Slavery reparations, like most topics of conversation that begin from the left, have nothing to do with reimbursing someone for a past ill. Remember, if it doesn’t destroy an institution or accumulated party wealth or power, Democrats have no use for it.

As for slavery, Democrats tried to keep it going as long as possible and – I’ve often argued – keep people of color as vote-slaves trapped on crime-riddled urban plantations with failed schools and little hope for escape. It is their education policy that creates failed schools, their drug policy that makes addicts and overdoses, their crime policy that exacerbates violence against people and property, and the social policy that keeps families fatherless and on the government dole.

If anyone should be paying reparation, it is Democrat politicians, white and black. Instead, they reinvent history to blame others. They then use extortion (Racist!) to get someone else to pay a bill that belonged to them hundreds of years ago and still does today – if reparation were a legitimate issue.

After all, who hasn’t been wronged, and where’s their pound of flesh?

Reparations and QE II’s Funeral

The progs never want to miss an opportunity to spin their angle. In today’s example, Don “I’ve been demoted to daytime” Lemon, using the assumption of increased reach created by the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, asks royal commentator Hilary Fordwich about slavery reparations given all this royal wealth (and the current economic struggles) and gets his ass and his narrative handed to him!

 

CNN’s @DonLemon tells royal commentator Hilary Fordwich the royal family should pay reparations — immediately regrets it pic.twitter.com/LotCfBoAym

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 20, 2022

A local copy of this video is available here.

To borrow from the Guniess guys, Brilliant! GO after the descendants of those African kings, and hey, what about reimbursing the families of those who died trying to end slavery?

And, to add an uncouth American spin. “F**k you, Don Lemon, and the Limo you rode into work on …” with a smile.

It’s a supply chain problem, and Lemon is left… a segue, but not much else to say.

 

 

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That’s the title over at The Daily Wire.  I think it holds very true:

“A leading independent pollster said Saturday that polls might seriously undercount Republican voters in the current political climate.

In a Twitter thread, Trafalgar Group chief pollster Robert C. Cahaly said that President Joe Biden’s recent attacks on so-called “MAGA Republicans” will make polling supporters of former President Donald Trump even harder to poll than in previous years. Cahaly pointed out that in the last two presidential election cycles, name-calling and threats from prominent Democrats contributed to the phenomenon of the “shy Trump voter.” But as the 2022 midterms have begun in earnest, Biden’s escalating rhetoric against Trump supporters, accusing them of embracing “semi-fascism” and being a threat to America, will make these voters even harder to reach in polling.

Deplorable?  Irredeemable?  And now it is domestic terrorist, extremist, out of the mainstream. You know, the same shop-worn tactic by the Left (re: National School Board, Joe Biden, Citizens for Belknap, other Democrats); the words MAY change, but the intent is to make Republicans undesirable to the general electorate.

For years I participated in every poll that came in – even to the point of engaging with some of the poll takers (and some were willing to “talk beyond the questions).  This cycle?

A nice “no thank you” and a click.  I don’t want to waste my time or take polls that have been structured to be deceptive (yes, I’ve taken enough of them to know) to show results that don’t reflect the electorate.

Sorry, but they’ve brought this situation upon themselves. And I REALLY hate the robocall ones that give you no chance to “bug off!”.

 

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Today, the beginning of autumn, 2022, is an appropriate time to look back. I believe we are in extreme trouble; in fact, some sort of world collapse may be at hand. The following discussion is pitched at anyone who cares but lacks the time to research the particulars.

We want to thank Mary Maxwell for this Op-Ed Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

I have a background in sociobiology, and always see things from a human-nature perspective. Let me lay it out in simple terms, in seven parts.

Part One — The Distant Past

Once upon a time there was a human species that lived in connection with the plants and animals in its habitat. The cycle of life was as it is today, birth, youth, finding a partner, reproducing, getting old, and dying. A 24-hour day included, then and now, walking around, finding water and food, talking to others, learning some skills, acquiring property, and so forth. At night, sleeping for around 8 hours.

Before there was agriculture, humans developed ways to hunt animals. When they did so in male groups, they acquired a bent for teamwork — which is seen also in team sports. The females were inclined to build the nest and raise children, as well as keep the family fed by gathering fruit. After it was discovered that seeds could be planted to guarantee crops, the nomadic way of life gave way to settlements.

From early days, clans or tribes split up and went their way. On subsequently meeting each other, they sometimes had to compete for resources. From crude weapons such as sticks and stones, many means of conquest eventuated. This is important throughout history. Individuals cling to their group because it is a source of identity and belonging, but also for security and survival. Outsiders have no ‘rights’ — they can be killed.

Morality and law are human universals; that is, these appear in every culture. But there’s always the urge to sneak out of morality’s demands where possible. Humans, like some other animals, have an instinct for deception. They try to get what they can by bluff or by lying, hence there are rules against this.

It has been noted by evolutionary psychologists that self-deception, too, is natural. People believe what it suits them to believe. If you are really good at believing the lies you are purveying, you will do a sincere-looking job of it, and you won’t feel guilt.

Part Two — Civilization

Now let’s jump across eons to the period known as civilization, which started maybe 3,000 years BCE — before the common era. The common era, CE, means the one from which most people now date the calendar. We used to say BC (“before Christ”) and AD (“anno domino” — Year of Our Lord).

Civilization means sufficiently dense living in which not everyone farms — there is a division of labor with many specialty trades and positions. The oldest civilizations include Mesopotamian ones such as Sumer (in today’s Iraq), and Chinese and Indian ones. These all had writing. China had the infrastructure of irrigation. By 500 BCE, there existed the great religions that became worldwide.

Empires came about when a leader, such as Alexandre the Great of Persia (today’s Iran), conquered territory beyond that of his own ethnic group. The Mongol empire in China was the largest. The Roman Empire is best known to us, and its religion, the Catholic church, is still running.

Thanks to Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar,” we have a personal sense of the problems that beset high-up leaders. Caesar was a general in the Roman empire and was supposed to say outside Italy, as the Roman leaders knew that a man with troops, even ‘our’ troops, was a threat to the status quo.

In 49 BCE, Caesar disobeyed and crossed the Rubicon. He intended to become a dictator, and he did so. But five years later, in 44 BCE, his buddies Brutus and Antony (of Cleopatra fame) did him in. This led to Caesar’s dying remark, “Et Tu, Brute” — as in “Oh no, not you, you bastard!” Really, he should have known; just as he wanted to be top dog, so did others. A palace coup is not uncommon.

The Roman Empire grew and grew. Why? It may be because of what is called the Hobbesian dilemma — you may not want to take action, but you know that if you don’t, your rival will. Caesar’s offspring got as far as the British Isles in their drive to capture the land. Eventually, Britain started its own empire in the 1500s to the point where “the sun never set” on it.

Part Three — Inventing a Cold War

In my lifetime (1947 to present), I have discovered that much of reported history is a lie, so I must be cautious when talking of the ancient period or the Middle Ages. But roughly speaking, it does seem that many tribes wandered into the European landscape and became the nations we know as Poland, Italy, Germany, France, and so forth.

As kids, we were taught that William of Normandy (France) conquered England in 1066. We were not taught, however, that the kings of England, therefore, spoke French for the next 400 years, as that idea “goes against the grain.” And naturally, we did not bother to think of the history of Asia, Africa, or the pre-modern Americas.

Come to think of it, the ability of a people, in this case, my people, to picture the world from a narrow perspective is quite something. My “visual” of Europe, when I was in elementary school in the 1950s, and even when I was a Ph.D. student in the 1980s, consisted of a continent that had an iron curtain down its middle.

On one side was democracy and on the other was totalitarianism. The good and the bad. This made for a Cold War, which we were stupid enough to think was real. It was not real. It was presented to us to keep us from thinking about the real reality. Both sides, the capitalist nations and the Commies, were answering to a mutual boss. Their actions, even ones appearing to be hostile, were coordinated from the top.

I assume that today we Americans are being given a Mini Cold War that consists of Trumpers versus Bideners. So long as people talk about it as if it were real, it seems real. We are asked to modify our own behavior to suit the needs of the play-off between those parties. Think back to our evolving years when we had only sticks and stones. The very same emotions undergird a fight today. It’s instinct. But it’s pathetic, and we should grow up.

Part Four — Losing Our Moorings

I have already hinted that someone up there coordinates nations and does it secretly. They want to run a global empire. We can see their operations. I venture that their main concern is to prevent people noticing them, as they would not survive getting outed.

This concern has led the globalists, since the early 20th century, if not earlier, to disturb people’s lives by disturbing their normal routines. Consider a utopian book written by HG Wells in 1928, entitled “The Open Conspiracy.” It celebrates bringing an end to nation and religion as if that were a desirable goal. But it would be disastrous as humans are built to respond to their tribe and to a divine ruler.

There has also been a move to undo the family. Plato had already recommended it in 300BCE, and Israel’s kibbutz movement of the early 1900s designed a collective rearing of children. Later, in the 1900s, it seems that moves were made not openly but indirectly to prevent marriage. One such way, in the US, was to offer financial support to women who produced babies out of wedlock. Another method of attack is that TV shows teach kids to have low respect for their parents.

