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felis_ultharusPolitics
Like the rest of the 62% majority who voted to the left of Harper last election, I'm very much hoping for the coalition. Harper seemed genuinely shocked that his attempt to kill off the other parties by destroying their funding has provoked a passionate reaction.
This is a great time to be an NDPer. I'm really hoping that parliament doesn't get prorogued. And in this most anti-Harper city of Canada, I keep catching that rarest of creatures, the cheery conversation about politics. Whether Liberal, NDP, or Blocquiste, those who follow federal politics in this city are almost giddy.
I feel sorry for Michaëlle Jean. I figure that governors general are like retired superheroes -- they likely don't think about their special powers, and then they only hope never to have to use them.
Video Games
The excitement didn't keep me from finishing Shadow Hearts, yesterday. This is a game made by the small company Sacnoth, founded by alumni from the Final Fantasy franchise. Someone told me they thought the Final Fantasy series was too repetitive, and felt it needed something else.
Apparently that something else included 13th-century English scientist Roger Bacon and his pet imp, wild historical inaccuracies, daughters of married Catholic priests, gay acupuncturists with very little professionalism, gods of death, anatomically correct monsters, anatomically very incorrect monsters (how does that thing stand?), pretty vampires, steampunk treadmill-operated teleporters, and space-alien gods.
It is a very fun game, with some highly original elements, and well worth the playing. It's incredibly campy, but when your Dickensian orphan is taking down an space god in orbit with his slingshot, you're too distracted to notice how strange the game is. Very absorbing.
Like the rest of the 62% majority who voted to the left of Harper last election, I'm very much hoping for the coalition. Harper seemed genuinely shocked that his attempt to kill off the other parties by destroying their funding has provoked a passionate reaction.
This is a great time to be an NDPer. I'm really hoping that parliament doesn't get prorogued. And in this most anti-Harper city of Canada, I keep catching that rarest of creatures, the cheery conversation about politics. Whether Liberal, NDP, or Blocquiste, those who follow federal politics in this city are almost giddy.
I feel sorry for Michaëlle Jean. I figure that governors general are like retired superheroes -- they likely don't think about their special powers, and then they only hope never to have to use them.
Video Games
The excitement didn't keep me from finishing Shadow Hearts, yesterday. This is a game made by the small company Sacnoth, founded by alumni from the Final Fantasy franchise. Someone told me they thought the Final Fantasy series was too repetitive, and felt it needed something else.
Apparently that something else included 13th-century English scientist Roger Bacon and his pet imp, wild historical inaccuracies, daughters of married Catholic priests, gay acupuncturists with very little professionalism, gods of death, anatomically correct monsters, anatomically very incorrect monsters (how does that thing stand?), pretty vampires, steampunk treadmill-operated teleporters, and space-alien gods.
It is a very fun game, with some highly original elements, and well worth the playing. It's incredibly campy, but when your Dickensian orphan is taking down an space god in orbit with his slingshot, you're too distracted to notice how strange the game is. Very absorbing.
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Date: 2008-12-05 09:52 am (UTC)I tend to just describe her as the symbolic leader of Canada -- she entertains dignitaries, gives arts awards, attends funerals and cuts ribbons, so that the PM doesn't have to do things. But she also plays final referee in elections. This time I think she's made a bad call.
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Date: 2008-12-05 10:32 am (UTC)It was a difficult position for her to be in, but this decision sets a bad precedent. Now anytime a prime minister is in danger of a vote of non-confidence he can just say, "Please, Mme Governor-General, may I have a prorogation?" Way to dodge the will of Parliament, there.