17 December 2017 - Granite Grok

December 17, 2017

War on Christmas – how can she say that “Jingle Bells” isn’t related to Christmas

EVERYTHING to Progressives/Leftist/Socialist HAS to be either indirectly racist or outright racist.  And if it isn’t, they’ll make sure that those invisible, unconscious, racist dots get connected somehow and some way. Boston University theatre professor Kyna Hamill recently argued in a research paper that the popular Christmas song has racist origins. “The legacy of ‘Jingle Bells’ is one where …

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Quick Thought – About those EPA employees…

Hundreds of EPA Employees Have Quit Under Trump After months of crying at their desks, bureaucrats now ‘quitting in disgust’ Over 700 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have quit or taken early retirement during the Trump administration so far, bringing the agency close to employment levels not seen since Reagan…Career bureaucrats taking voluntary buyouts is helping …

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Looks Like Leftist Prepper Has Already “Stocked Up”

Here is another Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer gone ape-crap. Former Obama “Ethics Czar,” Walter Shaub, is getting ready to go commando into the streets if President Trump fires the rogue special prosecutor, Robert Mueller. The real story is not that this bloated bureaucrat is any threat running wild in the streets.

Concord Legislators Try To “DC” New Hampshire’s Tax Code

In a staff editorial today the Union Leader points out how a series of bills promoted as tax cuts (by Democrats) aren’t tax cuts at all; which is why some Republicans are voting against them. The Democratic approach would be to keep tax rates high, but carve out ways for taxpayers to avoid them. SB …

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What Book(s) Would You Give?

The recent Granite State Taxpayers party ended with a Yankee swap of the best kind: books, preferably from one’s own bookshelf, on politics or economics. We had an interesting mix by the time all the packages were claimed. Every holiday gathering should end with books for all, as far as I’m concerned. So, readers, I’m …

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Progressives – can’t accept defeat and earning their title of “sore losers” all year long

OK, so this is back from May but from what we have seen throughout the year is the same attitude: “WE should be in charge – how DARE you take it away from us!  Therefore, we will act like spoiled brats”.  In other words – sore losers and this former gay Act Up guy from …

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Disqus Doodlings – Why we should pay far more for clothes Part 3

Sigh.  I swear that sometimes these folks have no clue about how an economy actually works!  Without rehashing Part 1 and Part 2, it is clear that the comments were much more interesting than the actual post over at Treehugger (although it did set the stage – see title above). Another comment that was left …

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UN Inspectors Are Back

Finally, after the US spending 20 trillion dollars on “The War on Poverty” with little to nothing but a huge entitlement industry to show for it – here comes a United Nations expert to help us out. Individuals who used to be in mental institutions now live on the streets, thanks to progressive’s complaints of …

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