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  • Scattershots – 3jun16

    George Rebane When the country has a problem, it is prudent to consider government guilty until proven innocent. Today we hear of banks being squeezed by regulatory mandates that require them to lend to a broader category of borrowers (e.g. car buyers), and at the same time reduce risk.  Such strictures can only issue from…

  • The ‘Blessings’ of the Ferguson Effect (updated 27may16)

    George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 25 May 2016.] Amid this two-year election season we have ignored the alarming rise in crime rates across the nation.  Violent crime in big cities has begun rocketing upward over the last couple of years since the August 2014 police shooting…

  • Comey willing, we’ll have The Donald vs Hillary

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 4 May 2016.  See also notice of another upcoming KVMR community affairs broadcast.] Last night in Indiana Trump got more than 53% of the Republican vote, again handily beating Cruz and Kasich both of whom have ended their campaigns.  But on the…

  • Ruminations – 3may16 (updated)

    Not the village constable.  There are men of evil mind, who would make of everything a crime, and not because of passion, but just naturally.  They condemn everybody, some for what they have done, and others for what they may do. …  Gracian #109 George Rebane It was 13 years ago today that we moved…

  • Wanna bet?

    George Rebane Suppose astute observers of the political scene Manny, Moe, and Jack want to demonstrate their prognostication skills in a wager, and they decide to show their acumen by predicting the number of delegates with which Donald Trump arrives at the Republican Convention this July.  Now the standard way to do that would be…

  • Scattershots – 22apr16

    George Rebane Supes Miller and Weston gave their “rationale” for floating Measure W on the 7jun16 ballot (op-ed in 22apr16 Union). They tell us that W is “strictly about controlling nuisance, environmental and public safety impacts from outdoor (MJ) grows.”  Well maybe.  Now don’t get me wrong, I’m on record for sharing these concerns voiced…

  • Candidates Ignore Growing Risk of ‘War for our time’

    George Rebane Among the many failures of the Obama presidency, I believe history will record that his chamberlainian naiveté and failures in foreign policy will eclipse the other disasters he has authored for America.  More observers are starting to see the growing number of harbingers to war popping up all over the globe as America…

  • Ruminations – 15apr16

    George Rebane Even former Obama SecTreas Larry Summers attributes the bad economy to giving rise to populists Bernie and Donald. This is in contrast to the big National Lie continually repeated from the WH press room.  Regarding the election, Summers said, “I think the prospect of Donald Trump being President would be the gravest threat…

  • Scattershots – 8apr16 (updated 9apr16)

    George Rebane Socialists and communists have been trying to destroy America for generations.  Learning from past mistakes, they have picked up the pace in recent years under a clearly socialist president.  From this pithy analysis of things one year into FDR’s administration, our current clutch of collectivists are doing much better.  Checking the list below,…

  • Ruminations on 2016 Economic Development (updated 8apr16)

    George Rebane You can never go wrong in today's media making fun of a white, anglo-saxon businessman. The economy and economic development is on everyone’s lips these days. The Left continues to conjure the vision of an ephemeral Obama recovery from the ongoing ‘Great Recession’.  The Right points to the fabricated and pretzellated statistics the…

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