tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post593033782344023104..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: PREMIER'S CLAIMS ABOUT FORENSIC AUDIT ARE FALSE SAYS ANONYMOUS ENGINEERDes Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-60124698259778425862017-06-30T04:28:51.991-02:302017-06-30T04:28:51.991-02:30We have started. Today. Yet do we hang or do we ba...We have started. Today. Yet do we hang or do we balance it out, and start Creating? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-1015135802513216462017-06-29T22:51:54.121-02:302017-06-29T22:51:54.121-02:30Let me add to the timeline;
April 2013 SNC Risk In...Let me add to the timeline;<br />April 2013 SNC Risk Integrity Report issued.<br />June 2013 MOU between NL and Hebei is signed.<br />There is no coincidence between the dates of these timelines, there was working behind the scenes, strings were being pulled to secure Kami and Muskrat Falls.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-89050820389309817092017-06-29T22:39:35.273-02:302017-06-29T22:39:35.273-02:30It goes way beyond stakes in contract companies, a...It goes way beyond stakes in contract companies, albeit that is happening, conflicts of interest everywhere, follow the money. Here are some timelines facts for you, draw your own conclusions. The main driver for the project can easily be concluded from the following;<br />April 2012 Hebei Iron & Steel Group Co. purchase 20% of Alderon Iron Ore stock and 25% stake of Kami Project<br />June 2012 Danny Williams is appointed Board of Directors of Alderon Iron Ore<br />June 2012 Bill C 29 is implemented<br />July 2012 Legal signing of Muskrat Falls<br /><br />A lot happened in 2012, do you see now why Muskrat Falls was pushed through? Bill C29 kept it all a secret. Another huge atrocity against the people of NL is the legal fees paid by NL'ers to reverse Bill C29.<br />Questions; Does this look like the fiduciary interests of the tax payer are high on anyone's list? Is there collusion here, ya think? Any insider trading? Who all have shareholdings in Alderon Iron Ore?<br />This is the money to follow. Who is the puppet master? DW and I don't mean Arthur's sister.<br />Undoubtedly when the SNC Lavalin Risk Assessment was issued early 2013 this sent huge repercussions through Nalcor and many stock portfolios. You know for sure Ed Martin was aware of the report, who do you think told the puppet master about it. So what happens, SNC is declared as trying to "sabotage the project", a new Nalco Project Team is established usurping the authority of the EPCM Contractor, SNC, essentially and a new risk assessment report is developed no doubt mitigating the SNC very high and high risks. Why should there be a perception of sabotage? This is definitely upper management (including DW) speaking knowing the huge gains and interest they have in the Kami project which needs Muskrat power to go ahead.<br /><br />It's interesting to note that a PC Gov't delegation went to China in June 2013 under the heading of Expanded Post Secondary Education and Mr Martin, CEO of Nalco, was in attendance, that seems odd doesn't it, what's the connection? Well considering the above maybe it was a good time to meet a fellow major shareholder of Alderon Iron Ore.<br /><br />No doubt members of the Nalco Board, PC and Liberal, are involved in this. If one goes down they all go down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-81781579208103693842017-06-29T19:03:10.498-02:302017-06-29T19:03:10.498-02:30" Who among us can organize something please...." Who among us can organize something please." Contact Donna Thistle, Bruno Marcocchio, David Vardy. You can do it. You will do it. Leadership derives from the unlikeliest of sources. The two more will join you, then another two. Before you know it there will be ten thousand. The young, the old, the healthy, the sick. All who want their voices heard will join you, You just have to start. May God guide you in your effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-49113025287997836652017-06-29T08:49:43.571-02:302017-06-29T08:49:43.571-02:30I'd contribute.
