Porcupines do not shoot or throw their quills, contrary to popular belief.
More Myths And Misconceptions About nAture
by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer
A few weeks ago, I wrote about some common myths and misconceptions about the natural world. Dragonflies don’t sting or bite people, tarantulas aren’t deadly, and quicksand is not likely to swallow you
up on your next walk in the woods.
In this column, we’ll look at a few more wildlife myths, compliments of readers who wrote in with their thoughts.
Al from Nelson wrote, “We have eight species of frogs in the Monadnock area (bullfrogs, green frogs,
wood frogs, gray tree frogs, spring peeper, American toad, pickerel frog, leopard frog) and another three species in other parts of New England. Not one of them makes a ‘ribbit’ sound. I have heard that there is a frog that says ‘ribbit’ in southern California, where many TV shows, movies,
and ads are made, and that’s why the media has frogs saying ‘ribbit.’ I don’t know for sure if that’s true, but it makes a nice yarn.”
Al also mentioned that he volunteered for a black bear research program in Minnesota and found that the “danger of black bears
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The Islands of Southern Lake Winnipesaukee
On Wednesday, August 28th at 7pm, the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum will host local author and islander Stephanie Erickson, who will present her new book The Islands of Southern Lake Winnipesaukee. Since seating is limited, reservations are requested, by e-mail to lakewinnipesaukeemuseum@ gmail.com or by phone to 603-3665950. This program is free for Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society members; for non-members there is a $5 fee.
Erickson will share the history of the islands and how they have shaped the culture of islanders today. The islands of southern Lake Winnipesaukee have a rich and diverse history. The first summer home on Sleepers Island was Hale’s castle, a replica of a medieval castle said to be constructed by the same stone masons who built the Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough. An indigenous archeological site and other relics have been uncovered on Rattlesnake Island. Treasure Island and Cub Island were originally developed as a boy’s summer camp. Diamond Island was a stop for the steamboat Lady of the Lake, and the Diamond Is-
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Prescott & Second Amendment Rights
To The Editor:
During election season most republicans claim support of Second Amendment rights while most democrats talk about gun bans and confiscation. However, like any other issue, it is important to look beyond the rhetoric and examine the candidates’ actual records. Despite claiming otherwise, Russell Prescott, a candidate for Congress in the First Congressional District, has a poor record on Second Amendment civil rights. We only need to look at his time on the Executive Counsel to see that Russell does not prioritize the Second Amendment civil right to be armed.
On June 21, 2017 he voted to confirm David Patch of Glen to another four year term as the Carroll County member of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission (See Governor and Executive Council Minutes, 06/21/2017, page 26). June 17 came just a few short months after Mr. Patch, as a member of the Commission, seconded the motion by then Commissioner Walter Morse to OPPOSE SB 12 which repealed the requirement to obtain license to carry a pistol or revolver. (See F&G Commission Minutes, 01/11, 2017) Fortunately, SB 12 was enacted into law anyway and New Hampshire residents are now free to carry self-defense firearms without asking the government for a permission slip. At that same January 11, 2017 meeting Patch also voted to oppose other,
critical pro-gun reforms such as the decriminalization of carrying loaded rifles and shotguns.
The vote to reward anti-gun activist David Patch with another term on the Fish and Game Commission was the most recent, but not the only anti-gun action from Prescott. In 2003 he sponsored SB 140, which purported to change the term of a Pistol / Revolver License from four years to five. However, it also changed language that said: “not less than four years” to “not more than five years”. That subtle change would have allowed anti-gun local officials to issue a license for as little as one day, which is a real anti-gun sleight of hand. At the time Russell claimed his bill was sabotaged… I didn’t believe him then and I still don’t trust him – I think he was part of the “change”.
When it comes to Second Amendment civil rights, Russell Prescott is a great pretender and on September 10, primary voters should reject his candidacy. If Prescott goes to Washington, his past actions clearly show that he will probably team up with some of the worst anti-gun Members of Congress to attack your civil right to be armed.
As a three-decade Second Amendment activist, I have seen Prescott’s type before (he has been running for one office or another for two decades) and past behavior is a pretty good predictor of future behavior. On September 10, I will be voting for Hollie Noveletsky, a gun owner and Veteran, for Congress and I urge all pro-gun voters in the
First Congressional District to do the same.
Alan M. Rice Bedford, NH
Walz Thinks You”re Weird
To The Editor:
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s VP pick, says I’m weird because I object to:
•Putting tampon dispensers in boys bathrooms.
•Taking children from parents who don’t provide gender altering drugs and surgeries to young children. If children aren’t mature enough to smoke or buy guns, how can they be mature enough to decide to sterilize or mutilate themselves? Most of Europe outlawed these practices.
•Providing sanctuary to illegal aliens. Support for illegal aliens costs taxpayers over $150 billion annually (vs about $3 billion for homeless veterans). More objectionable are the millions of American citizens who are harmed because of illegal immigration and our open border: about 100,000 annual American deaths, millions of victims of rape or other crimes, and millions of mostly poor Americans who suffer because their neighborhoods are flooded with illegal aliens making demands on schools, hospitals, social services, housing, jobs, etc.
•Allowing government to censor our free speech. During Covid the government and social media companies censored truth but allowed lies; this censor-
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by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer
One of America’s great sports events is the Kentucky Derby, which occurs early each May. So why am I writing about it in August? Because I recently visited its host venue, Churchill Downs, in Louisville.
(Consider that I did recently write a July skiing column!)
The occasion of my visit was an NCSL conference (National Conference of State Legislatures). I love these confabs where one gets to meet/hobnob with fellow elected officials from across the country to share notes, hear debates, and learn from subject experts.
And socialize. Of course!
I’d loved previous NCSL conferences in
the KentucKy derby And Me
Tampa, Denver, and Indianapolis and was excited about Louisville. And being a sports guy, I’m always interested in the local sports cultures.
Louisville features one of the top university basketball programs in the country, of course. And there’s also the Louisville Slugger factory, which makes most of the bats
used by MLB swingers. Also, Louisville used to be the site of the Red Sox AAA farm team.
But Louisville is especially synonymous with one of our nation’s
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The sports columnist with N.H. State Representative Jess Edwards at the entrance to Churchill Downs in Louisville.
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Penicillin, A Football Game & The Golden Age Of Antibiotics At Wright Museum
WOLFEBORO - On Tuesday, August 27th, the Wright Museum will welcome Dr. Stephen Brecher. This is the twelfth program of the Wright Museum’s 2024 Education Series.
Learn about the secret weapon developed in WWII. This miracle drug is credited with saving the lives of 10 to 15 % of all WWII Casualties. Research and production of penicillin became the second highest priority of the war effort in 1943. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., the program begins at 7 p.m. in the Wright Museum’s DuQuoin Education Center, 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made online at https://wrightmuseum.org/lecture-series or by calling 603-569-1212.
The region’s leading resource for educators and learners of all ages on World War II, the Wright Museum features more than 14,000 items in its collection that are representative of both the home front and battlefield. For more information about the 2024 Lecture Series, or museum, visit wrightmuseum.org.
Camp Constitution’s 3rd Annual Weekend Family Camp
Camp Constitution’s third annual weekend family camp will be held from Friday September 27 to Sunday September at Camp Sentinel in Tuftonboro, NH.
This year’s weekend instructors include Rev. Steve Craft, author of America: Home of the Brave or Land of the Slave, Michael King of the Massachusetts Family Institute, and New Hampshire State Rep. Paul Terry. Mrs. Jessica Whitworth will run the Junior Patriot Camp for children 4-12.
Recreational Activities include canoeing, basketball, gaga and a field trip to the Wright World War II Museum and Apple Picking.
Cost is $150. Per person.
