Skip, Author at Granite Grok

Palate Cleanser – Walking boat for SEALs?

February 21, 2021 Skip

Hmmm, both good and bad aspects here on this, I think The Navy’s New High-Speed Boat Crawls Onto Land The Interceptor doesn’t stop where the water ends. Sure, the French-made Iguana Interceptor is a high-speed boat. But it’s also capable of deploying tank-like tracks that let it leave the water and crawl onto land. The Navy plans … Read more

New Hampshire’s Education Choice Moment

February 20, 2021 Skip

“I think that eventually, school choice is going to be part of education.” Those were the words of Democratic state Rep. Barbara Shaw of Manchester, as she voted in the House Education Committee on Thursday to retain House Speaker Sherm Packard’s Education Freedom Accounts bill.

Friday Open Thread – Now they don’t even want Trump to be buried

February 19, 2021 Skip

Now they don’t even want Trump to be buried…at least in Arlington. And will not allow monuments / statues / et al named after Trump. These Democrats just cannot just win, they are BOUND to act like Banana Republic tin-pot despots seeking retribution on Trump 360 degrees.

Promoted from the Comments – Teacher Currie has Clue Zero About “Compare and Contrast”

February 18, 2021 Skip

Grokster Ian had a short but apt comparison of schools vs doctors over time as an Object Lesson: School Funding: A lot changes in a century, except in schools. I liked it and the entire text is here (yes, it’s that short; reformatted, emphasis mine).

United Way was supposed to raise money for other charities, right? Guess what now…

February 18, 2021 Skip

The United Way was supposed to raise money for other charities, right? Not so much, not anymore. They’ve decided (at least in Illinois) that their job is our re-education on how race quotas should work, probably because we are all racists.

Rest In Peace – Rush Limbaugh passes at 70

February 17, 2021 Skip

Word has come that THE Premiere Conservative radio talker in the United States has passed away – Rush Limbaugh of lung cancer. He will be sorely missed by those of us on the Right. However, I’m betting that the Left, once again, will be bouncing up and down in joy with all of the usual … Read more

Why Can’t Johnny Get a Job?

February 15, 2021 Skip

The story from the employers or human resource officers over the past 10 years hasn’t changed. For every ten applicants for an entry-level job, over half cannot pass a simple literacy test.

It isn’t about Brady Winning Without Belichick, it’s About the Ratings

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 Skip

Do you know what the real story is? It isn’t about Brady winning without Belichick, it’s about the ratings (Bwahahahahahaha!). Reformatted, emphasis mine:

Constitutional Carry rolls on – Utah joins those States wholly honoring the US Constitution

February 13, 2021 Skip

Amendment 2, US Constitution: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Shall not be infringed means exactly that – no infringement. Any time a gun control weenie yammers about “common sense”, ask them to graph … Read more

Notable Quote – There’s a reason we don’t need to rejoin the Paris Accord

February 13, 2021 Skip

It is because we have become MORE efficient at our energy usage than the rest of the world: In the ten years from 2008, America’s economy grew by 15 per cent but its energy use fell by 2 per cent. This is not because the American economy is generating fewer products; it’s producing more. It … Read more

Tom Murray and Ken Eyring on the Windham AccuVote machines – Keith Hanson show

February 12, 2021 Skip

Yesterday, Grokster Ken Eyring and Tom Murray were on the Keith Hanson’s The Daily Review to talk about what has been going on in Windham since the November election and the hand recount. Take a listen! Segment 1: Segment 2: Thanks to Keith Hanson for sharing these with us!

Friday Open Thread – SHAMPEACHMENT!

February 12, 2021 Skip

And I haven’t watched a moment of it (except for surfing through it). IMHO, the outcome is preordained…but that’s just me but this threat is about YOU! Let’s see who can come up even better stuff than I, eh?

Well, President Asterisk has just made this US Policy, right? And no one has a choice about it.

February 12, 2021February 11, 2021 Skip

That’s my favorite question nowadays: “Who Chooses”? Do you chose for yourself or are others (in Government) taking that choice away from you? Under which regimen do you want to live your life? Yep, President Biden, via Executive Order, just decided to wipe out women’s participation in their own sports, especially at the highest level of sports.

Notable Quote – WHOSE “Democracy”?

February 11, 2021 Skip

Reformatted, emphasis mine:

Who’s a Threat to ‘Our Democracy’?
When progressives single out threats to ‘our democracy,’ what they mean is their democracy.

WSMN – On the Keith Hanson Show Now!

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Skip

Steve’s post on the Windham election (the disparity between the announced November election versus the recount results) has gone viral and national. We are getting a ton of “trackbacks” (when other sites link to other sites, we get notifications called trackbacks).

It’s Time to Reboot The In-Person GrokMeetUp! – Feb 23rd in Alstead

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Skip

Back in August, I asked if folks would be willing to attend an in-person GrokMeetup as we have done before (as opposed to a virtual one). In our GrokPoll, we didn’t get a single no:

NHGOP Chair ViceChair Vote Counting – Entire Session: Cameras 1, 2, and 3 point of views

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Skip

As promised, here is the entire uncut from Camera 1. Cameras 2 & 3, more at table level and on either side of the counting table at each end, are processing as I type this. Just wanted to make sure to capture as much detail as possible of the different actions going on at the … Read more

NHGOP Chair ViceChair Vote Counting – Do I stay or do I go??? Or get tossed out?

February 7, 2021 Skip

At just around 6pm last night for the next 2.5 hours, the counting went on. However, as I alluded to here, there was a kerfuffle over who was going to be able to stay and watch the counting and who was going to get kicked out. Andrew Georgevits was nominally in charge of the process … Read more

Votes for NHGOP Chair and Vice-Chair Recorded in Real Time

February 7, 2021 Skip

Last night was the counting of the physical ballots for the Chair and Vice-Chair of the NH GOP (given the absolute train wreck that was the virtual Annual NH GOP Meeting.

Friday Open Thread – Are things calming down or are we in the eye of the hurricane?

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Skip

I just don’t know – the first flurry of President Asterisk’s administration went “Dense Pack” to make our heads spins. Now, they’ve slowed down but is this just the lull before the storm? That, and anything else, TALK!