Tom Falconer
@tfalx.bsky.social
husband; dad; itinerant Canadian; retired tax guy and part time Californian
Would the transfer of shares to pay the wealth tax be a taxable event resulting in recognition of the gains accrued on the transferred shares? (I.e., so the act of paying the wealth tax would also result in triggering capital gains tax too?)
August 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Would the transfer of shares to pay the wealth tax be a taxable event resulting in recognition of the gains accrued on the transferred shares? (I.e., so the act of paying the wealth tax would also result in triggering capital gains tax too?)
But not quite. In fact, it’s one of the few places on Earth where one can actually see the curvature of the Earth.
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
But not quite. In fact, it’s one of the few places on Earth where one can actually see the curvature of the Earth.
Call me crazy but, employing renewable energy sources to conserve a valuable but exhaustible materials resource for future generations… wouldn’t that be the more conservative thing to do?
July 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Call me crazy but, employing renewable energy sources to conserve a valuable but exhaustible materials resource for future generations… wouldn’t that be the more conservative thing to do?
What happened to the America of Grantland Rice? When did it turn from “it matters not if you won or lost, it’s how you played the game” to venerating “greed is good” and “kick butt” as credos and values?
July 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
What happened to the America of Grantland Rice? When did it turn from “it matters not if you won or lost, it’s how you played the game” to venerating “greed is good” and “kick butt” as credos and values?
The US’ much vaunted “checks and balances” are wholly based on a presumption that the legislative, executive and judicial branches, and the free press, would be populated in the majority with people of courage and character. No provision was made for the possibility that presumption could fail.
character.no
July 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The US’ much vaunted “checks and balances” are wholly based on a presumption that the legislative, executive and judicial branches, and the free press, would be populated in the majority with people of courage and character. No provision was made for the possibility that presumption could fail.
Why’s this an issue now, when it was a complete non-issue for the first 60 of my 77 years on earth? Maybe 1 in a thousand is transgender and I’m sure that 1’s been comfortably using and continues to use their gender’s restroom without incident or anyone even noticing, let alone raising a fuss.
June 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Why’s this an issue now, when it was a complete non-issue for the first 60 of my 77 years on earth? Maybe 1 in a thousand is transgender and I’m sure that 1’s been comfortably using and continues to use their gender’s restroom without incident or anyone even noticing, let alone raising a fuss.
Forgive me, I thought you were defending the bombing against Kinzinger’s implied criticism thereof.
June 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Forgive me, I thought you were defending the bombing against Kinzinger’s implied criticism thereof.
Has it not occurred to you that this US bombing could accelerate their acquiring nukes “for their own protection”, either by their own means or by getting them from their allies, like N. Korea, China or… Russia?
June 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Has it not occurred to you that this US bombing could accelerate their acquiring nukes “for their own protection”, either by their own means or by getting them from their allies, like N. Korea, China or… Russia?
It’s interesting how, once the four of them have you helplessly pinned to the ground, they always find it necessary to beat your head in.
June 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It’s interesting how, once the four of them have you helplessly pinned to the ground, they always find it necessary to beat your head in.
What message was the Army sending to Trump, yesterday? Obviously, the officer corps (the General Staff?) had to be in on this obvious snub. Were they telling him that the US Army can’t be used by him for his own unConstitutional ends? Let’s hope so.
June 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
What message was the Army sending to Trump, yesterday? Obviously, the officer corps (the General Staff?) had to be in on this obvious snub. Were they telling him that the US Army can’t be used by him for his own unConstitutional ends? Let’s hope so.
If we’re talking about putting Man on the Moon, NASA recruited dozens of Canadian engineers specifically to work on the Apollo Space program, including the guy who headed up NASA’s Space Task Group, the lunar lander chief engineer, the guy who developed the Apollo 11 heat shield, etc., etc.
June 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If we’re talking about putting Man on the Moon, NASA recruited dozens of Canadian engineers specifically to work on the Apollo Space program, including the guy who headed up NASA’s Space Task Group, the lunar lander chief engineer, the guy who developed the Apollo 11 heat shield, etc., etc.
Well you can start by stop using euphemisms like “tone deaf”. She’s not “tone deaf”. She’s uncaring, negligent and doesn’t give a sh*t about anyone other than herself.
