can be very relaxing, calming, and is rather simple to learn, requiring limited materials – ink pens and paper. Using a series of repetitive designs and doodles participants will create a unique, “one of a kind” creative image. Upon the completion of this class your finished piece will be ready for framing. So, take some time for yourself to relax and enjoy learning a new craft. It can be a great night out for a group of friends as well! Current available class dates are May 24th, June 7th, or June 21st, 6:00pm -8:00pm*. Other dates to be announced soon at www.thegalleriesat30main.com. Participants must pre-register at the Galleries at 30 Main, 603-279-0557. Or by contacting the artist directly at 603-455-0199. *Private group classes may also be arranged.

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Protest This! Is it me, or does it seem like there is some kind of new protest going on every week? Apparently, most everyone in the country by Brendan Smith i s e i t h e r o f Weirs Times Editor fended about something, offended by the people who are offended about something or not offended either way but are just looking for something to do. Of course, as Newton, the inventor of that fabulous fig snack said, “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” That is why every protest must be met with a counterprotest so as to keep his law relevant. I do acknowledge that some of these protests really are very serious, For instance, it wasn’t that long ago that dozens of people somewhere (I forget) unselfishly gave up an entire day so they could have their voices heard in protesting a restaurant that sells chicken sandwiches. I was never a big protester, it always seemed like too much work. But I have been paying attention, so I think I have a good idea how to protest, even though I’ll probably never go to one. Hopefully the protest you are going to has a particular subject you are protesting for or against (like a chicken sandwich restaurant). Without some kind of theme a protest really won’t gain much traction. For the sake of argument, and to not raise the ire of certain protesters so they plan their next protest around me since I offended them, I will just randomly make up an idea for a protest (which is usually the case anyway). Let’s pretend your protest has something to do with cucumbers. (I think that’s a safe bet since I have not seen too many protests for or against any

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vegetable. But, in all fairness, I haven’t watched the news yet today.) First you have to wake up early and make some kind of sign to hold. Your sign should read something like “Save The Cucumber” if you are for or “Down With Cucumbers” if you are against. If you are really, really angry and against you should have a sign that reads something like “All Cucumbers Should Be Pickled” which will probably get you at least two seconds on the local news as part of their daily “Here’s Our Coverage Of The Latest Protest” segment. After all, getting on the news is what protests are all about. If no one else knows about your protest it is a complete waste of time. You might as well have been home watching a different protest on the news. It is good to have many things to be offended by so you can go to more protests and try to stay relevant. If you watch the newscast about a protest it will usually go something like this. “The Pro Cucumber Coalition came out in full force on the lawn of the state capitol here in Concord to voice their concerns over the latest bill to try and restrict people’s access to cucumbers bigger than five inches. The notorious vegetable has been linked by some cucumber scientists to an excess of flatulence over the years and contributing to climate change and some lawmakers want their sale regulated. They were met by a crowd of anti-cucumber activists who want even more regulations regarding ownership of cucumbers who believe no one should be allowed to buy a cucumber over three inches long Some protesters believe cucumbers should be banned entirely.” Then the reporter will go and pick out some protesters to interview and later they will edit that down for the newscast.

They will most likely end up with two angry interviewees like this on that night’s newscast. “I have a right as an American to buy any size cucumber I want. I work hard for my money and I should be able to buy any sized vegetable I want.” “No one needs a five-inch cucumber for any reason. That is just plain greed. They have no concern for the rest of mankind. It just stinks.” This helps give people watching the news an idea of why people are protesting, as well as to fill in space for the newscast. (Of course, if there is a major hurricane or other natural disaster, the interview segment may get cut for time purposes so as to at least have a minute of coverage about the devastating weather event.) In the crowd you will see signs like “My Salad, My Choice” and “Cucumbers Don’t Cause Gas, Celery and Carrots Do” and “Nuke The Cuke But Use Windmills.” If you want to have a good chance of making it on the evening news as one of the protesters, bring a megaphone with you. A good protest is nothing without at least one person with a megaphone and they are usually guaranteed to get at least a second of air time. (Make sure to wear a clean shirt as well.) At the end of the day people will start forgetting about the protest and by the next morning a new protest will be happening and everyone will focusing on that one. Then you can go into town and finally have a chicken sandwich at that new place now that the annoying crowds are gone. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles”,“Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” and “I Only Did It For The Socks Stories & Thoughts On Aging” . All are available at BrendanTSmith.com.

