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Month: February 2016

  • Progressivism and the Certainty of Ignorance

    George Rebane One of the unambiguous tenets of a conservetarian is that collectivism, in any of its forms, is a gateway to human suffering and eventual tyranny.  Collectivists, under whichever banner they assemble – progressive, liberal, national socialist, international socialist (communist), … – will first seek to silence their foes by whatever means they are…

  • Sandbox – 27feb16

    [Here is what Joe Biden had to say about filling SCOTUS vacancies.  And the record here shows that no liberal has explained why this time is so different that the Senate should not continue to follow the advice of our VP and several of his prominent Democrat colleagues.  We expected crickets, and they have spoken.  gjr]

  • Ruminations – 23feb16 (updated 28feb16)

    Look to him who comes in with another’s concern in order to go out with his own. … Gracian #193 George Rebane No debate about replacing Justice Scalia should proceed before the Democratic precedents denying a sitting Republican president the same privilege receive full airing. At that time the debate should commence with the Dems…

  • Sandbox – 22feb16

    [Now we read that young blacks are among the most dedicated of the millennials lapping up Sander's socialism on the campaign trail.  And do you notice that there is not a smidgeon of contrition coming from the Republican establishment about their failures to live up to their promises in Congress, a silence that reeks of hubris and…

  • Does Trump’s Advocacy of Torture Disqualify Him From the Presidency?

    [This is an invited post by my longtime friend and colleague Dr Wayne Hullett that expands on his comment under the 16feb16 Sandbox.  gjr] Wayne Hullett "Civilization is hideously fragile… there’s not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish." – C.P. Snow "Civilization: a thin veneer over barbarianism." – John…

  • Administrivia – RR joins the social networking melee

    George Rebane Our daughters – Sini and Teine – have urged me to link RR to some of the popular social network servers for a number of reasons which have not always been an attractant for me.  RR's numbers have increased over the years, and that has kept this labor of love going.  But finally I relented…

  • Scattershots – 20feb16 (updated 22feb16)

    George Rebane Consider that it is the progressive college administrators who back public policies that let them raise tuition costs to levels out of reach of the same poor whom they cynically claim to champion. Pope Francis’ latest foray into politics on his Mexican visit includes his now familiar socialist screed of demanding “justice for undocumented…

  • Dr Anna Haynes strikes again (updated 4mar16)

    George Rebane Dr Haynes is the formerly strident voice of Preventable Global Warming and little known owner of NC Voices, a generally useful concentrator of regional news sites, media outlets, and blogs.  She has run this site for some years and recently did a redesign of it.  On it we conservative bloggers have always been consigned…

  • March of the Mini-minded Millennials (updated 20feb16)

    George Rebane [This is the addended and linked transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 17 February 2016.] In this election year the millennials are going to make their mark, and both parties are doing their best to woo them.  Why?  The simple reason is their numbers; but that’s not the whole story.  The…

  • Sandbox – 16feb16

    [I believe that Trump did himself irreparable harm in last Saturday's debate with his extraordinarily boorish behavior toward Bush and Cruz.  His follow on interviews over the weekend gave clear evidence that he is more than a bit panicked about his campaign, as when he had to also claim that the RNC stacked the audience against him.  The latter…

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