Three things make a post.
"The planned changes follow years of industry requests. Industry wants EPA to draft rules by first assessing whether benefits outweigh the costs, and it wants regulations that are least burdensome while still providing environmental protection, groups say." So, Right-to-Life, just how much is a life worth? Asking for a friend. Okay, they're not friends. But they want to know if killing people slowly or faster has a better ROI than the other. Think I'm kidding? "Groups such as the American Chemistry Council, the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute challenge the extent to which EPA includes the benefits of reducing fine particulate matter — also known as PM2.5 — a pollutant associated with cardiovascular problems, aggravated asthma and premature death."
"The president’s business tells lawmakers it is too difficult to track all its foreign revenue in accordance with constitutional requirements, and it hasn’t asked Congress for a permission slip." Wow, that's a deep pile of bullshit right there. If a hotel chain can track my previous request for an extension cord over 5 years later (h/t to the Omni), you can do this too. You just don't want to because the president lied about the donation of those profits because he won't part with one scintilla. To the Trump Organization, I'm sorry you mistook this for a request. It's the fucking law, asshole. (Grokked from Ellen Kushner)
Destroying the world for fun and profit. "On a good day, Marco would earn up to 2,000 euros a day from Google ad revenues for his fake news U.S. politics websites. Tamara, who was only paid 3 euros per article she rewrote, muses in the BBC Future article about how stupid people must be to eat up the falsehoods that she, Marco and others put online everyday. She characterizes the content of the rewritten articles as 'insultingly ridiculous' and 'obviously fake,' but many American news readers apparently ate them up and frequently believed what they read." Guess which side they mostly targeted? If you want to skip the Slashdot excerpt and go right the full article it's here. I seriously hope my Russian friends are making better money than that. (Grokked from Dan)
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