U.S. Lawmaker Proposes New Criteria for Choosing NSF Grants

The legislation, being worked up by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), represents the latest—and bluntest—attack on NSF by congressional Republicans seeking to halt what they believe is frivolous and wasteful research being funded in the social sciences.

Seriously, WTFF??!!?!?!?!? He wants to kill peer review? This was also the genius behind SOPA.

American Media: Keeping Us Scared For Money Since (at least) 2001!

Number of cases recovering purified ricin during the war on terror: 0 Number of deaths from ricin used in terror plots: 0 Number of men arrested in the US, for messing with castor seeds: about a dozen, one of them recently deceased.

Sheesh! This is fucking ridiculous.

Yeah, Jindal fucked this one up.

Grover Norquist, the intellectual leader of the anti-tax crowd in Washington, had praised Jindal’s plan as “the boldest, most pro-growth state tax reform in U.S. history.” He noted that it was particularly significant, because with Obama positioned to veto anything resembling the House GOP’s budget for the next several years, Louisiana might be Republicans’ best chance to show off their tax ideas on the state level. “The national media and Acela-corridor crowd continue to focus on the bickering Washington, but they can learn what real tax reform looks like by looking to Louisiana,” Norquist said. It didn’t turn out that way. Only 27 percent of Louisiana voters supported the plan in the latest SMOR poll versus a whopping 63 percent opposed. The idea didn’t even garner majority support among Republicans. According to SMOR pollster Bernie Pinsonat, Jindal’s true approval is likely even lower than their mid-March poll indicated.

How could they possibly field such horrible ideas and still survive? This is insanity? Are people finally waking up?!?!?!?