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Month: June 2011

  • Ruminations – 7jun2011

    George Rebane The ‘birther’ pot continues to boil.  In ‘The Birth Certificate from Hell’ I reviewed the response to the White House posting of President Obama’s long form birth certificate.  The pdf image of the certificate, available from the WH website, indicated clearly that it had been ‘photoshopped’.  For more recent developments, please read Russ…

  • Competence vs Criminality in Nevada County (updated 14jun2011)

    George Rebane My email has been running torrid over the last day or so with everyone telling me, and everyone else, about the Sac Bee article on ‘hard money’ lending shenanigans in the state, and especially in Nevada County.  “NC Clerk/Recorder Diaz has company regarding questionable dealings while in office.” is a typical message line…

  • AtPac’s Nuclear Option

    George Rebane Word from the litigation front is that former Nevada County software provider AtPac is filing for summary judgment in its intellectual property suit that names the county, Clerk-Recorder Greg Diaz, and Aptitude Solutions, the county’s new software provider, as defendants.  (Ref Case 2:10-cv-00294-WBS -JFM Document 172 Filed 06/01/11) Filing for summary judgment is an…

  • ‘Meathead’ Majors

    George Rebane Apropos to the lively discussion at ‘True Value of Work and Caring Economics’, Harvard professor of government Harvey Mansfield contributed a telling piece about the “poor choices … students made in selecting their courses and majors.”  In ‘Sociology and Other Meathead Majors’ Dr Mansfield points out the distinction between education based on facts…

  • Hollywood Synthesized – Another Step Closer

    George Rebane In ‘Avatars – Lauren and Bogie Together Again’ I described the progress toward a new film industry wherein old actors would become immortal and continue to star in new films as long as audiences were willing to pay for them.  Accelerating technology has taken another giant step in this direction as described here in…

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