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U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse

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Re: U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse

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Post by mx7zysuj4xew »

KnuthIsGod wrote: post #94
tdb7893 wrote: post #75

What really puts all of this into perspective for me is I work in academia and one of my friends works for a defense contractor. He told me the maintenance cost per flight hour of F-35 was a bit more than $40k, which is significantly more than I make in a year as a grad student. It's crazy basic science is what's been the focus of so many cuts while it's so cheap.

How many million graduate students do you need to give the US the military hegemony and political influence over allies and adversaries that the F-35 program provides ? Looked at from a policy maker's viewpoint, things look very different.

If policymakers genuinely cared they wouldn't have let things get so bad that allies are considering to have orders cancelled for the Saab JAS 39 Gripen

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Post by jimbokun »

spankibalt wrote: post #41
kombine wrote: post #17

Let's not forget those from the big tech (you know the names) who kneeled before the king.

77,302,580 Americans made it happen. 87,037,184 voting-elligible Americans sat it out.

If those who sat out were forced to vote for one of the two major party candidates, Trump’s margin may have been larger.

I think liberals and progressives have a higher propensity to vote, so you can’t assume the non voters are less likely to lean Trump.

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Post by isodev »

KnuthIsGod wrote: post #94
tdb7893 wrote: post #75

What really puts all of this into perspective for me is I work in academia and one of my friends works for a defense contractor. He told me the maintenance cost per flight hour of F-35 was a bit more than $40k, which is significantly more than I make in a year as a grad student. It's crazy basic science is what's been the focus of so many cuts while it's so cheap.

How many million graduate students do you need to give the US the military hegemony and political influence over allies and adversaries that the F-35 program provides ? Looked at from a policy maker's viewpoint, things look very different.

All it takes is one announcement that the US is cutting on efforts to understand future climate disasters for that “influence” to disappear.

You’re right that it’s all policy making and that’s why you’re supposed to elect competent politicians and administrators.

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Post by mothballed »

jazzypants wrote: post #104
KnuthIsGod wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many million graduate students do you need to give the US the military hegemony and political influence over allies and adversaries that the F-35 program provides ? Looked at from a policy maker's viewpoint, things look very different.

If we have military hegemony, then why can't we open the strait of Hormuz?

The US could/can, they're just not willing to undergo the mass casualties it would take to put boots on the ground and put those boots up the ass of the people controlling Hormuz. Which absolutely cannot be achieved purely by air.

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Post by HEmanZ »

spankibalt wrote: post #41
kombine wrote: post #17

Let's not forget those from the big tech (you know the names) who kneeled before the king.

77,302,580 Americans made it happen. 87,037,184 voting-elligible Americans sat it out.

So 164,339,764 made it happen?

I don’t like any direction this administration has taken, but acting like it’s not the completely legitimate will of the people is BS.

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Post by evolighting »

tdb7893 wrote: post #75

What really puts all of this into perspective for me is I work in academia and one of my friends works for a defense contractor. He told me the maintenance cost per flight hour of F-35 was a bit more than $40k, which is significantly more than I make in a year as a grad student. It's crazy basic science is what's been the focus of so many cuts while it's so cheap.

Basic science is never cheap, but none of that money goes to the grad students.

Then again, military weapons are indeed insanely expensive.

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Post by mx7zysuj4xew »

OutOfHere wrote: post #69
Rekindle8090 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Both sides had their "worst" candidate, but in different ways. One of them was a convicted felon. Democrats will continue to lose while they revel in their corruption by putting forward selfish candidates that are least likely to win.

Convicted rapist

Re: U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse

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Post by dclowd9901 »

efitz wrote: post #108

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https://archive.is/fZ9CN

> Michael England, a spokesman for the National Science Foundation, said the decision to dismantle the network, known as the Ocean Observatories Initiative, “aligns with N.S.F.’s wider strategy to have a nimbler approach to prioritizing support for evolving scientific priorities and emerging technologies as well as a deliberate approach to smart life cycle management within its portfolio of research infrastructure.”

1) it's not hard to do your own research. If you're here, I assume you know how.

2) does that answer satisfy you? The bullshitty word salad doesn't surprise me. With this administration I expect incompetence and double speak and am rarely disappointed. I wonder why at this point in time you choose to give them so much leeway.

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