It’s not only the removal of peoples’ strengths (nation, religion, family) that the globalists desire. They have seen the possibility of managing a worldwide economy. This allows them to get many helpers for their schemes, insofar as great profit can be made — individuals who have become invested in this do not want to lose their advantage.

I reckon the pursuit of efficiency, too, is a natural drive in itself — bright minds don’t want to stop partway when they notice how to do things more efficiently. Additionally, as Max Weber noted, bureaucracy has a drive to perpetuate itself — everything gets reduced to a system of rules, some irrational. This was seen in a New Yorker cartoon of two men stranded on a desert island. One says to the other, “Did you get my memo on conches?”

Part Five — Values and Principles

Values are biologically given. A simple animal, even a microscopic one, may have moisture as its main value. It needs water and will migrate towards it. A small mammal may value warmth; it must avoid freezing. Various species of primates value social contact, and social doings. People’s values include possessions, approval by neighbors, and a chance to have fun.

Thus, you could say that what one values is the same as what one desires. Still, for humans, ‘values’ has some additional aspect to them. We value, with extra strength, a shared social habit. Scots value frugality, Sudanis value education, and young people (at the moment) value getting tattooed. Members of an environmentalist organization value every tree. It’s as though participating in one’s cultural themes or group themes adds to one’s stature and worthiness. (I am not aware of the physiology involved here, but it does engage the emotions.)

Americans value their principles. A principle is something of value that has come about via rationality and logic. The Bill of Rights was thought up as a list of what a tyrant wants to do, to which we (the Founding Fathers) said, “Fergit it.”

Principles are also found in the maxims of law. Two examples: Malus usus est abolendus — An evil custom should be abandoned. Quod necessitas cogit, excusat — That which nature compels she excuses. Law itself is rational. It emerges when people have a need to decide what is right and wrong and how to punish those who act unsociably.

I said above, referencing HG Wells, that some persons aim, openly or secretly, to kill off a society’s vital components, such as the family, the nation, or religion. Today they are killing off values and law. I can see it happening before my very eyes. The main perpetrators of this are the MSM — the mainstream media, and schools.

Part Six — Making War

As already noted, groups compete for resources, and empires compete so as not to be outdone. All individuals are born with a double standard of morality: we want to be good to our group and helpful to allies, but we want to be as bad as possible to any enemy.

Once a leader calls for war, men will readily fight, even at the risk of death. This included scenarios, soon after gunpowder was invented, in which row upon row of men would step forward on the battlefield to kill each other. But there has also been, for millennia, the study of strategy. This includes ambush, smoking the enemy out, starving him, or using guerilla tactics.

I mean, therefore, to say that war is natural. But it’s also possible for some people to create a war in which it is necessary to dupe one’s soldiers into fighting. That is, the advertised cause of the war is fraudulent.

Three shocking motivations for persons to create an unjustified war have been discussed in our lifetime. First is the chance to make money, such as by selling armaments (to one’s own side, or to both sides!). Second is a leader’s desire to win popularity by being seen to have acted valiantly. The third motivation is to keep one’s own population busy and distracted so that they don’t rise up against their ruler.

Orwell presented that third one as a book within his book “1984,”; supposedly written by a dissident named Emanuel Goldstein. In fact, Goldstein said the powerful keep soldiers occupied with ever-changing wars (between “Oceana” and “East Asia”) for the purpose of using up funds and thus preventing people from getting luxury goods.

The second one, about a leader being motivated to start a war to gain domestic admiration, was bandied about when Margaret Thatcher set out to “defend the Falklands” in 1982. The problem was also outlined at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787, where the Framers of the Constitution gave it as a reason to make Congress, not the president, the declarer of war.

The first item, the profit to be gained by weapons manufacturers, is widely understood today to be a likely cause of many wars. President Eisenhower warned against a takeover of government by the military-industrial complex. After the Covid pandemic, some have expanded it to the military-industrial-pharmaceutical complex. It’s also said that bankers have a motivation to lend money to governments for war-making.

We should not be so stupid as to fall for all the deceptions that send soldiers off to die. But a big stumbling block is the fact that soldiers are praised for valor and for making sacrifices “for our freedoms” even when a war is but a lark for some of the aforementioned players. It is utter sacrilege to say that the soldiers are mercenaries — even when they plainly are.

Part Seven — The Power of Impunity

Most humans have a conscience. Conscience is apparently innate — a person feels a painful humiliation when caught sinning. That’s an emotion, and emotions are deployed by chemicals in the brain. Guilt and shame must have evolved so that society could keep its members in check.

Today, many persons who are high up in society don’t have a conscience. This is unbalancing everything. I can’t help noticing that the public is very reluctant to step in and order the punishment of bad people at the top. It’s like we are in a trance.

The authors of the 1776 Declaration of Independence noted that “Experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”

That is, we practice impunity. Impunity is the failure to punish.

For the last two years, we have been in an openly revealed genocide — a genocide of the human race. Some people fought it — Tanzania’s president John Magufuli comes to mind; he was apparently “dispensed to Eternity” for his trouble. Most individuals calculate their immediate interest and stay quiet.

You have to decide now whether your survival is worth risking death. You have to see if there are creative ways to punish the guilty or at least halt their activities. The human species is known for its creativity…

Be encouraged. The success of the guilty ones, thus far, is impressive, but theirs is most likely a house of cards.

 

 

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Well, I’ve fallen behind on this.  I THOUGHT that I had posted about my RSA 91A demand for GAC Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s emails. After all, he hasn’t resigned (although power-mad Commissioner Doug Lambert keeps holding to the false hope that he did); all Strang said (on video) were the conditions under which he would resign but the Belknap County Delegation never met them, so he hasn’t.  Just like when Doug Lambert (of DGF Industrial) and Jade Wood (NH GOP Area 5 Vice-Chair) promised to resign if the Belknap Delegation didn’t met THEIR demands – and then chickened out (hubris power play and hypocrisy).  But I digress without even making it out of the first paragraph but it is pertinent later on.

I had put in an RSA 91:A demand for Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s emails from his official GAC supplied email account as I knew that several things had transpired within that part of NH Government that would be interesting to me and other citizens. After all, the GAC IS a Government Entity and no less luminary than Commissioner Doug Lambert confirmed it in discussing that Gunstock Mountain Resort doesn’t pay NH Business Enterprise Taxes nor NH Business Profit Taxes. Thus, ALL of Commissioner Strang’s emails are legally Government records and subject to RSA 91A demands. So, at the end of August, I sent one in:

—— Original Message ——
From: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To: “Jade L. Wood” <JWood@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “dstrang@gunstockcommissioners.org” <dstrang@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “Douglas Lambert” <dlambert@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “Dconroy@gunstockcommissioners.org” <Dconroy@gunstockcommissioners.org>
Sent: 8/30/2022 9:19:42 AM
Subject: RSA 91A demand – Inbound and outbound emails from Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s official Gunstock Area Commission email account

Commissioners,

Please find, attached to this email, a Right To Know demand for all of Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s emails from February 1, 2020 through August 30, 2022 (end of day).  It is reproduced below.

Kindest regards,

-Skip

Skip Murphy
Co-Founder, co-owner
GraniteGrok.com | Skip@GraniteGrok.com
Dominating the political Bandwidth in New Hampshire

 

Pursuant to the Right to Know Law (RSA. 91-A:4 (I) ), I am demanding access, within 5 business days, to the below enumerated governmental records. Otherwise, if this cannot be fulfilled that mandated window per RSA 91-A, please advise when the Responsive Records will be made available.

This request is for any emails involving Gunstock Area Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s official Gunstock Area Commissioner email account for the time period of February 1, 2022 through August 30, 2022 (end of day):

• Individual inbound and outbound emails to/from the email account(s) provided to Dr. David Strang part of his time being a Gunstock Area Commissioner.

The information for each responsive record shall include:

• TO fields, FROM fields – all addresses
• CC fields, BCC fields – all addresses
• DATE fields
• SUBJECT field
• The Body of the email itself
• Any and all attachments of any email message having such

Per RSA 91-A:4 IV(c) If you deny any portion of this request, please cite the specific exemption used to justify the denial to make each record, or part thereof, unavailable for inspection along with a brief explanation of how the exemption applies to the information withheld.

As you are aware, in 2016, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that a governmental body in possession of records is required to produce them in electronic media using standard common file formats: Green v. SAU #55, 168 N.H. 796, 801 (2016). Unless there is some reason that it is not reasonably practical to produce such, explain why it is not practical to comply.

Please also note, per RSA 91-A:4 III, III-a, and III-b, you are required to maintain the safety and accessibility of such responsive records. This also includes such responsive records (e.g., emails) which may have been deleted from respective Inboxes but are still available on the applicable email server or in your / email host backup system(s).

Please let me know when these records will be sent to me for inspection. You may email the responsive records to me at Skip@GraniteGrok.com. If the volume turns out to be substantial, I have already set up a Dropbox folder to use in uploading those responsive records.

