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posted by martyb on Friday August 25 2017, @09:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the Well-that-went-well dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @03:28PM (27 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @03:28PM (#558901) Journal

    ""kill their families and bomb their villages""

    Yep, you got that right. So, let's track down all of those leftists bastards who were protesting the protestors, and kill them, then bomb their villages.

    The only Nazi who killed anyone in Charlottesville can make a convincing argument that he acted in self defense. The commies were paid by Soros and affiliates to incite violence - kill 'em all.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @03:35PM (13 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @03:35PM (#558907)

    Please continue staying off your meds, with any luck they'll put you in a fancy jacket and we'll never need to read your racism-lite again.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @03:48PM (12 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @03:48PM (#558915) Journal

      And, you're almost certainly a hypocrite. You're opposed to "my" kind of racism, but you probably support Antifa. Dude - if you can't condemn reverse-racism, then you're just another racist yourself.

      You will also note, I've not spoken up for either the Nazis or the communist shit-stirrers. I'm not in favor of either of their brands of racism. If I'm a racist, then I'm for the American race. Not blacks, not whites, not immigrants - I'm all about responsible, tax-paying, voting, American citizens who serve their country. Generational welfare families might qualify, if they can survive when the welfare runs out.

      • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Friday August 25 2017, @04:31PM (8 children)

        by JNCF (4317) on Friday August 25 2017, @04:31PM (#558944) Journal

        If I'm a racist, then I'm for the American race. Not blacks, not whites, not immigrants - I'm all about responsible, tax-paying, voting, American citizens who serve their country.

        So that alt.politics.nationalism.white newsgroup you post on [soylentnews.org] has nothing to do with "_Whites_," right?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @04:42PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @04:42PM (#558953)

          Q
          E
          and the motherfucking
          D

        • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @04:53PM (6 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @04:53PM (#558962) Journal

          I've never made a post there. Not once in my life. I HAVE posted a few times on Stormfront, but they banned me. And, what's your problem with Yggdrasil? Some well-documented facts bother you? Nearly half of America is involved in a freaking witch hunt, trying to punish today's white males for all the evils (real and otherwise) committed by our great-greats. Maybe I exaggerate, maybe it's a good deal less than half of America. But they are vocal enough, they sound like half of America.

          • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Friday August 25 2017, @05:07PM (5 children)

            by JNCF (4317) on Friday August 25 2017, @05:07PM (#558978) Journal

            I began the "Race Bias" series in 1995 in response to a post on the alt.politics.nationalism.white newsgroup to the effect that there was no discrimination in employment, university admissions, or otherwise, against European-Americans.

            I was stunned that the regular posters to the group had no instant supply of material to post in reply.

            When you post a journal entry written in the first person, with no disclaimer at the top of it, I get to assume it's your writing. No, I didn't make it to the bottom of that journal entry to see the URL the first time I saw it. Even knowing that you didn't write this, I have no problem lumping you in with the people whose writing you promote sans disclaimer.

            • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @05:15PM (4 children)

              by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @05:15PM (#558987) Journal

              That is so much hogwash, and you know it. I posted someone's post, and provided a link to the original post. It's not my work. I do enjoy shocking the pantywaists around here, but I can't claim credit for Yggdrasil's writings. Hell, in other discussions on this site, I've explained that I didn't have any intertubes in 1995, so how the hell could I be responsible for posts made to any newsgroup in 1995?

              Never assume, you know it only makes as ass of u - but not me.

              • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Friday August 25 2017, @06:25PM (2 children)

                by JNCF (4317) on Friday August 25 2017, @06:25PM (#559042) Journal

                Without assumptions, our models of the universe become useless navel-gazing. Assuming that a first-person journal entry is the work of the person posting it is totally reasonable. Include attribution at the top, or wrap it in a block quote, if you don't want journal entries to be attributed to you. Also, I don't read everything you've written, and what I have read is probably mostly forgotten.

                • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 25 2017, @07:56PM (1 child)

                  by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @07:56PM (#559089) Journal

                  Without assumptions, our models of the universe become useless navel-gazing.

                  And with assumptions, they become extremely useful lower colon-gazing.

                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @08:24PM

                    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @08:24PM (#559101)

                    Khallow! Pull your head out of you ass, and stop gazing at your colon::::

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @10:46PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @10:46PM (#559139)

                Flat out plagiarism, no indication of original source at the outset. Bad, bad Runaway. And that is even before the Nazism.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @04:33PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @04:33PM (#558945)

        ""kill their families and bomb their villages""

        Yep, you got that right. So, let's track down all of those leftists bastards who were protesting the protestors, and kill them, then bomb their villages.

