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21 February 2010
Frank opinions and the almost inevitable local response
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Geoff Meeker recounts what has become an inadvertent sub-theme of his blog; the reaction in the local community to frank opinions expressed...
Academics and firearms
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Ah yes, but will Amy Bishop start posting her delusional comments to the Internet from her prison cell? -srbp-
20 February 2010
One Haig in a century
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Alexander Haig, the career army officer and former secretary of state died Saturday aged 85. Haig served in the Richard Nixon and Gerald ...
Budget hints from Marshall
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Excerpts from a speech by finance minister Tom Marshall, in Corner Brook, as reported by the Western Star : Although he said the rate t...
19 February 2010
The Post-Danny World
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Political junkies - especially every Tory in the province - will no doubt be glued to their sets tuned to NTV and their exclusive interview...
Elizabeth Towers Fire Inquiry – The Elizabeth Towers Fire and its Investigation
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Continued from Part 1 – Introduction and Commission This Commission of Enquiry was appointed because of the publication of two police repo...
18 February 2010
Premier on the mend – office breaks “sacrosanct” privacy shroud
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Despite the official claims that the Premier’s health is a matter which ought not be discussed whatsoever, both CBC news and VOCM – known ...
17 February 2010
Hibernia benefits overestimated: economics prof
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“The oil industry success we enjoy today is not what many expected… many people could not believe in the vision of Newfoundland and Labra...
16 February 2010
Danny to recuperate in Vancouver?
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Political gossip columnist Jane Taber is pushing the idea on Tuesday that Danny Williams might take a spell from his recuperation to drop i...
Hibernia South: the buried news
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So the final legal agreements are signed. Nothing has changed since the announcement of almost exactly the same details in June 2009. S...
Government probing attitudes on private health care, education
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According to someone who participated in the current poll by government pollster Corporate Research Associates, the provincial government qu...
Elizabeth Towers Fire Inquiry – Intro/Commission
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First Report Public Enquiry into Release and Publication of Police Reports into Fire at Elizabeth Towers, St. John’s Submitted ...
15 February 2010
Hibernia South newser
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The consortium behind the Hibernia South project is expected to hold a news conference at the Delta Hotel in St. John’s at 11:30 AM, Tuesday...
Provincial Government Broadband Disaster
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A mere two months after pumping up its broadband initiative on a federal government website , the provincial government announced Monday tha...
Social media’s inadvertent funnies
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Every now and then you get one of those automated e-mails that just hits you a wee bit funny. Like the subject line from this one received...
Ineffective advertising
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At a time when the population is getting smaller and the average age is rising steadily, it’s nice to know that the provincial government’s ...
14 February 2010
Trivimania: the answers to our Premier quiz
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Go back here for the questions. Remember that for all but the last question we excluded Premiers who held the office but who did not win...
Freedom from Information: Joint federal-provincial edition
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Now you know things between the two Connies are good when they co-ordinate a joint freedom from information program on a national park/provi...
13 February 2010
Deep Throats
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Him: “So, man like why do you call him Deep Throat?” Me: “Because you can’t say ratf*ck on television.” ______________________________...
12 February 2010
Media strategy by Chris Crocker
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It’s been the better part of two weeks now since it started and the Cultists are still bombing any available media outlet with the same lin...
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