Thank you for your lawful attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Skip Murphy
GraniteGrok.com

And the first of a pattern begins:

From: Skip <Skip@granitegrok.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2022 3:28 PM
To: Jade L. Wood <JWood@gunstockcommissioners.org>; David Strang <DStrang@gunstockcommissioners.org>; Douglas Lambert <dlambert@GunstockCommissioners.org>; Denise Conroy <DConroy@GunstockCommissioners.org>
Subject: Re: RSA 91A demand – Inbound and outbound emails from Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s official Gunstock Area Commission email account
Good afternoon,

I have not received a response on my request on 8/30; RSA 91A mandates a response within 5 business days.  I will add that my other RSA 91A, also sent on August 30, was received and responded to by Cathy White on September 2 and I consider that closed.

What is the status concerning Commissioner Strang’s email Right To Know?

-Skip

Skip Murphy
Founder, co-owner
GraniteGrok.com | Skip@GraniteGrok.com

Stall.  Emphasis mine:

—— Original Message ——
From: “Douglas Lambert” <dlambert@gunstockcommissioners.org>
To: “Jade L. Wood” <JWood@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “Denise Conroy” <DConroy@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
Cc: “‘Tom Day'” <TDay@gunstock.com>; “‘Cathy White'” <CWhite@gunstock.com>
Sent: 9/8/2022 3:37:36 PM
Subject: Re: RSA 91A demand – Inbound and outbound emails from Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s official Gunstock Area Commission email account

Could you please re-send that particular request?

I thought all had been addressed. I do note several times you have claimed that you had not received things that had been sent. Perhaps you are getting many emails and it was lost in the shuffle- it happens to many of us. But please re-send it and I will look into it.

Not sure what you are talking about regarding the Strang “email Right to Know”

Perhaps you should send that directly to him. His resignation was accepted August 1st and he is no longer on the commission.

Doug Lambert
Chair, GAC

He’s not stupid – and not very transparent anymore (likeI’ve said, I miss the old Doug . And no, I didn’t get a bounceback so the email went through). But I decided to humor the humorless. Again, emphasis mine:

—— Original Message ——
From: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To: “Douglas Lambert” <dlambert@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “Jade L. Wood” <JWood@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “Denise Conroy” <DConroy@gunstockcommissioners.org>
Cc: “‘Tom Day'” <TDay@gunstock.com>; “‘Cathy White'” <CWhite@gunstock.com>
Sent: 9/8/2022 4:06:09 PM
Subject: Re[2]: RSA 91A demand – Inbound and outbound emails from Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s official Gunstock Area Commission email account

Commissioner Lambert,

Please find attached to this email my Right To Know demand for Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s emails. Please also find my original email with that Right To Know at the bottom of this thread.

Actually, in this post, above.

This Right To Know is not concerned with Dr. Strang’s status of whether he is or is not a Commissioner – that may be decided tomorrow in court.

The court date was pushed out – Strang’s hearing concerning Commissioner status will take place in October. Regardless, he has not resigned and Commissioner Lambert has about as much evidence to the contrary as he does his own resignation letter that he was “folding and unfolding” waiting for his 5pm drop dead time in trying to force the Belknap Delegation to remove Strang by that time.  If he was intellectually honest, he’d admit to that.  But he hasn’t.

However, that is all irrelevant.  I’ve demanded emails of past govt employees and never had an issue in getting such from most govt bodies.  So even though Commissioner Lambert knows all this, I decided to repeat The Law:

Regardless of that status, his emails (both inbound or outbound) are still considered to be valid  government records under the color of Law and thus, subject to RSA 91A strictures.  Like this one:

91-A:4 Minutes and Records Available for Public Inspection. –

III. Each public body or agency shall keep and maintain all governmental records in its custody at its regular office or place of business in an accessible place and, if there is no such office or place of business, the governmental records pertaining to such public body or agency shall be kept in an office of the political subdivision in which such public body or agency is located or, in the case of a state agency, in an office designated by the secretary of state.

III-a. Governmental records created or maintained in electronic form shall be kept and maintained for the same retention or archival periods as their paper counterparts. Governmental records in electronic form kept and maintained beyond the applicable retention or archival period shall remain accessible and available in accordance with RSA 91-A:4, III. Methods that may be used to keep and maintain governmental records in electronic form may include, but are not limited to, copying to microfilm or paper or to durable electronic media using standard or common file formats.

To this point of “electronic form”, the physical location doesn’t matter; onsite or outsourced to some provider (such as Microsoft 365), they are still subject to RSA 91A demands. I feel quite sure in stating that paper records belonging to Gunstock Mountain Resort are kept longer than even three months.

Kindest regards,

-Skip

Skip Murphy
Founder, co-owner
GraniteGrok.com | Skip@GraniteGrok.com
Dominating the political Bandwidth in New Hampshire

There’s more emails on this issue to be put up but this is long enough.  Just know that his stalling tactic went to the next plateau in his next email.

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If you are all in on the zero emissions fantasy or the mythology of the green utopia, what will it take to convince you that the people you have allowed to lead it have so entirely f****d it up that it can never happen?

And when will the god-forsaken media warn people about the consequences and impending failure?

 

• We do not have the physical material even to approach the promises of the politicians pushing this agenda.
• Most available deposits of necessary rare earth metals are in the hands of people who wish us ill or would happily choose them over a weak America.
• Most of the manufacturing of the components needed occurs in China (offshoring emissions not eliminating them).
• America needs to export trillions of dollars to these enemies and their proxies to obtain the material or goods of which there is not enough.
• As such, our “enemies” will have a choke hold on our economy, industry, agriculture, currency, development, and military.
• The mining, processing, and manufacture – especially in these other countries – will do more environmental harm than any good imagined by the end products (there is no such thing as zero emissions).

 

This project is doomed to fail, and I find it hard to believe that the people pushing it do not understand this. That means they are lying to you about their true intentions, and any media that has not explored these issues is complicit in the fraud and the deception. A problem to which we can now add this.

Related: Biden’s Electric Car Bugaloo – The Single Point of Failure Theory

 

Sulfur in the form of sulfuric acid is a crucial part of our modern industrial society. It is required for the production of phosphorus fertiliser and manufacturing lightweight electric motors and high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Today over 80% of the global sulfur supply comes from desulfurisation of fossil fuels to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas. Decarbonisation of the global economy to deal with climate change will greatly reduce the production of fossil fuels. This will create a shortfall in the annual supply of sulfuric acid of between 100 and 320 million tonnes by 2040. Unless action is taken to reduce the need for sulfuric acid, a massive increase in environmentally damaging mining will be required to fill this resource demand.

 

Long story short: The goal of ending fossil fuels (once again) makes the so-called goal of zero emissions impossible and exponentially more expensive, directing even more money, resources, and energy at a dead end.

Related: Trying to Replace Fossil Fuels With Solar Will Require Burning a Sh!tload of Coal

How is that not an excellent description of Government in general and run by Democrats more specifically?

The research paper linked goes into great detail, all with what I take as an expectation that reducing GHG emissions is a good thing. The authors are not opposed to the idea. But it concerns them that there is no consideration for the consequences or any clear plan to replace something without which modern life is impossible.

The obvious fix, which they explore, is to physically mine it, but, as they point out, it contradicts the stated goal of a cleaner world. “Unless action is taken to reduce the need for sulfuric acid, a massive increase in environmentally damaging mining will be required to fill this resource demand.” How damaging? And why would the green elites care?

Related: Electric Cars Are Worse For The Environment (Hah Ha!)

An exponential increase in mining is already needed for rare earth metals, whose extraction, delivery, and processing cost in carbonization not only erase any perception of green gain from the finished product but takes us backward. To this, we must add mining sulfur.

 

More immediately, the sulfur shortfall could be offset by expanding mining of sulfides and elemental sulfur, but at large environmental costs. This could include both conventional mining of sulfur deposits and the Frasch mining process that extracts elemental sulfur from salt domes or bedded evaporite deposits by injecting super-heated water into the deposits (Ober, 2002). This will create environmental problems, such as air, soil, and water pollution, and human rights issues …mining wastes containing sulfide minerals (Chopard et al., 2019) that can acidify local surface and ground waters and increase the levels of numerous toxic elements (As, Bi, Co, Hg, Ni, Tl, Sb, Se, etc.).

 

There may be solutions if you believe emissions (CO2 or other) require reduction, but less of everything appears to be the endgame no one dares admit. We’re already on the cusp of less electricity, heating fuels, and food.

Sulfur is also a critical component of fertilizer. Deliberately cutting off the supply by reducing the refining of fossil fuels and then hijacking what sulfur is left or mined to advance meaningless green tech will significantly impact food production and cost (food security). And yes, the poor and developing nations (primarily people of color) will be hit hardest.

Is the corporate media interested in the story yet?

 

 

 

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Since the Dobbs decision began the restoration of federalism by holding “EACH STATE” shall decide its right to life (abortion) policy, the most important social issue confronting our society is the aggressive promotion of the evil of transgenderism.

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So many in the media, educational and medical establishments, and among our elected public officials are unwilling to speak out against this diabolical perversion of our children.

