Skip, Author at Granite Grok

So Gov. Sununu appoints an anti-gun high-schooler to be “Guv for a day”?

September 26, 2018May 24, 2018 Skip

Hey, Second Amendment supporters, tell me what the message is from Chris Sununu to y’all for this (reformatted, emphasis mine)?

Student Who Organized Anti-Gun Walkout Chosen To Be ‘Governor for a Day’

New Hampshire’s Republican governor has chosen a student who organized an anti-gun walkout at her high school in March as the winner of his “Governor for a Day” contest. Molly Robert, a senior at Kennett High School in North Conway, New Hampshire, was one of 100 girls in the state to submit essays for the contest. “Robert helped organize an orderly walkout” at her school and was subsequently interviewed on National Public Radio, according to Conway Daily Sun. The newspaper interviewed her by email. She mentioned a meeting she had with the governor, Chris Sununu, about school safety earlier this year.

Long distance calls to Scott Brown were not mentioned in the piece from the New Boston Post. But this was in the Conway Daily Sun:

“He is taking on, single-handedly, a Christian runner group, because, you know – Christians.”

September 26, 2018May 22, 2018 Skip

Or both. That’s from Ed’s post about Kevin Beck, a troll from Boulder who came out of his cave who, after deciding he was the most brilliant of brilliant, just HAD to show us his brilliance here at the ‘Grok.

#FAIL. He just wasn’t fast enough to deal with we Groksters and our equally nimble commenters so he left, head hung in shame.

Anyways, here’s a Press Release about his seemingly next stalking victim (note the criminal complaints filed against Beck (emphasis mine):

Blogline of the Day – well, gosh, who do you think he’s talking about??

September 26, 2018May 22, 2018 Skip

“I’m trying to remember a failed presidential candidate before now who made a second career out of whining about losing an election.” (H/T: Instapundit)

So, Tim Allen is going to try to out do Roseanne?

September 26, 2018May 22, 2018 Skip

Between the two of them, Roseanne’s reboot and the impending reboot of Last Man Standing, I know of two NETWORK shows I may actually watch with some regularity (actually, I did LMS because the writing was always quite good and the chemistry between the talent showed through in that they did like it each other). That said, even with Roseanne coming out as a Trump supporter (quite the thing in Hollywood – most actors and actresses would be blacklisted forthwith), Tim Allen let this fly in talking about his restart:

Let me amplify what Steve said for the Stupid Party that fails to listen to its own base

September 26, 2018May 22, 2018 Skip

Scott Brown, Kelly Ayotte, Walt Haverstein; remember them?

Sometimes, Steve buries the really good stuff at the bottom of his posts – let me haul a good nibblet from his latest post up from the deep (emphasis mine):

So, after Gov. Sununu signs HB1319, which we hear he has promised the local actors for the DC special interest that he intends to do, don’t be surprised when the Republican base and NH Trump voters (most of whom are probably independents) tell Republicans up and down the ticket to go to hell.

Don’t be surprised because you asked, were warned that this would happen, and you ignored the warnings anyway.

At a meeting that nobody went to because it never existed, he and his minions were warned by a number of the extremely influential “influencers” (who weren’t there because there was no meeting) that in no uncertain terms that this WAS a hill THEY were willing to die against. He and his minions were warned – DON’T! These were some of the most vocal, respected, and Trusted voices on the Right here in NH. Has he, and his “Smartest Political People In The Room” minions,

Yes, the Democrats have promised to do just this

September 26, 2018May 22, 2018 Skip

Chief among them is the US House Minority Leader (who may become Speaker again) Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team:

They have promised to roll back the GOP Tax Reform, proving once again that your money is really only a rebate from Democrats – they truly believe that your money should and will be taken from you in support of The Progressive State. One would think that with a message like the hat says would be a complete slam dunk for the GOP but you’d be wrong.

So Grant Bosse is advocating the same for the NH GOP as Obama actually did for immigration?

