And ports learn quickly that if you're stand-offish to folks who are different, then you're not going to make any money.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jul 01, 2005 9:09:58 am PDT #6348 of 10001
brillig
Jessica - Jul 01, 2005 9:10:12 am PDT #6349 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think it's a combination of things, but mostly ports-->bigger cities. And bigger cities are going to mean more immigrants (and hence, more diversity) and more young people.
The US may be more liberally biased towards the edges because our largest ports are ocean-based rather than river-based.
Allyson - Jul 01, 2005 9:10:26 am PDT #6350 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
bon is a thread whore.
Nutty - Jul 01, 2005 9:11:42 am PDT #6351 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
why are the coasts more liberal than the heartland?
This is not true across time, though. Wyoming gave women the vote before Massachusetts did.
So, why are the coasts more liberal than the middle now? And why might that change over time?
Trudy Booth - Jul 01, 2005 9:13:55 am PDT #6352 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So, pursuant to Sean's story about the swearing-in...why are the coasts more liberal than the heartland? Do liberals move to coastal areas? Is it the influx of immigrants? The constant awareness due to ports that there's more than just us in the world? Chemical pollution in the ocean? Heterogenous cities (I kinda covered that already)?
Abi, I think, pointed out that when you look at the purple map by county you can pretty much trace the major rivers by the blueness. I think it's urban/rural mostly since ports=cities.
bon bon - Jul 01, 2005 9:14:50 am PDT #6353 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
bon is a thread whore.
Just one of my many whore-facets.
brenda m - Jul 01, 2005 9:19:02 am PDT #6354 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
DH hasn't gotten his raise for this year, yet
Still waiting for word on mine. Which will be retroactive to freaking February, they've gotten so overdue on this shit.
Jesse - Jul 01, 2005 9:20:04 am PDT #6355 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think I've literally never worked anywhere where there was a standard annual raise. I've gotten raises, but they always came with a big "Hey! Just for you! More money!"
Volans - Jul 01, 2005 9:20:43 am PDT #6356 of 10001
move out and draw fire
minded youths in the heartland to want to run screaming from a world view that's so very different fromt heir own
I know *I* did.
Maybe it's living on the water. Not so much for the New Age-ness of that, but for the simple economic reason that connie pointed out. If you lose your conservatism, you gain custom. If you keep it, you lose custom.
Another blow for Adam Smith! Economics drives politics! Huzzah!
OK, I'm a little punchy tonight.
How does Canada shake out? Australia? China?
P.M. Marc - Jul 01, 2005 9:22:12 am PDT #6357 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So, like, what kind of raises are folks in the IT industry getting?
None, but I haven't had a permajob in four years. My contract rate varies, depending on the budget, and the bitterness tag never closes.
However, I don't think my friends at the EE are reporting any large raises, either.