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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was ready to pack it in after the first, and I'm not convinced the Jets deserved that win after the abysmal away games, but damned if they didn't get it together tonight...eventually.

Another thing to consider is that many people simply aren't that engaged, and the news ecosystem on both sides of the border has deteriorated to the point where it's very easy to go through life with bad information, or no information at all.

It's probably not that hard for a low-information voter to be swayed by big talk, even if they're not a cultist.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think it's a nuanced question - I've heard that the Cuban community in Florida is very Republican because they're seen as stronger against the Cuban regime.

In other cases, I think people are very willing to vote for people who promise to help them with their most immediate problems (regardless of how credible those promises are), and overlook the rest.

And we should never underestimate the willingness of people to close a door behind them once they've gotten through it.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

One thing he doesn't touch on (much) is that a significant number of NDP supporters - probably "working class" supporters - seemed to flip to the Conservatives, and not the Liberals.

The party is going to have to reckon with that, too.

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

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 18 points 2 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.

Everything I've read says it's a pretty comprehensive overhaul, except maybe the routes along the major arterials.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 14 points 2 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.

 

Interesting choice for first official phone call.

 

Overall, Canada's pollsters continue to be very good at their jobs

Special congratulations to the Mainstreet team this election!

Source: Polling Canada on Mastodon

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 2 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 7 points 2 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.

 

Jamie Ellerton, a Conservative strategist who worked for past leader Erin O'Toole, said Poilievre is likely to hang on to the leadership at this point — although a possible Liberal majority call could complicate things.

"I think he has rock-solid support among the party membership," Ellerton said in an interview.

Other Conservatives say Poilievre's future is to be determined, given the Liberals will live to see another day and victory slipped through his hands.

"This is a big loss to a tired government that's been in power for 10 years," one senior Conservative source who worked for Poilievre in the past told CBC News.

"The guy couldn't do what needed to be done. He utterly refused to acknowledge that the ballot box question had changed to the bitter end," the source said, referring to the U.S. trade war.

 

The 2026 Star Trek Ships of the Line Calendar, featuring the Original Starship Enterprise on the cover, over a planet with a shuttlecraft in the foreground and a one nacelled starship to the right behind it.

The back page of the Star Trek Ships of the Line Calendar for 2026 with multiple inset images of all the hero ships from Star Trek shows done by a variety of artists in photo real to cartoon styles, all in original artwork just for the calendar.

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