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The Hunting Of Texas Campus Conservative Kelly Neidert Most graduating college seniors in America are in high spirits this month as they prepare for cap-and-gown ceremonies and extended family celebrations. But for Kelly Neidert, a firebrand campus conservative and marketing major at the University of North Texas in Denton, commencement is no ordinary rite of passage filled with joy and laughter. by Michelle Malkin Having faced escalating threats and Syndicated Columnist intimidation from a profane and godless student mob of intolerant liberals over the past two years, Kelly told me she is “hesitant” to receive her diploma on May 13. A woke vigilante, caught on security camera video, stalked her off-campus apartment and spraypainted the phrase “Stay home Nazi C---” on her door. After a Daily Beast hit piece against her and her conservative twin brother, “leftists started trying to go after my parents. One leftist twitter account posted a satellite image of my parent’s house, while others tried to get them fired.” A Change.org petition signed by more than 20,000 loons has called on the university to expel Kelly for her campus activism. On Monday, Kelly was notified by Twitter that her account had been locked for violating “community standards” against violence and hatred. The only violence in her tweets was the violence and hatred of her enemies. “I had a TikTok dedicated to exposing what goes on at my university and that was banned at 65,000 followers.” Meanwhile, leftist students and the local antifa cell will show up to events with instruments, airhorns, megaphones, etc., literally drowning out my speaking.” “If I do walk for graduation,” Kelly told me, “I will require a private security team to ensure that I am safe.” The 22-year-old Denison, Texas, native transferred to UNT in from a small conservative Baptist college in 2019. It was a “huge culture shock,” she recounted on Monday. “When I saw how far left the UNT campus was, I was honestly shocked. At that point I knew that there needed to be a conservative presence on campus.” And boy, did she establish a presence. Kelly revived a local chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas, which broke off from the establishment-run Young Americans for Freedom decades ago. This See MALKIN on 37

For the Left, Children Are Either Obstacles or Tools In the aftermath of a leaked Supreme Court draft majority decision prospectively overruling Roe v. Wade, the Left in the United States has gone into full-fledged panic mode. That outsized panic has maniby Ben Shapiro fested as a variety of unSyndicated Columnist convincing or blatantly immoral arguments: the argument that abortion is a necessary adjunct to women’s freedom -- as though contraception doesn’t exist, and as though women are never responsible for their own sexual decisions and the consequences thereof; the argument that unless society provides for any number of government programs, abortion should not be prohibited -- as though the solution to lack of universal child care is the death of the child; the argument that conservatives will next attempt to outlaw interracial marriage -- an absurd slander on its face. Underlying all of this is a perverse and inverted view of children’s role in society. To the Left, children in the womb are utterly disposable; at best, women may choose to preserve their lives, but if not, they have no separate interests to be considered. In fact, children are to be treated as potential obstacles: as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said this week, “access to reproductive health care, including abortion, helped lead to increased labor force participation; it enabled many women to finish school. That increased their earning potential.” This explains why the Left has now embraced the language of “forced birth” to describe laws protecting the unborn: pregnancy is no longer seen as the possible biological outgrowth of sexual activity, but as a dramatic foreign imposition on women. The default, for the Left, is childlessness; pregnancy is somehow unnatural. Thus, the entire Democratic Party apparatus now refuses to countenance even the mildest restrictions

