BUMPED and UPDATED (from 4/23/18): from the CM at the bottom of this post: In searching for something else (and this happens all the time; go figure, with almost 35K posts in here), this popped up so I decided to add on a bit.
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Data Point – Trump’s Tax Cuts Push U.S. Burden Lower in World.
Driven by the federal tax cut that Congress and Mr. Trump enacted at the end of 2017, U.S. taxes at all levels of government fell to 24.3% of gross domestic product in 2018, down from 26.8% a year earlier and 25.9% in 2016.
Notable Quote – Prof. Don Boudreaux
… I offer here a handy guide to common misconceptions about free-market “economic orthodoxy” – or to use a less-loaded term, “market economics.” – Market economics does not hold that money is all that matters. Quite the contrary. Competent economists understand better than most people that individuals have a large scope for, and a deep interest in, … Read more
Dem NH State Rep Katherine Rogers is mandating your dog be inside all the time?
Just one more example of NH Democrats not trusting “We the People” to “behave” correctly. Katherine Rogers is a serial offender in this matter as she is telling all of New Hampshire that you can’t be trusted to treat your dogs right – even those that should be out in the cold as “working dogs”.
OK, he was Rocky before and now he’s Conan
BUMPED and UPDATED: Important, too. It seems that the image I ORIGINALL used from Powerline is copyrighted – by NITZAHKON who is a loyal reader and commenter here at GraniteGrok. In fact, he has his own blogsite, RedPillJew and has been sending me stuff in hopes to put it up or mention them here. I … Read more
We demand that 2+2 = 5 – “‘Genital preferences’ are transphobic.”
The first time I read this post, I was very confused: gays, lesbians, and gender dysphoric males, gender dysphoric females. Attraction, sex, and epithets thrown all around because the different groups won’t play well with each other. It made my head hurt and I blame the Left for, once again, bastardizing our common language.
Sidenote: I’m tired of having to use the Left’s language in any kind of debate or discussion so I’m no longer going to use transgender. After all, he who controls the language, controls both the ideas, the debates, and the outcomes. So I refuse to play by their rules anymore. Deal with it. Other Conservatives should consider this idea – and then follow suit.
Notable Quote – B.b.b.but, you’re not listening to us WARNING you about him!
I wonder how many people are like me and sympathize with Trump because he is bullied. I never liked Trump and I didn’t vote for him, but the continual attacks on him make me sympathetic. If this were a movie, he would be the hero, and the attackers are the smug “cool” kids who will … Read more
“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words”
Yeah, sure thing, Greta. This is the problem with the First World – problems we think are existential pale with those in the developing or Third World countries. Greta thinks her life is ruined? What about those other children shown in that collage below. Would Greta be willing to swap places with them? Very doubtful, … Read more
“Powerful Interests on the Left Want to Shrink Freedom of Religion”
The above is the title of an address that US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave concerning Religious Freedom and the Right to Conscience. He’s right and there is no better example of it in the LGBT movement by militants attacking both at every level of Government. They’ve introduced new wording, phrasing, and new definitions … Read more
COP25: Poor countries want to loot rich countries and Greta Thunberg starts to realize her “15 minutes of Leftist use” is over
“We have been striking now for over a year, and still basically nothing has happened”
Yep, poor Greta is frustrated with adults. Boy, what a shame – they just won’t listen to her, this maladjusted 16-year-old school dropout autism-spectrum kid that believes that she IS that magic wand that can change everything at the snap of her fingers.
Data Point – November NICS data: we’re buying more guns!
And now we can say, once again, THANKS DEMOCRATS! The more you keep talking, especially Beto (who broke the civilian disarmament code of omerta), the more we keep buying. And when you live in Washington State with one infringing law after another, Virginia’s Governor Northam threatening to use the National Guard against Virginia counties declaring … Read more
Sorry, you’re wrong – leave the kids out of it.
I’ve said for years that kids shouldn’t be involved in politics on either side of the aisle and when politicians and partisans do so (e.g., elementary kids marching with signs for one argument or another and you KNOW they haven’t a clue). All they’re doing is using kids as political pawns and its wrong. The … Read more
Notable Quote – Prof. Don Boudreaux
He [J.D. Rockefeller, Sr.] was also insistent that his massive philanthropy paled in importance beside the good he had done in creating jobs and furnishing affordable kerosene at Standard Oil. DBx: Rockefeller was correct. Wealth cannot be philanthropically given away unless it is first created. Nor can wealth be “redistributed” by the state unless it … Read more
“Are We Doomed?” Climate Chaos – not so much
But, as Stossel observes, the other side doesn’t want to debate, they just want to impose their will, without question. So why are politicians so eager to push all this on us? One word: control. (H/T: RedState)
So South Carolina GOP CAN cancel its 2020 Primary
I’ve never understood why a Party would cancel its primary to protect an incumbent from a few Don Quixote Prez Wannabees flailing at their own vanity and the political versions of old decrepit windmills. Again – competition should sort out the whole mess but serious, does anyone think that Bill Weld, Joe Walsh or any … Read more
This is a rather sick joke, eh?
If it wasn’t for Engels, Marx would have gone belly up – and over a hundred million people last century might not have died because of his political ideology might not have become widespread. That said, this is a cruel joke but even now (just watch pretty much any of the Democrat Prez wannabees spending … Read more
Great – Here comes the Biomass Plant of the NH Healthcare Industry Begging for Political Protection
Y’all know how I feel about Government picking winners and losers. It should butt out. And if a company has placed itself in the loser category by mismanagement (with my only caveat being it is vital to a military or Constitutional mandate), let it BE a loser and disappear into History’s dust bin.
GrandFamilies Study Commission: Fourth Meeting
Today was that next meeting. A bit light on the attendance but hey, everybody’s busy and Christmas is coming up fast in the dashcam. Most of the meeting was spent in a presentation concerning child screening – quick or long assessments looking for issues. The premise is that the earlier problems are found, the faster … Read more
Notable Quote – NH State Rep Judy Aron (R-Sullivan County)
Concord, NH – New Hampshire State Representative Judy Aron (R-Sullivan 7) released the following statement regarding New Hampshire Democrats welcoming anti-Semite and anti-Israel Rep. Ilhan Omar with open arms: “New Hampshire Democrats have really gone too far, by bringing noted anti-Semite and opponent of Israel Rep. Ilhan Omar to New Hampshire, Democrats are showing how anti-Israel … Read more
Six Reasons Why Everybody Should Go on a Fitness Holiday at Least Once
A lot of people don’t associate travel and fitness in their minds, but the two can actually make perfect bedfellows. A fitness holiday is more than just a way to gain some muscle definition or shed a few pounds; it can also be a mentally transformative experience that allows you to push yourself and gain … Read more