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  • egerlachtoOntarioHey Ontario, are you doing OK?
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    1 month ago

    The problem as I see it is that both the OLP and the ONDP see the other as “taking their voters”. “If only those idiots supporting the <insert party here> would vote for us, then we could defeat Doug Ford!”

    Meanwhile, if they ran as a semi-coalition, and got out of each others way in a few dozen ridings, they could at least reduce Ford to a minority, or possibly form a coalition. In the absence of proportional representation or a ranked ballot (or both), it’s the best way to prevent vote splitting among 60% of Ontario from allowing Ford to win again.

    Examples:

    Notably, I would leave ridings like Humber River—Black Creek out of consideration, as that’s a solid 3-way race.

    If you’re concerned about being able to govern as a coalition, make your #1 priority electoral reform. Get that done and then see where it goes from there.

    I took 5 minutes, and looked at one polling aggregator, and found a possible path to moving 4 seats. You need to move ~30 seats to get Ford out of power according to today’s polling. If the OLP and ONDP can’t work together to find a path to victory for them together, neither of them deserve to lead, IMO.

    (Fortunately for me, I get to vote for Catherine Fife (NDP-Waterloo), and her seat is pretty safe)






  • I hear the screams of the vegetables (scream, scream, scream)

    Watching their skins being peeled (having their insides revealed)

    Grated and steamed with no mercy (burning off calories)

    How do you think that feels? (bet it hurts really bad)

    Carrot juice constitutes murder (V8’s genocide)

    Greenhouses prisons for slaves (let my vegetables grow)

    We have to stop all this gardening (it’s dirty as hell)

    Let’s call a spade a spade (a spade is a spade is a spade is a spade is a…)



  • They’re Japanese patents, so maybe they’re already circulating in Japanese media and haven’t been translated yet.

    Alternatively, maybe the Japanese Patent Office requires you to follow some bureaucratic process to get a copy: like you have to be a lawyer and it takes 4-6 weeks to get your reply. I don’t know, but Japan just finally got rid of its last laws requiring floppy disks for certain processes a few years back, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility

    I’m sure we’ll hear the details soon.