Skip, Author at Granite Grok

Palate Cleanser – What? You want HEAT In the Winter in New England? Weaklings…

February 19, 2023 Skip

Heh! A wee bit a cheeky tweeking from staunch hardcore NE Yankees: It’s a bit different for me now – I used to really love the colder weather and I generally had no problems in going outside in a T-Shirt and shorts to do something active (as long as the wind was no more than … Read more

It’s Not Just Groksters Who Believe Sununu Is “Not the Guy”

February 18, 2023 Skip

Yep, another guy out in the blogosphere that’s fairly adamant that Chris Sununu will not be the next President even as he’s traveling all over the nation faster than an F-22 chasing a Chinese spy balloon.

Jimmy Carter Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash

Breaking News: Former President Jimmy Carter, 98, is Receiving Hospice Care at Home

February 18, 2023 Skip

Jimmy Carter was our 39th President elected in 1976. A former peanut farmer, Georgia State Senator, and Georgia Governor, he was a dark horse within the Democrat Party that campaign. However, he did win the NH First In The Nation Primary that year and we all know that catapulted him to the Presidency. However, he … Read more

Reality Is Starting to Bite HARD on San Francisco’s “Sanctuary City” Proclamation

February 18, 2023 Skip

It’s easy to virtue signal highly when the cost is so low; when the rubber hits the road, however, not so much. Take sanctuary cities run by Democrats (or States or towns or whatever) who have LOUDLY proclaimed that illegal aliens are welcome.

Wokesters Need to Relearn This: REAL Ethnic American Diversity Celebrates Cultures But Gives Everyone “Space”

February 17, 2023 Skip

The two most hated words among the Left’s Wokesters and SJWs are assimilation and tolerance. Come here and be Americans and not just your nationality in a different place.

Palate Cleanser: Ancient Technology? What Does That Make Me?

February 17, 2023February 16, 2023 Skip

And probably many of our readers as well. After all, these two have no idea what a landline is.

Mickey Disney shafting children with LGBT shiv Hot Air

Canada Arrests Catholic Student Espousing Catholic Gender Theology and MORE! – Stack of Stuff #37

February 15, 2023 Skip

There is a dangerous trend going on in the West – the denigration and slow rolling criminalization of Religion expressed by people of faith. While we do have constitutional Rights here in the US, we’ve seen that the Trans-Authoritarianism / LGB / Athesists / Progressive politicians and bureaucrats working hard to put the screws to … Read more

Nikki Haley screenshot Haley presidential website

So, #2 Is in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary: Nikki Haley

February 14, 2023 Skip

Yep, something slipped by me/us yesterday. While there is no dearth of “possibilities” showing up in the media & blogosphere for those that are thinking of declaring to be an actual candidate (e.g., Tim Scott, Ron DeSantis, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Chris Christie, Mike Pompeo, Kristi Noem, Larry Hogan, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, … Read more

Skip’s Sauntering Snippets – #25 – A General Rant about the Current State of Our Climate Apocalypse

February 14, 2023 Skip

Should have put this up as the -19 degree F weather happened two weeks ago, but life marches on. So does the weather. In fact, it has marched on well before me and will after me as well.

So, Chris Sununu Thinks He Can be “President I’m Going To…Not Fight For Your Priorities”?

February 14, 2023February 13, 2023 Skip

It’s one thing to be popular in a single role. It’s quite the other for a different role for which there are far more qualified candidates competing against you. He’ll have to remember these lines that Chris Sununu gave to the Washington Times (emphasis mine):

So Now We Have Bruce Currie’s Answer to My Question: Whose Money Is It FIRST?

February 13, 2023 Skip

Before he got banned for turning into a troll, Bruce Currie (a Bernie-Bro) used to be part of the ‘Grok commenters. I gave him credit for constantly standing up for his Progressive replies but it was clear that he wasn’t going to go that “last step” and answer one of my principle questions when confronting … Read more

Used car sign original Photo by Jim Witkowski on Unsplash

Is It Biden’s Economy or a Redo of the 2007 Financial Bubble – Second Loans on New Cars?

February 13, 2023 Skip

If there are some of you out there that are frustrated that I haven’t returned your emails, the answer is simple – I’m doing this on a backup laptop that doesn’t have my email. My main one went to a local Laconia shop on Thursday and I thought I’d have it back later on in … Read more

Palate Cleanser: And the Canvassing Costs Are Real Cheap, Too!

February 12, 2023 Skip

Those corpses don’t make “X” marks by themselves, after all… (H/T: Powerline)

Notable Quote – The Purpose of Life is NOT to be Spineless

February 13, 2023February 12, 2023 Skip

Emphasis mine:

You see, son, the world is full of people who mistake passion for extremism, confidence for arrogance and drive for selfishness and ambition. No matter who you are or what you do, you will encounter this over and over again.

Beyond The SoundBite Lecture Series – Vivek Ramaswamy Part 4 and Q & A …

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023 Skip

Part 1 here. Parts 2 & 3 here. This post is the conclusion of Vivek’s address to the assembled crowd (standing room only). Very well received and I’ll be reaching out to him for some additional information. Part 4: He also had a long Question and Answer time after sitting in the provided chairs for … Read more

Data Point – Credit Card Usage Soaring.

February 11, 2023 Skip

Emphasis mine: The first three quarters of 2022 have seen a rapid increase in credit card balances, after they contracted sharply during the early part of the COVID pandemic. The chart below depicts the year-over-year percent change in credit card balances—the 15 percent increase seen in the third quarter of 2022 towers over the last … Read more

A Perfect Example of NH Democrats Balefully Showing That Federal Power Outweighs Lawful NH Political Decisions

February 11, 2023 Skip

Well, the Federal Ambassador to NH, Jeanne Shaheen, made a promise to override the lawful decision of the NH Executive Council over its refusal to fund Planned Parenthood.

Progressives Go From “You Shouldn’t Do That” to “We’ll Make Gov’t Make You Do That” in 3 Heartbeats

February 11, 2023 Skip

From my friend John Hawkins (Culturcidal), a post named “Is This Liberal Right That It’s Wrong to Own Pets?“. The relevant part from his post (emphasis mine):

Baby Huey Sununu as dr and Mike Bordes as his hairless cat

Wherein NH State Rep Mike Bordes Goes COVID-Authoritarian Over a ReBuildNH Tweet – and Gets Ratio’d

February 11, 2023February 10, 2023 Skip

His Tweets, now since deleted (probably because of no shame on his part for what he wrote but simply because he got caught) was in responding to this RebuildNH tweet: People try to justify vaccine mandates as “you had a choice”. It’s a mandate and isn’t choice. Don’t pat yourself in the back people because … Read more

Beyond The SoundBite Lecture series – Vivek Ramaswamy Part 2 & 3

February 10, 2023 Skip

Part 1 is here. This past Wednesday night at St. Anselm’s Institute of Politics, Vivek Ramaswamy gave an address to a packed (actually, “standing room”) crowd. I’ll tell you, it was well worth spending the travel time down and back to listen to him. Smooth, problem domain knowledgeable, and spoke from a point of view … Read more