“‘How do men get to be dictators, that’s what I want to know?’ Aunt Flora looked round disgruntledly but with an air as if soliciting approbation for her dissatisfaction.
‘Oh, the formula is simple,’ Walter said. ‘You gather around you all the ‘have-nots.’ You keep on the right side of the law, speaking, denouncing, promising, till, with all the natural discontent which exists in human nature poured out in your support, you carry the elections and are swung into the saddle. Just when your closest supporters become troublesome and the Army a little restive, you embrace the old order of nationalists and allay all their grievances and anxieties. With yourself now firmly in the saddle, the Army your obedient instrument, you shoot your erstwhile supporters as traitors to the national cause and become an out-and-out patriot. Bravo! bis! bis! But when the old order dutifully asks permission to decorate you for your patriotic services with one of their most ancient orders of nobility, you say, No. You are a simple man in a mackintosh, with a simple heart. Ostentation is foreign to your nature. Besides, aren’t you a revolutionary? But, above all, a patriot.Bravo! bis! bis!’”
~ William Gerhardie, Of Mortal Love
[Sydney] as he saw it was all capital formation, no service. It needed no “cheap politicians, failures, bummers, scrubs, impecunious clerks, bookkeepers, lawyers, doctors,” he said. “The market is overstocked already. We need workers! Hustlers! Men of brains, brawn and guts! Men who have a little capital and a good deal of energy—first-class men!” Letters Lucking into Past ...
“It turns out that we’re very bad at judging who our friends are ... Flashback to Antipodean Strange Stories …” Paper is at this link Are You Your Friends’ Friend? Poor Perception of Friendship Ties Limits the Ability to Promote Behavioral Change
They tried to bury Media Dragons. They did not know we were seeds ... No one talks about a numbers of risque topics publicly, but these subjects and topics they tend to be the worst kept secrets in private libraries and lounges...
A man of principle and an opportunist, scoundrel, snob, con man easily fooled, coward and hero, generous, mean, clever, stupid: the true Casanova... Bohemian Librarian
"Are US Courts Going Dark?" U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Wm. Smith (S.D. Tex.) has this post today at "Just Security."
Therein, Magistrate Judge Smith writes:
~ William Gerhardie, Of Mortal Love
[Sydney] as he saw it was all capital formation, no service. It needed no “cheap politicians, failures, bummers, scrubs, impecunious clerks, bookkeepers, lawyers, doctors,” he said. “The market is overstocked already. We need workers! Hustlers! Men of brains, brawn and guts! Men who have a little capital and a good deal of energy—first-class men!” Letters Lucking into Past ...
“It turns out that we’re very bad at judging who our friends are ... Flashback to Antipodean Strange Stories …” Paper is at this link Are You Your Friends’ Friend? Poor Perception of Friendship Ties Limits the Ability to Promote Behavioral Change
They tried to bury Media Dragons. They did not know we were seeds ... No one talks about a numbers of risque topics publicly, but these subjects and topics they tend to be the worst kept secrets in private libraries and lounges...
In this short life on earth sadly it is not just dictators or medical doctors who tend to bury their mistakes ... Unfortunately, there are also lot of other professions that have the capability especially in the office environment in the making of a murderer and/or character assassinations ... “Medical error is not included on death certificates or in rankings of cause of death. Martin Makary and Michael Daniel assess its contribution to mortality and call for better reporting.” BMJ 2016;353:i2139 doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2139 (Published 3 May 2016)
Disgraced 'doctor' working at CBD clinic
Disgraced 'doctor' working at CBD clinic
McClatchy reports that the Central Intelligence Agency may be “intercepting the communications of officials who handle whistleblower cases.” The Senate Intelligence Committee’s classified 6,000-page report into the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation programme is still yet to be published and the Committee has already accused the agency of illegally spying on that probe. Couragefound.orgAnd ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
A man of principle and an opportunist, scoundrel, snob, con man easily fooled, coward and hero, generous, mean, clever, stupid: the true Casanova... Bohemian Librarian
Therein, Magistrate Judge Smith writes:
I am * * * better positioned to ponder a less publicized "going dark" threat to another branch of government, the branch most indispensable to the rule of law -- our court system. Over the last 40 years, secrecy in all aspects of the judicial process has risen to literally unprecedented levels. Let me describe what I have seen, and why it is troubling.This appears to be his first post at the "Just Security" blog "How Appealing" blog celebrates its 14th birthday this month so he is a month older then the unappealing MEdia Dragon
As one of my former bosses observed "For far too long, personal hunch and taste have persisted in an industry that should adhere to the strict principles of modern management. So, to welcome the new year, let's propose a few core principles to clarify the muddled business of books..." ( He was joking, of course, ;-)
My hunch is that this shortest book ever written about swimming and tax compliance will be a best seller... The major health risk associated with rivers and pools is drowning. I know a bit about this because I almost drowned ...
