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24 August 2007

Master of our own domain: Give-aways? Did I say give-aways?

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From labradore , a little tidbit buried in the middle of a long and detailed dissection of Premier Danny Williams' changing views of t...
23 August 2007

Ethics and professional integrity

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An eloquent rejoinder to recent smears, from Geoff Meeker. -srbp-

Masters of our domain: national and international reaction

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1. Financial analysts are reacting favourably to news of a pending deal to develop the Hebron oil field offshore Newfoundland. From the ...

Masters of our domain: province lowers royalty for Hebron pre-payout phase

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"I've indicated publicly before, when Mr. Grimes offered the more favourable royalty regime, that I wasn't in favour of that,&...
22 August 2007

Waiting for the "real deal": deconstructing the Hebron announcement

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"That's the details...That's where the deal gets done. That's where the off-ramps are. That's where the security is for...

Hebron go ahead

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From the National Post : However, the gambit appears to have paid off. According speculation in Newfoundland Tuesday, he will announce a mem...
21 August 2007

Breaking: Hebron deal?

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From Cochrane's Crackberry - and discussed live on CBC's Here and Now - and the Financial Post online, word that there might be a...

LiberalOz to reconsider Long Tan gallantry awards

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Australia's Liberal government will reconsider awards given to members of the Royal Australian Regiment who participated in the battle ...

SOL: The Ontario Version

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The Globe and Mail recently gave Dalton McGuinty some advice on his version of the Summer of Love. Their advice would be well received in th...

Getting in the quota

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Odd that a news release emerges, in the third week of August, from the provincial government department known as InTRD , about an event at ...
20 August 2007

Is it wind or hydrogen?

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Some time ago, Frontier Power Systems registered a wind demonstration project on Ramea. The project received some international attention,...

Exxon signs rig for Indonesian drill program

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ExxonMobil has signed a deal with Seadrill to use its West Aquarius ultra-deep water semisubmersible rig for exploration offshore Indonesia...
19 August 2007

Soldier killed in Afghanistan

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Private Simon Longtin was killed in Afghanistan yesterday when the vehicle in which he was riding struck an improvised explosive device. Pr...

So how much is fair, exactly?

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When it comes to oil and gas royalties, there's a debate in Alberta. There's no debate in Newfoundland and Labrador. Mostly there&#...

The bonfire of the vapidities

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It's called a strawman . [ Right : The ultimate strawman, Guy Fawkes, is set alight in one of the annual celebrations of the defeat of T...
18 August 2007

SOL Day 53: Backdraft!

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As Russell Wangersky points out, the provincial government isn't above arranging some photo ops for firefighting equipment that has alre...

Far from that madding crowd

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Presidents in democracies are hemmed in by legislative bodies. Under our present system, whenever there is a majority government in Ottawa, ...
17 August 2007

The Power of Blogs

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In which some people discover the reality , namely that bloggers are not immune to libel and slander laws and in which we discover the pote...

The blower of pogs

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For your amusement on this friday evening in mid-August ponder the bizarre world in which some people live. When you can't deal with the...

The essence of blogging: Part Two

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Thought. What a concept. -srbp-