NHRebellion

Vulture Capitalism Comes Home to Roost

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Friday, April 4, 2014 — Normally we give our paid Digital Subscribers first dibs. Today we’re posting the Rant the same day it hits the streets. Enjoy. — The E.] There are some things that nobody expects, the Spanish Inquisition being only the most obvious example. Another might be a fire extinguisher filled with gasoline. When you buy a product, you expect it to solve a problem, not make it worse. So Gregory M. Jordan was not unreasonable, after re-financing his California home in 2005, to expect that each mortgage payment he made thereafter would reduce the principal that he owed to his lender. Apparently …

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Will the #NHRebellion be Televised?

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Friday, January 31, 2014 — Being 257 years old and counting, we don’t really understand how Thunderclap works. And we’re not sure that paying a huge sum of money for the right to air an ad during the SuperBowl is the right way to go to fight the rot in our political system. That said, we’re all for the NHRbellion, because it’s trying. Meanwhile, Larry Lessig has posted an after action report at the Atlantic. He notes that, “185 miles later, there’s the seed of an issue planted in New Hampshire, which with the right care, may finally allow this democracy to grow.” Here’s an …

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Post-Service Service

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Friday, January 17, 2014 — We weren’t optimistic about having anything fresh to put up here so soon after yesterday’s post. But, lo and behold, today The Guardian has a piece about the NHRebellion from former Navy corpsman Michael McCarthy. According to The Guardian, McCarthy served in Afghanistan in 2008. As a corpsman, he would have been patching up — or trying to patch up — U.S. Marines blown up or shot up in his immediate vicinity. In certain circles that confers about as much cred as any one man can lift. From those same circles — at least, since the military draft was abolished …

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Somethin’s Happening Here

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Thursday, January 16, 2014 — What’s this? A post? Not just a download of the latest issue? Dern right, Pilgrim. The New Hampshire Rebellion is underway. And it’s about time. The NHRebellion is a group of people walking the length of the State of New Hampshire — right now, in January. Their purpose is to make sure every candidate in the 2016 presidential primary answers clearly and specifically this one question: How are you going to end the system of corruption in Washington? Their effort has stimulated us to use this site as something more than a delivery device for our Digital Subscribers. These are …

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