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  • Ruminations – 18feb2010

    George Rebane – Cities contemplating Chapter 9 bankruptcy– Small nuclear reactors– States sinking under weight of public unions– Government spending outpaces all– Tea parties successfully keep distance from major political parties– Joe Biden takes credit for Iraq More and more cities across the land are now contemplating going into Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the kind reserved for municipalities and government institutions.  The…

  • Greecing the Skids

    George Rebane For the last several weeks we have been watching Greece sliding down the same chute that we are on.  The symptoms and the disease appear to be identical, only their progress is a lot faster since they are a smaller economy and their mistakes are quickly amplified.  The disease, of course, is big…

  • Hydrogen Barackside

    (H/T to RR reader.) 

  • Hot Flash on AGW

    George Rebane Anthropogenic (manmade) Global Warming is the Sword of Damocles hanging over all of us.  Its primitive logic argues that since we caused global warming (now hiding under the ‘climate change’ label), we can fix it by some progressive (cap n’ tax) legislation that will destroy our economies.  Saner heads – I modestly count…

  • If China Won’t, Your 401k Will (updated 16feb2010)

    George Rebane [This editorial appears today (13 February 2010) in The Union’s print and online (here) opinion sections.  This is the submitted version.] While we’re all told to keep our eyes on the bloating $22 trillion national debt during the next decade, that no one knows how to pay off, you are not to notice the more…

  • Both Sides Now

    George Rebane Has anyone figured out what the purpose is for claiming that the ARRA $787B stimulus has helped when so little of it has been spent to date?  And why is a third stimulus “jobs bill” needed when there is plenty of money left in ARRA?  Couldn’t that be spent for jobs and then decide…

  • Ruminations – 11feb2010

    George Rebane Barry Pruett, candidate for Nevada County Clerk-Recorder, responded to an article in today’s Union regarding the contest between him and the serving Clerk-Recorder, Greg Diaz.  There are two clear and independent issues involved here – the election campaign between Pruett and Diaz for the job, and the lawsuit filed by AtPac against Diaz.  If…

  • The Library – Another Fundamental Transformation

    George Rebane The future (and past) of libraries is the subject of Marilyn Johnson’s This Book is Overdue.  I have just read a WSJ review of the book by Christine Rosen (‘From Wisdom to Wi-Fi’).  Johnson covers a lot of ground in the book about libraries and, interesting for this day and age, librarians.  The…

  • Of Ragheads and Racism

    George Rebane We are in an ‘all in’ war between two civilizations – western civilization of the European pedigree, and Islamic civilization formerly of the Arabic and now of a broader pedigree.  In their own words they declare that the west and Islam can no longer co-exist on this planet, and their intent is to…

  • Ruminations – 6feb2010

    George Rebane – Abdulmutallab – give up the country to defend the party– The causes of the Great Recession– Singularity and the Great Recession When they Mirandized jihadist Abdulmutallab, it was clear to half the country or more that this had been a big mistake by the Obama administration.  Attorney General Eric Holder is currently dangled in the…

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