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Month: July 2008

  • Russ & Ellen Home At Last

    George Rebane Jo Ann and I were happy to welcome home Russ & Ellen Steele from their three month adventure that criss-crossed our fair continent.  The last leg today was from Truckee where Russ had to attend to county business before being able to haul their customized Airstream into its usual resting place.  Knowing how…

  • Ruminations – 13jul08

    George Rebane • Schwarzenegger Blasts Bush on Global Warming• One strike and you’re out! – McCain fires Phil Gramm• European Space Agency on Ocean Levels Schwarzenegger Blasts Bush on Global Warming  Remember the starting scene from ‘2001 – A Space Odyssey’ where the cowardly ape emerges to pound on the limp body of another ape,…

  • How Elections Really Work

    George Rebane When the overwhelming fraction of voters consists of people indifferent, ignorant, or just plain stupid, how does a republican form of democracy work?  Why doesn’t it just collapse right away as such people cast ballots? Political scientists have studied this remarkable stability of democracies, and have noticed that somewhere in the 20th century…

  • The Cost of an “Iron Dome”

    George Rebane From the “Iron Dome” report in Breitbart.com – Israel has successfully tested a new defence system designed to intercept rockets fired from southern Lebanon and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, public radio reported on Sunday. The “Iron Dome” system is expected to be fully operational within a year and will be able to intercept…

  • Ruminations – 5jul08

    George Rebane • Colombian Rescue – It’s a humorous but sad sign of the times that the rescued Betancourt praises France and Sarkozy for her freedom, and does not even give a nod to the role that the US has played in making it all possible.  For years FARC has never given a tinker’s damn…

  • A Small Town Fourth of July

    George Rebane We just returned from the annual 4th of July parade in beautiful downtown Nevada City.  It was ‘our’ turn to have the parade this year and next year it will be held in Grass Valley, our neighboring town and Nevada County’s big city.  It was ever thus, and this year it was no…

  • Estonia Wrap-up

    George Rebane (For those readers who missed our frequent posts while in Europe, please see the dated ‘Road Ruminations’ under the Happenings category on the right.  Those not willing to subject themselves to this drawn out but sometimes witty reportage can cut to the chase below.) Wrapping up the Estonia trip starts with our revisit…

  • Bedroom Community Maintenance Measures vs Economic Viability

    George Rebane Nevada County’s Rural Quality Coalition (RQC) is a major backer of the MGI and bases its support on the following argument – "While the “Managed Growth Initiative” does not change the General Plan, it adds the requirement that amendments to the Land Use Element, except in certain circumstances, be approved by a majority…

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