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posted by martyb on Tuesday July 31 2018, @07:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the honesty-is-becoming-endangered,-too dept.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries announced their proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act, ostensibly "to ensure clarity and consistency." They are asking for comments from the public by September 24. Comments can be made by mail or over a JavaScript-based Web site. All comments will be published on the Web site.

Here are alternate pages where the proposed rules may be read. These do not require JavaScript.

Business Insider; the Roseburg, Oregon News-Review (archive link for EU readers); Mother Nature Network; and Idaho Stateman have articles on the topic.

In related news, CBS News notes that "while the White House can act on its own, those changes could always be undone by future administrations" while reporting that members of Congress have prepared several bills which would revise the Endangered Species Act.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @12:31AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @12:31AM (#715460)

    I had a feeling it was Mr. Vim as well.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @01:54AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @01:54AM (#715478)

    Also there is a 90%+ chance that Vim guy is TMB shitposting as AC. He swears he never posts AC but being a massive troll I just can't bring myself to believe he is also an honest person.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @03:55AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @03:55AM (#715518)

      TMB's posting style is so laconic he could be anyone. Of course, it is a quasi-official account, so it makes sense the author would choose concise and declarative. I cannot find anything inconsistent with your theory.

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 01 2018, @11:56AM (3 children)

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday August 01 2018, @11:56AM (#715605) Homepage Journal

        No it's not. We don't have official accounts here. Not even quasi-official accounts. We just have people. Granted some are staff and some are non-staff but the only difference is that staff have decided to volunteer their time. Anyone at any time is free and even welcome to become staff if they can keep their personal beliefs from influencing their staff duties. I like to think I've done a hell of a lot over the years to keep people from seeing staff as special or above the community but some people just can't seem to let go of that notion.

        As for the rest? Consider, have you lot ever known me to not say any damned thing that I feel like saying? Kind of makes posting anything AC seem a bit pointless, no?

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @01:51PM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @01:51PM (#715657)

          Don't worry. I believe you. Maybe. Probably. :-)

          The weakness in the theory is that it suggests a witch hunt. In addition to lacking contradictory evidence, it also lacks corroborating evidence that isn't circumstantial.

          Ultimately, the truth in this matter has limited value. If one doesn't feel like debating Mr. Vim on a particular day, he is easily ignored. Otherwise he makes a decent punching bag, but he is also a mirror to the rational underpinnings of one's own approach to debating him.

          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 01 2018, @02:26PM

            by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday August 01 2018, @02:26PM (#715678) Homepage Journal

            There's not really any evidence to be had. Even browser fingerprinting and IP address logging wouldn't be able to prove anything given even a mildly technically knowledgeable person. Which is why I went with Occam's Razor.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @12:32PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @12:32PM (#716167)

            Who's Mr. Vim?