The Sir Robert Bond Papers
The real political division in society is between authoritarians and libertarians.
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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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20 September 2007
And it only took four days
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"It's good to have an opposition, but it's important that that opposition be a constructive opposition, it not be a name-cal...
Campaign Notes: Using the technology
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Step 1. Google any of the following words: "danny williams" "pc party" "newfoundland" Step 2: Che...
A non-story
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Someone picked up on the fact that some campaign signs - in this case for Tory Beth Marshall - don't carry any reference to the "D...
Two views of democracy
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From today's Telegram a rather bizarrely written editorial trying to make an issue of a candidate for one party who voted in the open n...
You whistle. Who barks?
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"We can't be a dying race." Premier Danny Williams Dog whistle politics is the use of code words that carry specific me...
Beth Marshall: Donations by MHAs "are appropriate"
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In an interview with the St. John's Morning Show , former Auditor General Beth Marshall blew away whatever credibility she had as a fear...
19 September 2007
An abundance of optimism
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There's a great story in the Wednesday Telegram assessing the possible performance of the Hebron royalty arrangement compared to the g...
Stephenville 2: Not on my watch
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From the Premier's remarks in Goose Bay on Tuesday: And I want people here to know that I am not prepared to leave Labradorians exclude...
Danny makes Bourque!
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Well, indirectly. But the original is here. -srbp-
Hiring baby ranchers
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From Washington Profile , an interview with Nicholas Eberstadt on the demographic problems facing Russia. Read the whole interview to under...
18 September 2007
Leader's Tour for Wednesday: Dueling banjos
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Danny Williams will be in Liberal leader Gerry Reid's district, the Isles of Notre Dame. That's an offensive play on the heels of t...
Election 2007: Day Two Notes
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1. Quote of the Day: "We can't be a dying race." Premier Danny Williams on his campaign promise to offer cash to people hav...
Danny's bootie call
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Here's the CBC story on the Tories $1000 bonus for having babies in Newfoundland and Labrador. Quote of the day, from the ram audio file...
It's come to this
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Known for years as the most sexually active people in Canada and, not surprisingly, known for having large families, Newfoundlanders and Lab...
Edible undies
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At a regular council meeting, St. John's Mayor Andy Wells made a joke about charging travel expenses to his city account, saying he woul...
Dueling youtubes
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Steve Kent, the Liberal cum Tory mayor of Mount Pearl, has a video on youtube. He gets big marks for using the technology: Facebook group...
17 September 2007
Leader's Tour Logic
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Leader's Tour has become a staple of modern politics. Everybody has one and where the leader goes can be an indication of strength or we...
Curious logic
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From the Gulf News : What ends up happening is the only opposition for government is the province’s media. But then government has a way o...
Election 2007: Day One Notes
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1. Story of the Day : Incumbents seeking re-election who were mentioned in the Auditor General's report on Friday but who were not ret...
Election prediction
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Not updated yet, but expect an provincial election prediction section at - surprisingly - electionprediction.org . There's also a predic...
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