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Saw that.
May 30, 2019 5:33PM PDT

"Here's our .gov site on this:"
Boy, am I glad it's your and not hour. Grin
Reminds me of when a town declared a word illegal ...
Never mind.

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"May you live in interesting times."
May 30, 2019 6:05PM PDT

(I wrote that title badly on purpose.)

But I felt it necessary to not leave it to just the news link/article alone but go get a link where the words were used by an USA government entity.

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Not the first time, actually.
May 30, 2019 8:48PM PDT

When CDC and other real scientists were concerned with a real (non-Trump) problem, it was determined that he objected to certain language found in research papers. It was commonly used to describe common occurrences in that field, vocabulary that had srood the test of time. No reasonable person could object to it. They said.
Scientists everywhere kowtowed to the Orange Man.

I don't recall the details*. [Just remembered! It was anent climate change. Couldn't use that phrase.] Perhaps you do. If not, upon entreaties, I will try to find it.
I spend time on a science forum, filled with credentialed folks; don't recall anyone agreeing with the White House take.

The international fuel trade is one thing. Science that bears on health is another.

I understood why you linked both sites. I'm not sure I understood your interesting times relevance. But any quote from Orwell is, sadly, relevant today.
How do you feel about rats, Winston?

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Thanks for the reply.
May 31, 2019 11:03AM PDT

I feel sorry for scientists and the like that work in today's US Gov offices. You are being pressured to change or lose your job.

As to politics I want to end with my an old joke about being found when lost in the woods. "Start talking politics."

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You really want this bunch showing up?
May 31, 2019 12:33PM PDT
Happy
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(NT) Getting old. s/b "not our"
May 30, 2019 6:43PM PDT
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Read the second one just for the humor.
May 30, 2019 5:36PM PDT

Wasn't disappointed.
First, uses "freedom gas" withoit defining, as if it's part of the vocabulary.
Second, 3000 jobs! Promised!