on even late-term abortion. Once children are born, the Left then sees them as sources of grief and pain for their parents. This, too, cuts in favor of abortion. As former President Barack Obama once stated about his daughters, “if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.” Babies are life-sucking entities, depriving women of opportunity and freedom. Which explains why the Left has now embraced the argument that unless government somehow relieves parents of their responsibility to raise and care for their own children, abortion ought to be broadly available. As children grow, the Left sees them as the center of recruitment efforts on behalf of their favored politics. Children should be indoctrinated in the ideas of racial essentialism and historic guilt, so as to turn them into political widgets on behalf of utopian social change; children should be confused about the nature of biological sex and gender, so as to justify the sexual attitudes of narcissistic adults. Hence the Left’s outsized rage at Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, which merely banned sexual orientation and gender theory indoctrination for children through third grade. As the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus sang in 2021, “You think that we’ll corrupt your kids, if our agenda goes unchecked. Funny, just this once, you’re correct. We’ll convert your children. Happens bit by bit.” No wonder President Joe Biden told teachers two weeks ago, “They’re all our children... They’re not somebody else’s children, they’re like yours when they’re in the classroom.” All of this is fundamentally indecent. Adulthood lies in one primary task: protecting and defending children. This means bearing children is a gift, not an obstacle; this means that children should not be treated as autonomous adults while adults escape responsibility for their own decisions. This means raising children in line with valSee SHAPIRO on 37

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Organic BS

by John Stossel

Syndicated Columnist

Activists have convinced Americans that “organic” food is better -- healthier, better-tasting, lifeextending. As a result, poor parents feel guilty if they can’t afford to pay $7 for

organic eggs. This misinformation is spread by people like Alexis Baden-Mayer, political director of the Organic Consumers Association. She says organic food is clearly better: “The nutrition is a huge difference.”

But it isn’t. Studies find little difference. If you still want to pay more for what’s called “organic,” that’s your right. But what’s outrageous is that this group of scientifically illiterate people convinced the government to force all of us to pay more. Congress has ruled that GMOs (genetically modified food) must be labeled. Busybodies from both parties supported the idea. Politicians like Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., said, “It doesn’t cost any more. This idea that ... this ... will raise food prices is ridiculous.” It’s McGovern who is ridiculous. The U.S. Department of Agriculture

says the GMO labelling will cost from $598 million to $3.5 billion. “But the public wants GMOs labelled,” say advocates. “Surveys show that.” Of course they do. Ask people if DNA in food should be labelled, and most say yes. Yet DNA is in everything. Polling is a stupid way to make policy. The idea of modifying a plant’s DNA may sound creepy, but people have cross-bred plants and animals for years. “The corn we have today, there’s nothing natural about that,” I say to Baden-Mayer in my new video.

“What native people ate, we’d find inedible.” Baden-Mayer laughs at that. “You’re saying indigenous corn is somehow inferior because you’ve seen it dried and it has tiny little kernels?” she asks. “Yes,” I reply. I’ve tried to eat it. “That’s another myth of the industry,” she responds. “People like you believe that.” I sure do. I also believe it’s good that genetic modification lets us alter nature more precisely, gene by gene. That’s better and safer than the more haphazard crossbreeding that’s been done for years. See STOSSEL on 37

Syria’s Tragedy Shadowed by Ukraine’s War Our world is beset by unimaginable tragedy; brash military aggression, widening instability and grinding humanitarian sufby John J. Metzler fering. We know Syndicated Columnist the places ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, yet governments and relief agencies face overwhelming crisis fatigue as we lurch from Kabul to Kyiv in less than six months. Cause, effect, crisis seems a recurring political mantra. While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rightfully captured the headlines, Syria’s unending hell has endured for over eleven years. Syria’s crisis which began during

the so-called Arab Spring during 2011, has exploded into a civil war of unimaginable violence and still widening humanitarian calamity. But now Syria’s plight has entered the shadows. Addressing the UN Security Council Geir Pederson warned, “My message today is simple: focus on Syria, the current strategic stalemate on the ground and Syria’s absence from the headlines should not mislead anyone into thinking that the conflict needs less attention.” Indeed Syria remains among the greatest humanitarian crises of this era and current suffering is at its highest level since the war began 11 years ago. Geir Pederson, a seasoned Norwegian diplomat serving as UN

