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.

Week 10 Jets v. Bills Grumble…grumble.

I know. I never pushed out a week 9 Pats post. The Redskins hardly seemed worth the effort. As a consolation, who had the overly bright idea of dressing the Jets and Bills like they were Christmas elves in the winter football carnival? If only it were snowing and the cheerleaders were dressed like Reindeer. … Read more

Call Them What They Are…Fascists!

From the Harvard Law Record, Usually, we at Harvard are more than happy to see Yale students make fools of themselves on camera. The video that emerged this week of Yale students screaming down one of their professors might make for a good laugh, if its implications were not quite so serious. It’s a scene … Read more

Kelly Ayotte Went “Washington”

In Part II of our conversation with Bill O’Brien we explore how NH Senator Kelly Ayotte ran as a conservative but quickly demonstrated (once elected) that what “Washington” wants comes before campaign promises, GOP Platforms, or even the US Constitution.  

Kelly Ayotte Went “Washington”

In Part II of our conversation with Bill O’Brien we explore how NH Senator Kelly Ayotte ran as a conservative but quickly demonstrated (once elected) that what “Washington” wants comes before campaign promises, GOP Platforms, or even the US Constitution. The entire podcast is available here. GrokTALK! is a Mobile-Ready Broadcast  

“The people cannot be all, and always, well informed.”

“The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. -Thomas Jefferson

Hillary Clinton Channels Maggie Hassan… Threats of Violence Against Opponents is Funny

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Here we have a ‘Citizen’ (video below). A veteran. He’s mad because Carly Fiorina cut jobs to save a company (while competitors collapsed around her). This just pisses him off. He neither knows nor cares if Fiorina saved tens of thousands of other jobs and a company that would go on to employ people for decades when other tech giants went belly up and unemployed everyone working for them. That’s not the proper narrative but he’s either unaware or doesn’t care. And he’s so mad he wants to strangle her (Fiorina)… and upon hearing this, Hillary Clinton laughs. She laughs.

I am reminded of some Democrats here in New Hampshire, and of one on particular, running for the US Senate, who also think violence against ‘opponents’ is funny.

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Ending Sen. Ayotte’s Republican Reign of Error

Bill O’Brien joins us to talk about last weeks meeting of grassroots activists; they are looking for a single Republican candidate to primary NH Sen. Kelly Ayotte. We discuss why she can’t win the General and how she got here from there–after running in 2010 under the Tea Party banner. The  entire podcast is available … Read more

Ending Sen. Ayotte’s Republican Reign of Error

Bill O’Brien joins us to talk about last weeks meeting of grassroots activists; they are looking for a single Republican candidate to primary NH Sen. Kelly Ayotte. We discuss why she can’t win the General and how she got here from there–after running in 2010 under the Tea Party banner. http://granitegrok.com/GrokTalk/By-Snippets/2015-11-07%20Bill%20O%27Brien.mp3

Mayor Gatsas Survives Recount

By PAUL FEELY and MICHAEL COUSINEAU New Hampshire Union Leader MANCHESTER — Mayor Ted Gatsas emerged victorious from Monday’s 10-hour mayoral election recount, defeating Alderman Joyce Craig by 64 votes to secure a fourth term in office. Gatsas won 10,085 votes to 10,021 for Craig, according to results read by Board of Recount Chairman Alderman … Read more

Leon Rideout – For NH Senate Dist 1

House Rep. Leon Rideout discusses his entry in to the race for the NH State Senate, North Country Issues, and his Democrat opponent. The  entire podcast is available here. GrokTALK! is a Mobile-Ready Broadcast  

IPCC Forecasting Procedure violated 81% of Relevant Forecasting Principles.

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“”Scientific forecasting knowledge has been summarized in the form of principles by 40 leading forecasting researchers and 132 expert reviewers. The principles summarize the evidence on forecasting from 545 studies that in turn drew on many prior studies. Some of the forecasting principles, such as ‘provide full disclosure,’ are common to all scientific fields. The principles are readily available in the Principles of Forecastinghandbook.

We used that knowledge to assess whether the procedures described in the ‘Climate Models and their Evaluation’ chapter of the 2007 IPCC Assessment report amounted to scientific forecasting.

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Tim Wigley – Western Energy Alliance

Tim Wigley from the Western Energy Alliance joins us to talk EPA intrusion, the Clean Power Plan, regulatory impact on jobs and energy costs, and the need to push back against federal land grabs.  

Portland, Maine Rejects Min. Wage Hike to 15.00/Hour

A ballot initiative in Portland Maine to increase the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour failed last Tuesday. What makes this defeat so instructive is that Portland IS the Democrat Mecca of Maine. Forty-seven percent are registered Democrat. Six percent of its voters are members of the Green Party.  In the last election for governor … Read more

GrokTALK! Tim Wigley – Western Energy Alliance

Tim Wigley from the Western Energy Alliance joins us to talk EPA intrusion, the Clean Power Plan, regulatory impact on jobs and energy costs, and the need to push back against federal land grabs. The  entire podcast is available here. GrokTALK! is a Mobile-Ready Broadcast  

‘Fossil Fuel Free’ Challenge

Over at the Western Energy Alliance Web site they offer a simple ‘Fossil Fuel Free’ Challenge for anyone who thinks they get through a day without fossil fuels. Good luck. You’re going to need it.    

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