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Month: December 2017

  • Scattershots – 29dec17 (updated 30dec17)

    George Rebane Rural towns and big cities divide in their populations and prosperity.  While bigger cities have become more prosperous, smaller towns and rural communities have suffered.  The reasons are many and well summarized in an article by Paul Overberg that presents the relevant data in good graphical formats.  The piece begins with – About…

  • Sandbox – 26dec17

    [Whouda thought that America’s urban killings would go up after the leftwing activists started accusing the police of a nationwide conspiracy to kill blacks and other minorities.  Even one of our own political leaders voiced her strong conclusion that this was the case.  Well, now that the post-police-pullback body count stats are coming in, I…

  • A Holy Day not a holiday

    Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.  Matthew 1:23 George Rebane A merry and joyous Christmas wish from the Rebanes (this year we are joined by our Southern Tribe – the Esteys – and our…

  • Scattershots – 21dec17 (updated 23dec17)

    George Rebane Shortest day of the year (in the northern hemisphere) – winter solstice, a time for all kinds of alternative belief systems to hold ceremonies honoring their deities, ancestors, dark spirits, …, and, of course, Gaia.  Here in Nevada County (lat 39.13 degrees) the sun will climb to only 27.37 degrees above the southern…

  • Sweeping Tax Bill Promotes Fake News (updated 22dec17)

    'You get less of what you tax more.'  Alan Greenspan, et al George Rebane This morning on CSPAN I watched the House finally pass the long-fought tax reform bill, and send the legislation to President Trump for his signature.  The Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief while the Democrats are still breathing fire.  Actually,…

  • A Little Puzzle (updated 30dec17)

    George Rebane This little puzzle recently came to my attention.  A ring of radius R is tossed randomly onto a large grid of unit squares as shown below.  The toss will score only if the ring intersects two or three squares – rings 1 and 2 will score.  If the ring intersects only one or…

  • Sandbox – 19dec17

    [Apologies for the delay and having to be reminded.  gjr]

  • Techshots – 19dec17

    George Rebane Programming was women’s work.  The WSJ has been running a series on the history of women in technology, and their being “pushed out” in the years following WW2 (more here).  During and after the war women were the workers who ran the early computers of the day and also programmed them.  Programming was…

  • CAG’s Draft Pot Ordnance Examined

    [The following email from Bob Hren, Nevada County Republican Chairman, was sent this morning.  In it Mr Hren comments on what the Community Advisory Group recommends about the number of marijuana plants to be permitted on various sized parcels.  It is posted as received.  gjr] All, The draft pot rules just released put Residential-Agriculture parcels…

  • Scattershots – 15dec17

    George Rebane Economic growth is now impacted by the sins of the recent past, so argue economists Phil Gramm (former chair of the Senate Banking Committee) and Thomas Saving.  In their ‘A Booming Economy Will Challenge the Fed’, they present a very readable explanation of how today “the monetary excesses of the Obama era represent…

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