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  • The (NY, LA, …) Times They Are a Changin’

    George Rebane We’re all aware of the travails of newspapers and most MSM news outlets.  There are many factors blamed for newspapers limiting deliveries, many shutting down, broadcasters reducing their news gathering staffs, etc.  Lot of the blame is being directed at the Internet and the growing population of bloggers.  For reasons easy to understand,…

  • Ruminations – 21dec2008

    George Rebane Happy Winter Solstice to everyone.  At 4:04 AM PST this morning the sun was exactly overhead somewhere at the Tropic of Capricorn latitude in the southern hemisphere.  For Jews everywhere Hanukkah, the festival of the lights, starts this evening at sunset.  Christians have today lit the fourth candle of Advent and await the…

  • Ruminations – 11dec2008

    George Rebane Been meaning to give Dixie Fix a big hat tip for regaining her post as our laudable and informative back fence ‘gossiper’ of happenings in Nevada County.  Dixie Redfearn’s blog is fast becoming a community staple as was her column in our beloved Onion before that newspaper decided to dispense with her services. …

  • Off the Fence about Drugs

    John Walters, National Drug Control Policy, drug prohibition, Stratfor, Countries in Crisis, Mexican crisis, Ehan Nadelman, Drug Policy Alliance, Let’s End Drug Prohibition, Our Drug Policy is a Success, prohibition, prohibition on thinking

  • Ruminations – 5dec2008

    George Rebane Ad losses have put the “newspaper industry into a tailspin”, so reports the Denver Post.  More than 30 newspapers are on currently on the block, notably including The Rocky Mountain News.  Major newspapers like the Washington Post are expected to cease their print editions in the near future, reverting to online news delivery…

  • Culture Collapse Continues

    George Rebane News report – Jdimytai Damour, 34, was crushed as he and other employees attempted to unlock the doors of a Long Island, New York, store at 5 a.m. Friday, police said.  “This incident was avoidable,” said Bruce Both, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500, the state of New…

  • Ruminations – 28nov2008

    cap and trade, New Republic, 2030 GDP, Igor Panarin, America’s break-up, The Mom Song

  • Plan or a Goal, Which is it?

    George Rebane ‘Tis the season of planning on how to achieve goals, and setting goals that requires planning.  The politicians can be expected to confuse the two simply because precision in thought and word is not a job requirement.  But you would expect our journalists to be able to sort out the difference and report…

  • Ruminations – 24nov2008

    Nevada County unfunded liabilities, SESF, Mike McDaniel, KNCO, gun sales, NYC homeless shelters

  • We All Fall Short

    George Rebane Jeff Pelline, the editor of our beloved Onion and self-anointed paragon of our community’s virtues, has recently riddled the comments of several local blogs with references to the celebrated Four Way Test of Rotary International.  A careful perusal of these entries reveals that Jeff believes himself to be an exemplar of the test,…

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