"Many of us have spent time beside a pool. And you have probably wondered: what are the odds that no children (or adults, for that matter) have peed in the water? When pressed, we’d have to admit that the odds that the pool is pee-free are close to zero, but the lack of absolute certainty allows us to relax and swim anyway. We may comfort ourselves with some fuzzy thought about chlorine, or the immense volume of the pool relative to a few bladders, and our concerns slip away. Now, compare this with watching a kid stand by the pool and pee into it. Throw in some swimming trunks around his knees and a frantic, embarrassed parent scooping him up, alas, too late. Now you’re no longer able to hold on to the slight possibility that the pool is free of urine. The relative volume of the water in the pool is now little comfort when you just saw a kid pee in it. Could you still take a quick dip?
So how does this connect to tax compliance? I think that some return preparers put their blinders on when it comes to information that their clients tell them ..." Shortest books ever written*: What Peeing in the Pool Can Teach Us About Tax Compliance (A Reprise) (Leslie Book, Procedurally Taxing)
It said Mr Wagstaff was helped by Paul Bowerman, from the Tax Office special investigations squad, who had access to a trove of dormant taxpayer identities, other unnamed insiders, and Peter Milardovic, allegedly connected to the organised crime world in Sydney.
Tax Commissioner Michael Carmody confirmed the case had been uncovered by the National Crime Authority (now the Australian Crime Commission) and the Tax Office's tax file number fraud unit.
Four Corners Special Tax Unit
Former taxman Petroulias jailed
Wickenby CaseIt said Mr Wagstaff was helped by Paul Bowerman, from the Tax Office special investigations squad, who had access to a trove of dormant taxpayer identities, other unnamed insiders, and Peter Milardovic, allegedly connected to the organised crime world in Sydney.
Tax Commissioner Michael Carmody confirmed the case had been uncovered by the National Crime Authority (now the Australian Crime Commission) and the Tax Office's tax file number fraud unit.
Four Corners Special Tax Unit
Former taxman Petroulias jailed
KNOW YOUR PLACE, PEASANTS! How policymaking is using — and misusing — the brain
Lord Acton had a library of 67,000 volumes, scrupulously cross-referenced. His miscellanea fill some 50,000 pages. But he never published a book... BTW, There is a huge book collection at Blue Mountains ...
— ABA Journal runs an excerpt from “Baby You’re a Rich Man: Suing the Beatles for Fun and Profit,” a new book by Stan Soocher.
“WALTER DURANTY IS ROLLING OVER IN HIS GRAVE:” The New York Times, which 80 years ago hid the results of Stalin’s terror famine is now getting into the food delivery business, Bloomberg reports:
This summer, the New York Times will begin selling ingredients for recipes from its NYT Cooking website as the newspaper publisher seeks new revenue sources to offset declines in print. The Times is partnering with meal-delivery startup Chef’d, which will send the ingredients to readers within 48 hours. The Times and Chef’d will split sales from the venture...
The cult of the unfinished. Incomplete paintings, sculptures, novels, and musical compositions are undeniably seductive - too seductive... Media Dragon Unfinished Legislative Memoirs of Marco Polos of NSW Parliament - the sentences behind those President's, Speaker's and Clerks' doors
The value of simplicity and complexity in art is a matter of taste. In science, thesearch for simple theories is a requirement. But is simpler better? If You Really Think About Life it is Simple Yet Fraudsters, Politicians and Elites Expect Us to see our short life on this earth Complex ...
Memories of strange displays of anger at The NSW Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee came back ... The moments in corridors of power woth Yael Larkin and Patricia Azarias and Ian Thackeray ... Etc
Take a moment to consider what it must have been like for Robert Stefanic to step into the shoes of his predecessor, Carol Mills, as secretary of the troubled Department of Parliamentary Services. Mills was run out of the department — almost out of the country — sacked in spectacular fashion by the former speaker Bronwyn Bishop and Senate President Stephen Parry over her handling of a series of missteps by the department.
