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Steve MacDonald 
We are well into the morning on Christmas Day. Presents opened, coffee or hot chocolate copiously consumed, joy, etc, and I wanted to thank you for the gift of your time and attention. Many of you read GraniteGrok every day. You share the content, praise the authors, and use emails and comments to share your … Read more
There is no denying that what happened at Brown University on December 13th was a tragedy. Two days later, the alleged shooter killed former classmate Nuno F.G. Loureiro, after which he went to a storage shed in Salem, New Hampshire, and committed suicide. That’s the official story given to the press and the public, over … Read more
It’s Christmas Eve, so we’d like to wish you a Memey Christmas. To celebrate, we’ve got memes, not necessarily Christmas memes, because I didn’t get many, but I have a few, and the other memes will get you through. And make sure yo scroll to the end for something…different! . . . . . . … Read more
Matriculating college kids and campus staff have been a reliable vote for the progressive left for decades. Charlie Kirk dared to preach the message of liberty and critical thinking on their propaganda plantations, and someone assassinated him for it. What followed was the ugly left and something of an ideological rupture. “You can’t win, Darth. … Read more
First Circuit “Punches” That Nashole Jim Donhcess in the Face You will be familiar with the numerous instances of the City of Nashua exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. A commoner with a basic understanding of free speech could see it. But the City of Nashua is suffering from the “leadership” of a Machiavellian Narcissistic Psychopath (just … Read more
Welcome to Christmas week, and a handful of days to get your goodies for under the tree. You can still order in time from Amazon, but you may have to get it overnight or second-day delivery. Thanks to my many years of experience in just-in-time and supply chain logistics, given the volume in transit, good … Read more
Is our alliance with the EU still good for America? Since Donald Trump’s election, I have wondered whether (out loud on a few occasions) our alliance with Europe is still good for America. I mean the Brussels crowd. The EU/Davos types. The open-borders, bend the knee to the muslim conqueror types. I have no doubt … Read more
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Southern New Hampshire held a protest/boycott/picket of a local Manchester Bakery Yesterday. Wait. Let me rephrase. They planned one. The Dishon Gluten Free Bakery in Manchester is alleged to be owned by a couple who served the Israeli Defense Force for two years, more than ten years ago. Note to … Read more
The UK’s got problems, but it’s also got progressives, which means two things. They caused it, whatever it is, and their plan to “cure” it will make it worse. That’s not to say there aren’t those within the Labour government or the progressive establishment (or employed by the government) who don’t mean well. The issue … Read more
Hey, did you hear? The alleged Brown University shooting suspect allegedly committed suicide in New Hampshire. We’re just waiting for them to announce that they cremated his body over the weekend, but while we wait, did you know this? The suspect found dead is also a New Hampshire weather headline. If you looked up the … Read more
A few reminders to start. No matter what they say, the alleged problem is the warming that you cause (even though it’s not you). None of their models work (if you want to read a wonky article about one that does, but doesn’t predict climate Armageddon, look here). The entire exercise is about ending free-market … Read more
I say it often, and you can quote me. It’s easy to break things. Fixing them is a lot harder. It takes longer. And while Obama broke stuff, whoever was running the Biden Administration wrecked a lot more. Add to that an unprecedented effort to realign the American economy, fix unfair trade deals, break the … Read more
Christmas is less than a week away, so it is obviously time to look at memes. Lots of memes. I mean, a lot of memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Read more
On Today’s Morning Update, I talked about the failed security footprint at Brown University and gun-free zones. Incompetent or not, the fools dancing around the microphones in the Island of Rhode could have prevented this if someone besides the shooter was armed. It turns out the shooter is alleged to be a former Brown student, … Read more
As I reported, or perhaps opined, on this week’s edition of GrokTALK!, Democrats are talking about affordability around a mouthful of policy objectives that do the opposite. And as noted here, “A Democrat wouldn’t know affordability if it bit them in the ass. Not one thing they propose, have done, or might do makes life … Read more
New Hampshire’s public schools have problems. No matter how much money we pour into them, the results get worse. Money, therefore, mathematically, economically, academically, and scientifically, is not the answer. Money, practically speaking, leads to worse outcomes. This fact aligns two problems in a common solution. Schools are the reason why property taxes are so … Read more
A few years into my now nearly eighteen years in the political blogging trenches, the cultural Marxist wingnuts running the Democrat Party (in my state, in this instance) promoted a bathroom bill. It would permit men who think they are women to use the ladies’ room. It failed, but my initial reporting included what I thought … Read more
As the shopping days till Christmas wane and the list of gifts refuses to get shorter, what better cure for holiday stress than… memes. Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got a meme you want us … Read more
I’m sorry, but I can’t help myself. Democrats dropped a photo of Trump with a bunch of adult women, blocked out their faces, then accused him of getting “caught” in an Epstein photo dump with underage girls. You’ll probably know the details by now—adult women. No Epstein. And Mr. Trump was reported to be a … Read more
One of the Handmaiden Media’s superpowers is its relentless adherence to the narrative. Take Electric Vehicles, for Example. Emma Taggert is reputed to be an economics reporter with The Telegraph, which could mean a lot of things, including that she doesn’t actually know anything about Economics. Not really. Sure, she knows the bronzed white-tower university-approved … Read more