Looking beyond normal
labradore wasted no time in converting the numbers from Friday’s editorial in the Telegram into a chart to show the number of money announcements issued by the provincial government in…
Edward Hollett
Traffic Flow: August 29 – September 2, 2011
Robots in dead heat (poll goosing) NL ratepayers to carry full load for Muskrat falls plus more The Politics of Cynicism, NDP style Uniting the Left: a reminder Nalcor royalties: …
Grand Riverkeepers call Joint Review Panel Report “victory” for Labradorians
From the Grand Riverkeepers news release: HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, LABRADOR, NL – “The Review Panel’s report reflects what we have been saying all along,” said Clarice Blake Rudkowski, president…
The Old Blue Goose
When the three posts on the provincial Conservatives’ communications strategy first appeared here in August and September 2006, people who had never heard of it thought the ideas were preposterous.…
The Politics of Cynicism, NDP style #nlpoli
One could hardly imagine a better way to bitch-slap the carefully fabricated Legend of Jack Layton than Lorraine Michael’s news release announcing a 25% reduction in something the provincial NDP…
Our plastic history revisited
One of the earliest posts among these e-scribbles dealt with a proposal – in 2005 – to rework the Colonial Building. The plan was to fix the place up, set…
Et maintenant, le deluge…
In his regular column in the Wednesday edition, Telegram editor Peter Jackson succinctly explains why Kathy Dunderdale’s Muskrat Falls scheme is a very bad idea: Reading the review panel’s comments,…
Summer Polling Month Top 10
The weather may have been da pits but this was the sweatiest Summer of Love pre-election poll goosing month in recent Conservative Party history. And if it wasn’t the steam…
Jay Rosen on Political Reporting
The problem with horse-race reporting and an alternative approach. - srbp -
NL ratepayers to carry full cost of Muskrat Falls plus more #nlpoli
If there is anyone left who doesn’t understand who will pay for Muskrat Falls, let him or her read the joint review panel report: The Panel notes that the main…
Political Reporting 2011
As we slide into the fall general election’s open campaign period, some of you might find it interesting to ponder Jay Rosen’s recent post about the current state of political…
Uniting the Left: a reminder
So with the Liberal meeting in Ottawa, the idea of uniting the left is coming back around again. Not surprisingly, Liberal leader Bob rare is pissing on the idea. Now…
Muskrat Falls: lost opportunity
The claim: Nalcor stated in its final submission to the Panel that without the Project the Province would lose an opportunity to create long-term revenue to fund social programs.…
Dead Robots in Heat
So the old poll goosing habit dies hard. There’s the robot poll goosing of the Question of the Day at Voice of the Cabinet Minister. Think about it: such a…
Rumpole and the Black Letter
Local barrister Averill Baker is threatening to sue the Crown prosecutors for persecution based on their recent application to have her tossed off a case for being in a conflict…
Robots in Dead Heat
As labradore notes, the latest question of the day online poll at Voice of the Cabinet Minister comes close to setting a record for vote totals. It is second to…
Random Post in Latin: rebellious edition
Sic semper tyrannis - srbp -
Nalcor Royalties: yet more information
Part 1: Resource give-away Part 2: Nalcor Royalties – more information Nalcor estimates the company will pay anticipated royalties to the provincial government totalling $2.06 Billion dollars. That’s…
Paving the way
Paving and asphalt companies in the province gave $52, 575 in political contributions to the provincial Conservatives between 2004 and 2009, according to figures available from the province’s Chief Electoral…