2 October 2016 - Granite Grok

October 2, 2016

Podcast #161

A slightly shorter show this week but no shortage of great content. Skip Murphy and I talk about a culture that goes after Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit), and Dr. Matt Briggs joins me to talk polling and similarities between Trump in 2016 and Reagan in 1980. Download this Segment | Listen to the Podcast

Overthrowing the Age-Old Institution of Property Rights

The most formidable enemies of property rights are formidable precisely because they know better than to separate the issue of property rights from the issue of other freedoms, including freedom of conscience and religious liberty. They know better because they see that human beings are an odd integrity of souls and body. Marx is clear-sighted about …

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Virginia Democrat Caught Registering Dead People to Vote

I would imagine, and hope, most people have seen the recent stories about the young college student who re-registered 19 deceased voters in Virginia. He was part of a young Democrats organization. This student’s name is Andrew Spieles. He has admitted he did this, which is probably the best thing for his party and candidate …

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Obama Administration: We’re training foreigners to take American IT jobs

Yep – overseen and given guidance by Hillary Clinton’s State Department, USAID is paying for newly minted Asian IT pros to offshore more American IT jobs away.  It’s one thing to compete but who came up with this plan to tilt the board against Americans?  If I remember right, Hillary did say, after saying that she wants to …

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The Cloward-Piven’ing of the EU is continuing; take notice

Alternatively: proving the Libertarian idea of open borders is a recipe for disaster. Emphasis mine: The continued flow of MENA [Middle East North Africa  -Skip] migrants into Europe remains the defining factor transforming the internal political dynamic in the European Union. The more than 1.5 million people who entered the EU last year, as well …

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GrokTV! Jim Lawrence at Fulchino Vineyard (Hollis)

Last night, GrokTV was on location at a reception for Jim Lawrence (R), candidate for NH CD2, hosted at Fulchino Vineyard in Hollis, NH. Here’s Jim’s pitch, introduced by Matt Mayberry, followed by a short Q+A: [youtube https://youtu.be/Z4_zPKiEoz8&w=260&align=left&rel=0] [youtube https://youtu.be/bzMJ0_1eGJI&w=260&align=left&rel=0] And here are two brief interviews, one with Jim Lawrence, and the other “between two …

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