LG at 265 ...luncheon of Mittleuropean proportions
Putin family used Estonian bank for money laundering: report
Salim Mehajer electoral fraud case 'powerful'
NSW Liberals ordered to repay $250000 in unlawful election...
Salim Mehajer found guilty of assaulting Seven reporter Laura Banks
Salim Mehajer found guilty of assaulting Seven reporter Laura Banks
Parliament House uses whiteboard to sneak Michaelia Cash into Parliament House ...
Re:"public interest immunity"
Senator CAMERON: I've got news for you, Chair: I will be asking questions consistent with my right as a
senator and consistent with the Constitution.
Senator CAMERON: I want to indicate that we will not be accepting the position that the committee has
adopted. As individual senators and as a party, we object to what is being done. There is a clear cover-up going on
in relation to this. This is, in my view, not only a breach of the Constitution and of the constitutional rights that
we have as senators, it's a breach of Odgers' and a breach of decisions and advice that we've received in the past
from both the former Clerk, Rosemary Laing, and the current Clerk, Mr Pye. So we are not prepared to accept a
position that gags proper and legitimate questions of the minister. We will pursue those questions during the day. Senate Estimate Is Sunlight the Best Disinfectant?
US New Tax Scam, and Tips On How to Deal With It
If you weren't expecting an income tax refund but discover a big deposit from the Internal Revenue Service in your bank account, don't be quick to celebrate. You may have been the target of a clever newscam. The latest twist in tax-time identity fraud involves thieves who pilfer personal and financial ...
SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Women Report More Rudeness at Work From Other Women. “Across the three studies, we found consistent evidence that women reported higher levels of incivility from other women than their male counterparts. . . . In other words, women are ruder to each other than they are to men, or than men are to women.”
Where’s the campaign to do something about that? To be shaw to be shaw (sic)
As H.L. Mencken said. . . .
Should The Press Really Be “Objective”? That’s A Relatively New Idea
Widespread objective, nonpartisan media did once exist in this country, from roughly the 1950s to the late 1970s. But at the time, that was something new, too. Before that, there was no press other than the partisan press. Newspapers controlled by the Federalists branded Thomas Jefferson an “infidel,” while the Democratic-Republican press called George Washington a “traitor.” Before journalism became a “profession” in the Progressive Era, newspaper editors organized parties and held meetings in their offices. So if the passage of modern objective news is lamentable, it is also not all that surprising. … Read More
Willful Blindness -- Does the Concept Expand the Statutory Element of the Crime of Knowledge? (2/24/18)
In United States v. Carbins, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 3585 (5th Cir. 2018), here, the defendant "was convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, seven counts of aiding and abetting theft of Government money in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 641, and one count of aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1028A."
Worst Roommate Ever New York magazine
Former Freemason, 51, found drunk and naked inside a huge pipe organ with a toy gun and remote-controlled police car says he got lost while trying to hand out cheeseburgers to the homeless Daily Mail (Richard Smith)
Unenlightened thinking: Steven Pinker’s embarrassing new book is a feeble sermon for rattled liberals New Statesman. Philosopher John Gray pulls no punches.
A startup that runs marijuana dispensaries is America’s first $1 billion marijuana ‘unicorn’ Business Insider
Vatican sets up dedicated exorcism training course The Register (Dr. Kevin). Can they do a mass exorcism for elites in the US?Tech companies should stop pretending AI won’t destroy jobs MIT Technology ReviewKentucky pension reform bill would move future teachers into cash balance plan Pensions and Investments
Meghan Markle Kisses Old Life Goodbye With Traditional Family Execution Waterford Whispers News (PD)
Some of the World’s Biggest Lakes Are Drying Up. Here’s Why. National Geographic
Are Driving Bans Coming for German Cities? Der Spiegel
Militant, hard-liners or Nazis’ – How those challenging the status quo are labelled The Journal.ie (PD)
America’s Liberalism and Other Inhumane Styles of Governance at Home and Internationally Global Justice in the 21st Century (PB). Richard Falk. Long but well worth your time.