Envoy for Syria stated, “While the displacement caused by the war in Ukraine is tragically catching up, Syria remains the biggest displacement crisis in the world, with 6.8 million refugees and 6.2 million internally displaced persons, half the pre-war population.” The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) puts the matter into stark detail for the period 2022-2023. In an appeal covering the vast humanitarian challenges facing Syrians from physical insecurity to housing, health and education the report calls for $4.4 billion in aid. Thus far $361 million has been delivered, that’s less than ten percent! Primary donors thus far are Germany ($190 million), USA ($60 million) and the Netherlands

($15 million). “Syria today is one of the most dangerous places on earth to be a child,” remarked UNICEF’s Director Catherine Russell, adding, “An entire generation is struggling to survive… Nearly 90 per cent of people in Syria live in poverty.” Later at a humanitarian pledging conference in Brussels, U.S. UN Ambassador Linda ThomasGreenfield stated, “I’m proud to announce that the United States will provide over $800 million in new humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people.” She stated poignantly, “The United States remains the world’s largest humanitarian donor to the Syrian people. We need others to See METZLER on 36

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Foreign Aid And The U.S. Constitution by Hal Shurtleff Director, Camp Constitution Alton, NH

Not Yours to Give or Sockdolager, a free market classic, is an allegory about the proper role of government. In the story, Congressman Davy Crockett is seeking reelection in Tennessee. He visits a farmer and asks for his vote in the upcoming election. The farmer tells Crockett that while he thinks he is an honorable man, he cannot vote for him due to his unconstitutional support of a bill that gave money to victims of a fire in Georgetown. The farmer, Horatio Bunce, tells Crockett that he had no constitutional duty to give money to the victims. If Congress can give money to one group Bunce explains,

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gives a week’s worth of their salary to the widow, it would be more than what the bill proposes, but he cannot vote for a bill that was unconstitutional While the above story does not directly concern foreign aid, it does concern unconstitutional spending by Congress. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution is where you find most of the powers delegated to Congress. The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to coin money, and regulate the value thereof, borrow money, lay, and collect taxes but it grants no power to Congress to give money to foreign governments. History of U.S. Foreign Aid The first time the U.S. government sent taxpayer’s money to a

foreign nation was a $50,000 grant to the nation of Venezuela to aid the victims of an earthquake. That would be equivalent to $5 million in today’s money. In WW I, the recently former Committee for Relief in Belgium gave the war-torn nation $387 million. In the early 1920s, the American Relief Administration led by future president Herbert Hoover, gave the Soviet’s $20 million. In March of 1941, before our involvement in WW II, we created Lendlease which gave nations fighting the Axis powers over $50 billion of weapons. It was considered a loan but most of it was never paid off. In 1947, the United States gave Greece $300 million and Turkey $100 million. Then came the Marshall Plan, named after General George Marshall, who once bragged that “with a stroke of a pen,” he disarmed 50 Nationalist Chinese Divisions. From 1945 to 1955, the Marshall Plan gave foreign nations $12.5 billion. Since 1946, the United States has given foreign nations, including those hostile to us, trillions of dollars. Today, 20 U.S. government agencies distribute over $50 billion annually to foreign nations. This doesn’t include the billions we are sending to Ukraine. And yes, we are still sending money to Afghanistan. While we are over $30 trillion in debt, foreign aid goes on unabated and will continue to do so until American voters elect members of Congress who will uphold their oaths to the U.S. Constitution. See SHURTLEFF on 34

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Letters From God This series of Letters From God is an attempt to put the thoughts of God as revealed in the Scriptures as they relate to individuals and the nation of the USA.

