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Month: December 2014

  • George Rebane Our high tech industry is literally the last refuge of employment meritocracy, and the increase in our quality of life it has provided is unquestionable.  That may all be coming to an end if our so-called civil rights leaders like Jesse Jackson have their way.  You see Jesse and his crew have noticed…

  • George Rebane OK, all you Ruminators, pay attention.  If you live in northern California, the NWS promises lots of water and wind coming our way starting tomorrow night (Wed) and going through Thursday.  PG&E is betting on power outages with crews doing last minute tree trimmings over/near vulnerable power lines.  But we all know that…

  • George Rebane Today the Justice Department releases new regulatory guidelines on which federal agencies may do profiling and under which circumstances.  The report has been six months in the making and we are told its release in such close proximity to the events in Ferguson and Staten Island is a coincidence.  AG Holder will travel…

  • George Rebane Reading the 6dec14 Union this morning, I noticed a spattering of feedback from conservatives and progressives that the editors had assembled.  Jobs and economic development have been elusive objectives for years in Nevada County.  Now that a ton of new environmental regulations are coming down the pike, it is interesting to see how both…

  • George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 3 December 2014.] I intended this to be a wrap-up on the Ferguson riots, but sadly there is no wrap possible, because Ferguson is just the latest chapter in the marathon effort to fundamentally transform America.  So all we can do…

  • George Rebane ‘Why We Needn’t Fear the Machines’ is a feel-good piece by science writer Christopher Mims in 1dec14 WSJ.  I have no idea what the man’s educational credentials are, but from his article it is safe to say they are not much (his Facebook page omits his education).  Mims' piece looks like a promo…