Tag: Volume 270 | No. 4 - Page 3 - The New Hampshire Gazette

Mon, Nov 3

2020—The U.S. votes to evict a deadbeat from the White House. 1986—A Lebanese newspaper reveals that the U.S. has been selling arms to the Ayatollah’s regime in Iran. 1979—Communists are fired on by Klansmen and Nazis in Greensboro, N.C. Five die and 11 are wounded, but three trials yield no convictions. 1973—A DC-10’s #3 engine explodes over New Mexico due to a flight crew’s unauthorized experiment. All aboard land safely except the guy in 17H, who is sucked out a window. His skeleton is found two years later. 1969—In a speech which proves to be fatally effective, Richard Nixon conjures up his “Silent Majority.” 1956—Israeli …

Sun, Nov 2

2005—The Washington Post reveals that the CIA is “protecting democracy” by running a secret gulag. 2004—Warren Co., Ohio officials say a “terrorist threat” is why they’re counting votes behind locked doors. 2002—“We know he [Saddam Hussein] has chemical weapons,” says George W.[MD] Bush. [He doesn’t.] 2001—“Give war a chance,” writes the N.Y. Times’s Thomas L. Friedman. 2000—TV in Maine reveals George W.[MD] Bush’s 1976 DUI bust. 1972—The Seafarers International Union [SIU] gives $100K to Nixon’s campaign. The Justice Dept. drops an indictment of the SIU for making illegal campaign contributions. 1967—Pres. Johnson and his “Wise Men” decide what the Vietnam War needs is more upbeat …

Where the Money Is

Perhaps the most lucrative office in the national government, next to the presidency itself, is the clerkship of the supreme court at Washington. It yields an annual income in fees of from $25,000 to $40,000. – New York Evening World [That would be $852,568 to $1,364,109 in today’s debased currency. – The Ed.] The New Hampshire Gazette, November 1, 1888 At Pittsburg, Pa., about the middle of October, Miss Virginia Knox, a young American woman of considerable wealth, was married to Count Di Montcalleri. The couple were expelled from a hotel in Paris on Oct. 29th., the “nobleman” having scandalized the other inmates of the …

Project 2027: A Democratic Agenda

To the editors: This past weekend I stood on the grass edge of a sidewalk for an hour and a half, holding a “no kings” sign, and I watched as hundreds (perhaps thousands) of cars and trucks drove past. Literally several hundreds of drivers and passengers signaled their reaction to the protest, by their thumbs-up expressions of support. By my careful count, only seven drivers expressed their distaste for the protest with either a thumbs-down or middle-finger-raised gesture. If this is even only somewhat indicative of the will of the people, then the 2026 midterm elections bode well for the Democratic party. But as the …

Whitewashing America

by W.D. Ehrhart Anyone paying any attention at all to what’s been happening in this country since January 2025 has to be aware of the ongoing and vigorous efforts of our Whitewasher-in-Chief to purge American history of anything that isn’t thoroughly upbeat, positive, and—well, let’s be honest here—white. Nothing negative. According to him and his minions, this country is and always has been pure as the driven snow. Like the anthem says, “Land of the free, and home of the brave.” Thus, various Smithsonian museums must remove the Gay Pride flag, Rigoberto Gonzalez’s painting of immigrants crossing our southern border, Hugo Crosthwaite’s images of Dr. …

Volume 270, No. 4

For the record, it is merely a coincidence that we are publishing a paper full of ghastly news on the one day of the year devoted to horror. Obviously, we are not responsible for current events; we only try to report on them them honestly. Besides, lately the news has been ghastly every day. And, believe it or not, the news is not entirely bad. To download a pdf of this fortnight’s paper, just click this link.