I well remember the movie “Village of the Damned.” Briefly, a mass psychosis overtakes the children and results in their destruction.

While this movie was science fiction at the time, like so many themes of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Ray Bradbury, the horrors of their stories are currently being visited on the most defenseless among us by those who pretend to be educators, faux Doctors of Philosophy and pseudo-medical professionals who have perverted their Oaths.

Silence in the face of baby murder (abortion up to and after birth) and promotion of childhood transgenderism is complicity. Remember, the innocent fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah were turned to salt when they disobeyed Yahweh’s order.

The first step is to reclaim our English language from the devious among us. Our society has become a Tower of Babel where the natural beauty of the English language has been converted to the perverted: think “ rainbow.”

The second step is to understand and admit the goal of transgenderism is the destruction of the parental relationship with their children and Western Civilization. Transgenderism is a tool of the Demolitioncrats’ “Great Reset.” Its success depends on our silence and intimidation and the support of the “woke elites,” including the media, educators, medical professionals, and especially the Demolitioncrats whose goal is to make us their slaves.

God help our children and grandchildren if we chicken out.

 

 

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This morning I headed to Belknap Superior Court. Mr. Peterson had filed for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to halt the illegally called Belknap County Delegation/Convention meeting by State Rep Harry Bean.

Sidenote: who, by the way, I met going into the courthouse. He asked if I had called him “a F****** idiot”. My reply was simple: no, as I don’t swear.  I did tell him that what I HAVE called him is a lawbreaker as he still will not acknowledge that RSA 91A cannot be commingled with RSA 24-9 in trying to call that Aug 1 meeting (he was not the Chair before the meeting, required by RSA 91A for a “2-day notice” for an emergency meeting. RSA 24:9-d he did have the required quorum to call the meeting but that requires a SEVEN-day advance notice when the legislature is not in session. He WAS the Chair after the meeting.).  He called me a liar.  Then said that GraniteGrok should be called GraniteCrock (heh! So original, eh?).

It’s clear that our years-long friendship is over because of his support for the results that the Democrat-based Citizens for Belknap PAC has desired – and disassociating from those that refused to give in to the “re-election fearmongering” that was ginned up. As a result, a number of his former friends lost in the Primary.  I think my count is now up to six or seven people that he’s now dropped as friends but that was part of the CfB political plan in the first place – sow dissension to make it easier to cull “undesirables”.  Hey, it happens in politics. I do wonder what he’s going to do, however, that if in this next round of CfB’s election endorsements, he ends up like Gregg Hough. Remember that CfB marked him for political elimination in the Primary as his usefulness to them was over. He lost and as one of Harry’s former friends noted, his prophetic words to Hough beforehand was “I Told You So”.  And so it was – might it happen again?

But I digress…

The TRO, when it was filed was denied but a hearing was scheduled for this morning (kinda moot as the Delegation has subsequently met to reaffirm its decisions).  There’s much more on that meeting on GraniteGrok to the Nth degree on this and I’m not going to repeat it here.

Unfortunately, the hearing itself did not go well for Mr. Peterson; I wish he had called me for some help (even though I’m not a lawyer) in formulating his argument. While the Judge did not rule from the bench, I’m not willing to take bets on the outcome.

A wee-bit “fish-eye effect but I wanted all the participants in one view instead of panning back and forth.

However, Gunstock Area Commission Commissioner Dr. David Strang’s lawsuit against the GAC is coming up and that may well address the same issue(s) that this should have but from a different perspective.

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Not so long ago, after the Parental Bill of Rights was narrowly defeated in the legislature, I suggested that instead of trying to use politics to change a failed system, parents should just pull their kids out of the public schools.

If you’re still not convinced that this is the right thing to do, consider the recent ruling by Hillsborough Superior Court Judge Amy Messer, who says that you don’t have the right, as a parent, to say what pronouns your child will use in school.

I’m not saying that pronouns are all that important in the grand scheme of things.  Someday we’ll look back on statements like ‘My pronouns are e/em/eir’  the way we now look back at clothing from the 1970s — with a mixture of amazement and embarrassment.

I am saying that if schools are going to court to defend the power to remove parents from this kind of decision, one has to wonder what other kinds of decisions they are making without the knowledge, let alone the consent, of parents.

You can fight this one battle at a time, in an arena where the rules can change at any moment because words don’t really mean anything, and if you do, you can expect the kinds of results that the plaintiff got in this suit.

Or you can just do what you should be doing anyway, which is taking responsibility for the upbringing of your kids — teaching them your values, taking advantage of the ocean of low-cost, high-quality educational opportunities that now surround us, integrating them into society instead of isolating them from society, and so on.

Trying to get your child an education by reforming the whole public school system is like trying to cover the world in leather to avoid stepping on stones.  It’s simpler to wear shoes.

Every year, there are new and better options for working families who realize that for their own children, public schools are less likely to provide an opportunity than they are to impose an opportunity cost.  Get to know some homeschooling parents in your area, and find out what you’re missing.

I guarantee that you’ll be amazed.

 

 

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Given that the election has already occurred, I can only say that someone with an extremely loose grip on the Law and Reality didn’t make it past the Primary. Yes, David Hershey melted in the heat of the race and came in fourth in a three-person race in Alton/Barnstead.

Before the election, I wrote about a Hershey (who is running for the NH House in the Republican Primary from Alton/Barnstead) and his wife who decided to persuade the Belknap County Administrator on 9/6 to support and vote for HB1397. That would be David, his wife Debra, and BC Admin Deb Shackett. I gave Hershey’s missive to Shackett a fine and rather thorough fisking, which you can read there (I’m not going to repeat it here).

The next part of the story is as interesting as that email is both hilarious, misinformed, and sad.  What was Belknap County Administrator Deb Shackett’s response? Well, she should have known better (emphasis mine):

From: Debra A. Shackett <dshackett@belknapcounty.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 3:29 PM
To: Barbara Comtois <bcomtois2016@gmail.com>; Dawn Johnson <dawnjohnsoninthehouse@gmail.com>; Douglas Trottier <trottierfornhstaterep@gmail.com>; Glen Aldrich <glenaldrich@gmail.com>; Gregg Hough <gregghough2020@gmail.com>; Harry Bean <froggytouttaint@aol.com>; Jonathan Mackie <jon@clearwatercampground.com>; Juliet Harvey-Bolia <jharveybolia@gmail.com>; Michael Sylvia <mike@mikesylvia.org>; Mike Bordes <mikebordes@gmail.com>; Norman J Silber <njs@silbersnh.com>; Paul Terry <revpaul51@verizon.net>; Peter Varney <pvarney@atsnh.com>; Richard Littlefield <proudreplaconia22@gmail.com>; Tim Lang <tlang@thelangs.us>; Tom Ploszaj <tom.ploszaj@gmail.com>; Travis O’Hara <travis.oas@gmail.com>
Subject: FW: Gunstock Mountain Resort – For the Taxpayers

Forwarding as requested.

Like I said earlier, Hershey was either too lazy or too stupid to look it up himself.  Nice for Shackett to use their PERSONAL addresses instead of their NH House legislative email addresses.

Oopsies – forwarding Hershey’s electorial obsessed email? That’s against the Law and when you send stuff to a Legislator that both served on the Elections Committee in the NH House AND is a lawyer, well, that old phrase of “Decisions have Consequences” comes into play (again, emphasis mine):

From: Norman J Silber
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 10:13 PM
To: Debra A. Shackett <dshackett@belknapcounty.org>; Barbara Comtois <bcomtois2016@gmail.com>; Dawn Johnson <dawnjohnsoninthehouse@gmail.com>; Douglas Trottier <trottierfornhstaterep@gmail.com>; Glen Aldrich <glenaldrich@gmail.com>; Gregg Hough <gregghough2020@gmail.com>; Harry Bean <froggytouttaint@aol.com>; Jonathan Mackie <jon@clearwatercampground.com>; Juliet Harvey-Bolia <jharveybolia@gmail.com>; Michael Sylvia <mike@mikesylvia.org>; Mike Bordes <mikebordes@gmail.com>; Paul Terry <revpaul51@verizon.net>; Peter Varney <pvarney@atsnh.com>; Richard Littlefield <proudreplaconia22@gmail.com>; Tim Lang <tlang@thelangs.us>; Tom Ploszaj <tom.ploszaj@gmail.com>; Travis O’Hara <travis.oas@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Gunstock Mountain Resort – For the Taxpayers
To County Administrator Debra A. Shackett-

Your distribution of the below email is an outrageous, flagrant and blatant violation of the following law:

659:44-a Electioneering by Public Employees. –
I. No public employee, as defined in RSA 273-A:1, IX, shall electioneer while in the performance of his or her official duties.
II. No public employee shall use government property or equipment, including, but not to, telephones, facsimile machines, vehicles, and computers, for electioneering.
III. For the purposes of this section, “electioneer” means to act in any way specifically designed to influence the vote of a voter on any question or office.
IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

As a longtime public employee, you should know better.  Thus, this matter will be sent as a formal complaint against you to the NH Department of Justice.

