Skip, Author at Granite Grok

“[Teachers] Want Their Activism in the Classroom. They Aren’t Even Hiding It.”

January 23, 2023January 22, 2023 Skip

RedState has a post entitled “A Group of Pennsylvania Teachers Prove It Was Always About Indoctrination, Not Education” (reformatted, emphasis mine): Public schools have become a minefield. Sending your kids to one is a gamble as winding up in the wrong classroom could put them into the clutches of an activist posing as a teacher, … Read more

Palate Cleanser: What a Difference That 36 Years Can Make

January 21, 2023 Skip

Whoever thought we’d end up this way? And I’ll add that the World Economic Forum /Davos people that believe they have the right to tell the rest of us how to live is that they are going to make bugs for us to eat dirt cheap. The only constant in any of this is while … Read more

Another Democrat Bill Placing an Unfunded Mandate on School Districts – Food

January 21, 2023 Skip

Oh, Skip, you’re such a meany – how can you take food out of the mouths of babes in school yards! You want them to go hungry and starve while in school? They can’t learn that way? You know, there was a recent piece on WMUR’s news that Police need more Constitutional training when at … Read more

“New Revenue Stream”; So What’s The Difference Between Democrat Lou D’Allesandro and Newly Minted Republican Senator Tim Lang?

January 21, 2023 Skip

“Reject expanded casino and video lottery gambling as a means to balance the budget or increase spending” That’s from the Republican Party Platform. Guess NH State Senator Tim Lang, in his exuberance of being more than a State Rep, decided to “exercise his muscles” and forgot that Republicans are supposed to be known for a … Read more

Data Point: Warming “Pause” is now 100 months. Only a 0.134 C degree per decade

March 1, 2023January 21, 2023 Skip

The cold weather on both sides of the Atlantic last month seems to have had its effect on temperature, which fell sharply compared with November, lengthening the New Pause to 8 years 4 months, as measured by the satellites designed, built and operated by Dr Roy Spencer and Dr John Christy at the University of … Read more

Notable Quote – It’s Unfortunate That “Spontaneous Order” Isn’t Better Recognized

January 20, 2023 Skip

The first peculiarity of a spontaneous order is that by using its ordering forces (the regularity of the conduct of its members) we can achieve an order of a much more complex set of facts than we could ever by deliberate arrangement, but that, while availing ourselves of this possibility of inducing an order of … Read more

So, Treehugger finally said the Quiet Part Out Loud – Only the Left is Correct on the Issues

January 21, 2023January 20, 2023 Skip

Continuing with my “unstacking” of stuff. Note how the framing is stacked against one side of this argument. And no, this isn’t another Lloyd post:

And We’re Back Here Again because Republicans and NH Gov Chris Sununu Refuse to Honor the NH Constitution: “Period Poverty”

January 20, 2023 Skip

Yes, it’s back. And I thank NH State Rep Jess Edwards for stepping into the fray with his attempt with HB129-FN-LOCAL (and for NH State Rep Judy Aron that attempted to fix the wrong last session) that attempts to “cure” the Unconstitutional Act that became law back in 2019 as it violated Article 28-A. I’m … Read more

Treehugger – Yep, I’m Unstacking Stuff. Treehugger Was against Stoves before They Were against Stoves.

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Skip

I have to admit, again, that I do spend quite a bit of time over at Treehugger “mining” for fodder. Sometimes, too much time because then I can’t decide what to bring back here and there are a lot of times, on a lot of their posts, my comments go in all kinds of directions.

