The Off Topic Topic

[Eddie Teach]

The future is now. 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/find-mecca-qibla/id422571374?mt=8

[LaCroix]

No degree required.

technically age of consent. glancing at wiki, many of those 16-17 consent states have exceptions attached

[Admiral Yi]

What would be more useful is a map of how much girls at the age of consent put out.

[garbon]

Useful for what?

[CountDeMoney]

When I was out in Monterey, CA, the Trader Joes was a cheapish, reasonably priced grocery...out here in Seedyland, people talk about it on the same super-premium level as Whole Foods. 

I attribute it to be there being far more really low-end, crappy grocery chains out here. 

"Here, Saks Fifth Avenue is pretty high-end, but when I was out in Carmel-By-The-Sea, it was just another department store."

[Valmy]

Useful for what?

Knowing what State Yi should move to I presume.

[Jacob]

Volkswagen unions may put a stop to further plants being put into operation in the US South: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/feb/19/volkswagen-official-threatens-block-expansion-if-w/

[11B4V]

Way to go Unions. Twats

[Jacob]

Way to go Unions. Twats

I think that's perfectly fair play.

If the company operations relies on worker-management cooperation, and local government uses intimidation tactics to prevent such cooperation from taking place, it makes perfect sense for the company to focus its production in a place where the government is less hostile to the company.

[Valmy]

Anyplace the Democrats are in charge.  Politicians know where their donations come from.

[crazy canuck]

Way to go Unions. Twats

Actually if you want to be accurate you should say - way to go Company.  Twats.

The workers in the US plant for some reason rejected,  "efforts by VW representatives to set up a works council labor board at the plant."

Why wouldnt the company's governing council (which has union representation) think that is an odd result and wonder out loud whether they shouldnt repeat the mistake.  I mean how could a reasonable German be expected to anticipate that US workers would be so daft?

[Admiral Yi]

If the company operations relies on worker-management cooperation

Yet it would seem the US plant has in fact been operating up to now, even in the absence of worker-management cooperation.

If VW's union has the pull force a closed shop then I guess it's tough luck for the non-union workers.

[Jacob]

Anyplace the Democrats are in charge.  Politicians know where their donations come from.

What do Democrats have to do with business leaders and the government of Tennessee interfering with the way another company organizes itself?

[Caliga]

 

This is strange.  Car manufacturers love to base their manufacturing operations in the South nowadays because the South tries its best to be pro-business and anti-labor, and generally speaking those investments are increasing, at least here locally.  In my karate class, there's a guy who works at the F-250 plant right by my office that moved here from Michigan after he got laid off by GM up there and couldn't find work.

[Admiral Yi]

How is it strange?  It's completely in the self interest of the German union to reduce the price competitiveness of American labor.