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Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the Managing Editor and co-owner of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

Is Extreme Jeanne Shaheen Playing Both Sides of the Energy Game?

It has been concluded that the Senate Democrat’s recent global warming  talk-a-thon was just an 11 hour infomercial to peddle their ideological ‘wares’ to “Buying up the US Senate” Hedge-Fund Billionaire Tom Steyer.  Steyer is loaded, and committed to funding acolytes of the Church of Global Warming in the US Senate. If you recall, we …

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Cryans Concedes – Joe Kenney Wins Executive Council District One

Cryans Concedes “A few minutes ago, I left a message for Joe Kenney and wished him the best of luck on the council,” Cryans said in a written statement. “I want to thank him for running a hard-fought campaign, thank all the people who volunteered and supported either of us, and the Burton family for …

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Global Warming DOES Cause Global Cooling…or Something.

—Real Science To date, October-March temperatures are the coldest since 1899 – but they will rise some before the end of the month – and may pass 1912. 77% of the US has been below normal temperature since October 1. Global warming does cause global cooling. It also grows hair, eliminates toenail fungus, It is …

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GrokTALK! – With Senator Joe Kenney – Candidate for NH Executive Council District One (Updated and Bumped)

Editors: Today is election day in many parts of New Hampshire: Please get out and vote. Originally posted 1/21/2014 – Joe’s Interview is in the first 30 minutes of this podcast. Updated Note: The special election is Today, JMarch 11th, so  please share a link or copy of this podcast today wherever you blog, chat, …

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GrokTALK! March 8th, 2014 – L & F Red Meat, The Republican Repair Kit, And Progressive Hate

Pam Tucker joins us as co-host as talk about the passion for liberty on display at CPAC, a much-needed “saleable’ version of the ‘Republican Repair Kit,’ progressive hate for individualism, the shadow BradleyCare casts over the New Hampshire advantage, Progressive government as the Democrats bag man, and more… Listen to Segment One Here Listen or …

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New Low – Democrats Protest 100 Million Dollar Private Donation to NY City Hospital

Democrats ignore the hundreds of millions the Koch brothers give to charity every year, to the arts, and large donations to non-political purposes, preferring to focus on their political giving as a locus around which to organize left-wing hate. That “locus” has dropped to new lows.  Unions, who spend a lot more than the Koch …

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Jeanne Shaheen’s War On Women

The Independent Patient Advisory Board, brought into being by Jeanne Shaheen and Senate Democrats, through ObamaCare, is an unelected 15 member panel empowered to make law.  It is entirely partisan, appointed by the President, and inoculated from Congressional or public scrutiny for the purpose of cutting reimbursements paid by the government for health care. This …

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NH Democrat HCR 10 Calls For A Constitutional Convention To Limit Political Speech

With few exceptions, typically at the very (very) local level Politics is expensive.  That’s why incumbents have a natural advantage.   They already have name recognition.  They are able to use their connections to amass war-chests of cash with which to engage in campaigning.    And campaigning is nothing more than paid political speech.  So to complete …

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GrokTALK! March 8th, 2014 with Pam Tucker, Karen Testerman, and Kevin Avard

This week our guests are NH House Rep and House Republican Alliance Co-Chair Pamela Tucker. Founder of Cornerstone Policy Research and Candidate for the US Senate – Karen Testerman. And former House Rep, and Candidate for the NH State Senate – Kevin Avard. We talk about passion for liberty, crowd sourcing to fund a saleable …

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Prager U – Why Capitalism Works

Prager University Cultural depictions of capitalism, in America, are almost all negative. There’s the Monopoly guy with the top hat and cigar. There’s Gordon Gekko saying, “Greed is good.” And, most recently, there’s the hedonism of the “Wolf of Wall Street”. The message is clear: capitalism is selfish. Socialism, or something like it, is altruistic. …

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