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Satire
The Power of Positive Thinking: Gordon McIntosh Edition
It’s hard to tell what Newfoundland and Labrador’s leaders are thinking these days. So here’s some speculative satire.
February 9, 2020

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Satire
So You’ve Decided to Separate: A Planner’s Guide to Wexit
Thanks to the patriotic resistence in Alberta, we obtained a top-secret planning guide used by the Western Separatist movement. They've got big plans.
November 14, 2019
LongreadSatire
Fragments of the 1,111 Points of Light
We now present you a partial list of the many great initiatives that transformed rural Newfoundland and Labrador into the envy of the world.
May 16, 2019
LongreadSatire
The Patient’s Progress, Part 4
I’m beginning to think the patient is better off living in his fantasy. After I hear about New Year's 2018 on the St. John's waterfront,…
May 15, 2019
LongreadSatire
The Patient’s Progress, Part 3
It is October 2007. An emergency all-party government unleashes a political revolution in NL. But a sudden General Strike threatens to derail the province.
May 14, 2019
LongreadSatire
The Patient’s Progress, Part 2
All Townie MHAs receive rural reeducation as the Baymen seize power in Newfoundland & Labrador. Meanwhile, a meal of Chow Mein nearly destroys the province.
May 13, 2019
LongreadSatire
The Patient’s Progress, Part 1
Case study: Patient has moved from a depression over the loss of rural life to an hallucinatory state in which rural Newfoundland and Labrador is…
May 12, 2019
Satire
A Phone Call from Astaldi
February 21, 2019
Arts & CultureNewsUncategorized
Ed Riche on satire and our capacity for self-delusion
July 20, 2018
CommentaryThe Nonagenarian’s Notebook
The Capitalist God’s Ten Commandments
May 2, 2018
To Each Their Own
Revue 2016: The good, the bad and the ugly
Rising Tide Theatre strikes again in hilariously highlighting the absurdity of N.L. politics. But is it a foregone conclusion that there's nothing we can do…
January 26, 2017
News
Meet the person behind ‘The Western Stah’
Fed up with politics and newsmedia in Newfoundland and Labrador, "Randy O'Toole" took up a new hobby and is having a laugh. But behind his…
Justin Brake
November 3, 2014
To Each Their Own
Endangered Politicians of the North Atlantic: The Cabinet Minister
A Field Guide to Endangered Politicians of the North Atlantic. Can we Save the Cabinet Ministers?
October 8, 2014