ValueSubtracted

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It's probably another move to distance himself from Trudeau's choices.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 18 points 3 months ago (16 children)

That's up to the CPC.

Carney said a byelection should be held as quickly as possible to give Poilievre an opportunity to win a seat in the House of Commons, if that’s what the Conservative Party wants.

Carney's message is that he's not interested in playing Parliamentary games. I'm not convinced it's a good idea, but it's an interesting move.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No sitting PM wants to be seen spending millions on "their" house, and costs have skyrocketed thanks to decades of neglect.

On top of that, the house itself doesn't really meet the needs of the role, and both the house and grounds are considered inadequate from a security perspective.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That is definitely an assumption you could make.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and blame a technical glitch, and totally not human error.

Fixed.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like the Circle trilogy - the Bajoran government being unstable is a fun element to those early seasons.

It's a shame Shakaar was such a dud of a character, and the series sort of lost interest in the Bajoran civilian government as the Dominion and Kai Winn started to take up all the oxygen in the series.

politics favors short-term thinking

So does biology. Immediate gratification wins out over delayed gratification almost every single time.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's so weird to hear it referred to as "Netflix series" in the American trades...

In any case, I've been meaning to check it out. The buzz has been positive, and CBC has been promoting the hell out of it.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Chelsea did an AMA with us back in the Old Place when the book came out. She seemed cool, and fairly knowledgeable about, y'know, cooking.

I'd be curious to hear how the recipes turn out for you.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 27 points 4 months ago (17 children)

These are strange times indeed.

This election was so weird in so many ways, I think it will be some time before we fully understand what it all means.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Though in “More Tribbles, More Troubles”, Starfleet had developed quintotriticale grain.

They quickly came to realize that that's too many triticales.

It's a weird situation. Like it or not, Polievre just achieved the highest Conservative vote share since the 1980s.

That he still lost is astonishing, and it'll be a while before anyone can sort out the path forward.

But I suspect they'll keep him around.

 

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