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-misanthroptimist

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7. If I'm not mistaken...

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 30, 2024, 02:20 PM

Jul 2024

...the founder of The Weather Channel was, and probably still is, a big climate denialist. (He's no longer associated with TWC.) Privatizing NOAA and a couple of other government entities was one of his bright ideas back in the late 90s or early 00s.

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P2025 wants to break up, privatize NOAA. [View all] Sogo Jul 2024 OP

The Felon is still harboring a grudge over the Sharpie incident tinrobot Jul 2024 #1

Why go after NOAA? My guess, some of the billionaires will provide free weather information to us. Jim__ Jul 2024 #2

The last serious talk about privatizing NOAA was when Shrub was president. Eugene Jul 2024 #4

I remember that Rick Santorum had a weird bee in his bonnet about that. keep_left Jul 2024 #6

If I'm not mistaken... -misanthroptimist Jul 2024 #7

For-profit weather information biophile Jul 2024 #3

It is so dumb and dangerous alarimer Jul 2024 #5