In this regard, I would like to ask you to consider Psalm 50, that I had one of my servants, Asaph, write, that aptly describes your present condition, even as it did Israel’s in the past. Their problem, like yours, was that they forgot me, God. “Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces” (:22). When they did, and made themselves “gods,” they redefined my word and will and made their word and will the basis of their behavior. Of course, they thought that it would bring a panacea of blessings but when they didn’t follow the design of me, the Designer, their house, their nation, collapsed on them as a result of my judgement. I began the Psalm by reminding them, “The Mighty One, God, the Lord speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.” “Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people” “Hear O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.” (:1, 3-4, 7-8). You see, I never changed but they did. They made themselves “gods” and perverted my word and will. You are doing the same. I would continue in this Psalm and reveal first, that this was all done while maintaining a form or religion but without my presence or power. I rebuked them by

saying, “But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?” (:16) So many of your leaders declare their religious affiliation and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. In fact, I pointed out, “You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.” (:17) I went on to list some of their many sins and violations of my will. “When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit. You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.” (:18-20) O, the theft of the resources of your countrymen spent on values and social issues that are an abomination to me. O, the lies that pour forth from your leaders and officials with brazen shamelessness. O, your tolerance for sexual perversions, which I expressly and repeatedly condemned. O your attempts to attack each other and destroy one another to keep yourselves in power and control. Your “gods” have led you into a path of “life” that will lead only to death, Because I alone am God and I have not changed, my standards are still in effect, and I will judge you accordingly. Your problem is that because you have relied on the prosperity, which I gave you, and because I have not already brought judgement, because I have been giving you time to repent from your sinfulness, you have used

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QUESTION: What Are Your Thoughts On The Social Issues Of Our Day? Your social issues are changing rapidly but my thoughts about them are unchanged. In the next weeks I would like to speak to most of these evolving issues but first, let me give you my general thoughts on the way you are facing them. It has been 60 or more years since you have taken a hard stand against me and my will in your Country. Over those years, your pace of defection from me and distortion of my laws and moral values has quickened and hardened to the point that you are in utter rebellion. As a result, you are experiencing many unforeseen consequences, from expunging me, my Word and my will from the public and private affairs of your once great nation. I am God, and I have not changed, but you have. Your decision making on virtually all of your social issues, has not only caused you to lose my blessings, it has also caused you to inherit the natural consequences of failing to follow the design of me, the Designer. You are coming apart. You have also incurred the supernatural consequences of experiencing my wrath and judgement.

these blessings to walk faster and farther from me and my will than ever. “These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether like you.”(:21) You thought I would bow to your “gods” and their values and go along with your abominations. I will never be like you. Let me close with a warning, with the last words of (:21). “But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.” The clouds of my judgment are forming. You don’t have much time. Give up your “gods” now and return to me and my will, so you will be blessed instead of cursed. I love you, God These letters are written by a New Hampshire pastor.

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Toronto Maple Leafs by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

Many remember that Yankee Stadium chant we’d hear when the Red Sox visited the Bronx. “Nineteen-Eighteen! Nineteen-Eighteen!” It was a taunt to Red Sox Nation, reminding us of the 1918 BoSox World Series triumph— before Babe Ruth went from Boston to New York. Between 1918 and 2000 the Yankees won 26 World Series to Boston’s 0. That’s right. “Zero.” Of course, the Curse of the Bambino ended in 2004 when Boston won an improbable title, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals after overcoming a 3-0 ALCS deficit to finally down the Bronx Bombers. It’s always fun to see taunters get their comeuppance. But a similar chant still reverberates in Canada, at Montreal’s Bell Centre, when les Canadiens host their NHL rivals from Toronto—the Maple Leafs. “Sixty-Seven! SixtySeven!” I first heard that chant while attending a Leafs/ Canadiens at the Bell Centre—which replaced the Montreal Forum as “la maison des Canadiens” in 1997. Bewildered at first, I soon figured it out. The Leafs have not won a Stanley Cup since 1967, whereas les Canadiens won ten Cups between 1967 and 1993. Toronto’s

