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EPA's Science Advisory Board Has Not Met in 6 Months (scientificamerican.com)
The U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board has not met in at least six months, and some of its members say it's being sidelined to avoid getting in the way of agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's anti-regulatory agenda, Scientific American reported this week. From the report: Agency officials say the lapse isn't intentional and that it's just the result of delayed paperwork. That has prevented the group from meeting because there weren't enough members to make a quorum. The board, which typically has about 45 members, is tasked by Congress to evaluate the science used by EPA to craft policy. The full board has not met since August, nor has it had any conference calls or votes. In the past, members would have had multiple interactions during that time period, said William Schlesinger, a board member who is an emeritus professor of biogeochemistry at Duke University. "I guess the Science Advisory Board still exists; I guess I'm still on it," he said. "I think the answer is maybe they're giving it what we used to call the 'pocket veto': If you don't meet, then the scientists are not a pain, because they don't have a forum."
Not every problem can or should be solved with a hammer, however. But the Carpentry Council, accustomed to meeting daily and driving nails into whatever was nearby, is getting antsy. Also, they have used only a fraction of their T&E budget, and that is *really* pissing them off.
Ignoring (or otherwise eliminating) the experts and science is pretty much standard operating procedure for this administration.
How do you feel about the science of economics? Has the administration been ignoring that as well?
If you think science has no place with team Trump, just try to bring up the science of the differing characteristics of sexes and races with the left. They'll scream and riot to de-platform you the instant you suggest that maybe some of the problems they see might be better addressed if we acknowledge certain things and try to fix them instead of just deny them.
Two sides of the same coin.
'Science' is not a political ratchet to tighten around people whose actions you oppose.
The universe does not care. It doesn't care about socialism, capitalism, Libertarianism, Anarchism, or any other fucking -ism.
Nice work. You've defined a new -ism. Scienceism. I suppose we should let you appoint the 'scientists' to be the rulers under this new -ism.
What? I didn't realize that Trump was part of the Uranium One deal which allowed 20% of the US U235 supply to be sold to Russia, with $500,000 going directly to BIll Clinton for "speaking fees" and millions in undisclosed "donations" going to the Clinton Foundation (Clinton's ATM) in exchange for access to Sec of State Hillary. Mueller was Hillary's bag man who took a 10g sample of U235 to Russia for forensic proofing, (Snopes, run by Leftist Democrats, will give you Clinton's and Mueller's explanation) and Mueller is now "investigating" collusion between Trump and Russia. Laughable.
The NYT has all the dirty details:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/0...
Running with Linux for over 20 years!
Your Freshman English professor weeps when they see you not capitalizing a proper noun like Science in the way that you use the word.
And Jesus Fucking Christ! The whole scientific process involves 'arguing with science' and doing so vigorously, at all times. Question everything, believe nothing whole-cloth.
Get a fucking clue.