The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • December 24 • 2024

Vol.XVI • No.LII

Manchester, N.H.

Enabling a ‘Brutus’ to Slay the Elon Musk ‘Caesar’

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-09-12 16:00 +0000
In the Washington Post on Monday, the headlines read: Musk and Durov are facing the revenge of the regulators. Former US Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, in the British Guardian newspaper, published a piece on how to “rein-in” Elon Musk, suggesting that “regulators around the world should threaten Musk with arrest” on lines of that which befell Pavel Durov recently ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Biden Wears Trump 2024 Hat

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-09-12 14:06 +0000
Someone handed Joe Biden a hat, which he put on without looking. It was a Trump hat. It doesn’t mean anything, except that someone brought a Trump hat to a Biden appearance. That’s something. And we’re sharing this ‘cuz reasons. It’s funny and out there, and now it’s here. Here’s the video. Here’s another one ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Deplorables Now Have A Different Orientation

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-09-12 14:00 +0000
Hillary Clinton put her political foot in her mouth In 2016 when she lumped all MAGA Republicans into what she called her “Basket of Deplorables.” She went on to say, “They’re racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, you name it. And unfortunately, there are people like that and he (Donald Trump) has lifted them up.” In ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Demorats ‘Democracy’ Is Showing

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-09-12 12:00 +0000
While it is not a hard and fast editorial rule, the unspoken ‘Grok policy when referring to the party of Democrats is to call it the Democrat party. They don’t like it, but that’s not why we do it. There is little to nothing Democratic about the party, and their obsession with the word democracy ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Mastering the Art of Predicting Ice Hockey Scores: Strategies, Tips, and Tools for Accurate Forecasts

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-09-12 10:16 +0000
It might be difficult to forecast ice hockey scores at times. But if you have the right guidance in the form of strategies, tips, and tools for accurate forecasts, this process becomes easier. Understanding how to forecast ice hockey scores can greatly improve your experience in the game whether you are betting or just trying ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Vikram Paid For This, Will He Take It Back?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-09-12 10:00 +0000
In my recent article shaming Adam Sexton, his last question of the 3 viable candidates in the WMUR debate was, “How do you lower the political temperature in this country?” Vikram got to answer last, and he said, “Look, I think we just need to unify…” (followed by name-dropping attacks on both his opponents). He ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Do Americans Prefer Equalizing Outcome or Opportunity in 2024?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-09-12 02:00 +0000
The American Dream was built on a promise of equality – a promise of equality in terms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. During the 2024 election, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are both working overtime to say why Republicans or Democrats are better on the equality issue. But what kind of equality? Harris ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Ignore The Polls — Concentrate On Truth

Granite Grok - Thu, 2024-09-12 00:00 +0000
Lots of articles about polls, who’s ahead, whose behind, which groups, which areas, which states are on whose side. The polls change almost daily, based on who is asking the questions and how they’re phrased. And the polls are “samples”, usually no more than a couple of thousand people in a country where over 200 ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Did Trump Funnel His Inner Biden

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 22:00 +0000
Donald Trump let us down last night. Republicans had such high hopes that Trump would take Kamala Harris out of the Presidential race as he did with Joe Biden. Trump exposed what we all knew about President Biden. Biden came away from their debate as a senile, bumbling man who was being hidden from the ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

If Elections Are Clean Then No One Needs to Worry

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 20:00 +0000
Elections are safe, they say. Clean as a whistle. No cheating, no foolishness; it’s all on the up and up. Anyone who says otherwise is a conspiracy theorist and probably some right-wing wacko. If that’s true, then Mr. Trump’s promise, if elected, to prosecute election fraud to the fullest extent of the law is a ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Anti-Gun Control Arguments 2024

Libertarian Leanings - Wed, 2024-09-11 19:16 +0000
Facts Gun Control Lobby Suppress by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com The debate over gun control is heavily influenced by various groups, including the anti-gun lobby and anti-Second Amendment (2A) politicians. These groups often dominate headlines and social media, advocating for more... Tom Bowler
Categories: Blogs, United States

The Debate: …

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 18:00 +0000
The following is commentary from a reader about the Debate: Donald Trump versus ABC News and Kamala Harris. Watching that debate was painful and maddening. It was like doing a backbreaking chore that you know must be done—stacking the five cords of wood I just did comes to mind. The clear bias of the state-run ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Meme Overflow

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 16:00 +0000
As promised in Monday Memes, I have an overflow. Let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule continue! *** Warning, definitely off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about *** >>>>>=====<<<<< Today, as always, I feel the effects of 9-11 on America and the world. To the heroes who perished helping others, police, firemen, paramedics, and those ... Read more
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The 2,996 Project – Honoring the Fallen of 9/11 – Eugen Lazar

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 14:00 +0000
I made a promise – GraniteGrok will not forget Eugen; this day we still remember what happened 23 years ago today: 9/11/2001. Someone had written a post with a short blurp “…22 years ago…”. I can’t believe that it has been THAT long – yet I vividly remember that day almost to the minute. While it ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

America Has Fewer Employed Workers than It Did a Year Ago

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 12:00 +0000
According to the most recent report from the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy added 142,000 jobs during August while the unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.2 percent. Since the highly disappointing July jobs report, media reports on the state of the job market have become far less positive. This report was described by ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Primary Day Results Roundup

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 10:30 +0000
Months or years of work ended yesterday for some, most, but not all. The New Hampshire state primary (not to be confused with the First in the Nation Presidential Primary) has passed. Ballots were cast and counted, and while there may be a few challenges in local races, the bigger picture has been painted. We ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Victory Party Report from Chez LTW (Lily Tang Williams)

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 10:00 +0000
Let’s first get a housekeeping item out of the way.  Any opinion said, is mine and just that, because I am not a spokesperson for Lily Tang Williams, just an ordinary volunteer. I don’t remember who said it, but last winter, someone called the anti Trumpers a bunch of people having the adult version of ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

NH Primary Election Night Updates …

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 02:15 +0000
6:00 AM update results 10:40 Update: I just got word that Vikram has called Lily Tang Williams to concede the CD-2 Republican Primary Race. Congrats to Lily. CD-1 is Still too close to call, but Prescott is building a lead. Kelly Ayotte’s polling turned out to be accurate as she beats Chuck Morse 66% to ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Parade of Bankruptcies and Closures

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 02:00 +0000
You can tell when you’ve got a Democrat President in a bad economy. You don’t hear that much about the rise ein bankruptcies and stores going out of business. There have been a lot of them. The response to the Wuhan Flu killed off a lot of businesses, as did the harm done to the ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Debate: Questions Kamala Harris Must Be Asked

Granite Grok - Wed, 2024-09-11 00:00 +0000
After six weeks of completely hiding from the media, Kamala Harris finally appeared, with the safety valve of her running mate, in a pre-recorded, brief, and totally friendly interview with Dana Bash of CNN. Bash did not press on the most urgent issues, nor did she follow up when Harris either obfuscated or simply refused ... Read more
Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

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