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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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @05:48PM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @05:48PM (#559013) Journal

    She was a member of the "Industrial Workers of the World". Google it, if you like.

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

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @06:25PM (#559043)

    To all who complain about Fine Articles like this being "clickbait", the more proper designation is "Runaway bait", and we have caught a live one! Tell us more about the Commies, grandpa?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @06:46PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @06:46PM (#559063)

    I decided to take the bait, and boy was I "shocked" at what I found!

    wikipdeia entry on IWW [wikipedia.org]

    So unions == communism??? Yup, mid 20th century propaganda confirmed! Runaway you might want to consider going back to school for retirement, if you actually care about truth and have the balls to undo your own brainwashing.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @08:05PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 25 2017, @08:05PM (#559094)

      "I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, as alive as you and me."

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 25 2017, @11:36PM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 25 2017, @11:36PM (#559152) Journal

      So, you clicked the link. Did you read it? Go back, and search for the word "communist". The AFL thought the IWW was "to radical". This is back in the day when the AFL was pretty radical itself.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @12:09PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 26 2017, @12:09PM (#559409)

        Haha that is exactly what I did and skimmed the content. You are simply lying now.