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Month: October 2011

  • McGuire to run against Beason for BoS seat

    George Rebane Sue McGuire has announced that she will be running against Nate Beason for the Nevada County District #1 supervisorial seat.  Press release below. News ReleaseContact: Julie Johnson Phone: 530 263 2060 For Immediate Release Sue McGuire announces candidacy for First District Supervisor Nevada County Attorney Sue McGuire this morning announced that she is…

  • Calvin’s Econ 101

    “The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it’s difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine.”  Abraham Lincoln George Rebane This post is unabashedly lifted from and is composed of content, in whole cloth, from reader emails.  (I am still in mourning over Bill Watterson’s decision to retire the strip in 1995;…

  • Nevada City Occupied

    George Rebane On a mild October late afternoon with fall colors in the air, about 150 good-hearted but misguided people gathered to express their opposition to …, well, it was hard to say.  But a theme that tried to surface was that ‘Corporations are bad, peace is good’.  A couple of Nevada City’s finest stayed…

  • The Morass of Morals and Morality

    George Rebane The ‘morality’ of capitalism, of empire, of wealth redistribution, and many other things are much on the minds of people these days.  Yet, as with notions like race, prejudice, government subsidy, censorship, socialism, …, almost no one comes to the debate with a coherent, let alone operational, definition of the terms they glibly…

  • How to Fix Congress

    George Rebane Warren Buffet is credited with the following prescription for fixing the deficit and Congress, even though many of the points have been circulating for years (including in these pages).  In order to give Warren full credit – he needs it after the Buffet Tax – I reproduce below the hopefully titled Congressional Reform…

  • Lies and Lying (updated)

    George Rebane In this information age lies abound more than ever.  And the art of lying involves understanding the three major types of lies.  This piece is an addition to the RR lexicon that may be of use in future discussions. The sequel here is an edited version of a little essay on lying first…

  • Ruminations – 16oct2011 (updated)

    George Rebane New Scientist, always politically correct, has discovered the possibility that if Greece goes under and reduces its GDP by the predicted 50%, then it will not only leave the eurozone but also the EU.  The real Greek tragedy is that this could well start the dominoes falling, resulting in beggaring half the EU…

  • Obama Riots – The last full measure of desperation (updated 17oct2011)

    George Rebane As a fresh face in 2008, community organizer, ‘resigned’ lawyer, and sometime senator Barack Obama outspent opponent McCain by $665,000,000 to win the White House.  Most of this advantage was contributed by public service unions.  Given the man’s demonstrated record of incompetence or intention (your pick), stronger medicine is needed for him to…

  • Adiministrivia – 13oct2011

    George Rebane Less than an hour ago we got our trailer parked (more or less) in its assigned spot.  We have returned from a trip on which I was consigned to the Black Hole of Connectivity.  I notice that the RR comment streams  have continued to grow with a dull roar from which my little…

  • Misunderstanding Job Creation

    George Rebane [This is the submitted version of my October column that appeared in the 8oct11 print and online editions of The Union.] This column has long argued that the American worker is at a distinct disadvantage when compared to workers in emerging economies, and especially when compared to what the American demands as compensation…

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