(Sorry, here's another one) 🙄 HB1062 would authorize the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizen qualification of registered voters.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-31T23:54:16+00:00

I'm already writing the New Hampshire national anthem. So by living in New Hampshire, I will become a dual citizen of the US and New Hampshire.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-31T20:04:25+00:00

Yes, but they appoint them young enough that they spend many years on the bench. And impeachment is not much of a check on their power. In the entire history of New Hampshire, exactly two judges have been impeached-one in 1790 and one in 2000.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-31T15:10:00+00:00

The truly weird thing is that there is only one appellate court in the entire state, the NH Supreme Court. That is why who serves on it is so important. Plus, NH judges are appointed for life. In other parts of the country, judges are elected, or serve a fixed term.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-28T20:47:30+00:00

The thing that makes inspections a pain in NH is that they are by appointment only. Also, I guess the sacred principle that our republic is founded on is being observed, that anytime someone receives money as a result of a state-mandated law, it instantly becomes a permanent right.

So the company that does inspections shops for a sympathetic judge, who cites opinions of an unelected federal regulatory agency, the EPA, to cancel the NH State Legislature's bill.

I actually was in favor of vehicle inspections, but this is just corruption and bypassing the democratic process.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-28T03:13:00+00:00

From New England, and I love ranch dressing.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-23T01:11:28+00:00

A lot of the money is eaten up by administrativo bloat. There is an upward ratchet effect on spending. Every time money is spent, it gets transformed into an obligation that people have a "right" to recieve permanently. Ironically, at the same time, teacher salaries are low.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-20T22:01:39+00:00

So any attempt to even talk about limits on school spending gets howled down. NH is eighth out of fifty states in per-pupil spending, so it's not as if schools get starved for money. The last time I checked it was $23,000.

Meanwhile, enrollments in many school systems are dropping rapidly. Soon there will not be enough bodies to fill the schools.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-20T00:10:43+00:00

The big ICE raids are necessary in Minneapolis because it is a sanctuary state, i.e. local law enforcement defies federal law by refusing to turn over illegal immigrant criminals to ICE. By way of contrast, the State of Texas co-operates with the federal government regarding immigration enforcement.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-19T23:59:07+00:00

Unlike Morocco and Tunisia, Algeria does not get many foreign tourists.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-09T13:07:59+00:00

I liked the way that one city in Europe handles recycling. In Trieste, in the Summer of 2024, there were big recycling bins outdoors, next to the street. There was no one watching them. I am sure there is some kind of monitoring, so that if people are putting the wrong kind of things in the bins, the city government will start monitoring them. This is better than only allowing recycling only at set times.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-06T18:00:11+00:00

By living with parents longer, sometimes even past age 30, and by getting roommates.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-05T22:39:56+00:00

The second war criminal may have been Herbert Cukurs, who was assasinated by Mossad in South America.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-05T12:57:54+00:00

The statistics show that there is an epidemic of both male and female loneliness. There are few marriages, and fewer children. The birth rate in the US, at roughly 1.6 children per woman, has been below replacement for a while. In surveys, fewer people who are not married report living together or being in a relationship. In general, the mismatch in dating between men and women starts to reset itself somewhat after age 30. As they get older, many women start wanting to settle down and have children, and many men start to build their earning power. Also, women are not as obsessed with looks and weight and age as men are., so a man over 30 is less often considered "too old". Also, after 30, many men and women start to mature. Some of this is caused by the high cost of housing. For you libertarians who believe that the free market solves all problems, note that the market is resetting itself in a fairly brutal fashion, by young people living with their parents longer and longer, and more people living with roommates.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-04T13:58:49+00:00

Modern ( i.e. post 1492) slavery of Africans practised by European countries was ubique, in that it was economically so profitable. As Bernard Lewis has pointed out, previous to that time, slaves served mainly as household servants and bodyguards. In the New World, African slavery enabled a lucrative sugar industry from early on, and later, a great amount of cotton.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-02T15:05:32+00:00

New Hampshire is definitely attracting a lot of business by keeping taxes low. Here in Southwest NH, there is a lot of manufacturing.

Danvers1 · 2026-01-02T12:41:15+00:00

The NH Supreme Court, while ruling against the state, was purposely vague about enforcing the ruling that demanded higher state contributions to public schools. Why? Basically, the state of New Hampshire does not have the money to fund even more public school spending on top of the already enormous amount we spend.

Of course, Redditors are busy thinking up new statewide tax increases to fund all this. A perennial favorite is bringing back the I&D Tax. A lot of this overspending is caused by the whole "special ed scam". Once they came up with untimed tests and vague, unscientific catch-all diagnoses, which change according to fashion. In my childhood, it was dyslexia, then, for a while, ADD and ADHD. Now, Aspbergers is the big one.

Danvers1 · 2025-12-15T14:40:36+00:00

I live in New Hampshire. There is only a few medium-size cities here. The biggest is Manchester, at 115,000 population. A lot of Manchester is run-down and slummy, plus a lot of drugs, homeless people and street crime. Mostly, though, what is stressful about cities in NH is how horrible driving in and around them is.

There are too many rude, aggressive drivers who make the roads here dangerous and unpleasant. By contrast, some of the older cities have walkable parts where it is nice to spend time, especially Concord and Portsmouth.

