Common sense – the rarest element #nlpoli
There’s a tee-shirt. This one is from zazzle And it is true. Common sense is so rare these days it should be classified as a super power. It would be…
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Time to end the despicable abuse #nlpoli
Through her shouting and bawling it is hard to know if Yvonne Jones does not know what she is talking about or does not care. Either way, the result is…
Offshore Board Lays Charges Against Suncor #nlpoli
From CNLOPB (with some style edits): The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has laid three charges against Suncor Energy Inc., Operator of the exploration drilling program at the…
The excitement is obvious #nlpoli
That’s a screen capture of the CBC online story about something srbp told you about last December. It speaks for itself. – srbp –
Remember these words #nlpoli
When asked in the House of Assembly about the company hired to look at some aspect of using offshore natural gas to generate electricity, Premier Dunderdale said this: Mr. Speaker,…
And if she was wrong about that, too… #nlpoli
There are two things in this world. There is what actually happened. And then there is what Premier Kathy Dunderdale says. The two have very little to do with one…
Credit rater gives Emera “negative” outlook #nlpoli
The Chronicle Herald reported Tuesday that credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s had changed its rating for Emera from “stable’ to “negative”. The problem is the capital requirement in order…
Arrogance, thy name is Tom Marshall #nlpoli
Speaking on VOCM’s Open Line on Tuesday, finance minister Tom Marshall explained what will happen in the House of Assembly during the Muskrat Falls debate coming up in June: The…
The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade #nlpoli
The provincial government got the public utilities board review on Muskrat Falls on Saturday. Two days later, Premier Kathy Dunderdale didn’t stand in the House of Assembly and deliver a…
If she was wrong about this… #nlpoli
As we told you on Monday, the ever attentive labradore caught Kathy Dunderdale in a pretty outrageous comment last week on the impact the federal budget would have on the…
The PUB and the MFers #nlpoli
Right off the start, the title goes back to a humorous tweet a few months ago. It went something like this: If Muskrat Falls is MF, then does that make…
A fundamental lack of competence #nlpoli
One crowd can’t even successfully rig a process they set out to rig from the start. So now the Premier wants to have a debate she earlier rejected as unnecessary…
Electricity regulator balks at judgment on Muskrat project #nlpoli #nlpoli
From the report by the public utilities board on Muskrat Falls: The Board concludes that the information provided by Nalcor in the review is not detailed, complete or current enough…
Numbers and other information #nlpoli
People aren’t stupid. They just don’t know stuff. Politicians are no different. In Kathy Dunderdale’s case, labradore had an absolutely devastating post last week about the Premier’s reaction to the…
How stupid are voters, anyway? #nlpoli
Poke around some political websites over the past couple of months and you’ll find a few columns on the question of how much voters are paying attention to politics in…
Muskrat Three-some #nlpoli
Here are some treats to keep you up with the latest developments on the Muskrat falls front. For starters, CBC’s Anthony Germain interviewed Tom Adams on Thursday about Adams’ contention…
Kremlinology 40: Word Search #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Go right through the 2012 federal budget. Look anywhere you want. Try the chapter that lists off energy projects and how the latest federal budget will help them. Note the…
They’re baaaack #nlpoli
Last December, your humble e-scribbler told you about the Liberal party’s renewal committee. Well, it’s back, or it will be back according to an anonymous source quoted by the Telegram…
Coulda, woulda, shoulda: the Labrador hydro version #nlpoli
Sometimes completely separate events come together in a striking way. Your humble e-scribbler and Jerome Kennedy, the provincial natural resources minister exchanged a couple of tweets on Tuesday. The minister…
Tory and Dipper leader in approvals tie in NL: poll #nlpoli
An unspecified number of people polled online in Newfoundland and Labrador by Angus-Reid approved almost equally of the job done by e Premier Kathy Dunderdale and New Democratic party leader…