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  • Wildfire Diary – 18aug20 (updated 20aug20)

    George Rebane PG&E turned off power on Hind Tit Road and told us it was part of the 1-2 hour rolling blackouts all across the state. Our blackout has now been rolling along for 17 hours.  Moreover, it was beyond cynical that they decided to turn off power to neighborhoods hurriedly preparing to evacuate from…

  • RL Crabb misses by a mile

    “The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.” Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) George Rebane Our county’s celebrated and beloved political cartoonist and prominent leftwing thought leader, RL ‘Bob’ Crabb, got a twofer in the 15aug20 Union (on the editorial board of which he sits along with…

  • Oi weh! – A new pain index

    George Rebane Due to my bride’s unfortunate fall that shattered her elbow and required urgent and complex orthopedic surgery to put the pieces back together, there has been a lot of talk about pain with the attending surgeon, medical techs, and physical therapists.  Everyone was interested in the magnitude or intensity of the pain.  And…

  • A Batscat Challenge

    George Rebane Led by local leftwing intellectual legend Mr Steven Frisch, the readers and yours truly have been labeled “batshit crazy” in comment streams here and leftwing blogs elsewhere for doubting or debating the science behind major public issues like preventable manmade global warming, Covid-19 response policies, and even the effect of taxes on economic…

  • The Blessings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    George Rebane Three-quarters of a century ago today, the first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima (6aug45), followed three days later by another one on Nagasaki (9aug45).  At that time WW2 had raged for six years having killed almost 85 million people.  The planned invasion of Japan’s home islands in November 1945 would have extended…

  • Absentee vs Mail-in Voting (updated 28aug20)

    George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 5 August 2020.] There has been a lot of confusion about voting by mail in the media lately; mostly purposeful with the aim of promoting a political narrative.  I would bet a good hunk of the ranch that many KVMR listeners…

  • E Pluribus Unum – Still? Really? (updated 2aug20)

    George Rebane ‘There are more things that unite Americans than drive them apart.’  This shibboleth, or one in a similar vein, is often heard when conversation-lite turns to the polarization now visible everywhere in our land.  Unfortunately, these conversations don’t go much deeper than the participants sagely nodding their heads before abandoning the topic and…

  • The Dilemma of a Disillusioned and Disaffected Republican (updated 31jul20)

    George Rebane To some questions a silent answer speaks volumes. Say that someone is a longtime Republican who, after much thought, has come to believe that – The national Republican Party (RP) is no longer a viable custodian, communicator, or champion of conservative and classical liberal values. The RP is in full ideological retreat with…

  • Election2020 – Electoral College Predictor

    George Rebane Something is possible when it can happen with non-zero probability; something is probable when the chance of its happening will impact a decision. One of our commenters pointed me to 270towin.com, a website that presents a map-based tool to predict the Electoral College (EC) votes which will determine our next president.  They show…

  • The Reliability Roulette of Testing (updated)

    George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 21 July 2020.] It’s again time to bring up testing for the Covid-19 virus.  Let me start by saying that testing has shown no value in formulating reasonable pandemic response policies by public officials.  It has become an election year political…

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