How do you become a billion dollar economy? Become a trillion dollar economy and buy an airline.

Anytime someone says the EU would welcome Canada as a member I ask them how many EU countries have still failed to ratify the provisionally applied free trade deal with Canada (10) that was signed over nine (9) years ago, and when the last time was that any country ratified it (over 3 years ago).

He caucuses with the Republicans, so it's at most as independent as King and Sanders.

Gotta know in September if Habs are playoff material, which, well....

TIL they can send a camera person outside the CMM.

We need @jdcmedlock.bsky.social leading everyone in a rousing call of "God Bless the IRS!"

The problems are two: turnout is often lower, so a 60% MVAP can win with low turnout but might not statewide. And, as mentioned, incumbents who love easy campaigns. Both are worth overcoming, but it's hard to get people to vote against the system they got elected under. But if struck down....

It is possible to design in a lab a state where voters are so polarized and minority distribution is so concentrated that that FPTP will elect more minority reps than PR. But it doesn't happen even in the South, and this means more elected, as voters are often well spread out. And can't gerrymander.

The smallest current VRA state in Congress is MS with 4 (excl HI/NM). If one district was 50.1% min and the other three were 0%, that's 12.5% statewide, and the droop quota is 20%. So you only need 7/87 voters to vote with the minority, easy enough. But other districts aren't 0% minority, so easier.

The problems are two: turnout is often lower, so a 60% MVAP can win with low turnout but might not statewide. And, as mentioned, incumbents who love easy campaigns. Both are worth overcoming, but it's hard to get people to vote against the system they got elected under. But if struck down....

It is possible to design in a lab a state where voters are so polarized and minority distribution is so concentrated that that FPTP will elect more minority reps than PR. But it doesn't happen even in the South, and this means more elected, as voters are often well spread out. And can't gerrymander.

The smallest current VRA state in Congress is MS with 4 (excl HI/NM). If one district was 50.1% min and the other three were 0%, that's 12.5% statewide, and the droop quota is 20%. So you only need 7/87 voters to vote with the minority, easy enough. But other districts aren't 0% minority, so easier.

I'm gonna walk out of that door when I'm good and ready.

Didn't need to coordinate, the speaker would just hold the vote open for one of the others to show up. They held it open for hours earlier this year for that guy to fly back from Texas.

Legault taking a well deserved vacation and all you can think of is your stats. But don't worry, Air Transat doesn't fly to Zagreb until May.

Every time the NIMBYs complain the bike lane gets 10 blocks longer.

Would really up the value of the speaker if they had to scream "Division! Clear the lobbies!" more often.

They're waiting on Callais, not Virginia.

Sure, I said partly, but I also remember there were also a lot of attacks from the left/Dems that she wasn't competent as she hadn't been a judge, and maybe without that she'd have made it through on a bipartisan vote. Maybe.

It's partly how we got Justice Alito.

Seems he used that visit to announce a cut on fuel taxes. bsky.app/profile/mark...

Phillip Puckett - Wikipedia

You could also include this Virginia State Senator who resigned from a tied senate, creating a 20-19 majority and eventually a 21-19 one. There wasn't a trifecta though: D Gov, R House, tied (with R tiebreaker except on the budget) to R Senate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip...

1921 Canadian federal election - Wikipedia

No one really knows about 1921-1925 in Canada: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Ca...? [? will not hyperlink so add in manually or scroll down]

The Pope taking down a king? What did you think RETVRN meant? Vibes? Papers? Essays? Losers.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - NIMBY Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - NIMBY

I feel like he had just enough subtlety to make the NIMBYs, and only the NIMBYs, think he's one of them. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/nimby

The Pope strongly believes that all ships transporting goods or people between Vatican ports must be made in the Vatican, flagged in the Vatican and crewed by Vatican citizens. Otherwise do what you want.

Montreal has built a few too, and there's some cute art built into them as well. This one used to be a gas station, now it can hold a foot of water and then drain it in 48 hours. Won a bunch of awards. maps.app.goo.gl/9NakuYfQNUQs...

2026 est l'année de Linux sur l'ordinateur de bureau.

Sure, I'm just saying that MMP has malapportionment potential (see QC version of it c. 2019), plus the ability to make a second party for the list to get more seats, while STV has RCV so need to research a lot to rank everyone. Over the years I'm more and more convinced by simplicity.

I agree there'd be a political push for that, but I can't imagine a party would ignore that on a list. If a party's Ontario contingent only had people from Toronto at the top of the list they'd suffer around the province.