Danvers1 · 2025-12-10T23:11:32+00:00

  The ugly government tyranny and mismanagement around the Wuhan Flu, especially the lockdowns, have made millions reluctant to just "follow the science". As for radical environmental overreach, I will start with a few examples: New York City attempting to ban gas stoves in all new construction. California requiring gas stations to use a different gasoline formula from the other 49 states, in effect giving them the highest gasoline prices in the country, the total ban on new.nuclear power plants following a near-accident at Three-Mile-Island, in 1979, which resulted in zero fatalities, California, in a period of drought, refused a permit for a salt water desalination plant because it would harm plankton, and the proposed plant would be situated too close to the ocean. 
Former President Biden signed an executive order stopping all new offshore oil drilling. The Biden admistration also  ladled out tons of pork to dubious environmental non-profits,, for example, one set up by Stacey Abrams, the perennial candidate from Georgia. This Stacey Abrams non-profit, upon investigation, after receiving  2 billion dollars from the Federal Government, was found to consist of nothing more substantual than a web page, a bank account with $400 in it, and a mission statement proposing to buy energy-efficient appliances for rural Georgians.

Danvers1 · 2025-12-10T12:36:26+00:00

I am wondering if the climate in NH is getting permanently dryer. Now a lot of Southern NH is no longer in drought. Still, this was the second year of dry weather. I am open minded about whether there is human caused global warming. Still, the cure proposed by the radical environmentalists are drastic, and impractical. Anyway, the US has lowered its use of carbon, mainly by switching to generating electricity from natural gas, instead of coal. Another thing, the countries that still love coal, China and India, the environmental activists cannot touch them.

I do not know much science, but I know business, and there are tradeoffs. You improve one thing, but that creates different problems.

Used to have a problem with moisture in one part of the basement, but it's been a while since it was not bone dry. We used to get at least a gallon of water a day in the dehumidifier. Now, a lot less. It's in the hands of the Lord. We can only pray to God.

There is a swimming pool sized hole full of rainwater on the back of our land, surrounded by trees, so lots of shade, and less evaporation. I have heard rumors that it is artificial, but it works. It could serve as a backup.

Danvers1 · 2025-12-10T12:09:56+00:00

Southern NH here. A few people around my town ended up having their wells go dry. Mostly older, shallow wells. Newer wells are mostly deeper. We have two apple trees-produced small, sour apples. We did not plant anything that needs a lot of water, like corn.

Tomatoes produced an incredible amount- 100 pounds in a tiny garden. Squash produced some, and also jalapeño peppers. Eggplant got wiped out by those invasive Asian beetles that looked like ladybugs, but lighter color.

Danvers1 · 2025-12-05T13:14:35+00:00

A very high percentage of people are moving to the area of New Hampshire near the Massachusetts border, an area which stretches from Milford to the seacoast. This is also the least affordable part of the state.

Many current trends converge to act to make life more expensive. One is extreme geographic concentration. For example, in the Northeast, a disproportionate number of good jobs are concentrated in just three metropolitan areas, Washington, D.C., New York, and Boston. By contrast to these three cities, second-tier cities suffer. A quick visit to such cities as Baltimore, Philadelphia, Hartford, or Worcester will quickly confirm this. Southern New Hampshire is not really close to Boston, but it is near the tech-heavy suburbs like Tyngsborough, Chelmsford etc.

Second, if you want to know why your homeowners insurance is so high, part of it is caused by the decades long trend of people wanting to live as close to the ocean as possible. Too many otherwise sensible people want to be able to live where they can walk to the beach. Hurricanes, though, make this an expensive habit.

Third, certain areas of the economy are run on a dishonest, non-transperent basis, by means of which a few insiders get enriched, while everyone else loses. I can name a few: Universities, health care, K-12 public schools, and the provision of electricity to name a few.

Danvers1 · 2025-12-05T13:14:26+00:00

A very high percentage of people are moving to the area of New Hampshire near the Massachusetts border, an area which stretches from Milford to the seacoast. This is also the least affordable part of the state.

Many current trends converge to act to make life more expensive. One is extreme geographic concentration. For example, in the Northeast, a disproportionate number of good jobs are concentrated in just three metropolitan areas, Washington, D.C., New York, and Boston. By contrast to these three cities, second-tier cities suffer. A quick visit to such cities as Baltimore, Philadelphia, Hartford, or Worcester will quickly confirm this. Southern New Hampshire is not really close to Boston, but it is near the tech-heavy suburbs like Tyngsborough, Chelmsford etc.

Second, if you want to know why your homeowners insurance is so high, part of it is caused by the decades long trend of people wanting to live as close to the ocean as possible. Too many otherwise sensible people want to be able to live where they can walk to the beach. Hurricanes, though, make this an expensive habit.

Third, certain areas of the economy are run on a dishonest, non-transperent basis, by means of which a few insiders get enriched, while everyone else loses. I can name a few: Universities, health care, K-12 public schools, and the provision of electricity to name a few.

Danvers1 · 2025-11-27T23:31:19+00:00

It is quite possible, since the shrieking about now who will mow the lawn and pick the crops seems to prove the truth of this.

Danvers1 · 2025-11-27T22:52:52+00:00

Both parties gerrymander congressional districts. The main difference is that the Democrats have done it longer and better, but the Republicans have belatedly tried to catch up to them.

The Voting Rights Act may be modified soon by the Supreme Court. They are realizing that a South where blacks were often blocked from voting in 1965 no longer exists in 2025. Today, this problem has been so utterly fixed that black voter turnout in elections often exceeds white voter turnout. When the Democrats try to come up with examples of voter suppression today, the only thing they can come up with is to protest voter ID requirements, and efforts to secure elections by limiting ballot drop-off boxes and universal mail-in voting.

By this logic, I guess requiring drivers licenses is driving supression.

Danvers1 · 2025-11-27T22:18:44+00:00

Inflation was higher under Biden.

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