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May 13, 2013. Bruins defeat Toronto in historic Game 7 comeback. 55-year Stanley Cup drought is the NHL’s longest. Poor Toronto. Its NHL franchise was founded in 1917 and the Leafs won 13 Stanley Cups through 1967. Toronto has perhaps the strongest hockey tradition anywhere and is the site of the Hockey Hall of Fame. But the Leafs struggle with a Canadian version of the “Curse of the Bambino.” Cast your minds back to May 13, 2013. The Boston Bruins hosted the Leafs in Game 7 of the NHL quarterfinals. Toronto led 4-1 in the final period with less than 10 minutes to play. After each goal the network TV cut to a street in Toronto, filled with raucous Leaf fans cheering wildly. I received a taunting text from a friend in Ontario. “Your Bruins are going down hard! Ha Ha Ha!” But the B’s cut the lead to 4-2 with a Nate Horton goal at 9:18. With just over a minute to play the B’s pulled goalie Tukka Rask for an extra skater. Milan

Lucic then cut the lead to 4-3. Then at 19:09 Patrice Bergeron tied the game to force overtime. He then scored the game winner at 6:05 of OT. Bedlam in Boston. The TV feed cut to that street in Toronto where thousands of Leaf fans stood silently. “The Curse of Patrice Bergeron?” It’s always fun to see taunters get their comeuppance, but I refrained from sending any texts to Ontario. Which brings us to 2022. The Leafs compiled one of the NHL’s best records this past season. But only time will tell as to if or when the Stanley Cup ever returns to Toronto and to the long-suffering fans at Scotiabank Arena. Interestingly, les Canadiens have not won it all since 1993—a threedecade drought of their own. So if or when the Leafs finally overcome the curse of Patrice Bergeron and bring the Stanley Cup back to Toronto, I look forward to hearing a new chant from Scotiabank Arena. “Ninety-three! Ninetythree!”

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In my 16 years as a licensed NH guide, I’ve taken thousands of first-time anglers fishing, especially in kayaks. I can’t say that I remember all of them, but some definitely stand out more than others. Some were very difficult to guide, while others just seem to get it. I guess it’s that way with anything. My most recent trip was, in many ways, the same yet different. The same in that I took someone on their very first kayak fishing trip. Different because this time it was my girlfriend, Renée. With clients who are strangers, the possibility that they may discover they dislike kayak angling causes me no real anxiety. With Renée, the stakes felt a bit higher. Enjoying kayak fishing is by no means a requirement, but I think we both hoped she would like it. We planned to go flounder fishing, so our trip was planned around the tides. I know that one key to hooking (pun intended) new kayak anglers is to bring them out when the chances of catching are best. Many anglers spend a lifetime trying to replicate certain days they have had on the water. All it takes is one good day to retain some anglers for life. So, when

Renée was all smiles after catching her first flounder, and unassisted at that. I write of any anxiety around taking Renée kayak fishing, it is only because I wanted her to enjoy it. So, the timing of our trip was very intentional. We arrived at our fishing spot a bit later than I had hoped, but still right at when I consider to be prime time. Renée helped as we unloaded kayaks and gear, and she seemed to be taking everything in. How I unloaded, what order I unloaded things, where I put certain things in the kayaks. At one point, the kayaks were at the water’s

