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22 March 2005

Outside the box - The Independents

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Here's a reprint of the first column I wrote for The Independent in the fall of 2003. In light of the recent budget and its mantra of fi...

Oil money mysteries solved

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In earlier posts on the new provincial budget I raised some issues that struck me as odd. I undertook to provide further information once I ...

Find the missing cash in the budget

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While you're at it, notice that the government is reporting some of its revenues differently than it used to do. Go to the Estimates . F...

Loyola's Oil

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Remember the movie about a boy named Lorenzo and the combination of oils that temporarily relieved his medical condition. Alright, so the ti...
21 March 2005

Budget Spin Control 1: You read some of it here first!

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The budget for fiscal year (FY) 2005 is now public. It makes for some interesting reading and I'll have more in the days ahead. Here are...
20 March 2005

The Enduring Challenge of Change

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Far from being a new approach to regional economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador, Kathy Dunderdale's announcement of new fund...
18 March 2005

Clyde Wells' SEP is New Approach to economic development: Dunderdale

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St. John's. 18 March 2005 The Progressive Conservative Government of Newfoundland and Labrador today announced a revised version of the ...

More Anal than Anal is our motto, Mr. Deckard.

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Try this link about selling a house in Switzerland. Sounds like being in the army. Reminds me of a buddy of mine on his basic training cour...

Indy reads Bond

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Just a note for the sake of curiosity: For the first time since I started keeping track of this blog's hits (the audience), there was a ...

The Leader Opps

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Strange things happen on the flight to and from Labrador. That's where I was yesterday and on both the flight to Goose and the one back ...

Anne of Black Leathers

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News today that Hell's Angels, the notorious motorcycle club is opening a retail store. The shop, called Route 81, will reportedly sell...
16 March 2005

I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine.....

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In doing a google search, I came across this John F. Kennedy quote and felt a chill in my bones. "It is time for a new generation of le...

An ordinary day

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How appropriate that the Premier chose to include the words "An ordinary day" to a Great Big Sea song in the Throne Speech yesterd...
15 March 2005

Res ipsa loquitur, once more

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Throne Speeches have become dull creatures in some places that follow the British parliamentary tradition. Their words are to the ears and t...

Spin Control: Locally owned news very predictable

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This week is definitely the week when everyone should wait and get the Independent for free when it goes online Wednesday. Yes, I know you ...
14 March 2005

Spin Control: NBC offers whine with the news

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NBC Nightly news today offered up some whining to go with the rest of its coverage. The story: "GOP under fire for producing news ‘rep...

Danny Deficit Billions?

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If Loyola Sullivan's worst case scenario comes true, Danny Williams will increase the province's accrual debt by an amount that is 7...

Loyola Sullivan's Credibility Gap: Welcome to the Grand Canyon

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It is possible the CBC story actually misquotes Loyola, but I don't think so. Let's compare the claims Loyola makes and compare them...

Loyola's Brush: Sullivan signals return to Tobinism

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Be afraid. Be very afraid. In a CBC Radio story this morning, finance minister Loyola Sullivan, newly stripped by the Premier of his spine ...
11 March 2005

Buffing a TRD

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On a snowy Friday in March, a few days before the House is due to re-open Danny Williams decides to shuffle around a couple of portfolios. H...