Every secretary’s nightmare for new parliamentary boss
He's been bankrupted, banned and jailed but now convicted fraudster Stephen Larkin has hit upon the jackpot - a court-sanctioned fraud which has enabled him to "legally" plunder the bank accounts of his victims.
On top of this, the 76-year-old former veterinary surgeon and one time BRW rich-lister is facing more than 100 criminal charges of knowingly making a false statement by nominating another person as being responsible for dozens of traffic offences while driving his unregistered and uninsured car Stephen Larkin bankrupted banned and jail the convicted fraudster is back in action
Private Sydney is thrilled that the prospect of doing time in one of Her Maj's finest facilities has failed to dampen former celebrity vet Stephen Larkin's penchant for taking out apprehended violence orders.
Private Sydney is thrilled that the prospect of doing time in one of Her Maj's finest facilities has failed to dampen former celebrity vet Stephen Larkin's penchant for taking out apprehended violence orders.
Larkin, who will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to defrauding the recently departed Macquarie banker Bill Moss, has a proud history of taking out AVOs which are then dropped or dismissed ... And lastly, Larkin's now estranged wife, Yael, lodged an AVO against controversial minister Joe Tripodi, claiming Tripodi had threatened the Larkin family. This was later abandoned.
S Larkin
S Larkin
The questions continue to
mount over the Tripodi-Larkin
stoush. How did a known ex-
bankrupt become the manager of
the NSW Parliament's public
accounts committee?
Mrs Yael Larkin, wife of ex
vet and pub investor Dr Stephen
Larkin, took the job just over 12
months ago after working in and
around parliament for about five
years.
Her name surfaced last month
When she took an apprehended violence
When she took an apprehended violence
order against the ALP's exotic Fairfield Mp, Joe
Tripodi, chairman of the all-party Public
Accounts Committee since June
1999. The overly ambitious had hoped
for a ministry in the Carr
Government after it was returned
to office with an all-conquering
majority in March 1999 but he
was brushed aside by
heavyweights from his right-wing
faction.
They told him to bide his time
but threw him a bone to nibble on
- the PAC chairmanship which
added another $20,000 to his
salary and gave him some
additional perks.
The row between Tripodi and
Mrs Larkin blew up as her
husband was campaigning
aggressively to open gambling
tanerns at Canley Heights,
Cabramatta West and Carramar in
the Fairfield region. Tripodi and
Fairfield City Council were utterly
opposed to Larkin's bars getting
licences but did not show the same
diligence in opposing applications
by gentlemen with Italian
sounding names connected with
his favorite club, the Marconi.
What happened in the PAC office in Macquarie Street will
become clearer when the AVO is
heard in May. But what is alleged
is that Tripodi made verbal threats
to Mrs Larkin, she went home to
her sick bed and subsequently her
office was turned upside down
and possibly robbed by a person
or persons unknown.
The rotund one from Fairfield
vigorously contests Mrs Larkin's
account and has retained solicitor
Michael Marx, a leader of the
NSW Board of Jewish Deputies,
to fight his corner.
Marx also gave legal advice to
Tripodi when he fought allegations
of sexual misadventure with a
leading member of the Australian
Young Democrats.
Young Democrats.
Interestingly, both the nameless
Young Democrat and Mrs Larkin
are members of the Jewish
community.
The question that MPs want
answered is how did Mrs Larkin
obtain a job on the payroll of State
Parliament? Did she disclose her
previous bankruptcy?
If the PAC knew she was an ex-
bankrupt how does that qualify
her to become manager of the
body which oversights state
spending?
If someone could please wake
the State Opposition, Democrats,
Greens and Independents, maybe
some answers could be ...
NSW Labor MP shocked by avo against him
The secret life of Richard Torbay
ON March 19, 2013, former independent MP Richard Torbay quit as the federal Nationals candidate for New England and the next day he quit state parliament
Icac: Joe Tripodi denies changing cabinet minute in AWH's favour
The Project Wickenby cross-agency task force has made a major contribution to the Australian Government's fight against tax evasion, avoidance and crime. The ATO has published the eleventh issue of Targeting tax crime: a whole-of-government approach, including an update on Project Wickenby.
Project Wickenby
Study Group on Asian Tax Administration and Research (SGATAR) 2015 AD
Tax office tackles misconduct as fraud hits public service
Taxing Cases
Solicitor or barrister, parties must be free to choose
What if you find out your parents are Russian spies?
Submission of Novel Interest ....
