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US Dismantles Forensic Science Commission (washingtonpost.com)
hondo77 writes a report via Washington Post: Thought the Trump Administration's war on science was just about climate change? Think again. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions will end a Justice Department partnership with independent scientists to raise forensic science standards and has suspended an expanded review of FBI testimony across several techniques that have come under question, saying a new strategy will be set by an in-house team of law enforcement advisers," reports Washington Post. The National Commission on Forensic Science, "jointly led by Justice and the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has prompted several changes," including "new accrediting and ethical codes for forensic labs and practitioners" and the FBI abandoning "its four-decade-long practice of tracing bullets to a specific manufacturer's batch through chemical analyses after its method were scientifically debunked." "The availability of prompt and accurate forensic science analysis to our law enforcement officers and prosecutors is critical to integrity in law enforcement, reducing violent crime, and increasing public safety," Sessions said in the statement. "We applaud the professionalism of the National Commission on Forensic Science and look forward to building on the contributions it has made in this crucial field."
I opened them. I don't give a shit. Let's pretend Russia controls America...how does this affect me in my day to day life? It doesn't. Russia controlling everything is no different than corrupt Americans controlling everything...who gives a fuck.
Get on with your life man. Stop worrying about things you have no control over.
Cutting back on government spending - even for things that someone might like or find appropriate - is hardly a "war".
Quit it.
On the plus side, illegal immigration is at the lowest it's been in 2 decades, the economy is up by 20%, and we made a strong-but-measured move in Syria which has garnered praise from many world leaders.
It's fine to carp about every little thing the president does, but no one really expects the president to please everyone all the time. I'm against a fair number of the littl'er policy changes (such as abortion policy), but I also realize that several small issues can be compensated by one or two really big issues.
For example, our strong but limited response on Syria will have a positive effect on relations and negotiations with Iran, N. Korea, and China. Limiting illegal immigration should eventually bubble up into more jobs, and at the same time we're concentrating on illegal-immigrant violent criminals and ignoring illegal immigrant students.
I'm happy to trade some of the smaller problems for bigger ones.
I think the US is in a good place right now.
(And then there's the very real question of whether this is fake news, which has been patently true for about 80% of the shocking(!) revelations posted on this site. How long has this commission been around, and have they done anything of any note? Or is it just another example of government waste?)