Rebane's Ruminations
October 2023
S M T W T F S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  

ARCHIVES


OUR LINKS


YubaNet
White House Blog
Watts Up With That?
The Union
Sierra Thread
RL “Bob” Crabb
Barry Pruett Blog

George Rebane

Detracking America.  “’Detracking’ is an increasingly popular proposal among socialist educators that attempts to reduce the degree to which students are separated by academic ability. It typically takes the form of removing advanced course offerings or delaying the introduction of these offerings. Supporters claim that marginalized students are often wrongly placed—or place themselves—in less advanced courses and that these students often stay on a less advanced curricular path.” (more here)

The daily confirmation arrives in truckloads that the Democratic Party is truly the evil anti-American party, aided ably in their quest to destroy our republic by harebrained Republicans who can’t get their act together.

‘The Data Prove Government Is Spending Too Much’  Americans for Tax Reform recently launched the Sustainable Budget Project from which we read – “The U.S. national debt recently passed $33 trillion, more than 120% of gross domestic product. Left-wing politicians assert that Americans are undertaxed, but the data show that the government spends too much.”  Americans for Tax Reform has offered a very practical rule by which to construct sustainable budgets – limit the budget increases to “the rate of population growth plus inflation.”  Bottom line – “If government grows faster than this rate, then it is growing faster than what the average taxpayer can afford.”  (more here

Kaja Kallas[8oct23 update] Estonia advises Ukraine.  ““You can’t bribe a computer,” Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told me. When it’s time to rebuild, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should heed these words. Estonia—a member of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—is No. 1 in providing government services digitally, according to the United Nations; first in democratic development among 29 postcommunist countries, according to Freedom House; first in international tax competitiveness, according to the Tax Foundation (the U.S. is 22nd); and sixth in the 2023 Index of Economic Freedom, according to the Heritage Foundation (the U.S. is 25th). It has the most startups per capita in Europe, and its 15-year-olds top the Continent in reading, science and mathematics.” (more here)

Posted in , , ,

141 responses to “Scattershots – 4oct23 (updated 8oct23)”

  1. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    When Trump took office the economy was stable and showing moderate growth, When he left it was trashed and we were very nearly in a depression. Just like when Bush took office following Clinton. When he took office the economy was in great shape and the budget was virtually balanced. When he left we were in a serious recession. Reagan reigned over the highest percentage of debt increase of any President.
    Those are facts. The Repubs are bad news when it comes to the economy.
    Here are some numbers:
    President Reagan increased the debt by $1.86 trillion, or by 186%. That’s the most of any President
    President Clinton increased the national debt by almost $1.4 trillion in eight years, almost a 32% increase
    President Bush added $5.85 trillion to the national debt in eight years, a 101% increase
    President Obama added about $8.6 trillion in eight years, about a 74% increase
    Trump added $6.7 trillion to the debt between fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2020, only four years
    https://www.thebalancemoney.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296

    Like

  2. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Circle of Jerks:
    My power is out in the morning for repairs so you are on your own. I’ll check in later if I have time. Starting my five week series with 15 concerts at the Nevada Theatre, Whew. Not much time for silly conversations with Gregory and the other Trumpers on this blog.

    Like

  3. Scott O Avatar

    Typical Paul Emery cowardly cop-out. I ask him what Trump should have done and he realizes he has no answer so he flakes out.
    What a complete loser.
    Has all the time in the world to throw rocks but no time for constructive opinions.
    What else do you expect from the left?

    Like

  4. Scott O Avatar

    re Don 8:00 – I noticed that as well, that the American left supports the slaughter of innocent non-military people just for the purpose of terror.
    “Because they had no choice”! Say what??
    OK – we see where the Hitlers, Pol Pots, Maos, and Stalins come from – the left – always from the left.

    Like

  5. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    The facts are the facts Scott. My 8:18 has the numbers that show the Repubs are always a disaster to the economy. Goes back to the roots of the depression. It takes the Dems to pull us out. Show me numbers that show otherwise Scott.

    Like

  6. 🐠 Avatar
    🐠

    Posted by: Emery X | 10 October 2023 at 08:37 PM
    15 concerts…..hmmm…..others suffer for us!
    Okay Punch you have a good time and you can finish your “Chicken playing Checkers” dance when you return.

    Like

  7. Scott O Avatar

    Paul has no answers to questions – just repeats himself over and over.
    Gives you a window into his tiny, angry, little mind. Reminds me of Bogart in the “Caine Mutiny”.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQy5jBxhV8

    Like

  8. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Singleton Putz,
    First, as I’ve said multiple times, I’m not a Trump supporter… that you can’t tell the difference is not my problem.
    The superiority of Democratic Party economic performance is an old trope that New Deal lovers love to trot out. In short, yes, you can lie with numbers.

