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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Berkeley flip-flop: Are universities complicit in muzzling free speech?
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/22/2017 02:25 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Does bear sh*t in the woods?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/22/2017 4:15 Comments || Top||

#2  Then they are not a 'university' or 'college', just a business and should be treated as such for taxes and assets (nice endowment you got there, we'll send the auditors over for valuation).
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/22/2017 8:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Berkeley won't provide security, so the people once again will. And now, all eyes are on Berkeley. Should be a fun day
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 04/22/2017 10:09 Comments || Top||

#4  I think the free speech event is scheduled for after regular students have left campus for the semester, so the number of useful idiots available for rioting will be reduced.
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/22/2017 11:10 Comments || Top||

#5  ...and just leave the faculty to do it by themselves?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/22/2017 11:13 Comments || Top||

#6  The brown shirt fascists have taken over Bezerkley. They don't give a whit about 1st Amend. Constitutional rights. Prosecute them.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/22/2017 11:31 Comments || Top||

#7  Pretty sure they took over Berkeley back in the early 60's and never left.
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/22/2017 14:49 Comments || Top||

#8  ....and the irony is that it was done under the guise of the Free Speech Movement.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/22/2017 16:50 Comments || Top||

#9  Meanwhile, in breaking news...
http://www.theonion.com/article/berkeley-campus-lockdown-after-loose-pages-wall-st-55815
Posted by: ed in texas || 04/22/2017 20:31 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
This Week in Guns, April 22nd, 2017


By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

Lost in all the hype over the pr0n star who was punched in the face at a Berkeley free speech rally last week was that she had a glass bottle in her possession. Apparently Antifa people have been telling their operatives to bring glass bottles and M-80 firecrackers to rallies. The idea is to put the firework into the bottle and throw it so the detonation sprays broken glass onto their targets.

Other thinking is that the combination is a provocation to get those at the rally, either protesters or kops to bring out their firearms. What this accomplishes is anyone's guess. Maybe Antifa wants a real sh*t show for their enemies.

Somewhat amusingly, kops in Alabama ordered Antifa demonstraters to remove their masks. Apparently in Alabama as in some other states, laws were passed in the 1920s to deal with Ku Klux Klan rallies when the Klan was on the rise nationwide. Those laws forbid public gatherings in which protesters are masked.

Oklahoma's threatened to use their law against criminal gangs in the early 1990s when they started gathering in the streets wearing masks, but as far as I know no one was actually charged. The criminal gangs were simply warned that a law passed 70 years earlier to deal with the Ku Klux Klan would be used against them. Their enthusiasm for wearing masks, as I understand it, quietly evaporated.

In Massachusetts, the local constabulary in Cohasset revoked a firearms permit and then moved to seize a total of 100 privately owned firearms. The activity is proudly displayed on the police website. The police never expected the severe backlash against them.

While this particular incident is not amusing, it does show that people, even in high tax, high regulation Massachusetts are tired of their rights being violated by politicians and their police.

The Cohasset police response was simple. "We wuz just following orders." They should have just shut up and gone about their business.

Loads.

Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:

Pistol ammunition prices were steady. Rifle ammunition prices were steady.

Prices for used pistols were mostly higher. Prices for used rifles were higher across the board.

New Lows:

Arizona: 9mm (Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic): Taurus PT111: $240

Pistol Ammunition

.45 Caliber, 230 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Wolf, FMJ, Steel Casing, .23 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: J&G Sales, Hot Shot, FMJ, Steel Casing, .20 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))

.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammo Mart, Buffalo Cartridge, RSFP, Steel Casing, Factory Seconds .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammo Valley, Own Brand, RNFP, Brass Casing, Reloads, .19 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each)

9mm Parabellum, 115 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2016)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .15 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Ammo Mart, Legendary, RN, Reloads, Brass Casing, .14 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each)

.357 Magnum, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (1Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 500 rounds: Surplus Ammo, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (1Q, 1017))

.38 Special, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: LAX Ammunition, CCI Blazer, LRN, Aluminum Casing .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 500 rounds: Western Arms AND Ammo, Own Brand, TMJ, Brass Casing, Reloads .24 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (7 Weeks))

Rifle Ammunition

.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammomen, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: LAX ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .21 per round

.308 NATO 150 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (1Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .32 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .32 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each)

7.62x39mm AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (1Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Wolf WPA, Steel Casing, FMJ, .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Wolf WPA, Steel Casing, FMJ, .20 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))

.30-06 Springfield 145 Grain. From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Wolf WPA, Steel Casing, FMJ, .54 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: United Nations Ammo, Wolf WPA, Steel Casing, FMJ, .54 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (9 Weeks))

