By the numbers – infectious syphilis rates
Inspired by a comparison of rates for infectious syphilis for Canada and for Alberta, your humble e-scribbler took a gawk at the tables from the Public Health Agency of Canada…
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When bullshit fails…
try more bullshit. Well, that’s apparently the latest tactic the Bloc NDP are trying to deploy in an effort to distract attention from the fact that Jack Layton’s handpicked successor…
Why drug store owners – and some politicians – will lose
Shills might like you to believe that their party is on the side of the angels by backing some drug store owners in the province, but all they are doing…
BlocHead – Dipper Watch
Bloc NDP leader Nycole Turmel is supposed to be in St. John’s on Wednesday for the annual regatta. Local Dippers will be out in force. As local president Dale Kirby…
No thought, please. We’re Danny.
In the summer doldrums, odd things poke through to grab your attention. Like this piece in the Calgary Herald about a speech Danny Williams gave back in June. Williams said…
Debt, electricity rates and Muskrat Falls #nlvotes
The editorial board at the Telegram understands the point exactly. It’s a point your humble e-scribbler has been harping on for six years to one extent or another. And it’s…
Dunderdale tops in senior management churn
Kathy Dunderdale has the distinction of making more changes to the public service than any of her predecessors as Premier in the past 15 years. Since taking office in December,…
Compare and contrast: election policy edition
Compare the New Democrat “policy” announcements on the fishery and shipbuilding, slipped out there last week with the Liberal one on health care and seniors, announced on Monday morning at…
The July 2011 Traffic
Top 10 posts for July 2011, as decided by Bond Papers readers: Trade talks with Europeans = “doing back-room deal with a bunch of serial rapists” Forecasting the fall Skinner…
Sliding a sheet of paper, NDP version
The New Democrats announced a couple of policy planks last week for the general election campaign. Well, sort of announced. The party’s news release says that leader Lorraine Michael announced…
The Summer of Love 2011
Five years after your humble e-scribbler first wrote about it, the world pretty much accepts the notion that the governing Conservatives time their communications to coincide with polling done by…
Triumph of the Brand Will
From one of the most successful political brands of modern times comes the secret of branding. Forget what you learned in school. Brand is not about qualities, values or indeed…
The Traffic: 25–29 July 2011
Turd buffing Politicians and illness Nalcor ignores natural gas, local studies back cheaper alternative to Muskrat Falls An endorsement that rings a little hollow Follow the money Paternalism in pictures…
Politicians and illness
A day or so after Jack Layton told the country about his latest health crisis, CBC Radio’s noon-time show opened their phone lines so people could call in to talk…
Where isn’t the democracy in that?
Robert Doyle spoke to reporters recently on behalf of some independent drug store owners in the province. Doyle complained about a change to regulations for the provincial government’s prescription drug…
Follow the money
Anyone who wants to understand the current racket between the provincial government and some drug store owners need only follow the money. It is the local version of something that…
Turd Buffing
Russell Wangersky’s column on Tuesday discussed some of Nalcor’s efforts to deal with criticism of the Muskrat Falls project. He notes the company letters to the editor and interviews efforts…
Paternalism in Pictures
People are talking about fire trucks, paving and other forms of patronage doled out by the provincial Conservatives for Election 2011. The always acidic labradore has it in pictures, over…
Plastic, packaged and preaching to the choir
While some people may be excited about the fact that all three party leaders in the province are on Da Twitter, a close look at how political parties in newfoundland…
An endorsement that rings a little hollow
It is always funny listening to Cynthia Downy endorsing anyone for political office. Not so long ago she was running for Stephen Harper and saying all the things about Stephen…