"Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.”
~ Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister
They lie like stones and dare not shift. Even asleep, the walls have ears at work ...
Happy little ‘Bartymite’! Vegemite announces name change in support of tennis star Ash Barty - Yammer Mail
'Like bank robbery': Macquarie accused over fund linked to tax deals
Happy little ‘Bartymite’! Vegemite announces name change in support of tennis star Ash Barty - Yammer Mail
'Like bank robbery': Macquarie accused over fund linked to tax deals
WEIRD, THEY HAVE SO MUCH SOCIAL MEDIA TO BRING THEM TOGETHER: 1 in 3 young adults is lonely—and it hurts their mental health.
Wilbert Harrison, Let's Work Together. Canned Heat cover. The original beats all covers.
Youngbloods, Get Together
Jackie De Shannon, Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Jackie De Shannon, What the World Needs Now is Love. Love trumps hate, Nancy Pelosi.
And while we've got this cutie (Jackie, not Nancy!) cued up: When you Walk in the Room. Needles and Pins. Bette Davis Eyes. Kim Carnes' 1981 version was a drastically re-arranged cover.
Chuck Berry dead at 90.
25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites
They say context is key and no time is that more true than when it comes to language. Here’s a list of words that can each mean two totally different things depending on how they are used.
Saturday Night at the Oldies: Winning and Losing
Hank Williams, You Win Again, 1952. Jerry Lee Lewis' 1979 interpretation. Flashy, but lacks the authenticity of the original.
Emmy Lou Harris, If I Could Only Win Your Love
Allman Bros., Win, Lose or Draw
Beatles, You're Gonna Lose that Girl
Beatles, I'm a Loser
Hank Williams, Lost Highway
So boys don't you start your ramblin' around/ On this road of sin are you sorrow bound/ Take my advice or you'll curse the day/ You started rollin' down that lost highway.
Marty Robbins, Born to Lose
Steely Dan, Rikki Don't Lose that Number. Great guitar solo. It starts at 2:56.
New Lost City Ramblers, If I Lose, I Don't Care
JOURNALISTS IN GLASS HOUSES: The Age of Mutual Assured Cancellation. A modest proposal for my fellow journalists: Could we declare a bipartisan amnesty for the stupid things people did in high school and college—or at least stop pretending that these things have any relevance in judging a middle-aged adult’s professional competence? As much as journalists love to smear political opponents, there’s now a self-interested reason for us to stop throwing stones.
My Letter to the Editor of New York Times Magazine Sully Sullenberger
Broken Tyler.io (see also macOS 10.15 Vista). As soon as you assume that Apple is strangling the Mac product line while still collecting a premium price everything makes sense.
- Will Brexit Britain be able to tax tech giants if the EU does (15 Oct 2019)
- France urges EU tax on airplane and ship fuel (15 Oct 2019)
- OECD
Plan: Countries Can Better Tax Gains from Offshore
Sales (15 Oct 2019)
- The shifting role of tax auditors in the digital age (15 Oct 2019)
- Our political donations and lobbying systems are out of control (15 Oct 2019)
- Brain
Behind Wealth Tax Makes New Case for Soaking billionaires
(15 Oct 2019)
- Melissa
Tatton appointed as new Tax Assurance Commissioner
(15 Oct 2019)
- What BHS, Carillion and Thomas Cook have in common – and why this government review should worry everyone (14 Oct 2019)
- Pensions tax relief set to cost UK government almost £40bn (14 Oct 2019)
- The Ins And Outs Of Tax-Loss Harvesting (14 Oct 2019)
- Golden Visas: Citizenship by Investment (CBI) and Residency by Investment (RBI) schemes in the EU - State of play, issues and impacts (14 Oct 2019)
- Facebook's 'outrageous' UK tax bill puzzles financial experts (14 Oct 2019)
- Facebook pays £28.5m in tax as revenues hit a record £1.65bn (14 Oct 2019)
- Tax havens: European finance ministers apply double standards (14 Oct 2019)
- Non-Doms: Italy Finance Ministry aims to lure super-rich to Greek tax register (14 Oct 2019)
- Longer prison sentences given out for tax evasion (14 Oct 2019)
- Glasgow and Edinburgh set to impose workplace parking tax (14 Oct 2019)
- Pensions tax relief set to cost government almost £40bn (10 Oct 2019)
- Pensions tax relief rules 'in need of reform' (10 Oct 2019)
- EU removes Switzerland, UAE from tax haven list (10 Oct 2019)
- HMRC: Estimated Costs of Tax Reliefs at 10th October 2019 (10 Oct 2019)
- HMRC: Cost of Pension Tax and NICs Relief (10 Oct 2019)
- Britain rejects calls to expand watchdog powers after London Capital & Finance (10 Oct 2019)
- Trump's tax cuts helped billionaires pay less than the working people (10 Oct 2019)
- Australia scrapped inheritance tax 40 years ago (10 Oct 2019)
- MSPs approve powers for workplace parking tax (10 Oct 2019)
- The quadrillion-dollar elephant in the room: beneficial ownership in the investment industry (9 Oct 2019)
- Tax Justice Network Report: OECD reform weak on corporate tax havens, harsh on poorer countries (9 Oct 2019)
- OECD leading multilateral efforts to address tax challenges from digitalisation of the economy (9 Oct 2019)
- OECD: Public consultation document Secretariat Proposal for a “Unified Approach” under Pillar One (9 Oct 2019)
- Ikea to face back tax payment order from EU (8 Oct 2019)
- 'Code of silence': Sark police chief says island is awash with criminals (8 Oct 2019)
Investigation finds 'unfair and destructive rumours' about Police Commissioner are untrue
The police watchdog says 'unfair and destructive rumours' that NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller was personally biased when he promoted certain officers to the rank of Superintendent are unfounded.
Holly takes the salmon cake and is the fabulous champion of
Thanks go to healthy amounts of salmon and Shedding Some Light on the Dark Web for Legal Researchers
Legal Executive Institute – “…What makes the Dark Web “dark,” are not the nefarious things that sometimes occur there; rather, it is the anonymity it offers. Most search engines keep a very close eye on who you are and what you are searching for. Plenty of ad trackers also want to eavesdrop on your Web life. Websites and e-mail communications have auditable chains between sender and receiver. Indeed, almost all of your online life is conducted and tracked by someone, but it doesn’t have to be. Thanks to some clever software and heavy-duty encryption, the Dark Web empowers users to search and communicate without detection by either the authorities or the ever-snooping search engines and trackers that report back to online ad agencies. Undetectable Web activity is obviously valuable to a criminal, but it is equally valuable for many “normal” users…All of this secrecy makes the Dark Web a handy tool for legal researchers. Anonymous browsing is terrific for such everyday research tasks as conducting competitive intelligence gathering, tracking down infringement of copyright or trademarks without tipping off the target, or locating sensitive subjects without revealing your identity. Anonymity also is very helpful for gathering information on individuals or looking around for clues to identity theft. Putting on a disguise before searching the Web is just another way legal researchers can locate useful information effectively yet secretly. The question is: How do you travel these virtual back alleys safely and legally?…”