    Like

  9. Scott O Avatar

    File this under: California govt isn’t spending enough
    from the folks that brought you the high speed rail scam –
    “What Senator Wiener is proposing is far worse than Obamacare, and will tax Californians an additional $300 Billion”
    Free health care at no cost to anyone!
    What could possibly go wrong?
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2023-10-10/gov-newsom-marches-california-toward-socialized-health-care-labor-union-sponsored

    Like

  10. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    ‘If you think healthcare is expensive now, just wait ’til it’s free’
    -PJ O’Rourke

    Like

  11. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory. You say that you aren’t a Trump supporter but you don’t show that. You ALWAYS support Trump whenever his veracity is the question just like the current question as to whether he trashed the economy.
    Waiting for the power to be shut off for the morning

    Like

  12. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    During this particular shit show, Trump’s veracity hasn’t been the issue. It’s your critical thinking skills interpreting where the money went during the Trump administration… where did the 7T go?
    I think it likely that Trump was in for 2.75T plus 4.25T that was trashed for COVID over the last 12 months of his administration, and the only way to stop the COVID pandemic and the 4+T expenditure would be to set the WayBack machine to a few years and get rid of Fauci before the Wuhan gain of function research bore fruit.
    Trump didn’t cause the pandemic at all and didn’t mismanage it terribly.

    Like

  13. 🐠 Avatar
    🐠

    Hey Chicken Checkers…..thought you were off to torture Nevada City’s collective musical 🎵 sensibilities?

    Like

  14. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Once again Gregory you show your undying support for Trump no matter what he does.
    Fishole
    You don’t live here so what do you know about ” Nevada City’s collective musical 🎵 sensibilities?”
    I’m waiting for PGE power shutoff for maintenance.

    Like

  15. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    You don’t live here so what do you know about ” Nevada City’s collective musical 🎵 sensibilities?”
    Nothing….just suspected that you tortured them.

    Like

  16. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I’ll give you a couple of tree tickets to one of my shows, I have 14 of them starting tomorrow. All but one are at the historic Nevada Theatre. One is at the Miners Foundry. Thanks for showing an interest. If you want a couple of tickets I’ll have them at the door for “fish”.
    Here’s a link to my website
    https://paulemerymusic.com/

    Like

  17. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Emerytastic | 11 October 2023 at 10:04 AM
    I’ll give you a couple of tree tickets to one of my shows…

    Not sure what a “tree ticket” is but really not necessary. Probably wind up like the time you were going to arrange for me to speak to your Greek Association up there….remember when us calling you an idiot was somehow impugning Greeks as a group.
    …..you never came through on that either.

    Like

  18. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    “Greek association?” you made that up. Can you verify that with a quote from this blog?
    Lots of good concerts fishole. Tickets are selling and you have two comps to a show of your choice.
    https://paulemerymusic.com/

    Like

  19. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Trump didn’t cause the pandemic at all and didn’t mismanage it terribly”
    -is translated by Punchy into-
    “Once again Gregory you show your undying support for Trump no matter what he does”
    Irrationality incarnate.

    Like

  20. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    fish hole, take the tickets. Paul doesn’t actually appear on stage on many if not all the acts.

    Like

  21. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I am the producer of the shows not the performer Gregory.

    Like

  22. fishhole Avatar
    fishhole

    Posted by: Enteric Coated | 11 October 2023 at 11:01 AM
    “Greek association?” you made that up.

    I absolutely did not. I may be off on the details….it’s been 5 or 6 years but the Circle of Jerks calling you an idiot was taken as a blanket condemnation of your ancestry somehow and those who share it. I volunteered to come up and tell them why you were a jerk specifically and for a couple of posts you seemed pretty enthusiastic…..but then something else distracted you I think. Yeah….I was surprised too!
    Anyway I never received my invitation

    Like

  23. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Of course, calling Emery an idiot is an affront to his ancestry. Who else is responsible?

    Like

  24. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “Trump didn’t cause the pandemic at all and didn’t mismanage it terribly”
    Punch, how is that even positive in your book?

    Like

  25. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    But Trump agreed to spend the money Gregory. I assume then that you have no problem with that. So if Trump spends the money it’s ok but if Biden spends the money it’s not. That about sums it up with your support of Trump with whatever he does and anything Biden does is wrong.

    Like

  26. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    You’re projecting, Punch.
    The country was shut down and not by Trump’s choice. People like you were screaming to not have to go and interact with anyone. Masks! Keep away from other people!
    Write checks, it’s what our government does best.

    Like

  27. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    So, you’re here. Trump didn’t have anything to do with unleashing the virus in the USA, correct?
    And he didn’t make any big mistakes in handling it?
    And the vaccine (such as it is) was being administered before the end of 2020?
    So, what did Trump do that earned the scorn you heap on him over the virus?

    Like

  28. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Democratic Party whizz-dumb abounds.

