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  • McGuire to run against Beason for BoS seat

    George Rebane Sue McGuire has announced that she will be running against Nate Beason for the Nevada County District #1 supervisorial seat.  Press release below. News ReleaseContact: Julie Johnson Phone: 530 263 2060 For Immediate Release Sue McGuire announces candidacy for First District Supervisor Nevada County Attorney Sue McGuire this morning announced that she is…

  • Nevada City Occupied

    George Rebane On a mild October late afternoon with fall colors in the air, about 150 good-hearted but misguided people gathered to express their opposition to …, well, it was hard to say.  But a theme that tried to surface was that ‘Corporations are bad, peace is good’.  A couple of Nevada City’s finest stayed…

  • Obama Riots – The last full measure of desperation (updated 17oct2011)

    George Rebane As a fresh face in 2008, community organizer, ‘resigned’ lawyer, and sometime senator Barack Obama outspent opponent McCain by $665,000,000 to win the White House.  Most of this advantage was contributed by public service unions.  Given the man’s demonstrated record of incompetence or intention (your pick), stronger medicine is needed for him to…

  • Morally Killing Al-Awlaki (updated 3oct2011)

    George Rebane A lot of people are hyper-ventilating about the CIA’s recent killing of a couple of prime ragheads, Al-Awlaki and his pal Samir Khan.  Both were US citizens when they died from a direct hit by a Hellfire missile.  Both spent a major part of their adult lives in the Al Qaida leadership planning…

  • Another Silly Coincidence, Right?

    George Rebane A correspondent sent me this YouTube video of Idaho House (District 10) representative Curtis Bowers (R) talking about the communist agenda in America.  Apparently his surprising statements got some traction, and a lot of people were riled up about his connecting such dots for an obvious series of coincidences.  Then again, others thought…

  • Civil Discussion of Issues with Paul Emery (updated 2oct2011)

    George Rebane I want to remind everyone that KVMR News Director Paul Emery and I will be having a “civil discussion of current events that spans the political divide” featured as The Great Dialogue by the Nevada County Tea Party Patriots.  This event will held be at the Nevada County Horseman’s Club in Grass Valley…

  • Ruminations – 25sep2011

    George Rebane Some thoughts on violence and the blind. Harvard psychologist Professor Steven Pinker asks, “Why has violence declined so dramatically for so long? Is it because violence has literally been bred out of us, leaving us more peaceful by nature?”  In his recent book (as reported in the 24sep11 WSJ, ‘Violence Vanquished’) Pinker cites…

  • Ruminations – 20sep2011

    George Rebane Mr Igor Birman, Esq is Congressman Tom McClintock’s chief-of-staff and one of the stars on Capitol Hill.  Igor is also our friend and we have spent many long hours discussing the whys and wheretos of the country’s current travails during his Nevada County visits.  Just recently Igor was honored at Hillsdale College by…

  • We Will Remember 11 September 2001

             

  • Community Unity – Liberal Version (updated 10sep2011)

    George Rebane This Sunday, 11 September 2011, Nevada City hosts Constitution Day with a big parade and a day-long celebration of Americana in its streets, parks, and shops.  This has been a community tradition since 1967, drawing together local organizations, residents, and visitors who come from far and wide to witness a ‘home town classic’…

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