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2009/7/23-29 [Politics/Domestic/Immigration] UID:53185 Activity:low |
7/23 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_us/us_hospital_deportation "Hospitals are already struggling under the staggering costs of treating the nation's roughly 47 million uninsured. Illegal immigrants make up an estimated 15 percent of this group, according to the Pew Hispanic Center." "He and Larson also say a country that relies on cheap, immigrant labor for everything from agriculture, to clothing to construction, should factor in the cost of catastrophic injuries to those providing these essential services - whether it means requiring employers to offer coverage even for day laborers or ensuring public and nonprofit hospitals can care for them." And people think cheap illegal labor is really cheap labor. \_ hello jblack (Justin Black), how are you? Is today the get angry at all brown people day again? \_ Why do the pro-illegal-immigrant people like to equate anti- illegal-immigrant opinion with anti-immigrant and even anti- minority ones? -- !jblack \_ because the vast majority of "anti-illegal-immigrant" people oppose any attempt to make our immigration laws more sane and thereby reduce the number of "illegal" immigrants. \_ 1) It is a handy debating tactic. 2) Too often, it is true. \_ I know what we need to do, let's start a war and blow up $2T in some worthless country, that will help the economy! |
2009/7/23-29 [Politics/Domestic/911] UID:53186 Activity:nil |
7/23 http://bit.ly/N09ye "Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences," the report said. Atheists? Really? Damn, that is one dangerous group there. |
2009/7/23-27 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Others] UID:53187 Activity:nil |
7/23 Click fraud rampant. Good for AdSense owners though! http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/23/sure-the-us-has-a-lot-of-click-fraud-but-at-least-were-not-vietnam |
2009/7/23-29 [Finance/Investment] UID:53188 Activity:nil |
7/23 Jobless rate is at an all time high but the stock market is on steroid. What are some explanations? \_ No, it isn't. The stock market is a leading indicator, while the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator. \_ This is true; however, it is worth noting that the stock market can be wrong. It rebounded 60% off its lows in 1929-1930. The question isn't unemployment, the question is credit availability and liquidity; if we avoid any more bank failures, things will probably normalize relatively soon. -tom \_ Are we out of recession yet? Is the economy going through a second housing boom? \_ http://www.businesscycle.com/resources We will be out of recession in Q4, if not sooner. No second housing boom is required. \_ Uncertainty breeds volatility. The last month is an upswing, but it may not be a long-term trend. |
2009/7/23-8/6 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:53189 Activity:nil |
7/23 Berkeley's CSUA MOTD is now on rss/atom. You can subscribe it from your favorite rss/atom reader (e.g. Google Reader, Yahoo homepage, Safari, Firefox, using the link below: http://csua.com/feed If you prefer a more traditional HTML way of viewing motd, you can go here: http://csua.com/24/?incr=1 And of course if you prefer staring at terminals, you can just stare at /etc/motd.public. Enjoy! -kchang |
2009/7/23-29 [Industry/Jobs] UID:53190 Activity:nil |
7/23 Help end the failed experiment of a full-time legislature in CA http://www.reformcal.com/cms \_ So you are saying we will be better off if they are _less_ professional? Why don't we just make them work 80 hour weeks? How about they do some of the roadwork in thier over-time so they understand the utility of conserving state funds to allow for hiring professionals? -mrauser |