13 February 2018 - Granite Grok

February 13, 2018

Blogline of the Day – you can’t be FOR “Animal House” AND be against it at the same time.

Tim Matheson seems to be bemoaning the fact that Animal House couldn’t get made today, while embracing the mindset that would prevent Animal House from getting made today. That would be Otter – the “debonair” worldly frat boy seducing one gal / woman after another. Who knew that his blacken eye in the movie would give …

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Quick Thought (sorta): Has anyone else noticed how the Left is using “Nationalist” instead of another word?

That would be in conjunction with “white”. Here’s the headline over at the SentinelSource (online presence of the Keene Sentinel, who we are currently beating in Alexa ratings): Two Virginia residents countersue white nationalist with Keene ties And that would be about Christopher Cantwell.  Now, I could care less about him; what is more important …

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FB Doodlings: Fearmongering by the Portsmouth City Planning Staff???

It wouldn’t be the first time that someone is crying “Wolf” over…..wait for it…..CLIMATE CHANGE!  Now, I have NO problem in city officials in trying to head off problems – it’s what humans do as being the almost the most adaptable species on the planet (er, cockroaches perhaps a tad more?) and certainly the species …

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GraniteGrok Breaks Alexa Top 5 For Internet “Media” Sites In New Hampshire

Back on January 2nd, 2018 we set a goal of improving from number nine on our list of Media sites in New Hampshire to number seven. We did that, and a little bit more. As of this morning, February 13th, 2018 GraniteGrok.com has moved up to number 5 on our list in Alexa site rankings …

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How About a Shiny New Income Tax?

Kimberly Morin joins me to discuss the latest effort by progressives to institute a broad-based taxing structure in state government. This time it’s buried in the feel-good idea of state-managed family medical leave insurance we don’t even need. Also Available on Google Play

California Court Says A Wedding Cake is Protected By the First Amendment

This is interesting, and not just because the ruling came out of a court in California. The state charged a baker with breaking the law because they refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple. The court has denied the State’s motion for preliminary injunction in favor of the baker, Cathy Miller. There’s a good …

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