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On the same idea that if you put Government in charge of a desert, we’d run out of sand

December 30, 2018 Skip

And in this case, sorta sideways, marijuana. Congratulations, Government of California, you’ve single handedly lowered the demand for it (at least legally). I’m perfectly fine with this outcome for a number of reasons: As opposed to Libertarians who believe that what you put into your body is your business and not the Government’s, as the … Read more

Indeed!

December 30, 2018 Skip

All we hear from the “Government Firsters” is that this 25% shutdown is such a horrible situation (e.g., US Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan) – “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!”). Complete nonsense and rubbish. What this DOES highlight, once again, of how much beyond its Congressional mandates it has grown and taken Powers away from … Read more

Cuomo Declares New York Independence – Wants Gun Control and Green New Deal Future

October 6, 2022December 30, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Let’s call this Trump Derangement Syndrome taken to its logical conclusion. If the President won’t’ saddle the nation with the elites suffocating political-class agenda, we’ll do it ourselves.

We Can’t Balance the Budget But We Can Grow Government

December 30, 2018 Percy Blakeney

What will the new House of Representative bring us? That’s right, and you better believe it. It is called planning to fail. The new U.S. House leadership has big plans for the next two years. More government is better government right? Here’s a preview of what the Democrats intend, besides impeachment hearings, when they take … Read more

Did Grover Just Drop an F-Bomb on Sesame Street?

December 30, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The ears can be very deceiving. If you listen without prejudice it appears obvious that Grover is saying “yes, that sounds like an excellent idea.” But if you tell your mind to hear something else the letter of the day suddenly becomes ‘F.’

Father of Child That Died at the Border Refused Medical Treatment for Son

December 30, 2018 Steve MacDonald

You have probably heard about the child that died on Christmas Eve while in the custody of US border patrol agents. What you may not yet know is that the child’s father refused medical treatment. Following the child’s first discharge from the hospital, both he and the father were put into a temporary holding facility where agents were … Read more

Women’s March Canceled – Too Many White People

December 30, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Local event organizers have a problem. Too many disenfranchised white women. Not enough disenfranchised people of color. But that’s not a blessing. Women’s March organizers in Eureka California are canceling a rally planned for January 19th. Too many white folks.

Federal Asset Forfeiture Program Helps Local Police Steal

December 29, 2018 Steve MacDonald

GtokTV – Michael Boldin from the Tenth Amendment Center explains how Federal Asset Forfeiture rules allow local police departments to thwart state and local restrictions prohibiting the practice of seizing property and charging ‘it’ with a crime.

Trump Threatens to Cut Foreign Aid to Honduras, Guatemala, an El Salvador (again)

December 29, 2018 Steve MacDonald

During family separation week and caravan month, we talked about US foreign aid as leverage to stop mass migrations. Mr. Trump has wielded the language of aid cuts repeatedly. So, to see it again is not surprising.

Democrat Chairman Calls GOP Mentally Ill, Press Yawns

December 29, 2018 Ed Mosca

This: Paranoia is a symptom of various mental illness, such as psychosis. So we have the Chairman of the New Hampshire Democrat Party calling the other party mentally ill. And the reaction of the New Hampshire press? Essentially, a yawn. But can you imagine the reaction if the Chairman of the New Hampshire GOP called … Read more

Keene City Manager Unhappy With Name of New Business – “Pho Keene Great”

December 29, 2018 Steve MacDonald

A well known local enterpruneur in Keene, New Hampshire is stepping up. After running a successful food truck she’s taken her brand and her menu indoors. A full-service restaurant is coming soon that will feature her pho Noodle Soups. But the city isn’t too ‘keen’ on the name. Pho Keene Great.

You WILL be made to care – and this transgender is going to make sure “you care”

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 Skip

Warning – I am breaking Rule #1 – NSFW words in the video that follows. But in this case, it deserves an Alinsky treatment of a sort. ALL kinds of maladjustment and bad LOUD words. “You will be made to care” – the phrase created by Erick Erickson a while ago when the militant gays … Read more

Really, Chuck Schumer, who COULD be against illegal immigration?

December 29, 2018 Skip

The duplicity of Democrats is, well,….er, I no longer have the words other than to say “they just don’t care”. It doesn’t matter to them what they did in the past, only what is in the present political moment, and its impact going forward. They can be both against, for, against, and then again, for … Read more

Our Constitution is the articulation of a set of values

December 29, 2018

America was the freest nation on the earth. She became a fascist nation and is now on its way to becoming a socialist nation. Some argue we have not lost our representative government. It is my fear that we soon will if we do not change. Our government is becoming large enough and powerful enough … Read more

What is the Superintendent in Laconia Hiding?

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 Ann Marie Banfield

I’ve been searching for information on the mental health data collected and shared on students in the Laconia School District. Accessing this information has become challenging, given the responses by the current Superintendent in the district, Brendan Minnihan. One thing is clear from the information that has been provided, mental health data on the students is … Read more

Reminder: Obama, Clinton, and Kerry, Aided in the Rise of ISIS in Syria

December 29, 2018 Steve MacDonald

I’m standing on the shoulders of the Conservative Treehouse (CTH) guys on this. Sharing their work with our readers. Details revisited because the ruling class establishment is bent sideways and backward over Trump’s withdrawal of US troops from Syria. They object and not always respectfully. I have visited the topic a time or two. President sets objective. … Read more

GrokFlashback – February 25th, 2010
(Introducing RU-IR8)

December 28, 2018 Steve MacDonald

I jumped in the way, way, back machine (in internet years) to poke around February 2010. That was the month I started posting at GraniteGrok.com while still writing for NH Insider. I’ve published 9,705 posts at GraniteGrok (9706 if we count this one). I had a few thousand at NHI back in the day. So, there is … Read more

Notable Quote – Tyler Cowen

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 Skip

Market economies and market reforms look better as more weight is placed on the relatively distant future. A free society is better today than a corrupt and totalitarian one. But one hundred years from now, the difference in human welfare and other relevant values will prove far more pronounced. -Tyler Cowen (Stubborn Attachments)

“Freedom from…” is only a phrase that leads to Bigger and more Totalitarian Government

December 28, 2018 Skip

Sidenote: In the image above, what is the difference between that “Soviet Perspective” and what we see from SJWs, eco-socialists, and Progressives? A tactic with most vote pandering politicians will use – “vote for me and I will give you something FREE”. Lately, what has been added to it has been “vote for me and … Read more

John Kasich’s Gun Rights Veto Overridden by Ohio Legislature

December 28, 2018 Steve MacDonald

On Christmas Eve we reported on Governor John Kasich’s veto of some bills including “gun-rights” legislation. Kasich was emphatic in his rejection. “If you think I’m going to sign a bill that gives more power to the gun folks, are you kidding me?” The State Legislature wasn’t kidding when they sent it to his desk. So … Read more