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The Canadian Government's War On Science
FuzzNugget writes "A contributor at ScienceBlogs.com has compiled and published a shockingly long list of systematic attacks on scientific research committed by the Canadian government since the conservatives came to power in 2006. This anti-scientific scourge includes muzzling scientists, shutting down research centers, industry deregulation and re-purposing the National Research Council to align with business interests instead of doing real science. It will be another two years before Canadians have the chance to go to the polls, but how much more damage will be done in the meantime?"
Exactly.
There may be a few pure science projects on the list, but they are hard to find, and should have been the bailiwick of University Research
at best, not National government paper shuffling bureaucracies that take on a life of their own.
Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
We're all just still waiting on the change to come.
The wait is over, it's here.
A special prosecutor in the IRS matter is inevitable
IRS Official Lois Lerner: 'I Have Not Done Anything Wrong'
IRS tea-party bloodbath continues in Congress, as evidence emerges that IRS's own internal probe ended in May 2012, six months before election, but was hidden from legislators
Report: 'Rogue' IRS Agent Claim Unraveling
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
says the AC who reads HuffPo and gets news from John Stewart.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Daily Mail and Breitbart are more trustworthy than MSNBC or CNN these days, simply because they post news and analysis nobody else will. Sorry, the MSM is in the tank for the administration doesn't help your case. You may not like the political bent, but facts are facts, and if you're not getting all of them, you're being lied to.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Pretty much any gun control legislation fits the bill.
Do you have ESP?