ATO Organisational Chart
NSW Labor MP shocked by avo against him
The secret life of Richard Torbay
ON March 19, 2013, former independent MP Richard Torbay quit as the federal Nationals candidate for New England and the next day he quit state parliament
Icac: Joe Tripodi denies changing cabinet minute in AWH's favour
The Project Wickenby cross-agency task force has made a major contribution to the Australian Government's fight against tax evasion, avoidance and crime. The ATO has published the eleventh issue of Targeting tax crime: a whole-of-government approach, including an update on Project Wickenby.
Project Wickenby
Study Group on Asian Tax Administration and Research (SGATAR) 2015 AD
Tax office tackles misconduct as fraud hits public service
Taxing Cases
Solicitor or barrister, parties must be free to choose
What if you find out your parents are Russian spies?
Submission of Novel Interest ....
ATO Organisational Chart
Larkin takes fight to Tripodi from sick bed 20 February 2001
Kate McClymont and Linda Doherty
The damaging row between the Mrs Yael Larkin, former manager of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, and the committee's chairman, Labor MP Mr Joe Tripodi, continued yesterday despite Mrs Larkin having taken to her sick bed.
The damaging row between the Mrs Yael Larkin, former manager of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, and the committee's chairman, Labor MP Mr Joe Tripodi, continued yesterday despite Mrs Larkin having taken to her sick bed.
She resigned from her position last Tuesday and has since applied for an apprehended violence order against Mr Tripodi.
Mr Tripodi, the Member of Fairfield, has denied threatening Mrs Larkin by saying, as she alleges, "Where do your children go to school?" Mrs Larkin has also claimed Mr Tripodi made threats against her husband's proposed tavern development with 15 poker machines in Carramar.
In other developments, the Herald has learned that Mrs Larkin, who had worked on the PAC since 1996, the last year as manager, is a former bankrupt.
Her husband, a property developer who currently has several hotel interests, is also a former bankrupt.
In the 1980s, Dr Stephen Larkin, a former vet, owned a swathe of commercial property in Kings Cross and the CBD. In 1989 he featured in BusinessReview Weekly's Rich List with a net worth of $50 million.
However, within two years Dr Larkin's empire had crumbled. Receivers sold the properties and Dr Larkin had to sell the family mansion, St Neots, in Vaucluse, for $8 million. In 1991, he was bankrupted. The following year Mrs Larkin became a bankrupt. Her bankruptcy was discharged in May 1995. Her husband's bankruptcy has also been discharged.
Dr Larkin yesterday confirmed they had been bankrupted, adding that it was an "unfortunate incident in my past, which was a normal commercial incident".
Mrs Larkin, he said, was in bed and unable to talk on the matter.
In another development yesterday Dr and Mrs Larkin's solicitor, Mr Stewart Levitt, said another complaint would be lodged with the Independent Commission Against Corruption about victimisation by Fairfield Council, which has opposed two of Dr Larkin's hotel developments.
Mr Levitt said: "This is not a vendetta against the ALP ... Mrs Larkin is not a person who is interested in these liquor applications and Dr Larkin has not taken out an AVO."
However, Mrs Larkin's husband has taken out an AVO in the past. In 1998 he obtained an interim AVO against Canley Heights jeweller Mr Pasquale Carbone. Mr Carbone did not want to discuss the matter yesterday, but he did confirm to the Herald that Dr Larkin had wanted to buy his property, a proposed hotel in Canley Heights.
"He took out an AVO against me and I didn't even know what was going on. Allegedly someone rang him up, I didn't know who bloody rang him up. But he didn't get the AVO, he only got interim orders. But it costs you money in the meantime, you see."
Dr Larkin told 2GB radio last week that his battle to establish the Carramar tavern was "about the Fairfield council, the NSW Labor Party, [the Minister for Racing and Gaming] Mr Richard Face, Mr Joe Tripodi".
Police yesterday refused to detail their investigation into a break-in at Mrs Larkin's committee office last Tuesday between 7.30pm and 8.30pm. She resigned at 1.30pm that day but gave no reasons for her departure before sending a letter to Mr Tripodi's electorate office at 2.37pm outlining her complaints.
The break-in, through the fire escape at FAI House in Macquarie Street, was discovered by staff on Wednesday morning. Some staff members of the Public Accounts Committee, including Mrs Larkin, have been fingerprinted by police for elimination purposes. Dr Larkin said on Sunday that his wife's fingerprints had eliminated her from the inquiry. Mr Tripodi is not a suspect and has been eliminated from the police inquiry.