Random Post in Latin: Coat of Arms edition
Quaerite Prime Regum Dei - srbp -
Edward Hollett
JFK’s speech on religion and politics
Religion played a huge role in the 1960 presidential election. Specifically, Republicans questioned how John Kennedy would govern, given that he was a practicing Roman Catholic. A group of 150…
Muskrat Falls: what an independent review really looks like
The provincial Liberals included a handy table with their Friday news release on the joint federal/provincial environmental panel’s report on Muskrat Falls. The chart compares what the environmental panel said…
MF Traffic Report
Turns out the MF deal is a mf, at least for the political fortunes of the gang who cooked up the scheme to ship discount power to Nova Scotia paid…
Three MF Amigos split up #nlpoli
Liberal leader Kevin Aylward may have personally been waffling about Muskrat Falls a week or so ago, but his position has shifted: An Aylward led government would immediately halt all…
Random Post (Not) in Latin: no garters, no glory edition
Honi soit qui mal y pense - srbp -
Muskrat Falls fails joint federal/provincial environmental review #nlpoli
… if the recommended economic and alternatives studies show that there are alternative ways of meeting the electricity demands of the Island over the medium term in a manner that…
Random Post in Latin: voice of the guns edition
Quo fas et gloria ducunt - srbp -
Joint environmental panel slams Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
The federal and provincial governments released the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency review of Kathy Dunderdale’s Muskrat falls project. Big fail, across the board. Like no one could possibly have seen…
Compounding the abuse #nlpoli
It wasn’t bad enough that the province’s special ballot laws make a mockery of democracy. For the 2011 general election, the province’s elections office is opening 12 special offices across…
NDP avoids straight answer on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
You can tell if a provincial opposition party politician supports Kathy Dunderdale’s Muskrat Falls plan by how many words it takes to explain his or her position. New Democratic Party…
Random Post in Latin: ALF edition
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A monstrous abuse continues #nlpoli
While there will be a general election in Newfoundland and Labrador this fall, there isn’t one at the moment. And yet, the province’s chief electoral office is proudly encouraging people…
The Power of Confusion: The Three Amigos Update #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale doesn’t understand the criticism of the federal government’s recent announcement of a loan guarantee for the Muskrat Falls megadebt project Provincial NDP leader Lorraine Michael, for one,…
Subsidizing subsidized industry…somewhere else
“Curiouser and curiouser”, cried Alice, so overcome by the photograph that she momentarily forgot how to speak English properly. “Is it some sort of uniform?” “Might well be,” her companion…
The secret of life, comedy, and politics
Timing. The ever watchful labradore notes that after Danny Williams mucked around with the appointments for the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, they have taken place in November. No one…
Venus in Furs: Muskrat Falls edition
There’s a kind of political writing that makes you squirm. On the face of it, and in isolation, a sentence can be perfectly correct. The problem comes when the politician,…
Layton’s Legacy
As far as Jack Layton’s political legacy goes, Shakespeare got it wrong. The good he did will not be interred with his bones. Jack Layton was a man of good…
On the Summer Reading List
The Oprah Winfrey Book Club this ain’t, but for those who might be hunting around for something to read, consider these books your humble e-scribbler picked up recently: How to…
Misleading the House: recall the whole recall power story
Why would Nalcor mislead the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, asks finance minister Tom Marshall with all the seriousness he can muster. Yes folks, the fellow with one of the…