Skip, Author at Granite Grok

So We’re Supposed to be as Empathic to Bots as We are to Humans? This Lady Philosopher is nuts!

June 20, 2021 Skip

These Artificial Intelligence researchers are demanding that we show their A.I. bots empathy, reciprocity, and trust and don’t understand why we humans refuse to do so. They are like Bruce Currie (Bernie-Bro and (seemingly former) frequent ‘Grok commenter) who insisted that he could lay obligations on the rest of us that matched his obligation to … Read more

John Robertson Was Prescient: July 4th – Independence Day Canceled.

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Skip

In his Op-Ed for GraniteGrok (“The Birth of a Nation (and the death of another): Juneteenth National Independence Day”), he told us what our future history was going to be:

Palate Cleanser – and Speaking of Culture…

June 20, 2021 Skip

It’s clear that Progressives are, in general, angrier about more things than Conservatives. I don’t understand this other than having a Savior complex in which EVERY STUPID thing has to be taken as a crisis and everyone besides themselves and their SJW-wrapped-up ideological kin must be made into second or third class citizens (if not demoted to evil subhumans).

Data Point – “Equity” isn’t going to solve this problem

June 19, 2021 Skip

More of a “real” Data Point type post. I’ll just lay it out here and feel free to change my mind. It’s all about The Culture. And it’s all about the Meritocracy within families and failing Meritocracy within Government Schools. As Government schools continue to orient themselves about emotions and ideology indoctrination (e.g., Critical Race … Read more

“Am I Willing to Die For This?” She’s Talking About Slavery Reparations

June 19, 2021 Skip

For me, there are things for which I would die – protect my families, protect my friends, standing up for the philosophies and ideals of America? Yes, but to kill myself through starvation for the ability to take money from a lot of people to give to a few for something that NONE of us did?

Data Point – Govt’s Favorite “Hidden Tax” is back – with a Vengeance!

June 19, 2021 Skip

My past is now my future – again. And Government is doing it with GLEE! My adult life start during the Jimmy Carter Administration – grown up, out of school, and in the workforce for the first time. Frankly, an awful time for many given the stagflation that was starting in – but ESPECIALLY the … Read more

Notable Quote – It’s always about the Govt Overreach

June 19, 2021 Skip

Why is it that when someone has a “bright idea,” they never want to spend their own money? They want the rest of us (taxpayers) to do it for them?

The Birth of a Nation (and the death of another): “Juneteenth National Independence Day”

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Skip

Check out the above picture of the celebration when the bill establishing this “Juneteenth National Independence Day” passed the House. “White savior” Nancy in the middle. While I know that the folks on the left were not actually engaging in Nazi salutes,

Do They Really Believe We’re Going to Go Along With Their Delusion?

June 18, 2021 Skip

The only way to win this Cultural War into which we have been thrust is to CONTINUOUSLY force them to explain themselves. Take a word, take a phrase, and make them define it. And in many cases, it will expose the utter silliness of what they’re saying.

Thursday Overnight Thread – NH Democrats Hate “Live Free or Die” Rep. Steve Woodcock Edition

June 17, 2021 Skip

“and he sincerely fears “Live Free or Die” could lead to more teen suicides….These kids might think, ‘If I can’t live free then I’m going to die.‘””

Notable Quote – Statists Never Blame Government for ITS Lacking, Do They?

June 17, 2021 Skip

Economics is all about the study of scarcity and tradeoffs of which there are many. We know this because prices for different products are all different. Just because someone wants something doesn’t mean that it HAS to be available to them at their desired price point.

CRT DEMANDS that it be Fed – Stack of Stuff Part 7

June 21, 2021June 17, 2021 Skip

And onward we traipse through that sludge known as Critical Race Theory (CRT) – the pestilence that is just as bad as Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors except there’s no humor at all.

Liberals Don’t Understand the Terrifying Force of Death

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Skip

The Left may well find out what the answer will be to “Why didn’t we just leave them alone?”: I think that the backlash to Critical Race Theory is but a very small taste of what may be coming. The TEA Party was merely fighting against Obama and his ideological kin when The LightBringer ballooned … Read more

Rant – How Can You Judge When You Don’t Know What Words Mean?

June 17, 2021 Skip

This is stupidness on a stick. If you are on a jury (like I was) and you don’t know all the ramifications of words that are being used in the trial that can result in someone losing their Liberty, wouldn’t this be the CORRECT thing to do – learn what the words MEAN???

Quick Thought – “Undertake Mental Health Treatment”?

June 17, 2021 Skip

Sometimes, stuff just doesn’t seem to fit right. NH Journal reports that Annie Kuster may have a Republican opponent in NH’s Second Congressional District – someone I’ve never heard of: Jason Riddle of Keene.

Gilford School Board – 6/8/21 Masks, Dillon’s Rule State, Policy JBAB, Powers, Rights

June 16, 2021 Skip

Last Tuesday was the latest Gilford School Board Meeting. While it wasn’t quite as contentious as what has been happening elsewhere in NH lately, I’d like to think that I’m trying to point out that School Board members aren’t doing their due diligence from a Legal / Policy standpoint.

This Is How We Get Our Country Back

June 16, 2021 Skip

Last Tuesday was the latest Gilford School Board meeting and I think that “had a bit of steam up” would be technically correct and descriptive. While there are Public Comment sections in the Agenda, I still haven’t received an answer to a rather simple question: