If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Science Times

This week we, once again, can read about frontiers of science that Batshit J. Moron thinks is a waste of money. Along with anything which is better for our kids, much less our kids' kids. You know, things like pollution and radioactive waste free means of making electricity.

This week offers two reports.

The first is pretty far out. A gas giant planet that's around 2,000 light years away from Mother Earth. Gas giants are a dime a dozen, but what makes this one different

PSR J2322-2650b, an object the mass of Jupiter studied recently by the James Webb Space Telescope. This planet's equatorial diameter is about 38 percent wider than its polar diameter, giving the world the odd appearance of a lemon, and a very strange atmosphere.

Of course, if it'd had been named Bloated Batshit J. Moron, I suppose he would find it interesting.

Instead, it is made mostly of helium and molecular carbon. "A helium- and carbon-dominated world is something we've never seen before," Dr. Gao said.

Well, and a Bloated Batshit J. Moron devoid of soul and intelligence, eh?

Of course, with Batshit J. Moron at the helm, ignoring the interesting bits is par for the course. How about destroying some science for fun and profit (for Batshit J. Moron and his friends, only)?

The first scientific paper that came out of NIST in 1904 was on atomic spectra. Last year, we celebrated 120 years of atomic spectroscopy research at the agency. But in March, we were informed that the group would be disbanded because it did not align with current priorities at NIST.

Now, one might wonder how Batshit J. Moron has changed the alignment of priorities at Standards and Technology? I'll let you know, if I ever find out.

Our mission was to give the most solid foundation on which other work could be based, like a ruler that allows researchers to understand their spectral data. If you don't know what you see, then the rest becomes meaningless.

You know how PhARMA rides on the coattails of NIH and other Damn Gummint funding of the basic research PhARMA won't do? Same with lots of other databases. The Visigoths are ransacking our country.