Skip, Author at Granite Grok

“10 Things Climate Alarmists Don’t Want You to Be Thankful For.”

November 28, 2019 Skip

The Heartland Institute, much reviled by the Climatistas, put together a list of 10 things that are good for us regardless of the Green Nude Eel folks would have you believe. I’ve listed them here but go over to their site and watch the quick videos that go along with each of the below points: … Read more

What does it say about our Country when Hong Kong-ers are waving American flags while fighting to protect their Freedom…

November 28, 2019 Skip

…from the Chinese Communists while here in America, the Left waves flags for and advocates for adoption of the same oppressive Socialist and Communist political structures that is oppressing the young in Hong Kong. A parade of U.S. flags as #hongkong rally plays messages of support from U.S. lawmakers pic.twitter.com/q1LTzOhK3T — Annie Wu (@annieeenyc) November … Read more

So, is the Federal Government Ambassador Jeanne Shaheen aiding and abetting Putin in Ukraine?

November 28, 2019 Skip

Oh, sorry, that would be the connections going outward from former Vice-President and current Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter with millions of dollars of (ahem) compensation and campaign dollars. Ya gotta love it – Biden telling the Ukrainians to expand their gas production (and (paraphrased) and saying “I told them we’d withhold … Read more

So what will YOU tell your children and grandchildren on how you protected their freedom?

November 28, 2019 Skip

From modernity to the 1700s. From Prosperity to poverty. From Freedom to Government restricting you in every aspect of your lives. The Bigger the Government, the smaller the citizen. Giving thanks for a Government that makes a mockery of “The Land of the Free”? (H/T: Powerline)

So, what do YOU do with your new firearm?

November 27, 2019 Skip

Ran across this over at Instapundit: MY RUGER LCP BENEFITED FROM HAVING A COUPLE OF HUNDRED ROUNDS RUN THROUGH IT. Handgun Break-In: Is It Needed? It jammed twice on the first box of ammo, but has been totally reliable since I broke it in. Funny that Glenn Reynolds would state that he had a Ruger LCP; I … Read more

No Holiday is sacred for the Left

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Skip

It’s the holidays with Thanksgiving up first. Now, I don’t know about you but for me and my family, it is a time of reflection on all that God has bestowed upon – and being thankful for all those blessings (even when they didn’t “feel” like blessings at the time), for our friends, and for … Read more

For all of the Democrat yammering about getting money out of politics…

November 27, 2019 Skip

First we had the newly minted millionaire Bernie Sanders grumbling about billionaires Tom Steyer and now Michael Bloomberg in the Democrat Primary. And now millionaire Elizabeth “You didn’t build that” Warren is doing the same thing: Warren Slams Bloomberg 2020 Run: Billionaires Shouldn’t ‘Come and Buy Elections’ Democratic 2020 candidate Elizabeth Warren took aim at … Read more

Palate Cleanser – THIS is one honkin’ truck with a price tag to match

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Skip

Every once in a while we go off the “politics and culture reservation” to bring you something that just happened to amuse us…this time, moi. Big truck, big price tag – $12 million. And this IS one.Big.Honkin’.Truck: Want to talk about over-the-top? Well, this is about as outrageous as it gets. This truck is the … Read more

Notable Quote – We’re Screwed

November 26, 2019 Skip

“A generation that doesn’t know history has no past; and no future.”-Robert Heinlein (science fiction writer, author, speaker, and “source for” part of the GraniteGrok name)

Democrats – the children are OURS, not the Parents

November 26, 2019 Skip

This is one of my pet peeve issues. Superindendent Kirk Beitler and the Gilford School Board are in the process of doing this right now with their Policy JBAB on “Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students(implemented directly from the NH School Board Association who had this bucket of “Hating on Normal Parents” out there since 2008). … Read more

BlogQuestion of the Day – Sociopath or Socialist?

November 26, 2019 Skip

Heh! Over at The Corner was this: Would You Vote for a Sociopath over a Socialist? MSNBC commentator Steve Schmidt says, “In America, a sociopath will beat a socialist seven days a week and twice on Sunday.” Like most patriots, I’d probably support a high-functioning law-abiding sociopath over a socialist, as well. After all, only one … Read more

If it is wrong in one place, it should be wrong in the other, right?

November 26, 2019November 25, 2019 Skip

So, one is from the Kavanaugh trial where the Democrats tried to railroad him off the Supreme Court bench. Or yet another #MeToo event (either real like Harvey Weinstein, or yet hoax for some agenda based reason (er, drinking, buyers remorse, get-the-boyfriend/girlfriend, or just some other obscure reason that we’re supposed already know about). Either … Read more

Bathrooms and Trannies: who ever thought this would be controversial??

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Skip

From Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals: RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.) So while this is a serious topic … Read more

Notable Quote – Cluelessness of Bernie Sanders

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Skip

A special edition for Bruce Currie – our loyal opposition here at GraniteGrok and self-admitted Berni-Bro: “I’m disgusted by the idea that Michael Bloomberg or any other billionaire thinks they can circumvent the political process and spend tens of millions of dollars to buy our elections. It’s just the latest example of a rigged political … Read more

Gilford School Board – October meeting. Leftist arguments on full display

November 23, 2019 Skip

I’m late in putting these videos up of the Gilford School Board’s October meeting where Policy JBAB, the 2008 NH School Board Association’s transgender policy was to be “read” and it was clear that the battle lines had already been drawn up and I think THE operational statement comes down to this: “You will be … Read more

Gilford School Board – October meeting: Powers and Rights (Part 2)

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Skip

“Mr. Murphy, please submit that question in writing to us…..I have already; twice! No answers” Well, this coverage of the Transgender issue that the Gilford School Board has jumped the gun on may take a while but I think it is important not only on students and staff affected by this but IS THE SCHOOL … Read more

Tales from the BudComm – Should Gilford’s new Recycle Center be named “Monument to Economic Illiteracy”? Or…

November 20, 2019 Skip

“A place where Ideology reigns over money”? Or, “Scott Dunn’s Taj Mahal” (Scott Dunn being the Town Administrator and the main pusher for Gilford’s new Recycle Center / Transfer Station. Sigh…and now the bill has has come due. But not the one you might think. In the beginning, it sounded OK – time to leave … Read more

Tales from the BudComm – about that $100,000?

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Skip

For you folks out there on BudComms how many of the departments, Municipal or School District, have revolving funds? Yeah, a bit wonkier than my normal Tales from the Budcomm (TftBC) posts but this is important. What’s a revolving fund and why am I writing about it?

So a TV show predicted AOC and Bernie??

November 18, 2019 Skip

While the show offered a sense of an idyllic lifestyle of eternal beaches, sunny (mostly) and temperate clime, and that food was never an issue. I just could never figure out, even as a kid watching the show, how could that radio’s batteries last so long??? Not only that, but it appeared their clothes never … Read more

What to do with all those climate deniers? Ask you know who:

November 18, 2019 Skip

(H/T: Powerline) You know, the Climate Change fanatics are absolutists – there is only “their” way. Almost as bad as university Speech Code Police but just the fact that the former use the word “denier”, they show that Climate Catastrophe aren’t science driven – it is more religion. And nothing says religious in imposing it … Read more