Donna ThistleI'd contribute. <br /><br />Donna Thistle Sister Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15085359813769967990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-55051586101930703182017-06-29T08:19:29.712-02:302017-06-29T08:19:29.712-02:30I could hear the emotion in Danny William's vo...I could hear the emotion in Danny William's voice yesterday as he defended both the project and Ed Martin from his sermon on the (Galway) Mount. I think he is getting nervous about the legacy of his premiership.<br /><br />But Williams is right about the idea of a public inquiry and forensic audit. The air needs to be cleared. What can we do to force Premier Ball to launch it now? If anyone wants to hold a protest rally I will join in and even donate funds to cover costs of placards, etc. I'd organize one myself but I have no experience at this and I have never even been at a protest in my life. WHO among us can step up and organize something please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-13896474128212241522017-06-28T19:38:04.524-02:302017-06-28T19:38:04.524-02:30http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrado...http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tower-inspections-ordered-nalcor-emera-1.4182118<br /><br />Good move. <br /><br />Safety, whatever it may cost, takes precedent over all other considerations. If negligence is found, who will be charged? In the oil patch, the CEO is personally responsible where Worker deaths occur.Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-25742803015772374382017-06-28T14:56:33.858-02:302017-06-28T14:56:33.858-02:30I am with you Robert, but we have so far to go.......I am with you Robert, but we have so far to go.......two night ago at a friends birthday party I listened as some there laughed that no Beothic survived, and was dismayed that Indians, he claimed paid no taxes. I, in jest, said perhaps we should bring back scalping of Indians ( which surprised him)......but then explaining that in Nova Scotia the British paid bounties for scalps of Micmac, men women and children as young as 12. From American movies, we believed that scalping was the sole form of terror used by Indians against whites. I asked if the sculls of Mary March and her husband should be brought back from Scotland.........he said no......but I doubt if he was aware the skulls exist..<br />Sad, that many in our country know so little real history, as colonialism taints what we learn, and our point of view. This is gradually changing.<br /> In ignorance, the man at the party said the Indians had signed away their right to land in treaties, but was silent when I told him there were no treaties in Nfld or Labrador.<br /> We need to embrace the Indigenous people, but also make amends where possible, to lift them from the status of third world conditions, which means getting actually priority at times, until equality is gained.<br /> And this also means supporting their struggle against the boondoggle of Muskrat Falls. <br /> Winston Adams<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-78943965034007679702017-06-28T13:44:53.429-02:302017-06-28T13:44:53.429-02:30It's time to put some of our angst over the Mu...It's time to put some of our angst over the Muskrat aside and to embrace the idea of Canada, and the Indigenous peoples who prepared for us, and continue to provide land, water and air to breathe and enjoy. Remnants of our, (European elements), of 150 years of colonization have a lot to answer for in current Labrador developments and human condition. On pause and reflection, maybe we can all do better, including our elected representatives and hoard of corporate interests. Happy Indigenous Canada Day.Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-11762656840761534422017-06-28T12:55:59.452-02:302017-06-28T12:55:59.452-02:30Thankfully, the SNC report has been made available...Thankfully, the SNC report has been made available to the public. I accessed it through the link in Hans Rollman's Independent piece. On page 4, section 4, the beginning of the excutive summary, the report mentions a group of elected experts from the Montreal, Panama, and Nfld offices. Given the stories of recent regarding financial malfeasance centered in Panama my attention was perked immediaitely. Why would MF, through SNC be involved with offices located in Panama? This sounds odd and deserves some investigation. If the anonymous source speaking to UG has any info I am sure the readers of the blog would love to know more.<br /><br />JpAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044966985727657714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-80937873750891714502017-06-28T12:18:44.883-02:302017-06-28T12:18:44.883-02:30Did Ed Martin receive the SNC Lavilan report in 20...Did Ed Martin receive the SNC Lavilan report in 2013........<br />Ball said yes.......Martin said no.<br />But when asked by Debbie Cooper whether he sat in on a meeting in 2013 when this report was discussed ..........he would not answer, saying he did not want to discuss specifics.<br /> He says the risk factors were mostly determined by Nalcor or Hydro personel, thought SNC were involved. <br /> So, despite this so called world class Nfld engineers that Dunderdale kept promoting, within 6 months of sanction, they had identified some 2.4 billion is extra costs what would likely incur! Seems to support the whistleblower engineer claim that these numbers were fudged from the start , and by Nflders.