This is something that has been irritating me for a long time, and has now reached the point that it pisses me off. What is ‘this’?
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Dang! I’m Not Going to Have Treehugger as a Foil Any Longer
I received word from Lloyd Alter yesterday that DotDash-Meredith, Treehugger’s corporate head, had decided to “go in a different direction” and has laid off all of the staff and writers.
Quick Thought – Maya Harvey’s Press Gallery at the NH GOP Annual Meeting – a Quick Question
Someone called me last nite a wee bit more than upset saying (paraphrased) “What, the ONE media outlet in NH that truly is all about Republican ideals and philosophy, GraniteGrok, was not allowed at the NH GOP Annual Meeting? How stupid was that?”. Well, we appreciate the sentiment – and we have been Consistently on … Read more
And with NH GOP Big Meetings, Flaws Emerge from the Smaller Ones
There are times that I post something and I get feedback. Other times, they just come in. Given some of the issues encountered during yesterday’s NH GOP Annual Meeting, this came in unbidden. I’ve re-written parts of it to protect the sender to “jumble up” the writing style a bit. If Chris Ager wishes to … Read more
Breaking News: NH GOP Elections (UPDATED with Results)
The new NHGOP Chair is Chris Ager. He immediately announced new committees for outreach:
Of COURSE the NH Municipal Association Was Working Behind The Scenes on an Anti-Right-To-Know Bill
Concord Monitor: “The New Hampshire Municipal Association helped Cahill draft the bill at the request of its members.” This would have been HB1611: AN ACT allowing a public body or agency to charge a fee for costs of retrieving public records under the right-to-know law. And “Cahill” is Newmarket Democrat Michael Cahill (Rockingham District 10) … Read more
Quick Thought: Why is NH Senate Staffer Maya Harvey Controlling the NH GOP Media Invites for Today?
Somebody just called asking if we, too, were not going to be at the NH GOP Annual Meeting where Trump is speaking, which had me asking, “what, you were denied as well?”.
Quick Thought – Ding! Ding! Ding! Commenter Allen Was Right! GraniteGrok Authors Were Not Credentialed For the NH GOP Annual Meeting and Trump’s Speech.
As soon as I had put up Maya Harvey’s press release that Trump was going to be speaking at the NH GOP Annual Meeting where new officers are chosen by the new NH GOP State Committee Members, I put in a request for 5 Groksters to be credentialed. That post was here: “Breaking News – … Read more
Data Point – IQs of Graduates Is Dropping
So, what’s in the water? The failure of academic rigor in the early grades? Social dismissal of “merit” or “achievement” as a social good? Work ethic dropping? Peer pressure not to stand out (you know – EQUITY!!! in which everyone has to be exactly the same?)? (click to embiggen) This is a striking series—the IQ … Read more
Quick Thought: So What Is Government Good For? Treehugger Commenter Would Make a Good Progressive
TreeHugger, either the writers nor the commenters, ever want to discuss what should be a fundamental question within Society: WHAT is the role of Government? So when someone there decides to squeak out an opinion on this, I jump all over it. In a post (“The Comeback of Small Cars and Trucks Is Good for … Read more
Steve Beat Me to the Punch – Another Democrat Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
There used to be a commenter here, whose name I forget but was a Bernie-Bro, that I used to ask one simple question when it came to taxes and Government spending:
Data Point – NH Is Finally Out of Drought
I’ve been watching the Drought status for NH for a number of months. This new fascination was due to WMUR constantly harping that we’re in a terrible situation with respect lack of precipitation. Most of that time, the southern border, especially the south-eastern, was in sever rought. The north was pretty much normal. Most of … Read more
Merrimack County Republican Committee – Vax Victims Resolution to the NH Attorney Genera
NH State Rep Jason Gerhard has proposed a resolution to be voted on at the NHGOP Annual Meeting titled “Resolution for Investigation by New Hampshire Attorney General.”
Data Point – Notice which Price Changes Can Be Associated with Government Meddling in that Marketplace?
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have WINNAHS as they know the answer to the question: Which of these Marketplaces has Government inserting itself? Hospital Services? Think Medicare and Medicaid subsidies. College Tuition? Think Government “loan” subsidies. And College textbooks are in that as well (but they’ve always been expensive). Childcare & nursery school? Think Headstart (whose … Read more
And Microsoft Will Become “This” by Dragging All You XBox Customers with Them – Like It or Not?
Let’s cut to the chase: The company’s environmental impact goals consist of “being a carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste company by 2030.” Fair enough – if you wish to change your operations in support of your internal goals (er, what the heck is “water positive”??), have at it. Train your employees, give them … Read more
Quick Thought – Why Haven’t the Stanford Trustees Asked This Simple Question …
I was flabbergasted at how large that overhead number really is (emphasis mine). “HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: More Employees Than Students at Stanford: Give Each Student a Concierge!
This Has Bothered Me For A While: NO, Patrick H. Wood, “Housing Is Not a Right”
The actual LtE title: Patrick H. Wood: Affordable housing should be a right, not a privilege Sometimes I hang onto things far too long. Like I’ve said in the past, when GraniteGrok first opened up, there were FAR fewer “things” to write about as the pace of such things were: Much slower than they are … Read more
Breaking News – NH GOP Keynote Speaker: President Donald Trump
NHGOP Announces Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 23, 2023 CONTACT: Maya Harvey maya@nhrsc.com Concord, NH – New Hampshire Republican State Committee announces former President Donald J. Trump as Keynote Speaker at 2023 Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 28. Chairman Stephen Stepanek stated: “We are excited to welcome President Trump back to … Read more
A Notable Quote? A “Go Woke, Go Broke”? Blogline of the Day? Or a Lack of Cultural Awareness? Or All Wrapped Into One?
Background: “As previously covered by RedState, M&M’s marketing team decided to take the beloved characters and begin changing up how they act and behave.”
Skip’s Sauntering Snippets – Installment #20 – National Debt
On Jan 19, the US reached it’s national debt ceiling (once again). All you hear from the Democrats (and some Republicans) is that we have to raise it to borrow more money to “protect the full faith and credit of the United States” in paying our bills. And ONLY once, in 2011, was something done … Read more