Any individual wishing to contact members of the Delegation about any political matter can easily find the individual email addresses of the representatives comprising the Delegation, and there is absolutely no need or e4xcuse [sic] for something like the piece from the Hersheys to be forwarded using the County email system.  It is against the law.

Your disregard of the law seems to imply that if virtually anyone wants to advocate for or against any candidate or bill all they need to do is ask you to forward their email advocacy piece to the members of the Delegation.  But it is still against the law for you to use the county email system to further their aims.

And, of course, the legislation mentioned in the Hershey piece already died in the last session., which any reasonably competent person could easily determine with some simple research.

Norm Silber
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Belknap County District 2- Gilford & Meredith
Chair, Belknap County Republican Committee
Member of the New Hampshire Bar & The Florida Bar
243 Mountain Drive
Gilford, New Hampshire 03249-6764

Remember, while the Constitution is meant to be a fence that protects US against THEM (in the Government), so do these kinds of Laws. Government should NEVER be a Special Interest Group politicking on its own behalf.

Sidenote: Like Gunstock Mountain Resort GM and President Tom Day using Gunstock/taxpayer money to contribute to the campaign of sitting Governor Chris Sununu’s re-election campaign. And I have news on that front as well – but for another post.

It seems, however, that while politicians and bureaucrats can use the Law as a whip against us (re: the rapidly vaporizing FBI raid on Trump’s home), they do not feel compelled to follow the law either (right, Harry Bean, Gregg Hough)?

So this post is not the last in what now seems to be turning into a series.  There’s more chuckleheadness ahead!

From: Mike Bordes <mikebordes@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 10:16 PM
To: Norman J Silber <njs@silbersnh.com>
Cc: Debra A. Shackett <dshackett@belknapcounty.org>; Barbara Comtois <bcomtois2016@gmail.com>; Dawn Johnson <dawnjohnsoninthehouse@gmail.com>; Douglas Trottier <trottierfornhstaterep@gmail.com>; Glen Aldrich <glenaldrich@gmail.com>; Gregg Hough <gregghough2020@gmail.com>; Harry Bean <froggytouttaint@aol.com>; Jonathan Mackie <jon@clearwatercampground.com>; Juliet Harvey-Bolia <jharveybolia@gmail.com>; Michael Sylvia <mike@mikesylvia.org>; Paul Terry <revpaul51@verizon.net>; Peter Varney <pvarney@atsnh.com>; Richard Littlefield <proudreplaconia22@gmail.com>; Tim Lang <tlang@thelangs.us>; Tom Ploszaj <tom.ploszaj@gmail.com>; Travis O’Hara <travis.oas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Gunstock Mountain Resort – For the Taxpayers

She was simply forwarding correspondence from a concerned Belknap resident!!

Mike Bordes

and

From: Juliet Harvey-Bolia <jharveybolia@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 10:03 AM
To: Mike Bordes <mikebordes@gmail.com>
Cc: Barbara Comtois <bcomtois2016@gmail.com>; Dawn Johnson <dawnjohnsoninthehouse@gmail.com>; Debra A. Shackett <dshackett@belknapcounty.org>; Douglas Trottier <trottierfornhstaterep@gmail.com>; Glen Aldrich <glenaldrich@gmail.com>; Gregg Hough <gregghough2020@gmail.com>; Harry Bean <froggytouttaint@aol.com>; Jonathan Mackie <jon@clearwatercampground.com>; Michael Sylvia <mike@mikesylvia.org>; Norman J Silber <njs@silbersnh.com>; Paul Terry <revpaul51@verizon.net>; Peter Varney <pvarney@atsnh.com>; Richard Littlefield <proudreplaconia22@gmail.com>; Tim Lang <tlang@thelangs.us>; Tom Ploszaj <tom.ploszaj@gmail.com>; Travis O’Hara <travis.oas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Gunstock Mountain Resort – For the Taxpayers

Distribution of correspondence is not electioneering. Ask the town admin or planning board clerk of any town.

Yeah, no Mike Bordes or Juliet Harvey-Bolia.  It’s breaking the Law. As Norm pointed out, it’s not what you think, it’s what the Law SAYS.  Let me repeat:

II. No public employee shall use government property or equipment, including, but not to, telephones, facsimile machines, vehicles, and computers, for electioneering.
III. For the purposes of this section, “electioneer” means to act in any way specifically designed to influence the vote of a voter on any question or office.
IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any government official, using government property, in forwarding a politically oriented email meant to affect an election, is electioneering and is breaking the Law. Hershey’s email was electioneering against Norm Silber.  By forwarding his email as requested, she promulgated an election message.  By definition, that’s electioneering.

Whether Norm is going to continue to pursue this with the Attorney General’s office, I have no idea.  Perhaps he should – it can easily be construed that it may have made a small difference (even given all of the mistakes Hershey made (again, pointed out here).

What this whole thing points out is that EVERY Citizen must be vigilant on everything that our elected representatives do and how they comport themselves according to the written Laws of the Granite State. While much of that controls our lives, we should all be cognizant of those Laws that control THEM.

Those Laws exist to protect US against THEM – and as you can see, three don’t. Many others use the fact that most citizens don’t know the law and know little what their Reps are doing other than what they are told at election time – by those same reps.

And yes, I hate wasting time and effort previously expended so, by gosh, I’m putting it up now.

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Since July 29th, YouTube has removed four videos from our channel. On September 15th, the Google-owned video platform totally eliminated our channel. We appealed the decision, and the anti-liberty corporation confirmed on the 18th that our channel was deleted and will never be restored.

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Here is an excellent example of how Lunchbox Joe keeps Whoever is Running the Biden Administration (WRBA) in the crying rooms and safe spaces at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Everyone was on the same page. 60 Minutes. The Communications staff. The stenographers in the Press. And Joe F-ed if Up.

It’s a simple question from a friendly reporter walking alongside Dementia Joe in a Democrat-controlled city. Is the pandemic over?

 

Local copy here.

 

No one is wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape, which is how we were from day one and would have been had the government not gotten in the way and then refused to get out of it.

And yes, everyone with skin in the game is walking it back, tempering, filtering, qualifying, but there is it in plain English and from the President of the United States*.

The pandemic is over!

I know, a bit late to the party, as usual, we knew that already because…the only pandemic was the political response. Oh, and then the Biden administration. Those infections continue to plague us.

 

 

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My campaign to be nominated as the Republican to oppose Chris Pappas had nothing to do with Chris Pappas. I mean nothing, nada, zilch. I hope the winner of “my” seat, Karoline Leavitt, will take the same approach. People today are longing for something new and something that unites, not divides.

We want to thank Mary Maxwell for this Op-Ed Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

Today, I read the following in a terrific article by Paul Craig Roberts (PCR):

“For most candidates the election is about campaign funding, the idea being that who raises the most money can pay for the most accusations against the opponent. Most campaigns are ad hominem and devoid of serious issues. The most successful slanderer wins.”

There is no need to be “devoid of serious issues.” What is more serious than what I am speaking of here? I hardly recognize America anymore. We should stop doing what we’re doing, which is to negativize everything. I believe Karoline Leavitt has enough going for her — youth, enthusiasm, drive — to win a majority at the November 8 election. She is a fresh breeze. I hereby advise her not to curse out the Democrats.

Paul Craig Roberts says:

“We are reaching the point where the Democrats’ armed militias — Antifa and Black Lives Matter — are an intimidating force which is likely to make it difficult for Republicans to recruit political candidates to contest elections in blue states. The six-year effort by Democrats, media, leftwing intellectuals, the Department of Justice (sic) and the FBI to frame [Trump] has introduced third world violence into the democratic process.”

It would be better for the Mary Maxwell candidate (I’ll insert my name here, instead of using Karoline’s, as she may not want advice) to open her sweet mouth and say “Yes Black lives do matter. And yes, being anti-fa [fascist] is a very good thing.”

Indeed, Mary could even say, “Any former president who commits a crime should feel the full weight of the law, same as every citizen.” That’s NOT tantamount to betraying Trump. Anyone who thinks it is is dippy.

I note that on September 8, 2022, Charles, the ex-prince of Wales, acquired full immunity for any crime he ever committed or will commit! I mean, technically, in law, the king can do no wrong — there’ll be no raiding of HIS Mar-a-Lago.

Well, who cares, anyway. Charles is only one person; there are 67 million other UK citizens the police can bother. Nevertheless, the same theory of kingly sinlessness does not apply in the US. We’ve had some presidents who should have gone to jail. Lately, there’s emerging proof that JFK was snuffed out by LBJ. Were Lyndon alive today, he should be brought to book. Who could possibly disagree with that?

I’m quoting PCR again on the need to articulate real issues, not personal stuff. He says (in his daily email of September 20, 2022 — you can get on his list):

“Ron Johnson, Republican US Senator from Wisconsin, notes the death of civilized politics when he speaks of how policy debates have been crowded out by vitriolic attacks, such as Biden’s, on Republicans and assaults by Woke Democrats on US Supreme Court Justices in restaurants if they dare to dine out. Political violence against President Trump and his supporters masquerading as “accountability” and introduced by the leftwing Democrats and their media allies with Russiagate six years ago and sharpened with two illegitimate impeachment attempts, “January 6 Insurrection,” and now “Documentsgate,” threatens to move beyond verbal violence to physical violence.”

