The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • April 23 • 2024

Vol.XVI • No.XVII

Manchester, N.H.

Latest Climate Conundrum: Bad Beavers or Good?

Granite Grok - Fri, 2024-01-26 11:00 +0000

Climate “science” has long claimed that the hard-working beaver plays an essential role in sequestering carbon by corralling sediments in dams. A recent scientific study asserts that beavers colonizing the Arctic tundra are doing the exact opposite, releasing methane when their warming ponds thaw vast areas of permafrost.

It is hard to decide whether beavers are enemies or allies in the climate mission to save the world — a common theme in the cloudy waters of pseudo-scientific climate claims.

Good Beaver, Bad Beaver

The latest beaver climate-impact narrative alarmingly suggests beavers have been colonizing the northern territory at a frantic pace, creating new bodies of relatively warm water with their damming projects that thaw the underlying ground and release methane, a marsh gas now designated as a planet-slayer. Scientists have been able to confirm this phenomenon with satellite imagery of methane hotspots that extend for many meters around the ponds.

This beaver effect contrasts with earlier assessments of southern denizens who allegedly sequester carbon using these exact same ponds. It appears that the identical activity in two disparate regions yields diametrically different climate impacts. This is no meaningless inquiry – governments and venture capitalists invest billions of dollars in schemes driven by such “science” with often unanticipated climate, social, and economic impacts. Interestingly, the beaver problem in Canada is attributed to anthropomorphic causes – warming temperatures and reduced trapping.

Beavers, Cows, and Humans

Climate warriors are finding it hard to hit a target they keep shifting. The case of beavers invites other contrasts. Consider that not all humans or cows pollute the same, much like beavers. The Amish and Inuit do not pollute anywhere near as much as the typical urban American teenager. The Amish likely sequester more carbon in the soil from farming throughout their lifetimes than they ever create from consumption; the Inuit do not farm but at least they don’t consume cell phones and flatscreen TVs. And the carbon footprint of societies such as that of the United States may improve with the purchase of solar panels and EVs, but only while that of China spikes upward by manufacturing those very consumables.

Just like the lowly beaver, there seem to be good climate humans in some areas and bad actors in others. This is also evident with cows, standing in the dock with beaver climate offenders. Cows in concentrated animal feed operations (CAFOs) generate much more pollution due to their incarcerated dependence on human fossil fuels than cows freely roaming in pastures (which nurture soils and reduce erosion). Such domesticated bovine are more like bison, who once roamed the American Plains, building the soils that feed the nation even now.

Bison vs Cows

Indeed, the same cadre of climate investigators ogling beavers have identified bison as climate saviors. The Sierra Club claims cows are bad, and grazing them on public lands is bad, but bison are beneficial:

“This all may seem contrary to what you may have known about grazing animals impacting the climate. Typically we hear about their methane emissions, which is a greenhouse gas that causes considerable climate impacts … If bison were restored to this landscape it could heighten the ability of the soil to hold even more carbon dioxide, acting as a natural carbon storage facility (Wright, 2018). It is important to note, however, that holistic grazing methods with bison are still being researched by scientists and there is some disagreement on its’ [sic] ability to act as a potential climate solution (Irfan, 2018; Wright, 2017). Nevertheless, it is interesting to think that restoring bison to the landscape could have the potential effect of helping solve the climate crisis.”

It is interesting to think about how this bison analysis might be applied to cows and beavers and how important it is to complete such research before closing farms and culling herds. Of course, cows replenish soils and provide vital natural fertilizers in lieu of synthetic chemical substitutes. America has about 94.4 million cows, 70% of them confined in CAFOs where they are fed tens of millions of acres’ worth of machine-harvested feed. Less than 1% of the nation’s 360,000 bison are wild. The “climate crisis” will sooner be solved by fusion engines in every car and home before enough bison can be procured to counter planetary warming (unless they are cloned in a factory, like synthetic meat). But the nation’s cows are ready to serve!

Conflicting Climate Prophecies

Grand globalist policies are launched on the whispers of so-called climate scientists who seem to lack the common sense of a ruminant. It is to be expected that beavers will vary in impact – aren’t the bad beavers in the north also sequestering carbon dioxide in their methane-releasing ponds? How can scientists condemn cows and praise bison in the same breath without seeing the conflicting assessments? How can cow methane (from burping) be used to eclipse cow carbon sequestration (through defecation)? Just like beavers and humans, not all cows are the same.

The beaver climate impact about-face is just one of a plethora of bait-and-switch propaganda flip-flops by climate alarmists who rush to cataclysmic judgments at every turn. If the ideological fanatics cannot pause long enough to reflect on the myriad inconsistencies and conflicting motives in their own pseudo-scientific “works,” it is to be hoped that you, dear reader, have now done so.

 

John Klar is an Attorney, farmer, and author. Mostly farmer… And Regular Contributor to GraniteGrok and VermontGrok.

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

NHRTL to Host March for Life and Pro-Life Conference on Jan 27

Granite Grok - Fri, 2024-01-26 09:00 +0000

New Hampshire Right to Life (NHRTL) welcomes the public and press to join the annual state-wide March for Life in Concord, NH, this Sat, Jan 27. This year’s theme is Empowering Pregnant Women to Keep Their Babies, which will celebrate the work that the pro-life movement is doing to support mothers and their children.

The schedule is:

  • 9 AM Memorial Gathering at the Concord Landfill – 77 Old Turnpike Rd, Concord, NH
  • 10 AM Mass at Christ the King Parish – 72 South Main St, Concord, NH
  • (main event) 11:30 AM Public Rally at Eagle Square Amphitheater Concord, NH (below the historic clock tower, across the street from the NH State House).
    • Dynamic speakers will highlight strategies in support of women in NH & inspire a culture of non-violence against women and their children.
  • 12 PM Peaceful March up Main St. to Christ the King Hall 72 South Main St, Concord. Enjoy light refreshments.
  • 1 PM Pro-Life Conference with speakers & a recorded video address by Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood Clinic Director who became a pro-life activist.

Additional information is available at nhrtl.org.

The event is sponsored by New Hampshire Right to Life.

Jason Hennessey, President of NHRTL, said, “We are excited to host this March for Life and share our vision of empowering pregnant mothers to keep their babies and thrive. All who want to protect and empower moms and children are welcome.”

Photos of the event will be available upon request.

NH Right to Life is New Hampshire’s largest and longest-standing organization dedicated to the pro-life cause.

Contact:
Jason Hennessey
President, New Hampshire Right to Life
life@nhrtl.org
https://nhrtl.org

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Night Cap: School Book Challenges – These are Not Self-Help Books by Therapists

Granite Grok - Fri, 2024-01-26 03:00 +0000

Most of the testimony HB 1419 the other day was personal and about those poor teachers and those who think it’s ok to expose children to age-inappropriate materials. I could not attend the meeting, but here’s some enlightenment from someone who went through the “process” and the outcome.

