With a little help from the sex workers lobby an effort to toughen penalties for child sex trafficking got benched. “Sex workers” is a fancy term for prostitution, which is illegal in New Hampshire. And a lobbyist for an unlawful activity helped put a bill on hold that would increase the penalty for sex trafficking children.
NH Dems Look to Dump Work Requirement – But New Study Shows Work Requirements (Still) Work
New Hampshire Democrats want to repeal the work requirement for expanded Medicaid. The current law requires able-bodied adults to work at least part-time if they wish to participate. This means that if you are capable of work, you should. It’s good for everyone. People who are able and work – and New Hampshire has a … Read more
Is Planned Parenthood a Monopoly?
What’s going on? American Life League’s (ALL) STOPP program recently released its 2018 Planned Parenthood Facilities Report. The report is its annual survey of all Planned Parenthood (PP) locations in the United States. The report showed a continued decline in the total number of PP locations and a loss of seven surgical abortion centers. To … Read more
Nashua’s Rail Solution Creates More Traffic Not Less
The New Hampshire commuter rail boondoggle (or just ‘rail’) has a long history on these pages. There is very little about it we have not explored. Traffic fits that profile. Before you can ride a train, you need to get to it. That’s a problem for Nashua but they are forging ahead anyway. Start with a 5.2 Million dollar hit.
Introducing Grok Facebook Polls – Into the Breach With a Question About Abortion
We launched a new feature on Facebook today. Facebook polls. They will run for up to a week, and we will then report the results here, along with some of the comments left in their wake. If you are on Facebook you can follow the Grok and participate here. I can tell you we’re already stirring things up a bit.
SDGANH: “Preparing for the Future of Schooling” – Question and Answer time
After both Ian Underwood and NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut were finished with their talks on “Preparing for the Future of Schooling, there was a good half hour time by the audience in asking both questions about their topics and what they are seeing back in their own districts. Part A: Part B:
When Melania Wore White It Was Racist
Remember, a few billion outrages ago when Melania Trump spoke at the RNC convention? She wore white. That was Racist. Just sayin’.
Quick Shot: Gucci pulls ‘blackface sweater’
No, GraniteGrok is not becoming a fashion blog. But when ‘fashion’ collides with left-wing identity politics, twice in one day, we’ll try to be there. And here we are. Gucci has a sensitivity problem. No, it’s not the cut or the fabric it’s the color.
Is There a Problem With Adidas Having an All-White Shoe for Black History Month?
While it sounds tone deaf at first, Adidas had only one pair of white sneakers in a collection of new sports footwear celebrating Black History month. But for some, that was one too many. The sneaker, an all-white Ultraboost, was part of the collection featuring designs inspired by the Harlem Renaissance, an important cultural period primarily during … Read more
MA Senator “Lie Like Liz” Warren is the Keynote Speaker At Upcoming NH Dem Dinner
Elizabeth Warren has spent most of her professional life selling a lie. One that afforded her special consideration to which she had no right. A lie she openly embraced for her professional and political benefit. You’d think that was offensive to a party that lives and dies on the altar of identity politics but not here, in New Hampshire.
SDGANH: “Preparing for the Future of Schooling” – Ian Underwood (Part 4 and the entire speech)
Saturday, 1/19/2019, the School District Governance Association of NH (SDGANH) held a seminar called “Preparing for the Future of Schooling. Change is constant – technological, demographic, economic, and political) and School Board (and Budget Committees) must be aware of these changes and localize these national and State level factors. This video is Part 4 of … Read more
Did Bedford Make a BIG MISTAKE Electing Senator Jeanne Dietsch?
In 2017 parents finally enjoyed a victory for parental rights. Governor Sununu signed an important law that supported informed consent by a parent/guardian before their children could participate in a non-academic survey. What’s so bad about non-academic surveys in our schools? A LOT. Google inappropriate surveys in schools and you will find examples of surveys … Read more
NH GOP Convention – Jay Lucas (Parts 3 & 4)
At last week’s NH GOP Convention, Jay Lucas swung by the GraniteGrok area to yak with us again – again, on his Newport revival project. Given that he had the time, so did we! And yes, at one point given that we were at the NH GOP Convention and he had strolled in, we did … Read more
SDGANH: “Preparing for the Future of Schooling” – NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut (Part 4 and All)
In this seminar, presented by the School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGANH”), the topic of what will schools and education look like in the future was discussed and what school board members need to know NOW about the changes (technological, demographic, economic, and political) that they will be facing and ways to view potential … Read more
SDGANH: “Preparing for the Future of Schooling” – NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut (Part 3)
In this seminar, presented by the School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGANH”), the topic of what will schools and education look like in the future was discussed and what school board members need to know NOW about the changes (technological, demographic, economic, and political) that they will be facing and ways to view potential … Read more
Rat Like Cunning Beats High IQ Every Time
Polarization Our country has become pretty polarized. Some see the split between the folks who are in the entertainment sphere, the journalism sphere; the sort of “high IQ” is sphere, and the people who are actually working the jobs that are actually getting things done across the country, the deplorables. The deplorables voice seems to … Read more
School Choice Defenders Voice Opposition to Repealing the Education Scholarship Tax Credit
In part one of this post, we discussed how ill-informed were the sponsors and advocates for repealing New Hampshire’s Education Scholarship Tax Credit (ETC). This time around we have some words from opponents of repeal bill HB632. Testimony from parents and students (the few who had the opportunity) who shared stories about how the ETC improved … Read more
Is N.H. the Most Abortion-Friendly State?
by Cornerstone
New York’s governor ordered buildings to be illuminated in pink lights on January 22, in celebration of state law he had just signed eliminating most limitations on abortion. Legislators in Virginia and Vermont are ready to follow suit. Think it couldn’t happen in New Hampshire?
The grim fact is that is already has.
Virginia is For Scandals (Or, How To Get A Republican Governor in the Old Dominion)
The pillorying of Ralph Northam was not enough of a distraction. We’ve added two more. First, Virginia’s Lt Gov. Justin Fairfax (Northam’s replacement if he is driven out of office) has been accused of sexual assault. The attack is alleged to have taken place during the 2004 DNC convention in Boston. Then-staffer Fairfax, in the company of a young lady, … Read more
NH GOP Convention – Jay Lucas (Part 2)
At last week’s NH GOP Convention, Jay Lucas swung by the GraniteGrok area to yak with us again – again, on his Newport revival project. Given that he had the time, so did we! And yes, at one point given that we were at the NH GOP Convention and he had strolled in, we did … Read more