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Daniel Kammen, a renewable energy expert appointed last year as a science envoy to the State Department, resigned Wednesday, citing President Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville as the final straw that led to his departure.
Kind of makes you wonder, you know, what kind of President could provoke a science envoy to the State department to resign. But not far to look! As Kammen goes on:
In a resignation letter posted to Twitter, Kammen wrote that Trump's remarks about the racial violence in Virginia had attacked "core values of the United States" and that it would have "domestic and international ramifications."
Even American scientists have ethics, and will not serve violent racist regimes, like Nazi Germany. So there is that.
But the most interesting thing, is the encryption:
However, his most biting message may have come in the form of a hidden acrostic: The first letter of each paragraph spelled out I-M-P-E-A-C-H.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @01:42PM (3 children)
The last time we had a government shutdown, the cost was higher than the cost of building a wall.
So if anybody shuts down the government to supposedly avoid the cost of building a wall, they are full of shit.
(Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Friday August 25 2017, @03:05PM (2 children)
People aren't talking about shutting down to avoid building the wall; Trump is talking about shutting down as a temper tantrum if we *won't* build the wall.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Saturday August 26 2017, @07:05AM (1 child)
Other than the inflammatory language, how are the two situations different?
Build a wall or shut down the government are the two alternatives in both cases.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday August 28 2017, @03:04PM
The difference is whose fault it is.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"