We start with a “blast from the past. My screaming match (several years ago) with former Laconia Daily Sun reporter Mike Kitsch over “financial compassion” while I was on my Hamlet’s budget committee. A reprise about our “chat” in a very public parking lot of the Mills Falls hotel that sets up the rest of the post.
As The FITN Republican Primary Approaches, where are the Op-Eds For “Other” Candidates?
GraniteGrok has a full-service woodshed. We’ll take anyone out there and give them a verbal thrashing regardless of political party or lack thereof. Democrats often, Republicans, almost as much. Everyone else, as needed. The Principles are more important.
Vermonters Really Don’t Support State Energy Policy
The Vermont Department of Public Services conducted a poll and a series of focus groups over the summer regarding state energy policy, specifically support for or opposition to using more renewable energy. They just released the 87-page report on what they found out.
Dems Are Mad as Hell – New State Law Requires Election Boards to Be Half Democrat, Half Republican.
The Party of Unity, Civility, and Equity – the self-proclaimed anti-discrimination advocates – has a messaging conflict. North Carolina Republicans just overrode their Dem Governor’s veto of a bill that required election boards to include members of both political parties.
Housing Costs vs Renting
It’s simple. Supply vs Demand, with the Government artificially manipulating the marketplace because it controls the third leg of the housing marketplace – interest rates.
Iran Played Biden Like A Stradivarius
Last month, on September 11, which is as important a day to America as December 7, President Joe Biden released $6 Billion in frozen assets for Iran in exchange for five American hostages held by the evil empire of Iran. Biden bought the freedom of these Americans for $1.2 Billion each and established the market price for hostages in the future.
Not So Pretty in Pink – Contradictions in the Culture War
This may be an ICYMI, but the cultural battlefield being what it is, it seems appropriate to revisit or, in the event this is new to our pages, share it. The clip is short but makes a critical point we’ve visited more than once. The Left’s agenda is once again riddled with hypocrisy.
First, We Caught Public Schools Indoctrinating Our Children, And Now …
Public schools have been indoctrinating our children, and it is our tax dollars that are making this possible. Our own money is being used by those who hate us against us and our children. You know that. You know about the library problem. But did you know this?
Ayatollah Khamenei: We Didn’t Help Hamas But if Isreal Resists Things Will Get Worse
There is much speculation about Iran providing weapons and material support to Hamas. Or is there? Iran’s Mullahs proudly finance the “resistance” against Israel. They send them weapons. Fund their activity. But not this time? Seriously?
Kfar Aza: Tell Those Who Want My Guns To Explain 40 Beheaded Infants
When I lived in California, the gun control lobby was very powerful. And very aggressive. I listened very intently to their arguments as to why I should be denied my Second Amendment rights, but they never really made any sense.
Make The Hamas Induced Palestinian Rubble BOUNCE
They have been under attack by the surrounding Arab countries since the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, but Jews have been under attack for centuries as a people. Most notably under the Third Reich with Adolph Hitler’s genocide of them (the Holocaust).
Hamas Deserves No Sympathy For The Price They Will Pay
Lindsey Graham does not always get it right. Graham often angers the Right by making comments that do not align with Conservative thinking. But when Graham gets passionate about Israel and the attempts by certain factions of the world that want to take her down, you can usually take his comments to the bank-they are gold.
Some Clarity: Groktoberfest is About Funding GraniteGrok to Pay Full-Time Staff to Get us To The Next Level!
We have an event coming up on October 28th, and there is some confusion I’d like to clear up. This is a ‘Grok event; the 603 Alliance is only helping plan and execute the Event. The Event’s sole purpose, besides fun, is to raise money to pay staff to run and grow GraniteGrok.com.
The Israeli “War” Needs To Be Questioned
In a world where narratives are crafted and pushed upon people who just want to live their lives in peace, we suddenly find these recently divided United States uniting around the cries to “stand with Israel.”
Did NH House Minority Leader Matt Wilhelm Let The ‘Domicile’ Cat Out of the Bag?
Every Sunday, the UL’s Landrigan does a “State House Dome” wrap-up. As I scanned through the column, the word “domicile” caught my eye. No, Landrigan didn’t use it extemporarily on his own; he was quoting Dem Minority Leader Matt Wilhelm’s own words.
Israel: Memes and Commentary
As I said in Wednesday’s Meme Overflow, I’m getting enough on Israel – memes and articles plus my desire to add my own comments and references / breaking news – and stuff that’s related – that I’m pulling them out into a standalone post thread. I figure that not everyone is as interested as I am in the situation concerning Israel and to maintain readership of the memes, it’s time to separate them out.
Former CIA Director Calls For Assassination Of Republican Senator
It’s not enough any longer for some on the Left to simply jail their political opponents. Now it’s assassinations. See how fast this is moving? And NOTHING will happen to CIA Director “General” Michael Hayden.
Nashua Library Doubles Down on Promoting Bondage to Kids
I requested that the Nashua Library move the picture book “Grandad’s Pride“, which features an image of half-naked men wearing bondage gear, to the parenting shelf where small kids won’t have access to it without a parent’s permission. My request was denied.
A Year Ago Today One World Leader Apologized for COVID Discrimination
I’d say this is something you don’t hear every day, but a more accurate description is something you’ve only heard once. At least one provincial world leader stepped up to a microphone and apologized for the rampant discrimination during the “pandemic.”
From The Annals of Public Education In Democrat Owned Cities
The takeaway here isn’t that “it’s for the kids.” We hear that every time a school budget comes up or another teacher union contract comes due. It is that IT is for the Union. Period. Full Stop.