Traffic for Election Week 2 #nlvotes #nlpoli
Traffic patterns are information that can tell you something. The most popular post in this second week of the election is about an alternative for Muskrat Falls. The next most…
Edward Hollett
More numbers #nlpoli #nlvotes
The results of this poll by the pollster for the provincial government’s energy corporation show numbers well within the margin of error for the poll and as such, don’t reliably…
Breastfeeding: it’s what your tits are for #nlpoli
The first week of October is World Breastfeeding Week. Check out babyfriendlynl.ca and you can find information on some of the activities going on across the province. Regular readers of…
Coffee Day! #nlvotes #nlpoli
Thursday was International Coffee Day. In a poll of American workers done by Dunkin Donuts and CareerBuilder, marketing and public relations professionals came out as the second most caffeinated class…
Townies and Baymen #nlpoli #nlvotes
Some people were surprised the other night when Danny Dumaresque told the very small audience at a Board of Trade economic forum that: I would have to say to the…
Keith Russell: Panic! #nlpoli #nlvotes
Tory candidate Keith Russell must be in a desperate battle to win his seat. He’s trotted out the old patronage card in a bid to boost his chances. The district…
Own goals #nlvotes #nlpoli
Snappy comments help get news coverage. Some people call them sound bites. Like this one from the leader’s debate, highlighted by CBC: She did, however, have a feisty comment for…
It’s unanimous: more of the same… #nlpoli #nlvotes
So now you’ve either seen the debate or read some of the media coverage about it. Here’s a question for you: what was the ballot question for you as posed…
Disconnect #nlpoli #nlvotes
Kathy Dunderdale says: "'s not intimidated by Mr. Aylward, nor should she be," Dunderdale said … but then the sentence finishes with: …during one of a series of stops in…
Commodity prices and economic recovery #nlpoli
From the Globe and Mail: “If commodity prices were to fall back – apart from Canada, of course – it would be a pretty good thing for most of the…
My work here is done #nlvotes #nlpoli
The Telegram quoted Kathy Dunderdale on Tuesday: "We have to find the cheapest way," she said today while campaigning on the west coast. "Muskrat Falls is that way unless somebody…
Do debates matter? #nlpoli #nlvotes
Debates matter but not in the way some people think. For starters they have nothing to do with knock-out blows. That’s a media invention they use along with horse-race reporting…
The Twitter Conundrum #nlpoli #nlvotes
Kathy Dunderdale sends messages using Twitter. Herself. Using her own two hands. Someone who has spent about 60 years in this province - give or take – and who has…
The Petroleum Trigger Point #nlpoli #nlvotes
West Texas Intermediate crude is hovering around a price that some analysts say puts some oil sands in doubt. Meanwhile, North Sea Brent crude - the price used to benchmark…
Taking your brain out of neutral #nlvotes #nlpoli
He said. She said. Claim. Counter-claim. Simple conflict. Simple news story. No problem? Problem. Well, maybe. You decide. Jay Rosen is a journalism professor at New York University. He doesn’t…
Potato, potato: legislative names version #nlvotes #nlpoli
The Telegram editorialist notes: You have to like the title given to the new Conservative omnibus crime legislation by its authors. They went with the lovely title “The Safe Streets…
Whodathunkit #nlvotes #nlpoli
Former Tory premier Tom Rideout, also former member of the House of Assembly for Baie Verte told a west coast Morning Show audience early in September that the public mood…
Welcome to the Echo Chamber #nlpoli #nlvotes
Pretty simple idea, really. Opinions, beliefs and ideas move around among like minded people in what is an essentially closed space. The effect can be amazingly powerful just as it…
Dippers policy book implodes #nlpoli #nlvotes
Take this from CBC: NDP Leader Lorraine Michael says she is not afraid to rip up a contract with the Hebron partners to deliver a three per cent surtax promised…
Negotiating with Quebec #nlpoli #nlvotes
Kevin Aylward says that, as Premier, he’d have no problem negotiating with Quebec about developing the Lower Churchill. A New Liberal Government will direct Nalcor to recommence negotiations with Quebec,…