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Manufacturing can thrive but struggles for respect
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7BD1WR20111214
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2011-12-15, 05:59 | Link #18282 |
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I wonder about that sometimes. Word origins. "Lift" would be the act of raising something, were as an "elevator" is something that elevates something else (Or something that lifts something as oppose to the act of lifting). So, in say Canada, wouldn't it be more grammatically proper to call it a "Lifter"? The wonderance is which was used first and why? Then when did it change in some places and not others?
On the other hand it might just be the difference between the Germanic and the Latin origins of things again. We can blame the Anglo-Saxons for one and the Normans for the other. Otherwise it would be Celtic based instead of the odd Germanic-Romantic cross language it is today (mostly Germanic...just with bits and pieces thrown in left over from 1066).
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2011-12-15, 10:39 | Link #18284 |
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It's not just that in America. Employee training is deemed nothing but a cost rather than an investment, and there is also the culture of expendability of people. In the US, I find that companies tend to expend their employees very easily if they are no longer deemed useful to the firm. Rather than placing them within another function and training them into it (which would save an enormous amount of money on recruiting processes), they let them go. As the article said, humans are the most flexible machines. My dad's changed jobs very frequently because of this in recent years, despite the fact he has tons more experience than most others in his industry. I was also expended pretty easily after working for Bloomberg, yet I'm being welcomed back to my old job (an english company) after leaving it so abruptly a few months ago.
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The top tiers of businesses in the US? ... well, Dilbert's satirical view stopped being funny or extreme a decade ago -- its just reporting the reality.
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2011-12-15, 13:25 | Link #18286 |
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Republicans try to protect military from budget cuts
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7BE02120111215
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2011-12-15, 21:39 | Link #18287 |
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As far as the Military stuff goes......
Look you can argue all you want about weither we have moral basis for our exploits, that's one thing. It's another thing if you DON'T PAY FOR IT. You'd think Republicans would stuck sucking Grover Norquists dick enough to consider raising taxes to actually FUND these exploits and keep books balanced.......but nah, there is no element of Defense spending that's wasteful AT ALL not one teeny eeny weeny bit of it, and if you cut even one penny of the Pentagon's BUDGET. THE MUSLIMS WILL INVADE YOUR HOUSE RAPE YOU AND KILL YOU. |
2011-12-15, 21:44 | Link #18288 |
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Given that 43% of the world's military spending is in the USA, I'm pretty sure there's room for making cuts without jeopardizing the US's security. They might jeopardize their position as world hegemon though...
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2011-12-15, 22:05 | Link #18289 |
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Here's how this breaks down.
Me and my old college friend are talking about US state in the world. Me; I mean you think that we can't really cut down on foriegn exploits? Friend; If we do we won't be number 1 Culturally, I think this scares a lot of americans. It also has influenced China in it's rise, Russia and it's "asserting itself" (throwing it's weight around) abroad, and I'm sure you've heard of certain British and French wistfully dreaming of Britannia and L'Empire. I mean I don't want to be anyone's BITCH by any means, but are Sweden and Denmark and Australia butthurt about not standing on the top of the world? |
2011-12-15, 23:30 | Link #18290 |
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Well being no.1 is certainly a justifiable thing to aim to maintain. And frankly, even if the US cut it's military budget in half it would probably still be no.1. The thing is it would no longer be "hegemon", it would not have sufficient power that it could beat a coalition of other countries. It would need to rely on it's allies a whole lot more. However, I think it's inevitable that the USA will lose it's Superpower status. It happened to Britain, and it happened to the USSR. The USA isn't going to unrivalled forever. And I also think we're beginning to live in an era where Military power is not of as much value as it used to be.
Put it this way, the US doesn't really need a huge defense apparatus to ensure it's own safety, they've got Nukes for that. The military apparatus does defend US "Interests", but I think there needs to be a firm line delineated between the two. For instance it's in the US's interests to ensure a cheap Oil supply, but it doesn't really effect the US's safety one way or another. Also, the principle of proportionality needs to also be maintained. For instance, the terrorism scares of the early 2000s certainly merited improvements in counter-terrorism operations etc., but did they really merit the invasion and occupation of an entire country? Terrorist acts are on the scale of individuals, while the invasion was on the scale of nations. Last edited by DonQuigleone; 2011-12-15 at 23:40. |
2011-12-16, 00:46 | Link #18291 |
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Christopher Hitchens is Dead
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-1...?section=world Well, now at least he knows the truth.
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2011-12-16, 02:59 | Link #18293 | |
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Deal made to avoid government shutdown
http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_ne...nment-shutdown In all that I find this to be the most nickel and dime-y thing I've seen in a while. Quote:
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On a final note, you can also talk about the British, but there's a pretty heavy muslim population there, particularly in London and other big cities. I'd be more worried about people for who they are and their own intentions. Just because one person is carrying nukes and happens to be muslim doesn't make every muslim an enemy. |
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There are more than twice that many Jews (for reference). UK has about 1.7 million Only a little over a quarter million Jews.
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2011-12-16, 04:07 | Link #18298 |
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I think Solomon miswrote his post a bit.... he was being sarcastic about muslims being an internal threat, the all-caps scream at the end was the noise the "omgtheyrehere!!! Moar mony fer defense!!!" monkeys make. If you review Solomon's post history, he definitely *ISN'T* anti- any religion as such.
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2011-12-16, 04:18 | Link #18299 |
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I've known several Afghan since Middle School. Most of them came over during the Soviet invasion. I recall one in college in early 2001. Right after the Taliban started destroying historical Buddist statues he say "Well, it looks like I'm never going to be able to go home again".
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