13 July 2017 - Granite Grok

July 13, 2017

Fusion GPS – Traitors

Like most of the fake news generated to destroy President Trump and anyone around him – there is a “blood spatter” problem with the attempted character assassination. Each time the Swamp, leakers, and the Media take on a fake narrative, they pay the price in their own shredded credibility. Enter Fusion GPS the opposition research …

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What Does Keeping the Paris Agreement Alive Actually Mean?

From the EU to California to Nashua and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, politicians and pundits are promising to keep the Paris Agreement alive despite President Trump’s exit. But what does that actually mean? It depends. If you’re Turkey, it means you expect bitter Paris Accord clingers to write you a check to pay for the cost of compliance. If …

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Fake News About Biggest Antarctic Iceberg Ever

Climate fraudsters are busy today touting an Antarctic iceberg the size of Delaware. In 1956, an iceberg five times as large broke off, and it was the second one that year. – RCS See Also: Media gets high on Antarctic Crack  

The smallest minority on earth is the individual

[su_quote url=”https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/aynrand138254.html”]The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.[/su_quote] -Ayn Rand

Data Point – US economic freedom keeps dropping

When opportunities to advance are hindered, people are less free. Recent troubling survey data, as well as the econometric data of the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, support the notion that opportunities and economic freedom are declining in the U.S. A Gallup poll in 2006 found that 91 percent of Americans were satisfied with the …

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Senator Rand Paul – the GOP isn’t going to keep its promise on Obamacare repeal

I don’t agree with him all the time but on this, I do.  The GOP made a singular promise, over and over, for seven years.  Now, like the dog that finally caught the car, they don’t seem to know how to govern.  Which is to say, keep that promise, to completely repeal and replace Obamacare, …

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When Big Government tries to “make a market” when none exists

Fools.  There are just too many people in Government that believe, simply by dint of receiving a government paycheck, that they know better than everybody else on what they should buy and when.  Like the Cash for Clunkers that didn’t meet its goal of Keynesian “stimulating” the auto industry by paying people up to $4,500 …

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Notable Quote – Prof. Don Boudreaux

In short, the “man of system” forgets that ordinary people are active, reasoning, creative individuals. They generally do not need government prodding to take actions that improve their lives. When they are so prodded, it is almost always to press them to take actions they would prefer to avoid. Conflict thus arises between ordinary people …

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