.300 Winchester Magnum 150 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (8 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Red River Reloading, Prvi Partizan, Brass Casing, SP, .86 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Target Sports, Prvi Partizan, Brass Casing, SP, .88 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))

.338 Lapua Magnum 250 Grain, From Last Week: -.20 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammo Liquidator, Federal Eagle, Brass Casing, JSP, 2.17 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 200 rounds: Ammo Liquidator, Federal American Eagle, Brass Casing, JSP, 2.13 per round (From Last Week: -.27 Each)

.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammomen, Federal, RNL, .05 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 400 rounds: Ammomen, Federal, RNL, .05 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (8 Weeks))

Guns for Private Sale
Rifles


.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $485 Last Week Avg: $465(+) ($616 (2Q, 2015), $465 (2 Weeks))
Arizona (137, 133): DPMS: $525 ($600 (14 Weeks), $450 (7 Weeks))
Texas (348, 341): Smith & Wesson MP 15 Sport: $500 ($700 (1Q, 2015), $350 (2Q, 2015))
Pennsylvania (202, 203): DPMS: $450 ($700 (2Q, 2015), $300 (3Q, 2015))
Virginia (219, 214): DPMS Panther: $500 ($750 (1Q, 2015), $415 (19 Weeks))
Florida (521, 492): Mixed Build: $450 ($650 (2Q, 2015), $380 (1Q, 2015))

.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $871 Last Week Avg: $846(+) ($1,359 (2Q, 2015), $820 (3Q, 2015))
Arizona (32, 30): DPMS: $750 ($1,350 (10 Weeks)), $650 (15 Weeks))
Texas (129, 124): Mixed Build: $780 ($1,500 (4Q, 2014), $700 (38 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (41, 40): DPMS: $830 ($1,600 (23 Weeks), $700 (3Q, 2015))
Virginia (58, 62): Palmetto State Armory: $1,295 ($2,750 (1Q, 2016), $750 (10 Weeks))
Florida (74, 65): Palmetto State Armory: $700 ($1,950 (50 Weeks), $500 (3Q, 2015))

7.62x39mm (AK Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $581 Last Week Avg: $560(+) ($668 32 Weeks)), $450 (3Q, 2015))
Arizona (22, 23): CAI: $780 ($800 (6 Weeks), $500 (15 Weeks))
Texas (106, 105): WASR Romak: $575 ($800 (1Q, 2016, $350 (3Q, 2014))
Pennsylvania (65, 64): IO: $525 ($750 (1Q, 2015), $375 (1Q, 2015))
Virginia (53, 57): WASR-10: $550 ($700 (45 Weeks), $350 (1Q, 2015))
Florida (116, 117): IO: $475 ($700 (1Q, 2016), $300 (4Q, 2014))

30-30 Winchester Lever Action Average Price: $374 Last Week Avg: $365(+) ($495 (28 Weeks), $296 (3Q, 2015))
Arizona (7, 8): Marlin: $350 ($500 (13 Weeks), $350 (6 Weeks))
Texas (14, 15): Winchester Ranger: $430 ($550 (1Q, 2015), $300 (1Q, 2015))
Pennsylvania (12, 11): Mossberg 464: $390 ($450 (1Q, 2015), $250 (4Q, 2014))
Virginia (14, 14): Marlin: $350 ($670 (48 Weeks)), $250 (4Q, 2015))
Florida (25, 27): Marlin: $350 ($500 (1Q, 2015), $250 (2Q, 2015))

Pistols

.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $465 Last Week Avg: $440(+) ($515 (37 Weeks)), $350 (4Q, 2015))
Arizona (95, 87): Rock Island Armory: $500 ($600 (12 Weeks), $400 (16 Weeks))
Texas (260, 256): Taurus 1911: $450 ($600 (4Q, 2014), $300 (20 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (162, 159): Para Ordnance: $550 ($575 (15 Weeks), $300 (2Q, 2015))
Virginia (138, 124): Springfield: $425 ($600 (12 Weeks)), $250 (4Q, 2014))
Florida (338, 330): Rock Island Armory: $400 ($500 (1Q, 2016), $250 (1Q, 2015))

9mm (Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic) Average Price: $217 Last Week Avg: $217(=) ($358 (1Q, 2016), $217 (2 Weeks)
Arizona (145, 150): Taurus PT 111: $240 ($400 (5 Weeks)), $240 (CA: $275 (16 Weeks))
Texas (370, 373): Glock 17: $250 ($355 (1Q, 2015), $200 (3Q, 2015))
Pennsylvania (321, 314): Taurus Millennium G2: $170 ($350 (4Q 2014), $150 (9 Weeks))
Virginia (262, 253): Taurus PT92AF: $200 ($425 (4Q, 2016), $189 (2Q, 2016))
Florida (569, 568): Taurus PT111: $225 ($400 (1Q, 2016), $190 (37 Weeks))