For more information, please contact Hal Shurtleff at (857) 498-1309, E-mail campconstitution1@gmail.com or visit their website campconstitution.net
Army Guard Retiree Day Luncheon Date Set
The New Hampshire Army National Guard (NHARNG) 15th Annual Retiree Day Luncheon date has been set for Thursday, September 19, 2024 by the luncheon planning committee. The committee is made up of current and retired Army National Guard members. Our immediate goal is to notify all retired NHARNG members about this upcoming event. Retirees who have not attended prior luncheons or have relocated are urged to contact Command Sergeant Major (Ret) David Follansbee via e-mail: dave_follansbee@ comcast.net or (603) 623-7757. Please RSVP no later than September 13th.
This year’s luncheon will be at the Joint Force Headquarters building on the State Military Reservation in Concord and will feature a briefing on the current status of the NHARNG as well as exhibits and displays of interest to retirees. A group photo is also planned. The luncheon fee is $5.00 at the door. The planning committee asks if you know of someone who has retired from NHARNG to pass this information along.
Moose Mountains Inaugural Mountain Bike Event
Join Moose Mountains Regional Greenways for our first annual Moose On The Move Bike Fest. The event will be held on Saturday, September 21 from 10am to 2 pm at Abenaki Bike Trails in Wolfeboro, NH. This is a non-competitive, family-friendly mountain bike poker ride serving as a fund and awareness raising event to support MMRG’s mission.
MMRG is a non-profit land trust that works to conserve key natural resource areas in our New Hampshire communities and connect them within a permanently protected network of greenways and open space for today and tomorrow. MMRG is based in Union, NH and serves 9 the surrounding communities of Brookfield, Farmington, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Ossipee, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro.
A poker ride includes 5 stations along the route where riders will draw a playing card. At the end of the ride the participants with the best and worst poker hands will win a prize. Riders can choose from three routes suitable for all levels.
Burnt Timber Brewery will provide food, beer & other beverages between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. This is a ticketed event and the race is limited to 75 riders this first year. Up to 50 additional “Supporter” tickets are available for family or friends.
Rider fee is $60 per adult or $45 per teen, which includes three food and beer/beverage coupons. Family rider option is available for $50 to include one adult, up to 2 youth under 12 yo and it includes 5 coupons.
There are a variety of sponsorships and raffle donation opportunities for local businesses and volunteer opportunities for community members. Those interested in supporting the event are encouraged to contact Astrid at greenways@mmrgnh.org.
For more details and registration information visit www.bikereg.com/moose-on-the-move.
Castle Car Show Early Bird Car Registration
MOULTONBOROUGH - Castle in the Clouds, the Lakes Region museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will host its annual Castle Car Show on Saturday, October 5th from 10:00am to 2:00pm, rain or shine. Antique cars and motorcycles from the turn of the 20th century onward will be on display on the grounds of the renowned estate.
Vehicle registrations are currently being accepted with the Early Bird registration rate of $20.00 until August 31. The first 100 vehicle registrants will receive complimentary swag bags, while commemorative dash plaques will be provided to the first 200.
The regular vehicle registration rate of $25.00 will be applied from September 1 to October 3, which increases to $40.00 for day-of registrations.
Every entrant is eligible for the award portion of the Castle Car Show, with one winner named for the following categories: Plant Era (vehicles from 1914 to 1941 – a nod to Thomas Plant, the estate’s developer and owner), vehicles from the 1960s (the 2024 Featured Category) and Judges’ Choice.
“The Castle Car Show is a popular event that unites the present with the past,” said Charles Clark, Executive Director of Castle in the Clouds. “We look forward to welcoming the community – including antique vehicle owners and enthusiasts – to share a glimpse back in time among the natural beauty of the Castle in the Clouds estate.”
The price of spectator admission is $5.00 per person. Tickets may be purchased in advance or with cash at the event. Admission is included in the price of a regular admission ticket for Castle in the Clouds visitors and is free for Castle members. Vehicle registration and spectator admission fees help to support the Castle Preservation Society’s mission as a community resource. For additional vehicle registration and spectator details, visit www.castleintheclouds.org/ castle-car-show-2024.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
WhAt hAve you Got to Lose?
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
I realize you have been on the edge of your seats waiting for this column.
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, the annual Flatlander Party BBQ was about to take place and once again the Party’s nominee for governor would be decided.
Since 2000, I have always been the candidate and, besides one small burp in the process in 2014 when I faced a challenger, I have remained the choice.
If you read this column from two weeks ago, you know I was once again faced with a hard challenge from some new Covid era transplants to New Hampshire from Massachusetts and New York who wanted to infiltrate the party (and the BBQ) and have one of their own, a real FINO (Flatlander In Name Only), to top the ticket.
They tried to stress I was too old for the position and the person they chose to replace me was a couple of decades younger than me.
Well, I am happy to report that their plan did not fool anyone as it was easy to see through his FINO disguise and his plans to bring his liberal New York ideas with him to try and change New Hampshire. Change it even more than the successful Flatlanders who have done so for years under the safety nets of the Republican and Democrat parties.
So, I prevailed once again and will be the nominee of the party and I will go up against the other candidates in the General Election on November 5th.
(And yes, the BBQ ribs I personally brought to the event had a big impact on the final vote.)
As you may or may not know, being the Flatlander candidate is a lot harder than being a Republican or Democrat candidate. It’s even harder than being any of the other candidates whose names you will see on the ballot on election day and say to yourself “Who the heck are these people?”
The Flatlander Party candidate, me, will not be on the ballot. There are many reasons for this. The biggest one being that the Flatlander Party is not recognized as an official political party because all of the other parties have done their best to keep it that way.
It’s a long story that I don’t even understand, so I don’t bother trying to explain it.
But as is true in America where elections are free and, as the story goes, anyone can grow up to be president, or even governor, certain people still try to keep other people from being a choice that might take away some of the votes they might get because they also grew up wanting to be governor too, but they had more resources and money to do so.
We have to do things differently.
We have to campaign and get people to actually take the time to write-in my name, which takes a little bit longer than just filling in a box that has a name already printed next to it. It is too time consuming for many voters, especially in this day and age, to have to not only have to fill in a whole box, but also fill in a whole box and then write a name in next to it.(And forget about doing it on an electronic ballot, most people can’t be bothered to try and figure it out.)
So, we have come up with what we think is a great idea to help us (me) get more votes.
Since we really don’t have enough money to buy oversized political mailers to stuff in people’s mailboxes - they just get mixed in with the rest
of the oversized mailers from other candidates and thrown away anyway - we have used all the money from our campaign funds, plus a few bucks I kicked in myself, to buy a nice 60-inch, high definition TV (and a few bumper stickers with whatever was let over).
The plan is, since it is now considered legal to take a selfie of yourself with your filled in ballot, that we will encourage people to do that with their ballots with my name written in. If I happen to win the election, we will take all of the selfies we have received with my name for governor, print them out, carefully fold them and put them in a large drum of some sort and then, at my inauguration, I will draw out one selfie photo to take home the 60-inch high defintion TV.
You won’t even have to be present to win since I realize folks are busy and once election day is over no one really wants to focus on that stuff anymore.
Of course, the campaign season is still in full swing, so if we collect more donations in the meantime, we will use them to purchase some other additional smaller prizes as well so there will be more than one chance to win.
Of course, some of my opponents will say this is a cheap ploy to get votes and they would be correct. But unlike campaign promises that never materialize, someone will actually win a 60inch TV.
No lies in our campaign. Some might be disappointed, but they know that going in.
So, if you want to finally see what I can actually do as governor, and possibly also win a cool prize, then write-in my name for governor on November 5th.
What have you got to lose? And think of what you might win.
unions And repubLicAns
by Star Parker Syndicated Columnist
The appearance of Sean O’ Brien, president of the Teamsters Union, in a key speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, raised a lot of eyebrows across the political spectrum about what is going on both with unions and with the Republican Party.
The union agenda and the traditional Republican agenda -- free markets, free trade, free labor market competition -- is not a cocktail that we usually think of as going together.
