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  • Jobs and Schools – we may be too late

    George Rebane [This is the 17dec10 transcript of my regular bi-weekly commentary on KVMR-FM 89.5.  I have provided links to the Compton school and Governor Pawlenty’s public service union references.] Remember the story of John Henry, the steel drivin’ man, celebrated in legend and song.  He was extremely strong and fast at chiseling holes into…

  • California’s Purple Cargo Cults

    George Rebane CARB met yesterday to establish California’s cap n’ tax carbon trading program.  RR readers are aware of how people who passed Econ 101 feel about this mournful event.  (For details and analysis of its larger impact, see Russ Steele’s report on NCMW.) Meanwhile, the progressives are besides themselves with glee.  Half of them…

  • County fails to deliver Diaz documents – cost $20,250? (updated 21dec2010)

    George Rebane My sources tell me that – “On December 9, 2010, Magistrate Kimberly Mueller ordered Nevada County to reimburse AtPac for fees incurred in the amount of $20,250 for failing to produce documents as required by law. Magistrate Mueller found that AtPac was diligent in its attempts to obtain the documents, but that Nevada…

  • RR joins Sacramento Connect

    George Rebane Last week I received a kind invitation from Sacramento Connect (logo nearby) to have Ruminations join Sacramento Bee’s network of northern California blogs.  After making sure I understood the agreement that goes with such a relationship, I accepted and got busy doing all the ‘paperwork’ and installing the little pop-up toolbar that the member…

  • High unemployment – the new normal

    George Rebane [This is the submitted form of my monthly column published in this morning’s (11 December 2010) print edition of The Union.  The online version of it can be found here.] This week another batch of economists got surprised.  What they didn’t understand again, let alone predict, was the nation’s unemployment rate – it…

  • Ruminations – 10dec2010

    George Rebane Yes, the ‘rich’ can pay more taxes.  But when you make them do that, they will make fewer wealth generating decisions and take the attendant risks that make those increased government revenues possible. - British students riot for more OPM- The religious give more than the irreligious- Nevada City protects its downtown businesses- Where to put the…

  • Republicans Bamboozled?

    George Rebane I’m not sure that the tax deal announced by President Obama is all that much of a ‘victory’ for the Republicans.  In fact, I think that the GOP may come out bamboozled by the progressives when this piece of sausage finally emerges from Congress. Backing off a bit, it is beyond clear now…

  • Senator Doug LaMalfa is sworn in

    George Rebane The Steeles and the Rebanes were among those invited to the state capitol today to witness the swearing in of the senators newly elected to the California Legislature.  We bundled into Jo Ann’s van and drove through a clearing rain that turned into a beautiful day as we arrived in Sacramento.  We went…

  • California’s Cleantech Road to the Cleaners

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my bi-weekly KVMR-FM 89.5 commentary that was broadcast on 3 December 2010.] The news just keeps pouring in about the wrong track that California has taken, and on which it is now doubling down.  The state continues to be led by the gang that can’t think straight, and…

  • Singularity Signposts – 3dec2010

    George Rebane This weekend (4,5 Dec) at Caltech’s Beckman Institute there will be a Humanity+ conference with the intriguing title ‘Redefining Humanity in the Era of Radical Technological Change’.  They plan to stream the presentations live.  Please check this site for conference information and streaming links. Two aspects of radical technological change were recently announced. …

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