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Month: April 2013

  • On inanities after the Boston bombings

    George Rebane The tragic terrorist bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon have been more than adequately acknowledged; I can add little of substance to the reports and sentiments. However, I do want to express some considerable irritation at how the entire affair was covered by the media, especially Fox News, in the immediate aftermath of…

  • Gold plummets, but then why … ?

    George Rebane Has everyone been watching the goings on in gold and other precious metals lately?  Today the price of one ounce plummeted another 9.4%, making the price drop of that barbaric relic in the last few trading days to be the biggest in thirty years.  Astute observers tell us that Big Money (central banks,…

  • Ruminations – 13apr13

    George Rebane A socialist believes that human nature can be legislated. IEEE reports that ‘Robots are not killing jobs’ in an interview with Dr Henrik Christensen, Director of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Tech.  His argument to support the proposition is to invoke the same ol’ same ol’ – technology, including…

  • Windows 8 and PC Sales

    George Rebane Years ago when graphic displays were first coming into shipboard combat systems, as a developer of such systems we had to ask ‘what’s the best way to work with on-screen information – nominating and manipulating display elements?’  The main contending graphic input device alternatives were wired pens and trackballs, the touch screen was…

  • Ruminations – 9apr13 (updated 10apr13)

    George Rebane California 2013 Job Killer Legislation.  The state’s chamber of commerce released a list of bills that would continue California’s economic misery as the Democrats pander to the dimwit cohort of their constituency.  All of these pile on to the mother of idiotic job killer laws already on the books and wreaking havoc – …

  • The Iron Lady 87, RIP (addended)

    George Rebane Lady Margaret Thatcher was a world leader who warmed the cockles of my own and many a heart.  With Ronald Reagan she was instrumental in bringing the USSR down to a soft landing.  She also created enormous and beneficial change for Great Britain that had been on a dreadful socialist slide to oblivion…

  • More complex than ‘Illegal Immigrants’

    George Rebane An illegal alien by any other name … For years I have advised against labeling all illegal inhabitants in America as ‘illegal immigrants’.  In any reasonable discussion of the illegal alien and illegal entrant problems, this catch-all label will cause confusion.  Now this is coming to pass as we attempt to get real…

  • ‘Breaking Bread’ on NCTV (updated)

    George Rebane Late yesterday afternoon we finished ‘taping’ the first installment of ‘Breaking Bread’ (BB), a new series that is to air over the coming months on NCTV Channel 11.  BB is a roundtable discussion of ideas, happenings, and current issues of broad national interest.  It is based loosely on the historical French salons which…

  • Ruminations – 4apr13 (updated 5apr13)

    Have just a touch of the commercial in you.  Do not merely shop, but trade a little.  Gracian #232 George Rebane Been on travel with some friends for the last couple of weeks.  We attended the Mercatus Institute’s annual retreat in Scottsdale.  The big issue discussed was socialism’s onslaught on capitalism – ‘Can American Capitalism…

  • April Fun and Foolishness

    George Rebane Nevada County poet Molly Fisk, who is also a regular essayist on KVMR and a fine lady of the liberal persuasion, and I were asked to trade our commentaries for today.  The idea was to have listeners maybe raise an eyebrow or two in fun as they heard familiar voices deliver unfamiliar monologues. …

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