But we are in a political time of razor-thin margins. Swing states will be won by margins hovering around 1%. Winning swing votes depends on the ability to penetrate the gray, to win over voters who may not be 100% on board with the candidate or the party’s whole platform -- but who see the benefits of one side as exceeding the costs of the other side.
Trump has had success with union voters. In 2016, he got 42% of the vote of union households. In 2020, 40%.
According to a recent survey from Pew Research, 39% of union members are Republicans.
Furthermore, when we examine the polling data, we see a disconnect between what voters think about unions and what workers are actually doing.
Regarding the latter, the data is clear that fewer and fewer workers are joining unions.
In 1983, 20% of workers belonged to unions. Forty years later, in 2023, this was down to 10%.
Yet, per the polling, sentiment across the country indicates displeasure with this trend. Per Pew, 54% say the decline in union membership is bad for the country, and 43% say it’s good.
Even among conservative Republicans, per Pew, although 60% say the drop in union membership is a good thing, still 38% think it’s bad.
The biggest disconnect is really between the professional leadership of unions and the sentiments of American workers.
As already noted, despite the rhetoric of union leadership, fewer and fewer workers are joining unions. And, despite the fact that some 4 in 10 union members identify as Republicans, political spending of organized labor is onesided for Democrats. Per opensecrets.org, so far in 2024, of $165,892,301 political expenditures by labor, 86.23% went to Democrats and 13.27% to
the LeGAcy MediA’s LAst GAsp?
by Ben Shapiro Syndicated Columnist
This week, alleged comedian Stephen Colbert had on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss the 2024 presidential election. In the middle of the interview, Colbert began to ask Collins a question, in all sincerity: “I know you guys are objective over (at CNN), you just report the news as it is.” Colbert, presumably, expected his audience -- all Kamala Harris fans, since Colbert is the most left-leaning host on late night television -- to nod along.
Instead, they laughed.
They laughed because everyone in America knows, at this point, that the media have become stenographers for the Democratic Party. That process was well underway decades ago but accelerated dramatically under Barack Obama. Obama’s candidacy wasn’t treated like a normal candidacy in 2008; relevant stories ranging from his association with radical America-hating antisemite Jeremiah Wright to his corrupt connections in Chicago politics were quickly swept under the rug, deemed irrelevant in Obama’s quest for the White House. The media became cheerleaders. And they haven’t stopped.
They spent four long years treating Donald Trump not just as a pariah but as a traitor to the country. Every Trump tweet was treated as a declaration of war on the American people; every Trump policy was greeted with the sort of horror normally reserved for nuclear war. Meanwhile, non-legacy media outlets were deemed misinformation and disinformation, threats to the republic itself. Social media outlets that deigned to allow distribution of such alternative media were themselves targeted as abiding dangers to democracy.
Then Joe Biden was elected. For the next three-and-a-half years, the media
did their best to treat his policies as benevolent and intelligent, even as inflation climbed to four-decade highs and the Middle East burst into flames. They treated his obvious senility as a matter not of controversy, but of established fact: It was a fact, they said, that he was doing just fine. Sure, he might be aging, but he was all there.
Then Joe Biden blew it all up. Insistent on his own durability and intellectual command -- believing his own press clippings, presumably -- Biden engaged in a debate with Donald Trump. He proceeded to crumble on national television.
And for approximately three weeks, the media did their jobs. They asked questions. They brought pressure to bear on Democratic lawmakers and White House insiders.
And Joe Biden stepped aside. Then, quick as lightning, the legacy media returned to their Obama-era identity: as water carriers for Kamala Harris. The same candidate they had once deemed incompetent and awkward, the same vice president they had once deemed irrelevant and off-putting, was now a goddess of political oratory. Her inheritance of the Democratic nomination meant a new round of legacy media prostration before the new crowned heir.
And the heir is not to be questioned. Not about her lies. Not about the policies of her administration. Not about her kaleidoscopically shifting positions or her hideously dishonest vice presidential pick.
We are now 25 days into Kamala Harris’ nomination. She has not answered a single, solitary adversarial question. She has not sat for a single interview -- even with allies. She has not done a single serious press conference.
And the media cheer.
That is why the Colbert audience scoffs at CNN. Because they know the truth, as everyone does: that the legacy media are a propaganda outlet on behalf of the Democrat -
American kids are now taught that before Christopher Columbus wrecked things, peaceful Native Americans protected the environment.
Hollywood movies feed the narrative. Disney’s “Pocahontas” sings, “I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name.”
Political Science professor Wilfred Reilly says that’s ridiculous. “Native American hunters gave
nAtive truths
names to every rabbit in the woods around them? That’s not a real thing that happened.”
Reilly’s new book, “Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me,” and my new video, debunk such myths.
“We’ve gone into almost this cultlike romanticization of the Natives,” says Reilly. “They were great warriors and poets, but they hunted buffalo by driving herds of them off 100-foot-tall cliffs!”
A U.S. government guide for teachers says, “Native Americans lived in harmony with nature ... There was a love of every form of life. (They) did not kill anything they could not use.”
“Objectively untrue,” says Reilly, “That would mean no young male warrior ... ever killed for sport. We just know that’s false.”
Reilly’s book is a response to the hugely popular left-leaning book, “Lies My Teacher Told Me.” It corrected many things history textbooks got wrong about America.
When I grew up, Columbus was portrayed as simply a hero. His brutality and enslavement of Natives was ignored.
But Columbus himself wrote about his slaves, saying, “Indians ... make all our food ... extract gold from the mines ... perform all other ... labors.”
“The book was valid, right?” I say to Reilly.
“I don’t necessarily think your focus should be white and Native atrocities against one another in a sixth-grade class. The morality of today didn’t exist anywhere in the world until about 60 years ago.” I push back: “What’s the harm in sending a counter message?”
“You don’t need a counter message,” Reilly replies. “No one denies that whites and Native Americans killed each other. In 1970, in some Southern schools, people might have been taught a jingoistic view of American history, but the re -
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KAMALA hArris - in her oWn Words
Politicians, of course, misspeak and say wrongheaded things, whether it’s President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump. Now that Vice President Kamala Harris is the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, let’s review:
“So, there’s a big difference between equality and equity. Equality suggests, ‘oh everyone should get the same amount.’ The problem with that, not everybody’s starting out from the same place. So, if we’re all getting the same amount, but you started out back there and
I started out over here, we could get the same amount, but you’re still going to be that far back behind me. It’s about giving people the resources and the support they need, so that everyone can be on equal footing, and then compete on equal footing. Equitable treatment means we all end up at the same place.” — November 2020
“We invested an additional $12 billion into community banks because we know community banks are in the community, and understand the needs and desires of that community as well as the talent and capacity of community.” — September 2022
“It’s time for us to do what we have been doing, and that time is
every day. Every day it is time for us to agree that there are things and tools that are available to us to slow this thing down.” — January 2022
“I think that, to be very honest with you, I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believe that certain issues are just settled. Certain issues are just settled.” — July 2022
“The brilliance of this inaugural class and its leaders is the ability to see what can be, unburdened by what has been, and then to make it real in a way that will be replicated around our country.” — February 2024
“So, Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a
bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So, basically, that’s wrong, and it goes against everything that we stand for.” — March 2022
“But we all watched the television coverage of just yesterday. That’s on top of everything else that we know and don’t know yet, based on what we’ve just been able to see. And because we’ve seen it or not doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened.” — March 2022
“The significance of the passage of time, right? The significance of the passage of time. So, when you think about it, there is great significance
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by John Stossel Syndicated Columnist
by Larry Elder Syndicated Columnist
by Hal Shurtleff Director, Camp Constitution
booKs you Are not supposed to reAd
This list I have compiled isn’t in any particular order, except the last book, and are just a handful of many books that may reinforce, challenge and/ or change the readers’ worldview. All of them are either in print and/or available on Amazon except one which have been banned by Amazon but available from its publisher.
global dominance. Nixon allowed technological transfers to the Soviet Union making it possible for the Soviets to make nuclear missiles with multiple warheads. After reading the book, I stopped defending Nixon. This book opened my eyes to the influence and power of what is now known as the Deep State.
