Skip, Author at Granite Grok

DCYF – So How Did You Determine to Send TMEW’s and My Personal Information To?

July 7, 2023 Skip

So to recap: NH DCYF sent my personal information to people I don’t know so they could contact the Granddaughter that we are caring for (6/30). I demanded, via RSA 91-A Right To Know, how DCYF decides who gets to give it to those people I don’t know – what are their protocols. And now, … Read more

DCYF – Let’s See What Is Under Your Kimono On This, Shall We?

July 5, 2023 Skip

As you all know, DCYF decided to reveal my personal information to people I don’t know. Sure, intentions may (giving the benefit of the doubt) be good, but there are two sides to this. Yes, the Granddaughter needs to stay in contact with their families, but what are the costs to the foster families put in the same situation DCYF has created?

Remember That Steam Powered Bicycle? Way Better This Time!

July 4, 2023 Skip

Do you remember that steam-powered bicycle I shared a few weeks back? It was hand-built, firewood, and puffs of smoke – and not that fast…

We Are Looking for Folks Who Can Draw … Cartoons

July 4, 2023 Skip

And I’ve got ideas. Well, to be truthful, I know someone else who has many more than I do, and I was in stitches while listening to his descriptions of what he’d like to see. The only problem is that neither of us can do graphics to save our lives.

Is US Manufacturing Tanking?

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Skip

This is not good. For all the talk of “on-shoring” by the Biden Administration, its actual policies belie their talk, and now it is starting to show up. A chart and prose (and more at the link but essentially saying the same thing):

Still Digging in: Which DCYF Personnel Were Included In On My Initially Botched RTK?

July 3, 2023 Skip

Recap: I had put in a Right To Know to DCYF Specialist Amy Fortin for their Investigative Manual that is supposed to outline how DCYF Field Workers are to handle their cases. She at first blew me off by not responding within the first five business days after receipt of the Right To Know that demanding a copy for inspection.

Is This The Most Responsive Guy in NH State Government?

July 2, 2023 Skip

At some point, I think I would enjoy sitting down with DHHS Deputy Chief Legal Counsel John Martin for a chat “about stuff.” I have to admit; he’s probably the most responsive guy in State Government I’ve had to do business with. That said…

Notable Quote – With The Biden Administration Hurtling Into Corporatism and Fascism…

July 3, 2023July 2, 2023 Skip

And if you think that it isn’t, why is almost every decision it is making (especially “Administrative Rules” that have the force of Law) mean GOVERNMENT makes the decisions and not you and I? Are you really that dim-witted that you believe “but it’s for your own Good?”

Part 2: Update on RTK for DCYF Abuse and Neglect Incident Reports

July 2, 2023 Skip

Apologies for the late update, as my DCYF saga continues. In Part 1, I put in a Right To Know requesting the volume and locations of DCYF abuse and neglect reports being made. The RTK payload (w/out the boilerplate) was rather simple.

The NH Legislative Ethics Commission Results Are In … Round 2?

July 1, 2023 Skip

So the last iteration in this series was the NH Legislative Ethics Commission whitewashing the breaking of the Law after they confirmed that the three defendants, Harry Bean, Travis O’Hare, and He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named (because of the NHLEC Confidentiality rules), Voldemort. They all pleaded akin to: Pleading ignorance of the Law gets you a pass. Unlike the … Read more

DCYF Has Now Breached My Personal Information?

June 30, 2023 Skip

Now they have made it personal – even as I’m trying to help them.

Remember, they dragged us (TMEW and I) into this – we didn’t go calling them. As some readers may know, we are taking care of our Granddaughter and have been for over a month and a half.

There’s A Reason for Our 2nd Amendment and Now the Russians Understand

June 29, 2023 Skip

We Americans are a unique nation in many delightful ways (forgetting how hard Progressives want us to be like other nations) thanks to our Founding Fathers’ political and historical genius. That sociological masterpiece we call the US Constitution.

So About that Drag Queen at the Conway Public Library Last Friday…Part 2.1 (The Unsavory Bits)

June 29, 2023 Skip

So, what happened during the Conway Public Library Drag Queen show held last Friday? My contact couldn’t make it inside the library to watch the proceedings because of “HATERS!!!” named Director David Smolen and White Mountains Pride Christopher Bellis. Why do I call them haters?

Dan Richard – How Did Our “Employees” Get To Write the Rules on How They Get Re-Elected?

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 Skip

It’s a GREAT question. Why? But first, this is from Dan himself for context: OF COURSE, it’s a constitutional crisis. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling yesterday, in Moore v. Harper, comes the day after I filed my case with the NH State Supreme Court (docket # 2023-0097), which is the same theme and argument in Richard v. … Read more

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The NH Legislative Ethics Commission Results Are In … And Guess What?

June 28, 2023 Skip

I want you to think back to the days of “Tom Sawyer” and one of his greatest pranks performed on his friends. Burdened with a chore for skipping school, Tom comes up with an ingenious way to get out of it.

“We Created a Very Very Wealthy Elite Not Subject to the Consequences of Their Own Ideology.”

June 28, 2023 Skip

This comes to us from the inimitable Victor Davis Hanson (VDH), one of Conservatisim’s deep thinkers and observers of what Society is doing – and where it is heading.

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They ARE Coming for your Children and Schools are Ground Zero – By Their Own Admission

June 28, 2023 Skip

I don’t have to say a word – “Linz” says it for us all to hear, and she is targeting your children via your children’s teachers. After all, the Alphabet Mafia doesn’t care about you as long as they have your children all to themselves most of the day – in the classroom.

The Skip & Tom Weight Challenge – Week 17

June 27, 2023 Skip

Yes, we had a gap – 3 weeks as Life intruded (especially on Monday mornings when we SHOULD be doing this). No, it didn’t make too much difference in the loss department – we both slowed down (and I got a bit lax, and he went to his daughter’s wedding and had a great weekend … Read more

Be Less, Do Less: TreeHugger Eco-Socialism is ‘Recycled’ into “Carbon Upfront!”

June 27, 2023 Skip

Long term readers remember that I used the website TreeHugger as a foil – going into the lair to counter their enslavement to the Eco-Gaia religion as well as being peachy with adopting totalitarian tactics by Government that ensures we all toe that GAIA religion of doing less.

Baseball Players Knock “Woke Doc” Outta Da Park!

June 27, 2023 Skip

A sanctimonious “expert” is attempting to “Doc-splain” to their lessers the need to change their summer collegiate baseball team name because it’s “unhealthy.” I guess this Doc forgot that college “kids” are a rambunctious bunch.