There’s a protest tomorrow re the Harper government’s general muzzling of scientists on the federal payroll. Dunno if I’m gonna make it—busy week—but anyway, here’s the original Nature editorial documenting a few cases. There’s an earlier one, too. Predictably, climate scientists are on the list of those who don’t get to tell you where their research points, but they’re not the only ones, either.

There’s something just especially pathetic about this side of Harper. Honestly, this ideologically-blinkered, slope-forheaded yutz thinks he’s the guy to decide what people who, y’know, actually know things get to tell anyone?

Me, I figure this is exactly backward. It’s Harper and his dittohead followers really might as well be be told to button it. Or at least learn to speak only when they’re spoken to. Ain’t like he nor his goons have ever had much of anything to say that was actually worth hearing.

(/Yeah, back in your box, ye petty, pathetic little man. Please stop wasting everyone’s time. The adults need to talk now, thanks.)