The Sir Robert Bond Papers
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12 January 2009
Rumpole and the Minister’s Choice
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For the record, here is the section of the Provincial Court Act, 1991 under which cabinet appointed Don Singleton to be a Provincial Court...
Rumpole and the Nose Puller
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As CBC’s David Cochrane reported this evening Don Singleton had not one but three run-ins with the law for impaired driving in the 1980s ove...
Rumpole and the Doddering Old Man
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Don Singleton won’t be sitting on the provincial court any time soon. He withdrew his application , declined the nomination - whatever is...
11 January 2009
Old Harry: Jurisdiction dispute holding up oil exploration
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According to Deer Lake Oil and Gas , a small oil company headed by former Peckford and Moores era advisor Cabot Martin, exploration of promi...
Whose line is it anyway?
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In this case a transmission line for the Lower Churchill. A couple of weeks ago, former Premier Roger Grimes took issue with a comment by ...
Sunday Morning Horror Flick
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This may look funny, but it isn’t. It is all too close to the reality of modern business and government. Some of you will recognise peop...
10 January 2009
Freedom from Information: NL gov’t keeps lid slammed tight
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The province’s score on public access to government records is boosted by the performance of municipalities across the province. But that’s ...
Rumpole and …
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Things overheard in the clerks’ room at Number 3 Iniquity Court: 1. and The Old Boys Net, Redux. Seems there was an omission from the b...
09 January 2009
Budget Farce starts next week
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In keeping with tradition, Jerome Kennedy, the province’s noob finance minister, will be holding a round of farcical “consultations”. The...
08 January 2009
Foggy Bottom probing expropriation; other diplomatic inquiries to follow?
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According to The Telegram , American diplomatic officials have inquired with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador about Bill 75 . Th...
Rambler halts mine development
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In what it calls the first phase of a cost reduction program, Rambler Metals and Mines is halting all underground drilling and pre-developm...
Shithouse?
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Down this way, ignorant has a connotation that others may not pick up. To be ignorant means that one is unaware of facts, but to be ignora...
Clueless, useless “opposition”
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Lorraine Michael is clueless. She obviously – painfully obviously – doesn’t understand how cabinet appointments are made. How the heck el...
07 January 2009
Kruger to trim production by 25K tonnes in first half of 2009
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A short news release from Kruger on Wednesday confirmed the company will shed 25,000 tonnes of production in the first half of 2009 with t...
Nostalgia: CF-101 Voodoos
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Some eye candy for the interceptor lovers out there: a short vid of 12 Canadian Forces Voodoos flying in formation. Your humble e-scribbl...
06 January 2009
St. John’s declares war on Tim Horton’s
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St. John’s city council doesn’t have much better to do – evidently – than to impose a ban on drive through eating establishments, particula...
“The Celtic Tiger may be dead…”
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From the New York Times , a perspective on the Irish economy and the impact the global economic crisis is having on the model once held alof...
Nice work if you can get it, patronage appointments version
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Voice of the cabinet minister puts a happy government- face on the news that the provincial government just appointed Ed Drover to the off...
The rules only apply to other people
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Michael Walker is right when he draws this analogy to Danny Williams’ expropriation bill: Under the terms of the monopoly that Mr. Wil...
05 January 2009
Coming soon to the History Channel!
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What have we learned from history?
The Great Sheaves Cove Chainsaw Massacre
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News of a racket in Lourdes between two fellows clearing snow brought back memories from 25 years ago of a story from Sheaves Cove , anoth...
So now we know where the Ig-man was…
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Before you pile on Lawrence Martin’s latest column , consider the following: 1. The has to be a really good reason why the new Liberal le...
03 January 2009
Bond Papers unveils BP’s draft whistleblower legislation
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Williams acknowledged one election promise he hasn't kept yet is to enact whistleblower legislation, which would protect government e...
Not my department:
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The provincial government’s innovation department achieved almost all its targeted reduction in “red tape” during the fiscal year ending Ma...
02 January 2009
This should be interesting…
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New staffer in the opposition office come Monday: Joan Marie Aylward. Former health minister. Former finance minister. Former minist...
How Jim will screw Iggy and his crew…
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Tax cuts are always politically popular. What political party – especially one headed by a guy who isn’t at all keen on an election any ti...
Airborne
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For a total change of pace, here are some videos of paratroops exiting aircraft. In the first video, left, they are clearly not doing ...
01 January 2009
China squeezing iron ore prices
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China is starting out the New Year by limiting imports of iron ore . That is likely to further depress ore prices or ensure they stay low. ...
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