27 December 2008 - Granite Grok

December 27, 2008

Recountings from the County – Ambush at the Belknap County Corral!

So, we have more Republicans voting for the Democrat than for the Republican? Well, a little bit ago, I commented on an article about Belknap County turning Blue (here) given the election results.  Nowlet’s add a little more to the fire (a couple of weeks late, but I decided that I’d wait to get the …

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Global warming – but how can that be; there’s more ice?

Global Warming – isn’t the ice supposed to be disappearing?  And not getting thicker? For the first time in years, western part of Lake Superior freezes over If the big lake seems to have an unusually placid appearance off Duluth’s shores these days, it’s because you’re looking at ice. The western tip of Lake Superior …

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No good deed goes unpunished…

Thankfully, lawyers were scarce in Biblical days… The story out of California regarding the "good samaritan" being sued after pulling her friend from a car following a horrific automobile accident is both disturbing– and uplifting. From Overlawyered.com: California’s Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 that the state’s “Good Samaritan” law providing tort immunity for rescuers applies …

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