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31 October 2012
Calculators #nlpoli
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Nalcor’s new marketing website for Muskrat Falls includes a little feature that supposedly shows you what your electricity bill will be wit...
The DG 3 Dog and Pony Show #nlpoli
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Big Show. Room full of people all there because they have a direct interest in the project. Live streaming by the news media. And all ...
30 October 2012
Getting ready for the onslaught #nlpoli
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Some things to bear in mind as the provincial government starts its latest information offensive on Muskrat Falls: These aren’t “final”...
29 October 2012
The Self-Inflicted Wound #nlpoli
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When did the companies involved in the Hebron project sanction it? Anyone? Don’t google it. When did ExxonMobil and all those companie...
Darin King and the Tory Charm Offensive #nlpoli
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A couple of the exceedingly small changes in the recent cabinet shuffle came out of the Bill 29 fiasco. Felix Collins went from the relativ...
27 October 2012
Moebius’ Skipjack
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Here are some views of Moebius’ 1/72 scale USS Skipjack held together with green painter’s tape. Skipjack was the first nuclear-powered ...
26 October 2012
Muskrat Falls Trends #nlpoli
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Just for the fun of it, here is a graph of the frequency of searches for the term “Muskrat Falls” in Canada since November 2010. Accordi...
25 October 2012
From wonderment to bereavement #nlpoli
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The decline in the quality of public life in our province over the past decade is matched by a decline in other places across Canada and in ...
The Business Case for Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
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All sorts of business people in Newfoundland and Labrador love Muskrat Falls. Funny thing is that they don;t talk about risk, profits, cas...
24 October 2012
Muskrat Falls – The Importance of Transparency #nlpoli
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Nalcor will install new generating capacity at Portland Creek in the mid-2030s despite having about 1200 gigawatt hours of electricity avai...
23 October 2012
Peckford Book Signings #nlpoli
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Because some people have asked, here is a list of upcoming book signing opportunities by Brian Peckford for his memoir Some day the sun will...
When engineering becomes imagineering #nlpoli
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Nalcor issued a news release on Monday to correct inaccurate statements about the water management agreement between Nalcor and Churchill F...
22 October 2012
The Separated at Birth Comparison
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Mark Quinn, the guy who reports the news on CBC. Stuart Bloom, the guy who owns the comic book store on everyone’s favourite show. ...
Hydro’s Problem Questions #nlpoli
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As the Telegram reported on Saturday, the Public Utilities Board has suspended consideration of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro’s 2013 capit...
One fine Friday afternoon, or change versus more of the same #nlpoli
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A little over a week ago, Kathy Dunderdale told the provincial Conservative annual meeting that her administration is overspending. Dunderd...
19 October 2012
Stephen Harper and Principle #nlpoli
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale, from her unscripted speech at the Tory party annual meeting, via the Telegram’s James McLeod: We didn’t sup...
Sally’s Cove, Labrador #nlpoli
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During the last federal election two polling stations in the riding of Labrador closed for two hours after an Elections Canada worker drove ...
18 October 2012
The Dangers of Being a Mythbuster – 50 is the new 70 #nlpoli
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Look around and anyone can find a huge amount of information about Muskrat Falls and electricity in Newfoundland and Labrador. For all tha...
The Challenge of Perspective #nlpoli
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From Kathy Dunderdale’s unscripted speech to Conservative party delegates at the 2012 annual meeting: Only the people who love us very...
17 October 2012
Loyola Sullivan and conflict of interest #nlpoli
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From the report by federal conflict of interest and ethics commission into certain actions by former fisheries ambassador Loyola Sullivan: ...
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