How to make The Telegram better #nlpoli
Tony Collins Bill Rowe Lana Payne Bob Wakeham Follow the pattern. -srbp-
humour with a disquieting sense of veracity
Policy and sausages #nlpoli
People like to think the world we live in is run by some sort of magically rational process and the folks in charge are all much smarter than the rest…
Tree Politics #nlpoli
From your humble e-scribbler’s yard, the province’s political parties as revealed by trees. First, we have the Conservative Party. Knows it’s a tree Lots of branches down below. Up at…
Language Problems #nlpoli
“Increasing taxes is not about solving the deficit, it’s about maintaining our programs and services that we have.” That’s what Labrador and aboriginal affairs minister Keith Russell told the handful…
Danny to fire publicists? #nlpoli
Someone organized a stunt designed solely to gain publicity and no one invited the Old Mullet Hisself to huff and puff and pose for the cameras. Clearly, the people handling…
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker … #nlpoli
The Telegram noticed: By the end of question period on Tuesday, only an hour or so in, the words “Mr. Speaker” had been uttered 142 times. One of the worst…
Who farted? #nlpoli
Finance minister Jerome Kennedy took his budget “consultation” roadshow to Corner Brook the other day. Former finance minister Tom Marshall showed up to help. Tom has run more than a…
Too amazing to believe #nlpoli
Every day in Newfoundland and Labrador, the news is like some kind of perpetual, live edition of Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Here’s a sample of what your humble e-scribbler…
Conservative Rorschach Test: Part Four #nlpoli
“Pegasus Flying From Quebec” -srbp-
Conservative Rorschach Test: Part Three #nlpoli
“Two Quebeckers” -srbp-
Conservative Rorschach Test: Part Two #nlpoli
“The NDP” -srbp-
Conservative Rorschach Test: Part One #nlpoli
“Quebec” -srbp-
The Steve Kent Rule #nlpoli
The MFers seem to be testy these days. They like to challenge people who aren’t keen on Muskrat Falls about something called facts. Facts, as you will quickly discover, are…
If they don’t stop it, we’ll go blind #nlpoli
You have to wonder sometimes how far Tory politicians will go to issue a good news comment of some kind during the time when the government pollster is in the…
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…