My grandchildren are now in school. I own a farm and can probably educate many on sexual reproduction, but it doesn’t give me the right to educate other people’s children, animals, and sex.  Today, books in our schools are full of horrors such as bestiality and other vile topics beyond natural sexual experience. No wonder there’s so much violence, sexual confusion, and teen suicides. A generation ago none of these books were available, I know this, I volunteered in the schools. Two generations ago, when I was in school, they were not available either. I had access to the Unh Diamond library in high school. Back then, the librarians did not allow us to see or read books that were not age-appropriate. Fact. Now the schools are promoting them as “sex Ed,” self-help, therapy, and so on…yet professionals do not write the books in question. My middle school granddaughter brought home a book called “It’s Perfectly Normal,” a sexually graphic book. That is what started me down this rabbit hole. She was appalled at the content, and it took a lot of explaining to undo the school’s mess. BTW, NO ONE is allowed in the Dover school libraries, no one! No one is allowed into the classrooms, either. I first thought the schools were not aware of these books. Quite the opposite, they prided themselves on them. I started researching and found over 110 books, see attached link below, in Dover schools. Only books rated 3-5 are listed. The number is based on the movie rating system. For details see ratedbooks.org These are the worse, r-rated and up, not high schoolers making out or first time sex, they are filled with sex trafficking, pedophilia, rape, sodomy, oral sex, necrophilia, beastiality, pornography and many more horrors. The school berated me for challenging and changed the rules from no limit to two books per year. I went through their process; it took a year for one book, Boy Toy, about a married female teacher who grooms a 12-year-old boy for sex. What message is the school sending children and teachers by keeping this fodder? I was personally exposed to the local paper by the superintendent as a “book banner” and the town pariah and got threatening calls, and my small business was ruined. The book I challenged, Boy Toy, was put back by order of the school board after the useless challenge of people the school board chose to review the book! My appeal went on deaf ears . Why and what exactly are the promotions of this material doing to children who read it?. I also found sex apps on the Chromebook and SORA that were ignored by the city. I want to add, that many of my these books are written by adults to groom children and make a buck. The authors are enjoying a windfall for every “ban” or challenge. Dover purchased over a dozen copies of “Boy Toy” with tax payers monies! They couldn’t be bothered going to the library and reading the copies we already paid for. Then, the superintendent told tax players I was wasting their money by challenging them. They also put Tricks, by Ellen Hopkins, back in the school library after a challenge. This book glorifies child sex trafficking. Boys and girls turning “tricks” for pedos with lots of drugs. The books on the list are not written by therapists to help children in need. This is important! These books are not self-help books or sex Ed anyone would want a child to read, nor would any qualified therapist use them as therapy for a crisis child… I have eight books challenged out of 110. I received a letter from the superintendent I can only challenge 2. Frankly, I’m at a loss. My life was ruined by these people who are exposing children that are not their own to horrors adults can’t even process. Link to list in Dover.

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America’s Three Musketeers

Granite Grok - Fri, 2024-01-26 01:00 +0000

Just how much more of the Marxist doctrine must the Democrat party endorse before their voters wake up to realize that what was for Granddad and his dad is no more? Current policies attest to the fact that the donkey insignia has been replaced with the hammer and sickle!

Having said this, consider when former stubbornness elected a President whose resume included documentation of draft dodging. Military service has never been a prerequisite for our Presidency, but Clinton’s conduct should bring a resounding public response of “not qualified!”

And there was more; many “ate up” the media’s adoration for their “gifted” orator by “electing the first black president.” Ironically, the question of being a “natural born citizen” was only directed in Sen. John McCain’s direction.

This deception was designed to insulate Obama since his father was a British subject of Kenya, a fact which he himself later made clear. This deception only prioritized the location of birth rather than both parents being American citizens, which Obama lacked!

As inappropriate and reckless as it was to elect Clinton, it wasn’t illegal, which can’t be said of Obama. His election violated Article II, Sect. 1 of our Constitution, which is the law of our land! In hindsight, questions could and should arise as to the legitimacy of his Presidency, including the policies that were enacted!

He later substantiated his non-presidential bearing when talking down to our nation, in his well-worn lecturing mode, that “America wasn’t a Christian nation.” Let’s just say he now owns another first, the first President to publicly and defiantly discount America’s Christian heritage!

The last Musketeer is still in office but sadly is committing his own disqualifying brand as he seems to endorse every communist initiative that reaches his desk. But enough already about America’s own version of “Uncle Joe!”

The record of these three misfits should not surprise since what do misfits do; especially when promoted past their pay grade? Although officeholders bear responsibility for the results of their endorsed policies, they never seem accountable. However, the remedy, as our Declaration rightly assigns, is still with “we the people,” the voters!

Other factors have contributed to America’s floundering. Certain negative influences have recently surfaced, along with the evil that they have endorsed. As this continues to unfold, so does the vastness of this well-organized effort to topple America.

Given my recent piece about the reappearance of truth and its stunning realities, which are always effective, another factor seems more weighty and demanding.

The dem’s political cupboard is bare! Campaigns cannot depend upon disastrous policies which are still being felt by the voter. So, the next resort is to attack and belittle the opponent. In addition to all the flimsy lawsuits and subsequent media hype, one amazing survivor from the 2016 campaigns, which perks up a certain following with its refreshing honesty, is the gruff but honest plain talk from the outsider.

This misdirecting onto a leader’s manners is insulting but more than that, it’s dangerous. Due in large part to the above mentioned trio, today is a time of opting to either remain free or to become subservient! There will not be any middle ground.

At this time, niceties are as irrelevant as they are defeating! This is a war for America’s preservation, and instead of nit-picking, we should thank God that a defender was born and breathes the same love of and dedication to Country as Washington and who is capable of a fierceness that matches Patton!

 

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Buzz Buzzby Breaking News: Biden Threatens To Use F-15 to Defeat 2A Gun Owners

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 23:00 +0000

Buzz: Good day, folks. Buzz Buzby here with some breaking news. In a recent news conference, the hair sniffer-in-chief said to gun owners and 2A advocates: “You need F-15s and nuclear weapons (if you want to stop my tyrannical government).”

Most everyone who heard him or read his words was a bit aghast. Many thought he was saying that if he comes to take away our guns and demolish our Second Amendment rights, he will do so using F-15s and ( gulp) nuclear weapons.

To follow up on this story, my trusted assistant, Timothy Hasno Bottom, has secured an interview with an F-15 pilot. For obvious reasons, this pilot won’t talk to us unless we guarantee the utmost secrecy. We cannot even identify the base he flies out of nor address him by his name. We have to call him by his fake name: BOB. Take it away Timothy!”

Timothy: Thanks Buzz. As Buzz was saying, we cannot reveal the name of our guest nor even tell you that he, I mean, “it” is an F-15 pilot. We are standing outside “its ” base but we cannot identify it as an Air Force facility.Bob- we have been told that to defeat Gun owners, the government is planning on using F-15 jets to bomb us. Can you confirm that you have been trained in the endeavor?”

BOB: (Empty stare) Huh? What? Who told you that? I thought you wanted to interview me about Kamala Harris’s hiding place.

Timothy: Ok, well that was not a denial. So I will take it as a yes. Tell me, is Nashua a prime target? Or is it down on the list? Maybe third or fourth behind Hudson or Bedford?”

BOB: What I train on is strictly confidential. I cannot confirm or deny what you just said.

Timothy: Aha! Again, not a denial. So if you have been training on attacking Nashua, what is your approach angle? I mean, is Costco safe?

BOB: Dude, I shop at Costco, with my wife and kids. No way I am going to ….wait, you are tricking me. I refuse to answer.

Timothy: How about Home Depot? Or Lowes. I mean they are a hotbed for gun owners and 2A people?

B0B: I think this conversation is over.

Timothy: BOB! …BOB!…COME BACK, I have more questions…like are my chickens gonna die from an F-15? They are innocent. Never owned a gun in their lives and are definitely against any form of violence that might shorten their meager life. Can you mark them as safe? Please?!?!

Timothy: Sorry, Buzz. Not a very good interview but I could not get Bob to come clean. I think though we did learn that if we huddle at Costco, especially when Bob and his family are there, we are probably gonna avoid any F-15s. Back to you Buzz.”