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With the price of meat, regardless of what it is, continuing to rise, every so often there is nothing wrong with going meatless, especially if there is enough real cheese to make up for not having meat in the meal. And not to worry, no soy beans were harmed in the making of this dish. However, I have been known to experiment, and successfully I may add, with tofu in a lasagna, but that is an article for another time. This is just a simple yummy veggie pasta bake with ordinary ingredients and just so happens to be the subject of this week’s Simple Feast. Have you ever set out in the kitchen with the intent to do one thing and all of a sudden life becomes a series of happy little accidents? No? Me neither. In fact, I do not believe in happy little accidents in the kitchen. Accidents in my kitchen usually turn out to be life altering, Pyrex shattering, pan scorching chaotic events with expensive repercussions. (I just pulled three stitches out of my middle finger earlier this week.) It seems like every 30 years or so my left

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meat cutter does have its advantages, at least my knives are sharp. But let’s get on with the real story, Veggie Pasta Bake. Why a Veggie Pasta Bake? Well, I’ll stay away from the left of center arguments of geopolitical and environmental concerns associated with eating beef / meat because you will never convince me that Bessie is the primary cause for burning holes in the

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The Hobo & Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad Prepares To Open For The 2022 Season The Hobo and Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad is advising the public that the 50+ miles of rail between Lochmere, NH and Lincoln, NH should now be considered active for the 2022 season. Various train operations will be taking place from now through December, including maintenance, excursion trains, special tourist trains and equipment moves. The Railroad would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that caution should be exercised at all times while around moving trains and to always expect a train. Other safety considerations to keep in mind include grade crossing signals which should always be

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, May 19, 2022 — MOORE from 13 More often than not, catching that first fish is an eye opener. Now she knew what she was looking for. A few minutes later I had one on, but I too lost my first fish. Being a bit competitive, but in a fun way, I pointed out that we were both 0 for 1. She laughed but I could tell it was game on at that point. We fished along, covering as much area as we could. I finally put a flounder in my catch bag. I no sooner dropped my catch bag back into the water when I looked over to see that Renée had one on. Before I could get to her with my net she flipped the fish into her kayak and smiled. The flip looked effortless, like she had done it a thousand times before. As the day went on, Renée got more used to fishing from a kay-

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, May 19, 2022 — by farmers in the district. Marshall S. Hodsdon of Meredith was the chairman of the board of supervisors in charge of its assignment. The pickle business was predicted to be good in New Hampshire in the summer of 1951, but, sadly, the word on peaches was: “New Hampshire will have no peaches to eat this season, unless they are imported.” The culprit? Low temperatures in December and January. The Belknap Farm and Home Show was held in Gilford at the

recreational area (Gunstock) with more than 4,000 in attendance. I think I was one of them. County agent Horace C. Ballard, was the committee chairman. Spring was and is an exciting time in New Hampshire, in the city and especially on the farm, though we sometimes have to wait a while before we can feel it has really sprung. Like in May, not March!

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the farm, a big task lay before the dairy farmer, along with prayers that the power source for the milking machines would be quickly restored. In 1951 Rick Rutherford, the Grafton, NH County Agricultural Agent, from Woodsville, was “getting many of his dairymen to rig up their auto engine intake manifolds, so they will run the vacuum type milking machines, in case of an electrical failure.” Somehow, it has always seemed to me that though there is one New England made up of six states (though some people try to include New York), that there is a distinct difference between the northern three states and the southern three. I have even detected a difference in the northern three, having lived in each of those. Joe Harrington of the Boston Post passed on a story seventy or more years ago which indicates the disconnect was felt back then, even by six year olds. “A mother and her six-year-old son

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METZLER from 7 step up and join us… After all, today, the humanitarian needs in Syria are greater than at any point since the conflict began.” Beyond the physical destruction Syria has suffered in the grinding battle between the ruling Assad regime and various factions of insurgent opposition movements, many of them Islamic Jihadi terrorists, this Middle Eastern country has seen massive refugee

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wish to return home, but to what present and which future? Reconstruction aid for rebuilding the ravished country remains contingent on a workable political settlement. Thus securing a workable and lasting ceasefire would be a serious first step. “Syria remains a highly internationalized crisis,” asserted Geir Pederson at the Brussels meeting. Yet as he warns, “The current strategic stale-

