The sub-zero temperatures helped more ice form on the Big Lake, though there is still plenty of open water in a section of the lake called The Broads. While Ice In was declared last week, it being defined as all five ports of call for the MS Mount Washington being iced over. That it was declared so late is unusual, but I have seen late Ice In’s before in the 40+ years I have resided in New Hampshire.
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When I heard the governor of my state is considering a run for president in 2024, my first thought was “Oh no!”
My second thought was “Oh HELL no!!”
Mind you, I have no dislike for Chris Sununu. He’s been a decent governor, but there are a lot of things he should have been addressing in New Hampshire that he’s been wishy-washy about, particularly things like CRT/DEI ‘indoctrination’, or refusing to tell the “Abortion No Matter What” pro-choice extremists to step off (though he did sign legislation banning on-demand third trimester abortions despite being pro-choice himself).
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To add to the embarrassment for my home state of New Hampshire, we now have one of our school districts – Milford - deciding that urinals in the boys’ lavatories in the middle and high school be blocked off and made unusable by anyone, all in the name of “compromise” when it comes to bathrooms and gender identity. I kid you not.
Dozens of students walked out of their New Hampshire school after the district banned urinals in a compromise to a proposal that would have blocked children from using facilities based on their gender identity.People need to be fired. The school board needs to be voted out because they have caved to the woke busybodies who are doing this not to actually help anyone, but to make themselves feel better about themselves for having done something, even if it’s the wrong something.
The school board decided a few days before the Friday walkout to prohibit students at Milford Middle School and Milford High School from using urinals or shared spaces in locker rooms.
The ban in a town of about 15,000 people roughly 35 miles (56 kilometers) from Concord, New Hampshire’s capital, was the culmination of a long debate about district rules about bathroom use and gender identity.
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Yeah, I can agree with this wholeheartedly:
I think what I respect most about Pres. Joe Biden is how every day, in every way, he shows how empty and hypocritical all the Trump hating was.‘Nuff said.
Also, big shout out for inflation-fueling porkfests, ruinous energy policy and foreign policy humiliations.
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It looks like the actual science is in and it’s telling us that the claims about masks preventing the spread of Covid is just a bunch of hooey.
The landmark Cochrane study shows that the mask skeptics were right.It’s Lysenkoism brought forward to the 21st century by the Progressives in order to back up their power plays.
I believe in the scientific method: make an observation. Ask a question. Form a hypothesis. Test the hypothesis. Listen to the answer. Insisting on the answer before pursuing this methodological approach is not science, it is propaganda.
And “masks work” was never more than propaganda — rooted in mechanical plausibility, not actual science — furthered by public health officials, left-leaning government leaders, the press and the party faithful starting in 2020 and continuing to the present day.
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Those who claim to be on the side of “the Science” will continue to push unscientific policies in order to prove that they were right all along. This is the sunk cost fallacy writ large. Don’t admit mistakes. Ignore the actual science in favor of “the Science.” And continue to punish those who challenge. As well as those most vulnerable who simply aren’t in a position to challenge at all.
“Science” has apparently been rebranded by the left. It is now a slogan — a tagline — shouted at heretics to signify one’s moral superiority and loyalty to the party. What we have now is “science” that ignores the scientific method, which means “the science” is a cult. And a dangerous one at that.
The aforementioned Cochrane study is here, and says this:
One of the largest and most comprehensive studies on the effectiveness of masks found they do almost nothing to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.This will, of course, be devoutly ignored and the mask mandates will continue despite the evidence to the contrary.
The study reviewed 78 randomized control trials—experiments that have long been considered “the gold standard” for medicine—which assessed the effectiveness of face masks against flu, COVID-19, and similar illnesses. It found that wearing masks “probably makes little or no difference” for the general public, no matter what kind of mask is used. Even N95 masks, considered the most effective at filtering airborne particles, showed no clear benefit for health care workers.
The study was published on January 30 by the Cochrane Library, a world-renowned medical database that is famous for its high-quality evidence reviews. It comes as a battering ram to the recommendations of the U.S. public health establishment, which urged children as young as two to wear masks throughout the pandemic.
“This amounts to the scientific nail in the coffin for mask mandates,” said Kristen Walsh, a clinical professor of pediatrics in Morristown, New Jersey. “I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that some schools are still actively forcing children to wear masks, much less children who need to see faces to learn.”
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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where it feels more like spring, the snow is melting, and the furnace isn’t running nearly as much as it might.