Revolutionary Moderation

Updates from yesterday's posts



The Saskatchewan election wasn't as close as expected in raw votes (over a 5% difference), but the seats managed to be distributed in nearly a dead heat again. Congratulations to Premier Calvert, who continues to be Premier Calvert. The big losers were the Liberals, who I suspect were victimized by anti-SK Party strategic voting (which also explains the opening-up of the vote gap).



One of the owners of Panda Garden has come out very publicly to serve up an explanation for the freezer dogs. He suggested that no one would have been trying to pass off the dogs as some other meat, but that they may have been offered as a delicacy to those whose appetites lean toward the canine. (I can hear you groaning from here.) Gusty of him, I think.



As predicted, I attended Matrix: Revolutions last night, and it turned out to be a passable actioner in three parts. The first part was to encourage us to forget all the bull we were fed in Reloaded, the second was a too-long version of Starship Troopers (troops get prepared for big battle while discussing the angst of their interpersonal relationships, followed by said battle), and the third - well, the third part of Revolutions was nonsense, but it was still more cohesive nonsense than anything in #2. I would prefer to believe that at the end of The Matrix, Neo makes his phone call to The Powers That Be, flies off, end of series. Or perhaps afterward, Neo and friends start going on rescues, handing out red pills like Tic Tacs as they drag people out of the Matrix, while the Sentinels hunt for, perhaps even capture, Neo in the meat world. Disappointing compared to the remarkable first film, I'm happy to acknowledge, but at least consistent with the first. You could come out feeling adventure-movie happy. Better than the KeyMaster / TrainKeeper / DogCatcher / DungRunner garbage they came up with, that made the sequels feel like you were playing Mystic Adventure on your new Intellivision some time around 1983, albeit with better graphics.