Buzz: Wow! I don’t know what to say except WHO THE HELL OCCUPIES THE WHITE HOUSE AND TELLS US THAT HE IS GOING TO USE F-15’S AGAINST PATRIOTIC AMERICANS?

Tune in NEXT TIME WHEN I WILL DEBUT MY NEWEST SONG

“WHERE HAVE ALL TO YOUNG HAIR-SNIFFED GIRLS GONE?”

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Breaking: Chris Sununu Joins 24 Governors to Stand With Texas

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 22:07 +0000

With the Biden Administration attacking Texas for trying to protect Americans from the illegal Alien invasion and the Supreme Court not finding a reason to let Texas do it, the Lone Star State “declared an invasion under Article I, § 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself.”

And the Lone Star state won’t have to go it alone.

Interestingly enough, and unexpectedly, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed on to the statement, which says,

 

“President Biden and his Administration have left Americans and our country completely vulnerable to unprecedented illegal immigration pouring across the Southern border. Instead of upholding the rule of law and securing the border, the Biden Administration has attacked and sued Texas for stepping up to protect American citizens from historic levels of illegal immigrants, deadly drugs like fentanyl, and terrorists entering our country.

“We stand in solidarity with our fellow Governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy, including razor wire fences, to secure the border. We do it in part because the Biden Administration is refusing to enforce immigration laws already on the books and is illegally allowing mass parole across America of migrants who entered our country illegally.

“The authors of the U.S. Constitution made clear that in times like this, states have a right of self-defense, under Article 4, Section 4 and Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Because the Biden Administration has abdicated its constitutional compact duties to the states, Texas has every legal justification to protect the sovereignty of our states and our nation.”

Signatories include: Governor Kay Ivey (AL), Governor Mike Dunleavy (AK), Governor Sarah Sanders (AR), Governor Ron DeSantis (FL), Governor Brian Kemp (GA), Governor Brad Little (ID), Governor Eric Holcomb (IN), Governor Kim Reynolds (IA), Governor Jeff Landry (LA), Governor Tate Reeves (MS), Governor Mike Parson (MO), Governor Greg Gianforte (MT), Governor Jim Pillen (NE), Governor Joe Lombardo (NV), Governor Chris Sununu (NH), Governor Doug Burgum (ND), Governor Mike DeWine (OH), Governor Kevin Stitt (OK), Governor Henry McMaster (SC), Governor Kristi Noem (SD), Governor Bill Lee (TN), Governor Spencer Cox (UT), Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA), Governor Jim Justice (WV), and Governor Mark Gordon (WY).

A letter is nice, and 25 states are half of the whole, so it has some meaning, but I’m curious about what else is involved. Is this simply an act of solidarity? Will these states provide material support in court or at the border?

New Hampshire has a border, and it needs protecting, too, as the chaos in the south distracts from the rise in drug and human trafficking coming down from  Canada – which has no problem jailing truckers but can’t seem to keep Mexicans out of Quebec.

I’m not saying we need help, but we need something, and Texas needs more than a letter. But I’ll admit to being impressed and thankful for the show of support. We give the governor a lot of crap which – admittedly – he brings on himself, but we’ve always been balanced about it. When we see good, we say as much, and this, Governor Sununu, is good.

 

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Supreme Court Sides With Biden To Keep Texas Wide Open

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 21:00 +0000

In a surprising and disappointing decision from the High Court, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the court’s three liberals — Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson to reverse a lower court decision to prevent the Federal Government from removing razor wire placed by Texas to secure its Border.

It is disheartening that the Supreme Court would join the White House in its effort to destroy our Sovereignty. It is surprising that Justice Barrett, who is supposed to be a strict Constitutionalist, abandoned the conservative judges to support the three Liberal justices. This case addresses a complex situation with the Federal and State Governments competing for control of the Border but for two very different reasons. This case is one of many involving disputes between Texas and the Biden Administration.

Texas wants to protect its people and its Sovereignty. It has an obligation to that purpose. The millions of illegals who have crossed the Border into Texas since Biden took office threaten the security of Texans and are costing them billions in tax dollars they do not have budgeted for the care and safety of illegals invading their state. These millions of people from around the globe are also filling up available residences, overcrowding the public school system, placing a tremendous burden on social services, and adding to the crime numbers in Texas. The surge of humanity also comes with drugs and guns, which are a problem for Texas and beyond. That is why Texas is taking the steps necessary to secure an otherwise open Border.

The Federal Government, specifically the Biden Administration, wants nothing to do with a closed and secure Border. They have no concern for the Sovereignty of the country and certainly not for Texas. The Federal resources on the Border are not there to stop or deter people from crossing the Border, but to assist them, aid in their illegal quest to enter America, and then process them quickly so NGOs like the Catholic Church can transport them to other regions of the country for permanent residence. We do not have a Border Patrol as that would intimate control of the Border. We have Border Assistance. These people cross the Border and are given court dates, sometimes as much as seven years out. There is little or no vetting, which is why we have found hundreds of illegals are also on terrorist watch lists.

Joe Biden has finally decided the Border is not secure, and his answer to securing it is a problem of money and not policy. He repeatedly claims that he needs Congress to give him more money but not for closing the Border, but for faster processing of the illegal immigrants. That is the core of Biden’s immigration policy; let as many people as want to come to America, come in through any opening they choose, and then have NGOs redistribute the masses throughout the country. This is not policy. This is treason and for some reason, five Supreme Court Justices saw fit to side with Joe Biden. One thing we can be sure of is Texans will not give up the fight. This issue is more black and white than people make it. It is about Sovereignty and the Republicans believe in it and Democrats don’t.

 

 

 

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Does Haley’s Second Place NH Finish Need an Asterisk*

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 19:00 +0000

With all due respect to the people I’m about to pound like a broken storm door in a hurricane, New Hampshire’s elections are not clean, tight, or reliable—quite the opposite. And I think they know it.

If you read our recent reporting from Windham, Ken Eyring shared some election intrigue that centers on letters from the AG office and the Secretary of state admitting that election law is not being followed even after they plant a state moderator at the polling place to make sure it is. Tom and Ken spoke with us on Radio Row Sunday afternoon and explained the violations and the lack of interest by state authorities to fix them.

You’ll be oh so happy to know that the Jan 23rd primary at that same polling place was again rife with violations of state law on top of the other stories we have to share below – that suggest Haley’s second-place finish in the Granite State needs an asterisk.

Here’s the interview with Tom and Ken from Sunday the 21st (it does not include the 1/23 revelations we’ve since learned, obviously).

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Wait, There’s More!

I’ve had a handful of anecdotal reports from locals of attempted election law violations with regard to registered Democrats wanting to take a Republican ballot. One in my own home town, that I related yesterday, and several more communicated to me via email. Democrats around the state showed up to pull a Republican primary ballot despite being ineligible to do so. We can blame this on Gov. Chris Sununu – if memory serves – a registered Republican who has his head so far up Haley’s ass you can barely see his big shoulders; he has been saying Democrats should vote for Haley long after the deadline for changing party registration has passed.

Speaking of anecdotal examples, reporter Michael Tracey was on Glenn Greenwald’s podcast, and he shared two quick stories that add credibility to the argument.

Town officials ignorant of election law or who ignore it while the SoS and AG are content to write letters admitting violations of laws over which there appear to be no punishments seems like a shitty way to run them. We have the ability to strip those who violate election law in New Hampshire of the right to vote in the state. Maybe that’s what is needed when it comes to local election officials who have neither the time nor the ability to follow them.

