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The recent Global Climate Strike saw countless student walkouts as learning was disrupted all over America and the world. Liberal activists were delighted but the hysteria appalled some scholars. Clearly, climate extremists want to dictate public policy, but hopefully, decision-makers will legislate wisely.
“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change culture and save it from itself.” -US Senator Daniel Moynihan I try to read all of the posts put up on GraniteGrok and two of the latest ones, … Read more
What we’ve learned: There was a wedding this morning, where the shooting occurred. The funeral for Minister Garcia was scheduled for after the wedding. A preliminary investigation has shown that this is not a random incident. Guests at the wedding ‘gang’ tackled the shooter. Two people are injured, one of them has been transported to … Read more
The big news this week from the Utopia. To prevent destruction and death PG&E shut down part of the grid. Dry season. Windy days. Cutting power prevents forest fires. California Solar customers who thought they’d have power were surprised to find they don’t. Would you?
Most of us back home have come to see the federal government as dysfunctional. More than a few of us have used the word abusive in talking about the government? Congress is utterly unable to balance the budget. In fact, we have not actually had a budget for 23 years. And Chris Pappas is part of that failure.
A few years back, the Democrat majority New Hampshire legislature strong-armed its caucus into passing “gay marriage.” No, it did not have the votes on the first pass. It failed. A few people took the day, a few flipped, and we were told no one was going to make churches perform them.
If you have a majority of Democrats in charge of something, they are looking to California for inspiration. The left coast is Moonbat Mecca, and this latest attempt at regulation is classic leftist-idiocy.
Lieawatha’s talking points about her life story are crumbling. Warren pushed her Cherokee Indian story until that became untenable. Now we Grok she’s not a Cherokee Indian.
Earlier this year, San Francisco banned the used of the word ‘felon’, among other terms in order to make “everyone” feel “better.” Now, New York City is following suit, according to the New York Post. Not that long ago, New York City banned the term “illegal alien” and promised to fine violators up to $250,000. They’re following … Read more
Being more than 3 weeks old, I’m old enough to remember when John DiStaso from WMUR called me about a fake NH Dems Twitter account. Apparently, someone exercising their free speech rights ticked them off, and it became an ‘MUR news story about how “someone” from the Hillsborough County Republican Committee had set up this … Read more
Sen. Warren is taking Democratic efforts to combat climate change over the top. Lieawatha is releasing a plan to combat “environmental racism.” Now you are probably wondering what environmental racism is. The short answer is ignorance.
The Transportation and Climate Initiative is a “regional collaboration of 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states (to) reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.” It claims New Hampshire as a partner, but that is currently against the law.
Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is preparing to take drastic measures. Gabbard is one of 12 candidates Democrats expect to be on stage next Tuesday for the debate. But does any of that matter given how the DNC conducts its primary?
On October 5th, a story broke, indicating that the so-called Ukraine call whistle-blower was a Democrat who had worked with a past presidential campaign. I asked, what if it was Joe Biden?
“Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” -Hillary Clinton. Robert Francis (culture appropriator of “Beto”) O’Rourke certainly agrees. He’s like a swinging machine gun with Progressive “bullets of infringements” as he struggles for any kind of foot hold … Read more
Empowering Educational Options is a Priority of the US DOE Deputy Secretary Dr. Mick Zais visited New Hampshire on September 30th as guest of the Department of Education and Commissioner Frank Edelblut. He spoke to a large group of educators, administrators, legislators, parents, and family advocates about the US Department of Education’s view of … Read more
Gov. Sununu has been great on guns and the economy. But when he began advancing left-wing culture-war legislation, I made a prediction. He’d get re-elected in 2018, but the Republicans in the legislature might get wiped out. That happened.
This is the second story I’ve stumbled across in as many days in which food prepared according to Islamic Law made the news. Yesterday, we reported on Public Schools in Dearborn Michigan. Today, I found a story about a group of Muslims pushing KFC to embrace halal as well.
Accu Weather reports that Spokane Washington is having the snowiest October in 44 Years. They are also seeing record snowfall in parts of Montana for this early in the season.
To wrap yesterday’s news, explosives were found in a home in Indian Acres, in Hinsdale New Hampshire. The property had been abandoned for 20 years. The new owner was doing some renovation when he came across what appeared to be pipe bombs.