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Re: Trump fires NSF's oversight board

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Post by qsera » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 2:32 AM UTC

bigyabai wrote: post #258

qsera wrote: post #243

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>I'd have to hear how you think this type of strategy benefits America The only answer I have is the one that Trump keep on repeating, about how Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. > JCPOA agreement If I am the POTUS and is really concerned about what happens to US after my term, I would be very concerned about what happens when the term of the agreement expires. This fits with Trump has been saying. That he becam…

> The only answer I have is the one that Trump keep on repeating, about how Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. Then you don't have an answer. The Israeli media played that line for close to 40 years, lamenting Iran being "mere months" away from a nuke - for decades at a time. Iran has nothing to do with American homeland security. America's involvement in Iran is purely for political and economic reasons, there i…

It seems that the JCPOA was not working really well..

https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/update-on-irans-complia...

Re: Trump fires NSF's oversight board

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Post by CamelCaseCondo » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC

stogot wrote: post #323

nixon_why69 wrote: post #304

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Politics are different in China, certainly nobody is going to the press. But they also have a culture where lots of politicians have technical degrees, and they've gotten better results as far as government and science. You don't have the problem of "global warming isn't real for cultural reasons" in the first place.

Right, terrible example. China is the largest emitter of global warming gases and it’s growing. They don’t care for economic reasons, just like other nations don’t care for cultural reasons. Compared to democracies though, China also has added internal, domestically approved genocides, jail time for Hong Kong dissidents, IP theft, external influence ops, and are currently rattling to destroy a neighboring democracy.…

Cumulative Historical Emissions (1850–Present):

US ~537Gt

China ~312Gt

Re: Trump fires NSF's oversight board

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Post by fmajid » Fri, May 01, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC

IAmGraydon wrote: post #380

fmajid wrote: post #288

So is he going to replacer them with antivaxxers, flat earthers or lyssenkists?

I wasn't aware of Lysenkoism, so thanks for mentioning it. Fascinating and eerily similar to current events.

Even more amazing is the history of Nikolai Vavilov, the geneticist persecuted by Lysenko, who founded seed banks, and the incredibly brave and dedicated staff of the Leningrad seed bank who died in excruciating pain from starvation rather than eat the seeds during the Nazi siege of Leningrad.