Interesting Links for 22-11-2011
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andrewducker- The spider that can process things too complex to fit in its brain all at once.
- What the recent paper on statistical interpretations of quantum physics means. (I skipped the equations).
- The cool twists of language
- Should swearing be against the law? (Err, no)
- How the automatic transmission almost killed the sperm whale
- UN General Assembly Votes To Allow Gays To Be Executed Without Cause | The New Civil Rights Movement
- How SpaceX is revolutionarising space travel.
- This is how I feel about dress codes.
- 5 Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie
- British Columbia court to rule whether polygamy is constitutional
- The 12 Most Baffling Genres of Stock Photo, Explained | Cracked.com
- David Frum on the GOP’s Lost Sense of Reality
- Bionic contact lens to project emails before your eyes
- The Secret World - A Lovecraft meets Illuminati MMO
- Why the eurozone must change or die (part #1742)
- The daft hysteria over the EU's ruling on water and dehydration
- General tax avoidance prohibition should be introduced
- The Trials and Tribulations of HTML Video in the Post-Flash Era
- Are you a graduate with a child at least 18 months old? Take 5 minutes on a study to help understand autism.
- Can there be party funding consensus? (in the UK. Clearly there won't be in the US)
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Date: 2011-11-22 02:42 pm (UTC)Off the top of my head, Australia has had a GAAR for years. Brief internet research reveals that Canada and New Zealand also have them.
I was able to find this article on the sometimes difficult history of GAAR in Australia, which illustrates my point:
http://www.nortonrose.com/news/31251/claire-falkner-the-tax-journal-the-australian-gaar-experience-uncertain-outcomes