There, that’s an issue worth discussing openly — the trend toward violence. I recall in 1989, I had a friend in Belgrade who said her neighborhood of Serbs and Croats had never had any hostility; she did not really know who exactly was a Serb or a Croat. But suddenly, a civil war was imposed on them, and everyone was forced to take sides. That’s how ridiculous our situation is, too.

By the way, I chatted with someone on Main St, Concord, last week, and when I said, “The problem is divisiveness,” he said, “You can blame Trump for that.” It’s true. During four years in the Oval Office, the president often made put-down remarks. I was mortified (weren’t you?) when he said such-and-such a country was a shit hole. And I basically passed out when he said that Muslims, even green-card-holding Muslims, should not be let back in if they went abroad.

Is it any wonder some Americans of immigrant origin (aren’t we all?) are feeling bad? But even that lack of statesmanship on Trump’s part should not be part of mudslinging now. Let’s get in with it. Can we please mention real issues?

Paul Craig Roberts again:

“The FBI continues to issue subpoenas to Trump’s attorneys and financial backers, itself a form of intimidation that discourages attorneys from signing on with Trump and the wealthy from contributing as the Biden regime’s efforts to criminalize MAGA Republicans proceeds.”

Let’s recall that there is such a thing as “abuse of process.” Every lawyer knows this, but none are speaking out. (Except Sidney Powell, in her excellent book Licensed To Lie.) At the moment, NY’s attorney general, Laetitia James, is having a go at Trump. Although I said he is not in Charles III’s league for immunity, we can still have a calm discussion of abuse of process. Oh, and by the way, abuse of process itself can rise to criminality.

Does anybody remember when the impeachment articles against Richard Nixon in 1974 included his having abused power by going after the IRS returns of his opponents?

Oh, lookie, I just googled for “Nixon impeachment” and got this WaPo report of July 28, 1974, showing the figures for EACH party in the judiciary Committee:

“The first such impeachment recommendation in more than a century, it charges President Nixon with unlawful activities that formed a “course of conduct or plan” to obstruct the investigation of the Watergate break-in and to cover up other unlawful activities.

“The vote was 27 to 11, with 6 of the committee’s 17 Republicans joining all 21 Democrats in voting to send the article to the House.

“At least one other article accusing the President of abuse of power [re IRS] is expected to be approved Monday when the committee resumes.”

Ah, thems were the days! And folks were glued to their televisions, watching Sen. Sam Ervin explain all these laws about obstruction of justice.

Finally, Paul Craig Roberts again pleads for us to avoid the inevitable:

“The American people, or the white working-class part of it, are desperate for leaders who will fight for them, but it takes more than a few, especially when you have no media, Hollywood, Wall Street, and FBI allies.”

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With the military-like detention and withdrawal of 50 Venezuelan “migrants” from Martha’s Vineyard, the fraud has been almost completely unmasked. I guess using guys with guns to “deport” “illegals” is a go?

We’ve got Sanctuary Dems declaring states of emergency for sums of illegals in their midst that don’t even amount to the average week (day?) in a border town.

Washington DC is in chaos, and New York City thinks it is Poland after Putin invaded Ukraine. Maybe someone should take Mayor Adams out for a quick 360 or two around that giant green statue off the end of Manhattan while someone sings “feelings.”

They are even calling up the National Guard in Illinois to address the now 500 “migrants” sent to caring Chicago, whose mayor took a long enough break from scolding Gov. Abbot to “bus” them out to the burbs.

What are the Guardsman supposed to do? Show them how to sleep on the floor in public buildings.

It’s unfortunate and hilarious and all their fault, and yes, Ron DeSantis is owed a significant huzzah for that Alinsky he pulled on Martha’s Vineyard. True to form the welcoming sanctuary Democrats who dominate the island (where not all people are even close to equal) had their cache of 50 visitors off their lawn by sundown more or less.

Easy for them, not so much for the Democrat Mayors of cities forced to confront the product of policy ideas they can’t back away from when the weight and responsibility is thrust upon their narrowing shoulders.

Talk as they say is cheap, as is rhetoric, so it must be time to “cross another one off.” I’m referring to the empty platitudes from the “In My America signs” that sprouted and lingered on the lawns of Democrats (and others) who didn’t realize that was all a bunch of BS. Love doesn’t win under Democrat rule, blind, unobstructed power wins.

Just ask Nancy Pelosi about “collateral damage” if you don’t believe me.

Democrats care about authority and control, and if you are not on board with that and all of their ideas, being black, gay, a woman, or even a registered Democrat, means nothing.

Everything turns on one thing, your politics. If it’s not the Left’s politics, you are not welcome, loved, equal, celebrated, valued, respected, or tolerated. If the last two years didn’t clarify that, then you’ve been hiding under a mainstream media rock too large to move.

From the unity president to the red speech in under two years. We went from economic super-power and energy independent to energy dependency, ballooning and food prices, recession, global insecurity, and war. And the Democrat plan looking forward? An impossible zero-emission future that will crush our mobility and economy and abortions. Oh, and many people don’t speak our language or share our culture that Democrats invited but don’t want.

So, here’s the more realistic In My America sign with a few notes explaining what each actually means.

 

 

 

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For those of you who are mistakenly thinking that it doesn’t matter who you vote for (Republican or Democrat), we offer this guide. Of course, the best criteria for determining how a candidate will vote in the future is how he/she voted in the past, but also much information can be gathered from how their PARTY voted in the past.

We want to thank Spec Bowers for this Op-Ed Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

Democrats nationally and regionally have consistently voted for more government control, leaving less control by individuals over their own lives.