.40 caliber S&W (Glock or other semiautomatic) Average Price: $323 Last Week Avg: $320(+) ($399 (1Q, 2016), $262 (45 Weeks))
Arizona (36, 36): Smith and Wesson M&P: $450 ($500 (15 Weeks), ($250 (6 Weeks))
Texas (107, 112): Kahr: $325 ($425 (4Q, 2014), ($210 (30 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (97, 103): Smith & Wesson SD40VE: $275 ($450 (2Q, 2016), $200 (33 Weeks))
Virginia (81, 95): Taurus 740: $300 ($450 (2Q, 2015), $275 (1Q, 2015))
Florida (143, 149): Smith & Wesson SD40VE: $265 ($400 (1Q, 2015), $199 (4Q, 2015))

Used Gun of the Week: (Oklahoma)
Remington 700 rifle chambered in 7mm Remington Magnum
Posted by: badanov || 04/22/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Mayor of Berkeley Jesse Arreguin is a member of the branch of AntiFA "By Any Means Necessary" that coordinated the violent attacks on events at Berkeley. He is also friends with Yvette Falarco who has been investigated by the FBI. In one event the violent group Yvette Falarco leads inflicted serious injuries to at least 10 people who were hospitalized with stab wounds.
Posted by: Ulomoth Spusotle7641 || 04/22/2017 0:45 Comments || Top||

#2  In Massachusetts, the local constabulary in Cohasset revoked a firearms permit and then moved to seize a total of 100 privately owned firearms. The activity is proudly displayed on the police website. The police never expected the severe backlash against them.

Another set of public officials who played that game in Massachusetts literally started a revolution. The Left is great in wiping out the learning process history.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/22/2017 7:21 Comments || Top||

#3  From this point on, do not register your guns.
Posted by: Nero White 3083 || 04/22/2017 12:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Antifa people have been telling their operatives to bring glass bottles and M-80 firecrackers to rallies. The idea is to put the firework into the bottle and throw it so the detonation sprays broken glass onto their targets. ...is a provocation to get those at the rally, either protesters or kops to bring out their firearms. What this accomplishes is anyone's guess.

Recruiting cadres to carry out full scale terror attacks.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/22/2017 12:51 Comments || Top||

#5  I'd like to know where I could get me some M-80s for the Fourth of July.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/22/2017 16:32 Comments || Top||

#6  Not in SD, Abu. Tijuana
Posted by: Frank G || 04/22/2017 19:15 Comments || Top||

#7  Tijuana...too sketchy.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/22/2017 22:16 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Hayden: Russia Flying Planes Into US Territory Is ‘Pathetic' ‐ They ‘Don't Want To Go To War With Us' [VIDEO]
[Daily Caller] Gen. Michael Hayden destroyed Russia during a CNN interview Wednesday night, calling the country "pathetic" and "by far the weaker power."

When Erin Burnett asked the former director of the National Security Agency if President Trump’s aggressions toward Russia make war more likely, Hayden had some harsh words for the wannabe superpower.

Hayden further criticized Russia for flying "1950, early 60s era" bombers off the coast of Alaska, calling the move "pathetic."

"You know what that is a bit, Erin? That’s a little pathetic," Hayden taunted. "That used to be cool in the 1960s, and if that’s what the Russians can now mount as a way to tickle us...wow."

"The Russians really don’t want to go to war with us," Hayden said. "They are by far the weaker power."

"Look, great opportunity for training for our Alaskan air forces," he added with a chuckle.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/22/2017 07:35 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Ruling Class are mental high schoolers.
Posted by: charger || 04/22/2017 11:02 Comments || Top||

#2  And we don't want to go to war with them. US-Russia would be a no-winners war.
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/22/2017 11:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Except China?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/22/2017 11:30 Comments || Top||

#4  @#3: I just realized the interestingness of Mr. Trump being controlled by Russia and Russia, per the logic, possibly being manipulated by China.

Inscrutable indeed. ;)
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 04/22/2017 21:58 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Tucker Carlson BLASTS Rachel Maddow for linking Venezuela protests to Trump
[Twitchy] Tucker Carlson, in his last show before he takes over the 8:00 p.m. timeslot on Monday, took on Rachel Maddow and MSNBC over a report that aired Thursday night that linked the violence gripping Venezuela to donations from state oil giant Citgo to the Trump inauguration:
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/22/2017 08:15 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It appeals to her base. Got to keep the rating up. Who cares if its crap fake news, they buy it!
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/22/2017 9:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Hardly the 'outrage of the week.' I give that to FOX for ousting O'Reilly and promoting Beckel and Williams.

