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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By the way Los Alamos was never intended to be a vibrant town, some have tried to make into into one, mostly because they smell money but so far even CB Fox will be closing.....
Up yours, liberals. You'll need to try to take something from someone else. Get out the sob story towels. And the earplugs. Hide your wallets.
There was a town before LANS and there will be a town after LANS.
Outstanding point, LANL shrank in size after the contract change.
This may be the "downfall" of Los Alamos as a real town
There was a town before LANS and there will be a town after LANS.
December 30, 2015 at 11:06 AM
Correction:
There was a company-town before LANS and there will be a company-town after LANS.
(Just like in the hills of West Virginia)
Outstanding point, LANL shrank in size after the contract change.
December 30, 2015 at 11:07 AM
Doesn't matter who the next contractor is, LANL will shrink once again in the next transition.
December 30, 2015 at 3:48 PM"
Doubt it, you need to look at demographics and money. If they get a non-profit LANL will grow.
"There was a company-town before LANS and there will be a company-town after LANS.
(Just like in the hills of West Virginia)"
Yes and your point is....?
First of all you have no idea if NM will keep the 100 mill. I agree that it is a strong possibility but not certain. However the for profit model cost way more them the other 100 million lab fee as the number of managers ballooned along with their salaries. If this is removed there will be more money to hire people. An obvious statement is that the lab would shrink some at the transitions as it would be a natural point for people to retire, however soon afterwords there would be large increase in hiring so the lab would grow in size again.
To throw away an extremely talented group of scientists would be ridiculous. The labs have slowly made changes toward other mission spaces, and that is the right thing to do. Put these minds to work on the problems of the day.
The productive produce and collect payment for their output. Are NM citizens productive or complacent?