This just in: Trump is a vulgar lout.  Oh, wait. We knew that. But at least he’s not Clinton. Oh, wait – we knew that, too.

Every woman inundated with campaign phone calls and palm cards and TV commercials and web ads about how one or the other is better for women ought to be throwing up right about now.

ButButBut the Supreme Court! I know the next President will set the Court’s tone for a generation. I don’t trust Trump to get it right any more than I trust Clinton. Her judgment is manifestly destructive; his is manifestly awful. I cannot kid myself that simply voting not-Hillary is going to save the Republic. After this election, hemlock is going to be the only thing on the menu for SCOTUS watchers.

Unless the Senate does its job, that is. That’s going to mean independent Senators who see both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for who they are, and who owe neither one of them anything. The Senate is going to be a firewall against malice and stupidity and coldblooded calculation by whomever is President.

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Conservative commentator Rachel Alexander exposes an Obama double standard applied to protesters on federal land. Peaceful Ranchers, bad. Violent Environmentalists, good. Jerry Delemus sits in jail. These protesters are exercising their free speech rights. Listen now. (Audio 10 min. 27 sec.)

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How much did elite 1% bankers pay to hear Hillary call Bernie supporters and millennials “a bucket of losers.” (Does that make them deplorable?)

That is what you learn at Wellesley College! At elite schools, students like Hillary Rodham learned to categorize people, with themselves at the top of course.

The last time Hillary mentioned Sanders supporters it was to describe them as basement dwellers.

Recently, she described some Trump supporters as a basket (container) of deplorables.

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Over at Gab.ai, I “gabbed” this (not tweeted – I’m no longer using Twitter):

It seems that lots of stories (the Oct surprises?) are coming out about Trump sexually harrassing women. So he is vilified by the Dems now while Bill Clinton is still revered as a rock store by Dems (well, at least as a minor one) for having done the same things?

Also this: Jonah Goldberg, “Character is Destiny.”

If you’re shocked that Donald Trump was capable of being this much of a pig, you let yourself be deluded. If you’re surprised that the Clinton campaign — or some allied party — found something like this, you willfully chose to live in a fantasyland. If you think there isn’t more of this stuff waiting, you’re doubling down on your delusions and fantasies.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending Trump.  I neither

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Yesterday the Washington Post released audio of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump saying some vulgar things about women that also implied sexual assault. It wasn’t just “potty mouth” language as some Republicans are claiming. Trump actually said he could just grab women and they let him because he’s a star. Of course, he used much different language to describe it.

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Lawrence Schonbrun is a Lawyer working to educate people about Class Action Lawsuit abuse and how the courts and politicians are letting law firms milk generational wealth for themselves at the expense of those they claim to be representing.

*This is something of a programming change. I am going to try to post interviews the day after I do them, then compile them together each week into a single weekly podcast.

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A new theme seems to be popping up at various events around the country.  It is occurring at both political and non-political events.  The new theme that Bill Clinton is a rapist adorns signs and is shouted from protesters. This probably has something to do with  Jaunita Broaddrick not staying quiet about her experience with Bill Clinton, and her claim that Bill Clinton raped her and that Hillary covered up for him.  And that she is not alone. Apparently, a lot of people are starting to come around to her claim and believe her and believe Bill Clinton is, indeed, a rapist. And they are not shy about it.  Check out the sign behind the cast of the Today Show.

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While the media advertises drought and towns take steps to address local water usage we should take a moment to appreciate this chart. Courtesy of the NOAA, the image plots the 24-month average amount of precipitation in New Hampshire for the past 120 years.

Notice anything? Notice a few things?

First, after ten years of sometimes record-setting above average annual rainfall (2003 to 2013), we’ve taken a few years off. And it’s not the first time this has happened.

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I was not happy when politics intruded into one of my favorite sports when Colin Kaepernick decided to inject Black Lives Matter into the game.  As a political junkie, I certainly have discussed much these last 10 years at GraniteGrok. However and unlike Progressives, I don’t bring politics into areas “just because I’m there” – I will wait until someone else does first.  And there are certain times when I keep quiet completely – it’s not my place and that’s how I feel.  If I am watching football, I want to see football – period.  It seems that the NFL management has yet to learn this lesson-in-process (emphasis mine, reformatted):

Now, with the start of this year’s football season, we’ve watched a certain second-string quarterback and social justice warrior lead disrespectful expressions during the national anthem and other players have jumped on the bandwagon, offering the black power salute as well.

Everyday Americans have reacted. Until this year, the NFL’s ratings steadily grew with each passing year. This season, the NFL’s ratings are in a free fall, with ratings already down to 2007-levels. Since the start of this season, ratings have dropped 17% for Sunday Night Football alone, costing broadcasters (and by extension. the league) precious ad revenue. Imagine the league negotiating for the 2017’s season, trying to command this year’s ad rates with 2007’s audience numbers (or 1970s viewership, if current trends continue).

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Not a compelling message is how I ended one of my comments over at, where else, Treehugger at another Katherine Martinko screed about how much she hates meat eating (“Meat-eating is on the rise in the United States“).  Part of it:

In bad news for environmental, health, and animal welfare advocates, the latest numbers show that U.S. meat consumption is on an upswing, thanks to dropping prices.  So much for all those Meatless Mondays. The message that it’s important to cut back on meat is not getting through to Americans, who continue to pound back the pounds of beef, chicken, and pork at an exponential rate.

…It’s hugely frustrating that the ‘go meat-free’ message has largely been ignored. All those documentaries, the books, the online lectures, the op-eds, the campaigns and pledges, etc. haven’t really worked, if meat-eating is on the rise once again.

Oh, it is deary, as we’re bombarded by it with a constant din.  However, we’re flat out ignoring it.  Fine for

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