Memoirs by David Rockefeller
Richard Nixon: The Man Behind the Mask
As a young junior high school conservative, I defended Richard Nixon against my liberal classmates. At the age of twenty-nine, a friend loaned me Nixon:The Man Behind the Mask by Gary Allen. Allen points out that Nixon was not a conservative to say the least. Under the Nixon Administration, we got the unconstitutional Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which has wreaked havoc on American manufacturing. He opened up Communist China which eventually led, not only to diplomatic recognition, but to Communist China’s
Published in 2002, Memoirs, is an autobiography of David Rockefeller whom I consider one of evilest Americans that lived in the last 100 years. (Armand Hammer, Henry Kissinger, and Zbigniew Brzezinski are three more.) Why do I draw that conclusion? In David’s own words from his biography: “For more than a century, ideological extremists, at either end of the political spectrum, have seized upon well-publicized incidents, such as my encounter with Castro, to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal, working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists,’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.
“We are grateful to the Washington Post,
the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years...It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto determination practiced in past centuries.”
Rockefeller makes an admission of treason, but the Department of Justice wasn’t interested in prosecuting him.
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin I had the honor of helping to sponsor a speaking tour of the author back in the mid-1990s.
This powerful and well documented book exposes how the Federal Reserve Bank was created in complete secrecy. It explains how the Fed creates money out of thin air, how it manipulate the economy, how it is an instrument of war, and that the Fed is not an arm of the U.S. government but a cartel between bankers-not your local bank, however- and the government.
Death by Government by R.J. Rummel
This book, authored by a liberal professor from the University of Hawaii, demonstrates the deadliness of government. Professor Rummel proves that more people have been murdered by totalitarian governments in the 20th century in peacetime than in all of the wars of the 20th Century. Professor Rummel coined the word “democide.”
Tornado In a Junkyard
This book, authored by a friend and a former atheist, and written in layman’s terms, refutes evolution, one the most destructive ideas that mankind has faced leading to the loss of faith in God. While Mr. Perloff doesn’t claim that all evolutionists are racist, he shows the readers its racist roots. Perloff also points out that evolution influenced Joe Stalin leading him to reject Christianity and embrace communism.
Christianity and the Constitution The Faith of Our Founding Fathers Colonel John
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
Letters From God
QUESTION
Are We Being Deceived By Our Politicians?
Most have no idea how much they are being deceived! I have written before, that being duped is the natural consequence of rejecting me, your creator God. In view of the reality that so many have turned away from me, being deceived is rampant. Any politician who is corrupt, understands this and use this knowledge to gain positions of power to serve themselves, not me or you. Unfortunately, in your blindness you will never see this until it is too late.
I asked the apostle Paul to write, in my book the Bible, a letter to believers in a city called Thessalonica. He wrote, that in the end times in particular, Satan would display “all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.” (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12). If any who are reading this are laughing at the mention of Satan, you have already revealed
you are one of those who are being and will be deceived. Before I created humanity, I created angels. They are as real as you. I made them as people but have given them bodies different from yours and the ability to live in dimensions beyond your limited ones, like me. One of them, Satan, has led a rebellion of angels, even as many of you have rebelled against me at the behest of others. His greatest desire is to destroy all that I have made and love. You are the target and deception is his most lethal strategy. Return with me to the words above that I gave to the Thessalonians and take them to heart. Notice that the ones being deceived are “those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.” (:10) I also said, that people are deceived because they “have delighted in wickedness.” (:12) If you reject me and the truth because you want candidates who themselve s “have delighted in wickedness,” and who will give you whatever “wickedness” you want, being deceived is inevitable. In fact, I who restrain evil, will allow you, if you choose, to have what you want and remove my hand of protection. I expressed this by saying, “For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie,” (:11).
Now finally, in my words to the Thessalonians then, and to you now, I expressed the final consequences
for your blindness to truth and tolerance to lies. I said, “so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.” (:12).
I must remind you that behind every political decision you make is my unseen but unmistakable presence. I made you and I established the truth by which you can live. If you make political decisions against my will and wisdom my unseen presence will be seen in my judgments on you and your country. These judgments, like a just judge, will bring condemnation not blessings and will lead not to your ascent but to your demise. My son, Jesus, once stood over Jerusalem and wept for it. He said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.” He went on to describe the fall of Jerusalem at the hands of the Romans which occurred in 70 AD, just some 40 years after he spoke the words. He lamented that, “because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you,” they would lose everything. (Luke 19:4144).
I am God and I have not changed. If you repeat this mistake because, in your desire to reject me and delight in wickedness, you believe the lies of godless politicians, I will, as a just God, remove all of the blessings I have bestowed. In my last letter, I wrote of the Lunacy of Liberalism. Their policies are evi-
dent overwhelmingly in your modern “Democratic” party but also found in ever growing “RINO’s” in the “Republican Party.”
If you wonder how you have been deceived, consider:
•You have currently elected godless leaders and platforms, whose policies are not only undemocratic but also destructive to your national health, security and prosperity.
•You are willing to consider new candidates who hide from the public to cover their failed policies, in order to get elected and unleash more failed policies, that will complete the collapse of your country.
•You believe candidates who deceptively present themselves as moderates yet intend to unleash their “radical liberal agenda,” when elected. Yet you are blind to this deception. Remember, politicians enact policies not where they say they “stand,” in the process of running for office, but where they “sit,” when elected. Don’t be deceived to this fact.
•You embrace candidates who will give you what you want instead of what you need. Like unloving parents, who give children whatever they want to win their affection, this “love” is deadly to children and will be deadly to you & your country.
•You endorse with your votes, leaders who will continue to support and promote beliefs and behaviors that I have deemed “abominable” and which will destroy your country not only with natural
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JiGGinG LAKe trout
by Tim Moore Contributing Writer
I love vertical jig fishing. Of all the methods to catch fish, I will almost always choose to jig over any other method. I enjoy the feeling I get when I feel a bite and set the hook on a fish. So, when I discovered that there was not only a time and place to vertical jig for lake trout, but the numbers were high, I was immediately intrigued. Now many years later, I make a good part of my living in August and September guiding anglers for lake trout with vertical jigs.
For many lake trout angler, trolling is synonymous with lake trout fishing. Trolling spoons and streamer flies as high as 25feet off bottom is effective, but nothing gets my blood pumping like vertical jigging them. I like trolling for
salmon, rainbows, and lake trout, but there is something about feeling a lake trout bite on a vertical presentation. The thump, the hook set, and the fight are a blast.
When lake water temperatures reach their highest, usually in August, lake trout will head deep. As the days grow shorter, the lakers begin to school up in greater numbers and feed aggressively. The shorter days tell the trout that it’s almost time for them to spawn. For that they will need energy in the form of fat reserves, which they
usually get from feeding on rainbow smelt, and sometimes they feed all day.
Summer lake trout are typically found in some of the deepest areas of a lake. On Lake Winnipesaukee they often suspend 100’ down over 150’ of water. This makes them somewhat easier to locate, but not always easy to catch. They typically see a fair amount of fishing pressure and there are usually so many smelt in the same area that dropping your jig into them is like throwing a needle into a haystack. Using a lure that they
haven’t seen before is sometimes the key to a more productive trip. My favorite lures are metal jigs designed with sizes and profiles which closely resemble that of small baitfish and are designed specifically for vertical jigging. If you look inside my tackle box, there are two lures that will always be there. My ultimate favorite is the 1.4 ounce smelt-colored Nervous Minnow Jointed Jig from Daddy Mac Lures. It is my signature series lure, but I wouldn’t even mention it if it didn’t work. It works better than any other lure I have ever used for lake trout. The Daddy Mac 1/2-ounce Albie jig in blue is a blade-style spoon that also closely resembles the size and profile of the rainbow smelt that lake trout are often feeding on, and is one of my favorites, especially on Lake Winnipesaukee. These lures are compliant with the New Hampshire lead ban, as they are considered a spoon by definition.
