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Oct. 3, 2017 NPR is interviewing a republican on the tax plan, and of course not pointing out holes in his statements. Like, the stuff about the estate tax taxing someone's earnings more than once. For one thing, the estate tax is not a tax on the person who has died, it's a tax on the unearned wealth that person inherits. For another, all money is taxed multiple times, just like it is used to buy stuff many times, as it passes from one person to another.. There is a fairly constant amount of money. If it were taxed once, taxation would have ended long ago.

The news mentioned the tower shooter. As usual, the left out the fact that he turned out to have a brain tumor. When I heard the age of the Las Vegas shooter, I immediately wondered if he had the beginnings of dementia. It will be interesting to see what investigators find. If he shot himself in the head, I guess that might make it harder to discover something like this.
I wonder if these factors are ignored because it would interfere with our enjoyment of feeling pure hate towards these people
And of course, we are oblivious to the fact that the hate we feel is the same emotion as the hate the killer feels.


Equifax says 2.5 million more may have been swept up in massive data breach
bringing the new total of potentially affected consumers to a staggering 145.5 million.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/02/equifax-says-2-5-million-more-may-have-been-swept-up-in-massive-data-breach/?utm_term=.522980bef156


Breast-cancer death rate drops almost 40 percent, saving 322,000 lives, study says
“We have patients who get diagnosed with cancer and have difficulty making their appointments, like radiation every day for four or five weeks” because they can't take off from work, Schwartzberg said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/10/03/breast-cancer-death-rate-drops-almost-40-percent-saving-32200-lives-study-says/?utm_term=.9a9bbd8f9f1c


High Oil Subsidies Ensure Profit for Nearly Half New U.S. Investments, Study Shows
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03102017/high-oil-subsidies-ensure-profit-undermine-climate-change-goals


Vivienne Westwood on her secret to staying young: bathe once a week
Fashion designer, 76, says not washing too much is the secret to seeming young, while her husband, Andreas Kronthaler, says he washes even less often
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/oct/01/vivienne-westwood-secret-to-staying-young-dont-wash-too-much


Facebook’s Russia-Linked Ads Came in Many Disguises
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/technology/facebook-russia-ads-.html


Code-execution flaws threaten users of routers, Linux, and other OSes
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/code-execution-flaws-threaten-users-of-routers-linux-and-other-oses/


She used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-used-to-think-gun-control-was-the-answer-my-research-told-me-otherwise/2017/10/03/d33edca6-a851-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.48f29a5bb1d2


Fancy dinners, far-flung speeches: Calendars detail EPA chief’s close ties to industry
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/03/steakhouse-dinners-golf-resort-speeches-calendars-detail-epa-chiefs-close-ties-to-industry/?utm_term=.22352c30bdc2


Failure to vaccinate is likely driver of U.S. measles outbreaks, report says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/10/03/failure-to-vaccinate-is-likely-driver-of-u-s-measles-outbreaks-report-says/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-national%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.202f705b39c7