• State Dept. science envoy resigns with letter that spells out 'Impeach'
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[quote]The science envoy for the State Department has resigned following President Trump's response to the violent clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Daniel Kammen announced his resignation in a letter addressed to Trump — in which the first letter of every paragraph spelled out "Impeach." "My decision to resign is in response to your attacks on core values of the United States," Kammen said in the letter. "Your failure to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazis has domestic and international ramifications." Kammen said it is particularly troubling to him that Trump's response to Charlottesville is "consistent with a broader pattern of behavior that enables sexism and racism, and disregards the welfare of Americans, the global community and the planet." "Examples of this destructive pattern have consequences on my duties as Science Envoy," he said. "Your decision to abdicate the leadership opportunities and job creation benefits of the Paris Climate Accord, and to undermine energy and environmental research are not acceptable to me."[/quote] [url=http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/347644-state-dept-science-envoy-resigns]Source: The Hill[/url] [media]https://twitter.com/dan_kammen/status/900360794231013376[/media] Between this and the "RESIST" message from the Arts Council, I'm glad this is becoming more common with resignations. Defiance to the end.
This is such a petty thing to be attaching to one's resignation letter, of all things. I can't imagine what these sort of folks think they're accomplishing by doing this. [editline]dddd[/editline] The acrostic I mean, not the resignation itself. I can wholly sympathize with resigning from an administration you disagree with.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52605099]This is such a petty thing to be attaching to one's resignation letter, of all things. I can't imagine what these sort of folks think they're accomplishing by doing this.[/QUOTE] It's just an act of subversion against a fascist regime. It doesn't have to accomplish anything specifically beyond sending a clear message to the world: we will not stand in line with this authoritarian bullshit.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52605099]This is such a petty thing to be attaching to one's resignation letter, of all things. I can't imagine what these sort of folks think they're accomplishing by doing this.[/QUOTE] Hoping people wise up before Trump runs the country straight through the gutter?
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[QUOTE=Firespray;52605118]Hoping people wise up before Trump runs the country straight through the gutter?[/QUOTE] Nobody is wising up. It’s almost astonishing that nobody really cares about any of this shit yet.
[QUOTE=Stroheim;52605126]How to never get a job as part of the National Government again in 7 easy paragraphs.[/QUOTE] Sure he will. When the white house is purged of apologists for white supremacists, he'll probably be welcomed back with open arms.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52605099]This is such a petty thing to be attaching to one's resignation letter, of all things. I can't imagine what these sort of folks think they're accomplishing by doing this. [editline]dddd[/editline] The acrostic I mean, not the resignation itself. I can wholly sympathize with resigning from an administration you disagree with.[/QUOTE] Its petty to speak out against a tyrant? Its petty to resist that which should be resisted, to send a clear and concise message about what must happen? Gods above, you dont drink the koolaid, you get it via IV drip. [QUOTE=Stroheim;52605126]How to never get a job as part of the National Government again and kneecap your employment prospects in 7 easy paragraphs.[/QUOTE] If I were hiring someone for his field I'd weight that move heavily in favor of hiring.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52605099]This is such a petty thing to be attaching to one's resignation letter, of all things. I can't imagine what these sort of folks think they're accomplishing by doing this. [editline]dddd[/editline] The acrostic I mean, not the resignation itself. I can wholly sympathize with resigning from an administration you disagree with.[/QUOTE] For Trump specifically one reason to do it is that petty insults are actually effective. Trump has such an incredibly weak ego that he'll lie about his crowd sizes for months even after winning the election, rant and rave during political ego-inflation rallies, and he'll call out and insult random people for criticizing him. Doing this might be petty, but you can be sure as shit it affects him personally. Never has there been a president so likely to publicly respond to criticism or petty insults with even pettier bullshit. I'd put something like this in my resignation letter just for the chance to get my personal signed presidential shitpost on Twitter.
[QUOTE=Stroheim;52605126]How to never get a job as part of the National Government again and kneecap your employment prospects in 7 easy paragraphs.[/QUOTE] He's a tenured professor at Berkeley...
And on mattis' letter it'll spell out F U C K Y O U
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;52605301]And on mattis' letter it'll spell out F U C K Y O U[/QUOTE] Knowing the mad man, Mad Dog, he'd probably just write it plainly in the letter.
I feel like people don't know how much this guy has done, there are people referring to him as "professor" in quotation marks. [media]https://twitter.com/Talkmaster/status/900385349783998464[/media] [quote=http://kammen.berkeley.edu/ ]Dr. Kammen was educated in physics at Cornell and Harvard, and held postdoctoral positions at the California Institute of Technology and Harvard. He was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University before moving to the University of California, Berkeley.[b] Dr. Kammen has served as a contributing or coordinating lead author on various reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1999. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.[/b] He serves on the Advisory Committee for Energy & Environment for the X-Prize Foundation. He has authored or co-authored 12 books, [b]written more than 300 peer-reviewed journal publications, testified more than 40 times to U.S. state and federal congressional briefings, and has provided various governments with more than 50 technical reports.[/b] Dr. Kammen also served for many years on the Technical Review Board of the Global Environment Facility. He is a frequent contributor to or commentator in international news media, including Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Financial Times. Kammen has appeared on 60 Minutes (twice), Nova, Frontline, and hosted the six-part Discovery Channel series Ecopolis. Dr. Kammen is a Permanent Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Physical Society. In the US, he serves on two National Academy of Sciences boards and panels. [/quote] All that makes the skepticism on the qualifications he had for his positions incredibly amusing.