As for a particular jigging cadence, the fish pick the winners. Vary your cadence until you figure out what best triggers bites and, pay close attention to your line as your lure falls. Count down how long it takes to get to the bottom. If your lure stops sinking early, you know a fish has it in its mouth. Then close your
Lake Winnipesaukee holds great numbers of 20inch lake trout, as well as the potential for much larger fish.
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A LAWyer nAMed Webster
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer
A New Hampshire newspaper printed an account of a new New York City Directory published to reveal the names of its citizens in the year 1891. The reporter’s purpose in writing about the Directory was for the interest and amusement of the readers. Making fun of people’s names may be frowned upon in today’s society unless it is politicians or their supporters laughing about or mispronouncing the names of their opponents. But for your amusement and interest even though the majority of the readers are not from New York City let me pass on some of the statisics of 1891 New York City inhabitants.
The then new directory contained 379,971 names. The most common last name in the city was a group of people whose family members were among the early settlers, the Smiths. Twelve pages of the Directory were filled with the names of 3200 Smiths, and 258 of those were John Smiths.
There were half as many Browns at 1600 followed by 700 Jones’s who made up the next third numerous family in the city. Robinsons followed with 500, giving the Smiths, Browns, Jones, and Robinsons a total of 6100 of the almost 380,000 names in the directory. The reporters found some of the names in the Directory to be funny, particularly some that started with “Z’ and were only found once in the Directory, like Zwissler, Zwink, Zwiefah, Zwickl, Zwicky, Zurl, Zust, Zumbush, and Zumbo. There was one Moth in the big city, and one policeman named Sick,
and a plumber called Sniff. One of the short named residents of New York was named Ey and one with the most letters was Pfieffenschneider. Gold and silver numbered fifty a piece with twice that many said to be Golden. In 1891 there were eleven George Washingtons in the city, but only three Thomas Jeffersons. I am writing all of this, however, to lead up to the fact that the 1891 New York City Directory of residents of that big city did not list one Daniel Webster! So the name of this favorite son of New Hampshire whose name you see on street signs saying ‘Daniel Webster
Highway’ may have been absent from New York City in 1891, but it is where many people can see it today in New York City and elsewhere.
New Hampshire claims Mr. Webster as a favorite son but his influence goes much further. A statue of Daniel Webster now adorns a spot bordering Central Park as others do in other places, including outside the New Hampshire State House. Part of the town of Boscawen, New Hampshire was taken to form the new town of Webster. Out in New York State a town was named in his honor before his death.
Webster gave a speech at a Whig Rally about the state of the economy. The Rochester Democrat responded to the speech with an editorial that
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Simple Feast
by Eric N Gibson Contributing Writer
As we sat down to dinner recently I could not help but think of how fortunate we were. It was a humble meal, a simple feast meant for sharing. With three generations present, it was a delightful repast filled with complements that rolled naturally as we each savored the fruit of our labors.
However, the more I thought about it, the more I came to realize, it really was not as simple as it seemed. A meal of smoker roasted chicken, potatoes, mixed peas and corn, and a hearty sliced bread, the chicken and potatoes were ours, star attractions, as both were products of our recent harvest. And, if I were to give proper credit, it was mostly the labor of my son, his friends, and people like them that made this meal possible.
Our story starts a few months back, around early spring. Much to my son’s reluctance to admit to such things, he is a lot like me. Delusions of grandeur conjured up over months of ruminating and cogitating while hibernating will often, by winter’s end,
manifest into a plan to “do” and to “have” more than we can contend with on our small acres. And the boy can always count on a willing accomplice in his mother if the plan calls for adding to our feathered flock. He, being an adult of the gainfully employed variety, but still living at home, always manages to squirrel a few extra pennies away here and there to indulge his agricultural desires, hobbies to be of the encroaching variety.
I offer the readers Exhibit A: two brooders (pens) the size of pallets built up into what look like waist high topless shipping containers. These
marvels of modern man cave engineering have taken up residence in my bay of our two car garage since late May. Housing 24 Cornish Cross broilers for the duration of their live stay here on “terra firma”, I can attest, with overwhelming certainty, that the odor emitted from these living quarters toward the end of the Broiler “project” coinciding with the hottest days of July was, to be polite, “an indelible assault on the olfactory senses”. Keeping with the Gibson tradition we seem destined to pick up the mantle where our forebears dropped it, left it, and avoided it thereafter at all cost.
Our handful of acres offers us no appreciable difference from that of family farms past; little tillable soil while briers, weeds, peat, pine, ledge, shale, and sand, are in abundance. Fortunately my kids inherited a better set of agrarian jeans (genes) from their mother’s side of the family. But what did it take to get to this point?
A point where dinner was on the table and half of it was from the work we did to get it there. To start, it took the building of those brooders. When I think about that I am reminded of the boards used in the build. Where did they come from? Many of them came from trees that were harvested from this property by him, my son, over a year ago. He cut several large pines, strapped chains on the logs, and using a tractor, brought them out of the woods. Then, using a milling machine that a friend lent him over this past winter, he milled out the planks that became boards. These, in turn, became the four walls for each brooder that offered security and comfort needed for the broilers to grow in a stress free environment.
He purchased the broilers as chicks in late Spring. A project to see if it were feasible to raise meat birds, he and some friends decided to barter, depending upon the suc-
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On Sunday, August 25 at 4:00 p.m., Dudley Laufman and the Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra will perform the last concert in the 2024 Music on the Green series at Canterbury Shaker Village.
Laufman is a renowned ‘dance caller’, and has prompted dancers at country and contra dances throughout New England for more than 70 years. He also plays melodeon, harmonica, and fiddle, sometimes while he is ‘calling’.
“This will be a lively end to this season’s Music on the Green series,” Village Education Manager Kyle Sandler said. “We are always honored to welcome back Dudley Laufman.”
Dudley Laufman and the Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra concert will be held in The Village’s North Shop. Music on the Green concerts are free with a suggested donation of $20.
Music on the Green is sponsored by Cold-
well Banker Lifestyles, New Hampshire Dance Collaborative (NHDC), and Kathleen Belko, Trustee. Events are rain or shine (except in extreme weather conditions).
Village tours are available before Mu -
sic on the Green performances, while visitors are encouraged to explore the extensive trail system on the Village’s nearly 700-acre property. To purchase tour tickets or learn more about the Village, which interprets Shaker life through tours, exhibits, buildings, gardens, and programs, visit shakers. org.
Canterbury Shaker Village is a member of the NH Heritage Museum Trail, which connects the public with culturally rich heritage institutions in New Hampshire. For more information, visit nhmuseumtrail.org.
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MOULTONBOROUGH - On Friday, August 23 from 5-7pm, New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) will host a 1950sthemed boat and car show at their campus in Moultonborough, New Hampshire.
The free event will feature The Fabulous Fifties on the Water, a new exhibit at NHBM that includes classic mid-century boats, water skis, and motors. At least twenty cars from the ‘50s will be on display in the parking lot.
“This event is going to be fun for everyone,” said Anne Lennon, program director at NHBM. “It’s very family-friendly, and guests are going to be able to get up close to some really interesting vintage boats and cars.”
Noting 1950s music will set the tone for the evening, Lennon said they hope to also secure a hot dog vendor. Guests will be welcome to explore the inside
and outside of the campus.
“This is an exciting opportunity for people to experience our museum,” said Lennon. “It’s an incredibly beautiful space lit up at night.”
