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I can go with a modern sporting rifle over the traditional shotgun being held by dear old Dad. I am enjoying, however, the look of utter despondence and annoyance on the daughter’s face. (H/T: ThrillBlender)
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Someone had this up on Facebook – her answer concerning the Second Amendment from the Citizen Count Survey 2018. So, once again this Representative, who has already shown … Read more
How your State Reps voted May 8: SB193, banning flame retardants for alleged health reasons but allowing those “unhealthy” products in schools or hospitals. Passed. 100% of Democrats voted to Pass. 93% of Republicans voted to Kill. SB205, allowing unelected bureaucrats to raise a hidden tax on electricity without legislative approval. Passed. 99% of Democrats … Read more
This ought to be real interesting – my money is on Greg Moore: Date, Time, and Location DATE: Thursday, May 9 TIME: 7 to 8:30 pm (please arrive early) Location: Iber Holmes Gove Middle School – Cafeteria There is a main parking lot in front. You can just walk in through the front door. Schedule: … Read more
Dear sirs, I am in receipt of the GraniteGrok post penned by Kimberly Morin concerning the kerfuffle over the materials that the Brentwood News used that was put up here at GraniteGrok (here). During the meeting, Turer even attempted to claim that there may be an issue of plagiarism from, of all places, GraniteGrok, because … Read more
He’s hoping that the third time’s the charm. We actually interviewed him back in 2007 while he was at the Margate Hotel for a meeting when he was running back then. Genial kind of fellow – didn’t quite know what to make of bloggers like us back then. Wonder if he’d still be willing to … Read more
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Indeed, we do. Not that we have had need of it in the past… Sidenote: well, maybe one time – when Carol Shea-Porter “stole” one of my images and used it in her campagn ads. Didn’t have the money to sue at the time. …and hopefully have no need to really have on in the … Read more
So the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript emailed with us (and flamed out in a Twitter flame war). The next step was to turn in the other direction and email the League of Women Voters’ Peterborough organizer: On May 3, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Skip <Skip@granitegrok.com> wrote: Dear Ms Coon, I am in receipt of your email missive … Read more
No, not with me (GraniteGrok seems to be stuck in Twitter purgatory over a tweet that only reports actual news over New Zealand’s ban on guns that I refuse to remove) but someone else that has given permission for me to publish their screen captures of their phone “war” with Monadnock Ledger-Transcript’s Ben Conant: First, … Read more
This whole thing just didn’t sit right with us: who was to be reporting, who could take pictures/record the event, limited time to get one’s message out, and a tight-fisted policy of who “owns” the asked questions (and assuming, the unasked ones as well). Transparency much? Certainly, it didn’t seem so when we were tipped … Read more
Most of Europe Is a Lot Poorer than Most of the United States: “Most European countries (including Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium) if they joined the US, would rank among the poorest one-third of US states on a per-capita GDP basis, and the UK, France, Japan and New Zealand would all rank among America’s very … Read more
And that would be the Peterborough Republican Committee. Glad to see that some Republicans “are mad as hell and aren’t gonna take it any more!”. Emphasis mine: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2019 Contact: Chris Maidment peterboroughgop@gmail.com PETERBOROUGH NH Peterborough Republican Committee urges LWVNH and Ledger Transcript to allow video and audio recording at Candidates … Read more
OK, perhaps a bit of hyperbole in that title but we made a difference. And we were only able to make a difference because a reader acted as our eyes and ears and clued us in. And yes, GraniteGrok will now be at the Peterborough League of Women Voters’ Candidate night – at least videoing … Read more
Short takes: GDP: expanded at 3.2% Commerce Department said last week the economy grew by 3.2% in the first quarter on an annualized basis. That was the best start to a year since 2015. The official jobs report for April from the government will be released Friday. Jobs: Private payrolls surge by 275,000 in April, blowing … Read more
There has been a lot of angst from you, GraniteGrok readers, that I have seen both here in comments here on the ‘Grok as well as on Facebook. Most of them surround “where is my State heading? What is happening to the ‘Live Free or Die’ ethos we grew up with (or moved here for)? … Read more
Socialism – where the powerful grow richer. And get “special” considerations. And want special privileges that they then wish to deny others access to. A few more: Pete gets to badmouth Christians (so much for tolerance) Joe thinks Republicans want to put black into chains Kirsten now wants to tax us in order for us … Read more
So, once again, Republican State Sen. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) wants to create another government “insurance policy” in which the many of us that are law abiding and have a dog or two must pay a penalty for bad commercial breeders? What is it with this guy that can’t seemingly leave any marketplace that he spies … Read more
So, is this going on in New Hampshire? Care of the Tax Prof Blog a teacher reports on changes that require students to pay for an online service to pass their classes.
It is clear that the Socialist Government of Venezuela has been tyrannical (as well as slipshod, cronyistic, and can’t manage a lemonade stand, but that’s Socialism in a nut shell). Now we see it truly is. The Chavez / Maduro regimes disarmed their population years ago. The Progressive Democrats are trying to do so now … Read more