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Month: October 2011

  • Obama now ‘The Divider’

    George Rebane The Great Divide (and search RR) has been a subject of interest and debate among readers.  Our friends from the Left honor me with accusations of being a lone rogue in shining a light on the path that appears to be tearing the country apart.  Unfortunately as thinkers and commentators across the country…

  • Lucy Pearl at Seven Months

    George Rebane Just so that everyone understands that the ideas debated on RR are not without consequence, I want to remind everyone that I have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild – Lucy Pearl, the little darlin that you see below.  What we talk about in these pages is important, and doubly so for her and…

  • Ruminations – 26oct2011 (29oct2011 update)

    George Rebane •    New Army rifle, a truly fearsome weapon•    Obama uses FDR’s re-election model•    Local left concerned about govt regs on food Army’s new “rifle” is game changer – The Army has released the specs on its new XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System (love that name) that is really a shoulder-fired 25mm cannon…

  • ‘Streetcar’ in Nevada City

    George Rebane Last Saturday night we went to dinner with friends, and then on to the evening presentation of Tennessee Williams’ classic ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ being performed at the Nevada Theater. There we saw a wonderful production of the dark drama that moved Marlon Brandon from its theater production and gave him his film start…

  • Administrivia – Comment posting problems (updated)

    George Rebane I've received emails from readers that comments don't post reliably or disappear after they are posted.  Am working on this with TypePad.  Please keep the faith since I don't know when they will get the problem fixed.  Thank you. [update]  The problem seems to have been fixed.

  • ‘Employers, unemployment is your fault’

    George Rebane In the 24oct11 WSJ, Wharton School academic Peter Cappelli posits that employers are putting too much blame on schools for not turning out educated workers who can do the available jobs (here).  Employers should instead take in the unqualified, and educate them in the skills needed as, he claims, they did in the…

  • Right and Left – Right? Wrong!

    George Rebane The one dimensional political spectrum is of great rhetorical convenience, but absolutely worthless when it comes to correctly summarizing the attributes of ideology that the so-called ‘Right’ is supposed hold dear (more here).  The light-minded view is that we start somewhere at the far Left where altruistic collectivism rules the roost under the…

  • Singularity Debate – Paul Allen vs Ray Kurzweil

    George Rebane This year’s Singularity Summit again brought out leading thinkers and workers on the progress being made toward that momentous fin de siècle of human development and evolution.  The annual conference prompted Paul Allen (Microsoft co-founder) and Mark Greaves to write a strong denial on the prospects of a near-term Singularity (here).  This was…

  • Oh Say Can You See the Difference Yet? (updated 24oct2011)

    George Rebane Now the smelly, pierced, and entrenched ‘Occupy people’ (as described by Andy Kessler and others) will not move from their rancid encampments in San Francisco, Oakland, and other places.  They dare the local authorities to remove them, and promise to resist when the attempt is made.  When questioned about their protests, all their…

  • Who are the Occupiers?

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 21 October 2011.  Here I have provided some links to expand the recorded material, and added a recent Ramirez who always summarizes succinctly.] The Occupy Wall Street crowd has taken its template from the street critics of Europe’s socialist countries, and its…

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