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RockCreek

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14. Is there any evidence for this statement?

Reply to Glen Livid (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 03:29 PM

Jul 2025

Is there any evidence for this statement?
"We can decry the funding cuts, but in truth they wouldn't have impacted the prediction."

Because it sure seems like likely cause and effect from what I can see from afar.

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