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  • $50/hour Minimum Wage Proposed [semi-satire]

    02/17/2024 9:47:08 AM PST · by John Semmens · 14 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 18 Feb 2024 | John Semmens
    In a debate among four candidates running for California's open US Senate seat Rep. Barbara Lee (D) proposed raising the minimum wage to $50 per hour. "Just do the math!" Lee urged. "It would mean that a 40 hours per week worker would make $104,000 per year. I call that a living wage. If I'm elected to the US Senate I will make passing a law to implement this nationwide my top priority." Rival contenders Reps. Adam Schiff (D) and Katie Porter (D) support a more modest increase of $25 per hour. Schiff pointed out that "a large contingent of...
  • New Evidence That El Nino Influences Global Climate Conditions On A 2,000-Year Cycle

    11/14/2002 3:41:16 PM PST · by blam · 18 replies · 379+ views
    Science Daily ^ | 11-14-2002 | Syracuse University
    Source: Syracuse University Date: 11/14/2002 New Evidence That El Niño Influences Global Climate Conditions On A 2,000-Year Cycle El Niño, the pattern that can wreak havoc on climate conditions around the world, is like a beacon, pulsating through time on a 2,000 year cycle, according to a new study by scientists from Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.; Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and from the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder, Colo., that is being published in the Nov. 14 issue of Nature. The study, which resulted from a detailed analysis of a continuous 10,000-year record of El Niño events from a lake in...