given that we already have an unrepresentative body - the senate - i might be willing to entertain ideas about opening it up so that it is proportionally staffed. i mean, bringing party lists into the senate wouldn't be a big change from what already exists. we wouldn't be losing a representative body.

a brief proposal of a bicameral legislature of this sort would be as follows:

1) the house of commons remains riding based. i would like to see it moved to a ranked ballot system, as well.
2) the senate is reformed to be staffed from party lists based on a strict proportional representation.

legislation would continue to largely begin in the house, and then be sent to the senate where it can be thought over a second time, with much sobriety (this was always a joke, right? or was john a. not allowed in the senate premises?).

this actually kind of saves the whole system, as it allows the senate to fulfill it's function in a neary literal manner.

the elder trudeau really turned a lot of things on their heads. he's maybe the only politician i'm aware of that would lie to conservatives, and then govern further left.

the best example of this is the wage + price controls fiasco in the mid 70s, coming out of the opec oil crisis and the resulting stagflation. the conservatives at the time were still old tories, so they were opposed to free trade and in favour of state intervention in the economy. a lot of voters were afraid that their income would be stunted if the government tried to enforce wage controls. so, trudeau campaigned against the conservative party's promise to bring in wage & price controls.

after he had won in large part due to his promise not to bring in wage & price controls, he brought in wage & price controls. like, the day after. with a zeal that made it clear he had balls out lied in your face about it.

that's just the most famous example...

well, this is good, but like i say - it's kicking the can down the road.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/04/08/new-york-buy-american_n_15874840.html

the show last night was enjoyable.

i didn't realize there was an opening band - i thought it was two opening djs. i needed to sit down for the bulk of the opening band's set 'cause i was a little bit tired all of a sudden after having a cigarette out back. must've been the weather. anyways, i had no idea what i was listening to, but the neo-bjorkian voice and gentle guitars coming from the stage were rather soothing, in the ambience of the cross-legged seating. my kindergarten teacher would have said i was sitting like an indian, but she was a racist old lady and she's probably dead, now. she wouldn't let me hula hoop, either. she even yelled at me for reading, a few times. the old hag. i really hated her. it wasn't her actual name, but i called her missus pajamas - which was close enough. maybe there's a more technically correct yoga term for the posture, but i always thought she was talking about native americans, anyways :\. the point is that my enjoyment of this set was greatly aided by the atmosphere of it, which was zonked right out on the floor. it was kind of exactly what i needed to hear, in the situation of floor tourism that i was in. i was able to stand up for the last song or two...

i went into the floating points set realizing it was a little overhyped, and unsure if i was going to get more 70s rehash or something a little bit more warp records. i didn't really get either; it was more goldie than squarepusher, and enjoyable for the head cave, but not what some people want to claim it is. i don't want to dissuade you from it, because i legitimately had fun with it. i'd just caution you from expecting something that it isn't.

i did not take footage because there kind of wasn't footage. it was dark. i'm pretty sure there was a guitarist there. i'm not sure if there was a drummer there or not, but am leaning towards there not being one there. so, it was more of a dj set in feel if not in fact, and i don't usually take footage of dj sets.

i couldn't find the right bouncer last night. i'll have to wait until i can.

i mean, i'm not going to start randomly calling cops. i don't want cops doing random investigations, either. that's a shitty deal for everybody and likely to end with people getting ticketed for j-walking and shit. i'm not doing that.

i'll do the investigation myself and very specifically target any action accordingly. i have to reiterate that i don't know what happened, but that i can't just not react to any random attacks, if they happened, especially if they were politically motivated. i had headaches for weeks. it's potentially a fucking hate crime, guys. but, i need to understand what happened before i got legal on anybody's ass - and, i'm sorry, but you shouldn't begrudge me if i have to do it.

my hearing to have the property owners ordered by the state to build a big, beautiful wall between the units is may 11th. there'll be so much fresh air, your heads will spin, folks. i probably shouldn't have been posting here at all, but need to be a little more guarded now that the date is set.

what about the show last night? well..