Skip, Author at Granite Grok

Data Point – Climate related Deaths decreasing

March 13, 2021 Skip

Wait, WAIT! Are we all supposed to be dying off FASTER???? Why aren’t the Democrats FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE???? They keep yammering that they have to change our entire way of life because CLIMATE CHANGE? Er, not so much, it seems… (H/T: Powerline)

Next GrokMeetup Location Announcement – Once Was Nice, Twice Will be Better!

March 13, 2021 Skip

Our reboot of the GrokMeetups is going well. The GrokMeetup at Kirby’s Q in Alstead was a rousing success! I figured, in this rather isolated area during imperfect weather, that we might get 5-10 people – we had over 30 at this venue which filled the room!

Notable Quote – No, Government was never supposed to be “entrepreneurial” by design

March 13, 2021 Skip

Do you remember how bad the Obama Administration was at being a “green Venture Capitalist” (think: Solyndra)?

Data Point: China – Sorry About That – We Missed Our Reductions Again

March 12, 2021 Skip

WHY do we have to be in the Paris Accord? Any reduction in CO2 emissions is being swamped by China – which has promised to only come up with a figure for the Paris Accord by 2030.

Friday Open Thread – Money, money, MUUUNEY!

March 12, 2021 Skip

So the Dems decide to spend us into oblivion, on the way to Federalize all elections, starting the process that every one has to work for a union, and have started to make it a criminal offense to you to let your “range mate” try your firearm. What else could go wrong? But TMEW still … Read more

Notable Quote – From One Manufactured Crisis to a Newly Manufactured One

March 12, 2021 Skip

From one manufactured crisis to the next is what despots and dictators do. Careen from one crisis to another always promising they are the cure and that they will “keep you safe.”

A Bleg – Know of Any Grant Writers?

March 12, 2021 Skip

We always have plenty of good ideas – we generally have little money to implement them. While you, our loyal readers, have ALWAYS come through for us when we have had specific needs (and to which I thank you all once again), we want to try something new.

BlogLine of the Day – Biden: COVID bad in American Society….but…

March 12, 2021March 11, 2021 Skip

Biden would bar Granny from traveling but invites COVID-infected illegals to cross freely. President Asterisk is all over the issue of the WuFlu to the point of taking credit for Operation Warp Speed and then broadcasting that Trump never had a distribution process (even though over 900K arms / day were getting stuck. But know … Read more

Does NH Gov Chris Sununu ACTUALLY know what Critical Race Theory really is?

March 12, 2021March 11, 2021 Skip

Else he wouldn’t have said that he did on NPR. Does he not realize that Critical Race Theory has been specifically built, not to promote Free Speech, but to shut it down altogether? Yet, “So, Gov Chris Sununu Believes All Whites are RAAACISTS?”, he made it clear he will veto it. Even with that long … Read more

Data Point – Polling is Going Against Transgenders Competing Against Bio-Girls

March 11, 2021 Skip

Even Democrats BARELY support the idea that biological boys, suffering from gender dysphoria, should be able to compete in sports against biological girls. Even after the onslaught of trying to redefine sex as “made up gender” (instead of the tradition definition that one is just a synonym for the other), only those on the Left … Read more

Data Point – Socialist Social Security is a Bad Investment

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Skip

The Bernie-Bros are going to have a meltdown. Social security is Socialist (just like the Veterans Administration’s healthcare system). Total government control and we have no choice of participating or not. But, we are told it is better than sliced bread.

So, Gov Chris Sununu Believes All Whites are RAAACISTS?

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Skip

Including all you racists out there that voted for him and are in thrall with him for how he’s handled the WuFlu. This was sent to me, ostensibly by Chris Ager [confirmed in talking with him], the NH RNC Committeeman:

A “Tamiflu” for WuFlu? A new name: Molnupiravir

March 10, 2021 Skip

Wouldn’t this be a great advance – no getting a stick, just swallow a pill (reformatted, emphasis mine). “COVID-19 pill effective in preliminary testing may be ‘holy grail’ of pandemic, Dr. Marc Siegel says.”

DC Capitol Building Fence Armed man and dog

More Musings about the Militarization of DC – Green Zone America?

March 9, 2021 Skip

Steve wrote a post “Democrats Reveal Why They Incited the Capitol Riot…” in which he said (reformatted, emphasis mine): When you steal something precious or special, you need to protect it. The people from whom you took it might want it back. Democrats stole America, which is why they are proposing a permanent military presence … Read more

Notable Quote – How Easily We Gave up Our Freedom?

January 2, 2023March 9, 2021 Skip

It is extraordinary how easily people in the West embraced authoritarian lockdown measures. Governments must have been shocked how little resistance there was to their new laws.

See, Gov Sununu, A Girl Beat You to It. – Gov Kristi Noem Shows Him How It’s Done – Again!

March 9, 2021 Skip

We’ve praised South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for her handling of the Wuflu – frankly, respecting adult Citizens in having responsibility for themselves instead of shoving the Government’s thumb down on top of everything in the private sector.

Data Point – Who Worries about What across the Red/Blue Divide?

March 9, 2021 Skip

It is clear that there are differences between the Red (Republican/Conservative) and Blue (Democrat/Socialists/SJW Disciples) sides on just about everything. One look at the above chart and I think every issue on it should be there.

Statists Really Do Believe That They Are the Golden Ones From Whom All Blessings Flow

March 8, 2021 Skip

Statists really do believe that they are the Golden Ones from whom all blessings flow (wonder how many will get THAT reference!). Bernie, AOC, and the other ~~Democrat~~ Socialists who believe that Govt does have such powers just can’t conceive of the terror that Reagan brought up with those words.

Testimony on HB458 – Rolling Back SB142 – an Unconstitutional Unfunded Mandate

March 8, 2021 Skip

Yesterday I thanked the elected NH House Republicans for “listening” to GraniteGrok and deciding to unwind SB142 another unfunded mandate. It mandated supplying menstrual products in school district bathrooms and locker rooms in violation of the NH Constitution, Article 28-a.

Data Point – Could A Majority of Americans Trust the Media Less?

March 8, 2021 Skip

After the election of Donald Trump as President, the Left’s media (e.g., Washington Post, NY Times, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, LA Times, CBS, NBC, for starters) delivered what the Left’s electorate wanted to hear.