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Month: April 2009

  • I-80 Project Update

    George Rebane Thought this might be worth a post for the locals, and all others taking I-80 over the Sierras.  Nevada County announced that “starting 4/10 Caltrans will be piloting all truckers during detour: Senior Civil Engineer, Steve Castleberry forwarded your concerns about the I-80 detour and got a call back from Caltrans yesterday regarding the I-80…

  • Tall in the Saddle No Longer

    George Rebane Our government’s reaction to Somali pirates and the Saudi king says it all – by our own hand we are a changed and diminished nation. In days of yore our government would have acted fast and with finality against pirates – especially those in shirtsleeves and small open boats on the high seas. …

  • Ruminations – 8apr2009

    George Rebane The French socialists and communists are really tuning up their anti-capitalist protesting methods.  You see, the market demand for getting properly trained in the skills of laying down in the streets, assaulting police lines, etc is getting so high that a new start-up will now teach you these skills over a weekend course…

  • Income Inequality and Education

    George Rebane Most of our neighbors continue to believe that liberty and equality can always increase in tandem.  Unfortunately, as our Founders and these posts have pointed out, liberty fosters inequality as the natural order of life – attempting to raise one always lowers the other.  Even as we all line up equally on the starting…

  • Taxpayers, Listen Up! (7apr2009 update)

    George Rebane    Download Rally flyer 6 (Final general flyer) for a more readable version.  [7apr09 update] Kim Pruett emailed that “If you still want to ride the Patriot Express buses contact Patti at the Parsonage B&B at 265-9478 to reserve your seat.  There are only a few left!”

  • Singularity Signposts – 4apr2009

    George Rebane There has been another significant advance in machine intelligence.  Two projects have demonstrated that machines will now start doing independent research that can lead to new discoveries.  Adam, an artificial critter, did an experiment in yeast genetics to prove a longstanding hypothesis, ‘he’ did it with very minimal human intervention. Adam has cost…

  • Of Cracks and Crystal Balls (5apr09 update)

    George Rebane Dr. Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security adopts a line of argument that has become peculiar to the adherents, promoters, and careerists of man-made global warming or AGW (anthropogenic global warming).  He has written a report that portends the risks of given sea level rises, and…

  • When does 1% equal 13.8%?

    George Rebane A one percent increase in the amount of sales tax that California consumers pay on most purchases goes into effect today, raising the rate from a minimum of 7.25% to at least 8.25% statewide. This is a typical report of the actual 13.8% increase in the California sales tax that goes into effect…

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