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  • The Catastrophe of Compassionate Charities

    George Rebane A dear friend in the LA area is building a new orphanage in Haiti.  He has always had a weak spot for children in general, and when exposed to the plight of some of Haiti’s little AIDS orphans he responded.  He joined with another friend and partner to found www.wecanbuildanorphanage.com.  Being a sucker…

  • Who Indeed Decides?

    George Rebane On Anthony Watts’ blog Evan Jones guest-posts a good article on the role of experts informing decisions made by non-experts.  I think Jones’ analysis and advice are right on the mark – mostly.  He almost finishes the article intact, but then concludes it with a leap into a large black hole of hope…

  • Calexico, here we come!

    George Rebane One of the least pleasing of my predictions for the next twenty years is the demise of the United States as a democratic republic (see ‘Two Twenty-Year Views’ ).  Peering into the foggy future, I see our country transforming itself into a loosely formed confederacy, this conclusion is due to a number of…

  • Attention Local Pols – Are You Making the Already Bad Worse?

    George Rebane When was the last time you heard something like ‘The park will now stay open until one hour after sunset instead of closing when the sun goes down.’ or ‘From now on you again get to put any kind of lights you want into your kitchen when you remodel.’?  Don’t hold your breath.

  • Economic Development in Nevada County – Another View

    George Rebane Well, economic development planning season is upon us again.  Meetings and workshops are coming down the pike in a regular procession with the next being ERC’s breakfast get together on 6 March at the Holiday Inn.  A small group of us met last week with ERC’s CEO Gil Mathew to discuss various approaches…

  • Ooga Labs is James Currier is What’s Happening Now!

    George Rebane Today RR has belatedly established a link to the Ooga Labs Blog that is the online voice and vision of James Currier.  To you people of my generation, James is an exemplar and phenom of the young 21st century.  He is a recognized and successful dotcom entrepreneur popped from one of the east…

  • More “yellowdogs” correspondence

    George Rebane The “yellowdogs” piece has generated a lot of back channel chatter.  Russ Steele posts one correspondent’s contribution on NC Media Watch.  Here’s an exchange from this morning with Phil from New Hampshire who lets us know that we in Nevada County are not alone – yellowdog hails from a prolific family and has…

  • Bill Gates on IT Careers and the H-1B Visa tragedy

    George Rebane As a lifelong technician I have witnessed the downfall of America’s interest in maintaining a cadre of wealth generators coming out of our schools – and in my small way I continue to spread the alarm (e.g. here).  Today our higher centers of technology and science mainly educate students from overseas who are…

  • The “yellowdogs” of Nevada County

    George Rebane An interesting dust-up occurred in the online Union that involved me.  My rapid response is contained in the post ‘Beaten About the Head and Shoulders’, but upon reflection, a more considered response is due since the county is headed into another season of planning for economic development.  The cited piece by Jeff Pelline…

  • Thoughts for an Election Year

    George Rebane A letter from today’s WSJ – I teach eighth-graders about Karl Marx’s "take from each according to their means and give to each according to their needs."  The teacher takes away 20 points on a test from those who got 95 and gives those points to those who had 55.  Therefore everybody now…

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