~ Mark Twain
Lederman: The Untold Tale Of A Tax Rulings Haven
Emmanuel Macron being brutally honest in Prague today: "Who launched the war in Ukraine? Vladimir Putin. Who threatens us, whatever we do whatever we say, with nuclear weapons? President Putin. If every day we explain what our limits are in the face of someone who has none and launched this war, I can already tell you that the spirit of defeat is there lurking. Not amongst us."
About 50,000 people have been hit with a text warning them they have been linked to alleged drug runners after NSW Police shut down 26 suspected "dial-a-dealer" phones in Sydney.
Strike Force Wessex was established in April last year to investigate alleged criminal groups involved in drug supply across the NSW capital.
The text message read, "The NSW Police Force: Strike Force Wessex has identified this number engaging with an organised crime drug supply 'dial-a-dealer' phone. If this continues you may be subject to further investigation. Cease all contact now."
About 50,000 receive text warning by NSW Police as drug phones shut down
The keeper of the Vatican’s secrets is revealing century-old discoveries for forthcoming jubookAssociated Press
Investors gobbling up homes in one of Calif.’s last affordable regions SFGate: “Tax them into the ground.”
Biden to form ‘strike force’ to go after price-gouging The Hill. The Ford “Whip Inflation Now” program had more teeth, and they were not enough.
Toward a durable, dictator-proof Washington Post – David H. Rothman’stimely, outside the box commentary addresses the growing wave of news outlets abruptly closing down their websites, laying off staff, and in some cases, eliminating access to their respective archives.
Rothman proposes an alternative to “how do I charge them enough” to stem the tide of closures, an avenue he prompts billionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, to consider. A good-sized trust or corporate equivalent would enable the Washington Post to be run as a sustainable enterprise in the public interest, rather than as a mere profit generator.
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