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Month: June 2008

  • George Rebane Tomorrow we leave on a trip that has been anticipated for about fifty years and has been in various stages of planning for about twenty-five years.  I am returning to Estonia, the little Baltic country where I was born, which we left as refugees in the spring of 1944 during the depth of…

  • George Rebane This comes to you from our ‘Live Long and Prosper’ department.  In this morning’s WSJ I saw an ad that elicited a “Sumbich!  They finally did it.”, and a startled “What?!” from Jo Ann.  Someone is introducing a walking desk into the workplace to keep us all healthier (more info here) About ten…

  • Michael McDaniel Yes. I said don’t blame the oil companies for excessive prices at the pump.  For months now I have put up with comments attacking the companies that provide fuel for our vehicles.  I do concede that oil company management teams both past and present may be to blame for a portion of the…

  • George Rebane • A Democrat agrees with George Will • TechTest2008 Awards Coverage• Trillion dollar ‘Stupidity and the State’ A notable Democrat agrees with George Will (but just this once).  My friend Dick Dickenson took a look at the latest from syndicated columnist George Will on Obama choosing his VP.  Will writes a short and…

  • George Rebane Yesterday a lot of government scientists, state bureaucrats, and local politicians got together for the Sierra Ozone Summit (SOS) in Grass Valley.  This was a well-prepared and executed event put together by a coalition of elected officials, Save the Air in Nevada County, and the Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District.  Its purpose…

  • (I received this piece from a Nevada County friend and a community leader.  Its author is anonymous, and I post it here with a few edits as a message that should be doubly on our minds today.) Any Islamic OPEC minister could look you in the eyes and state: “Islam is at war with you…