NHBM’s Moultonborough Campus is open Thursday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm,
and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm. through September.
Founded in 1992 by vintage and classic boating enthusiasts, NHBM offers dynamic exhibits and engaging programs and events tailored to the diverse boating lifestyles and values of people of all ages.
New 50’s themed exhibit at the New Hampshire Boat Museum that guests can also view at the event.
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TAMWORTH – The Barnstormers Theatre presents Pride and Prejudice, by Kate Hamill, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen, on stage August 22 - 31. Bold, surprising, boisterous and timely, this production for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect — or imperfect — match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life than it does in this effervescent adap-
tation. This adaptation is incredibly fresh, and well-suited to audiences of all ages. It moves fast, and is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
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tation of Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride & Prejudice is full of energy, hijinks, and romance that will appeal to long time fans and sure to make new ones. A fitting way to finish
(L to R) Lisa Kate Joyce, Robert St. Laurence, Anne Boxley Bowles and Rachel Alexa Norman in Pride and Prejudice At The Barnstormers Theatre.
duction features returning Barnstormers Robert St. Laurence, Sara Coombs, John Long, Lisa Kate Joyce and Rachel Alexa Norman. Anne Boxley Bowles, Kate Fitzgerald, Arisael Rivera make their Barnstormers debut. This production is Sponsored by The Carl E. and Dorothy M. Lindblade Family Fund.
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Pride and Prejudice is presented by The Barnstormers Theatre, at 104 Main Street in scenic Tamworth, NH. Tickets are $20-$39.50. Discounted same-day tickets for Carroll County residents, budgetfriendly group tickets and Family Packages available. Intermission refreshments sponsored by Whippletree Winery and Tuckerman Brewing Co. For more information and tickets, visit barnstormerstheatre.org or call 603-323-8500.
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Two annual events highlight the September schedule for the Meredith Historical Society.
First, open house will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 5-7 p.m. at the society’s Main Street Museum.
Then over the next couple of weeks the society will host its popular historic boat tours, this year exploring several Lake Winnipesaukee islands in Meredith and Gilford. Dates are Tuesday, Sept. 10 (rain date Thursday, Sept. 12) and Tuesday, Sept.
17 (rain date Thursday, Sept. 19).
The annual open house kicks off at 5 p.m. on September 3. As in previous years, it will feature free hotdogs, drinks, and other goodies. Additionally, the museum will be open to anyone who wishes to visit inside.
Historical Society board members and volunteers will be there to chat and to answer any questions you might have.
Also that evening, there will be a book signing for the soci -
ety’s newest publication: Ebenezer Smith, Meredith’s Prime Mover by author Rudy VanVeghten.
The boat cruises will depart from the Goodhue Marina (formerly Shep Brown’s) on Meredith Neck at 12:30 p.m.
This year, the route will include several Meredith islands and some of the Gilford islands. Historical commentary will be provided by John Hopper, Jane Rice, and Rudy VanVeghten. Each cruise will be limited to 40 passengers aboard the
good ship Bear, courtesy of Camps Lawrence and Nokomis.
Don’t delay; seats are going fast. To reserve yours, contact the Meredith Historical Society by email at meredithhistoricalsocietynh@ gmail.com. Tickets cost $50 each. Checks may be brought to the museum Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or mailed to the Meredith Historical Society, PO Box 920, Meredith, NH 03253.
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cess of the project, for beef that the friends were raising. Not only did we raise the birds, I say we because we all had a hand in the feeding and care over the 8 weeks they were here, but he also kept records of all the costs: equipment, feed, bedding, etc.. And, he also had to process the birds once they reached maturity.
Not an easy task, the processing of chickens is a messy affair. And, if not done correctly, processing can be disastrous with regard to food safety. Fortunately, Junior is not alone in his agrarian pursuits. He is surrounded by friends who not only grew up living the “farm” life but are immersed in the lifestyle. On that hot Sunday morning in late July there were as many as six people here to help, ensuring a humane, sanitary, and expedient process was carried out. No longer were he and these friends of his, “kids”. Each had grown, right before my eyes, into adults: responsible, hard working, knowledgeable adults.
Not only was there the Broiler project but this year saw a change in the garden. My son wanted to try container gardening. Specifically: potatoes and tomatoes. Never having grown potatoes before, I too was eager to try this. While in the feed store in early spring we stopped at the seeds, sets, and starts display. He picked up a bag of Red Potato sets. Had I realized they would be this easy and so tasty, I’d have advocated for two bags. The final yield was just over 11 pounds of potatoes in a variety of sizes al -
lowing for roasting, boiling, and mashing.
Along with some cucumbers, lettuce, zucchini, and summer squash, plants acquired from a coworker, there were the prerequisite cherry tomatoes in two varieties this year. While we lacked follow-through on the harvest of the lettuce, the hot spell took its toll on the squash, and even the cucumbers eventually succumbed to the heat. But the tomatoes have soldiered on, providing in abundance. Regardless of if you are a kid or an adult, tomatoes seem to be one of the most rewarding producers for even the most amature gardener. Tomatoes can grow in most circumstances: in the ground, in a bucket, even in a hanging pot. And they require little space if you do your due diligence, training and such, usually rewarding the grower with a copious crop. So why do I write of this you may ask? Not to be a bragard or boastful of our accomplishments I can assure you. If we were to hold ourselves up in comparison to others who raised crops, flocks, or livestock this year I am certain
our efforts would only pale in comparison. But this is, afterall, a hobby rather than a vocation. A venture undertaken to better understand where our food comes from and the effort it takes to go from farm to table. More so, I write this in recognition of my son and his many friends who desire to embrace and carry on a way of life that seems to be in its twilight. A lifestyle whose very existence is threatened by big agri-business, developers, NIMBY’s, and all the issues that come with encroachment by people who are content with believing that their food comes from the store and never go deeper than that.
Every so often we need to pause, look beyond the dairy case, the meat counter, the produce section and offer credit where credit is due. And that is why, at this table, at this time, and in this place, that credit goes to people like my son, his friends, and the many people like them out there who still have a desire to provide their family, their friends, and their community with the makings of a simple feast. Enjoy!
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is way overblown.” He added that there is little danger in getting between a mother black bear and her cubs. He did stress black bears, not other types of bears. Also, Al writes, the myth persists that when a bear stands on two feet, it is ready to attack. It is merely trying to see better, Al wrote.
Aud commented on my website that a popular (and annoying) myth is that lemmings hurl themselves over cliffs en masse. “They don’t do this. They never do this,” Aud wrote. Apparently, it was done only once when a filmmaker, trying to make a more exciting narrative, deliberately pushed the creatures off a cliff to create the illusion of a mass suicide, hence reinforcing a myth that had already existed.
Aud also sent a link to a Wikipedia page that
included several more myths of the natural world. It’s Journalism 101 to not use Wikipedia as an official source, so I can’t vouch for the veracity of all these claims, but they
the moon. They howl at night to keep in communication with the pack. The moon just happens to be out at night.
“Blind as a bat,” is a misnomer. In fact,
all seem to make sense. Here are several of the alleged myths, without much explanation: Bulls are not angered by the color red, rather it is the motion of the bullfighter’s cape that agitates the bull. (I knew that one, having read it in a book when I was a child. It always stuck with me.)
Wolves do not howl at
many bats have good eyesight. It is true that most bats use echolocation to hunt and navigate, but they can also see.
Tomato juice and sauce do not neutralize the smell of skunk spray. That one surprised me as I’ve heard that myth a million times. Thankfully, I’ve never been sprayed and
none of my pets have ever been sprayed. If they had, however, I would have tried tomato juice because that’s what I’ve always heard. Good to know. A blog on The Nature Conservancy site notes that a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dish soap is your best bet.
Porcupines do not shoot their quills. This is another one I heard over and over as a kid and believed until I eventually read in a book that it is not true. The quills do detach and have barbs on the business end for painful sticking power, but the animals do not throw their quills.
