54 thoughts on “The Isaac Brock Leaker Society: The Movie”

1. Just Me: Robert De Niro

2. Good catch, Expat in the UK.

   Just Me must be in this movie of rag-tag dissidents. I want Roger in there too as he continues to warn what FATCA will mean in blow back to the US economy — and has been in this advocacy game longer than any of us.

   Think of the awareness if there was actually a movie! Entertainment of the masses seems to trump education by the media.

   Blaze (as in C3F Challenge) (and remember the plot she put together — I know I was Nina Olson in that scenario).

   Ex-Canadian Finance Minister Flaherty as he bows out (and in the absence of PM Harper ever uttering the word, FATCA)

   The Canadian MPs who actually “get it”

   How much better Meryl Streep would have handled an on-camera interview with CBC. I’ll look forward to seeing a pro do the same.

3. Thanks, Peter. How did you know Jack Nicholson is one of my favourite actors?

   Suggestion for theme song for sound track: children’s song “The Wheels on the Bus,” only with the words “go round, round, round” replaced with “fall off, off, off.” I recommend Ottawa Children’s Choir for the recording, but any other Canadian children’s choir would also do if more convenient.

4. Hmm, too many actors who are “US persons” 😉

   How about getting RUSH to do the movie soundtrack? (3 Canadian guys, for those to young to know…)

5. … my favourite CRA guidance to the FIs is the recommendation they consult with account holders with US indicia in order to “adjust the indicia” or whatever the interesting wording was that I saw somewhere. One begins/hopes to suspect that CRA and Finance are having trouble taking this seriously and may join in with multiple FI staff hither and thither (as I’ve heard rumours) in quietly sabotaging the whole mess.

   I can’t wait until IRS signs and IGA with Greece, given what I’ve heard from in-laws there about how banks and bureaucracies and computer systems function in that country. If Mopsick thinks the IRS computer systems will collapse under the weight of all the data influx, he ain’t seen nothing yet … FATCA systems at IRS will make the Obamacare roll-out look like a textbook model of superb engineering and planning. Even without “help” from irate furriners.

6. @schubert1975
   It seems our comments crossed paths. I amend my suggestion for the movie soundtrack to be: RUSH, together with the Ottowa Children’s Choir. 😉

7. Schubert, Jack Nicholson is the first actor that came to mine when I thought of you. I had not idea that you liked him.

8. @Schubert

   The word was “cure” the indicia.

9. I’ll take Dustin Hoffman from “All the President’s Men”, although I look more like Robert Redford.

10. An example of ‘curing indicia’ is to provide a CLN.

11. It was really cool to see the articles refer to government document “leaked by the Isaac Brock Society” — but to learn that Michelle Pfeiffer will be playing me in the movie, that really made my day 🙂

12. @notamused, I was thinking maybe the Bare Naked Ladies, and they could use, “If I had a CLN now … ” as the theme song.

13. Don’t forget “American Woman” by the Guess Who!

14. @WhatAmI: My version of American Woman turned into American Taxman Stay Away From Me. (I can’t sing).

15. Blaze, any suggestions on who should play you?

16. Hilarious! I’ll take my usual behind the scene role as a script or wardrobe supervisor, where my snarky comments might work to keep morale up on those long shoot days.

17. Nah, Bubblebustin, I decided that Glenne Headly, the Jackal, could play you.

18. Lol, Petros! She used to be married to John Malcovich – perfect!

19. Petros,

    I like very much your selection of Steve Martin to play the key role of IRSCF in the upcoming IBS Movie —but others might be quite upset with your choice.

    You need to know that Mr. Martin previously played a mean-spirited IRS agent on Saturday Night Live in which he severely confronted (I feel unfairly) Mr. Beldar Conehead and spouse Prymaat Conehead on their IRS compliance history.

    IRS was reasonably concerned that there might have been a willful failure to file tax returns while the Conehead family apparently lived in a foreign country (pre-FATCA France?)

    Steve Martin/IRS agent Turnbull asks: “Uh.. you see, Mr. Conehead, according to our records, you’ve only, uh.. [Beldar begins to chugging a whole six-pack of beer ] ..you’ve only been filing since 1968. Uh..”

    Mr. Conehead then replies helpfully to the IRS agent: “Ahhh! The morning meal! Shredded swine flesh.. and fried chicken embryos! Here. Dry citrus.”

    http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76nconeheads.phtml

20. @IRSCompliantForever, you make a good point. Do you think we should turf Martin from the cast?

21. No I would still keep him.

    Anyone who likes to play a banjo can’t be all bad.

22. NorthernDreamer, Diane Lane

23. oooops. I meant NorthernSTAR(Diane Lane), not northernDREAMER. I got her mixed up with NobleDreamer(Goldie Hawn)

24. I’m Jackie Chan!

25. My late husband thought I looked like jane fonda. My bubba brother says I AM Jane Fonda. I’m Jane Fonda, please.