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HP to Layoff 15,000 Employees
William Robinson writes "ZDNet reports that HP is planning to layoff 15000 employees. IT, sales and services will be among the areas particularly hit, although the sweeping cuts will be felt throughout the company, according to a close source to the company." From the article: "HP is expected to announce the layoffs as early as Monday, but employees are not expected to be immediately notified of their status, the source said, noting such a practice is common in corporate America. More high-level discussions on the layoffs will occur late next week and employees may get a greater sense of their specific status sometime thereafter."
Unless you're the baby.
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Yes, and produce starts as a seed in a pile of manure, but let me guess as to whether I could get you to eat a dried kernel of corn and a bucket of steer shit for lunch today instead of a salad...
A fetus is only the same thing as you if you are saying that you are no smarter, no bigger, and no more developed than a fetus.
As for me, I am infinitely more now than I was when I was a fetus. Then = not much of a loss. Now = the loss of a person. They are not the same thing. There are decades worth of intervening years and millions of hours of labor and invested resources in difference.
The "pro-life" people seem to want to equate thing A with anything that can be turned into thing A, and anything into which thing A can be turned. By that logic, rape is a precious, life-affirming act and parents who give their kids decongestant for a cold should go to prison for the distribution of methamphetamine.
STOP . AMERICA . NOW
During the other recessions, I never had any doubt that the USA would pull out of it, stronger than ever.
I've also worked in IT 26 years. I've seen a few cycles there also. Again, this time I'm much less optimistic.
JMHO.