Microsoft's shameful layoffs

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Thursday January 22, 2009 · 9:29 AM PST

2009/01/22 · 09:29

Today Microsoft announced it would lay off 5,000 employees. These numbers hardly bat an eye these days, and many more people have been laid off from many more companies. There is one thing that caught my eye about these layoffs:

Microsoft also announced a $4 billion dollar profit for the quarter.

Microsoft is not in financial trouble. Its business remain healthy. This action was taken solely to pad their already substantial profits.

That is shameful.

vince

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 8:42 AM PDT

2008/09/19 · 08:42

So I read the news today and it turns out not only am I going to own an insurance company, but I'm going to be a money market mutual fund manager, too.

At which point I said "Enough!"

vince

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Wednesday November 10, 2004 · 7:13 PM PST

2004/11/10 · 19:13

Bush has renewed his call to drill in ANWR. Over at Atrios there's a thread on it -- and reading the comments I had an epiphany about why we (the left) set ourselves up to lose.

Our politics have primarily become one of reaction, not action. The GOP proposes drilling in ANWR, and all we offer are reasons it is a really bad idea. Don't get me wrong -- it's a really bad idea, or at best, one of questionable benefit for the cost. And then we get enough votes in the Senate to block it or filibuster it, if we're lucky, and we consider it a victory and pat ourselves on the back.

This is a pyrrhic victory. Let me explain why I think this is so...
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I am sick and tired of being called "elitist"

vince

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Friday November 05, 2004 · 7:55 AM PST

2004/11/05 · 07:55

The "elitist liberal" meme has really got me down lately. Now I'm seeing it popping up in kos diaries.

This has to stop. This is a prime example of what George Lakoff talks about -- using Republican frames to talk about issues. They use this phrase to demonize progressives and progressive policy.

Am I elitist because I believe in the separation of Church and State? Because I believe this is not just about protecting the State from religion, but protecting religion from the State? Because I believe that every American has the right to worship as they see fit, even if that means not worshiping at all?

Am I elitist because I think abortions should be safe, legal, and rare?

Am I elitist because I believe no man or woman should be discriminated against due to their race, gender, or sexual orientation? Read More

another odd "let me finish"?

vince

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Friday October 08, 2004 · 11:50 PM PDT

2004/10/08 · 23:50

I was watching the Fahrenheit 9/11 dvd and I noticed something odd. When Bush delivered his "bring them on" remark, he issued another one of his spontaneous "let me finish" eruptions in the middle of a sentence. More below. Read More

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I am sick and tired of being called "elitist"

another odd "let me finish"?