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The banquet hall at the Capitol Plaza & Conference center was nearly full for the 6 pm speaking session featuring counter-woke firebrand Dr. James Lindsay and recent First Amendment champion Nick Merriweather. Drinks and somewhat lively conversation filled the air as concerned parties shared stories and ideas in anticipation of the evening’s presenters. One Burlington … Read more
Note: No, not me this time but from “Vindaloo Bugaboo”, also a frequent commenter at Treehugger who would fit in well here at GraniteGrok. I liked what he wrote at one of TH those posts and asked if he’d “translate” it for GraniteGrok. And no, I had no input in that commenting series as he was doing so splendidly well!
As a child, one of my favorite bedtime stories my mum would read me was the 1974 Scholastic Books classic, “Little Red Hen” by Paul Galdone.
Even with the revising of the State House Districts in Belknap County based on the latest federal census, there are still 18 State Representative seats for the county, although the grouping of towns has changed. Principled, freedom-loving conservative Republicans, who will actually vote Republican if they are elected, are needed for the following state representative … Read more
Depending upon in which circles you run, or chant among burning candles, the term conspiracy theory has no doubt been tossed around. Among most, it has become a pejorative term to dismiss those who voice their distrust in official narratives or reported stories of major world-changing events.
Get-Paid-To (GPT) are websites that pay users in small amounts for the tasks they are given to complete. Users can earn good money from such sites, and the work they are required to do is simple.
I think some Republicans would like baby formula to be the ‘George Floyd’ of the empty shelf crisis. “I can’t eat. I can’t eat.” A systemic supply-chain failure that also hits women and minorities hardest. Something that stirs up the outrage. Shelves are empty but is there a “shortage?”
I wrote this 10 days ago and now we have the baby formula problem to add to the food shortages.
While I understand the importance of protecting our freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, we should be gravely concerned with outrageous energy prices and the “under the radar” war on our food supply.
Americans ought to ask why the Biden Administration is moving to amend International Health Regulations (IHR) to give global unaccountable bureaucrats authority to license the Center for Disease Control to justify detaining American citizens?
Ayup, we’ve been blogging a bit about his skills with people – Steve Tucker, the Curriculum Director reject from the Gilford School District is now, as word has come to me, 3-0 on managing and encouraging his School Principals working at Laconia’s Elementary Schools. Three for three… …he encouraged them to quit. Leave. Vamoose. So … Read more
I should read it more often but I haven’t just yet. This post from there is from February and the numbers that will tilt to make SpaceX a more efficient, more cost-effective, and MUCH faster transport mechanisms have only continued to get better from it. What Brian Wang is postulating is that SpaceX’s StarShip, along … Read more
The alternate title for this post is America First Vs. America Last. There could not be two opinions or philosophies that are more diametrically opposed. Sovereignty Vs. Open Borders. Limited Government Vs. Central Government.
Although I finished my previous post concerning the bad Customer Service experience we had, as well as emailing its contents to the two entities whose dreary jobs must be in handling complaints, late last night, I kinda figured that some kind of contact would be made by now. After all, one (that would be me) … Read more
The year was 1992. It had been thirteen years since college graduation and the newly board-certified Urologic surgeon finally had achieved society’s green light to care for human beings. Thirty years later he had seen much of what the medical world could offer; surviving the journey by relying on his training, continued learning, and a time-tested medical method to solve complicated problems.
Last week, the Grandson had to have a tooth removed (lower front as his permanent tooth had erupted behind that baby tooth) and a couple of cavities filled. TMEW promised him that later on that day, we’d take him to McDonald’s. Well, that didn’t happen as he, like many kids his age, bit his lower … Read more
When Doug and I started GraniteGrok, things were fine and dandy as we were blogging about State and National level issues (for the most part). Then we discovered that wasn’t holding water any more as we found, under the rubric of “What’s happening in our town is happening in yours”, we took a look backwards and saw that we were doing more Gilford politics than not. Figuring that folks might not like that emphasis, we started our first “MicroGrok” (even as we didn’t think of it in that fashion) in starting GilfordGrok. We now announce that it is growing up: LakesRegionGrok.
Supply chain issues are mounting, exacerbated by numerous policy choices going back years, but that’s too much detail. You can’t be expected to understand that. Besides, The Net-Zero Intelligence Left has chosen to blame climate change.
The New Hampshire School Board Association has bailed on its policy JBABA, the transgender guidance proposed to NH districts a few years back, leaving districts facing lawsuits in the lurch. That would be SAU16 (Exeter), SAU37 (Manchester), and SAU73 (Gilford).
I don’t know how many “takes” it took but this ‘mom’ looks like a natural as she gives us a spot-on street reporter news update “Live from outside her son’s bedroom,” on an “Incident at the Olive Garden.”
I am not a fan of outgoing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. She was condescending and arrogant. She lacked credibility for someone who claimed to represent the most transparent administration in history, and her comments were often rebuked. She often gave the impression that she was not the spokesperson but was calling the shots. … Read more
Not too long ago I was sitting in a regular meeting of a regional Republican committee, listening to (mostly older) people talk about how schools have changed over the years — since they were in school, and since their kids were in school. One guy said that when his kids wanted to play baseball or football, he had to pay for their uniforms, help pay for travel, and so on. Someone asked him: