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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Fast food workers are going on strike against unfair conditions.
Someone introduce unions to the idea of worker's cooperatives. There are a ton of industries that could rock the corporate competition by offering lower prices and not paying executives ridiculous salaries. MONDRAGON would rock house in the States.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.@ deathpigeon:
UAVs are the "in" thing at the moment. Everyone's making them or buying them — for example, the Israelis are doing quite well in selling UAVs, amongst other nations. Us British are operating the American MQ-9 Reaper (RAF) and a British version of an Israeli design (Army), along with a tactical version about the size of a toy aeroplane. BAE also have a stealth recce drone in development, similar to the RQ-170.
Mind you, the idea has been around since World War I, and UAVs were used in action during The Vietnam War. The Chinese copied them.
edited 29th Nov '12 2:59:18 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnBush Sr. has been hospitalized.
NEWS TIME:
Republicans reject White House fiscal cliff proposals as incomplete
Senate Committee Approves Stricter Privacy for E-Mail
United States Chamber of Commerce: Europe in 'slow decline'
Nate Silver: GOP Should Get Hip To Geeks
Biden leads tribute to recently deceased Senator Warren Rudman
New York lawmakers pushing for more aid for Sandy cleanup
Boehner 'disappointed' by lack of 'substantive progress' on fiscal cliff talks
Harry Reid: Still waiting for ‘serious’ fiscal cliff offer from GOP
Pelosi: Boehner's criticism on fiscal talks 'a tactic,' ignores facts
Senator McConnell 'Burst Into Laughter' as Treasurer Geithner Outlined Obama's Plan
Mitt Romney has lunch with President Obama at the White House
Joe Biden visits Costco, calls for middle-class tax cuts
edited 29th Nov '12 5:17:15 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016All this striking seems to be an indication that unions are going to gain more popularity. They maybe not be called unions in the future, but it seems to be becoming more of a thing lately.
@Tricksterston: What?
Costco's a good company. The CEO pays his employees well and works with the union.
@Presidential magic powers: AHAHAHAHAAHAH. YES. Secession petitions from all fifty states. Anyone mocking the South and Texas can go suck it. But yeah, this is the sort of thing that happens when you open yourself up to the internet and let people know what's being asked by everyone.
In fairness, Texas' petition has the most signers (118,000). The runner-up state is Louisiana with 37,000 signers.
The largest petition for a non-Southern state (I'm counting Florida as Southern by the way) is Colorado's petition which has 24,000 signers.
edited 29th Nov '12 5:14:03 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016The petitions are also meaningless, because the answer is, "No."
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It's a question of density.
For instance, Texas has the largest population of the southern states (aside from Alaska which obviously isn't actually a southern state even if it politically aligns with the south), so you can't just go by raw number count, you have to go by percentage of the population count.
You also have to note that a some of those signatures on those petitions are either trolls or people from outside the state, which inflates the number of people who legitimately signed it.
edited 29th Nov '12 5:34:18 PM by tclittle
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."I'm pretty sure that actual Alaskans would object to their home being called a hellhole.
And no, the widespread frontier lifestyle lends itself well to traditionally conservative politics. Which is why they're largely Republican voters, which is how they're aligned with the south. They have some peculiarities in regards to the natives (Native American tribes, I mean) and some deal where they all apparently get money for oil somehow, but other than that they're pretty normally Republican.

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