25 March 2017 - Granite Grok

March 25, 2017

Hands Up – Don’t Snoop!

Steve MacDonald wrote a fine article for Granite Grok about government spying on US citizens.“Deep State Intelligence Whistleblower Has Mountain of “Dirt” on Illegal Obama Snooping”  In it, he attached a letter from Larry Klayman of “Freedom Watch.” That letter is a subtle warning to Congress that he has a whistleblower with a huge amount …

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“Critical Thinking”? More like “Simplistic Whining”?

This from the last of a post (“Why College Graduates Can’t Think”) sums up a lot: More to the point, that explains why employers keep complaining that college graduates can’t think. They’re not being taught to think. They’re being taught, in too many of their courses, to “oppose existing systems”—without regard for any objective appraisal …

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Notable Quote – US Rep. Joe Barton

Reporters asked why, after Republicans held dozens of nearly-unanimous votes to repeal ObamaCare under President Obama, they were getting cold feet now that they control the levers of power. “Sometimes you’re playing Fantasy Football and sometimes you’re in the real game,” he admitted. “We knew the President [Obama – Skip], if we could get a …

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The British Art Of Understatement:
‘Knife Wielding Asian’ Goes On Rampage

Having seen the horrific images, and then hearing and reading the carefully crafted words in the news reports, we are struck, once again, by the folly of leaving citizens subjects defenseless on the streets of their own country. Consider what it has come to in the land of the Magna Carta and the original parliamentary …

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‘Knife Wielding Asian’ Goes On Rampage
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What Domicile Does One Use For An Unlawful Election At A Postponed Meeting?

I have had the pleasure of watching an attorney from the New Hampshire Municipal Association (aka – Local Government Center) conclude that various annual meetings in NH were lawfully postponed by various moderators because of a snow storm. The NHMA counsel is using RSA 40:4. The NH Secretary of State takes issue with the NHMA …

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