That or huge fines and jail time.

Of course, we’d still run into the problem of finding an AG willing to charge and pursue justice for voters who may not even realize how badly their votes are mishandled. But it needs to be handled before someone decides it’s time to embrace Article 10 of the NH State Constitution.

[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.

Edited after publication.

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Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 17:00 +0000

This is an attempt to “break out” memes, links, and my commentary about the situation in Israel / the Middle East so as to not overload the standard meme posts that I do.  My last “normal” meme post.  In these Israel-related posts I don’t just have memes such, but lots of informative links as well as hopefully-insightful commentary.

This is a long one.  So much info flowing.  Pick and choose and click at your discretion.

Note that this is not meant to be a day-by-day update about what’s going on.  Rather, to highlight uncomfortable truths about the actual nature of the conflict, deep-history background, and so on, as well as to show the at-present immutable nature of Islamic hatred of Jews and why that matters to today’s events.

Note that these posts do not repeat information – so there is a lot of stuff in prior posts.  Please do check them out too if this is a topic of interest to you.  In reverse chronological order:

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Still More Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Even More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

With some Israel-related materials here:

Meme Overflow – Granite Grok

 

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TOP OF THE FOLD

Israel’s New Website On Hamas Killings Has 43 Million Viewers in the First Week (jihadwatch.org)

Israel now has put the soul-searing evidence of the Hamas atrocities before the world, on a dedicated website. As the IDF soldiers manfully carry on, fighting against Hamas terrorists up and down the Strip, from Gaza City to Khan Yunis and all the way to the southernmost city of Rafah, including all the places in between where the IDF has located Hamas fighters and weapons. The creators of this admirable and terrible website are now fighting back against Hamas’ propaganda, to win, or in some cases win back, the hearts and minds of those who are in danger of forgetting what happened on October 7. Israel is now engaged in a on a different battlefield, pitting its truthful hasbara against the lies of Hamas. This is what may be called, in the Gaza War, the Jewish state’s indispensable second front.

Here’s that site.  Bookmark it.  Stare at it.  Understand the enormity of what was done.  And then share it widely.

HAMAS MASSACRE (saturday-october-seven.com)

Banning Jews for Their Own Protection | Frontpage Mag

Jews are being censored, suspended and even arrested for “their own protection” while Jihadists and their allies gleefully rampage across the civilized world.

There is No ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Going On in Israel | Frontpage Mag

The problem is that this is too fine a level of detail for people who just want to let their emotions rule their minds.  And there are goods… being charged at a markup by Hamas:

Gazan Mall Slams Hamas For Attempting To Sell Aid Goods At High Prices – Israellycool

“I am An Arab Jew” – Geller Report

Read it all.  Again I refer you to this excellent book:

Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight

 

 

 

 

A crazy story reported by the Israeli journalist Avishai Grinzaig:

On Friday in Khan Yunis, in the sector of one of the battalions in the 4th Brigade of the IDF.

Before a force from the battalion raided a certain point, they put a drone into the air after a suspicious figure was identified. In the drone they saw an elderly woman handcuffed to a bed.

After dispelling the suspicion of a deception incident by Hamas. The force went up to the apartment together with an Arabic-speaking investigator of the brigade.

They found a 75-year-old woman bound by her own hands and in very poor health.

The hands are very swollen, enlarge the picture and you will see. And the old woman was completely dehydrated.

While the doctor treated her, the division’s investigator asked her questions.

And she told them: her family fled from Khan Yunis to the south. Two Hamas operatives in IDF uniforms arrived, forcibly tied her to the bed and told her to say that the IDF did it. She lay like that tied to the bed for two days.

There are many more and monstrous and predatory cases of what Hamas is doing to the citizens of Gaza. They tie old women to a bed, attach explosives to old men, and other horrible things.

This is the evil of Hamas.

(HT Aussie Pilgrim)

And my comment on his post:

Remember, in Islam ANYONE who dies in the service of jihad is guaranteed entry to paradise. In their mind, by tying her to a bed and hoping she’d smear the IDF, they were summoning her to be a warrior for jihad.

An old woman who should be holding her grandchildren.

Related:

The blood libel at the Hague | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

During multiple wars, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have done more to avoid civilian casualties than any other army in the world ever has. In Gaza, the IDF has provided advance warning to Palestinian civilians where it plans to fight, sending 7.2 million leaflets, 13.7 million texts, and making 15 million phone calls so far to help noncombatants avoid being used by Hamas as human shields.

So, to accuse the Israelis of genocide is a lie and a blood libel.

By contrast, Hamas is proudly genocidal. The Hamas Charter declares that “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.”

Hamas instructs Muslims to “fight Jews and kill them.”

 

 

 

WAR & WHEN WILL IT END?

The Jew-Hating ‘Two-State’ Fantasy | Frontpage Mag

Remember what Arafat said.

 

 

 

Hamas Top Dog Khaled Mashal Refuses Two-State Solution, Only Israel’s Complete Annihilation – Geller Report

And remember what I keep referring to, i.e., 2:191 “Drive them out from where they drove you out”.  They want every square inch.  If they follow the Koran they cannot EVER settle for anything less.  And then, on to the whole world.  Related to the Two State Solution (on my Rumble channel):

Commentary on the Two State Solution (rumble.com)

And:

Why are UN and European leaders slamming and threatening Israel for rejecting the so-called ‘Two-State Solution,’ yet not saying a word to the Palestinians about their total rejection of a ‘Two-State Solution?’ (barenakedislam.com)

 

 

WATCH: Child in Gaza Pledges to Become Martyr for Hamas | United with Israel

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: Virtually every school and mosque in Gaza has weapons around

Wonder why these kids hate Israel and Jews from the very start.  Oh, wait:

How can the war between Israel and Hamas ever end when so many schools in Gaza – run by a UN agency backed by our millions – teach children to hate Jews? | Daily Mail Online

And a video about what the Palestinian textbooks have:

What’s in the Palestinian text books? (rumble.com)

And more examples of why peace is not likely any time soon (my Rumble channel):

Communist Student Leader Advocates for Israel’s Destruction (rumble.com)

Understand the Islam – Left alliance; note his language – pure Communist at the end.  The Left wants Israel’s destruction just as Islam does – and IMHO here’s why.  Remember that Israel, as founded, was going to be a Socialist state.  Perhaps not purely, but close.  Over time, Israel moved towards free market capitalism – betrayal!  Apostasy to The Lord Marx!  More:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/more-on-palis-hating-israel-1.mp4

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/children-in-judea-and-samaria.mp4

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/seeds-of-genocide.mp4

 

And then I see signs of hope:

 

 

And:

End the War and Return All Hostages Now, Demand … Gazans? – HotAir

The best way to get all the hostages back is to keep the pressure on Hamas, which never should have kidnapped them in the first place. Perhaps that point should be kept foremost in mind in these discussions. Even the Gazans agree on that point — when they are allowed to express themselves.

From this Telegram channel:

 

 

One of the fallen IDF soldiers is Ahmed Abu Latif, a Bedouin Muslim IDF soldier.

Ahmed embodied the spirit of unity and patriotism, a shining example of coexistence and unwavering love for Israel.

Ahmed, your legacy will forever inspire us.

Adding in this:

Woman in Hijab describes her visit to Israel (rumble.com)

Wow.  Such a testament.  And then I see this – a confession of an Israeli Arab:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/israeli-arab-describes-real-goal.mp4

 

Also on my Rumble channel: Israeli Arab – will they really coexist? A: No. (rumble.com)

And an interesting idea:

The Most Plausible, Benevolent, and Deep-Pocketed Future Ruler of Gaza Is… (jihadwatch.org)

The ‘Day After’ in Gaza and the Role of the United Arab Emirates (jihadwatch.org)

I’m just not sure I trust them either.

