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Re: thoughts on unions

Harvey Madison — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:08:03 GMT

I tend to agree with John on this one. I would try something like new rules making it easy to unionize, but limit the size of any union to keep them small.

United Coalition of Reason

lclane2 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:44 GMT

http://unitedcor.org/ We've discussed this at the last few meetings. The home page is generally uninformative. The following article

Why comsumers turn to alternative medicine

Skryja, David — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:37:44 GMT

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117184537.htm When East Meets West: Why Consumers Turn to Alternative Medicine ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2009) -

Assortative mating in humans

Skryja, David — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:32:30 GMT

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091119193807.htm Ancestry Attracts, but Love Is Blind ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2009) - People preferentially marry

Re: Regents vote

Sam Collins — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:29:41 GMT

Three cheers! It's a shame though, that half the regents appear confused or ignorant of both the value of life and of science to improve it. Sam

Re: Krispy Kreme Mitosis

Sam Collins — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:52:51 GMT

Check out The Fractal Geometry of Nature, Benoit Mandelbrot. Or, just google "Cantor set." Sam

Re: Krispy Kreme Mitosis

Harvey Madison — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:08 GMT

... Oh, I thought maybe Eddie Cantor had a secret life in math, like Heddy Lamar in engineering! Pah-dum-dum! ... Visuals, I'm good at... Exhibit One:

Re: Regents vote

Clayton Naff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37:08 GMT

Congratulations, Sandy, and all Nebraskans! This is a great outcome. McClurg deserves thanks for resisting tremendous pressure from the religious right,

Re: "concentrating" oxygen

William Hay — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:15:06 GMT

But this is a replacement for a tank of pure O2. Then you set a rate on how fast the O2 flows out and it acts as a supplement to, not a total replacement for,

Regents vote

Sanford M. Goodman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:01:39 GMT

The vote was 4-4 and the resolution to restrict research at the University of Nebraska failed.

healthcare bill

Christine Polson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:51 GMT

http://www.salon.com/news/healthcare_reform/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2009/11/19/public_option Healthcare Reform Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 10:20 PST The

Re: thoughts on unions

Will Notobey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:14 GMT

Clay et al, I was in a "dysfunctional" union. The UAW, for all its power and history, was run pretty poorly. On the local level there was plenty of cronyism,

conservatives say stop scaremongering

Jim Bechtel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:21 GMT

About Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial. Conservatives quoted at the end. Unfortunately, true conservatives are outnumbered by the loonies, who have apparently

Re: thoughts on unions

Jim Bechtel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:49 GMT

My 2 cents worth of data: a) Unions evolved as a natural response to the concentration of corporate power, wealth and influence. A poorly run union like SEPTA

thoughts on unions

Clayton Naff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:12:51 GMT

Two Recent Headlines: *12.4: The percentage of Workers in Unions Last Year, Down from 20.1 Percent in 1983.* *SEPTA Workers End Strike that Paralyzed City,