Any one know anything about this?

I was just skimming through the Barbados Free Press blog and was at first interested in the similarities between the slot machine issue there and our own one a couple of years ago now. And then I read this:
“Bob Washington is said to have been extremely grateful to Hartley Henry and a check on [...]

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Very Ridiculous Assertions – The VRA and the Raised Fist

One thing that really annoyed me last week was reading this article “Ban the black power salute says VRA” in the RG last Friday. You have no idea how incensed I was to read some of the ridiculous assertions or confusions being made by the Voters Rights Association (VRA) in reference to the Raised [...]

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Its been a year already… Memorial for Lois

Time is strange sometimes. Somethings feel like they happened just yesterday, like the December election, hanging out with an old friend, that rack of lamb I cooked for Easter… Some things feel like years ago, like that training meeting last week, helping friends move over the weekend, mopping the floor…
The passing of both [...]

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Welcome Back PM and Str8-No-Chaser!

Following my earlier comments regarding the apparent dormancy of PLP allied blogs in our blogosphere, it seems I’m going to have to retract my statements. Both Progressive Minds and the blog Bermuda Str8-No-Chaser seem to have been resurrected. This brings more political diversity to not only PLP allied perspectives on the Bdian blogopshere, [...]

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Thats interesting…

Well, I see I apparently made the front page of the RG today. Thats interesting. Not sure if I have the tiem to respond in detail to it all, but I have a few initial thoughts.
First, hey, thanks for the advertising!
I’m sure this headline is making my name mud in certain circles, giving [...]

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Independence

While its been lost a bit amidst the scandal of the Playboy Poker tournament and the ‘parliamentary shut-down,’ on Friday, marking the 40th anniversary of universal sufferage, and tying in nicely with the holiday of Bermuda Day, the Premier brought up the issue of Independence again.
He did this in the context of a series of [...]

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Some thoughts on the ‘Parliamentary Shut-down’

Seriously, at the beginning of this year, in the aftermath of the December election, it looked like the UBP was on the verge of self-destruction, an action that would have had far-reaching and in my opinion positive ramifications for the Bdian political paradigm. Even with their stubborness, there has been a substantial shift in [...]

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Shame. I really can’t think of a better title…

Most people by now are aware of the scandal – and from here thats exactly what it looks like – of the whole ‘Playboy Poker’ ‘charity.’
The whole scandal is embarrassing and shameful. No matter how the Press Secretary Glenn Jones and the Ministry of Tourism (I haven’t heard anyhting from the Party yet…) have [...]

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Okay. I’m back. And I am not amused…

Alright, I’ve been super busy the last little while, with barely any days off at all for the last several weeks. As a result I’ve been spending my free time enjoying the liquid bread goodness of Guinness and various mindless entertainment as opposed to blogging and general political thought.
Having said that, I now have [...]

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Extraordinary Rendition & Bermuda

I was unfortunately sick the last few days, and during the time off from work recuperating I watched some DVDs. One of them was the film ‘Rendition’ that covers the US practice of ‘extraordinary rendition’ – basically the outsourcing of suspects to countries willing and able to torture, as well as the extradition of [...]

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