 

 

To those who decry the loss of civilian life, I repeat last week’s post by UK Colonel Richard Kemp:

Colonel Richard Kemp on civilian casualties in Gaza (rumble.com)

Islam is one of the two ultimate collectivist ideologies; the other being Communism.  Individuals only matter as far as they serve the “greater good”.

Israel: Seeing Red (townhall.com)

I’d argue YES; the problem is that the war is not just being fought militarily, but in the minds of the world.  And apparently losing in America:

Americans Overwhelmingly Support Israel Over Hamas: Poll (freebeacon.com)

Americans, but not their government:

It must be said: The US is helping Hamas survive, and survival is victory ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

Hamas’ strategy is to keep civilians between it and Israel. The US and the West are doing everything they can to help Hamas in that aim. And when civilians are killed, Israel is blamed. For all of the weapons and ammunition that the US is sending Israel, it is not letting Israel win.

Israel Still Hasn’t Learned the Strategic Lessons of Oct 7 | Frontpage Mag

This is where the proposals for any kind of truce, let alone a proposed 2-month pause to the fighting in exchange for the hostages, are disastrous. We’ve already previously seen the consequences of giving Hamas any time to regroup. In exchange for the release of some hostages, Hamas was able to move other hostages and its military assets, regroup and launch new attacks.

Victory means pushing Hamas. The more breathing room the terrorists have, the more they can settle into a new routine of pop up attacks, studying and exploiting IDF patterns, scoring occasional victories, damaging morale and building up pressure for an Israeli withdrawal.

 

ISLAM: PRACTICES, HISTORY, AND MENTALITY

Dr. Andrew Bostom on Prager: Muslim Antisemitism & Its Islamic Rootedness | Frontpage Mag

Video interview.

As you watch this video of some “civilians” shooting mortars, remember that this is a double-bonus.  They shoot mortars at Israel hoping to kill Jews; if the shooters get splatted, Hamas claims civilian casualties because of their clothing.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mortar-team-in-civilian-clothing.mp4

 

 

 

OOH, good.  OTOH, remember the precedent of the Treaty of Hudaibiya:

Myth: The Treaty of Hudaibiya (thereligionofpeace.com)

How did ARABS from ARABIA get so far and wide.  Oh, wait, colonialism and war:

 

 

And a related video.  Look at the diversity of those women’s clothes – and the drab & uniform mobile tents they’re forced into now.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/not-our-traditional-dress.mp4

 

Also on my Rumble channel:

Arab-imposed outfits on women (rumble.com)

 

 

ATROCITIES

Graphic images – be warned.  But, IMHO, you have to look.  THIS is why the meme below the image links applies.

Blood in homes 1

Blood in homes 2

Blood in homes 3

Remember… there was a ceasefire on Oct. 6.  And they started it:

 

 

 

Related:

 

 

Does Islamic Law Sanction Hamas’ Rape of Captives? | Frontpage Mag

Hamas says its jihad mass murderers were committed to ‘Islamic values’ on October 7 (jihadwatch.org)

Remember from a couple of posts ago, I had an Imam saying that when a kaffir woman is captured in jihad, if she is married that marriage is automatically annulled by that capture?

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/imam-on-concubines.mp4

 

And a parallel, also important one:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/is-consent-needed-for-female-slaves.mp4

 

Oct 7 – covered recovered bodies (rumble.com)

These were civilians at a party.  And as recovery teams arrived – horrific!

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/terrorist-admits-there-were-rapes-and-beheadings-1.mp4

 

Video Shows Hamas Terrorists Decapitating Israelis – Geller Report

Never forget this.

Israeli dad of teen hostage fears daughter is being raped by Hamas (nypost.com)

Flip it.  Imagine if there were even accusations Israelis were doing this to Arabs.

 

 

>>>>>=====<<<<<

 

 

 

And Mohammed never visited Jerusalem.

 

 

I recognized that Fatah and Hamas would play good cop-bad cop decades ago.

 

 

 

 

If anyone sees this online and actually available, let me know!

 

 

>>>>>=====<<<<<

 

 

ON INTERSECTIONALITY / LEFTIST SUPPORT

‘Zionist killer’ – Shocking antisemitic assault allegations at American University | World Israel News

Remember, it’s the LEFT that is the power on campuses.

Who is the ‘rabbi’ and ‘peace activist’ that cheered for Hamas on Oct. 7th? | World Israel News

“When I heard the initial reports of Hamas’ attacks on Israel this past Saturday, I will be completely honest – my first reaction was ‘good for them,’” Brant Rosen wrote in response to the Hamas attacks of October 7.

In his column, published at the People’s Voice (formerly the Communist Party’s Daily Worker), he claimed that “this latest violence did not occur in a vacuum. It is but the latest manifestation of an injustice that Israel has been perpetrating against the Palestinian people for decades.”

Oh, wait, WHAT political party’s newspaper? —

U of Illinois: Only Queer, Racial, Environmental Justice Will ‘Free Palestine’ | Frontpage Mag

Learn to understand Intersectionality:

What Is Intersectionality? (youtube.com)

Video, 4 minutes.

 

PALLYWOOD & MEDIA IN GENERAL

Libel Debunked: Israeli Toy Company Selling Dolls of Bloody Palestinian Babies – Israellycool

Wow.  I’m speechless.  Another one:

Fake blood and bad acting: Al Jazeera caught fabricating footage purportedly of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza (jihadwatch.org)

According to a hadith, Muhammad said, “War is deceit.” (Bukhari 4.52.268). But all the Christian, Muslim, and atheist Jew-haters will readily take this in and insist it’s authentic.

And:

Media assumes every Gaza civilian shot was killed by Israel – but they never have any evidence ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

Time to revisit this excellent expose:

 

Pallywood

 

 

And remember what I said about Pallywood recycling images?

Image 1 – horribly burned young girl, blamed on Israel

Image 2 – the reality

Remember, WAR IS DECEIT.  And the useful idiots eat it up with no skepticism whatsoever.

Good video on the “game of numbers” on my Rumble channel – comparing casualty figures:

Gaza – the game of numbers (rumble.com)

Two videos on the “apartheid” claim:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/apartheid-easily-debunked.mp4

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/arab-israeli-woman-another-interview.mp4

 

And a third on my Rumble channel:

Sarcastic piece showing how Israel is an “Apartheid” state (rumble.com)

Oh, and one from a while back – also on my Rumble channel – highlighting the fallacy of “all Jews are white”.

Black IDF soldier talks (rumble.com)

 

 

Newest appointee to Harvard’s antisemitism task force calls Israel an ‘apartheid regime’ – The Jewish Voice

Fox, here’s your new post guarding the hen house.

 

 

TERROR COMING HERE?  TO THE WEST?

NYC VEHICULAR JIHAD: Screaming “ALLAHU AKBAR!” Pro-Hamas Muslim ‘Protestor” Intentionally Runs Over NYPD Cop With Car (VIDEO) – Geller Report

Already here.  Related:

 

WARNING: Muslim Scholar Says We Will Conquer and Enslave you in 40-50 Years

 

 

‘Europeans will succumb to Islam’ – Former top German spy issues new warning as Muslim majority in Europe predicted by 2200 (rmx.news)

‘They all will be executed by Muslims,’ Wisconsin Imam calls for the genocide of Jews | World Israel News

At UNC, Anti-Semitism Is Too Close to Call | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

Hey pro-migration Jews.  Still think it’s a good idea to “welcome the stranger”?