Treehugger: At Least Lloyd Taught Me a New Word – CAVE

January 19, 2023 Skip

Sometimes I spend too much time on Treehugger. Well, after all, it’s sometimes a great place to sharpen my arguments against authoritarianism, eco-socialism, and neo-aristocrats that decided that their Enviro-Nirvana MUST be achieved regardless of what you and I think about their end point and ESPECIALLY how they want to drag us to it. And yes, … Read more

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Teachers: I’m Here to Coach You on Your LGBT Sexuality and We Won’t Tell Mom or Dad and More! – Stack of Stuff #37

January 19, 2023 Skip

Once again, a round up of what teachers and school administrators are doing to your children and ACTIVELY going “shhhh – it’s our secret!”. As always, some reformatting and emphasis mine Parents Sue Hilliard School District over Indoctrination and LGBTQ ‘I’m Here’ Badges The removal of staff-worn LGBTQ badges is being demanded by a number of parents … Read more

Right to Know – How Did Hudson Use Their COVID Money?

January 19, 2023 Skip

A Right to Know put in by a Hudson Resident asking what most of us should be doing more of: WHAT did you use that boatloads of COVID money on? Perfectly executed. In chronological order: From: Terry Stewart <yrrets@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 8:54 AM To: Gary Gasdia <ggasdia@sau81.org> Subject: [PROBABLE SPAM] Right to … Read more

Grok Endorsements for NHGOP Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Regional Vice Chair …

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Skip

It’s getting close to the NH GOP Annual Meeting. This has not gone unnoticed by GraniteGrok. Per our usual practice in races that grab our interest, the authors at GraniteGrok all had the opportunity to vote for various positions.

Skip’s Sauntering Snippets #19 – HB101, NH State Rep Mike Moffet, Primaries, and Operation Chaos

January 18, 2023January 17, 2023 Skip

It’s been a while, but it’s time to start in on some quick thoughts again. Today, it’s about HB101 – the bill submitted by NH State Rep (and Grokster) Mike Moffet and voting in Party Primaries.

Quick Thought – What’s the Ramifications of Building Less/Owning Less?

January 17, 2023 Skip

Yep, Treehugger time again. This time, Lloyd asks the “hoisted on his own architecture petard” question (reformatted, emphasis mine): Can Architects Survive in a World Where We Have to Build Less? The key to green building is to use less stuff. In a recent post on the subject, I quoted engineer Scott Brookes’ answer when asked how … Read more

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OK, So US House Rep Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) is BARELY Smarter Than Her Voters. Otherwise, She’s Right There with Rocks. Is that Enough to Convict Me of “Hate Speech Towards Minorities”?

January 17, 2023 Skip

And I’m betting that bringing up US Rep Hank Johnson’s utterance that putting all the US Military on one end of Guam would make it tip over would be hate speech as well? And don’t get me started on “The Rev. Al” and his race-baiting and all sorts of other well-covered annoyances. And Jackson Lee … Read more

It’s ALWAYS About Democrats Keeping YOUR Money – Law Doesn’t Matter. Bait and Switch, Baby!

January 17, 2023 Skip

Taxpayer Bill of Rights in Colorado was supposed to keep taxpayers safe from ravenous politicians. And the shysters even went along with it – while campaigning. AFTER the campaign, the true colors came out – emphasis mine, reformatted Last year, Colorado Democrats championed TABOR refunds as they campaigned for reelection. Yet not a week into … Read more

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Notable Quote – Crony Capitalism: Both Loved and Berated

January 16, 2023 Skip

There are, of course, business organizations that do benefit from the power to restrict entry and competition. This power, however, is not a function of product differentiation, or of advertising, or of the “technostructure,” or of market concentration, but is a function of explicit favors and privileges obtained from government. The sole source of the … Read more

Data Point – How Secure IS Your Password(s)?

January 16, 2023 Skip

My “regular” formats are in 400+ million to 2 trillion years (rightmost column). And I rotate them. Your’s? (H/T Reddit)

GOP Elitists Joe Sweeney, Joe Alexander and Ross Berry Haven’t Figured Out to Not Help the Democrats Dig a Hole

January 15, 2023 Skip

What a way to NOT provide a contrast. What were these three erstwhile “NH GOP Elitists” thinking? From a tactical and strategic standpoint, none of you should have opened your mouths.