10 April 2015 - Granite Grok

April 10, 2015

An observation on gay militants constantly referring to the Black Civil Rights movement

David French at The Corner: Last week, Hans Fiene – writing in the Federalist–coined the term “Selma envy” to describe the fervor of gay-marriage supporters. In their search for the heroic narrative, Fiene’s generation has appropriated the courage of the Civil Rights movement. In two stinging paragraphs, he illustrates the absurdity: Likewise, we will continue …

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Flash to the past – back to my college days at the Academic Computer Center

If you have ever read a post with “das blinkin’ lights – this is where it came from; that console was a visual rendition (to the left of the guy at the systems console) of exactly what was going on in that massive computer that consumed a huge part of the basement of the Center – and …

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A Conservative Ranking

Found something to keep in mind when considering the 2016 hopefuls… well, the hopefuls for the party that believes in choice and competition.  I stumbled on this today and thought I’d shared.  Conservative rankings based on 3 dimensions (where possible) and their average.  Pretty interesting.  Something we should keep in mind when the GOP hopefuls …

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