Democrats rubber-stamped a 2.6% pay hike for all Federal workers this week. No conditions. Not related to performance. Good at your job or bad, House Democrats gave you a raise even if you have been disciplined for misconduct. Sexual misconduct, that is. That means sexual harassment, boy.
Without Fossil Fuels Millions of Americans Could Freeze to Death
It’s weeks like this when you learn what ‘cold’ really means. The midwest has seen new record lows all across the region. The kind of cold that only fossil fuels can hold at bay. Assuming you’ve got them in adequate quantities. Which it appears they do not.
If You Hate Toilet Paper, You Will Love Socialism
Ah, the lure of socialism, and all its attached psychopathic political theories. “Socialism is sexy,” says a young fella on a liberal cable show. “MSNBC’s Chris Hayes took to Twitter to lecture us about the “least sexy part of socialism,” adding that it’s grounded in “effective, efficient bureaucratic administration but the project lives or dies … Read more
Hooray House Votes Pay Raises for Federal Employees Disciplined for Sexual Misconduct … Wait What?
Wednesday the House Democratic majority voted to give pay raises to federal employees disciplined for sexual misconduct. They blocked a measure to prevent any federal employee disciplined for sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct from getting a salary increase. #MeToo don’t worry the Dem’s are supporting you… but with friends like that who needs enemies? … Read more
My 8-year old son has [Education] choices where before there was only one option.
Families choose educational options for a variety of reasons. The most common are academic fit and safety. Sometimes there are other reasons why the local public school, even a good one, might not be a good fit for a child. Jodie’s son, Sam, was hit by a car a year ago. Even after he initially … Read more
Unenforced Buffer Zone Law Remains on the Books
The New Hampshire House voted “inexpedient to legislate” this morning on a bill to repeal the buffer zone law giving abortion providers authority to determine access to public property around their facilities. The tally was 228-141 for the ITL motion. See the roll call at this link, noting that since the motion was “inexpedient to … Read more
73% Of Democrats Want a ‘Fresh Face’ for Their 2020 Nominee: So Why Is Biden Still the Favorite?
The latest Rassmussen polls are a mixed bag of contradictions when it comes to Democrat candidates for President. Three out of four Democrats polled say they think the party needs a fresh face for their 2020 nominee. But it won’t be Kamala Harris.
Identity Politics on the NHGOP eBoard
Fair elections (in which everyone has an equal voice) are good. Special carveouts for identity groups are bad. I thought that was what the GOP stood for, but apparently not. The NHGOP’s bylaws stipulate that three specific Republican groups (NH Federation of Republican Women, the Young Republicans, and the College Republicans) are each entitled to a voting … Read more
NH GOP Convention – GrokInterviews: Anne Copp
Last Saturday was the NH GOP 2019 Annual Convention and for the first time in a number of years, GraniteGrok was present and we thank past NH GOP Chair Wayne McDonald for the invite and Joe Sweeney, Comms honcho, for helping us out. I thought we were really set up with all kinds of new … Read more
“Hispanics should..make sure that all their kids are learning to speak English.”
Tom Brokaw made a very successful living off of free speech and freedom of the press. Now he’s apologizing for making perfect sense. While on the air for Meet the Press he said something with which a vast majority of American’s agree. “Hispanics should work harder at assimilation. They ought not to be just codified in … Read more
How Parents Can End Socialism in America’s Schools: School Choice
by Lennie Jarratt and Chris Talgo January 20 marked the beginning of National School Choice Week. This year, more than 40,000 events were held to highlight the benefits of school choice—an important effort considering the abysmal track record of the nation’s public schools and the fact that government schools have a near-monopoly on education. In … Read more
NYC Complains About Menu Prices After Minimum Wage Hits 15.00/Hour (Coming Soon to NH?)
We’ve been reporting periodically on New York Cities Fright for Fifteen. That’s the by-product of the fight for fifteen. An arbitrary Left-Wing wage hike that prices low-skilled labor our of jobs, employers out of business, and customers out of restaurants. The Big Crapple just hit the magic numbers (15.00/hour) and guess what?
With the Polar Vortex hitting NH Tonite, Have Pity on All Those Cold Animals Out in the Wild
Bring them inside and warm them up, please! And as always, please remember that PETA has additional definitions: PETA – People Eating Tasty Animals! (H/T: Powerline)
603 Alliance – GrokInterviews at the 603 Alliance “Thank YOU” event – Kathleen LaBonte
At the 603 Alliance “Thank YOU!” event a week ago this past Saturday in Manchester, I was asked to go around and do a few quick interviews of both 603 Board members, those that assisted during their candidate events, and some candidates as well. Just coming into the building was Kathleen LaBonte – someone I … Read more
Quick Shot: Some House Democrats Want Ocasio-Cortez Primaried in 2020
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC) the nutty socialist socialite, the Neiman Marxist, a working girl who stormed the halls of Congress after defeating an entrenched Democrat, is pissing off her own party. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has infuriated colleagues by aligning with a progressive outside group that’s threatening to primary entrenched Democrats. Now some of those lawmakers are … Read more
Attack on Chartered Public Schools
Educational options are under attack on multiple fronts. Not only are some legislators seeking to completely repeal the Education Tax Credit Scholarship program that supports low-income students, they are trying to make it nearly impossible for chartered public schools to operate. One of these attacks is HB 711, a bill that would gut funding for chartered public schools. … Read more
Getting To Know Members of Antifa
Why we should get to know Antifa? We should get to know the individuals who operate political organizations. What they say is often what attracts us to their organization. What they do reflects their organization, the organizations that associate with them and the individuals who support them and act in concert with them. So let’s … Read more
South Dakota Passes Constitutional Carry – Gov. Says She’ll Sign it!
While New Hampshire Democrats attempt to take new Hampshire backward on the issue, South Dakota is poised to become the 14th State with Constitutional Carry. On Tuesday, the South Dakota state legislature passed a bill allowing for permit-less concealed carrying. The bill now goes to the desk of Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), who has already expressed support for … Read more
If Abortions Are Not Your Core Business Why Would ‘Clinics’ Close if They Can’t Perform Abortions?
How often have we heard the left tell us, emphatically, that abortions are only a small slice of a clinic’s health care pie? Most of their business – they insist – results from providing contraception, screenings, non-abortive services. If that is true then why are litigants in a Louisiana case insisting that if clinics can’t perform abortions they’ll close?