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  • The presence of a young Rachel Garrett seems to suggest it (she was likely born around 2300, so the movie could take place around 2330).

    I don't know if we'll see any actual maroons, though - I think they're operating outside of the Federation.

  • the Discovery-era

    Well, this seems poised to be set sometime after "The Undiscovered Country," which is actually one of the more interesting aspects for me.

  • He handles himself well, but it's light on policy. The closest he comes is saying something about how Canadians deserve a carbon tax that puts the burden on big companies, and not on the people. This would seem to suggest he would make some changes there.

  • Maybe, but he didn't have anything to do with this carbon tax, and his Jon Stewart interview seemed to hint that he feels some changes might be in order there.

  • My plan is to go in expecting a goofy action movie, and hopefully I'll find at least parts of it more compelling than that.

    I've always felt that the Georgiou character is potentially interesting, and I liked her Discovery send-off. Of the "new" characters, Alok sounds interesting, and I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with Garrett.

    I'm giving myself 50/50 odds of enjoying it.

  • Okay then, the next election will happen when the next election is called.

    Let me know if I used any words that are too big for you.

  • I think you're probably correct - she's got a lot of baggage simply by virtue of having served in the government.

    Nonetheless, I think it would be good for the party to have a serious leadership race with at least a couple of legitimate contenders.

  • The likely scenario is that, immediately upon Parliament resuming next month, the Liberals will immediately lose a confidence vote, triggering a snap election. The opposition parties have all stated that they will initiate a confidence vote at the earliest opportunity.

    In the unlikely event that doesn't happen, I imagine JT would remain on as PM until the mandatory election this fall. Were he to step down, he would probably appoint a sitting MP as interim PM.

    As a fun(?) aside, Canada has had two PMs who served while members of the (unelected) Senate, and MacKenzie King and John Turner both briefly governed without a ministerial seat.

  • No one is expecting Carney, or anyone else, to serve as an unelected PM.

  • I think Freeland has a good head on her shoulders, and I hope she enters the race if only to hear her ideas, but Carney has the electoral advantage of having nothing to do with the Trudeau government.

  • The Fuck Trudeau and pretty boy mantras are going to ring pretty hollow against Carney.

    If Carney becomes leader, I expect they'll pivot to WEF/Illuminati nonsense.

    Whether that will work is another matter entirely.

  • I think the NDP came to a realization that hitching themselves to the Liberal government had outlived its political usefulness, and it might be better to put some distance between them before the next election.

    I don't really pay much attention to the BQ.

  • News Organizations.

    Jump
  • Go ahead and post some alternatives if you're so upset about it.

    Beyond that, how about letting people share what they want to share?

  • I clicked hoping for a shot of the "Academy" set and left disappointed, but it's a neat article regardless. The opening anecdote is great:

    Olivia Chow has a model starship in her office.

    It’s the USS Toronto, a Parliament-class vessel slightly bigger than her hand. An accompanying plaque features a quote from her husband, Jack Layton, who died in 2011.

    “Always have a dream that will outlast your lifetime,” it reads.

    Layton, the former federal NDP leader, was a fan of “Star Trek.”

    I'd like to know where the model came from - was it a gift?

  • Trek hasn't really fleshed things out, but I would think that's the goal of Bruce Maddox and other synth developers.

  • The Mega Bloks license ended in 2018. BlueBrixx was 2021-2024.

  • Don’t a ton of the episodes deal with life outside the federation, boldly go where no (hu)man has gone before and all that? Hell, DS9 took place on a space station outside the federation…

    I think it's a stretch to say that they do. The primary characters are nearly always Starfleet/Federation characters, and the events of the episodes are generally seen through their eyes, even if they are technically outside the Federation. The main exception would be the DS9 Ferengi episodes, but there's really only a handful of those.

    Risa was part of the Federation. Unless that was retconned with nu-trek or something…

    The only reason Risa came up in the article is because the pitch of the new show is that it's set on a resort planet, and people unfortunately lack imagination and assumed that meant Risa, even though the pitch also said it was set outside the Federation.

    This interview confirms that the setting is not, and has never been, Risa.

    We'll see how it all pans out. I feel somehow skeptical that the Federation perspective won't worm its way in there somewhere.

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