September 26, 2018May 21, 2018 Skip

Grant is the Editorial Editor for the UL and with his latest missive, he’s both right – and horribly wrong. First for the good part (reformatted, emphasis mine; his editorial after the jump):

Where’s the big tent? NH Republicans hurting themselves

As a Republican’s Republican for the sake of the Republican Party (he leans more GOPe than Liberty) to say that the NH GOP and elected officials are off the rails is quite the stretch (careful Grant or they may revoke your hall pass!). He’s correct in that the NH GOPe Republicans hurt themselves but often doesn’t bring what really ails them to the attention of the general public.

So, Alicia Preston, does this mean that the NH GOP should be FOR Abortion? By your argument, it should be, right?

September 26, 2018May 21, 2018 Skip

Hillary: “Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.”

(H/T: Progressives and The Proper Role of Government – and your subservience to it). That WOULD be your argument if you were intellectually and philosophically honest, Ms. Preston.

Well, if JHo said she wanted a “conversation”, well, no, she didn’t – she either wants the NH GOP to cave on the issue or cement the ties in making the UniParty stronger. Or once again doing her political opportunism schtick. Or all three. Regardless of the number, it all adds up to the same thing – you SHALL subsume your own personal beliefs in serving the Party.

The problem for the Dems is that he really did it!

September 26, 2018May 21, 2018 Skip

RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.) RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book … Read more

Sadly, it’s leaking into the NH GOP: SB 1319

September 26, 2018May 20, 2018 Skip

Kelly Ayotte, Scott Brown, Walt Haverstein – the ‘Grok DOES have a proven track record against those that promote the Democrat Agenda in any way, touts that they were bipartisan to the extent of voting more with Democrats than Republicans, or dissing the TEA Party. You can throw in the GOP Platform Principles and both Constitutions into that mix. There are lesser luminaries as well along the way.

Who is next, I wonder, I wonder?

“Criminals won’t register their guns and shootings will continue”

September 26, 2018May 20, 2018 Skip

BY TERRY STEWART

“They simply aren’t wired to connect the dots to the logical conclusion that no amount of laws will stop evil people from doing evil things….
…for the anti-gun fanatics, shootings are the gift that keeps giving

I’ve known Terry for a few years now as we both served on our hamlet’s Budget Committee. I always found him to be thoughtful and one who did his homework. That said, he’s never been one to suffer a fool on either side of the aisle and in this Letter to the Editor, he hoists one on his own petard. Emphasis mine.

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Isn’t it great when the clowns to the left claim to be “stuck in the middle with you”? They use words like “common sense” and “reasonable” as if there’s no doubt they are. The best part is when they claim they are pro Second Amendment because they own a gun and say that the Second Amendment is about protecting your house, like it’s true. Mr. Vervaeke should go back to school and read the Federalist Papers to find out why the Founding Fathers felt the right to bear arms is important. I hope that he reads what they actually said and not what he’d like it to say. Clearly, advocating for gun registration is exactly what the Founding Fathers didn’t want and preventing such measures is why the Second Amendment exists.

Quick Thought – tell me where in the Private Sector that gets these kinds of “raises”?

September 26, 2018May 20, 2018 Skip

And in this case, it’s always the taxpayer that is taking in the shorts when our elected officials don’t “cherish” (more on Andru Volinsky in an upcoming post) other peoples money. John Cataldo has a great Op-Ed about “sustainability” or rather, how fiscally unsustainable many financial decisions are (emphasis mine):

Roughly 50 percent of city employees are on some kind of step and longevity pay scale. In one year under Yarger-Decker, an employee on the index could receive a step increase at 3 percent, a longevity increase at 2 percent, and a cost of living adjustment (COLA) negotiated at 3 percent. That is a total pay increase of 8 percent in a single given year. Compare that to the increase in spending allowed under the tax cap this year at 1.63 percent, and it is simply not sustainable.

They’re not the ones that have to deal with the aftermath – the union members get their money, the officials get an easier ride to reelection because they didn’t rile up the Special Interest Group better known as unions; they go after taxpayer wallets because WILLIE SUTTON! (er, the guy who famously said “it’s where the money is” when asked why he kept robbing banks).

And they’ve been lusting after them since the 1880s….