[QUOTE=finbe;52605314]I feel like people don't know how much this guy has done, there are people referring to him as "professor" in quotation marks. [media]https://twitter.com/Talkmaster/status/900385349783998464[/media] All that makes the skepticism on the qualifications he had for his positions incredibly amusing.[/QUOTE] And meanwhile here's the Twitter bio of the dude calling him out: [QUOTE]Retired from 42 years of talk radio. Wrote The FairTax Book. Member of U.S and Ga. Radio Hall of Fame. Pilot. Atty. Podcasts at fart.com/imgay[/QUOTE] (URL obviously fake to not give the dingus free advertising) I want this meme of "equal time for experts and ignorant blowhard fuckwads" to die before it kills us all.
[QUOTE=finbe;52605314]I feel like people don't know how much this guy has done, there are people referring to him as "professor" in quotation marks. [media]https://twitter.com/Talkmaster/status/900385349783998464[/media] All that makes the skepticism on the qualifications he had for his positions incredibly amusing.[/QUOTE] Never count on people to actually know what the fuck theyre talking about before they let shit spew out their mouths.
Leave it to a scientist to tell it like it is.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52605099]This is such a petty thing to be attaching to one's resignation letter, of all things. I can't imagine what these sort of folks think they're accomplishing by doing this. [editline]dddd[/editline] The acrostic I mean, not the resignation itself. I can wholly sympathize with resigning from an administration you disagree with.[/QUOTE] Petty? What's petty is being absolutely fuck off rich and coming into power to make yourself or your friends even more rich. What's petty is not giving Americans the right to Healthcare and higher education they deserve simply because it doesn't affect you.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;52605354]And meanwhile here's the Twitter bio of the dude calling him out: (URL obviously fake to not give the dingus free advertising) I want this meme of "equal time for experts and ignorant blowhard fuckwads" to die before it kills us all.[/QUOTE] What a fucking hack.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;52605114]fascist regime[/QUOTE] Just because you don't agree with its actions or its policy doesn't make it a fascist regime. When they start rounding people up for political crimes and shooting people in the street, then you can start calling it a fascist regime.
[QUOTE=Kuro.;52606441]Just because you don't agree with its actions or its policy doesn't make it a fascist regime. When they start rounding people up for political crimes and shooting people in the street, then you can start calling it a fascist regime.[/QUOTE] You're right, we shouldn't suspect them of any wrongdoing or try to impede them in any way until they're exterminating minorities and we can't do anything about it without getting millions of people killed
[QUOTE=Stroheim;52605126]How to never get a job as part of the National Government again and kneecap your employment prospects in 7 easy paragraphs.[/QUOTE] I dunno what world you live in but in the one most of us live in the majority of the American populace considers Trump a threat to our democracy. So most people are going to be supportive of this, including many of those in the government. Especially after Trump's yes-men get booted out. [QUOTE=Kuro.;52606441]Just because you don't agree with its actions or its policy doesn't make it a fascist regime. When they start rounding people up for political crimes and shooting people in the street, then you can start calling it a fascist regime.[/QUOTE] It's not for a lack of trying. Trump and his administration are just so laughably incompetent that there's little to no chance of them succeeding. On top of that our government is specifically built to be resistant to such an occurrence, even if the electoral college did the exact opposite of its job. You need to remember that Trump wants to suppress political dissidents (or really just anyone who ever has the gall to criticize him for any reason) and has been known to publicly admire dictators. Calling Trump of all people a fascist isn't exactly a stretch.
very powerful. i feel so empowered right now. this is so epic [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Shitpost" - Big Dumb American))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Chonch;52605099]This is such a petty thing to be attaching to one's resignation letter, of all things.[/QUOTE] what a resignation letter is the most fitting place imaginable for a message like this
[QUOTE=Kuro.;52606441]Just because you don't agree with its actions or its policy doesn't make it a fascist regime. When they start rounding people up for political crimes and shooting people in the street, then you can start calling it a fascist regime.[/QUOTE] Germans did that in the late 1920s into the early 1930s. Look how well it worked out for them.
[QUOTE=Eva-1337;52605307]Knowing the mad man, Mad Dog, he'd probably just write it plainly in the letter.[/QUOTE] I dunno, reading his memos I feel like he'd be more eloquent about it and probably imply swearing without actually using any curse words.
[QUOTE=Kuro.;52606441]Just because you don't agree with its actions or its policy doesn't make it a fascist regime. When they start rounding people up for political crimes and shooting people in the street, then you can start calling it a fascist regime.[/QUOTE] Ha, what? Trump's actions, rhetoric, and policy is [i]literally what makes[/I] this a fascist regime, dude. How can you tell me that I'm supposed to ignore actions, rhetoric, and policy when determining whether or not he is a fascist? Furthermore, how the hell are you going to slide the goalposts all the way back to "it's not fascist unless they are shooting dissidents in the street?" That's like saying, "oh, the Ku Klux Klan aren't racist. When is the last time they actually lynched somebody? It's not racist unless you're lynching black people!"
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;52605301]And on mattis' letter it'll spell out F U C K Y O U[/QUOTE] I really hope Mattis stays on board. He's the only member of the Cabinet with any credibility.
[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;52608306]I really hope Mattis stays on board. He's the only member of the Cabinet with any credibility.[/QUOTE] Mattis is our last fallback if trump goes full retard and opens the nuclear football.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52605099]This is such a petty thing to be attaching to one's resignation letter, of all things. I can't imagine what these sort of folks think they're accomplishing by doing this. [editline]dddd[/editline] The acrostic I mean, not the resignation itself. I can wholly sympathize with resigning from an administration you disagree with.[/QUOTE] Not really. If you are resigning to make a political statement, doing something novel like this will signal boost that statement. Trump and friends are going to cause a brain drain with their moronic stances on anything scientific.
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