Here in NH, Democrats have a well-documented history of repeatedly and consistently voting: – Against Parents’ control of their own children  – For policies that raise the cost of electricity and power in general  – For higher taxes  – For taxpayer funded abortions up to and even after birth  – Against the second amendment right to have firearms to defend one’s family  – Against low and middle-income families choosing the education option for their children – Against protections to ensure only NH residents vote in NH Proof? Below are actual votes from legislation in the past where Democrats as a group have voted at least 80% one way. In most cases, they have voted more than 90% in that direction. Bad votes by Democrats  Parental Control voted AGAINST declaring that parents have the natural right to control the well being of their children ( 2016 CACR16, 2016 HB1471 ) voted AGAINST establishing the parental bill of rights ( 2022 HB1431 ) voted AGAINST giving parents more information about students‘ assessments ( 2021 HB194 ) voted AGAINST giving parents the right to remove their child from taking the state annual assessment ( 2016 HB1338, 2017 HB276 ) voted AGAINST parental choice regarding face masks ( 2022 HB1131 ) voted AGAINST parental choice regarding intrusive surveys ( 2022 HB1639 ) voted AGAINST requiring parental notification prior to the teaching of human sexuality ( 2015 HB332, 2017 HB103 ) voted FOR bypassing parental choice regarding vaccinations ( 2022 HB1126 ) voted FOR restricting parental choice in determining the best educational opportunity for their children ( 2021 HB251 ) voted FOR subjecting students to intrusive surveys without the knowledge of parents ( 2019 SB196 ) Education voted AGAINST education choice ( 2017 HB647, 2018 HB1686, 2018 SB193, 2021 CACR3, 2021 HB278, 2021 HB282, 2021 HB388, 2021 HB609, 2022 HB1132, 2022 HB1298 ) voted AGAINST education choice including private schools ( 2017 HB557, 2017 SB8 ) voted AGAINST letting parents sue if their child’s school neglects to protect students from bullying ( 2021 HB140 ) voted AGAINST requiring students to pass a civics test ( 2021 HB319, 2021 HB320 ) voted FOR repealing education choice ( 2017 HB129 ) voted FOR repealing education choice and scholarships for low-income families ( 2013 HB370 ) voted FOR repealing the education freedom account program. ( 2022 HB1683 ) voted FOR repealing the education tax credit program ( 2017 HB297 ) voted FOR repealing the education tax credit ( 2016 HB1192 ) voted FOR restricting education choice ( 2022 HB1120, 2022 HB1516, 2022 HB1684 ) Cost of Living voted AGAINST lowering taxes on small businesses ( 2014 HB1475 ) voted AGAINST prohibiting a sales tax ( 2021 CACR2 ) voted AGAINST prohibiting an income tax ( 2019 CACR12, 2021 CACR1 ) voted AGAINST reducing costs of energy ( 2021 HB373, 2022 HR17 ) voted AGAINST reducing electric rates ( 2019 HB477 ) voted AGAINST reducing electric rates by allowing more use of methane as a fuel ( 2019 HB157 ) voted AGAINST reducing taxes on small businesses ( 2013 HB354, 2013 HB434 ) voted AGAINST reducing the cost of electricity ( 2018 HB114, 2021 HB614 ) voted AGAINST reducing the interest & dividends tax ( 2019 HB185 ) voted AGAINST reducing the meals tax ( 2014 HB1597 ) voted AGAINST reducing tobacco taxes ( 2013 HB335 ) voted AGAINST requiring a 3/5 vote to raise taxes ( 2013 CACR1 ) voted AGAINST requiring a super-majority vote to override a property tax cap ( 2021 SB52 ) voted FOR an income tax ( 2018 HB628 ) voted FOR creating a new tax on capital gains ( 2019 HB686 ) voted FOR creating an additional tax on room rentals ( 2019 HB641 ) voted FOR creating an income tax with rates set by an unelected bureaucrat ( 2019 HB712, 2019 SB1, 2020 HB712 ) voted FOR creating an income tax, and new taxes on capital gains, vaping, and sports betting; increasing business taxes ( 2019 HB2 ) voted FOR doubling and tripling various fees ( 2019 HB682 ) voted FOR higher boat registration fees ( 2013 HB411 ) voted FOR higher electric rates ( 2020 SB124 ) voted FOR higher electric rates for most users ( 2019 SB165 ) voted FOR higher electricity costs ( 2019 SB72 ) voted FOR higher energy rates ( 2013 SB148, 2018 HB1611, 2018 HB559 ) voted FOR higher gas taxes ( 2013 HB617, 2014 SB367 ) voted FOR higher individual taxes ( 2017 HB644 ) voted FOR higher property taxes for most owners ( 2021 SB102 ) voted FOR higher rooms tax ( 2018 HB1609 ) voted FOR higher tax on insurance premiums ( 2016 HB1444 ) voted FOR higher tax on room rentals ( 2016 HB1214 ) voted FOR higher taxes ( 2016 HB634 ) voted FOR higher taxes on room rentals ( 2020 HB1160 ) voted FOR higher taxes taxes on small businesses ( 2016 HB1443, 2018 HB1422 ) voted FOR higher tobacco taxes ( 2013 HB659 ) voted FOR increasing electricity costs by at least $30 million per year ( 2019 SB168 ) voted FOR increasing residential electric bills ( 2020 SB122 ) voted FOR increasing the cost of electricity ( 2019 HB715 ) voted FOR making it easier for municipalities to raise taxes ( 2022 HB1342 ) voted FOR raising boat registration fees ( 2014 HB292 ) voted FOR raising business taxes ( 2019 HB623 ) voted FOR raising the cost of residential electricity by $5 million each year ( 2020 HB1496 ) voted FOR requiring state taxpayers to make up for poor investments by the Retirement Board ( 2022 HB1417 ) Election Integrity voted AGAINST allowing the Secretary of State’s office to investigate undeliverable voter verification letters ( 2017 HB552 ) voted AGAINST ensuring that absentee ballots are not sent to unregistered persons ( 2022 HB1153 ) voted AGAINST ensuring that drivers’ licenses cannot be used by non-citizens to vote ( 2019 HB471 ) voted AGAINST ensuring that only NH residents vote in NH ( 2015 SB179, 2016 CACR17, 2016 SB4, 2017 HB372, 2018 HB1264 ) voted AGAINST improving the procedures for ongoing verification of the voter checklists ( 2021 HB285 ) voted AGAINST requesting absentee voters to verify their identity ( 2021 HB292 ) voted AGAINST requiring a person who registers to vote without any identification to have his or her photo taken ( 2021 HB523 ) voted AGAINST requiring that voters without valid photo id must provide documentation within 7 days ( 2022 SB418 ) voted AGAINST strengthening the requirements for documenting the domicile of a person registering to vote ( 2017 SB3 ) voted FOR making it easier for illegal aliens to get a driver’s license ( 2019 HB397 ) voted FOR making it easier for non-citizens to vote ( 2020 HB1700 ) voted FOR making it easier for non-residents to vote in NH ( 2013 HB119, 2019 SB67, 2020 HB1279, 2020 HB1653 ) voted FOR making it easier for nonresident aliens to vote illegally ( 2022 HB1093 ) voted FOR making it easier for out-of-staters to vote in NH ( 2019 HB105, 2019 HB106 ) voted FOR making voter fraud easier by allowing anyone to vote absentee ( 2017 HB622, 2019 HB611, 2020 HB1672 ) voted FOR removing a deterrent to voter fraud ( 2013 HB595 ) Constitutional Rights voted AGAINST enhancing due process rights in cases of asset forfeiture ( 2017 HB614 ) voted AGAINST giving the legislature a role in declaring emergencies ( 2022 HB275 ) voted AGAINST prohibiting the state from mandating businesses to require vaccinations ( 2022 HB1495 ) voted AGAINST property rights ( 2021 HB402, 2022 HB414 ) voted AGAINST protecting constitutional rights during a state of emergency ( 2021 HB440 ) voted AGAINST protecting religious liberty during a state of emergen y ( 2021 HB542 ) voted AGAINST repealing a law that prohibits free speech on public property near abortion clinics ( 2015 HB403, 2016 HB1570, 2017 HB589, 2019 HB124, 2022 HB1625 ) voted AGAINST rights of conscience ( 2021 HB63 ) voted AGAINST rights of conscience for medical professionals ( 2022 HB1080 ) voted AGAINST rights of conscience regarding vaccination mandates ( 2022 HB1210, 2022 HB1379, 2022 HB1455, 2022 HB1490, 2022 HB1604 )  voted AGAINST self-defense ( 2019 HB208 ) voted AGAINST the right of self defense ( 2018 HB1313, 2018 SB500, 2021 HB197 ) voted AGAINST the right to keep and bear arms ( 2013 HB388, 2013 HB451, 2014 HB1438, 2015 SB116, 2016 HB512, 2016 HB582, 2016 SB336, 2017 SB12, 2021 CACR8, 2021 HB195, 2021 HB196, 2021 HB307, 2021 HB334, 2021 SB141, 2021 SB154, 2022 HB1178, 2022 HB1636 ) voted FOR banning free speech near abortion clinics ( 2014 SB319 ) voted FOR confiscating guns from law-abiding citizens without any due process ( 2019 HB696, 2020 HB1660, 2020 HB687 ) voted FOR preventing law abiding citizens from protecting their children on school grounds ( 2020 HB1285 ) voted FOR preventing law abiding citizens, but not criminals, from buying standard firearms magazines ( 2020 HB1608 ) voted FOR protecting criminals by disarming law-abiding citizens on school property ( 2019 HB564 ) voted FOR requiring law-abiding citizens, but not criminals, to endure a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm ( 2019 HB514 ) voted FOR requiring law-abiding citizens, but not criminals, to undergo a background check for any transfer of firearms ( 2015 HB650, 2017 HB201, 2019 HB109, 2020 HB1379, 2022 HB1668 ) voted FOR requiring law-abiding citizens, but not criminals, to wait 3 days before obtaining a firearm ( 2020 HB1101 ) voted FOR restricting property rights ( 2021 HB177 ) voted FOR restricting the right of self defense ( 2018 HB1566 ) voted FOR restricting the right to keep and bear arms ( 2017 HB350, 2020 HB1143, 2020 HB1350, 2022 HB1096, 2022 HB1151 ) voted FOR weakening the right of self-defense ( 2013 HB135 ) Right to Life voted AGAINST banning abortion after viability ( 2016 HB1625 ) voted AGAINST collecting abortion statistics ( 2018 HB471, 2019 HB158 ) voted AGAINST making it a crime to kill a wanted fetus ( 2015 HB560, 2015 SB40, 2016 HB560 ) voted AGAINST prohibiting abortions after 24 weeks ( 2021 HB625 ) voted AGAINST prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortions ( 2016 HB1684 ) voted AGAINST protecting any infant born alive during an intended abortion ( 2020 HB1675 ) voted AGAINST punishing fetal homicide ( 2017 SB66 ) voted AGAINST right to life for any baby born alive ( 2021 HB233 ) voted FOR weakening the right to life ( 2022 HB1609 ) Other voted AGAINST allowing schools to display “In God We Trust”and “Live Free or Die” ( 2021 HB69 ) voted AGAINST exempting kids’ lemonade stands from licensing requirements ( 2021 HB183 ) voted AGAINST prohibiting sex change surgery for minors ( 2018 HB1532 ) voted AGAINST repealing the mandate that schools provide menstrual products ( 2021 HB458 ) voted AGAINST right to join or not join a union ( 2021 SB61 ) voted AGAINST strengthening the right-to-know law ( 2017 HB365 ) voted FOR allowing towns to ban plastic bags ( 2020 HB102 ) voted FOR banning plastic straws ( 2020 HB1472 ) voted FOR banning styrofoam cups ( 2020 HB1564 )

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Congratulations!!! AND THANK YOU!!!

You the PEOPLE of New Hampshire did an amazing job on September 13!!! You told the establishment that regardless of all the money they poured into this state to muck up the works, we still advanced 75% of the top of the ticket and many of the supporting candidates!!! YOU DID IT!!!

We want to thank Karen Testerman for this Op-Ed Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

After burning the midnight oil, encouraging, educating, writing, notifying, and physically delivering sample ballots and signs, each and every one of you deserves time to relax, refresh, and recoup.

