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  • As SCOTUS tackles Obamacare

    George Rebane Looking at the various reports and coverage of the ongoing oral arguments presented to SCOTUS on the future disposition of Obamacare, I notice a distinct logical disconnect between how the Right argues their case to repeal Obamacare, versus how the Left defends the rationale of maintaining their legislative coup. All the leftwing Obamacare…

  • Judea Pearl wins 2011 Turing Award

    George Rebane The Association for Computing Machinery announced today that it has named Dr Judea Pearl of the University of California, Los Angeles as the recipient of the A.M. Turing Award for 2011.  The announcement itself begins – NEW YORK, March 15, 2012—ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery today named Judea Pearl of the University…

  • ‘Greece Passes Key Debt Test’, NOT!

    George Rebane The world’s newspapers are heralding the massive haircut taken by Greek sovereign debt holders as some kind of triumphal finesse in international finance.  Specifically – Just over 80% of Greece’s private-sector creditors had agreed by a Thursday evening deadline to turn in their bonds for new ones with less than half the face…

  • The Candyass Republicans (9mar12 update)

    George Rebane The subject of this post is the candyass response of Republican politicians to the Limbaugh/Fluke imbroglio. On ‘The Sad Tale of Sandra Fluke’ and extensive comment stream continues to (finally) air the destructive twists and turns of Obamacare that once more revealed the Left’s intentions on the breadth of entitlements subsidizing personal recreation,…

  • Major cash importers finally discovered (updated 6mar12)

    George Rebane Memo to File: The current Economic Resource Council and its hired analyst Gene Warren have discovered that “retirees could be ticket to better local economy” as reported in the 5mar12 Union (couldn’t find online version).  This little piece of information should be old hat to anyone who has been paying attention for the…

  • The Sad Tale of Sandra Fluke (updated 6mar12)

    George Rebane That Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut is a debate for other fora, but I do want to reflect on the broader ramifications of having the state pay for the prophylactics used in sexual intercourse.  The practice is hugely supported by the left because it underwrites another cut to the traditional cultural…

  • TechForum2012 inaugurates a new community event

    George Rebane This afternoon TechForum2012 passed into history as a wonderfully successful new type of luncheon speaker series focusing on the accelerating technologies that will affect all of us in how we work, play, learn, live long, and prosper.  The event was sponsored by the Sierra Economics and Science Foundation to support its ongoing and…

  • To Benefit Our Community

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary which will enjoy a delayed airing on Monday 13 February 2012 due to the station’s winter fund raising scheduled for this week.] Regular listeners to these commentaries will recognize a different thrust and tone in my subject matter.  Tonight I will urge you to…

  • Obama’s Georgia Eligibility Hearing Update

    George Rebane RR has reported the ins and outs of the allegations and evidence that challenge President Obama’s eligibility to be President.  The latest chapter of this constitutional proto-saga was held in a Georgia courtroom on 26 January, a few days ago.  Craig Andersen on National Patriot has a blow-by-blow coverage of that hearing which…

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