Rebane's Ruminations
February 2014
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Month: February 2014

  • George Rebane With every passing day governments at all levels fear Americans more and more.  RR readers are well informed (here and here) on the unexplainable reasons why such diverse bureaus and agencies as EPA, US Forest Service, Dept of Eduction, NOAA, …, and now the USPS (here) are buying millions of rounds of small…

  • ‘In the West, everything that is not forbidden is allowed; in the East everything not allowed is forbidden.’  Cold War summary of the two sides that today highlights the difference between the Right and the Left. George Rebane Since the CBO report on the latest estimate of Obamacare’s jobs destruction, all kinds of liberal spin…

  • [This piece by Ms Jean Gerard was printed in the 4feb14 (paywalled) Union today.  Ms Gerard was not sure that it would be published, so she sent me the piece to appear on RR as her byline.  It is posted as received.  My own remarks are addended below.] Jean Gerard We’ve heard from several folks…

  • George Rebane Just a couple of observations from the other side of the tipping point.  The collectivist grip on our lives gets tighter by the day. Local leftwingers will demonstrate against the XL Keystone pipeline reports the 3feb14 Union.  The usual suspects from the Nevada County Climate Change Coalition (NC-CCC), coordinating with CREDO, Rainforest Action…

  • George Rebane The low cognitive reach of today’s journalists in intellect, knowledge base, and command of English is well recognized.  But more and more of their deficits in reasoning and research are making themselves felt as they fall behind in their role as our society’s watchdogs.  Three examples will illustrate. Gov Christie’s ‘Bridgegate’ is not…