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Month: January 2008

  • George Rebane • Idiocracy here and now• Greenpeace sowing peace in the Antarctic• The China Model may be our common future• World Bank scandal and the role of government The other night we had one of our movie nights with friends – cocktail hour then dinner then a movie in front of a warming fireplace. …

  • George Rebane • Nevada City’s latest is buried quietly• San Francisco’s tiger episode• Hillary’s economic stimulation Well, I guess that all is now well in Nevada City.  Years of malfeasance not collecting almost half a million dollars for rendered city services is now behind us.  When this all came to light, city clerk Cathy Wilcox-Barnes…

  • George Rebane These posts highlight some current technological developments that confirm our increasing pace to the Singularity. • Machine with a conscience• Cars that drive themselves• Robots to help the elderly

  • George Rebane As the media bleats about $100/bbl oil, I wonder whether we’re supposed to forget that it’s really the dollar in our pockets that is under assault by the government.  They want to take more money from us and find that raising taxes is too obvious because even the most backward of us then…

  • George Rebane During this election season we’re going to be hearing a lot about populism and the populist positions that certain candidates on both sides will be taking.  What the heck is populism anyway?  When you google populism you get over one million hits that help illuminate (obfuscate?) this term – everything from esoteric definitions…

  • George Rebane Dear Reader, I hope that you and your family have survived another hectic holiday season with health, hearth, and hoard more or less intact.  Jo Ann and I wish you all a Happy 2008! My apologies for being absent from these pages during the last week.  For Christmas we drove to soCal to…