a few last points about the federal election.

- the conservatives are unelectable under this village idiot, andy scheer. he should be working as a bank teller or an accountant or something; this is not the kind of person you want making broad decisions about the future of the country.

- the liberals may promise things, and they may sound good, but i wouldn't believe them. what did bush say? "fool me once......shame on...fool me twice, then, won't get fooled again!". well, we met the new boss and he was the same as the old boss. if you get fooled again, shame on you.

- the liberals lie about the big picture, while the ndp are notoriously dishonest when it comes to the most basic bullshit, and it's been that way for years. i have this sneaking suspicion that layton was really strict about it, because olivia chow would string entire sentences full of lies together, and this is what has taken over the party since he died. mulcair was the most cynical, day-to-day liar i've ever seen. and, people are already wondering if singh is too dishonest to state his opponents' positions properly, or too stupid to understand them. all politicians are dishonest, but the ndp are particularly awful in the post-layton era, so please be particularly careful about what they say. i was an ndp voter through much of the 00s; the primary reason i started taking the liberals seriously again in the first place is that the ndp were just so fundamentally disingenuous all of a sudden. so, careful.

- the greens are tempting, but they have no real fundamental core ideology, so it's impossible to know what you're getting. this is ironic, because may is also the only leader that you can really easily pin down. this could help them - it's arguably what got trudeau elected, along with both obama and trump, this ability to project your own fantasy on to the candidate, because they have no beliefs of their own. but, this is dangerous, because the only thing we can say with any certainty is that she will be gone soon, and the party will change dramatically when she is. i've been saying for years that i won't be able to take the party seriously until she's gone, and ultimately upheld that position this  cycle. i've also been saying that they won't breakthrough seriously until she's gone, and hope that they don't miss their chance. but, if they can get her out and clean up her mess before the next election, watch out.

- i kind of wish i could vote for the bloc, actually. my dad used to tell me that - he thought the best candidate was always duceppe, and wanted him to run for the liberals. i never quite agreed with him. but, in this dearth of serious options, they're looking appealing, and i hope they bounce back.

- maxime bernier will probably lose his seat. their economics suck. don't bother.