So many of our family, friends, and acquaintances woke up to realize that success depended on the physical involvement of each and every one of us. WE THE PEOPLE must be awake and must persevere. We must stay the course.

New Hampshire is in a war! A war for the hearts and minds of our children. A war for medical freedom. A war for limited government When the war rages, it is frightening. Emotions run high as we watch our loved ones die or become victims of the cabal.

But we live in the Granite State. The state where patriots like you abound. The home of John Stark (live free or die for death is not the worst of evils), Wentworth Cheswell, (the black “Paul Revere who rode to warn our patriots), the home of Daniel Webster, Matthew Thornton, and so many others who fought for our God-given freedoms.

These patriots had robust, intense and passionate discussions. And yet, when the time for action came, they set aside an extended period of time to ask for divine intervention…regrouped.. and focused on the prize…OUR FREEDOMS.

YOU ARE THE PATRIOTS! Let’s continue to resolve to restore constitutional leadership. Let’s resolve to build a culture of life! Let’s resolve to restore the protection of our God given rights! Let’s resolve to never give up fighting to make New Hampshire FREE again!

 

 

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There were all the “normal” items that they go through in a school board meeting but the interest from the few “public” folks that were there was on Policy JBAB that the NH School Board Association deep-sixed and basically told any District that had adopted it that they were on their own (including Gilford) – talk to your lawyer(s). And FINALLY, my Elected Representatives…

Sidenote: we should refer to all of them as Elected Representatives – and not school board members. Too often they no longer believe they are accountable to the voters – change the emphasis to elected Representatives.

Their lawyer offered suggestions on the language based on court decisions and that the NHSBA dropped the Policy.  Having seen it, it was a huge improvement (on pronouns and lying to parents), it instigated a months-long discussion about changes with comments akin to “Is this Constitutional” vs “Marginalized people” and “where do parents fit into this” (from my standpoint, anyways).

Tonite was no different as the Policy was marked up (again) but not decided upon.

I will say this on the School Board’s behalf – they still provide two Public Comment section that sandwich the rest of the meeting.  Tonite?

Three White Liberal Ladies – and me. Two Public Comment Sessions – I said a little in the first but much more in the second at the end of the meeting. Several items are still “outstanding”, with the largest and most important one being “Why do our elected representatives (aka, school board members) believe that they are better than any other elected officials and do not have to interact with the public at all in ANY seeing (in meetings or outside such meetings)?”.

This is the entire meeting but I have some comments to make about some of the other comments – in another video that I haven’t finished yet

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As promised in the last Monday Memes, I have an overflow. My meme cup runneth over.  Reasonably confident about a Friday Overflow-Overflow.  We’ll see.  Trying, also, to get back to the essays.  I have a couple that I’ve started, and I really want to finish Thought Splinters IV.

Now, let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule resume:

*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***

 

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Please do see my latest at Urban Scoop – about the Jab and fertility concerns.  And yes, I do cross-link back to the Grok within!

 

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As Andrew Breitbart once said, “Politics is downstream of culture”… and very often culture is downstream of the media that shapes perceptions.  Consider the drip-drip-drip of gay marriage into our culture through slow pressure in TV and movies.

A relevant aside: I never watched more than an episode or so of “Friends” or “Seinfeld”.  Didn’t really catch me.  But I was amazed at how people would gush over episodes each week and peripherally I became aware of how ideas I gleaned from the conversations as presented in the shows became part of their general conversational lexicon.

 

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“A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand.”

― Seneca [4 BCE – 65 CE]

 

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Pick of the post:

 

 

Many really good ones and it was hard to choose, but… this was it.  Remember, a bit of unpalatable truth is often palatable when concealed in humor.  This is why memes are so effective.  Well, that, or they lose their temper.  And then, from yesterday:

 

 

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Palate cleansers:

 

 

 

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Brian was a fifth-grade teacher with some very pro-socialist vaccine thoughts that he shared in a public space. We shared those a year ago, shortly after which Brian’s left-wing nuttery went into hiding. Now it seems that so has he.

Related: Awe, A Certain Tuftonboro Teacher (Brian Bloomer) did have the Sads yesterday.

 

Remember the foul-mouthed fifth-grade teacher at Tuftonboro Central School? Well, he’s not on the staff list any more: https://www.tuftonborocentralschool.org/our-school/staff-list And there’s no mention of him at the school district website: https://www.gwrsd.org/search-results?q=bloomer

He may have retired, been encouraged to retire, or just pushed out. We think one of the previous two, but you can stick a fork in him. He is through teaching your kids, so we’ll take the win.

And not just because Brian was excited about COVIDs power to filter society (Republican/the unvaxxed) or that they deserved what they got. As an educator, Brian was not very educated about COVID or the so-called vaccine. This registered Democrat aped the TV narratives without regard to even the data produced by the pro-pandemic pro-vaxx state.

Brian was more of a threat to public health, especially among people with little or nothing to fear from COVID19 than any Republican (like your kids).

The CDC/NIH/FDA guidance violated its own rules. They ignored safety protocols. Indicated a significant number of red flags that should have sidelined any emergency use authorization. And when real-world human testing on trusting people proved that the vaccine risks outweighed the benefits, the experts kept on keeping on, and folks like Brain did their best to carry that water.

And they are still at it.

Is Brian lining up to get his rat-tested FDA-approved emergency use authorized bivalent “crat” booster no one needs but that the Feds already bought and everyone is “selling”?

Before you do that, here’s a fact. The stories we share from experts and advocates have been far more accurate than anything from the media, politicians, or public health officials. That might be because no one paid us to lie. No one paid us at all, actually – we just saw discrepancies and went looking for explanations to share with our readers.

Now that you have more free time, consider some of that for yourself. Ask questions about the discrepancies. The answers are out there, Agent Mulder, but you can’t be afraid to find them just because they might unravel whatever truth is holding your worldview together by a thread.

And hey, enjoy your retirement. Make sure you make time to bitch about F-ing Republicans, especially after the Dems get crushed in November.

 

 

 

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Still catching up. TMEW developed shingles on Thursday. For the third time. After getting the Shingrex vaccine. Twice.

And the Grandson got sick at the same time. So, I had to play both nursemaid and homemaker over the weekend and fell behind on ‘Grok stuff. A LOT of it. Including processing this video of the meeting.

 

 

This was a different type of meeting – the day after the Primary Election where Republicans pitted themselves against certain targeted Republicans (at the behest of that Democrat-founded, funded, and directed Citizens for Belknap PAC (political action committee) ).  And some of those Republicans that threw in with them (if not publicly, certainly carried out their aims), like Harry Bean, Doug Lambert, Tim Lang, and Peter Spanos decided to show up.  And it showed in what they said concerning “Unity” (Lambert has often quoted Machiavelli in the past).  In this, IMHO, were right out of the Democrat “projection” playbook. Video would have shown this.

However, I was asked by the BCRC Executive Committee, before the meeting, that the cameras will be turned off as “strategy” would be covered.

I discussed the meeting afterward – a different technique that achieves the same result next time. Just in case.

 

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Two weeks ago, WMUR wanted everyone to know how awful it would be for the New Hampshire Seacoast if arctic ice melted and the seas rose. Don’t tell the burning hot housing market for these “projected” to be “underwater” properties because Realtors and buyers are not listening.

The insurance companies aren’t either, or they’d stop writing policies on those over-priced properties – better computer models if I had to guess, but a “prominent” news piece published in Nature in late August prompted weeks-long super-bomb-cyclone of hyperbolic headlines about sea level rise. Another what-if projection by computer models that couldn’t predict what will happen to the bread in the toaster.

Related: Organization Estimates $1.03 Billion Needed to Protect NH from Sea Level Rise

Their timing was lousy too.

The same week as the model-driven study was published, data from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) and Denmark’s Polar Portal undermined the claims of accelerating ice loss and provided factual support for Watts’ analysis.

On August 29, Greenland posted a gain of seven billion tons of ice. This represented the largest single-day ice gain the DMI has recorded since it began keeping consistent records in 1981, more than 40 years ago. This gain was remarkable not only for the amount of ice but because it came in the waning days of the Arctic summer, when ice is usually still melting.

 

Not unlike the accidental death of a self-proclaimed psychic, you have to wonder why they didn’t see that coming. All that money, technology, and “research,” and the same week they publish doom and gloom about melting ice, Greenland adds seven billion tons of the stuff. Something that, if we follow their logic, means doomsday will have a delay.

Not necessarily. As anyone who is not paid to craft climate fear as a career will tell you, a day one way or the other isn’t as telling as years, decades, and centuries of data. A sensible review of this without political bias tells us that CO2 has no connection to how much or how little ice is amassed on Greenland or anywhere else.

There’s also no connection between emissions and warming, but they can’t let it go, which is why they can’t get anything right. Until they abandon political science for actual climate science, they can only predict grant funding and government spending, both of which look like hockey sticks feeding research whose sole purpose is the sustainability of this funding model.

 

HT | WUWT

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