<br /> Martin seems to say that external consultants backed up the original estimates, as a way to say `nothng wrong here folks`<br /> Martin would welcome a forensic audit, as long as it was an INDEPENDENT one. If it is as independent as Nalcor`s consultants, it does not say much. Their consultants gave them the answers they wanted to push ahead, with little caveats here and there to cover their own ass.<br /> As to Wangersky being on a short lease......he writes that prior to sanction he wrote that the case for MF was based on INFORMED assumptions what could prove to be wrong. Russell now wanting to say I TOLD YOU SO.<br /> Is Wangersky now right in that statement......I would suggest that Nalcors assumptions were ill-informed. Stan Marshall says they were false assumptions.<br /> Which assumptions does Russell claim were INFORMED assumptions....<br /> Some may have been, but many were not.<br /> Vision 2041 blog has catalogued many of the false assumptions made by Nalcor, a good reference, which incorporated Cabot Martins quick clay issue, as well as my case for customer energy efficiency, and many many more relating to projected power demands, and the declining use and production of Holyrood power.<br /> Nalcor consultants operated with tunnel vision to accomodate Nalcor, who was paying their bill. Turning a blind eye where needed to reach a wrong conclusion, we now know.<br /> Let Russell list the assumptions which were indeed informed one and those which were ill-informed, and in some cases outright known to be false. <br /> Perhaps Russell`s leash is too short for that. He appears to be choking. Remember, Russell at no time called for a stop and review for MF. He did say that if this was a private project, it would be halted, but he made excused for government not doing that. He now wants to cover his own ass.....saying he warned us. Too little , too late, Russell. And it seems doubtful if your leash will be loosened, much. <br /> So, going forward, the People Paper will likely be gagged by corporate interests, and ad revenue considerations. <br /> And Ashley Fitzpatrick........just as well Nalcor and Fortis give her a pension, or honorary award. Ed Martin said either you lead, or follow or get out of the way. Most all, especially Ashley, got out of the way. <br />The Resistance is with Des Sullivan and UG, and his small band of followers, seeking to hold the guilty accountable.<br />Winston Adams <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-7475343128497707632017-06-27T21:27:26.748-02:302017-06-27T21:27:26.748-02:30It is most regrettable, and more than a tad suspic...It is most regrettable, and more than a tad suspicious, that the NL media has abdicated its mandate to the degree that the only source for informed discourse on this most serious of issues is a privately hosted blog. <br /><br />CBC NL has deteriorated to a focus more concerned with the bloody weather and cute youtube videos rather than its previous notabke cutting-edge journalism. As for VOCM, that entity continues to trundle along producing nothing but See-Dick-Run sound-bites and likewise special-ed-level articles. And it would appear that Wangersky has since been secured to a very short jounalistic leash.<br /><br />Just what the hell is going on here??<br /> <br />If not for Des Sullivan and the Uncle Gnarley forum, how else would the outrageous and quite possibly fraudulent nature of the Muskrat debacle be exposed for NL taxpayers to see?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-86271727676478356642017-06-27T17:33:08.312-02:302017-06-27T17:33:08.312-02:30Yes your media is dead and your political oppositi...Yes your media is dead and your political opposition is non existent. <br /><br />You now have the evidence to dispel Ball's Bull from the PE in this post. Change will come from the bottom up. You anon have the power and the facts to force an audit and inquiry that Dave Vardy calls for.<br /><br />Get out and speak out now if you care about your province.Bruno Marcocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076165212559914463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-86717248653037595052017-06-27T13:02:30.308-02:302017-06-27T13:02:30.308-02:30Why does the Government and Nalcor insist that the...Why does the Government and Nalcor insist that the dam must be finished? The savings in labour costs alone would make it a better option than continuing. Also where will the two billion dollars come from? Will Emera buy a share of MF?