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  • OPEC – “Thank you America!”

    (I received this piece from a Nevada County friend and a community leader.  Its author is anonymous, and I post it here with a few edits as a message that should be doubly on our minds today.) Any Islamic OPEC minister could look you in the eyes and state: “Islam is at war with you…

  • Voter Managed Growth in San Francisco

    George Rebane Grass Valley and Nevada County in the small may look to San Francisco in the large when it comes to managed growth mediated by the voter vicissitudes.  The 27may08 WSJ report on Lennar’s Hunters Point project outlines the travails of both the developer and a supportive city government to build a milestone addition…

  • Ruminations – 27may08

    George Rebane * Second annual TechTest Survivor’s Breakfast* Killing frost tonight on the Great Plains* Gas prices, nationalizing oil industry, and ‘cap and trade’ in Congress* Michelle Obama is a terminal racist Last Friday Jo Ann and I had the pleasure of attending the second annual Survivor’s Breakfast for TechTest2008 sponsored by the Sierra Environmental…

  • Singularity Signposts – 25may08 (updated)

    George Rebane Have you heard of cognition-enhancing drugs?  Well, if you drink coffee, then you’ve been taking one probably for years.  But now we’re getting into some serious new drugs coming to you from big pharma that promise to keep you alert, focused, and improve your concentration and memory by leaps and bounds. The technology…

  • Ruminations – 22may08

    George Rebane The services and plans of Hospitality House were described to the Nevada City Rotary Club last Thursday by Janice O’Brian, one of its leaders and founders.  The HH co-ordinates the efforts of Nevada County churches to provide food and shelter to any of the approximately 280 of the county’s homeless who are willing…

  • “Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain”

    George Rebane Today’s New York Times article (‘Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain’ by Sara Reistad-Long) on brains of a certain age is glad tidings for all of us of the Happy Days generation long dissed by the younger set.  The bottom line of recently published research says that the reason we older…

  • Ruminations – 19may08

    George Rebane *** According to the Associated Press, Warren Buffett said the presidency was not unlike running a business.  The Oracle of Omaha stated that, “They say in the stock market, ‘Buy into a business that’s doing so well an idiot could run it, because sooner or later, one will,’ … The U.S. is sort…

  • Obama in Portland Rising

    George Rebane The image of an estimated 75,000 people is scary to those who can think and ponder the survival of our Republic.  It reminds students of history of the compelling pictures of speeches made in Russia and Germany before their absolute leaders were enthroned.  In such throngs it is hard to evaluate and assess…

  • Ruminations – 13may08

    George Rebane * Mexican drug war* ‘The Dumbest Generation’ by Mark Bauerlein* TechTest2008 ‘survivors’ to be honored Stratfor’s 13may08 assessment of the ongoing Mexican drug war (‘Mexico: On the Road to a Failed State?’) should make us all think about and prepare for uncomfortable futures.  Short of the US legalizing drugs – don’t hold your…

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