I was thinking a Qanon meeting or gettr. My bet is they are big lovers of those.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 6:53 PM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: Take the politics to alt.2600. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Joe Monk [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 3:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Great Resignation "And as we are seeing, the baby boomers are much to blame for global warming, the results we are seeing in fires, floods, polar icecaps melting, and yes, the recent record setting tornadoes in Kentucky, Tennessee, & other states." Jeez man, get a grip. The Earth has had a climate since it was formed. Climate change has been going on since day 1. Warming, Cooling, whatever. The climate always goes thru cycles. Boomers did not create the energy cycles necessary to generate a tornado from the immense energy contained in clouds. Think about this, the adiabatic energy release of latent heat as moisture in the air is lifted, cools and sinks has a lot to do with it. This motion of parcels of air in the clouds is what creates a tornado. And yes, as I am a licensed pilot, with a degree in engineering, and a degree in aviation, I kinda have a clue, having actually studied meteorology. Joe On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 4:50 PM Bill Johnson < [email protected]> wrote: > I doubt Jesus said a man unwilling or unable to work shouldn’t eat. And, > I’m not surprised the low wage earners are unwilling to work for $2.13/hour > (tipped wage) plus tips. The federal minimum wage hasn’t gone up in over a > decade. If the minimum wage I worked for in 1975 had kept pace with > inflation, it would be over $20 an hour now. In most of Europe, restaurant > workers make a living wage plus benefits. Tipping is optional. Plus, their > health care is single payer and better/cheaper. Don’t get me started on > their fabulous infrastructure, mass transit, and education systems. > Factor in many don’t want to go back to work while a fourth wave of covid > is raging. (Thanks to the GOP and trumpers pushing against public health) > Then there are women who can’t afford child care because it eats up the > majority of their wages. Funny that the build back better legislation > intended to address that and provide child care help like most of the rest > of the world provides. > My brother in law made a career out of the restaurant business. He’s > making 6 figures now as a regional director but works 70 hour weeks, has > had 2 heart attacks, smokes like a chimney, and will never see retirement > from the hamster wheel. > Younger Americans are not buying into the rat race. Conspicuous > consumption isn’t their religion. And as we are seeing, the baby boomers > are much to blame for global warming, the results we are seeing in fires, > floods, polar icecaps melting, and yes, the recent record setting tornadoes > in Kentucky, Tennessee, & other states. > America is in decline when a two bit reality TV show host, who lies > incessantly, has molested 20+ women, cheats on his taxes, and tried to > overturn a free and fair election, can get 35% of the populace to follow > him. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Saturday, December 18, 2021, 5:04 PM, Bob Bridges < > [email protected]> wrote: > > A while ago on one of the forums I hang out at -- I think it was this one > -- we talked about people dropping out of the work force and looking for > something more rewarding. I'm all for people looking for work they like > better, but one gathers that a lot of these folks are dropping out and THEN > looking for something they like better, which strikes me as a teenager's > way of doing it. > > I particularly remember an NPR report about an example of this, someone > who quit his job and wanted to get into the restaurant business. (Don't > laugh; I thought seriously about making my career in food services, too, > before I discovered computer programming.) The item finished by saying > that he was now applying for unemployment benefits. > > Partly but not entirely on the strength of this story, I suggested without > a great deal of certainty that the COVID payments to all and sundry are > largely fueling this "Great Resignation" -- that lots of people are finding > they can afford to take time off from work, get COVID payments and > unemployment benefits, and worry about working some time later. I realized > that probably wasn't the whole story, but it sure sounded like it was a > significant part of it. As both a Christian and a political conservative > (they're not entirely synonymous) I was raised on "if a man will not work, > neither let him eat", so I was all prepared to wax indignant. > > Now I read an article ( > https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/economy/labor-force-retirement-great-resignation/index.html) > that suggests I may (gasp of horror) have been wrong. > > "Instead, early retirement — whether forced by the pandemic or made > possible otherwise — is playing a big role in America's evolving labor > market....Last month, there were 3.6 million more Americans who had left > the labor force and said they didn't want a job compared with November > 2019, says Aaron Sojourner, a labor economist and professor at the > University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Older Americans, > age 55 and up, accounted for whopping 90% of that increase." > > Later it says "Nearly 70% of the 5 million people who left the labor force > during the pandemic are older than 55, according to researchers from > Goldman Sachs, and many of them aren't looking to return." I don't know > how 90% was knocked down to 70%. But anyway, it's another datum that > tempts me to reëvaluate. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Because large flat areas of land are good for warfare many European > airports are built on the site of battles. 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