Apr 15, 2017
On this episode of the Freecast, the Portsmouth plastic bag ban gets a reprieve from the man, but it’s the man known as Jeb who wants to keep marijuana in perpetual prohibition. Is he that tone deaf to not know it’s the people’s volition to free ourselves from that submission? Is he just a shill for the po po and other special interest technicians? But on the bright side, FF17 tix are for sale son! Next on this transmission of the Freecast.
Update on the Plastic Bag
Ban
The city of Portsmouth have once again postponed a vote on a
plastic bag ban and will not be brought up before the council again
before being examined by Portsmouth’s city manager.
Former 3-term State Rep Fred Rice spoke in opposition to the ban
saying the city if they proposed the ban said that by passing this
ordinance the city would probably have a lawsuit against this as
this ban discriminates against some businesses but not all. He
noted as Matt did that businesses use the plastic bags because of
economic reasons and would raise costs if they were banned.
A related bill, HB 481 going through the state to delegate this
power to ban plastic bags by municipalities was deemed inexpedient
to legislate earlier this year.
Hopefully, this will finally put to bed this insane ordinance
proposal.
Jim Boyle Toyota dealership
update.
Jim is appealing the government taking away almost 5 acres of his
property due to Eminent Domain
5 alarm fire destroys State Street
Saloon building in Portsmouth
At 12:30 on Monday morning, Portsmouth Fire Department got a call
in the Kitchen area of State Street Saloon. Within 2 hours the
entire three-story building collapsed. Luckily everyone got out
safely.
The four-story brick building where
part of the dining room was in an adjacent building is still
standing and the fire dept says it is structurally sound. But
may be torn down if the property owners decide because it suffered
damage from the fires.
The Red Cross has volunteers helping out the residents who were
displaced by the fires.
A GoFundMe page has been started for those affected by the State
Street Saloon fire in Portsmouth at
gofundme.com/state-street-residents-employees. Donations are also
being collected at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth.
BRGR Bar of Portsmouth is offering free food to residents of the
building through April with a utility bill or pay stub.
Shipyard brings in $756 million in
economic activity in 2016.
Nearly $500 million is in civilian payroll an increase in $14
million over 2015
200 more employees were hired in 2016. The total amount of
employees is 6,914.
New Hampshire’s 2,535 civilian workers were paid $177,703,837 in
wages with Rochester and Dover accounting for the yard’s largest
Granite State contingency at 413 and 365 employees respectively.
Shipyard workers live in more than 58 Granite State
communities.
Here is statism at its finest.
All these jobs are paid for with either stolen money or money
printed out of thin air.
When libertarians want to close these places down because they’re
immoral and unnecessary it draws criticism from both the political
left and right.
Crazy state senator tries to hijack
marijuana decriminalization bill
State Senator Jeb Bradley is calling for major changes in a Pot
Decrim bill that passed the house 318-36 last month.
The bill decrims pot possession up to 1 ounce from a misdemeanor to
a violation, subject to fine only of $100, and prohibits police
from arresting someone for it.
Jebby wants to remove the non-arrest provision. And proposed
reducing the decrim quantity to ½ ounce.
How tone deaf can you be?
Bradley says the amendments are a response to feedback from law
enforcement, feedback, I might add they had plenty of time to give
during the house bill hearings but refused to.
What we’re looking at is a small minority of people trying to
hijack liberty for the entire state population.
Poll on UL.com asks: “Does it make sense to continue arresting
people for small quantities of pot, like Sen Bradley suggests? 1780
respondents. 80% say no.
HUGE NEWS!!! The Fourth Annual
Freecoast Festival Tickets Available NOW!
The Freecoast Festival is an opportunity for our local liberty
community to come together and for prospective movers to see what
life is really like on New Hampshire's Seacoast.
Festivities begin with a Friday evening social gathering at The
Praxeum in Portsmouth, where food will be provided. This will be
where registration occurs and will give you an opportunity to
network and meet all of the attendees and speakers. Saturday
morning features a speaker series, a live broadcast of the
Freecoast's own podcast "Freecoast Freecast", and ends with one of
our keynote speakers, Hannah Braime from "Becoming Who You Are" at
the iconic music venue, The Stone Church in Newmarket.
The Saturday evening coastal cruise is the festival's banner event.
We'll board the Thomas Laighton and make our way down New
Hampshire's spectacular seacoast, while enjoying an included
catered meal, and keynote speech by Jake Desyllas from, "The
Voluntary Life".
Sunday we will bring back by popular demand our Entrepreneur
Day!
Space is truly limited to reserve your place today. General
admission tickets are required for entry to talks. Pre-paid add-on
cruise tickets AND general admission tickets are required to take
the cruise. Sorry, no refunds.
Children under four years old, when accompanied by an adult, may
attend for free.
Tickets are $30 for general admission and a further $100 for the
cruise. Bitcoin and Ethereum accepted.
And don’t delay, tickets purchased before June 1st get a
complimentary T-shirt.
Three Sirens of Tyranny.
Phillips Exeter Academy
Did you know we have one of the most prestigious high schools in
the world?
Alumni include: Daniel Webster, Franklin Pierce, Daniel Dennett,
Gore Vidal, Dan Brown and Mark Zuckerberg
The academy was founded in 1781 by John Phillips, a Harvard
graduate banker and merchant and originally from Andover Ma. His
nephew founded Phillips academy in Andover 3 years earlier.
March 1783 56 students started the first class with free
tuition.
1795 Phillips died and granted ⅔ of his estate to the Academy.
In 1818 “the golden Branch” society was formed at the school to
help students public speaking skills, now known as the Daniel
Webster Debate Society
Abraham Lincoln’s son Todd went to the academy and the future
president visited in March 1860 the year he was elected
In 1930 Oil magnate and philanthropist Edward Harkness wrote a
letter to the academy just before making a $5.8 million
donation
“What I have in mind is a classroom where students could sit around
a table with a teacher who would talk with them and instruct them
by a sort of tutorial or conference method, where each student
would feel encouraged to speak up. This would be a real revolution
in methods.”
This method is pretty cool, instead of an authoritarian approach
where you just have to regurgitate what the teacher says on a test
and forget about it. The teacher and the students are all equals
and the teacher just provides the tools for the discussion and the
students lead the way.
In 1970 the Academy trustees changed to have co-ed, allowing women
in that fall.
PEA currently has a student to teacher ratio of 5:1.
2017-2018 1 year tuition costs $50,880 for boarding students and
$39,740 for day students. There are $22 million dollars available
in financial aid grants which are not loans and don’t need to be
paid back for students from poorer families who qualify.
The complex takes up more than 600 acres of downtown Exeter.
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Freecoast Fest will be here before you know it. We’re always
looking for sponsors to help fund the event.
* Level 1 ($250) x50
* 2 general admission tickets
* 1/4 page logo
* Level 2 ($500) x5
* 5-minute presentation schedule TBD (build these into the Stone
Church schedule at least 5 of them)
* 2 cruise tickets
* 2 t-shirts
* 1/2 page logo
* Level 3 ($2500) x1
* 15-minute presentation on boat
* 4 cruise tickets (all inclusive)
* 4 t-shirts
* 1 full page logo (back page)
And lastly, any sponsor will get a shout out right here on the
Freecast. To become a sponsor contact jessica@thepaxtonfamily.com or
freecoastfreecast@gmail.com.
Featuring: Host Matt Carano, Mike Vine, Nick Boyle and Rodger
Paxton
Producer: Pax Libertas Productions
Editor: Matt Carano