May 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Well you can start by stop using euphemisms like “tone deaf”. She’s not “tone deaf”. She’s uncaring, negligent and doesn’t give a sh*t about anyone other than herself.
Ah, but how to distinguish the disinterested act from the corrupt? The inability for anyone to conclusively draw that distinction is why politicians and judges must avoid both the impropriety itself and any appearance of impropriety, too. And why there’s an emoluments clause in the Constitution.
May 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ah, but how to distinguish the disinterested act from the corrupt? The inability for anyone to conclusively draw that distinction is why politicians and judges must avoid both the impropriety itself and any appearance of impropriety, too. And why there’s an emoluments clause in the Constitution.
Is it illegal in Chicago to be both a Cubs fan and a White Sox fan?
May 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Is it illegal in Chicago to be both a Cubs fan and a White Sox fan?
And that password is "password".
April 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
And that password is "password".
Sadly, it’s not coming “in” to the US. Whatever the actual amount is, it’s being paid by American consumers to the US treasury. Not a dime is coming from outside the US.
April 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Sadly, it’s not coming “in” to the US. Whatever the actual amount is, it’s being paid by American consumers to the US treasury. Not a dime is coming from outside the US.
Someone (i.e., an importer) has to take it to Court and then the Trump administration has to agree to follow the Courts’ decision when, 6 to 10 years from now and after all his rights to appeal are exhausted, he ultimately loses…
March 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Someone (i.e., an importer) has to take it to Court and then the Trump administration has to agree to follow the Courts’ decision when, 6 to 10 years from now and after all his rights to appeal are exhausted, he ultimately loses…
What does this mean in practice — that, if he were to become PM, he wouldn’t be allowed to see classified material, or that he’d be allowed to see classified material without having been cleared to see it? And what is he currently permitted to see as Leader of the Opposition, btw?
March 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
What does this mean in practice — that, if he were to become PM, he wouldn’t be allowed to see classified material, or that he’d be allowed to see classified material without having been cleared to see it? And what is he currently permitted to see as Leader of the Opposition, btw?
Correction Senator, he and everyone else on the chat s/b impeached.
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Correction Senator, he and everyone else on the chat s/b impeached.
Trump will claim every vote for the Conservatives is a vote for the US “annexing” Canada. Canada needs all the symbolic rejection of those ambitions it can muster and, thus, like him or not, PP & the CPC must “take one for the Gipper” and get clobbered this time.
March 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trump will claim every vote for the Conservatives is a vote for the US “annexing” Canada. Canada needs all the symbolic rejection of those ambitions it can muster and, thus, like him or not, PP & the CPC must “take one for the Gipper” and get clobbered this time.
As the Canadian party most closely identified with Trump, Trump will claim every vote for the CPC is a vote for the US “annexing” Canada. Thus, Canada needs all the symbolic rejection of those ambitions that it can muster and, like him or not, PP must “take one for the Gipper” this time.
muster.so
March 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
As the Canadian party most closely identified with Trump, Trump will claim every vote for the CPC is a vote for the US “annexing” Canada. Thus, Canada needs all the symbolic rejection of those ambitions that it can muster and, like him or not, PP must “take one for the Gipper” this time.
Q: will New York or EJC ever be able to collect those judgements from DJT?
March 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Q: will New York or EJC ever be able to collect those judgements from DJT?
The Board (which he obviously owns, too) should have fired him (and the Cybertruck) long before now, for the sake of the brand. Now it’s too late and the brand’s likely tainted forever.
March 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Board (which he obviously owns, too) should have fired him (and the Cybertruck) long before now, for the sake of the brand. Now it’s too late and the brand’s likely tainted forever.
He's not an agent. "Agent" suggests the possibility of having some agency of one's own. Rather, he's "owned" lock stock and barrel by Russia in general and by Putin in particular. There's no other way to explain his actions - the dismantling of US institutions and alliances - to date.
March 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
He's not an agent. "Agent" suggests the possibility of having some agency of one's own. Rather, he's "owned" lock stock and barrel by Russia in general and by Putin in particular. There's no other way to explain his actions - the dismantling of US institutions and alliances - to date.
It didn’t surrender, it defected to the invader’s side.
March 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It didn’t surrender, it defected to the invader’s side.