        The only Nazi who killed anyone in Charlottesville can make a convincing argument that he acted in self defense. The commies were paid by Soros and affiliates to incite violence - kill 'em all.

        You're a hypocritical piece of shit, guess you're so worked up you forgot what you just wrote! I do not condone any violence or racism, reverse or otherwise. I dislike you due to your opinions and nothing else. Anger has clouded your mind, the media has you triggered so hard you'll call for the death of all leftists. I mean seriously guy, can you not see your own sickness here?

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @04:55PM (1 child)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @04:55PM (#558966) Journal

          AC, you have posted some atrocious crap against white males in the past. Don't tell me what you like or don't like. Maybe if you signed your posts, I'd be able to keep track of your opinions?

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @05:17PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @05:17PM (#558988)

            Seriously that's your comeback? You could just ask TMB, he likes to troll through the database comparing the "anonymous" IPs.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @04:40PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @04:40PM (#558950)

    The commies were paid by Soros and affiliates to incite violence

    Um, No [sherdog.com].

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @05:01PM (5 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @05:01PM (#558971) Journal

      So, uhhh, some guys post some shit on a forum, and because you happen to like and/or agree with those guys, they become authoritative. Got it.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @05:23PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @05:23PM (#558991)

        So, uhhh, some guys post some shit on a forum, and because you happen to like and/or agree with those guys, they become authoritative. Got it.

        Oh. My. God.

        The irony is so thick you can cut it with a knife!

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @05:55PM (1 child)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @05:55PM (#559020) Journal

          Well, first, cutting iron with a knife is a good way to ruin said knife.

          Second, you would need some iron-y to cut with your knife. Has Runaway ever set himself up as an authority? Has anyone on Soylent ever cited Runaway as an authority? I don't think so. I'm still the asocial asshole who loves to bell the cat, or whatever. The leftist crowd here loves to crow about how superior they are, and I love baiting them. I offer citations from time to time, but it's fun just to trigger all those snowflakes. Hey, tell me youre trigger word, so I can use it in a few posts.

          Oh, never mind. Seeing that you've made this silly post, I suppose that "silly" might trigger you.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @08:31PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @08:31PM (#559102)

        You need more, you silly cuck? (oh, the alt-left term has always been, "useful idiots")
        http://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/counterprotesters-paid-charlottesville/ [factcheck.org]

        So, Fake News, from Runaway1956. It's almost like he's hardwired to right wing propaganda machines!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @02:43AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @02:43AM (#559247)

          Fact Check Dot Org? Well shit! It's settled now!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @06:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @06:31PM (#559045)

      I couldn't even read your link. The site looks horrible and not somewhere I'd go for real info, but what really got me was it nearly froze my browser with whatever godawful javascript is going on in the background. Had to close it quick.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 25 2017, @06:08PM (4 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 25 2017, @06:08PM (#559031) Journal

    Yep, you got that right. So, let's track down all of those leftists bastards who were protesting the protestors, and kill them, then bomb their villages.

    I'm going to bookmark this one for the next time you claim to support free-speech.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @11:24PM (2 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @11:24PM (#559146) Journal

      Throwing bricks and bottles is free speech now?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @04:44AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @04:44AM (#559289)

        All of them were throwing bricks and bottles?

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 26 2017, @01:11PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 26 2017, @01:11PM (#559418) Journal

          Sufficient numbers of them were assaulting the Nazis that the Nazis were justified in concluding that they were under assault.

          Have YOU ever faced a hostile crowd? Let me try to paint you a picture. There is "the crowd", there aren't "people". It's "the crowd", or "the mob". In my case, the crowd shouted and screamed in a language that I didn't understand. Few English words were spoken, or shouted, and they were all akin to "Yankee go home!" You face that beast, or you run from that beast - you don't reason with it. If you are hit with one rock, you don't search for "a person" to react to. You react to the beast.

          If you have never been in some similar situation, then I suggest that you aren't qualified to judge the reaction of the guy who drove his car into the crowd.

          I strongly suspect that those people who are members here, who are most qualified to judge this guy, are probably black people. And, lily-white liberals with a political agenda are among the least qualified.

    • (Score: 2, Troll) by SanityCheck on Saturday August 26 2017, @02:45AM

      by SanityCheck (5190) on Saturday August 26 2017, @02:45AM (#559249)

      Oh when hate-speech is violence, then violence is free speech! Got it man! Thnx Mr. Orwell! Can't wait till these Communists are introduced to some Free Speech next time!