Piranhas are not the wicked, vicious, maneating fish they are made out to be. Attacks on humans are rare and are usually in self-defense. Similar to tarantulas and quicksand, I think Hollywood has a lot to do with that myth. It’s been a fun exploration looking at some of the common myths of the natural world. I’m curious what “facts” today will eventually be disproven and relegated to myth or old wives’ tale status. Today’s facts often become tomorrow’s myths.
The myth persists that when a bear stands on two feet, it is ready to attack. It is merely trying to see better.
Tomato juice and sauce do not neutralize the smell of skunk spray.
“Hallmark” sports events—The Kentucky Derby.
Full disclosure: I don’t know much about horses. But I do know they represent a passion for owners, riders, and equine fanatics.
Buses brought conference attendees from the convention site to Churchill Downs. A special NCSL evening was planned, replete with a horse race in recognition of the NCSL. We first got tours and did “meet and greets” before the hosts and sponsors provided a nice pre-race buffet. I am a sports bettor but missed the chance to place any wagers. Just as well. I know a lot more about football than horses and football wagering hasn’t exactly made me wealthy—if you get my drift.
I found a great chair in the stands which wasn’t hard, considering the venue has 170,000 seats. And “people-watching” is always fun. The Louisville women have a thing for humungous, giant HATS— such as many women wore in the early 20th Century when giant hats were the rage.
But even cooler than watching the horses and big hats was my introduction to Mint Juleps—the signature beverage of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. There are, of course, numerous versions of the Mint Julep. But the basic drink involves 1.3 ounces of Kentucky bourbon, a teaspoon of sugar, fresh mint leaves, and crushed ice.
Awesome!
I learned that the Kentucky Derby was inspired by England’s Epsom Derby, which
Colonel Merriweather Lewis Clark (grandson of William Clark of “Lewis and Clark”) attended after our Civil War. It made him desire a similar USA race. Upon his return to America, Clark’s uncles John and Henry Churchill gave him land to develop a racetrack. Clark built the track with the help of a group of local race fans—the Louisville Jockey Club. The first Kentucky Derby was a mile and a half long, with fifteen three-yearold thoroughbreds entering. That race drew
ten thousand spectators who saw Aristides win the inaugural competition. The purse was $3,050, with first place receiving $2,850 and second place receiving $200. That purse in today’s money would
equate to $70,483.28. In 1896 the distance for the Derby was decreased from a mileand-a-half to a mileand-a-quarter because people thought that the greater distance was too much for three-
year-olds to handle that early in the year. 1896 also saw a floral arrangement presented for the first time. In 1904 the rose became the official flower of the Kentucky Derby.
“The run for the roses!”
After a wonderful evening buses brought us back to our hotel. There was much horse talk, and I learned that I would never be able to afford a thoroughbred.
But a Mint Julep will hopefully always be an affordable commodity!
Sports Quiz
When was the first Kentucky Derby race?
(Answer follows)
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That is to say, sports standouts born on August 22 include NFL head coach Bill Parcells (1941) and Hall of Fame infielder Paul Molitor (1956). And YAZ turns 85 today!
Sports Quote
“If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at age 46 then I can win the Kentucky Derby at age 54.” – famed jockey Bill Shoemaker, who won his fourth Derby in 1986, the same year that Nicklaus won his sixth Masters
Sports Quiz Answer May 17, 1875
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A thoroughbred.
Mint Julep
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land House was cut in half and moved across the lake to become the Hotel Weirs. In later years, the U.S. Navy established a research station on the island. Many of the book’s images are from the collection of the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society. This event will include a book signing by the author.
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Eidsmoe, a friend and Constitutional attorney, refutes the argument that the framers of the U.S Constitution were deists. He makes the case that John Calvin was one of the founders of the United States. Calvin, of course, lived long before the U.S. but his Biblical concept of innate depravity led to the founders to have a separation of powers. Colonel Eidsmoe contents that the U.S. Constitution could only have been written by those with a Christian worldview. John Adams affirms Colonel Eidsmoe when he said the U.S. Constitution is for a “moral and religious” people.
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
This book is an antidote for self-loathing whites who believe that our nation’s founders were all white supremacist who invented slavery. Professor Thomas Sowell, now a nonagenarian, writes that slavery has been around since recorded history and that it wasn’t until close to the end of slavery was racism used to justify it. He also explains how Muslins introduced slavery to Black Africa and Great Britian, and the United States had a leading role in ending slavery.
I also recommend his YouTube channel:www. youtube.com/ watch?v=DhSaV999ZAA
Debunking Howard Zinn Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation Against America
Mary Grabar, a Camp Constitution instructor, exposes the blatant anti-Americanism promoted by Howard Zinn. Zinn’s book, Peoples History of the US , has been used in our nation’s government schools to promote a hatred of our nation and its history. Zinn has a particular hatred of Christopher Columbus. Mary sets the record straight on the great explorer.
The U.S. Constitution
While not a book, it is something that most elected officials, especially those at the federal level, don’t want you to read this because it will show that they, while claiming to uphold it, have been spending most their political careers, violating it. Don’t believe me? Just get on a mailing list of any of our federal elected officials. Almost everything they brag about in their E-mails is blatantly unconstitutional, but they know that the vast majority of the voters know nothing about the proper role of members of Congress. (For a free pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution, E-mail me at campconstitution1@gmai.com)
The Bible
I put this book, which I believe is the Inspired Word of God, last because it is the most important. For centuries, enemies of God have done their
utmost to keep it from you. There are at least 52 countries-Muslim and Communist-where the Bible is illegal. While it is still legal in Western Europe, and Canada, one can go to jail for proclaiming some of the teaching of the Bible. I will let some of our nation’s founders make the case for the Bible:
“The Bible contains the most profound philosophy, the most perfect morality, and the most refined policy that ever was conceived upon earth.”
John Adams
“[The Bible] is of all books in the world that which contributes most to make men good, wise, and happy.” John Quincy Adams
“Were you to ask me to recommend the most valuable book in the world, I should fix on the Bible as the most instructive, both to the wise and ignorant.”” Elias Boudinot, President of the Continental Congress, and Director of the U.S. Mint
“Let us therefore persevere steadfastly in distributing the Scriptures far and near, and without note or comment. We are assured that they ‘are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness (2 Tim. 3:16).’” John Jay
“The Bible contains more truths than any other book in the world.” Benjamin Rush I am offering free copies of the Bible until my supply runs out. Use the same Email listed above if you would like one.
said Webster was “the cleverest fellow in the world for embellishing a story.” Farmers from the town of North Penfield were so impressed with the speech that they petitioned the New York state legislature to separate North Penfield from Penfield and change the name of the former to Webster. In the course of events Webster, New York came into being on February 6, 1840.
I have written some previous articles about the personal life of Daniel Webster, but I suppose we wouldn’t be talking about him were it not for his professional life.
This Dartmouth graduate began his career in New Hampshire as a lawyer, practicing first at Boscawen and then going to Portsmouth. Opportunity led him to Boston and he became a politician representing the state of Massachusetts. He was born
in New Hampshire and kept his property in New Hampshire, however, and is considered a favorite son of the Granite State.
As a lawyer, Mr. Webster’s standard of conduct towards witnesses who came before him was to be kind to them. There were exceptions when witnesses were
on the stand whom he knew to be false witnesses. George Nesmith told of a case, passed on to him by Webster, where one of the witnesses was known by Webster to be prepared to lie on the stand. The case before a jury involved a dispute about money. The plaintiff, who was represented by
Webster, claimed that the defendant owed him a considerable amount of money. The defendant claimed that he had paid what he owed and this particular witness was to testify that he had heard, some time previously, the plaintiff and the defendant talking and the plaintiff admitted he had been paid.
