Skip, Author at Granite Grok

DISQUS Doodlings – Part 2: the TreeHugger Eco-Socialist may not have a firm grasp on Price

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 Skip

Well, Part 1 was about eco-Socialists not really understanding choice, Supply and Demand, and the importance of Price in describing value to either a Seller or a Consumer and how it is EXTREMELY important in managing markets between 10, 100s, 1000s or Billions of people by acting as a “Black Box” indicator (e.g., you don’t … Read more

Really, Union Leader, the House GOP “revolts”???

May 27, 2020 Skip

I would say that Republicans stuck to their guns (in some cases, literally) and said in effect “Decisions have consequences.” Steve Shurtleff, the Democrat Speaker of the NH House, YOU shut the House down and we don’t have to go along with rewriting YOUR rules to make it work.”

DISQUS Doodlings – the TreeHugger Eco-Socialist may not have a firm grasp on Price

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Skip

I do like going out to find some debates – I think that all Conservatives should bring our philosophies and ideas into the Arena of Ideas to make the case in places we’d normally not be wanted. Like, as always, TreeHugger. I’m sorta like the Bruce Currie over there with the exception that I never … Read more

Scammers – Can’t Get Much More Blatant Than This

May 26, 2020 Skip

There are other viruses out there besides the Wu Flu. And no small number of them are computer based. Given that I get between 300 to 800 emails a day (more the closer we get to some kind of election when all of the PACs start blasting stuff out), there is always a number of emails that I know to be scammers and n’er-do-wells.

This Meme About California Reminds me of Nashua and Jan Schmidt

May 26, 2020 Skip

First, it speaks to the idiocy of the Progressive Government. Petty and vindictive, with the promotion of things and actions we used to assign stigma to informally protect traditional society from “infections” that twist it into the Left’s own image. In this, I thought of Steve’s post on Jan Schmidt and Nashua.

Notable Quote – John Tierney

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Skip

Higgs sees government, as usual, vastly expanding during the crisis, and he’s sure that it will not shrink back to its former scale once the crisis is over. It never does, as he famously documented in his 1987 book, Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, and in later works exploring this … Read more

Less than half of Americans know the true meaning behind Memorial Day

May 24, 2020 Skip

Sad, really sad. Saw this at Instapundit: I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY TEACH IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. I KNOW IT’S NOT ANYTHING WORTH KNOWING: Most Americans have no clue why we celebrate Memorial Day. Going to the link (reformatted, emphasis mine): Less than half of Americans know the true meaning behind Memorial Day, according to a new … Read more

It all depends on your mindset, I guess

May 24, 2020 Skip

It really does come down to that – what is your background and what your “hammer” looks like:

Data Point – CDC estimate of COVID-19 / Coronavirus Fatality Rate

May 24, 2020 Skip

But that’s not even the most important part of their latest estimates. It’s the CDC’s new “best estimate” for the case fatality rate amongst symptomatic patients.But, before I got to that, I should note that back in March, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated a 3.4 percent fatality rate and Dr. Anthony Fauci estimated that the fatality rate of … Read more

Notable Quote – Dr. Don Boudreaux

May 24, 2020 Skip

Freedom of exchange and production within a regime of private property rights and freedom of contract harnesses self-interest to the public good. Admiration and endorsement of free markets is not – contrary to much uninformed commentary – admiration and endorsement of greed or materialism. It is, instead, the reflection of an acceptance of the reality … Read more

Palate Cleanser – because who hasn’t strapped a grenade to a propane tank before, right?

May 24, 2020 Skip

Yes, a bit nuts, these two. Sauntering about with chips in a bag… Wonder what the C-level staff at AmeriGas thought about how their products is being used. Hey, does doing this contribute to Global Warming hysteria??? (H/T: Caveman Circus)

Does this mean that Zandra Rice-Hawkins is gonna call me a misogynist again (and again and again)? – Part 2

May 23, 2020 Skip

Yes, the Executive Director of out-of-state-financed Granite State Progress and Concord City Councilor (what a scary thought from a Liberty standpoint of those two positions co-joined at the ankles) Zandra Rice-Hawkins has oft not been enthralled with GraniteGrok. This won’t help as it is strictly politically incorrect – I can see the steam coming out … Read more

Tales from the BudComm – Take down of “my bright idea but paid for by taxpayers”

May 23, 2020 Skip

This should be the last post in this series as my last official meeting was back in January at the Public Hearing for the School District Budget. Officially, I “retired” and did not run for re-election for a fourth term back in March.

Data Point – The “Live Free or Die” State isn’t all that Free w/respect to Coronavirus Restrictions

May 22, 2020 Skip

WELCOME to the 35th State in the Nation! Americans experienced unprecedented restrictions on their everyday life in order to fight the coronavirus, but now most states have partially reopened. In order to determine the states with the fewest coronavirus restrictions, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 11 key metrics. Those … Read more

Data Point – About Wearing Those Masks…

May 22, 2020 Skip

Since Steve has just kicked off the latest GraniteGrok Poll, this time on masks, I thought this was rather interesting especially with all of the COVID Karens, #Maskholes, and Snitchers-in-Chief candidates running around the NH political landscape trying to change our “Live Free or Die” to “Herd Me till I Die.”

Does this mean that Zandra Rice-Hawkins is gonna call me a misogynist again (and again and again)?

May 21, 2020 Skip

Does this mean that Zandra Rice-Hawkins is gonna call me a misogynist again? And again, and again. Big Whoop if she does.

NH State Rep. Sallie Fellows joins Berni-Bro Socialist Volinsky as just another COVID Karen

May 21, 2020 Skip

Jim has his post on L’il Andru Volinsky who has made it clear that he’s one of those contra Live Free or Die folks who is very happy with the Socialist version of “Government over People”. And he makes it clear that under his reign, you VILL vear der mask.

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So Tim Sink ain’t happy with NH protesters that want to reopen the State

May 21, 2020 Skip

I wonder how many of his small biz members either already have or will soon be kaput if re-opening takes two or MORE months to accomplish? Or are they just “collateral damage”? Yet, while many of us are correctly upset that our Constitutional Rights and its values are being rent asunder, a constant theme of … Read more

In which I get pwned

May 21, 2020 Skip

It was yet another post by NH State Rep Tim Lang with an update as to what His Excellency (official title for Gov. Sununu), having had various representatives of the merchant class supplicants come on bended knee to plead their cases as to why Government should allow them to conduct themselves in the public square.

Is WMUR’s Jessica Moran trying to be wingman to NH Snitcher-in-Chief, Mindi Messmer?

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 Skip

I previously wrote about Mindi Messmer who having failed in her run for US Congress is now trying catch a seat on the NH Executive Council. And in doing so, she has no problem in telling people to be Coronavirus Correct and reporting back to HER when people aren’t gloved and masked: