“Opposite of bravery is not cowardice it is conformity”
If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.
Our society is full of hypocrites and irrational people.
Something has to be done’: Agent-general’s message to minister over trade job entitlements
Gold Coast DanFX forex trader extradited from Poland after $12m scheme fail
Daniel Ali has been arrested after allegedly using investor funds to buy property, luxury cars and shop at Louis Vuitton and Gucci before fleeing the country.
Daniel Ali, an unlicensed Australian foreign exchange trader, has been extradited from Poland and arrested for allegedly dishonestly using funds provided by investors to buy himself and his family property and luxury cars.
Gold Coast forex trader extradited from Poland after $12m scheme fail
Following last week’s savage attack, Simon Schama argues that disrespect is essential for democracy and the author’s fight for free expression is for us all …
Salman Rushdie and the sacred right to irreverence
Germany’s Rhine River at record low levels, freight shipping threatened.
How John Barilaro brought unwelcome scrutiny to the Nahas developer family
The Japanese government is encouraging alcohol consumption, in a bid to boost tax revenue
Long Matt Yglesias post on optimal taxation. Sadly gated but yes you should pay that tax!
Duncan Wardle believes everyone is creative but that it's getting harder to convince people of that. On the TEDxAUK stage, he talks about the importance of creativity and why it will be the one core human element to compete in a world that is becoming automated faster than we can think.
The Theory of Creativity - Wardle
Shaviro Reviews Rebellion, Rascals, And Revenue: Tax Follies And Wisdom Through The Ages
Stanford Law Profs' Son — A 'Vegan Crypto Billionaire' Megadonor — Seeks To Change Washington, D.C.
An Interpretive Battle Among Textualists Judges Over Statute Criminalizing False Liens Against U.S. Officers or Employees
In United States v. Pate, ___ F.4th ___, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 22174 (11th Cir. 8/10/22), CA11 hereand GS here [to come], the majority opinion sets up the issue decided in the opening paragraph:
Title 18 U.S.C. § 1521 prohibits the filing of a false lien or encumbrance against the property of any officer or employee of the United States “on account of the performance of official duties.” In 2018, Timothy Jermaine Pate filed various false liens against John Koskinen, the former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and Jacob Lew, the former Secretary of the Treasury. There is no dispute that Pate filed the false liens to retaliate against Lew and Koskinen for acts they performed as part of their official duties. The twist here, and what makes this a case of first impression for this Court, is that Pate filed the false liens after Lew and Koskinen had left their positions with the federal government. We therefore are presented with the following question: Does § 1521 apply to false liens filed against former federal officers and employees for official actions they performed while in service with the federal government? We conclude that the answer to this question is yes—the plain language of § 1521 covers both current and former federal officers and employees. Thus, for the reasons discussed below, and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm Pate’s convictions predicated on violations of § 1521.
What are the types of ‘classified’ government documents? Explaining ‘Top Secret’ and more. USA Today
our interest is conflict of interest bad cattitude. Light at the end of the tunnel