<br />GG Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-18780787006773354852017-06-27T12:21:35.548-02:302017-06-27T12:21:35.548-02:30A lot of people in the confederation building read...A lot of people in the confederation building read this blog and comment via private e-mail. Here is a re-posting (with permission) from an anonymous official that would get in trouble for using his name. he/she says comments are welcome.<br /><br />So my question is this…<br />Why are the RCMP not called in to investigate allegations of ‘Misappropriation of Funds’, ‘Fraud’ or whatever other charges could be levied against Danny Williams, Dwight Ball, NALCOR and it’s Executive, and all the other players in this?<br />I don’t know how getting the RCMP involved works, BUT, they managed to do it with Duffy, the Mayor of Montreal and so on……. Why not this????<br />From a 3.2B project when it was announced to an estimated 15B by the time it’s finished at the expense of 250,000 people who NEVER gave either Government a mandate OR sanctioned this project in the first place………??????<br />Seems strange that the RCMP wouldn’t be bought in to investigate this…….. seems like there’s lots of lawyers involved in opposing this but no one has pressed charges or called for a criminal investigation!!!!!<br /><br />also this:<br />BUT….. wouldn’t they ( ALL PARTIES OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT AND THE WAY IT’S BEING ADMINISTERED ) be better off pressuring the Lieutenant Governor to contact the RCMP and request an investigation????<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-45402363969924004442017-06-27T10:15:05.493-02:302017-06-27T10:15:05.493-02:30The anonymous engineer presents a strong case for ...The anonymous engineer presents a strong case for a forensic audit, and one to be started immediately. It should not be delayed. In my mind a forensic audit is not sufficient. A broader commission of inquiry is needed to take evidence under oath. Unless this is done quickly the evidence will disappear. The forensic audit should be conducted in concert with the inquiry. One option would be to have the audit undertaken under the direction of the commission of inquiry. Both should begin without delay.<br />The public inquiry should be conducted in phases, providing interim reports on a timely basis. Such reports will inform ongoing decisions. Both the forensic audit and the inquiry will provide information on how processes can be improved and how we can avoid the mistakes of the past.<br />The health care system was not placed on hold while the Cameron inquiry examined breast cancer experiences. Nor will the Muskrat Falls inquiry interfere with construction work.<br />A final caveat and a big one: Such an audit is no substitute for a cost benefit analysis of the option of stopping the site work and continuing only with the transmission line. The escalating costs raise the question as to how high the cost will go. Will we look back and say we should have stopped this project before it is too late?<br />David Vardy<br />David Vardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333983562095970648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-43934729394351505882017-06-27T09:57:49.334-02:302017-06-27T09:57:49.334-02:30How about the tech savvy folks organizing a protes...How about the tech savvy folks organizing a protest march through social media, to the Premiers's office, emphatically peaceful, but vocal,demanding a Forensic Audit. Just the way First Nations groups have done many times in Labrador, and the anti Trump marches in the USA. When all avenues of legitimate protest have failed, the institutions elected to uphold democracy and the rule of law have ceased to exist, this is the only way to be seen and heard. If this is done often enough, action will be taken, if not Ball, Coady and the like will do nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-81467145605966674792017-06-27T09:39:13.012-02:302017-06-27T09:39:13.012-02:30Can a forensic audit be crowd funded? Lets get on ...Can a forensic audit be crowd funded? Lets get on with it and ask for contributions...shag the government and the rest of the liars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-8244218903083605492017-06-27T09:34:57.320-02:302017-06-27T09:34:57.320-02:30There is something seriously wrong when such an ob...There is something seriously wrong when such an obvious requirement of an audit needs to be conducted to find out where the 5 billion went and Ball and others are coming up with jack ass comments. This is like a contractor quoting to build your house for $300K and in the end, they charge you $550K without explanation and you are expected to pay. We have to look at this simply that someone has managed to steal $5 Billion from the people of NL and/or were so incompetent they could not estimate. We need to know who's bank