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Last night was the kick-off for the 250th birthday celebration of America. Many are watching with great pride as the military bands and singers take the stage, along with the artists who defied the pressure and came to celebrate their patriotism. There were numerous air force flyovers showcasing some of our incredible air support. There … Read more
TL/DR Synopsis: Back in 1934, there was money to be made in simple vitamins because it was new technology in a new market, and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., an American subsidiary of a European company, acquired the patent rights to synthesize the very first vitamin manufactured-from-scratch in a factory. It was Vitamin C, first sold in … Read more
Way back when Barry Obama created what we still call The Opioid CrisisTM (no mention of that in his Lie-Barry, I’d guess), I said, without reservation, that its purpose was to grow government and bloat budgets. Create a therapy and treatment dependency class (occupational and patient). What we’ve taken to calling a government jobs program. … Read more
This week, on The Independents, Carla Gericke examines the latest revelations surrounding COVID-19, the Wuhan lab leak, and newly released evidence detailing what government officials knew—and when they knew it. Topics include: Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, … Read more
Even a casual observer of America’s political scene can see that the Democratic Socialists of America have become a powerful force in electoral politics, as their candidates are winning one Democratic Party primary after another. This past week saw three more radical leftists winning congressional primaries in New York City, taking down two well-established members of Congress … Read more
Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither vetted nor “fact-checked,” nor to be considered “research,” or taken seriously, nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers, even if they make the Demhorroids irritable and angry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Read more
Author: (sliding into a familiar booth seat) Hey Claude! Did you order coffee yet? (grinning bigly) I’ve got to underscore the importance of us delving into the intricate usage of words by you guys! Claude: (sliding the coffee pot across) Caught that. Guilty as charged—or am I? Those words predate us by centuries. The research … Read more
Today, on the morning update, some students are suing the college over “sexual harassment” policies that are impossible to satisfy and that simultaneously violate their constitutional rights. 00:00 Snarky Introduction to the Pronoun Debate00:43 Pref. Pronouns lawsuit and sexual harassment01:37 A few examples why they’ll lose02:17 Legal Challenges and Free Speech Issues03:04 Pronoun policy suggestions, … Read more
In June 1776, Great Britain and its North American colonies had been fighting for over a year. The Americans desperately needed foreign help, particularly from Great Britain’s principal rival, France. Many members of the Second Continental Congress—the assembly the states had charged with conducting the war—believed France would not help the colonies if their goal … Read more
Click the link and let them know you listened! WFEA Copy: Granite Grok – Steve MacDonald: Major Stories Missed by Corporate Media. Steve MacDonald, from one of the nation’s top online political publications, GraniteGrok, joins The WFEA Morning Update with Jeff Chidester to talk about the top stories that are either under-reported or just not … Read more
I am not sad to see Dan Goldman lose his primary contest and his seat in Congress, but I feel like we have taken another step down the wrong road for America, as Brad Lander, the person who ousted Goldman, is a Socialist. Let’s stop playing games with semantics and drop the Democratic. These people … Read more
“Like a cancer” America was built on a foundation that constitutional violations are a deadly disease. Give government an inch – and they’ll take a few thousand miles, and never stop. And before too long, it’ll get to a place where it’s no longer a Republic, but a long, slow coup. Or, as the Declaration … Read more
While the star-studded A-listers fawned over Barry Obama and everyone spoke eloquently about this or that, and Obama talked about a world where politics wasn’t so contentious (despite being the great divider), a dirty little secret and an open lie went underreported. Jackson Park and the 19-acre “campus” surrounding that ugly-ass building include an Indigenous land acknowledgment. … Read more
July 1, 1776, witnessed one of the most consequential debates in American history. The venue was the floor of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The topic was whether America should declare independence. The principal participants were the passionate John Adams of Massachusetts for the affirmative, and the eloquent John Dickinson of Pennsylvania for the negative. In theory, the … Read more
Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither vetted nor “fact-checked,” nor to be considered “research,” or taken seriously, nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers, even if they make the proglodytes cry like little girls or pitch fits like overstimulated toddlers. Might be some duplicates from Monday … Read more
Democrats suck for lots of reasons, not the least of which is this. Over Father’s Day weekend, 44* people were shot, 7 of them permanently. That’s more than three dozen gunshot wounds over a three-day period, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson took time to express his concern about trans-femicide. 00:00 Introduction and Overview of Current … Read more
For the Democrats, there is no deadline on challenging and rewriting history. They have shown that history to them is not an accurate accounting of events, but an arbitrary storyline that can be modified or edited to match their narrative. The Party that is in total flux and has nearly completed its transformation to the … Read more
Perfectly Breeding Socialists for America’s Grand Finale It has taken over 100 years, but much like the patient radical Islamists, the indoctrination is complete and bearing fruit. You have finally created a generation of Socialists who will band together to finish the task of taking down the evil and oppressive America. I preface this article … Read more
I just read a great piece on Substack about what it’s like to break the chemical addiction cycle of the internet, and specifically, social media. The dopamine loop. The pleasure-pain balance. Interesting stuff. You all likely know by now that when your phone does that little alert thing, be it a beep, tweet, chirp, or … Read more
Unconditional submission” or “resistance by force.” Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, and the Second Continental Congress said those were their two terrible options less than three months after the battles of Lexington and Concord and the “shot heard ‘round the world.” This is the story of the forgotten declaration in which they explained why they fought back. THE … Read more