    Like

  29. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The socialist dem jihadi caucus are the nazis that run the dnc and love watching the criminal chaos in their cities –
    a Gallup poll published in March 2023 found their affinity toward the Palestinians finally eclipsed their support of Israel, 49% to 38%.
    The attitudes from March reflected a continued decline in Israeli support, from 40% to 38% and an 11-point surge of support for Palestinian people, from 38% to 49%.
    The 38% support for Israel was a historic low for the Democratic Party, as is the 13% of Democrats who said they do not favor one side over the other.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-support-palestinians-over-israel-gop-overwhelmingly-stands-us-ally-2023-poll?dicbo=v2-n3i7V4h
    😉

    Like

  30. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    ” But Trump agreed to spend the money Gregory. I assume then that you have no problem with that. So if Trump spends the money it’s ok but if Biden spends the money it’s not. That about sums it up with your support of Trump with whatever he does and anything Biden does is wrong.”
    punchy 243p
    That’s a quote, Punch. The words you wrote, not my recollection of what I thought you wrote.
    You obviously have a model in your mind that twists things beyond recognition.
    Spending bills passed by congress are the law… you might have missed the problems Biden recently had in NOT spending the money to built walls at the southern border.
    Go back to blowing donkeys.

    Like

  31. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punch?…
    Punch?…
    Punch?…
    Punch?…
    Punch?…

    Like

  32. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    Spending bills are signed by the President who has the option to veto. Trump signed the budget Gregory. Thought you knew that.
    “Congress sends the approved funding bills to the president to sign or veto.”
    https://www.usa.gov/federal-budget-process

    Like

  33. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    From the latest (10/13) Maven’s Notebook newsletter.
    Fort Bragg first to bring new desalination technology to the West Coast-
    “The City of Fort Bragg was awarded a state grant of $1.49 million from the Department of Water Resources to pilot a cutting-edge desalination technology developed by Oneka Technologies of Canada. Oneka was seeking a coastal client in California as their first venture into the complex state environmental protection requirements that California demands for activities in the ocean.
    Thank goodness that Cali doesn’t have really restrictive rules on producing safe drinking water. Leave enough for the fishes. At least they enjoy crappy water.
    Note to Newsome- fracking produces a lot of fresh water. The drillers can use brackish water, add some more chemicals to it, and several months later, when the recovered oil is burned, they get CO2 + H2O. That’s pure water, soon to be actual rainwater. I thought Cali begs for rain. Maybe Gavin hasn’t taken a chemistry course lately, or ever.

    Like

  34. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    Trump told the American people Mexico was going to pay for the wall. That was a noteworthy trump lie.
    ““I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively, I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.”
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/live-updates/trump-white-house/live-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-president-trumps-immigration-speech/a-history-of-trumps-promises-that-mexico-would-pay-for-the-wall-which-it-refuses-to-do/

    Like

  35. 🐠 Avatar
    🐠

    Posted by: Embot | 13 October 2023 at 01:50 PM
    Trump, Trump, Trump……

    Like

  36. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    punchy 1108a
    Thank you for repeating the faerie tale version of the budget and appropriation process.

    Like

  37. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    Am I wrong in saying the President has to sign the budget before it can be enacted and has the power of veto? And what happenned to Trumps promice Mexico was going to pay for the Wall? Was that a lie or was it just an idea?

    Like

  38. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    What budget?
    And you were asleep when Trump declared that Mexico had all but repaid the Wall from a trade agreement renegotiation. All done.
    You can go back to blowing donkeys.

    Like

  39. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    Then why didn’t Trump build the wall if we had the money from Mexico that was intended to fund construction? They are two completely different things. Can you show me they were related and that funding the wall was part of the negotiations that went into the trade agreement negotiations you refer to? Show me the explicit language that documents . If that’s true what happened to the money that was intended to fulfilling Trumps promise to have Mexico fund the wall construction?

    Like

  40. 🐠 Avatar
    🐠

    Posted by: Embot Jr.| 14 October 2023 at 12:21 AM
    Trump, Trump, Trump……

    Like

  41. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    high-larious
    punch, I can’t show you shit when you’re so worked up.

    Like

  42. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Show me where it was Trumps plan in advance to fund the wall through trade negotiations with Mexico. You seem to know all about it so it should be easy to provide the information.

    Like

  43. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    1:41 was for Gregory, an expert is all things Trump

    Like

  44. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Have you finished blowing donkeys for today, Punch?

    Like

  45. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Once again Gregory comes to Trumps rescue whenever Trumps challenged. Gregory is a Trumper all the way and always sides with him whenever he lies like he did by claiming Mexico paid for the wall. If they paid for the wall, like Gregory claims, then why didn’t Trump build it?

    Like

  46. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    And yet I’ve never voted for Trump and still have no plans to do so in ’24?
    Clean the donkey jizz off your face, Punch. Disgusting.

    Like

  47. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Gregory
    You ALWAYS support Trump on any issue that has appeared on this blog concerning him. Show me a couple of examples where you didn’t.

    Like

  48. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy, show me an example where I “supported” Trump where I wasn’t excoriating you for bullshitting.

    Like

Leave a comment