Grab your torches and pitchforks

[tomBitonti]

I don't see any dashes in Canada! Although apparently you think you're fancy with your little markings in Quebec, which I specifically did NOT add onto mine!

You just have to say it a bit stretched out and they fit right in.

Caa-naa-daa.


TomB

 

[Umbran]

Lamar Smith has no business being on that committee, much less acting as its chairman. He either has no understanding of the material, or ignores his understanding for political reasons.

NOAA had been complying with Smith's demands for some time, but Smith continued to make greater and more unreasonable demands (one might guess he did this in order to find *something* he could use to castigate them with). Eventually, NOAA finally put their foot down, and stopped complying. This led to Smith's letter, in which he threatened Kathryn Sullivan, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with civil or criminal enforcement of his requests. He went further, threatening to subpoena Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, under whom NOAA sits.

Now, this all might seem okay, if Smith had a stated goal, or reason to suspect malfeasance. But he's not given any. He claims to have "whistleblowers" on the inside, but he doesn't reveal who they are, or even what they have told him.

 

[Ryujin]

I don't really know what all the acronyms in the preceding posts mean, so they've largely been rendered unintelligible. Probably because of the NOADC and the YGFTY and the NTYIABCKTYN.

A large number of unexplained acronyms in a post frequently has me quietly humming M.I.C.K.E.Y.M.O.U.S.E..

The United States isn't alone. Our recently past government took a decidedly anti-science turn, likely because the Prime Minister came up through the oil industry.

 

[Kramodlog]

I don't see any dashes in Canada!

It does if you spelled it like this: Cana-duh!

Although apparently you think you're fancy with your little markings in Quebec, which I specifically did NOT add onto mine!

You just do not know how to use your keyboard.

 

[Dog Moon]

You just do not know how to use your keyboard.

There may or may not be some truth to this statement!

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

In related news, these saintly senators would like to throw a wrench into an international conference of evil.

 

[Umbran]

Yes, please Senators, get in the way. Then let us look at your campaign financing, and find a bunch of money from oil companies. Then, let us bring RICO charges against those companies. I would like that, please and thank you.

 

[Kramodlog]

As long some people think global warming is a belief or an opinion, politicians will be able to get away with it.

 

[Ovinomancer]

Yes, please Senators, get in the way. Then let us look at your campaign financing, and find a bunch of money from oil companies. Then, let us bring RICO charges against those companies. I would like that, please and thank you.

Oh, you're one of those. Dissent must be prosecuted!

 

[tuxgeo]

Is this my cue to insert a bad joke into the discussion? I really think it is.

I like to pronounce Global Warming as "Warble Gloaming!"
Just wait while I look up a link to somebody singing "Roaming in the Gloaming." That shouldn't take me more than a few years.