September 26, 2018May 19, 2018 Skip

(H/T: Powerline)

Been happening since the 1880s – a foreign attack that has never gone away

September 26, 2018May 19, 2018 Skip

After all, it made them feel better about themselves in lusting after “a higher status in life” than they’d ordinarily have. Still do. They just keep forgetting about what happened when their lifespan of being useful idiots is over (re: The Long March). (H/T: Powerline)

Ammo Grrrll takes apart the always miserable Leftist.

September 26, 2018May 19, 2018 Skip

I put up my own take on the perpetually aggrieved Professor of Gender Studies who, once again, proved that the Left can’t take ANY kind of a joke and has no problem in ruining a senior citizen’s career over her being offended (yep, that kind of a lout). However, she renders judgement on Simona Sharoni in a way that I could not touch (emphasis mine):

In the long forgotten Victorian Era, one had to refer to a chair or piano “leg” as a “limb.” The word “leg” was so triggering to Victorian ladies that they would have to lie down on a fainting couch. Today’s “strong,” “independent” feminists have brought us full circle to where hearing “ladies’ lingerie” is an occasion for virtual fainting. And then A Grievously and Perpetually Offended Woman has to run right off and tattle to Big Daddy Executive Director. That’s one tough cookie of a feminist! In the event of trouble, I want nobody on my team who is rendered limp and “shaken” by the words “ladies’ lingerie.” Or by any mere words.

This great feminist hero, possibly angling for a job on MSNBC, declared AFTER the first round of apologies by Mr. Lebow – which, of course, were inadequate and unacceptable — “I have dedicated my life to confronting sexism and I cannot and will not remain silent when misogyny is in play.” To which I, a not insane woman, would say: “Bite me.”

The definition of insanity is…

September 26, 2018May 19, 2018 Skip

…doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome. Today we saw it proved once again with a side dish of pure Evil (something that the Left cannot acknowledge unless one is white, middle aged (or more), conservative, and Christian). The insanity is this from the Sante Fe, TX Teacher Handbook:

Employees, visitors, and students, including those with a license to carry a handgun, are prohibited from bringing firearms, illegal knives, or other weapons onto school premises or any grounds or building where a school-sponsored activity takes place.”

And amplified in the Student version:

Fireworks of any kind, smoke or stink bombs, or any other pyrotechnic device; a razor, box cutter, chain, or any other object used in a way that threatens or inflicts bodily injury to another person; a ‘look-alike’ weapon; an air gun or BB gun; ammunition; a stun gun; a pocketknife or any other small knife.”

Data Point – US Population by Age and Gender

September 26, 2018May 18, 2018 Skip

And yes, only two genders: (H/T: Business Insider)

Hey, JHo, stop lying – Your “we need a conversation” has been going on since the 60s

September 26, 2018May 18, 2018 Skip

You and Eric Holder (he of the “I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, a nation of cowards” slam against the US) are of the same ilk. Really, do you really think you own the moral high-horse to be telling the rest of us we have to have a conversation (or else!) like what Hillary said?

And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.”

Yeah, this coming from a tax cheat – so much for moral high ground (and cheating a small businessman to boot) and who booted others from the NH GOP Committee simply because they stood up to her (so much for THEIR conversations, eh JHo?):

“What unfolded at the convention completely blindsided us,” Horn said. “We were unaware that there was going to be a challenge or there were any concerns.

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Blogline of the Day – Another day, another politician dissing Normals

September 26, 2018May 18, 2018 Skip

If only we could get the Left to hate Hamas as much as they hate law-abiding citizens who own AR-15s. — Philip Klein (@philipaklein) May 16, 2018 It beats out the title of the actual post: Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Let’s Face It, The NRA Is Just Shy Of Being A Terrorist Organization This is how … Read more

LtE Doodlings – This stands as well today as it did back in 2006

September 26, 2018May 16, 2018 Skip

I’m trying to find some information in the second level basement of my emails – with well over 10GB of emails, there’s a lot of sub-basements to look through. I stumbled across this Letter to the Editor and unfortunately, it rings as true today as it did back in 2006 (reformatted):

Doug Lambert’s column pointed out the differences between those coming here to be Americans and share our responsibilities and those here only to work and benefit from our prosperity. Ms. Morrissette amplified that, only to be taken to task by both Mr. Babcock and Mr. Cracraft. And, both of them missed the nuances and essential points of the discussion.

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