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  • Indonesia in June?? (updated)

    George Rebane Anyone have any money on Obama actually going to Indonesia in June, or any time soon in a blue moon?  Cancelling the double delayed Sunday departure is smart, the scars where his statues were have not yet overgrown with weeds.  And the last we heard, they were still painting his welcoming signs. Bret…

  • Crabb Cuts to the Chase (again)

    George Rebane This 16mar10 edition of ‘It Takes a Village Idiot’ cartoon was ripped from The Union’s website (link at left).  These cartoons are a regular feature of the newspaper, and drawn by one of our county’s resident treasures and RR reader R.L. ‘Bob’ Crabb.  Bob attempts to fly pretty much down the center stripe…

  • Singularity Studies at Rutgers

    George Rebane Rutgers University is announcing a new course on the Singularity – its basis and advent.  The online course will be taught this summer.  According to the bulleting, “The course is especially recommended for anyone who anticipates working in a high-technology industry or applying future technologies in any area of human endeavor.   Future entrepreneurs…

  • Obamacare Trainwreck is Coming

    George Rebane I have a bad feeling about the upcoming vote on healthcare – it may pass.  The legislation is so horrific that the progressives bent on bringing the next notch of authoritarianism to America are now going to “deem” the Senate’s bill into being without actually passing it.  The sleazebags are so brazen that…

  • Terry Lamphier for Supervisor??!

    George Rebane Sitting supervisor John Spencer will now have some competition for his seat this June.  We all know what John has done as county planning commissioner and supervisor. His record of solid contributions to a fiscally sound county during difficult times, when so many other counties are on their collective butts, is well known and…

  • When Again We Grow (20mar2010 update)

    George Rebane [This is the submitted version of my monthly column which appears today in the print and online (here) editions of the 13mar10 Union.]  Some day our economy will recover from the current waves of stimulus.  When that day comes, people near and far will again look at Nevada County, and decide that they want to come here…

  • Is it our turn yet?

    George Rebane Some readers point out that there seems to be more money coming in to the county than what they report.  The cities may be doing better.  But I hope that we’re not being kept from sticking our snout into a trough that has already been slopped.  It would be no fun to spend the…

  • Unions here and there, and everywhere

    George Rebane Speculator – one who engages “in business transactions involving considerable risk but offering the chance of large gains, esp. trading in commodities, stocks, etc., in the hope of profit from changes in the market price.” Greece’s public employee unions have almost bankrupted that country; everyone in the EU knows that and is demanding…

  • A functional idiot at work

    George Rebane “We have to pass this (healthcare) bill so that you can find out what is in it.”  said a sober looking Nancy Pelosi (here), Speaker of the House of Representatives, United States Congress in session on 9 March 2010 in Washington, District of Columbia, US of A speaking to the American electorate.  At this…

  • Sustaining Sustainability

    George Rebane Sustainability season is upon us, and it will probably beat spring this year in all the blooming proposals that will be written to attract other people’s money to Nevada County.  Nevada City is leading the way with consultant facilitated public workshops that will identify the sustainable projects which the city will undertake once…

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