Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – Jeremy Nuttall discusses why the Cons’ temporary foreign worker program is ripe for abuse, as it ensures workers have every incentive to avoid…
January 2014
Gruending: Our Prime Minister Is A Christian Zionist
Dennis Gruending discusses the PM’s trip to Israel, with an account of some of the folks in his entourage that contains information I was not aware of. A brief flavor:…
Climate change and the military-industrial complex
This letter was written in reply to our recently published interview with Noam Chomsky about climate change. You can read the original Chomsky interview HERE. The one important aspect of…
Why Do Conservatives Accuse Everyone Of Marxism & Nazism So Much?
Anyone familiar with politics online has encountered the very common strain of right winger (some are “libertarians” instead of conservatives, but I didn’t want to burden the title too much)…
Saskatoon Shiners #exploresk
Saskatoon is a beautiful city, so don’t let these photos fool you. Every city has a few shiners here and there. “There”, in this case, is downtown. This is the…
Jan. 26: The issue in the NB election.
I was just old enough to remember them coming to the house to say goodbye. And though it was long ago, I can still see their faces and hear their…
How Dry Is It? The Wet Coast is Parched.
Forest fire warnings in Oregon in January, are you kidding me? July, August, yeah. January? Hell no. In January, Oregon, always a rainy place, is supposed to be smack in…
A Day Of Rest
Once again in my neck of the woods, we are experiencing punishing cold, cold that is predicted to remain throughout the week, so it seems like a propitious time to…
Measuring the generation factor.
Pollsters must pull their hair about it. They cannot get reliable readings on the under 30s. They are not sure they understand the mindset. These young people are not easy…
Canada’s Herbert Hoover
Some people rejoiced last week, when Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz announced that interest rates would remain where they are. But Scott Clark and Peter Devries write: Reading between…
PM to call for emergency debate on Ukrainiant democracy
Inspired by @stephenlautens & this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harper-to-call-for-emergency-debate-on-ukraine-1.2510898
The War on Information Continues.
It has been revealed that in addition to the‘consolidation’ of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans libraries, where reports say that despite assurances that much of the material would be…
Stephen Harper and the Latest Porky Scandal
His bloated junket is over. He's back in Canada.Just in time for the re-opening of Parliament tomorrowJust in time for the latest porky scandal. Read more »
Robbie Burns and the Scottish Independence Question
Well today is Robbie Burns Day, and all over the world tonight the Tartan Army is marking the bard's birthday, piping in the haggis, and no doubt drinking heavily.And although…
Hitting them where it hurts
Companies sponsoring the Homophobic Olympics in Sochi are being shamed across the world for their contributions to the Russia games. The MacDonald’s hashtag #CheersToSochi has been hijacked by LBGT activists.…
A new normal
Unsurprisingly XKCD nails it, but head on over there to read the mouseover text, I am sure it perfectly describes more than a few Planet3.0 readers (and writers!). And we…
Life in Conor’s "Back Yard", Fredericton’s North Riverfront Trail, in 2013
2013 was a challenging year for Conor and Dad health wise. I spent a week in acute care with some respiratory issues and Conor spent 2 weeks in hospital, including…
In Sunday’s Sun: when you call someone one of the worst things you can call them
Of all the serious accusations that can be made, calling someone an anti-Semite is among the most serious. What is it? The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington –…
Arms Race Update – China Goes All Hyper
There’s a dangerous tendency in the West to take a condescending view of Chinese technology. We tend to think of it as it was twenty or thirty years ago –…