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convinced. Baden-Mayer claims GMOs cause cancer. “We’re using more GMOs than ever,” I point out. “There’s less cancer now. Life spans keep increasing.” “Compared to when, 100 years ago?” she scoffs. Absolutely, yes. We live about 25 years longer than Americans did 100 years ago. Even compared to 10 or 20 years ago, we live longer. The National Academy of Sciences calls GMOs safe. So do the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration and the USDA. But no amount of science will convince people like BadenMayer. “The GMO issue just has not been investigated enough,” she says. Organic promoters are wrong on the costs and wrong on the science. Sadly, they’ve won the battle of public opinion. John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com.

MALKIN from 6 caused literal satanic witches to cast a “hex” on the new group with “intentions of misfortune.” Instead of holding stodgy, insular meetings conducted in hushed tones debating arcane tax law with wannabe GOP swamp creatures who look down their noses at rabble-rousing, grassroots activists, Kelly put herself on the frontlines of the campus culture wars. Armed with a megaphone, MAGA hat and the armor of God, Kelly shouted from the rooftops in opposition to COVID-19 lockdowns; held a Bible verse Easter egg hunt that triggered antiChristian vitriol online and in real life; and upheld true ideological diversity on campus by bringing prominent dissidents to speak. In February, she invited Jeff Younger, the Texas Army vet and father who made international headlines battling his ex-wife in court over her plans to turn their 7-yearold son into a girl, for a campus event. Younger, who vows to ban transgender sexual abuse of children in the school and courts, will be on the May primary runoff ballot for a statehouse seat. Hysterical tantrumthrowers shut down the event and forced Neidert to retreat to a janitor’s closet. The same allergic reaction to free speech and alternative thought was repeated again last week when Neidert invited conservative Christian family activist Tracy Shannon to warn about the alphabet mafia’s trans therapy coercion techniques. “I had to hire security for myself and my activist partner for the

event because I have zero confidence in the university protecting free speech on campus,” Shannon told me. “The university denied YCT a room for the event, the first time in history a room was denied for safety concerns.” I reached out to University of North Texas president Neal Smatresk multiple times seeking comment. No response. I reached out to Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, a selfstyled champion of free speech, online and by phone as well. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Do University of North Texas alumni and donors give a damn about the witch hunt against this brave gal? Will any adults in Texas step up to the plate? Hello? “Capitulationist Republicans are the biggest enemy to Christian conservatives who stand up to the woke mob,” Kelly told me. “They fight for the left, but the left will absolutely never fight for them. When these capitulationist Republicans publicly denounce us, the left feels even more justified in their attacks against us.” I know exactly of what she speaks, having endured and exposed it for 30 years. “My story has been in the news cycle on and off since July of 2020,” she points out, “but Greg Abbott has never once spoken about it or publicly supported me. My message to Abbott is to stop talking and actually do something about it. I am hopeful that Twitter will be more fair about free speech since Elon Musk is taking over.” Pretty pathetic state of affairs, isn’t it, when the multibillion-dollar funded “conservative

movement” over the past 30 years outsources its job to a foreign tech mogul who has only recently awakened to woke tyranny? Neidert refuses to back down. After graduation, she will lead a new grassroots group, Protect Texas Kids, to “help combat the indoctrination in K-12 schools.” Her website is protecttxkids.org. Her simple advice to future conservative activists: “Raise hell.” 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.

SHAPIRO from 6 ues that ensure their stability and happiness -- even if that means a tougher life for adults. All of that begins with a basic supposition the Left refuses to countenance: that they are not the center of creation, but that their children ought to be. Ben Shapiro is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and editor-inchief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “How To Destroy America In Three Easy Steps,” “The Right Side Of History,” and “Bullies.” To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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