27-10-2015: driver troubleshooting, pt 1

this isn't terrible, actually. a little more forward thinking than their last record, which was total pandering.

i'm not going to pretend there's a high chance i'll enjoy this record, but as far as lead singles go this isn't anywhere near as bad as a lot of their previous hits.

see, this is broadly true in general, but it goes both ways.

on the one hand, most people aren't going to notice. on the other hand - and i'm sure you'll agree - if somebody decides to really analyze, they are going to notice.

it reduces this concept of "passing" to something that is entirely dependent on circumstance, at least until the post-op point. the reality is that very little effort is required to "pass" in at least 90% of circumstances. it's not something most transgendered people really have to worry about that much. then, some effort is required to pass in about 9% of circumstances, and that will vary as the criteria becomes more stringent. and that other 1% - which is dependent on people paying extra close attention - is just impossible, for anybody that's pre-op. unless you want to put a roll of quarters in there or something.

"actually, it's a banana."

when you realize this, i mean really realize this, it ought to take the weight off, though, rather than act as a constant point of discomfort.

i just want to add that they consistently came off as amateurs - like they were in over their head. just simple things, like the budget costing for example. the ndp released theirs first in the form of a spreadsheet. the liberals released theirs shortly afterwards in a full colour, glossy pdf. it may seem trivial, but when these kinds of things build up over weeks it builds a really serious contrast. then, you had the "tampon tax", this idea that they could trick people into thinking they're campaigning on a $15/hr federal wage, and i could go on for a while - it just all came together to present the impression that the ndp were running for a much lower office. there subsequently came a point where they no longer became a "serious" option, and that's when they collapsed.

you have to give the liberals some credit for running a very professional campaign. but, what the ndp need to learn from this is that if they want to run to form a government in a g7 country, they need to take the process a little bit more seriously.

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/10/27/NDP-Was-Not-Ready/

umm...

trudeau wrote our constitution.

harper is not likely to leave much of any significant legacy at all.

i'll tell you what: i'll agree we should build an airport for harper, but only if it's connected to the rb bennett hotel for travelling economists and takes direct flights to the george w. bush airport.

this isn't a serious idea, and will go away very soon - along with any and all legislative memory of harper.

there is one serious legacy harper will leave us with, but it's not legislative, it's judicial.

all the charter challenges and repealed laws have left a nice, hefty pile of case law for future judges to draw upon.

www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/27/stephen-harper-airport-calgary-petition_n_8399556.html