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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...
CNLOPB advises operators of changes to search and rescue practices
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The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board announced today that it has received some early recommendations from Commiss...
Credit where credit is due
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You either get credit because you deserve it or you don’t. Absolutely. When it comes to the Atlantic Accord, it is unfortunate that the ...
Not good enough for the big leagues
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Bill Clinton had two stents surgically implanted in an artery on Thursday after complaining of chest pains two days ago. Emergency surgery...
11 February 2010
Planted calls and personal threats against talk show host revealed
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In an interview with Geoff Meeker , VOCM Open Line show host Randy Simms gave the text-book definition of a planted caller. Simms was des...
Government smears landmark agreement with false statements
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The provincial government has tarnished the 25th anniversary of the Atlantic Accord by issuing a news release which contains false informati...
Customer Service: Tammany Style
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The thrust of comments made on CBC Radio this morning by the guy responsible for clearing the snow: ** Yeah we buried the taxpayer’s driv...
Up the Creek with Jackman and Rideout
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And neither had a paddle to get anyone out of the mess which is the fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador. Latest word is the Sullivan fami...
10 February 2010
Doing the Spandau Ballet
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labradore highlights the bizarro world of local Cultists including one of the leading worshippers who – according to very poorly informed ...
Kiss it all good bye
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Anyone hear any comments by the current St. John’s city councillors at how proud they were of the way the city looked in CBC’s Republic of D...
09 February 2010
Over and over and over, ‘til my tongue spirals out of my head…
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That seems to be the mantra of government spending announcements for things like the Conception Bay South Bypass Road. This is one recount...
Trivimania: the Premier Edition
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Thursday, February 11, marks the 25th anniversary of a document that is second only to the Terms of Union in the profound transformation it ...
08 February 2010
From base commander to QDC
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News today from Trenton of the arrest of the local base commander on two counts of murder, two counts of sexual assault and two counts of br...
Blog comments controversial?
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Via Crisisblogger , you can find a link to a post on mashable.com about a brewing controversy about comments on blogs. Seems some people ...
07 February 2010
And here’s one that deserves a few e-mails
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Janice Kennedy – Who? you may rightly wonder – writes in the Ottawa Citizen on a topic of considerable current interest. Hard to tell wh...
A fraudster (allegedly) by any other accent
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A member of parliament facing fraud charges in the Whitehall spending scandal tries gamely but lamely to defend himself on national televisi...
Kremlinology 16 (Update): Deep T’roat
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This is more like a blast from the past but it is curious artefact in light of recent events. From December 2007, a comment by then-fish ...
06 February 2010
The Screaming of the Banshees
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This week Newfoundlanders and Labradorians found themselves embroiled in yet another political psychodrama in the endless series of psychodr...
05 February 2010
Another view on The Big Story
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This time from Andrew Coyne at macleans.ca who sparked a rather interesting series of comments on how the media has or has not been coverin...
Taxpayers shafted
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On February 2, Abitibi notified the provincial government that the company vacated the only properties the provincial government didn’t expr...
Health care and a politician’s privacy
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Now: The Premier, as well as every one of the rest of us, has a right to privacy. and "You forgo a lot of privacy when you...
Sketchy Jerome
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Colleen Power’ s latest. Be warned: Language and drug references. -srbp-
Kremlinology 16: Deep T'roat
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Who is it? The province's NTV station reported the news, but didn't reveal its source for that information. That’s the second leak ...
04 February 2010
Vox Pops
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An apparent member of the Fan Club – how typical is open to debate - criticising the media for reporting on the Premier’s health problems, ...
And he will get mail, too
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Geoff Meeker in the first of what looks like a series of posts over at The Telegram on the war being waged by the Danny Williams Fan Club ...
Rumpole and the Valentine’s Treat
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The long-delayed Provincial Court appointments miraculously appeared on Thursday. They take effect the day after St. Valentine’s Day. Loi...
Inside Knowledge
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For those who may have missed it the first time, “ Kremlinology 14: Dead Caterpillars ”. For those who scoffed at the notion the first ti...
03 February 2010
Freedom from Information: The Two Connies
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Not only do the federal and provincial Conservative parties in power have very similar attitudes toward the legislature, they also share a c...
What would Beaton do?
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If you can’t build ‘em a greenhouse , then the next best thing for a government bereft of any ideas is create some government jobs handing ...
Economic Recovery: Not exactly as illustrated
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By definition, anyone connected to “economic development” in any provincial government or quasi-government organization must be so positive ...
02 February 2010
“And other media are now reporting…”
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Add that one to your collection of great quotes that ring a little tinny. The truth is that other media had the story first and were repo...
Negligent Discharge
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The only way a Sig Sauer - the standard side arm for the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary - could discharge a round is if there was one alr...
NL economy to shrink by 4.5% in 2009: RBC
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From the latest RBC Economics provincial outlook : After suffering a significant setback in its resource sector in 2009, Newfoundland &...
Delusion or Disconnect? Overtime
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“The Williams Government has been unwavering in its commitment to managing provincial programs, services and financial resources in a r...
01 February 2010
Skywatch 2010: The Marystown Video
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Courtesy of Glen Carter at NTV News: First Edition , here is a screen cap from the Marystown video taken on the same Monday evening people ...
Delusion or Disconnect? Managing public land
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The news release issued from the provincial finance department in response to the latest report by the Auditor General. “The Willi...
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