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Monday, May 24, 2021

Triguboff As Charlatan

Dazza, Daily Mail Comments - Sydney, Australia 

Pathetic and greedy little man, so many beautiful parts of Sydney have been lost forever thanks to him and those of his ilk. When they start destroying entire streets of homes in Vaucluse and replacing them with over priced rubbish high rise, maybe people like this will not look like the cash drunk clowns they are.

 Australia's richest property developer shuns working from home and says bosses that allow it are 'parasites'



 “Minister Stokes has to find a way to build in Little Bay (1900 units) at once,” Mr Triguboff said in a letter to Mr Perrottet  


On Charlatans by Chris Bowen - Books - Hachette Australia
Politics around the world is being turned on its head and the fakes, the fraudsters and the snake -oil merchants are winning. Why?


HM Revenue & Customs is not fit for purpose



This comes from my paper on a future tax system for Scotland, but since it explains why HM Revenue & Customs does not provide a
Read the full article…


HMRC open to negotiation of means-based settlements for tax avoiders, says law firm


HMRC is now willing to negotiate means-based settlements with users of tax avoidance arrangements, such that the taxpayer is not required to pay the full amount of accrued tax and interest, according to law firm Stewarts.



CRS Insight – Colonial Pipeline: The DarkSide Strikes, May 11, 2021: “On May 8, 2021,the Colonial Pipeline Company announced that it had halted its pipeline operations due to a ransomware attack, disrupting critical supplies of gasoline and other refined products throughout the East Coast. This attack was similar to an earlier pipeline ransomware attack in 2020, which also resulted in a pipeline shutdown. In 2018, cyberattacks reportedly disrupted the customer communications systems (but not pipeline operations) at four of the nation’s largest natural gas pipeline companies. The possibility of lengthy pipeline disruptions was raised in 2019 congressional testimony by then-Director of National Intelligence, who singled out pipelines as critical infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattacks that could cause shutdowns “for days to weeks.” The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack has elevated concern in Congress about the security of the nation’s energy pipelines and government programs to protect critical infrastructure…”


Above the Law: “Are you fluent in AI-speak? Here’s your chance to find out. This is the inaugural installment of The Legal Tech-to-English Dictionary, part of our Non-Event for Tech-Perplexed Lawyers. Jared Correia is the host of the Non-Eventcast.

CNET – Don’t get caught in a bind — learn how to use these Google Maps hacks like a pro. “If you’re constantly missing turns and getting lost during road trips, or you always seem to be late to your destination, you can use the Google Maps app to relieve those driving stresses. With its hidden features, the Google Maps app acts as your copilot to get you from point A to point B with little frustration. You probably already know with Google Maps, your most frequented addresses are saved — home, for instance — so you can quickly navigate to your destination with just a tap. 



An interview with Gail Haines of Green Mountain Spinnery Grassroots Economic Organizing. This reads like an Ursula Leguin short story in real life, and I mean that as a compliment.

 

“They Want Enough Money to Keep Up The Fight”: New York Media’s Top Union Erupts in Conflict Over Cash Vanity Fair

 

Out of the Pandemic: UC Student Researchers Emerge United Labor Notes

 

How corporations buy—and sell—food made with prison labor The Counter

 

America’s Dead Souls The Paris Review