12 July 2016 - Granite Grok

July 12, 2016

“Jobs are a Cost of Doing Something, Not a Benefit.”

Hostess went belly up in late 2012 thanks to unmanageable costs. There were some serious infrastructure and logistics issues but the biggest weight around the company neck was union contracts. The Union bosses bled the company dry until it could no longer afford to operate. Hostess closed up shop, Twinkies disappeared from store shelves, and thousands …

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Manchester Police Chief: White House Seems to Feed the Narrative

The police chief of New Hampshire’s biggest city, Chief Nick Willard, had some words for the Media and the White House on the rise in anti-law enforcement rhetoric that is leading to violence. (NPR)  “I often push back against the media and politicians portraying LE (law enforcement) as killers of young black men, as if we …

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Notable Quote – Frank Knight

 “…the probability of the people in power being individuals who would dislike the possession and exercise of power is on a level with the probability that an extremely tender-hearted person would get the job of whipping-master on a slave plantation.” -Frank Knight (H/T: Cafe Hayek)

“Birthrates always plummet under socialism.”

From Instapundit – and the important operative phrase is “Without a strong familial structure” FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: Joel Kotkin: The Meaning Of The Baby Bust (emphasis mine) Once an exception to demographic decline, our country may be falling into the dismal pattern that is now common in other high-income countries, notably in East Asia and Europe. …

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Republican Frauds with horses – what gives?

Heh!  This one turned out to be a liar on the magnitude of Hillary: And now we seeming have another one in the running to overtake the above horse’s ass in running for NH’s Second Congressional District?

O’Keefe Embarasses Democrat Gun Grabbers

They’re back!! Just like they embarrassed the New York newspaper who wanted to ‘out’ gun owners by publishing addresses, The Project Veritas finds that Congressional staffers aren’t so keen to advertise their lack of armaments as they are to take away yours – hmmm…. When everybody is disarmed, only criminals and government (but I repeat …

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