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Month: August 2008

  • Hello Governor Sarah Palin!

    George Rebane The Democrats’ first attack on John McCain’s veep choice was that she didn’t have enough foreign affairs experience.  For some odd reason I thought that bringing that up would be the last thing Obama would want to do – sort of like the kettle calling the pot black.  Oh well, the silly season…

  • Ruminations – 28aug08

    George Rebane *** Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus and philanthropist, is an adviser to Obama on matters of technology.*** The county’s Fire Safe Plan (aka part of the Safety Element of the county’s General Plan) is a tough document to digest …*** Some facts matter, some don’t.*** Obama, the messiah of hope and change, promised…

  • Railroading of the County’s Fire Plan?

    George Rebane The CABPRO Letter alerts us to the next puzzling steps taken to hammer out an acceptable fire safety plan for Nevada County’s unincorporated areas.  The current plan going forward contains unchanged the 21dec07 draft of the plan.  This version co-mingled a mishmash of old and new requirements – some mandated by the state,…

  • Ruminations – 23aug08

    George Rebane A correspondent of undeclared political bent sent me the following observation making the rounds. “The Democrats have suddenly developed a keen sense of morality.  John Edwards has been banned from making a speech at the Democratic National Convention for having an affair and lying about it.  In his place, Bill Clinton will be…

  • Ruminations – 21aug08

    George Rebane Some idle thoughts during a year of invasions, stimulus injections, climate change sacrifices, and elections promising hope-filled change. * A young Alan Greenspan made an audacious observation back in the early sixties.* Tonight PBS’s ‘Nightly Business Report’ again declared its true colors.* Today is the fortieth anniversary of the Soviets’ crushing of what…

  • Peter and Paul Redux

    George Rebane ‘When you promise to rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the full support of Paul.’ In response to ‘Are you a Peter or a Paul?’, a correspondent sent me a copy of a recent article – ‘A Nation of Thieves’ – by syndicated columnist Walter Williams.  Dr. Williams is…

  • Are you a Peter or a Paul?

    George Rebane ‘When you promise to rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the full support of Paul.’ Obama has promised to launch one of the biggest tax increases in US history, and since the supportive MSM own the words, it is all being sold under the banner of “tax relief”.  The…

  • Ruminations – 17aug08

    George Rebane *** Putin moves, Bush muddles …*** … thundering herd of lemmings heading for climate change cliff …*** Victor Davis Hanson, a quiet voice of reason *** When he heard about the Russian tanks coming through the Roki Tunnel, Bush should have been on AF-1 within the hour heading back to the White House…

  • Singularity Signposts – 15aug08

    George Rebane Synthetic Telepathy is around the corner.  We will soon have user interfaces that let our thoughts direct the actions of machines.  Imagine the possibilities both near and far term.  In the near-term we will wear cranial sensors (buttons on the noggins) that will transmit EEG (electro-encephalogram) signals to a processor that decodes the…

  • Lessons from a Sore Finger

    George Rebane Last night I almost contributed a part of my left middle finger to our dinner salad.  Jo Ann assigned me the task of slicing up some salami left over from the puu-puus of a recent dinner party.  I thought I was rated for the task; apparently not.  With blood all over the place,…

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