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 I am amazed at how easy seemingly intelligent people forget that seat belt mandates infringe on their individual freedom.  Yet  no one has sued for that.  The difference? Politics, misdirected anger, trumpism, hatred... Anything else?  . https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-10-14/dozens-of-us-nuclear-lab-workers-sue-over-vaccine-mandate

  https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/more-lanl-workers-sue-over-vaccine-mandate/6281587/?fbclid=IwAR2cHxgLashznpmJNMNUkBV0VtO3S-PfayF6FFRz2MGUXh0mJkWn34S_bgM#.YXi15OzO-z1.facebook "In other words, Los Alamos National Labs has recognized that they have sincerely held religious beliefs that prevent them from taking the vaccine or getting the vaccine, has offered a one size fits all option, use up all your vacation time, if you have it, and then you go on leave without pay," Artuso said. The lawsuit, filed Friday, accuses LANL of religious discrimination and violating employees' rights to equal protection under the law, among other things. Why is LAN so special , I have not heard about any mandate in LLNL, Sandia, ORNL, BNL, ANL or any University. It just appears to be LANL? Look I get it, if we lose 10, 20, 30, 50, or even 70% of the LANL work force it would not be noticed by anyone or make any difference. This is a fact that everyone who is honest about LANL can agree on,...

  Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks US President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 16, 2021 Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks His comments are an apparent departure from the long-held US policy of "strategic ambiguity". bbc.com Would we use nukes? There is no possible way that the US could stop China from taking Taiwan.

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Health announced the enactment of Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) for the state's health care system Monday. Health officials said the pandemic has placed an enormous, ongoing and unsustainable strain on the state's health care system. They said the strain has been exacerbated by the volume of COVID-19 patients – almost all of whom are unvaccinated. “Because of COVID, New Mexico hospitals and health care facilities have carried an unmanageable burden," NMDOH Acting Secretary David Scrase said. "Today, the state is offering clarity and support as providers seek to make difficult choices about how to allocate scarce - and precious - health care resources. The goals, as always, remain the same: to save as many New Mexican lives as possible, and to help sustain the health care providers who have sustained our communities throughout this entire pandemic."

  Judge denies request to block vaccine mandate at LANL https://www.krqe.com/health/coronavirus/vaccine/judge-denies-request-to-block-vaccine-mandate-at-lanl/

  Woke science wars continue. This time it is Prof.Abbot again from U of Chicago. The same gay that MIT would not allow to speak because he believes in meritocracy not forced equity. Now UCB will not let him speak and off the lab heads resigns in turn. I have an idea we need to inviate Prof. Abbot to speak at LLNL or LANL and lets see what happens. This woke stuff is beyond toxic and detrimental to science. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10106001/Top-Berkeley-physicist-resigns-colleagues-refused-invite-acclaimed-scientist-speak.html A leading scientist has dramatically resigned from his post at Berkeley University in protest at his colleagues' refusal to invite a physicist to give a speech previously canceled by another college at the behest of a woke mob. David Romps was the director of Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center (BASC), in California. He resigned Monday after Berkeley refused his request to invite Dorian Abbot to speak on campus, and said he would stand down b...

  American Physics Society Fellows Announced Today. 3 LLNL 3 LANL 0 Sandia Back in 2000 the old days it use to be like 7-10 LANL, 5-7 LLNL, 3-4 Sandia. Heck even 5 to 10 years ago it would be like 5 or 7 at each lab. So the decline continues. It is particularly stunning because all the labs are the largest they have ever been in terms of the number of people with Sandia having the most people. One point is that I did recognize like 8 names of former staff/postdocs from LANL and LLNL who became APS fellows this year. These people who left before 2012. Seems like a correlation with transitions in LLNS and LANS. Kind of telling.

  Oct 15 is coming. IsLANL going to really bring the hammer down on the anti-vexers? Also airline pilots, air traffic controllers, cops, first responders, and city work are starting to resit the mandates. I guess we need to fire them all. The only problem is that not that many people have been fired so far. We can do better, do you trust being in plane with a pilot who is so dumb they did not get a vaccine? How did these people even graduate college it is simply crazy. The only explanation is all the fake news and misinformation which shows that something must be done to stop misinformation. Social media, TV, books, radio shows and and even private conversations that promote misinformation need to stoped now. This is not censorship because censorship only applied to things that are true, this is about public safety. Do you really want a neighbor who is non-vaccinated or believes in misinformation, do you really want airline pilots who will not get a vaccine, do you want to give dri...

  The demise of the NNSA labs mirrors the demise of Bell labs. http://usphoenix.net/science,%20technology/what_really_happened_to_lucent_t.htm Some parts look very similar. Raises and promotions were based on an annual merit review. There was one primary value: technical competenc As time went by and AT&T management became more enlightened, this strict meritocratic ranking system was eliminated. Lab-wide rankings fell by the wayside, and Department Heads administered salaries and promotions according to corporate guidelines. More of the salary administration became dictated by these guidelines. What was once a Lab-wide enforced meritocracy became Department Head arbitrariness. Originally, every Member of Technical Staff, MTS, was expected to have at least a Master's Degree. Those that were hired in with a Bachelor's Degree were sent to graduate school at company expense to complete their studies. There were a few lesser staff positions, but the vast bulk of Bell Labs employ...

  Fusion: Q Plasma vs Q Total explained NIF, like other fusion experiments, the announced Q values are not correct. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4W1g-6JiY

  A series of unfortunate events https://losalamosreporter.com/2021/09/29/doe-announces-investigation-of-series-of-events-at-lanl-plutonium-facility/ The Department of Energy’s Office of Enterprise Assessments’ Office of Enforcement’s has announced its decision to conduct an investigation into the facts and circumstances associated with a series of events between February and July of this year occurring in the Plutonium (PF-4) Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  Will these bills signed into law by Governor Newsom force and ensure mixed income housing developments are built in job centers like Livermore and Pleasanton, with minimal pushback? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=280MuPj_8uU

  Will there be a government shutdown, is so what does it mean for the labs. Do we still get paid? https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2021/09/government-shutdown-talk-is-back-again-have-we-learned-anything-from-the-last-ones/

  https://losalamosreporter.com/2021/09/24/critical-race-theory/ Well this has created another fire storm on the Los Alamos facebook pages. It is the usual where people are saying you should teach critical race theory at LA schools with other saying they do not know what critical race theory is and using the defections of 70s for legal studies and saying it is only taught in "advanced academic settings". Some people saying it is only teaching the truth and to be against is to be racists and so on , so the conversation is pretty low level. This is at the schools but I guess it could be coming to the labs. Just a few points on CRT, while it is true that it originated from a theory for legal system in the US, the basic concept can be and is widely applied to large sections of the social sciences, and humanities. It is the the hypothesis that literally every thing in the US has racial issues baked in them. The original idea was that the legal system has inherent or as the say ...

Federal contractors must ensure employees are fully vaccinated by December https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/24/federal-contractors-vaccine-514201