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03 September 2011

Traffic Flow: August 29 – September 2, 2011

  1. Robots in dead heat (poll goosing)
  2. NL ratepayers to carry full load for Muskrat falls plus more
  3. The Politics of Cynicism, NDP style
  4. Uniting the Left:  a reminder
  5. Nalcor royalties:  yet more information
  6. Muskrat Falls:  lost opportunity
  7. Court docket now online
  8. Paving the way (political donations by paving companies)
  9. Political Reporting 2011
  10. About SRBP

 

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  • 2 - One Big Party
  • 3 - The Dysfunctional House of Assembly
  • 4 - Elections and Voting
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Politics, Polls and the News Media

  • Playing the Numbers (2006)
  • The Media and the Message (2006)
  • The Perils of Polling (2006)
  • The Danny Brand (2006)
  • Welcome to the Echo Chamber (2011)
  • Politics, Polls and the News Media (2011)
  • The Polls in the 2011 Election
  • Handling the Undecideds (2011)
  • The Polls and the Local Media (2011)
  • Controversy, Accountability and Disclosure (2011)

The JM Series

  • Analysis of Muskrat Falls (PUB)
  • Upper Churchill - an unexplored alternative
  • Labrador Mining and Muskrat Falls
  • The Simple Litmus Test
  • The Importance of Transparency
  • Demand and Costs
  • The Water Management Agreement
  • Two Variants of the Interconnected Option
  • A Relapse of the Free Market Society
  • Muskrat Falls: delayed dividends plus more equity needed
  • UARB Decision - the potential impact to the Newfoundland ratepayer
  • If Nalcor got the peak load wrong
  • An estimate of electricity prices in Newfoundland and Labrador post-Muskrat Falls

15 ideas (and more) for a stronger Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Introduction
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  • The Independents (March 2005)
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  • Kremlinology 39: What Burke didn't say
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  • Kremlinology 36: Thinking with your ass
  • Kremlinology 35: Premier shows strain
  • Kremlinology 34: Enemy of my enemy and other weekend amusements
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  • Kremlinology 32: the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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Change and Challenge: the Strategic Economic Plan (1992)

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