Link
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/22/2017 9:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Madcow has always reported her progressive agenda rather than what's really happening.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/22/2017 10:38 Comments || Top||


Steve Bannon and the Fourth Turning
[American Thinker] In its ongoing effort to counter Steve Bannon's influence in the White House, the New York Times recently ran a piece essentially ridiculing Bannon's for his admiration of The Fourth Turning (1997) by William Strauss and Neil Howe.

As is the Times' MO, instead of addressing the substance articulated in The Fourth Turning, it dismisses the authors as 'amateur historians' and writes that their thesis is provocative and disputed.

Well, yes, The Fourth Turning theory of history is provocative. And it certainly is disputed by those who are presently warmly ensconced in today's establishment as well as their paid mouthpieces, for reasons that will soon become evident. But disapproval from the status quo doesn't mean Strauss and Howe are wrong. Quite the contrary. As for me, I find their arguments and analysis very compelling.

For those not familiar with the Fourth Turning, it takes a cyclical view of history. This is not based on the movement of the planets and stars but human nature and how people view things differently based on what generation they are in.

In a nutshell, the argument of Strauss and Howe is that as history moves in eighty to a one hundred year cycles. Within this saeculum cycle, there are four distinct turnings. The authors define a turning as "an era with a characteristic social mood, a new twist on how people feel about themselves and their nation. It results from the aging of the generational constellations. A society enters a turning every twenty years or so, when all living generations begin to enter their next phase of life."
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/22/2017 01:27 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Interesting. So basically, Bannon believes that America is no longer "rich enough to afford being stupid"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/22/2017 4:16 Comments || Top||

#2  The Fourth Turning
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/22/2017 8:59 Comments || Top||

#3  The NYTs criticizes the two authors as amateur historians. The Times also says the authors present a provocative but disputed theory of history. The often disputed newspaper does not offer any alternative explanation of historical events.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/22/2017 10:27 Comments || Top||

#4  The often disputed newspaper does not offer any alternative explanation of historical events.

They believe in the Marxist theory of history, it just a little embarrassing to admit it these days.
Posted by: charger || 04/22/2017 11:06 Comments || Top||

#5  I haven't read Strauss & Howe's 'The Fourth Turning,' but I did read their 'Generations' and within broad limits I think they make some good points.
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/22/2017 11:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Reminds me of a quote,

'The only lesson to be learned from history is, there are no lessons to be learned from history.'
Posted by: phil_b || 04/22/2017 17:50 Comments || Top||

#7  It was written in 1978.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 04/22/2017 20:46 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
The Pentagon's Bug Bounty Program Should Be Expanded to Bases, DOD Official Says
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/22/2017 16:17 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It appears that hackers are the new Bounty Hunters.

Boy-Howdy, I wasted my time and attention resources...
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 04/22/2017 22:05 Comments || Top||


Government
Ilana Mercer: The H-1B Visa Racket Should Be Abolished, Not Reformed
[Daily Caller] Billionaire businessman Marc Cuban insists that the H-1B visa racket is a feature of the vaunted American free market. This is nonsense on stilts. It can’t go unchallenged.

Another billionaire, our president, has ordered that the H-1B program be reformed. This, too, is disappointing. You’ll see why.

First, let’s correct Mr. Cuban: America has not a free economy, but a mixed-economy. State and markets are intertwined. Trade, including trade in labor, is not free; it’s regulated to the hilt. If anything, the labyrinth of work visas is an example of a fascistic government-business cartel in operation.

The H-1B permit, in particular, is part of that state-sponsored visa system. The primary H-1B hogs--Infosys (and another eight, sister Indian firms), Microsoft, and Intel--import labor with what are grants of government privilege. Duly, the corporations that hog H-1Bs act like incorrigibly corrupt rent seekers. Not only do they get to replace the American worker, but they get to do so at his expense.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/22/2017 01:31 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Easy enough, grow your own.
How much of a 4 year degree is really needed?
You want coders? Pay up for a 1 year tech cert.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/22/2017 2:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Or limit H1-B visas to only lawyers, investment bankers and politicians.
Posted by: Harry Panda9076 || 04/22/2017 3:53 Comments || Top||

#3  It's not understood how important the bonded labor aspect of H1B visas is. You normally can't bond workers under a common law principle that goes back to the Middle Ages - you cannot prevent someone plying their trade.

