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  • Ruminations – 23feb16 (updated 28feb16)

    Look to him who comes in with another’s concern in order to go out with his own. … Gracian #193 George Rebane No debate about replacing Justice Scalia should proceed before the Democratic precedents denying a sitting Republican president the same privilege receive full airing. At that time the debate should commence with the Dems…

  • Scattershots – 20feb16 (updated 22feb16)

    George Rebane Consider that it is the progressive college administrators who back public policies that let them raise tuition costs to levels out of reach of the same poor whom they cynically claim to champion. Pope Francis’ latest foray into politics on his Mexican visit includes his now familiar socialist screed of demanding “justice for undocumented…

  • March of the Mini-minded Millennials (updated 20feb16)

    George Rebane [This is the addended and linked transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 17 February 2016.] In this election year the millennials are going to make their mark, and both parties are doing their best to woo them.  Why?  The simple reason is their numbers; but that’s not the whole story.  The…

  • Scattershots – 10feb16 (updated 12feb16)

    George Rebane NPR reported this morning that the state’s Legislative Analyst Office has concluded that California’s housing shortage is primarily caused by an insufficient number of “market priced” (i.e. low cost) houses being built due regulatory impediments and the state’s mandates for requiring ‘affordable houses’ that must integrated into regular developments and subsidized with non-existent…

  • Ruminations – 6feb16 (updated 9feb16)

    George Rebane Our ongoing theme on the nation’s economic stagnation – Depression2 – led by California is abetted by Linda Erdmann’s piece – ‘Fleeing the Golden State’ – in the 6feb16 Union print edition and a couple of cogent ZeroHedge links (here and here) sent by Russ Steele on the dissimulation that Team Obama and his…

  • Democrats Waiting in the Wings (updated 4feb16)

    George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 3 February 2016.] Even before her Monday’s disaster in Iowa, Hillary’s campaign for the Democrat presidential nomination had become so fractured that the line of potential replacements was already forming. Uncle Joe Biden let it be known he will reliably carry the…

  • Iowa Caucus – quick thoughts (updated)

    George Rebane The clear winners were Bernie Sanders and Marco Rubio. Neither were projected to make much of a showing against the self-adorned leaders of their parties.  Ted Cruz’s nominal victory is going to have a tough time running a successful race on its evangelical legs.  Things became more clarified for The Donald as he…

  • The Pope and the Raghead (updated 28jan16)

    George Rebane A few years back when first I had a chance to see the bragsheet on Pope Francis, I voiced some concerns about his political naiveté. The man seemed to have avoided any education in economics, finance, governance, and what social mechanisms actually generate the wealth that he’s so keen on redistributing.  His speeches…

  • Ruminations – 25jan16 (updated 29jan16)

    George Rebane A couple of quick points to which we’ll add later. Hillary in an orange jumpsuit?  That was never supposed to happen if we recall our liberal cadres here assuring us that her email imbroglio was a baseless Republican dust devil that would soon be forgotten.  At a lunch today with people who have…

  • ‘Mother May I’ Defense Policy

    George Rebane Did you know that until today American forces fighting in Afghanistan could not initiate operations against ISIS fighters in that country.  By standing orders from Washington our GIs could only attack Al Qaeda and the Taliban.  ISIS’ presence in Afghanistan has been growing for months, yet we could only shoot at them if…

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