Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, an award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance and the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, and more (yes, there's more) at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, the Republican Volunteer Coalition, and has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

Maine Added Work Provision for Food Stamps – Guess What Happened?

(Daily Signal) In response to the growth in food stamp dependence, Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, recently established work requirements on recipients who are without dependents and able-bodied. In Maine, all able-bodied adults without dependents in the food stamp program are now required to take a job, participate in training, or perform community service. Job openings … Read more

Trainsgender

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If I Present as a rail line that makes me Trainsgender


LSR 2017-0950 from State Senator Bette Lasky requests “a general fund appropriation for continued project development for the capital rail corridor.” She wants money for another rail study. We’ve had more of those than I care to count.

But Lasky represents Nashua, and Nashua wants someone to pay for another rail study. And Lasky is a Democrat. And Democrats loves them some commuter rail, mostly, I think, for the money they lose and the tax hikes they require. Or maybe Bette is hoping her spur is named the Lasky line, which would make sense. Her mere presence is an opportunity to waste tax dollars just like commuter rail.

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New Hampshire’s Presidential Inaugural Ball

New Hampshire’s Own Presidential Inaugural Ball

Friday, January 20
6:30 p.m.
Grappone Center
70 Constitution Avenue, Concord NH

Master of Ceremonies, Jeff Chidester

with the
B Street Bombers Band
Viewing of D.C. Ball on large screen
Dancing, Great Food, Cash Bar

Sponsored by 603 Alliance
And participating Hosts and Co-Hosts

Tickets –  $75.00 per person

All Proceeds go to Liberty House for Veterans

Make your online reservations here or visit 603Alliance.org
Please reserve early, space is limited
Formal Attire suggested, but not required

Host and Co-Host Opportunities

Reserved Tables for Ten, $1,200
Reserved Seating for Two, $500

See website for details and benefits of hosting.

To arrange a table of Friends, call: Diane Bitter, 603-498-4232 or Fran Wendelboe, 603-381-7988

NOTE: This event is not part of the official events of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Tickets are not tax deductible.

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If You Hate the Electoral College You Can’t Love the UN

In this week’s G-File Jonah Goldberg talks about the UN vs. Israel. There is, as always, lots of good stuff, but when he contrasted liberal outrage over the Electoral College to loving how the UN does things, well… It’s kind of funny. We’ve spent the last six weeks hearing how eeeeeeevill the Electoral College is because … Read more

Welcome to a Revolution

smirking-trumpTrump’s America is no longer putting up with people on the left and is more than happy to use their tactics against them.

Attorney Daniel Goldstein, of Brooklyn, New York, accosted Ivanka on a JetBlue flight from New York to San Francisco on Thursday, reportedly screaming: ‘Why is she on our flight? She should be flying private.’

His husband Matthew Lasner, who was also on the plane, claims Goldstein simply ‘expressed his displeasure in a calm tone’, but the couple and their child were asked to leave the aircraft.

Since then, both Goldstein and Lasner have been branded ‘scum of the earth’, ‘d*****bags,’ ‘political terrorists’ and ‘heterophobic bigots’, while Lasner’s book has been flooded with bad reviews on Amazon.

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Stephen Forster – Just “We The People!”

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By Stephen E. Forster

Four costly years for me AND the taxpayer, wasted. A very expensive exercise in English composition!

This is a “property rights” issue. I wish it were as simple as “it’s your property and you can do what you like on it.” Well, that’s not exactly true. As we relinquish control to our elected/consented land use boards, hourly planning consultants and/or full-time planners, and lack of citizen’s involvement in the laws that are passed, the property owners end up in court fighting for the plain, ordinary and literal meaning of a statute.

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The Voting Dead

To borrow from Skip, Shot: UNITY, N.H. (AP) – A historical society in a New Hampshire has preserved a collection of 19th century town voting records for future study. Chaser: Names that may also be on the November 2016 Checklist as same day voters who signed an affidavit, cast a vote, but can no longer … Read more

New Symbol for Social Justice Warriors

(thepeoplescube) Your community organizers have succeeded in creating a spectacular movement of snowflakes who they hope will one day solidify into an impenetrable iceberg that will sink the Titanic of capitalism. And yet you’re still struggling to create an emblem you could put on your armbands, banners, and social media icons. We hope this design … Read more

Carrie Fisher – Dead at 60

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Carrie Fisher, who had a massive heart attack on a plane 15 minutes out from Los Angeles a few days ago, passed away this morning at 8:55am local time. Fisher is best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars universe, and to many as an author.

Carrie Fisher, the iconic actress who portrayed Princess Leia in the Star Wars series, died Tuesday following a massive heart attack last week. She was 60.

“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” Simon Halls, a spokesperson for Fisher’s family, said in a statement to People.

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USA Today Article Has Ironic Headline

The Manchester paper has several pages inserted daily from USA Today. One of the articles in this morning’s edition is titled “Don’t let platform’s like Amazon own your soul.” My first thought was “Don’t let platforms like the Democrat Party’s own your soul.” This is, after all, USA Today.

Canadian Think Tank Says New Hampshire #1 in Economic Freedom

The Fraser Institute has announced that in 2014, the last year for which data was available, New Hampshire was the most economically free state in the US. It was followed on the list by Florida, Texas, South Dakota and Tennessee. (Watchdog) New Hampshire leads the United States in economic freedom for the second consecutive year, … Read more

Crossy Road

crossyroadI never used to play games on my smartphone until I discovered Crossy Road. This addictive spin on Frogger is fast, fun, and can fill a few seconds or a few thousand seconds, whatever your need.

But before you tap your way to a free copy of this endless arcade hopper I must warn you. My nickname for this game is dammit!

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Granite Grok’s TOP 20 Posts for 2016

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This is the fifth year I’ve done the Top 20 most Commented posts and I’m happy to report two new names in the top five. Scott Morales and Ed Naile bent the most commenters ears in 2016, with Skip and myself taking slots four and five and Kimberly Morin breaks into the list at number 14.

The Top 5 from this year’s crop are all in the top 20 most commented-upon posts ever here at GraniteGrok. The next 9 (6 through 14) are in the top 40 all time. The rest fall into the top 60. That is with nearly 26,500 published posts on this site.

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Hottest Year Ever Update: Snow in the Sahara

We were told to accept that future generations would never see snow in New Hamshire. Maybe they meant the Sahara De…wait. Nevermind. https://twitter.com/MiltonWolfMD/status/811272816280686593  

Borderlessworld

SteynOnline. As recently as a quarter-century ago, Her Britannic Majesty’s Government, in order to contain a domestic emergency, was willing to impose internal travel restrictions within the United Kingdom on those suspected of terrorist associations, in order to prevent some fellows from Newry or West Belfast flying to Manchester or Birmingham and blowing stuff up. … Read more

Democrats: Not Sure What to do Without An Oberführer

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Help me DNC Chair, you’re my only hope…

Mr. Trump will get halfway through his first hundred days before the opposing party mothership has a new Oberführer and the Borg don’t seem to know what to do without one.

“It’s a very serious concern. I just went on TV twice today on Fox and MSNBC on the Cabinet appointments and I winged it,” said Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico governor and 2008 presidential candidate. “You need something right now. Trump every day is doing something outrageous. What do we do?

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Democrat Donor: ‘I’m not putting another f***ing dime in until someone tells me what just happened.’”

And what makes you think you can believe whatever answer they give you? (LI)…in the weeks since, the wealthy Democrats who helped pump over $1 billion into Clinton’s losing effort have been urging their local finance staffers, state party officials, and campaign aides to provide a more thorough explanation of what went wrong. With no dispassionate, … Read more

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