Percy Blakeney, Author at Granite Grok - Page 38 of 114

Percy Blakeney

"They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel."

Judge Orders Church to Shutdown

Judge Orders Church to Shutdown

A judge orders a church to shutdown. This seems pretty unconstitutional.  Why is there no injunction to shutdown demonstrations in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, etc? Nobody is saying anything about the riots, protests, and marches.

Biden Needs to Debate

Biden Needs to Debate Trump

Biden’s mental state appears to vacillate between confusion and belligerence. His mental faculties are front and center. The status of the Presidential debates is now in question. Why would any presidential candidate duck free air time unless he had something to hide?

Defunding the Police

Is Defunding the Police an Attack on America?

Heather MacDonald is the author of The War on Cops. She strips away the usual emotionalism from the issue turning to the statistics about the players and the situations she brings clarity to an emotional issue. The numbers are shocking.

Never let a good emergency go to waste

Congress Never Met a Dollar they Did not Want to Waste

The U.S. House is unveiling its new “minibus” spending package.  It is a bill “to keep the federal government funded in the short-term”. This is the second such bill this year for that purpose. Doesn’t it kind of make you want to actually have a budget?

Did You Vote to Send Your Tax Dollars to China?

Did You Vote to Send Your Tax Dollars to China?

China is guilty of unleashing a deadly, life-altering virus on the world. Yet, the American taxpayer has sent money to the Chinese government. That’s correct, China has taken American taxpayer dollars as part of the Paycheck Protection Program.

Shutdown Intelligence Agencies

FISA = Political Abuse

The federal government’s powers in the intelligence field have grown too large. The public is angered by people such as Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director. We saw his employment end in termination without prosecution. At the same time others, such as former Michael Flynn,  are enduring persecution.

Things We Know About Coronavirus

Things We Know About Coronavirus (Part 3 of 3)

So, is the sky falling or was coronavirus an acorn? Let’s start listing what we know. We know the best guess is about 1.4% of the U.S. population has had the coronavirus. As of Aug. 2, Johns Hopkins University had tallied nearly 4.7 million cases. That’s about 1.4% of the U.S. population.

No Police No Problem

No Police No Problem … Really?

No shirt, No shoes, No police, No problem. Cities deciding to cut their police funding should stop and ask: Who was Jimmy Hoffa? Maybe they could be cutting their own supply lines. Would that be an issue? What percentage of food, hardware, lumber, electrical supplies, etc. comes by a truck?