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12 December 2011
Christmas Science-Geek Gift Alert
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About three weeks ago, your humble e-scribbler wandered into The Tickle Trunk on Water Street and discovered some neat new toys. Pathfind...
Change in the fishery #nlpoli
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Ocean Choice International’s Martin Sullivan was the guest this week on CBC’s On Point . That’s a link to a CBC story that includes the whol...
11 December 2011
Thunderbirds still go!
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Those who remember the 1960s television series might be surprised to know that an original Lady Penelope marionette from the series sold thi...
Porking it up, old style #nlpoli
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Turns out that a seat on the offshore regulatory board is not Reg Bowers first Conservative pork appointment. In 2009 , the provincial Co...
10 December 2011
There’s no changing the channel traffic #nlpoli
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The top stories as chosen by SRBP readers: The problem with the Liberals (post by Craig Westcott) Muskrat Falls Friday Trash Dump ...
09 December 2011
Connies pork-up offshore board #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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The federal Conservatives took a leaf from the provincial Conservatives’ book on Thursday and added a political pork appointee to the board ...
“…particularly hypocritical…” #nlpoli
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Tories bums in the province must be a wee bit tighter than usual this week. The province’s Dippers – new Democrats to the uninitiated – fi...
The truth hurts #nlpoli
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Brace yourself. Peter Jackson’s column in the Wednesday Telegram is spot on. Yes. You read that correctly. Peter Jackson’s column i...
08 December 2011
We’re sorry – Scouts Canada #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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The price of hydro exports #nlpoli
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Via National Public Radio (New York) comes a series on the cost to Americans of importing electricity from Canada. The second instalment ...
Irresponsibly managed electricity #nlpoli
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Energy expert Tom Adams takes about five and a half minutes to explain why “buying at high prices from local generators and selling vast am...
The problem with the Liberal Party #nlpoli
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Guest post by Craig Westcott, from his editorial in this week’s Business Post. If, as its president Judy Morrow has proposed, the Liber...
07 December 2011
Margin of error defined #nlpoli
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Corporate Research Associates November 2011 omnibus : If a provincial election were held today in Newfoundland and Labrador, for which ...
Speech Writing #nlpoli
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Write in a way that sounds like the person delivering the speech would have said it. You might not find that on any lists of great speech ...
06 December 2011
The Miracle of Persuasion #nlpoli
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Miracle on 34th Street is your humble e-scribbler’s favourite Christmas movie, tied with the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol. Ov...
The Wheel of Fish #nlpoli
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Remember that thing about not being able to slide a sheet of paper between the three political parties on major issues? Well, it continu...
05 December 2011
Emera buys NL line service company #nlpoli
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Via CNW : “HALIFAX, Dec. 5, 2011 /CNW/ - Emera Utility Services Inc. (EUS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA.TO -News)...
Stop your “more for me please” rants, Dundernomics edition #nlpoli
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Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador is nothing if it is not funny. Last week, Premier Kathy Dunderdale warned the crowd running the prov...
Dazed and Confused, Muskrat proponents version #nlpoli
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale and Emera chief executive Chris Huskilson. Par for the course for the former to be dazed and confused. Somewhat...
Muskrat Falls Friday Trash Dump #nlpoli
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The provincial government waited until late Friday afternoon to issue a bulletin that Emera had registered the Nova Scotia interconnection ...
03 December 2011
Traffic for the start of December #nlpoli
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How do you know Peter MacKay lied about the helicopter flight? When PMSH stepped in to defend him he said nothing about the “training fli...
02 December 2011
And so it begins (fishery restructuring version) #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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News today that OCI will permanently close two of its fish plants is merely the start of it. The hurricane of change that is sure to foll...
The value of education, redux #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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The most recent report from the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada shows that Grade 8 students in Newfoundland and Labrador score ...
The politics of quackery #nlpoli
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Comedian Dara O’Briain has a routine someone has posted to youtube in which he lambastes advocates of ideas that have no foundation in facts...
01 December 2011
Stupid politicians and their staffers #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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National Defence has had its fair share of total boobs who wind up appointed as minister. Perhaps worst of all was the numpty who mandated...
With friends like these, Muskrat Falls version #nlpoli
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Federal natural resources minister Joe Oliver answering a question from Liberal Gerry Byrne during Question Period on Wednesday in the House...
The Muskrat Morass Deepens #nlpoli
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Kathy Dunderdale, Ed Martin and their supporters have a basic problem. In 30 seconds, opponents of the multi-billion project can give a si...
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