Antisemitism From the Left | Frontpage Mag

By failing to condemn antisemitism, politicians, academics and their media allies are doing our enemies’ bidding. One week ago, ISIS released a 67-minute diatribe calling for the destruction of Jews worldwide to avenge Israeli strikes against Gaza. The message was “kill them wherever you find them.”

Meanwhile, Jewish families privately talk at the dinner table about Anne Frank, hiding in attics, and where this new wave of antisemitism could lead.

Arm up.  Get a gun, learn to use it.  From a pro-gun Jew:

Obstinate Ignorance by David Bock – According To Hoyt

I’m also guessing she’s unaware of the story of 25 year old Inbar Lieberman, who distributed firearms to a dozen members of kibbutz Nir Am and coordinated a defense plan as the attacks were occurring. The defenders then used these firearms to kill at least 25 terrorists who had come to murder them. Ms Lieberman killed five of them herself.

As a result of this decision and her personal bravery, unlike every other kibbutz in the area, kibbutz Nir Am suffered no casualties in the attacks that cost so many lives elsewhere.

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…(Spurious Quotation) | Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms … disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed one.

Berlin:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pro-hamas-new-years-in-Berlin-1.mp4

 

Toronto:

 

 

Philippines:

 

 

 

UCLA (Los Angeles):

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ucla.mp4

 

And USC:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/chants-at-usc.mp4

 

The Domestic Terrorists of Tomorrow are Blocking Traffic Today | Frontpage Mag

Communist revolutionaries have exploited wars and food shortages to seize power, only to then inflict even worse wars and food shortages. Obama promised peace in the Middle East, an end to income inequality and the salvation of the planet. And all of these things only grew worse.

But following the Cloward-Piven model, leftists only make things worse. The purpose of leftist governments is to destroy countries by exacerbating every social, economic, geopolitical and cultural problem until they have brought societies to their knees and can seize total power.

Leftist protests, like the terrorists they support, are also not about fixing anything, but staging ugly hostile confrontations with police and the public to recruit the malicious and the disaffected (while playing the victim) and then escalating the violence and using it to take over a country.

A revolution requires people willing to kill. And so they need to be given reasons to kill. The ‘cause’ is the process of finding those willing to kill and giving them the reasons to do it.

It’s about destroying what WAS, so that they can create what (they think) WILL BE.  Mao, as he was murdering 60+ million Chinese, called it The Four Olds.  But however you call it, they plan to build paradise tomorrow by erasing the present today.

 

 

No matter the cost.  After all, you have to break eggs to make an omelet, right?

 

 

 

TREADING ON THE POLITICAL

Parsha Bo: A Study in Cause and Effect (jewishprolifefoundation.org)

I have seen multiple articles in support of abortion in various (mostly Reform or Conservative) newsletters.  Here’s part of the counter argument.  Also:

 

 

 

And my cartoon on the subject:

 

 

 

 

Wait, what political party are unions associated with?

How about Wear your kippa or Magen David to work day?

 

 

Jewish Democrats condemn Netanyahu for rejecting two-state solution | World Israel News

Jewish Democrats would – deep down IMHO – just like Israel to go away.  Related:

Netanyahu Rejects Biden Surrender Plan (breitbart.com)

Biden Threatens Netanyahu’s Drive to Destroy Hamas :: Gatestone Institute

Leftist Jews Feel Abandoned by the Left | Frontpage Mag

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Israel grants world’s first regulatory approval for lab-grown beef | World Israel News

Yuk.  No, just no.

UN Denies Knowledge of Hamas Tunnels Despite Gaza Presence | United with Israel

Keep your friends close and enemies closer.  The UN is the enemy – not just of Israel, but America.

 

 

 

Related:

100 Days in Gaza | Frontpage Mag

The world doesn’t give one damn if there are Jews suffering.

 

 

GIVING SUPPORT TO ISRAEL

You can’t go wrong with a donation here:

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Also, if you’re willing:

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A CONCLUDING THOUGHT FOR THIS POST

Israeli lawmakers pushing to keep Palestinian workers out of Israel | World Israel News

Who, in their ever-loving meshugah mind, is thinking about letting them back in?

No, seriously.  I recently saw a video of an Arab construction worker using a hose to water electrical panels.  And you’re letting them work?  Some people want to let more in?

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Nuclear Power Is Back?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 15:00 +0000

Until recently, it appeared that nuclear power was simply off the energy table for climate activists and environmentalists — but they are now embracing its possibilities.

This shift likely has been motivated by growing realization that solar panels and EVs just can’t accomplish the grand rescue they promised, along with the daunting environmental problems posed in their manufacture that can no longer be ignored. But the change is also driven by technological and design advances in nuclear reactor technology, for existing fission (atom-splitting) reactors and for a brave new world of fusion reactors that could potentially create energy with less risk and pollution by joining atoms together.

Fission

Modern nuclear power has been produced by harnessing the astonishing energy released when molecules are split. This is the same terrifying power of nuclear warfare, contained in water-cooled concrete control chambers to generate electricity. Yet Fukushima, Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl displayed the potential for calamity from this process and exposed the persistent challenges of safely storing spent nuclear rods.

At COP28 in Dubai November-December 2023, more than 20 nations signed a pledge to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2030, in what one headline dubbed “the year the UN climate summit went nuclear.” This tacit admission that renewables can’t cut the mustard may also reflect the sober reality that China and the UAE – and many other nations – are moving forward with nuclear power development whether the West likes it or not. Energy is the lifeblood of economic stability and growth: If the United States and other Western nations abandon fossil fuels and nuclear energy (as long demanded by the “Just End Oil” crowd), they will seed their own destruction.

Nuclear Is More ‘Renewable’

Abandoning fossil fuels becomes extremely difficult when they are necessary to mine, heat, process, and fabricate the “renewable” products manufactured to replace them. All renewable manufacturing is ultimately dependent on the fossil fuels it is designed to retire. Nosebleed oil prices compelled a reckoning with the impacts of inflation on the costs of vast solar fields and an EV in every driveway. Concurrently, rising interest rates undermined financing incentives for renewable products. The technological unfeasibility of the Utopian scheme to replace fuels with gadgets becomes clearer daily. Nuclear power quickly becomes economically and politically necessary as the only bailout for errant policy.

The technological timing of this transition is pivotal. It is questionable whether the world should be launching into mass manufacturing and installation of solar panels that are merely 22% efficient when technology promises 34% efficiency panels soon. Nuclear energy technology, in contrast, has been evolving for decades since the 1960s reactors most people envision when they think of nuclear power plants. Unless and until the technological and cost limitations of renewable energy are overcome, nuclear energy presents as a far superior option.

A New Generation

This is why nuclear energy activists were allowed entry into COP28, and climate activists have embraced nuclear power as “an effective way forward.” These are not your grandmother’s nuclear power plants. Beginning with a US-initiated research program in 2000, the “Generation IV International Forum” (GIF) collectively decided on lower-risk fission reactor designs for the future:

“[L]ate in 2002 GIF (then representing ten countries) announced the selection of six reactor technologies which they believe represent the future shape of nuclear energy … These were selected on the basis of being clean, safe and cost-effective means of meeting increased energy demands on a sustainable basis, while being resistant to diversion of materials for weapons proliferation and secure from terrorist attack … Most of the six systems employ a closed fuel cycle to maximise the resource base and minimise high-level wastes to be sent to a repository.”

