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Question: GraniteGrok Meetups

September 26, 2018July 20, 2018 Skip

BUMPED from July 14th: Reminder, the poll closes on Saturday!

As we try to ramp GraniteGrok to the next level, one of the things being contemplated is doing Meetups – instead of you coming here, we Groksters would come out and meet with you folks. Purpose? Just to yak, talk, converse – you know, share a bit of fellowship. So, I’d like to find out IF our loyal readers think this might be a good idea, and if it might be, where should they be held and how often? Completely ad hoc or with a bit of an agenda? Just yak, or as Steve said, perhaps have a “GrokThink!” component (yes, I will keep you in suspense). As always, I read all the comments. But I do want to do a couple of polls after the jump (if I can figure this thingy out as I’ve never used the plugin that Steve has been using lately) so each poll might get adjusted as I correct mistakes.

OK, first question: how often?

New Hampshire Secretary of State Confused About Voter Fraud, Laws, Words, Election Integrity

September 26, 2018July 20, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Bill Gardner — Image Credit: Daily Caller

The lunacy involving NH permitting illegal, out-of-state voting which has continued because there seems to be a complete misunderstanding of how laws work, and what words mean. I can’t even begin to imagine how people in charge of New Hampshire’s election laws read a court case. There is solid proof they only accept parts of decisions.

Here is an article former newspaper reporter Drew Cline wrote which includes some interesting observations of our election laws – by Secretary of State William Gardner. He claims our election laws permit illegal voting – which is hard to comprehend. The article: September 24. 2014 8:57 PM.

Picking “Internet” Nits…

September 26, 2018July 20, 2018 Steve MacDonald

A legislative committee met to iron out a remedy to the Wayfair Decision. That Supreme Court ruling could require New Hampshire businesses to collect and remit taxes for other states. No one, regardless of party, seems to want that at least and until New Hampshire Democrats find a way to institute a tax they could then try to make other state’s collect.

We’re not there yet and hopefully never will be, but that’s not even why I’m writing this.

Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter Grasps in Desperation for Relevance Before Retiring

September 26, 2018July 20, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Congress has plenty of vestigial structures but were any of them ever as useless as “retiring” lame-duck congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter?

She not only did nothing to protect our children from the national debt she played a part in doubling it. The government not only got further into our bedrooms under her watch they stormed into our doctor’s offices as well. Her commitment to the environment and green energy saw billions shuffled off to cronies or just flushed down the drain through waste fraud and abuse.

Did she do anything useful?

House Democrats Should Change “Mid-Term Slogan” to ‘We Hate You’

September 26, 2018July 19, 2018 Steve MacDonald

A year ago Congressional Democrats rolled out a tagline for the upcoming midterms. ‘A Better Deal.’ For who? In New Hampshire, if we believe the Democrats around here, that amounts to higher taxes and more regulations. So it’s a better deal for Democrats, lobbyists, and special interests who benefit from higher taxes and bigger government.

Seeing as all those things will come at your expense, it’s never going to be a better deal for you, even if you sign up on one of the victim-class club lists posted by the gate, outside the walled pavilion where the progressive slogan-writers and liberal luminaries do the people’s work.

Mueller Finally Indicts Some Russians Who Won’t Send Lawyers To Demand Discovery

September 26, 2018July 19, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Back in March, the House Intelligence Committee issued a “Report On Russian Active Measures,” to the intelligence community. Their findings were ignored or mocked by the media and Democrats. But as Mr. Trump was preparing to meet Mr. Putin, Bob Mueller publicly announced the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officials. Big news claims the media and Democrats. Big news.

Except that it is based on a report the Republican Majority House Intelligence committee released back in March to boos and cat-calls from those applauding Mueller today.

Pine Tree Ramblings – Vol 10

September 26, 2018July 19, 2018 Tom

Leftists (Liberals, Democrats) sure are in a tailspin these days. And it sure is great to see. They pick these whacky, self-proclaimed Socialist bartenders who can’t function though a media interview. They have issue-du-jour Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), where each day brings a new “critical issue”, worthy (in their minds) of impeaching the President: Helsinki, … Read more

Sullivan County Democrat Commissioner “Accidentally” Running for Re-Election as a Republican

September 26, 2018July 19, 2018 Steve MacDonald

This September Republican Primary voters in Sullivan County have to choose between an actual Republican (Jeremy Herrell) and a Democrat (Jeffrey Barrette) who is “accidentally” registered as a Republican in their primary. I kid you not.

Barrette who appears on the Sullivan County Commissioners Page as a “Democrat” (pictured far left) is a Democrat but he says he changed his affiliation to ‘undeclared’ before the 2016 Presidential primary and just forgot to change it back.

Grok Poll Results – Net Neutrality Apocalypse?

September 26, 2018July 19, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The question was “has ending Net Neutrality Has Had A Measurable Impact?” I think the biggest take away from this GrokPoll is that no one really cared. The second takeaway was that those that did answer were unaffected by the repeal of Net Neutrality rules with some affected only by people whining about what effect it … Read more

Established A Presence??

September 26, 2018July 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

What is the most important qualification for voting in the State of New Hampshire? This puzzle has “confused” people for decades. One qualification is being 18 years of age – but then again – lots of people are 18 years of age.

So, there must be something else that would set a group of people above the age of 18 apart from all others when it comes to voting in our state.

Let’s check the first two most important sentences in Part 1 Article 11 of our State Constitution when it comes to voting:

Liberal State’s Sue Because Trump Won’t Let Them “Milk” You To Pay for Their Spending

September 26, 2018July 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

New York, Maryland, Connecticut, and New Jersey are suing the federal government over tax Reform. The suit seeks to overturn the new 10,000.00 dollar limit on Federal deductions for State and Local Taxes. New York Governor Cuomo claims that,

“The federal government is hell-bent on using New York as a piggy bank to pay for corporate tax cuts and I will not stand for it,” said Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Democratic governor.

He’s got it exactly backward.

2018 Campaign Race: CD-1 – Bruce Crochetiere drops out

September 26, 2018July 18, 2018 Skip

According to WMUR, he had put in a quarter of a million into his campaign that started three months ago. I’ve had the chance to talk with him and was looking forward to doing an in-depth interview. His announcement:

“After careful consideration and speaking with my family and campaign team, I have decided to suspend my campaign for Congress, effective immediately. While I know that we are in a strong financial and political position looking ahead to the final two months of the primary, recent developments with both my family and business have caused me to arrive at this difficult – but appropriate – decision.

“I announced my candidacy for Congress on May 1 because I have been so very blessed in my life, giving me a strong desire to serve and give back to the communities and people who have been so good to me.

The Marchand & Molly Show Got Nothing to Say About Record NH Employment

September 26, 2018July 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Last month we reported on New Hampshire breaking new ground on both employment and labor participation in May. June was even better.

Seasonally adjusted estimates for June 2018 placed the number of employed residents at 735,730, an increase of 2,540 from the previous month and an increase of 9,020 from June 2017.

I can’t seem to find any comment from Democrat Gubernatorial candidates Steve Marchand or Molly Kelly about this continued climb into record employment and robust labor force participation absent their apothecary’s inventory of socialist curatives.

“Spend Your Money On Feel Good Policies That Make No Real Difference”

September 26, 2018July 17, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Would it surprise you to hear that banning plastic drinking straws will accomplish nothing? How about this; that 500 million straws a day “fact” everyone is repeating came from a 9-year old kids’ school project. Or, that U.S. straws in the waste stream are a sliver of a fraction of 1% of all the plastic waste the ends up in the ocean.