Scientists Run For Office (alongside Cpunks)

[juan]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 02:39:55 -0500
grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:

> the administration has already frozen grants and
> contracts

	I doubt that's true. It would be great if those worthless
	scumbags and parasites, sorry I mean, Divine Scientists, didn't
	get 'paid' or didn't get any stolen funds, but it won't
	really happen.

	On the other hand I'm sure that the True Anarchists of this
	list, people like the rayzer, are horrified by the idea of 
	The State not investing enough Resources on True Science.




> by the Environmental Protection Agency and gagged
> researchers at the US Department of Agriculture.


> Many scientists are
> asking themselves: What can I do?
> 
> And the answer from a newly formed group called 314 Action is: Get
> elected.
> 
> The organization, named after the first three digits of pi, is a
> political action committee that was created to support scientists in
> running for office. It’s the science version of Emily’s List, which
> focuses on pro-choice female candidates, or VoteVets, which backs war
> veterans. “A lot of scientists traditionally feel that science is
> above politics but we’re seeing that politics is not above getting
> involved in science,” says founder Shaughnessy Naughton. “We’re
> losing, and the only way to stop that is to get more people with
> scientific backgrounds at the table.”
> .........