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  • Predictions Derby – 22feb15

    George Rebane Evolution chases environment. The last go around was Predictions Derby – 12feb15. Chris Christie – Opens his PAC to raise funds for potential candidacy.  L =3, meaning that the probability he would do this now for a future announcement of candidacy is three times as high as the probability he would do it…

  • America’s Dunkirk Foreign Policy

    George Rebane The only thing effectively led from behind is a retreat, for in that direction you are already properly positioned to lead. In concert with President Obama’s just ended sideshow on “violent extremism” that once more diverts attention from our true enemy, John Kerry writes (here) that the solution to the global assault is…

  • Governments’ Wall-to-wall Insanity

    George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary aired on 18 February 2015.] It’s again hard to know where to start.  At the federal level the administration is tying itself in knots as report after report comes in of Islamic terrorists operating on multiple continents while becoming more united and coordinated.  …

  • The Minsk Summit (updated 20feb15)

    George Rebane “OK, OK, Poroshenko’s a bit pissed that it didn’t exactly work out.  But he did promise to behave, so c’mon guys, let’s stand a bit closer to the big guy for the picture.” [13feb15 update] “The Minsk accord ratifies a Russian satrapy in the Ukraine.” (here) [20feb15 update] Well, what’d I tell ya?

  • Predictions Derby – 12feb15

    George Rebane All evolution chases environment. Some more news has come in the interval that warrants updating the probabilities that members of our Repub and Dem shortlists will declare their 2016 candidacies.  The updated histograms reflect the rationale given below.  (Please review tutorial here, and then participate with your own numbers which I’ll incorporate into…

  • Ruminations – 9feb15 (updated 16feb15)

    George Rebane Data homogenization is not an objective scientific process. Recreational marijuana will be legalized across the country over the next several years.  RR is on record as a proponent of judicious progress in this direction.  Nevada County’s economy already enjoys a major contribution from the illegal RMJ that various estimates put above the $100M…

  • ‘Those Left Behind’

    George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 5 February 2015.] There is no doubt that America’s income and wage gaps are real, and everyone sees it as a social problem that should not be ignored.  Both the Right and Left agree on the reading of that data, but…

  • Prediction Derby_4feb15

    George Rebane Well, let me kick things off with a quick take on a couple of Republican and one Democrat politicians.  Hopefully, these can also serve as examples that invite other readers to offer their own updates in the Prediction Derby comment streams. Scott Walker update – given all his activities in the recent past that…

  • Predictions Derby – Candidates, Nominees, and Next President (Part1)

    George Rebane [I’ve been noodling doing a ‘predictions derby’ on RR since last summer as potential candidates started making noises about running in 2016, even before the 2014 mid-terms were held.  If it worked, then the ‘derby’ would be held in three parts – who will be the declared candidates going into the conventions, who…

  • County Library Needs Your Support

    [Nevada County Librarian Ms Laura Pappani sent me the following byline to inform RR readers of the current goings on with the library regarding its funding and renewal of Measure C.  Our library is transforming itself to serve the community in the age of internet connectivity, providing citizens expanded opportunities to study, communicate, retrieve information, learn, … .  It…

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