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At the jury trial Webster deliberately sat directly in front of the suspect witness and proceeded to stare at him, and did not stop doing so. Under the glare of Mr. Webster’s eyes (look at the picture and those eyes) the witness, who was waiting for his turn to talk and be examined, became very nervous. He changed his seat, but the eyes kept glaring at him. He lowered his head and looked at the floor. Finally, when the witness had become very agitated by the constant stare of the lawyer, he was called to testify. His lawyer asked him to relate his story which was saying that he had overheard the plaintiff admit to the defendant that he had received the money owed him. But as Webster asked him questions the witness apparently became more agitated and though at first defending his account, eventually admitted that he didn’t even know if he had seen the plaintiff, though he had seen the defendant, and
it was the defendant had told him that they were together for the conversation he was testifying about. This witness also said that he would have remembered more if Mr. Webster hadn’t looked at him so sharply. So it appears that Daniel Webster’s reputation as a lawyer was enhanced by unusual methods of finding out the truth.
Daniel Webster became one of the most influential and successful lawyers in the country as well as one of the most wealthy. In New Hampshire he is known for his role in The Dartmouth College Case which he argued before the Supreme Court as he did many other cases after that one. Dartmouth escaped the control of the New Hampshire legislature and a short-lived Dartmouth University ceased to exist.
Daniel Webster is one of the names (though his may have been absent for a spell in New York City) that historians will not let us forget.
Daniel Webster’s Home in Portsmouth.
Daniel Webster on a postage stamp.
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—March 2022
“You know, when we talk about our children — I know for this group, we all believe that when we talk about the children of the community, they are a children of the community.” — May 2023
“This issue of transportation is fundamentally about just making sure that people have the ability to get where they need to go.” — July 2023
“I think the first part of this issue that should be articulated is AI is kind of a fancy thing. First of all, it’s two letters. It means artificial intelligence, but ultimately what it is, is it’s about machine learning.” — July 2023
“So, I will say what I know we all say, and I will say over and over again: The United States stands firmly with the Ukrainian people [and] in defense of the NATO alliance.” (Ukraine is not part of NATO.) — March 2022
“Let’s start with this:
Prices have gone up, and families and individuals are dealing with the realities of — that bread costs more, that gas costs more. And we have to understand what that means. That’s about the cost of living going up. That’s about having to stress and stretch limited resources. That’s about a source of stress for families that is not only economic but is on a daily level something that is a heavy weight to carry. So that is something that we take very seriously, very seriously. ... So it’s a big issue, and we take it seriously, and it is a priority, therefore.” — November 2021
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bail and set the hook. The majority of bites will come on the drop when jigging or while dropping back down to the fish.
Vertical jigging lake trout in summer is one of my favorite activities, both as an angler and as a guide. It’s a numbers game. It’s not uncommon to catch 30 fish in a morning. Just remember that you are bringing these fish up from deep water. They will need time to expel gasses from their swim bladder, so bring them up slow. When you think you are bringing them up slow enough, slow down about even more. You will notice that they will fight hard at first, then feel like mostly dead weight, and then begin to fight again once they burp out some of the air in their swim bladder. Moments later you may see air bubbles rise to the surface.
If you love vertical jigging any species of fish, and you enjoy catching them in large numbers, vertical jigging for lake trout might be for you. The fish are present in
numbers, they are there to feed, and they fight hard. It’s hard to beat the big head shakes of a beefy togue. Taking care of the fish you catch by bringing them up slowly, getting them back in the water quickly, and releasing the bigger ones to be caught another day will ensure that there are plenty for your next outing, and the next, and the next.
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and operates Tim Moore Outdoors, LLC. He is a member of the New England Outdoors Writers Association, and the producer of TMO Fishing on YouTube and the
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verse has been true for 40 years.”
He says the old myths don’t justify new ones.
Like the myth that Natives lived in harmony with nature.
In reality, Natives manipulated their environment. To make farming easier, they set big forest fires to clear land.
“Burning alive hundreds of thousands of small animals and slower-running deer,” Reilly says. “Probably killing members of other tribes ... modifying the environment more bluntly.”
U.S. government curriculum guides claim Native Americans had “no prejudice” and “no major wars.”
“Nonsensical,” says Reilly. “In the Aztec capital, there were 90foot towers of human skulls brought back from their defeated enemies.”
Natives also took slaves and considered them “objects of wealth.”
Yet the myth of peaceful Natives lives on.
“When myths persist, despite obvious objective reality,” Reilly explains, “that’s an indicator of a brain virus among people who want the myth to be real. You’re looking at people saying the absolute opposite of reality.”
Why would today’s teachers teach “the opposite of reality”?
“To me it’s just downstream from Marxism,” says Reilly. Marxism?
Yes! In colleges today, Karl Marx is the most assigned economist!
Despite the murderous failure of his philosophy, American college students are
taught that capitalism and Western values are bad.
“Westerners and white people being so evil. Why is it so popular?” I ask.
“I think that a lot of rich people don’t like their father,” Reilly quips. “There is a lot of dislike for our society among people who are pretty near the leadership class.”
I assume the people who teach these myths mean well. They want minorities to feel included.
But they should at least also teach that America’s sins were not unique -- that just about every society had slavery, cruel wars and environmental destruction.
The seldom-taught good news is that now, the West leads the world in trying to make things better.
And the much-maligned capitalist countries lead the world in both lifting people out of poverty and protecting the environment. Schools ought to teach that.
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Republicans.
So, regardless of what O’Brien had to say at the Republican convention, it was a win for Republicans for him to appear. O’Brien’s rank and file are far more in or leaning toward the Republican camp than their leadership, and that relationship is strengthened by seeing the president of one of the major unions show up to speak to Republicans.
The most unfortunate part of O’Brien’s remarks is his deeply distorted portrayal of what it is that American workers are up against.
The idea that somehow, per O’Brien, corporations control everything (“There are no consequences to the company -- only the worker”) and that unions are about giving working Americans organized power to push back is ridiculous
If corporations controlled everything, then their stock prices would do nothing but go up. But this is not the case.
The Dow Jones list of 30 of America’s most influential industrial corporations has changed 58 times since its inception in 1896.
Big companies come and big companies go because markets are competitive and constantly changing.
Furthermore, just as the American worker is further to the right than we might expect, the leadership of corporate America is further to the left than we might expect. Over recent years, the DEI, ESG and woke agendas have rooted in America’s largest corporations.
The struggle in our
country today is not about business and labor being at each other’s throats.
The struggle today is about keeping our marketplace free, open and competitive.
Free, competitive markets mean that what will prevail is not business or labor but excellence and merit.
This is what serves our nation best, at home and internationally.
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consequences but with my judgment.
•You judge candidates based on appearances, words and feelings instead of on track records, character and facts.
•In your “blinded” and “deceived” condition, you will never be served but will ultimately serve those who “steal” your vote through deception. If your governing leaders do not bow before me and walk in my wisdom, they will win your vote through deception. When they do, the often-repeated quip will be fulfilled, “The government is here to serve you. Would you like to be boiled, fried or stewed?” It is the inevitable consequence of being deceived. You are close to the end. Don’t be deceived.
I Love You, God
These letters are written by Rev. Dr. Sam Hollo of Alton, NH
ship prevented access to lifesaving information and treatments by thousands of Americans.
•Killing full term, healthy babies. Third trimester abortions of healthy babies and letting babies that survive abortion attempts die are barbaric practices.
•Letting rioters rampage through and destroy mostly poor neighborhoods: looting, burning, and assaulting people. Walz refused National Guard support when requested by the Minneapolis Mayor during the 2020 riots.
• Lying about one’s military service for political advantage. Walz’s actual service should be respected, but his false claims about his military rank and being in combat, and more importantly his abandonment of his leadership responsibilities to his soldiers when they were deployed to war is dishonorable. If you oppose his lying and actions that harm American citizens and our country, Walz thinks you’re weird too.
Don Ewing Meredith, NH.
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