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  • Ruminations – 23may16 (updated 27may16)

    George Rebane Yesterday we returned from a couple of weeks in Europe with friends visiting Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary.  Somewhere I picked up massive cold augmented by the Hungarian Hack that I brought home on a miserable return from Budapest to SFO in three draining hops.  Air travel (we traveled first and biz…

  • Scattershots – 22apr16

    George Rebane Supes Miller and Weston gave their “rationale” for floating Measure W on the 7jun16 ballot (op-ed in 22apr16 Union). They tell us that W is “strictly about controlling nuisance, environmental and public safety impacts from outdoor (MJ) grows.”  Well maybe.  Now don’t get me wrong, I’m on record for sharing these concerns voiced…

  • The Liberal Mind – Hilary Hodge can’t connect the dots (updated 21apr16)

    George Rebane Liberals, in the footsteps of Bernie in this election year, have worked themselves into a white heat denigrating business, employers, profit, entrepreneurship, …, in short all the trappings of free market capitalism.  Our local outlets for such sentiments include the neighborhood progressives whose commentaries decorate The Union’s op-ed pages.  Among them is the…

  • Ruminations on 2016 Economic Development (updated 8apr16)

    George Rebane You can never go wrong in today's media making fun of a white, anglo-saxon businessman. The economy and economic development is on everyone’s lips these days. The Left continues to conjure the vision of an ephemeral Obama recovery from the ongoing ‘Great Recession’.  The Right points to the fabricated and pretzellated statistics the…

  • MJ – the numbers game (updated 5apr16)

    George Rebane The importance of every social issue derives only from the numbers which underpin it. Without understanding the numbers, our response is limited to unfounded and misplaced emotions. A major RR tenet has been the importance of numbers in the discussion/development of public policy, and the need for a numerate population to maintain our republic.  I’ve posted…

  • California’s Economic Dive Picks Up Speed (updated)

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast a bit belatedly on 1 April 2016 due to mutual scheduling problems.] California is ready to hasten its spiral into economic destitution with its new legislation to make $15/hr the new statewide minimum wage over the next few years.  As such our state…

  • Scattershots – 21mar16 (updated 22mar16)

    George Rebane Today in the 21mar16 Union columnist and RR reader Mr George Boardman reminds us of the tautology that members of our 99% also avoid accountability. He corroborates this with an anecdote or two, as if any were needed.  Very little thought already reveals that the population which overwhelmingly avoids accountability resides in the…

  • Legal Marijuana is Coming (updated 24mar16)

    George Rebane [This is the linked transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 18 March 2016.] Legalization of marijuana is making progress by fits and starts across the nation.  I want to talk about how those fits and starts are taking place here in Nevada County where marijuana or MJ has long been the…

  • Scattershots – 10feb16 (updated 12feb16)

    George Rebane NPR reported this morning that the state’s Legislative Analyst Office has concluded that California’s housing shortage is primarily caused by an insufficient number of “market priced” (i.e. low cost) houses being built due regulatory impediments and the state’s mandates for requiring ‘affordable houses’ that must integrated into regular developments and subsidized with non-existent…

  • Ruminations – 6feb16 (updated 9feb16)

    George Rebane Our ongoing theme on the nation’s economic stagnation – Depression2 – led by California is abetted by Linda Erdmann’s piece – ‘Fleeing the Golden State’ – in the 6feb16 Union print edition and a couple of cogent ZeroHedge links (here and here) sent by Russ Steele on the dissimulation that Team Obama and his…

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