Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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December 4, 2012 7:32 PM
So what! There were a lot of other folks with 20-35 years of experience in the LANL nuclear weapon program that were tossed on their asses outside the weapon program in 2008-2009 by Knapp, while Anastasio was the Director and McMillan was PADWP. Bottom line, it's the "at Livermore" buddy system "at Los Alamos". Furthermore, what the hell does Anastasio know about the W78 and W88? All of a sudden these guys from Livermore are "behaving" like they were on these development programs and they are the "resident" experts on these systems! Excuse me, but if it looks and smells like a turd, it's likely a turd.
Now, he comes back to be the lab's "savior"? Give me a break! The purification process at LANL continues...
When is the the double-standard going to end at LANS?
"Will the upper management thievery at the NNSA "for-profit" labs never end?"
Why would it? It's a closed loop. Until some outside force exerts some serious discernible influence on NNSA/bechtel/ULM things will continue along merrily until the music stops. All 3 of those groups are winning...it's only the employees and the nation that's losing. Sad but true.