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Month: May 2015

  • George Rebane Lowell Robinson RIP.  A sad email from a friend this morning reported the passing last night of Lowell Robinson, one of the giants of our community.  Lowell was the founder of what today we know as Robinson Enterprises, a multi-faceted business that has served Nevada County for decades.  He also put his money…

  • [Well, all the liberal palaber about Common Core being just standards and not specific requirements for curricula is just so much BS as states are now beginning to find out. Climate change propaganda has been inserted as a required topic ranging from grade through middle to high school. Students will have AGW drilled into their…

  • George Rebane We again gratefully contemplate the terrible price paid by those who gave their all so that America may remain the land of opportunity and the home of the free.  The words and photo from Memorial Day – 30 May 2011 still apply.

  • ‘… when you’re rich, they think you really know!’ -  Tevye the dairyman George Rebane [We continue examination of Guaranteed National Income that commenced in the previous post, ‘Guaranteed National Income guaranteed’.] From the pantheon of America’s richest and wisest, we hear that Warren Buffett has now discovered systemic unemployment, especially of the kind that…

  • [There was a request in the rapidly filling old sandbox for a new one that could launch a discussion on 'what does it take to be an American' and 'who are our warriors', and, of course, divers other topics of interest.  gjr] [23may15]  Download NevCityPlan_150527 Here are some ideas (starts on page 31) that Nevada City has for using…

  • George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 20 May 2015.] Listeners of these commentaries may recall that I support redistribution of wealth.  This line drew gasps from the Nevada County Republican Central Committee when several years ago I dropped it into one of the talks I was invited…

  • “Islam was never the religion of peace.  Islam is the religion of fighting.”  Abu Bahr Al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader George Rebane Indeed Islam has never been the religion of peace.  History and ongoing worldwide Islamist terror attest to that.  The above quote from a recent ISIS online video is just the latest testimony to a truth…

  • [A fresh sandbox was overdue.  Among the topics spawned hereunder, Watashi-wa would like to see a discussion of the current news that Russ Steele introduced as 'boots on the ground' in the 3may15 sandbox, and repeated below – BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State…

  • George Rebane Thought I’d inject a little braggadocio for some of our county’s STEM elite young people.  This morning we celebrated the winners of the TechTest2015 at the annual TechTest Survivors’ Breakfast held at Tofanelli’s in Grass Valley.  TT2015 was the ninth presentation of this grueling four-hour merit scholarship exam (which you can inspect or…

  • George Rebane This afternoon the Nevada County Supervisors heard a presentation on the State of Jefferson by the movement's local steering committee.  It was followed by public comment from both pro and con residents of our county.  I made the following statement during the public comment segment. I too want to thank you for hearing…