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Month: January 2009

  • Another Bridge to Nowhere?

    George Rebane [This post is actually the continuation of a magnificent comment thread that started in response to ‘McClintock Visits Nevada County’.  That thread became an examination and debate between the economic policies of the Right and Left, especially in the context of what is happening today in Washington with the seeming sea change of…

  • “Do Nothing … Sooner!”

    George Rebane This ad is running in a major newspaper near you.  For a readable version, please click here.

  • NASA’s Hockeystick Hansen Rebuked

    George Rebane James Hansen, the NASA scientist responsible for most of the so-called computer modeling behind the global warming scare, has been publicly rebuked by his former boss Dr. John Theon, now retired.  I would be remiss if I didn’t pick up this important development for RR readers since the MSM may never make much…

  • A View from Leftfield (updated)

    George Rebane To keep track of what our socialist brethren in the country are saying, I visit sites like truthout.org.  One of the Left’s champion commentators is economist Dean Baker who writes ‘The Anti-Stimulus Crowd Blows a Gasket’ .  I cannot claim that I understand any of Baker’s logic or development, it comes from a universe I have…

  • Fork Over Your Job to Robo-Forklift

    George Rebane Here’s another ‘you can’t just do ONE thing’ development.  MIT recently announced (here) that Researchers in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are working on a better way to handle supplies in a war zone: a semi-autonomous forklift that can be directed by people safely away from the dangers of the…

  • Tied in Legal Knots

    George Rebane Today President Obama’s call for “a new era of responsibility” is stillborn.  Most well-read people have known for some decades now that we have tied ourselves into legal knots that kill the spirit of initiative and freedom.  Lawyer Philip Howard (chair of Common Good) in today’s WSJ writes ‘How Modern Law Makes Us Powerless’ …

  • McClintock visits Nevada County

    George Rebane This afternoon Russ Steele and I went to an intimate coffee and wine meeting with Congressman Tom McClintock and about thirty other local folks.  Tom McClintock was introduced by our State Senator Sam Aanestad,  Russ has already posted on the meeting here (that man is fast).  I just want to add a couple of points…

  • The Green Bandwagon comes to Nevada County (updated)

    George Rebane This morning’s Other Voices (‘Let’s create a local economy around green jobs’) by Don Pelton in The Union is another example of why economic development in our county is so difficult – muddle-headed thinking.  The author’s proposal to spend money to make Nevada County a hub of green technology companies is not only silly,…

  • We Believe What We Need to Believe

    George Rebane  I’m reminded by today’s Stratfor bulletin of a recent comment on RR regarding Islam’s crusade against the West.  Buzzing out Stratfor’s report, I wound up on the INRA site (Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency) to read that “Over 70,000 students sign up for martyrdom operation list”.  To quote that comment, many good-hearted people…

  • New White House Blog

    George Rebane The Obama administration got off on the right (sic) foot today by immediately publishing the new White House Blog.  RR is pleased to include that blog's link in its permanent 'Our Links' list in the right hand column.  Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media for the White House, writes a nice welcoming piece ('Change…

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