It seems that the Danny Williams’ flag removal gamble has paid off. He got what he wanted: a meeting with the Prime Minister and, of course, the big boost to the revenues of Newfoundland and Labrador. Honestly, I’m not sure how much the flag issue helped or hindered, but now that the deal is done […]
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Flag Will Return In Newfoundland
6 January 2005 – 9:45 pm
I just read that the Hon. Danny Williams has announced that his government will reraise the Canadian flag in the near future, whether or not he’s able to achieve the deal that he’s been seeking with the Government of Canada. Williams said that the flags would be put back up because they’d made their statement […]
Spent Nuke Fuel
Here’s something else I learned from the Wired Nuclear energy article. (I really should read the article all the way through before posting.) Here’s a fun fact: Spent nuclear fuel – the stuff intended for permanent disposal at Yucca Mountain – retains 95 percent of its energy content. That’s really remarkable. There is so much […]