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Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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If I were you I'd expect home values to decline over the next nine moths rapidly. While that's in the process I would expect to see mortgage interest rate go as high as 14% as they use to be when homes were affordable. This should keep the prices of homes down and make it so only those who are truly qualified can afford to buy. Gas prices should go back up and rationing may be required. The unemployment rate should climb as people's salaries flatten over the years and the cost of living continues to rise. Here's where you'll see the monies that were spent for luxuries such as going out to dinner will have to be diverted to putting food on the table and close on your back. Left-overs and second hand stores well have lines outside and you won't be throwing anything away that can be fixed. Buying a new car every three years should come to a halt. Lack of sales at all retail stores will decline indirectly increasing the unemployment rate.
If we work at this hard enough we may get society back to the point where they'll realize there's a difference between what you want, verses what you need; but to do this we'll have to bring them down and make them destitute enough to where their manicured landscaped lawn in the back yards are to be ripped out, where rows of corn, sting beans, tomatoes and squash have take their place. Then you'll have to can your crop to get you buy during the winter months. Those shrubs and decorative trees you have too, are to be replaced by trees that produce food. That noise you hear in the morning of a roster crowing or chicken clucking won't be a pet. There purpose is for eggs and possibly your next meal. Once we get the every day American house hold to this level and all the kids have moved back home, very happy to have a roof over their heads and chores to do; we'll be back on track.
However during this entire evolution you'd all better be small arms qualified and make it very clear to everyone in the neighborhood what your property lines are and the consequences for thief and implied bodily harm. It won't take long for them to get the point, if you know what I mean. Who knows. A few neighbored who chose to break the rule and showed disrespect could make the garden grow next summer in spotted ares very fruitful and productive.
For all of you who can't handle this, you're in a world of crap. Enjoy your life to come. It really isn't that bad. Been there, done 99% of that. It will not affect me a bit. As a matter of a fact I'm looking forward to it.
Bring it on.
Most of the workers under age 50 don't remember the last severe recession which came back in '82. They're idea of "bad" economic times are the minor recessions of 1991 or 2001. Soon enough, they'll learn what survival mode really means during a steep down turn.
Let the Out-Sourcing Begin
I hope you idiots don't think any of you are safe. You're not!! LLNS operates this way. We're going to contract to whomever is cheaper and we don't have to provide any benefits too.
Welcome to LLNS, the "for profit" way of the world and contributor to out wonderful global economy and massive immigration which has gotten us where we are today.
You're going to see people coming to work for LLNL for only 3 or 4 years and then leave by either being laid off in mass or slowly pushed out of their positions.
The only winners in this new system will be the executives running LLNS. It's clear they don't give a d*mn about the employees.
Of course they do! LLNS wants you to find them, bring them in and then help train them in your specialty. After this is done, LLNS can then fire you and keep the newly hired post docs. It's cost effective for LLNS and will help earn them a nice 20% bonus.