Fusion on the Horizon

In the background of this nuclear power renaissance lurks nuclear fusion, which creates energy by combining (rather than splitting) lighter elements such as helium or hydrogen: The resulting reaction releases atomic “binding energy.” Nuclear fusion promises the cleanest and safest energy but presents more challenging scientific obstacles. The World Nuclear Association explained:

“Fusion power offers the prospect of an almost inexhaustible source of energy for future generations, but it also presents so far unresolved engineering challenges.

“The fundamental challenge is to achieve a rate of heat emitted by a fusion plasma that exceeds the rate of energy injected into the plasma.

“The main hope is centred on tokamak reactors and stellarators which confine a deuterium-tritium plasma magnetically.”

The scientific jury is still out on whether these fusion challenges can be solved by humankind, especially in time to avert alleged climate doom. But it appears that the world is quietly but quickly moving toward an acceptance of modernized fission reactors much like the Prodigal Son: “Gee, we missed you. Where have you been?” Next thing you know, Greta Thunberg will be advocating for “fast-neutron” nuclear reactor construction to “end” fossil fuels and save the world!

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Kari Lake Interview – Radio Row, Manchester

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 13:00 +0000

As promised more interviews from Radio Row in Manchester on Primary Day in New Hampshire. We shared the interview with Eric Trump yesterday, and next up is our conversation with Kari Lake.

Kari is a Trump campaign advocate and relentless fighter for election integrity. Most recently, news broke – aud leaked, actually, of Arizona Republican Party chair Jeff DeWit caught on secret recording trying to bribe Kari Lake not to run for the Senate. We didn’t talk about that but we did talk about issues relevant to America and the New Hampshire primary.

Jeff Chihidester takes the lead – watch it on Rumble (and please remember to follow us!)

 

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Modular Stands as a Business Promotion Tool

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 12:30 +0000

Modular exhibition stands are an effective means of business development, allowing companies to stand out among competitors at events and attract the attention of the target audience. Their flexibility, functionality and innovative design make mobile systems an integral part of a successful business strategy.

We offer to consider the key advantages of modular exhibition stands, their variety and ways of effective application in the modern business space.

Design features of mobile stands

They are part of all kinds of exhibition systems made of aluminium profile. Modular exhibition stands are a collapsible construction consisting of several components. Due to their versatility, they can be assembled in different variants according to the requirements of a particular site.

Modular stands are considered to be the most budget-friendly and convenient type of visual advertising. A collapsible structure consisting of all kinds of stands and frames provides a wide range of uses – from exhibitions to presentations and various promotional events.

Types of exhibition stands
  • There are several types of exhibition stands, differing in shape and size:
  • Linear – systems with one-sided placement of information.
  • Corner – they have a non-separable shape with two identical sides.
  • Island – the key feature of this format is to maximise coverage of potential customers passing on four sides of the structure.
  • Peninsulas – voluminous three-sided systems that maximise the use of space.
  • Through – an effective way to place the most important elements in the main aisles, which increases the availability of the submitted information content.
  • Visible – installation of identical structures opposite each other.
  • Multilevel – systems of several floors.

Advantages of exhibition stands

The main advantages of mobile stands include:

  • convenience of placement regardless of location;
  • ease of assembly and installation. They do not require a lot of time for installation, use of special tools or experience;
  • adaptability. Graphic materials on the panels can be easily changed, adjusting to the requirements of a particular advertising campaign or event;
  • ease of transport, and for this purpose is suitable for an ordinary passenger car;
  • the possibility of modelling for a specific location, which makes the construction convenient to use at various events.

In addition, panels with graphic images can be easily attached to the profiles using magnetic tape. Modular stands are designed for multiple use, which makes their use cost-effective and reduces advertising costs.

All these factors make this format of visual advertising an effective way to promote business. It is an ideal tool for companies looking to stand out and attract the attention of their target audience.

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Elections and Fraud – The Proactive Monitoring & Cleanup of Voter Rolls

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 11:00 +0000

After the 2020 election, I saw an article online about speeding up processing by 1000 to 1 million times faster – written by Jay Valentine and his Fractal Programming team. I work with technology, and after investigating it more, I learned that Jay was involved in using Fractal technology to start cleaning up voter rolls as he was disappointed in the 2020 results.

He started a project called Omega with the intent to clean voter rolls, and he offered a system to replace the current ERIC system, which was used in 31 states and was originally (2012) funded by Soros.

Fractal – in a nutshell – is software that avoids using the I/O on a computer. The I/O greatly reduces the processing speed of today’s computer chips. The processors can work at high speeds but then get gated by traditional I/O.  Fractal makes full use of that horsepower by avoiding I/O and is able to work faster, allowing for data searches that don’t work with traditional database tools and queries.

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So, when people claim that their voter rolls are ok, some have trouble finding or pinpointing bad records because they are using 40-year-old technology. Jay’s website has several videos explaining how this works and what he is finding. The results are stunning. He has run data for 25 states, and they have found significant errors large enough to change the results of our elections.

I wrote to Jay to see if I could use his material for the Granite Grok, and he said he was about to check the voter roll data for New Hampshire. Once he checks it, he will likely post a video on his website. This is a process that, in my opinion, is required in every state – especially where mail-in voting happens. Through proactive monitoring, he has discovered that thousands of zip codes are changed in time to mail out ballots and then changed back so no one is the wiser. The recipient doesn’t know since they are getting mail just fine. They just did not receive their mail-in ballot.

You can bet that someone ended up with the ballots. So, if you haven’t heard about Mr. Valentine and his technology, it’s worth some time to look into and support.

 

Jay Valentine – Iomega4America website

Here is a video explaining what Fractal Technology can find in voter rolls and how a state can be cleaned up.

 

 

 

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The Conservatarian Exchange Podcast #190

The Liberty Block - Thu, 2024-01-25 07:32 +0000

Ohio legislature overriding governor’s veto of transgender bill, which bans transitioning of minors; Trump’s victory in NH; how much is because of the left’s persecution of him? Will Trump’s almost certain nomination affect world affairs and wars even now? Kari Lake’s tiff with the GOP leader in Arizona; why isn’t Trump fighting the legal battle over election fraud in light of the new evidence re: hacking election machines? Is there any reason to believe that the 2024 election will be more secure than 2020? Texas standing up to Biden on the razor wire at the border

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Night Cap: Supreme Court Finds Constitutional Right To Illegal Immigration

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 03:00 +0000

If you think the courts are going to stop the Biden-Regime and its allies from rigging the 2024 election, think again. More specifically, think about yesterday’s decision finding, for all practical purposes, that the Biden Regime can carry out an invasion of America with illegal aliens…

The goal being to replace white voters with non-white voters because the Regime and its allies expect the latter to vote Democrat and give them permanent control of visible government:

The Supreme Court is CONTROLLED OPPOSITION. It may be Coney Barrett siding with the Leftists in one case, then Kavanaugh in the next case … but it’s all for appearances. The Supreme Court has been BROKEN. Schumer, with his threats, and Garland, by allowing “protesters” to terrorize the justices, as well as the constant pressure by the Regime-Media, has BROKEN the Court. It is controlled opposition.

The question becomes what to do when the Biden-Regime and its allies rig the 2024 election, AND the courts do NOTHING. Tucker has a suggestion … the only suggestion, in fact, IF you want to keep a REPUBLIC:

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Eric Trump Interview – Radio Row, Manchester

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-01-25 01:00 +0000

The 603 Alliance and Grok Media gathered their resources and set up shop in the DoubleTree hotel in Manchester for Radio Row, the quadrennial media feeding frenzy in the run-up to Tuesday’s First in the Nation Primary.