account all this money went into. Something is very odd when this amount of money goes missing and all seem to want to ignore the issue....it reeks of collusion. Agree with other person...we need to know who needs to go behind Bars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-4399709510215379142017-06-27T08:46:34.850-02:302017-06-27T08:46:34.850-02:30Well said!Well said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-63920158246105744392017-06-27T07:57:08.967-02:302017-06-27T07:57:08.967-02:30Ed Martin is speaking out on this matter. He shoul...Ed Martin is speaking out on this matter. He should be given an opportunity to speak before a judicial inquiry on Muskrat Falls along with many others. The timing is right since the Dunphy inquiry should be reported on soon. This is far more important than the other matters suggested for inquiry by this government. When hunting big game, one should not get distracted by rabbit tracks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-31915456308944434502017-06-27T07:25:49.450-02:302017-06-27T07:25:49.450-02:30As a resident and taxpayer of NL, I am incredibly ...As a resident and taxpayer of NL, I am incredibly grateful to Uncle Gnarley, and his team of researchers and writers, for the work they are doing to force transparency on the Muskrat Falls project. It must be the most frustrating, thankless, never-ending task a person (s) could take on. On behalf those of us who lack the expertise to take on such a commitment... thank you. On behalf of those of us who believed (until recently) this was the job of our elected official opposition, thanks be to jeesus for you and yours!!! <br /><br />To the anonymous engineer who wrote this column, if I knew who you were I'd buy you a beer or a case or an entire truck full! <br /><br />On behalf of the silent among us who have no idea how to confront such a complex and complicated problem but realize it should be (confronted) thank you...history will be kind to you. <br /><br />To those who read this on behalf of the politicians...for the love of God...do the forensic audit! The project won't stop. It is now too big. But, we would at least have the benefit of knowing and your government could stop wasting time defending decisions that are beyond defense and get on with day to day governing. This action is neither complicated nor complex. <br /><br />Donna Thistle<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-43783802456048806552017-06-27T02:38:13.280-02:302017-06-27T02:38:13.280-02:30Location, Location and location when there are alr...Location, Location and location when there are already hundreds of homes and condos in greater STJ area for sale? Gallway is almost as big of a pipe dream as MF and 2X power bills won't be attracting people to buy from the cause of MF, Saint Danny himself. AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779383664665696092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-19314386134968299352017-06-26T23:40:04.117-02:302017-06-26T23:40:04.117-02:30Bruno - How do you implement forceful action. Wher...Bruno - How do you implement forceful action. Where are the leaders of the opposition - Bill Davis, MHA Lane. The Premier and Minister Coady will resist an Audit to their last breath. The Anonymous Engineer completely trashed the Premier's excuses. Minister Coady is trapped, often contradicting herself. The media CBC is dead. Who is going to lead the charge on the Forensic Audit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-75500848947749773262017-06-26T23:39:18.954-02:302017-06-26T23:39:18.954-02:30I totally agree with your last sentence. There wil...I totally agree with your last sentence. There will be many to be found incompetent and many others to be corrupt. Those who were incompetent should still be held accountable through Nalcor for taking on such an undertaking with no hydro mega-project experience. Kinda like how Coady should not be Minister of Natural Resources because she is rather lousy at her job. Now her lack of action demonstrates a shady sense of cover-up. Hopefully, this is not being prolonged until the election year... to pull out the guns and call out the PCs in the 11th hour. This inquiry should've happening as first order when Ball took office. Or is it on the shelf until Galway sells all it's lots? I heard DW on the radio today boasting about location, location, location. Well Danny, if you read this, you better hope the lots sell before the masses really get a grip on the magnitude of this... which is now happening thank God. As soon as people connect the dots, prospective buyers may feel too infuriated to further line your pockets.<br />dmdmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096155243832662727noreply@blogger.com