Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Snakes have friends too: Go NYe

“Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
IBAC to embrace more flexible work after COVID-19, says CEO Marlo Baragwanath
YOU NEVER KNOW 'TIL YOU TRY: ‘This has definitely recast the way you think about how you can work remotely and the ease with which that’s happened,’ she said.





‘Rampaging’ Roy Slaven said the duo will use the chance to right some of the wrongs in the world.
“With the world spinning out of control, blighted by climate change, economic train wrecks, incompetent governance, pestilence, species extinctions and intolerance, it’s a great opportunity for H.G. and myself to steady the ship by applying the slide rule of common sense to the simple passion that unites the world – our respect and love for the healing balm that is rugby league”, said Slaven.
H.G. Nelson echoed the sentiment.
“Roy and I are humbled by this opportunity to put our shoulders to the Rugby League ambition of bringing world peace and harmony through violence and chaos. I had tears in my eyes when the light turned green for two bludgers with bugger all to offer to be part of something we can all be part of”, he said.
The ABC said ABC Radio was the duo’s “spiritual home”.

Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson have been making Australia laugh for the past 35 years.
Roy and HG (photo credit: ABC)



But as Australian Story found out, behind their brash alter egos, John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver lead much quieter lives.
John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver, better known as Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson, are one of Australia's most enduring comedy partnerships
After meeting on the set of a children’s television show in 1985, they established an act that parodied the clichés of sporting commentary. Before long they had a weekly radio show on Triple J that ran for 22 years.
Rare insight into chemistry that's kept Roy and HG on air for 35 years - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au › news › john-do...


The Horrific Ecstasy Of Burning Your Own Writing



Or, more usually, why writers instruct others to do it after their deaths. “The elemental annihilation of destruction by fire is so absolute, and this is where the horror lies for me. If writing is slow, quiet, creative work, burning pages is quick, loud, and flagrantly destructive. Where once there was something, afterward there is nothing. There’s something irresistibly dramatic about the act of applying a naked flame to the corner of a page and watching the paper disappear in a sheath of fire.” – LitHub
 Economist data journalist James Tozer via Twitter – “NEW, FREE DATA: We have just published the code and data behind our excess mortality tracker on Github. We believe this is the first public resource to provide this information, and we hope academics and journalists can use it for their research https://github.com/TheEconomist/covid-19-excess-deaths-tracker. For several weeks @martgnz and myself have been cleaning, analysing and presenting this data on our tracking page @TheEconomist, which provides interactive charts and is free to read. Excess deaths are now being widely used to analyse the covid-19 pandemic, as the most comparable measure across countries. But as @MaxCRoser pointed out yesterday, none of this data has been turned into a public resource yet. Eagle-eyed readers might note that we have several countries in our Github repo that are not included yet on the tracking article page @TheEconomist. We are redesigning the page and will be launching it next week. I will be keeping this repository updated throughout the pandemic. If you have any suggestions, either for things to change or countries to add, please email me: jamestozer@economist.com.”








APS should have raised issues regarding controversial sports grants program, McKenzie says
NOT MY FAULT! The former sports minister blames public servants for not voicing their concerns sooner over her decisions.




 “Men Waiting for a Train,” by David Biespiel | The New Yorker.


Philip Kennicott: The Healing Power Of Pity


“Seeing ourselves as pitiable requires rethinking fundamental ideas about America’s history, purpose and destiny. It obliges us to do something that is intolerable, to accept our weakness, even impotence, in the face of larger forces.” – Washington Post
Funding model for NSW corruption watchdog ‘unlawful’, says barrister leading cruise ship probe
THE PURSE STRINGS: A report tabled in parliament said the ‘undesirable’ and ‘unlawful’ aspects of ICAC’s funding model must be addressed

 Snakes have friends too National Geographic

 Attempt: An Overview of Federal Criminal Law, Updated May 13, 2020: “Attempt is the incomplete form of some other underlying offense. Unlike state law, federal law does not feature a general attempt statute. Instead, federal law outlaws the attempt to commit a number of federal underlying offenses on an individual basis. Occasionally, federal law treats attempt-like conduct as an underlying offense; outlawing possession of drugs with intent to traffic, for instance. One way or another, it is a federal crime to attempt to commit nearly all of the most frequently occurring federal offenses. Attempt consists of two elements. One is the intent to commit the underlying offense. The other is taking some substantial step, beyond mere preparation, collaborative of the intent to commit the underlying offense. The line between mere preparation and a substantial step can be hard to identify
Killer Corruption Project Syndicate
‘Long Overdue’: Antitrust Cases Reportedly Brewing Against Google at State and Federal Level Common Dreams. The WSJ reported on this and I thought about posting, but decided it wasn’t ripe yet. But I will likely post soon.
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