just reading the first one that came up is a terrible way to do
research, Harry.
Indeed. OTOH, the net is loaded with contradictory assertions, claims
and observations, largely indistinguisable from fabrications and
deliberate disinformation. It's unlikely that we or anyone other than
the
Pete Organic flax is inherently expensive...
Why is that so?
And are there detectable amounts of herbicide in ordinary linseed oil?
- Mike
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Hello all --
I dropped off the FutureWork list a couple of years ago, not only
because Harry was trolling [1] the list, trying to provoke
opportunities for his condescending barbs and his
free-market-cures-all polemics but as well because all the other
bright folks on the list were politely
This is particularly hilarious:
The [new Chinese] law is like going 20 years backward, said the
monthly magazine of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai,
which represents 1,300 U.S. companies.
Right, 20 years backward to, what would that be? 1987! The 2nd
Reagan
Verdon There is no need to get rid of money, there is only need to
Verdon provide better access to it (in its function as a mean of
Verdon exchange) as the result of the aggregated subjective
Verdon perception of the value of individual and group contribution
Verdon (as opposed to need to sell
Chris The future of work could also be summarized in one word: China !
If I recall correctly, in the original charter for FutureWork there
was mention of avoiding a Blade Runner future.
The breakdown of industry and commerce in Iraq seems to have become a
boost for blacksmiths there to work
Hi, Gail --
This may be a bit much to ask (and indeed is half in jest)...
Oh, good. Then you will not take it amiss if my reply is also half in
jest.
I find myself, among others, having promised to produce four
sentences...
Half in jest, I have to say that no one will ever read such
Gail wrote:
For example, in raising a barn, the persons involved may be of
equal status, e.g., local farmers, but they will be pursuing
different functions at each stage of the task. Even though the
team may be composed of the same members, it will probably have a
different leader
To the extent that globalism is a significant factor work work, this
should be on-topic.
I just found John Ralston Saul's 2005 book, _The Collapse of Globalism
and the Reinvention of the World_ [1] on the remainder shelf for a couple
of bucks. (I guess I should get out more if the remainder
me ...John Ralston Saul's 2005 book, _The Collapse of Globalism and
me the Reinvention of the World_...
Harry Have to ask the obvious question:
Harry
Harry What is globalization?
That would be covered in chapters 1-4.
What does Globalization mean? Defining received wisdom is often a
Ed wrote:
Ever so many houses financed by subprime mortgages have now gone
into foreclosure and can only be resold at a loss if they can be
resold at all. We've all seen pictures of neighborhoods in
Cleveland or Chicago with their streets of boarded up houses.
And rapidly stripped of
With 750 inmates per 100,000 people, imprisonment cost the 50 states
more than $49bn last year, up from less than $11bn 20 years earlier.
Now that we've made a good run a privatizing prisons, I assume there's
a substantial and active biz lobby wherever sentencing policy can be
influenced.
Arthur wrote:
It also depends on how we value our time. When shopping, I prefer to
spend as little time as possible in the act. I would rather be doing
something else with my time than haggling. Almost anything else.
So someone spends 10 minutes to save a few dollars or even 20
dollars.
Signs of the times
EDMONDTHORPE, England -- Thieves peeled long strips of lead from the
roof of St. Michael and All Angels...
1963? Wasn't the last scene in Heavens Above that of Peter Sellers
delivering a sermon during a thunderstorm in the church from which the
poor, deserving family,
As the article says, no other language except french and english are
impaired by this idea some batty academics have that the spelling of
words is supposed to reflect its history, instead of how it is
pronounced.
Except Chinese where, if you can write the language correctly, you can
Mike Gurstsein wrote:
It looks now that in the interests of efficiency the labour
movement has decided to give up on the first part of the equation.
There was the same hearty cheering as before, and the mugs were
emptied to the dregs. But as the animals outside gazed at the
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