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Introduction
The LA Times is printing another version of Elmer Gantry, this time set in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with scientists playing the chief sinner-preachers. This would be shocking, except for the faked results passed off as science during the last two decades. Some sort of Rubicon was crossed in 1980. In this country, many things are new and different compared to what they were before Ronald Reagan. Now, we have NIH scientists selling "advice" to corporations; e.g., drug companies. Supposedly, NIH rules prohibit working on any project that involves a conflict of interest.

Introduction

The LA Times is printing another version of Elmer Gantry, this time set in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with scientists playing the chief sinner-preachers. This would be shocking, except for the faked results passed off as science during the last two decades.

Some sort of Rubicon was crossed in 1980. In this country, many things are new and different compared to what they were before Ronald Reagan. Now, we have NIH scientists selling "advice" to corporations; e.g., drug companies. Supposedly, NIH rules prohibit working on any project that involves a conflict of interest.

But, now that the Great White Bandit is in charge, anything goes. For example, today the rules for managing the National Forests were changed. It is no longer necessary to count wildlife species or do an environmental impact report, when proposing changes in forest uses. If the managers believe xylglotyls exist in sufficient number, then they do. And, no second guessing, either, by snobbish academics: the local manager is empowered to make a decision and proceed.

Big, bang, boom. That's that. It goes back to pre-Sir Francis Bacon. We don't need to count teeth in the horse's mouth, when all we're interested in is how many angels are behind the horses' arses.

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