9 Horrific Examples Of Gov’t Waste In 2016, Starting With Feminine Glacier Studies

The Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | December 21, 2016 | Kathryn Watson

[kevcol]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) spent $412,000 for a paper encouraging a feminist approach to glaciology, the study of glaciers, according to a report earlier this year from Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford.

“Merging feminist postcolonial science studies and feminist political ecology, the feminist glaciology framework generates robust analysis of gender, power, and epistemologies in dynamic social-ecological systems, thereby leading to more just and equitable science and human-ice interactions,” the paper said.

[kevcol]

While we're on the topic, maybe the NSF should sponsor events like this as well?

[rfp1234]

What did they do, show a bunch of Bjork videos?

[MCH]

“Merging feminist postcolonial science studies and feminist political ecology, the feminist glaciology framework generates robust analysis of gender, power, and epistemologies in dynamic social-ecological systems, thereby leading to more just and equitable science and human-ice interactions,” the paper said.

From another engineer, this is one of the most nonsensical statements of utter non-scientific nonsense I've ever read. Among other things, "human-ice interactions"?? LOL!

[heterosupremacist]

“Merging feminist postcolonial science studies and feminist political ecology, the feminist glaciology framework generates robust analysis of gender, power, and epistemologies in dynamic social-ecological systems, thereby leading to more just and equitable science and human-ice interactions,” the paper said.

HA! a perfect example of Leftspeak...

:^)

[Hugh the Scot]

Truly hilarious bafflegab. I literally laughed out loud at Human ice interactions.

[Darksheare]

Soooooooo... They’re studying frigid women?

[workerbee]

5. $461 million on no-strings attached grants for the Middle East

Department of State officials can’t say if the $461 million they sent to the Middle East in social and economic development grants was effective.

That’s because State Department officials failed to set up metrics for success, a basic and unacceptable mistake, according to a State Department IG report. The State Department measured “outputs” — the types of services provided — instead of “outcomes,” or effectiveness.

WHAT A SHOCK! /sarc

[Trillian]

They think that if they use big words, they’ll sound smart ;)

[Oatka]

From another engineer, this is one of the most nonsensical statements of utter non-scientific nonsense I've ever read.

Reminds me of Bullshit Bingo.

[castlebrew]

Sounds like they got their hands on a random BS catch-phrase generator...

[mylife]

I have heard of frigid women.

[xp38]

I got your human-ice interactions right here

[Fightin Whitey]

Not-so-feminine glacial studies.

[mylife]

Brrrr.. and Barf

[TexasTransplant]

got to read this later

[LukeL]

Speaking of my wife...

[okie01]

Sounds like they got their hands on a random BS catch-phrase generator...

Understand that some academic slut got $412K from Uncle Sugar (that would be US) for writing a paper on this premise.

Four-hundred-and-twelve-thousand friggin' dollars!

Could you use a sum like that right now?

At bottom, it's really not very funny. The bureaucrat who authorized the study and the academic who wrote it should both be taken out behind the barn...and shot.

[Gator113]

THAT was my first wife.

[combat_boots]

Ouch