11 October 2017 - Granite Grok

October 11, 2017

Data Point – College kids don’t know what Free Speech really is

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once …

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Nashua Alderman Vote Unanimously to Spend Other People’s Money

A Rhode Island Company has convinced the city of Nashua to spend your money. According to NHPR’s incorrectly named article “Nashua Alderman Unanimously Approve Commuter Rail Memorandum,” The Tuesday night unanimous approval of the memorandum of understanding means the city can begin work immediately with the Rhode Island-based Boston Surface Railroad Co to create a detailed plan. I …

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Never let a crisis go to waste – the Dems are FULL of gun control wishes since Las Vegas

Some didn’t even let the bodies cool – it is Progressive partisanship at its worst.  No time for actual reflection, no time for grief, and no “safe space” for the victims’ families.  Instead, even as the bodies were still on the ground, they went full political.  AWR Hawkins has the list: The Democrats cannot stop themselves …

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Notable Quote – Prof. Dan Boudreaux on “Price Gouging”

Some letter-writers who criticize my defense of so-called “price gouging” mistakenly assume that I oppose charitable actions to help victims of natural disasters (Letters, Oct. 11).  In fact, I applaud any and all outpourings of such generosity.  To the extent that big-hearted people make available, at zero or very low prices, additional supplies of goods …

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Chris Pappas Is Considering a Run for NH-CD1

To commemorate Democrat Chris Pappas ‘Considering’ a run for New Hampshire congressional district one (now that Che-Porter is retiring), another Grokster suggested a suitable portrait, of sorts, to frame the potential candidate in the proper context. An image to post above future content about the candidate. And now we have it.

Is Antifa Getting Military Training in Syria?

This is probably a nice “conversation” starter. American and European Antifa members are being attracted to the US-backed Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) due to their anarcho-communist politics, who are in turn persuading the Antifa extremists to fight alongside them in the “Rojova revolution.” Prisonplanet.com reports: Security agencies are concerned that these Antifa members will …

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Twelve Lousy Things To Remember – And They Forgot The Most Important One

Let me take the Alinsky crowd to school. You are not going to disarm the American public. Every time you try and use a shooting – except in Chicago because you won there, as a wedge issue, the Second Amendment gets stronger. That is why the infantile demand for the elimination of the Second Amendment …

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