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  • Wildfires Are Decreasing

    George Rebane The ‘science’ of climate change, as reported to an ignorant public, has been and continues on a deluge of lies and hysteria.  Globally it is undoubtedly the most widespread and influential scam ever perpetrated by special interests in politics and, yes, science to make money and gain power.  The most prevalent m.o. is…

  • Capitulation City

    Capitulate – to surrender, stop resisting, or give in to an opponent or an irresistible force, often under agreed-upon terms. George Rebane The Trump administration’s emerging strategy in the Middle East is culminating in what can only be described as a diplomatic and strategic disaster. What was marketed to the American public as a masterclass…

  • Let’s talk negotiations

    George Rebane In an effort to settle a claim, the insurance adjustor says to the claimant, “We’re prepared to offer you $100k.”  Looking obviously unsatisfied and avoiding eye contact, the claimant hesitates and finally responds, “Well, I don’t know … .” and trails off.  The adjustor considers this and offers, “OK, I can go as…

  • Another socialist’s intellectual blanks

    George Rebane [This post was published in the op-ed pages of the 23jul26 Union] On 20 June last The Union published my short piece ‘The MOU to nowhere’ in which I criticized President Trump’s continued attempt to negotiate with Iran’s murderous regime, which has vowed the destruction of Israel, the United States, and through nuclearization…

  • Scattershots – 12jul26 (updated 14jul26)

    George Rebane Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died last night.  He was a good man and an effective legislator who was able to work with both sides of the aisle.  This because he was a Bayesian – getting new information often allowed him to change/improve his position on issues.  As an influential supporter of Israel, Ukraine,…

  • The MOU to nowhere (updated 27jun26)

    [This post was also published in the 20jun26 edition of The Union.] George Rebane The much touted memorandum of understanding is an exhibit of Trump’s weakest and desperate attempt to get some kind, any kind, of an agreement with the perennially recalcitrant Iranian thugs to get Hormuz to some semblance of ‘open’.  Unabashedly our president…

  • Scattershots – 9jun26 (updated 11jun26)

    George Rebane Iran’s downing of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter with one of its sophisticated drones has now changed the face of warfare in the Strait of Hormuz.  While the details of the shoot-down are not yet known, it is clear that the Iranians have some very advanced and deadly drones that can either intercept…

  • Election Reflections – 4jun26 (updated 9jun26)

    George Rebane Let me begin by again pointing out more of the marbled attributes of ignorance and evil that are imbued throughout the Democratic Party.  In this case it’s their support of California’s inability to present election results in a timely manner like the other states.  One liberal bureaucrat this morning argued that it was…

  • Scattershots – 28may26 (updated 1jun26)

    George Rebane Vice President JD Vance’s fraud task force is uncovering fraud and abuse amounting to billions of dollars across the land, led, of course, by California.  The process of uncovering these sites of fraud, including drafting appropriate legislation, is generally opposed by Democrats.  And this opposition is in response to the asymmetrical results that…

  • A doubtful twinkle at the end of the Iran tunnel

    George Rebane The ongoing Iran imbroglio is described by Gerard Baker (writes for the WSJ and London Times) in a level-headed piece, ‘History Repeats in Iran’.  I have been critical of President Trump’s diffidence on completing the Iran war that borders on pusillanimity (accurate words that are usually above my pay grade).  However, Baker views…

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