Jeff Chidester and I, with help from Mike Rogers, manned the mics for three days, all day, speaking with scheduled guests and lots of drop-ins. We’re sharing the Eric Trump chat first, but we also spoke with Kari Lake, Vermin Supreme, and a host of other names, local and national, from both sides of the aisle, that I will share in the coming days.

We’ve got about 20 hours of material, including some great conversations between myself, Jeff, Mike, Fran Wendleboe, Don Ewing, and others, and that long list of guests I mentioned, but enough about us.

Eric Trump dropped by for 15 minutes to chat about the primary, Nikki Haley, Joe Biden, and his dad. (watch it on Rumble).

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The Beclowning Of Chris “Sun-King” Sununu … Now The Rest Of America Knows

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-01-24 23:00 +0000

Some X reaction to the puerile antics of Chris “Sun-King” Sununu. The rest of America now knows what we in New Hampshire already knew. The Sun-King is an arrogant, entitled CLOWN whose political success is owed entirely to the New Hampshire Communist (Democrat) Party running candidates so far to the Left that not even the very Left-of-center New Hampshire electorate could stomach them:

 

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Handling Trolls at the Polls

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-01-24 21:00 +0000

I’ve decided to put into words a “cyber journal entry,” for lack of better phrasing. This comes less than 24 hours after holding a Trump sign outside a school in the suburbs. I will first mention my gratitude in having the freedom of speech that one has when not being a candidate or paid spokesperson for a candidate.

In more blunt terms, let’s call it freedom from old-school manners.

Trolling happens in the adult world, mostly online, but unsurprisingly, also in person, especially when it comes to Trump. I volunteered to do my part and put in some time holding his sign and joined some like-minded folks yesterday. A surly man approached me and asked why I support Trump. My rusty, knee-jerk reaction was to go into salesman mode as if I had just rang this stranger’s doorbell. When I randomly named a few of the common answers to his question, he went into full-blown high-on CNN Kool-Aid mode.

After a few volleys, I said, “I can see where this discussion is going, and I’m done talking to you.” When he claimed to be an undecided independent, which was possibly partially true or a total lie, I said, “It’s obvious that you’ve rehearsed all the scripted talking points to refute me, no matter what path we take.” Like a school bully, he said, “but so have you.” I replied, “but YOU were the one who approached me and initiated this talk.”

At this point, one of my peers, who happened to be a good subject matter expert in one of the commonly debated related topics, stepped in and took over. A few minutes later, he went into the building. A while after that, a couple approached our group, and they similarly initiated such talk. This time, I was a passive observer as they split up the discussion, kind of like doing man-to-man instead of zone defense. After a few minutes of that unpleasantness, I thought about my cold extremities and full bladder. I told the last unoccupied team member that I was leaving and didn’t want to interrupt either of the other two. This trend of brick-and-mortar trolling was definitely taking up too much space in my mind in the hours that followed. I thought of my mother and her “sticks and stones” lecture that is commonly given to small school children, so so was in the 70s. Then I thought about the whole modern “walk away” concept, which is difficult to implement in such a venue.

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At this point, it should be clarified that this article is not about the merits of voting for Trump or criticism of his critics. It’s about handling one particular variety of them. While there are many varieties of them, I’m not going to mince words. I’m talking about the plain old-ass hole variety. They clearly have no interest in polite discourse in bringing people together as evidenced in their modus operandi. They are just agitators wanting to troll. I thought about ways to shut them down, not silencing them but shutting down their dialogue with those uninterested in engagement with their drivel. The minefield to navigate is their switching of tactics to debating WHY you’re unwilling to have their conversation. They will, of course, insult you for that. Don’t dignify them by playing defense. I will refer you to a 4-minute Prager U parenting podcast.

When a kid asks their parents WHY they just barked a particular order, the parents are advised to say, “Because I said so.” That used to drive me nuts as a kid when my parents, mostly my mother, did that once I “poked the bear” too hard in my persistent pursuit to have my way. Don’t let the troll play armchair cross-examining lawyer with you. Say “I would prefer not to (have this conversation)” when approached with a “why do you support Trump” and smell ill intentions. Of course, this requires a bit of profiling and supposition, but such people are not going to just disappear. Implementing the philosophy of acceptance (that they’re here to stay) is necessary. It’s a good idea to have tools in your toolbox, and this is one of them.

I also recommend the 2001 movie Bartleby the Scrivener if you’re into that kind of humor.

So, all in all, I share these thoughts that might prove helpful to some but not necessarily to all. If you, dear reader, think this tactic might be useful, try it. But then again, maybe you “would prefer not to.”

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NewsGuard Helps The ‘Grok Add to Its Independent Media Credentials

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-01-24 19:00 +0000

If you recall, I reported on an email exchange with an editor or researcher (or some such thing) from NewsGuard. They are a deep-state surveillance stooge for policing unapproved content. Put another way, the lower your rating, the less likely you are peddling the uniparty, globalist narrative

I am happy to report that, as expected, NewGuard gave GraniteGrok a 37.5 rating (100 being the best).

I won’t go into the details because all you need to know is that a well-funded tool of the speech police has branded us as unfavorable to their message control, and I look forward to fundraising off that, especially since the primary complaint appears to be that we, frequently publish false or egregiously misleading claims about US elections and COVID 19 vaccines.

That’s a very strange lede, given that what we’ve published about vaccines has turned out to be as true.

I can only assume that the other venues for information peddled as news – especially in New Hampshire – did better than we did, given that most of them have yet to report anything honest about the Vaccines even after the CDC, FDA, and other agencies have admitted to issues that are costing us points. But, I would like to thank NewsGuard for making my job easier. If they have rated local and regional media, we can look at those numbers and know where to dig deeper.

One of my projects this year is to expose them for failing to challenge the truth about the covid response, especially vaccines.

So, this is good for us, yes? It is. A self-proclaimed third party with suspect funding and ties to the government has decided we aren’t toeing establishment uni-party lies.

As for elections, the funny thing is that, as we just reported how, the state’s chief elections and law enforcement agencies have admitted, in writing, to evidence of gross negligence by election officials (in 2020 and 2022) whose failure to follow multiple election laws compromised integrity, and election results.

I’m not sure where else in the 75+ NewsGuard rating universe you are likely to find that, but if I had to guess, it’d be nowhere, which goes for the honest reporting about concerns over experimental injections that were given without full informed consent.

37.5

We’ll take it.

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Meme Overflow

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-01-24 17:00 +0000

As promised in Monday Memes, I have an overflow. Yes there will be a Friday edition too.

Let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule resume:

 

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

 

 

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Well, up until, perhaps, the mid to late 1800s in the US.  Still, point taken.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA

 

 

 

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Reminds me of a Robin Williams line (IIRC him):  “I don’t mind if it’s my time to die.  What if it’s the pilot’s time to die”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The agency that regulates these products is also a part co-owner of these products and makes money through their sale?  Can we spell CONFLICT OF INTEREST?  Same for all the CDC / FDA people who get “royalties” from pharma – but then contribute to the approval process of those same products.

 

 

 

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Pick of the Post:

 

 

OOH, I know they want to keep Trump out.

OTOH, this is a very shrewd concept if they try this.  As a back-up plan if they can’t stop him.  And then we’re screeeewwwwwweeeeed.  The WH and both chambers?

 

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Palate cleansers:

 

 

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Come back on Friday for more memes.  Same meme time.  Same meme channel.

 

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