Interesting Links for 05-06-2019

[andrewducker]

The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken

(tags:food usa chicken standards )

Trump UK visit: Sajid Javid is only senior cabinet member not invited to lavish state banquet for president. Can't imagine why!

(tags:racism USA UK politics )

Remain supporters aren't less likely to identify with country or local area - just that they have additional attachment to Europe

(tags:uk europe polls )

Good Omens: Neil Gaiman and creators on adapting the book

(tags:neilgaiman TV terrypratchett scifi )

Should the Lib Dems accept any defecting Change UK members who want to join?

(tags:politics UK libdem )

Lothian Buses boss: Why action is needed to tackle Edinburgh's growing congestion problems

(tags:transport edinburgh )

The strange story of Anneka Rice and the secret agent

(tags:TV business wtf )

Social transmission favours the 'morally good' over the 'merely arousing'

(tags:morality stories psychology memetics )

'Lemoga': Lake District hotel offers yoga with lemurs as partners

(tags:lemurs yoga )

Nuclear: Energy bills used to subsidise submarines

(tags:nuclearpower UK viaDanielDWilliam )

Culture is the secret of humanity's success, and Reason is a massive threat (long, and utterly fascinating)

(tags:society culture anthropology review )

Comments

[dewline]

1. Wondering about the Canadian rules re: this foodstuff now.

3. Such was already my understanding about Remainers in general.

Sidebar note: I am still of a mind that Canada should explore going beyond signing and adhering to CETA, to investigating the value of taking on full EU membership.

[andrewducker]

I'm not sure how the US would react to Canada doing that. Or if the EU wants to expand that far. I think that they might need to work on their organisation before absorbing Canada.

[dewline]

The current "management" in Washington will argue that NAFTA 2.0 (I will not use the Vulgarian's preferred acronym.) disallows such membership. I say that this can be solved to the satisfaction of Canada, the US and the EU alike.

You are right about the EU needing to figure out their own house somewhat, and what ambitions they want to have for the future. But I'd rather not tie Canada's future too closely to Trump and/or Putin and/or Xi. Really, I would rather not. Ever.