Some Americans disturb me. Yesterday, a commenter told me to eff-off on my timeline on Facebook. I had expressed opinions at Think Progress that he didn’t appreciate so he came over and told me to eff  myself (but he used the real f-word).  Later he took down his comment. Still, we cannot judge an entire country on the basis of isolated trolls on the internet, who may only be interested in writing offensive comments in order to piss you off. However, some months ago, I received  from a former US government employee a private email that mocked me because I am a Christian. Of course, this same man also scorned my views on his own blog (without mentioning me or the Isaac Brock Society by name), but to take it to the level of sending me a taunt to my personal email is somehow barbaric.   This former government employee undoubtedly has a very high opinion of himself. But why do these Americans drop the level of conversation to a child’s game, whereby they get their five-year old jollies? The man that told me to eff-off on Facebook claimed that he represented the majority of Americans, judging by the last two presidential elections.  So alleged US persons, please meet your persecutor: the Obama voter.

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Republican Party to vote for repeal of U.S. anti-tax dodging law

Tue, Jan 21 2014

By Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican Party is expected to approve a resolution this week, calling for repeal of an Obama administration law that is designed to crack down on offshore tax dodging.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/us-usa-tax-fatca-idUSBREA0K1VS20140121

An example tweet:

#AskSnowden r u aware of #FATCA chasing all US persons via every bank in the Milky Way? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-EVF7CZt_w

http://www.freesnowden.is/

News
Live Q&A with Edward Snowden: Thursday 23rd January, 8pm GMT, 3pm EST
Questions can be submitted on twitter on the day of the event using the #AskSnowden hashtag.

I’m moving this to the top.

PS: The other person referred to is Brocker ‘disgusted’. It was great to finally meet ‘disgusted’ and would love to meet more from Calgary and area. We talked to lots of FATCA interested people and passed out information at the end of the meeting. We both felt it was a worthwhile trip in the dark of the Alberta winter, although (with me driving) getting a little lost and a little late to the ‘meet and greet’.

From: carol tapanila
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 7:18 AM
To: Jeremy Broadhurst ; alex.lanthier@parl.gc.ca ; justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca
Subject: Re: REMINDER: Action required and Justin Trudeau ‘Meet and Greet’ in Okotoks last night

Thank you for your morning email soliciting my membership in the Liberal Party.

A so-called ‘US Person’ in Canada (born “accidentally” in a US hospital to Canadian parents – there for 5 days) and I drove from Calgary to Okotoks last night for the Justin Trudeau’s ‘meet and greet.’ From the back of the room I did ask Mr. Trudeau a very important question during his short Q&A,

“What will you and the Liberals do regarding FATCA when Parliament resumes and gets down to the business of running this country?”

He acknowledged the question and then said something like, “…for you in the audience who don’t know what FATCA is, it is about people who have made income in the United States…” then went into a comparison, talking about something else entirely. He left us with the impression that he doesn’t know what FATCA is or at the least is not well versed of the consequences of FATCA US extra-territorial law entering Canada. This US extra-territorial law coming into Canada will result in loss of dollars from Canada’s treasury and loss of its very sovereignty, entitling our country’s banks and credit unions (what the US refers to as “foreign financial institutions” for those persons in Canada who our Canadian financial institutions discover in search for ‘US Persons’ using US definitions of “indicia”). FATCA will be a cost to every Canadian taxpayer who also pays banking fees to cover the cost of implementing FATCA and has the ability to destroy the lives of those ‘US Persons’ in Canada who pay their taxes to the country in which they live and work and pay taxes and receive their services and benefits. We are Canadian.

I reached Mr. Trudeau as he greeted persons after his Q&A and asked:

“Will you answer if, with FATCA, ALL Canadians will have the same rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?”

There was an answer from Justin Trudeau, but not a straight and simple ‘Yes’ or ‘NO’.
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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/22/3191631/fatca-tax-evasion-repeal-rnc/

Lets pound this bastard into sand.

Thanks, Badger,  for posting the NDP press release issued today.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2013
CANADIANS DESERVE ANSWERS ON FATCA

OTTAWA – Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty must address growing public anxiety about the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and secret negotiations over an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for the implementation of FATCA in Canada.

“A complete lack of transparency, communication and consultation on the part of the Conservatives has exacerbated fears among those who have serious concerns about FATCA,” said NDP pensions critic Murray Rankin (Victoria). “Negotiations are being held behind closed doors while Canadians remain in the dark as to the integrity of their personal banking information.”

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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jesse-eggert/40/b93/133

I don’t have any more details about Mr. Eggert but he appears to have left the employ of Treasury/IRS and is now living in Paris working the OECD.

For this not familiar with Mr. Eggert here is a video of him sparing with friend of the site James Jatras at George Mason University:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agk7-xqywHc