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Month: July 2011

  • Debt Crisis – The knives are still out

    George Rebane This weekend President Obama has told ol’ Harry to cool it and reinserted himself into the debt limit talks.  I think that the tea party message has finally gotten through, though not in its entirety.  Leaked compromises still consist of immediate debt limit increases that won’t be matched by spending cuts until many…

  • CCB Lite passes – 218 to 210 (updated 30jul2011)

    George Rebane Cut, Cap & Balance Lite just passed the House 218 to 210 with no Dems voting for it, and 22 Repubs opposing it.  The tea party backed Repubs came and took the heat to the end, they would not vote for an increase in the debt ceiling.  Why?  Because our continuing to borrow…

  • Cultural Rights

    George Rebane [This piece is actually the expansion of ‘Discussing Norway and Breivik’ which invited a reasoned conversation about the recent terror massacre.  In there I included 25 notions related to that atrocity, and to the growing public debate on multi-culturalism and Islam that is ongoing in Europe and starting in America.  Here is my…

  • ‘Minority Rules’ or Why Bloggers Blog

    George Rebane Rensselaer Polytechnic researchers have discovered a dynamic network model that explains how a minority opinion can become a majority opinion when certain tipping point parameters are exceeded.  In the internet age this process has also been labeled ‘going viral’, and many of us have seen and studied its technical properties.  The RP researchers…

  • Discussing Norway and Breivik

    George Rebane “Norway's murders shouldn't be an excuse to shut down debate over multiculturalism and the failure of many Muslims to assimilate to Europe's cultural norms. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have broken taboos by speaking sensibly on the subject. Democracies need to address their anxieties openly, rather than push…

  • Then Why Not $30 Trillion??

    George Rebane Sen Reid and Speaker Boehner have come up with competing plans to up the US debt limit.  Boehner’s plan will get us by the ‘sky is falling’ default scare and give time for a serious debate on tax reform and meaningful spending cuts that should last for years.  Among other provisions, it calls…

  • The Jobs Leak Continues

    George Rebane While we’re all tangled up in our fiscal underwear, few noticed that even GE (aka Government Electric) is not doing much to artificially keep jobs here in America.  They are expanding their X-ray business to China “to be closer to our customers.”  Since China’s healthcare industry will be booming in the coming years,…

  • Norway Terror (updated)

    George Rebane So now Norway has Anders Behring Breivik, its own equivalent of America’s Timothy McVey.  We read that the 32 year old farmer has killed almost one hundred people, personally murdering eighty some by shooting each of them at close range.  He also posted a YouTube video (now removed) of himself declaring his terror…

  • Climbing Mount DebtandTaxes

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my bi-weekly KVMR commentary broadcast on 22 July 2011.] Let’s talk a little bit about debt and taxes.  Listening to leaders from both parties, you get the opinion that if we don’t raise the debt limit – by August 2 or whenever – that the world’s economy is…

  • Listen up you idiots, … (updated 23jul2011)

    George Rebane [For a translation of the following transcript that’s more suited for polite company, please see the article in the 20jul11 Union.] …, er, I mean all you good citizens and taxpayers of Nevada County.  Since the case is now settled, I’m gonna explain to you how this lawsuit went down, and I’m not…

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