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NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
(www.nature.com)
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As a nation we already have to import degrees. Now, I anticipate bleeding the homegrown degrees out to other countries.
I’m a little shocked the money makers and corporate haven’t pushed Trump out to pasture via the 25th amendment to save the dollar and future innovation/$$$$.
I think for a few years now, the calculation the money makers have been running is that the long-term prospects of this system are fucked anyway and it's time to extract everything they can right now.
I think we are learning in real time just how little there is in the way of practical curbs on the power of the executive.
Most of it was psychological, not unlike lines painted on a road acting like a divider. The only barrier, most places, is a mental one. Even when a road is empty, most people obey out of a sense of safety and respect for 3 ton bullets.
Windows on houses, also a psychological barrier to entry. They’re glass, anyone can break them with little effort. Take away the mental restraint and you have every zombie movie ever made.
Belief in the constitution, the democratic republic of America, and the rule of law does not exist with MAGA. As such, there are no mental guardrails to hold anything dictatorial or destructive back.
Political zombies. That's a perfect analogy. Thank you.