tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post3284780444918024985..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: Fresh to you from the least trusted newspaper in Australia ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85470598900314244282013-12-23T16:08:49.819+11:002013-12-23T16:08:49.819+11:00Well, well. The sheer firkin irony of it all. Most...Well, well. The sheer firkin irony of it all. Most trusted media corporation? Tax dodgers ... sorry, sorry ... "evaders" <i>de la plus haute hyprocrisie</i>.<br /><br />News Corp has the <a href="http://wr.victas.uca.org.au/assets/5463/ASX100_and_secrecy_jurisdiction_report_May_2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">highest number</a> (of ASX100 companies) of "subsidiary organisations" nested in financial secrecy jurisdictions globally. And, FFS, that information is drawn from USA reporting requirements! (see page 40 of linked report)<br /><br />So, Teh Ooze <i>is</i> is a drain on the taxpayers of Australia. We might hope, vainly, that the Worshipful Fabulists of Onan might just STFU about "national interest", "cost to taxpayers" and other such maunderings. But, given the crashing silence about this little nugget of information ... what are the chances?<br /><br />Again. Thank you DP. Have a wonderful Festivus.<br /><br />Royton De’Athnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85602119857791161512013-12-22T09:16:57.515+11:002013-12-22T09:16:57.515+11:00Now and then I also read Wikipedia as I have done ...Now and then I also read Wikipedia as I have done this minute to read about bribery:<br /><br />Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other person in charge of a public or legal duty.higgs bosonnoreply@blogger.com