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Steve MacDonald 
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
Welcome back for more Monday Memes! . . . . . . . . . . . . Please support our advertisers – Thx! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor … Read more
The breadth and depth of the fraud in government programs is the key to winning every debate about cutting the programs that waste all your money. The Dems claimed Republicans wanted to gut Medicare when what they were targeting was fraud. If they are better at messaging, we lose the debate, nothing gets cut, and … Read more
Most of the narratives about working together and being bipartisan come from the bot machines and narrative dinghies on the left. The media pressure and the social media trends are all pressure campaigns to convince Republicans that Americans won’t like them if they behave like Democrats. The left is ruthless. When they have a majority, … Read more
After years of necessarily making everything cost more, hating on fossil fuels, has the net-zero green agenda trap just caught the Left’s new “affordability” narrative mouse by the nose? Always in motion is the future. Wise words from Yoda, but we could just as easily say, always emotion, is the future. It isn’t easy to … Read more
A handful of New Hampshire Republicans put on a show this week. The message? Thank you, Governor Healey, for keeping Taxachusetts, taxachusetts. Mass Fiscal and the New Hampshire lawmakers pointed to a list of 15 taxes implemented in Massachusetts, 12 of which New Hampshire does not have. Those include an income tax, a millionaire’s tax, … Read more
Stanford Researchers wanted to know how the COVID-19 mRNA injections lead to myocarditis. This presumes some things that the medical establishment has been shy about admitting, and some that linger with the researchers and the reporting (link may be paywalled). “As a cardiologist, we get asked all the time, ‘How exactly does [the vaccine cause … Read more
Fifth Circuit Ruling Stands – Government cannot censor speech, but it has no First Amendment obligation to provide it. The US Supreme and Circuit Courts have already answered a question that, by extension, applies to many First Amendment challenges. Mostly progressive plaintiffs continue to argue that defunding NPR or rejecting some titles that are then … Read more
Welcome to Friday, and the Friday meme thing, AND the reality that there are only twelve more shopping days until Christmas! Don’t worry. We’re here to help, and not just with Grok affiliate links to Amazon.com, where you can get still get deals shipped in time for the Big Day! We’ve got (drumroll…) memes! Lots … Read more
Talk about a double tap. We’ve got illegal immigrants committing crimes, Americans most certainly will do, while simultaneously proving there is massive fraud in the Medicaid System. If I recall correctly, before caving, Senate Democrats shut the government down, demanding that taxpayers give up their hard-earned dollars to provide health care to illegals. That was … Read more
Sister Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to impress us with how over her head she is in the role of a United States Supreme Court Justice, so I have to ask. Who clerks for that? She doesn’t understand the Constitution or even grasp the most straightforward concept of separation of powers as it’s defined. Nearly every … Read more