In IT, skill sets change rapidly and training is expensive. Companies are reluctant to hire and train people, as their value in the marketplace rises substantially and they leave for better pay.
Posted by: phil_b || 04/22/2017 3:59 Comments || Top||

#4  This is a complicated problem with no easy answers.

There are more reasons than "corporate greed" for the lack of Americans going into STEM fields and for lack of STEM jobs for the native born. The general decay of America's morality and work ethic, the desire of the native born to have easy, metric-free and anxiety-free jobs working for the government, and the desire of many of the smart ones to make their living in areas like finance etc. are all factors that are at least as important in creating this mess.

A dim understanding of how economics works factors in also. No matter how well trained or skilled you are for a task, if there's tons of people who are also, your pay grade WILL go down. Supply and demand.

The overall trend in the West for the public to overprice the actual value of their labor and to use unions and government to extract those expectations from employers comes into play as well.

The hyperregulatory monster that has reduced small business formation to its lowest level since the republic was founded is a factor in all this also.

None of these things, of course, justify abuse of the H1B system. But simply banning H1B isn't going to solve our problems by itself.
Posted by: no mo uro || 04/22/2017 5:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Companies are reluctant to hire and train people, as their value in the marketplace rises substantially and they leave for better pay.

Yes, the Depart. of Defense does it annually. Been doing for many generations. However, DoD gets them to sign a contract for 'X' years of service. Business don't want to do that as they treat employees as liabilities not assets. So they bitch and moan and pay off Congresscritters to flood the market with labor that is as cheap as possible. Some southerns had the same attitude about cheap labor too prior to the 20th Century.

It's a start to a self inflicted wound. The program has been going full blast since the late 80s, that's decades of depressed labor value. Business has had literally generations to grow their own. Why bother when you can bribe pols to betray their own people. You'll never attract people in the numbers to go STEM as long as you keep labor down.

To paraphrase the Rev. Jackson, its amazing how a people who claim to be poor, malnourished, and oppressed can field so many athletes earning hundreds of thousands and millions so disproportionately to their numbers in the society. Incentive.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/22/2017 7:14 Comments || Top||

#6  Cheap labor has it's downsides. It actually led to the burning of Atlanta at one point.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/22/2017 7:18 Comments || Top||

#7  To paraphrase the Rev. Jackson, its amazing how a people who claim to be poor, malnourished, and oppressed can field so many athletes earning hundreds of thousands and millions so disproportionately to their numbers in the society.

I call BS. Mumbles Jackson has never said anything that coherent or true
Posted by: Frank G || 04/22/2017 9:45 Comments || Top||

#8  Actually, he did way back when. You'd be surprised what he did say when the mics were tucked away and the press wasn't around and he wasn't selling the guilt trip. Like, its not white boys sneaking into window at night making the teenager sisters pregnant in the community.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/22/2017 11:11 Comments || Top||

#9  Corporations want cheap, third world labor while enjoying all the benefits of operating in the USA. Let them move their sorry asses to India: lock, stock and barrel, CEOs and board members too. Let them deal with third world red tape, infrastructure and corruption. They can build their mansions in Bombay instead of Redwood City. Then they can pay tariffs when they try to sell their bloatware in this country.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/22/2017 11:12 Comments || Top||

#10  A few observations:
During the dot.com boom the tech companies had a difficult time keeping their workers because a techie could park in one lot on a Friday and on Monday park in the lot across the street with a raise in pay.
So of course businesses are going to find any recourse available and abuse the heck out of it.
I also have several friends who came here from India on visas, became citizens, and make more money than I do. They are still bemused that I am not in some way really angry about this (because Indians in India would be). However, they are older now and their skills have eroded. They aren't as marketable now. They Master's degrees that are only 20 years old. The only reason they have their jobs is that they have been working on the same setup at the same company for so long that no young folks could decipher it and it's too expensive to switch to a new system.
There is no shortage of American citizens in STEM. That's a myth promulgated by Infosys, MS, and Intel to keep the H-1B program loose. But there is no doubt that STEM programs are largely populated by Asians and more now than in the past.
It's becoming more common that coding and technical knowledge are just a part of the skill set any Millennial has to have, like being able to read and write, math, etc. For generation, GenX, taking typing and BASIC coding in HS were electives. Now they are requirements, or should be.
Posted by: Black Parfrey || 04/22/2017 12:48 Comments || Top||

#11  During the dot.com boom the tech companies had a difficult time keeping their workers because a techie could park in one lot on a Friday and on Monday park in the lot across the street with a raise in pay.

Nothing stopped the companies from contracting their employees other than the hire/fire process usually costs much more.

Instead they acted like illegal monopolies.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/22/2017 16:54 Comments || Top||



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