GrokTALK! May 31,2014 – The Videos

As always, Steve has the podcast video here.

  • Pre-show – Groksters Steve, Mike, and Skip just yak a bit.
  • Segment 1 – Frequent commenter Chris P. Bacon (aka, the “Baconator”) calls into the show and keeps the crew laughing
  • Segment 2 – The gang talks about the news of the Day and Week: Weather / Climate, Reparations, ICE catching Illegal Aliens in Texas but releases them in Arizona, New York and elsewhere, Walt Haverstein, US Senate Republican Primary, Running for NH GOP Delegate
  • Segment 3 – Warner Todd Huston (of PubliusForum, Breitbart, WizBangBlog, et al) comes on to talk about a post he wrote about CCW holders:

“But if you are a concealed carry holder you should ignore these attempts to curtail your rights. If you are legally armed, feel absolutely free to enter and patronize those stores with your firearm no matter what these anti-Constitution store owners want. “

  • Segment 4 – NH State Representative / Chair, Rockingham County Republican Committee Regina Birdsell comes on to talk about her run for NH State Senate in District 19 (Windham, Derry, Hampton)

Pre-Show

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GrokTALK! Live Stream for May 31st, 2014

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NH GOP Annual Meeting – Ruminations: NH State Senate President Chuck Morse

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#NotOneMoore

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Out of 1227 tracked votes only 93 of them were cast counter to the interests of a donor who gave money within 30 days of the vote.

A complete list is on the jump.

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Hey, when your theory about the weather is proven by whatever the weather is, who needs a theory, right? 

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Data Point – States by their iconic restaurant chains

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