Tom Davidoff

Noem is still up to dirty pool, pressure for her to be dumped should continue

I hope people are on identifying this guy.

Maybe we can call the $50K or whatever in the food bag combat pay for Homan?

A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...

Arizona, November 2020

Flip The Vote

I just gave a bunch of money here: www.flipthevote.org. I am going to try to not doomscroll and yes do something to make $ to give to these good people. I will likely fail because very hard not to watch.

thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca, happy to discuss.

Should Canada reopen to foreign investment? - Is DRIPA a risk to B.C's democracy? - Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? - the plight of restaurants in 2026

Thoughts on the belt and suspenders of tax and ban open.spotify.com/episode/7rRU...

I recently had the chance to chat with @wazaroff.bsky.social who is running for mayor. He is smart, has great judgement, and spends his time providing affordable housing for those who need it. He would make an excellent mayor.

Hugely disappointed in @durbin.senate.gov, TimKaine (who should know better, having nice guyed his way into losing to Trump/Pence), Maggie Hassan, Sen King, @shaheen.senate.gov, and Jacky Rosen.

You watched the election and decided that caving to authoritarians in exchange for nothing was wise? Are you aware that the big brand problem for Dems (and a brand problem for Dems means disaster for America) is fecklessness? Not too late for you to undo this stupid betrayal of party and country.

Video has arrived of our annual UBC Sauder School of Business panel discussion, this year on the future of multifamily housing finance. Thanks to our panelists Graham Drexel, Suzana Goncalves, Nick Marks, and Neil Levecque, P. Eng. I certainly learned a lot. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dvk8f...

Wouldn't the city make bank by putting in red light / stop sign cams? Is there really a plurality of people stupid or narcissistic enough to think it's a bad idea? "Let's have a negative NPV policy that kills and maims people."

Solution to BC condo glut: let developers do short-term rental for a fee, somewhat lower than empty homes + spec tax, have to make good faith effort to market properties. Help fend off bank losses, preserve developer liquidity, ease hotel shortage. Hard to see who loses.

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Two good things about @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social from what I have seen:
1. Works hard and listens to reason.
2. Fundamentally a decent and kind person. I wouldn't be very worried about corruption stuff if she were mayor and I think she'd give a lot of attention to homelessness/addiction.

This is an interesting metric. I suspect there are similar abuses of speech "rights" with respect to COVID, herpes, and warts.

The Future of Multifamily Housing Construction Financing With housing still unaffordable, governments at every level have committed to increasing multifamily construction. However, in Canada’s most expensive cities, new projects have stalled. This panel wil...

The evening of October 23rd, we will be hosting a panel discussion on the future of multifamily housing finance. I think a very important topic and a great opportunity to schmooze with real estate industry and policy professionals. www.sauder.ubc.ca/event/future.... I hope to see you there.

Good question. You could ask by how much does govt subsidize typical apartments and assume that's the social externality. So *maybe* 20% of value over lifetime. Say 4%/year annualized social cost of 20% = .8%. So maybe a range of .25% to 1.5%. At current rates tax paid >> occupancy, I suspect.

I don't have the years and years it would take to download the series from Fred, but would be interesting to know if he cherrypicked maturities.

Some locals wrote up advice to @gregorrobertson.bsky.social , here is my reply to their advice docs.google.com/document/d/1...

YouTube video by m._cello Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro, Wag the dog - I want the credit!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm-5...

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy? The enema of my enemy is my enemy?

Question about the Big Beautiful Bill: the Supreme Court has decided that tipping politicians for a job well done is legal, and the bill deletes taxes on tips. So if a rich guy gives a pol a bribe/performance bonus, is that now non-taxable?

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president’s son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the begin...

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u... !!

Not easy to get fired by Trump for incompetence, but seems like he just waltzed right into it?

nice

Lock for decent cabinet spot, right? Unless Eleanor Olszewski is like RoboMP super genius?

Rep Sara Jacobs (D-CA) introduced formal amendment to limit “use of funds for a makeup studio for the Secretary of Defense”