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Posted by: Michael Ixer
Date/Time: 05/01/26 15:00:00

It's unclear who your comment is aimed at. I'm certainly not anti-American. I admire the US's scientific establishments: NASA, NOAA, CDC, etc and their achievements and contributionsto the world'sknowledge. I've enjoyed visiting the fine museums in NY, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Miami, San Diego, Boston, Chicago, ... - and the Dali one in St Petersburg; I've have seen good concerts, opera and theatre there: US philanthropists have contributed much to the arts, not only in the US but also abroad.

I also worked for a small US software company a long time ago and learned a lot from their business methods and ethics. I was impressed visiting Microsoft's campus in Seattle and HP's HQ near San Francisco to see US software innovation plans when I making strategic decisions several decades ago.

I've a number of US friends - who, broadly, seem to share my views about the current administration; at least, none have admitted voting for President Trump, and the ones that post on Facebook have often been critical of various aspects of the current administration. Anyway, these things aren't binary; my US boss back in 1990 said he was a Republican as he supported their fiscal policies but wasn't keen on the social views: anti-abortion, etc. (He was married to someone who's parents immigrated from Mexico. Interesting, that back in the day many of my US colleagues were from second, or third generation immigrant families. )

Let's be honest, NASA's JWST must be one of the greatest wonders of the modern world  - although it wouldn't be at Lagrange point 2, and with an extended potential lifespan, without ESA's Ariane 5 space vehicle and its immaculately accurate launch - a great example of the importance of international cooperation. And for all its faults Microsoft helped revolutionised the world of IT; they certainly shook up IBM!

So there's no rational reason why you should say I'm anti American; it's perhaps your own blinkered logic as far as I can see! Yes, ok, I'm no fan of the current US administration's science budget cuts, but you should take note of what some US scientists say :-) And I guess President Trump and his supporters use the term "TDS" because they fail to find logical arguments to support his policies?


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Trump in the Atlantic yesterday05/01/26 10:09:00 David Ainsworth
   Re:Trump in the Atlantic yesterday05/01/26 11:28:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Reply05/01/26 11:51:00 Michael Ixer
      Reply05/01/26 11:52:00 Sue Hammond
         Be afraid05/01/26 12:09:00 David Ainsworth
            Re:Be afraid05/01/26 14:51:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 17:49:00 Sue Hammond
         Re:Reply05/01/26 12:16:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 17:56:00 Sue Hammond
         Re:Reply05/01/26 14:34:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 15:00:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply05/01/26 15:46:00 Ivonne Holliday
                  Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 16:03:00 Steven Rose
                     Reply05/01/26 16:58:00 Michael Ixer
                        Re:Reply05/01/26 17:40:00 Ivonne Holliday
                        Re:Reply06/01/26 12:04:00 John Hawkes
                           Reply06/01/26 17:22:00 Michael Ixer
                              Re:Reply06/01/26 18:38:00 David Ainsworth
                                 Reply06/01/26 18:47:00 Michael Ixer
               From the heart of MAGA05/01/26 15:58:00 David Ainsworth
                  Re:From the heart of MAGA05/01/26 18:44:00 Steven Rose
                     Reply05/01/26 20:16:00 Michael Ixer
                     Might makes right apparently05/01/26 21:33:00 David Ainsworth
                        Re:Might makes right apparently06/01/26 14:13:00 John Hawkes
                  Re:From the heart of MAGA06/01/26 13:44:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 18:33:00 Sue Hammond
               Re:Reply05/01/26 22:12:00 Steven Rose
                  5 years ago tomorrow05/01/26 22:49:00 David Ainsworth
   Reply05/01/26 22:45:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:22:00 Gerry Boyce
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:30:00 Jonathan Callaway
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:34:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 23:58:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:19:00 David Ainsworth
         Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:39:00 David Ainsworth
            Re:Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:54:00 David Ainsworth
         Reply06/01/26 01:32:00 Michael Ixer
            "A dog’s obeyed in office"06/01/26 09:18:00 David Ainsworth
               Re:"A dog’s obeyed in office"07/01/26 11:42:00 John Hawkes
            Re:Reply06/01/26 09:23:00 Steven Rose
               Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 10:03:00 Ivonne Holliday
               Reply06/01/26 10:33:00 Michael Ixer
                  Handy Dandy06/01/26 10:48:00 David Ainsworth
                     Reply06/01/26 11:56:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Handy Dandy07/01/26 12:51:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Re:Handy Dandy07/01/26 13:27:00 Robert Wheeler
   Reply07/01/26 13:49:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply07/01/26 14:20:00 Robert Wheeler
         Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 14:58:00 Gerry Boyce
            Re:Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 15:03:00 John Hawkes
         Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 15:01:00 John Hawkes

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