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posted by martyb on Friday December 16 2016, @11:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the redundancy++ dept.

Heard on CBC radio from Toronto/Ottawa and also just posted to BBC --
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38324045

A special archiving event is being held in collaboration with Archive's End of Term project. Since 2008 this has saved US government websites at risk during government transitions.

Canadian "guerrilla" archivists will be assisting a rushed effort to preserve US government climate data.

Environmentalists, climate scientists and academics are collaborating to protect what they view as fragile digital federal records and research.

They want the data saved before Donald Trump takes office.

The CBC report interviewed a Canadian scientist who described some of the scientific data that was lost during the Harper government.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by stretch611 on Friday December 16 2016, @07:41PM

    by stretch611 (6199) on Friday December 16 2016, @07:41PM (#442180)

    You are correct, things like this do not go away with a simple wave of the hand...

    However, When trump takes office, The executive branch will become republican. The legislative branch will be republican. The judicial branch will be tied based on political affiliation; but the first thing done will be to have a conservative appointee rushed through as fast as possible. Basically everything will be set to push through all of Trump's and the republican party's agenda.

    Yes there are things like fillibusters available to be done by the democrats... but such measures are usually held for just the most atrocious pieces. It is not something that you will not likely seen done to every single piece of legislation.

    For the next 2 years, the ball is in their court.

    And before you say it is overblown... look at this "100 day wishlist..." https://consumerist.com/2016/12/15/house-freedom-caucus-asks-trump-to-undo-232-rules-on-everything-from-net-neutrality-to-tobacco-to-nursing-homes-to-ceiling-fans/ [consumerist.com]

    Essentially anything done through a presidential Executive order can be repealed/changed with a new executive order from trump after the inauguration. Congress can act to change wipe out any regulatory action by entities like the FCC/FTC/CFRB made in the last 200 days with just a vote.

    It will take time to get through everything... but watch out as your rights will be eroded away quickly as the Rich and Powerful elites laugh their way to the bank.

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    Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
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