… and we can’t get no politicians here!!

@Amused

The article states 110 years please confirm.

The difference between this and the CLICO scandal is only one of scale. Taking from Peter to pay Paul and siphoning-off a piece of change on the way. Yet Parris won’t even sniff a fine! Steupse!

A HMP security van pulls up. The four attendants holding M16 and Glock guns, opened the back door for the convicts in orange overalls to descend from the steps of the heavily guarded Dennis truck….Bajans who were near the General Library bus stop came over to have a look..All heads in the court yard inquisitively looked in that direction….First to descend was a burly fellow name Lazoy… legs in irons, hands in cuffs…followed by Chef Gossey Gander, he too similarly bound…a tall hungry fella named King Tuk… looking sickly if ever…a woman named Lisa Mourning…frighten and shaking…about six beaver-accum. attorneys who hid their faces were also chained…Suddenly there was a BLAM,,,I jumped up ..to see that the wind had blown down a vase soaking the carpet below…Stupesss,you could imagine Onions was dreaming all the while ?…..cheezon…just when tings were getting interesting cuz there still had a few more fellows inside to descend…..

Hi Onions,

Your boy Owen Arthur is next on the list.

Hi Onions,
The miller back from a sabbatical. Not yet done a “King David”.
You are probably the happiest man on this blog seeing most of your predictions are coming to past. You think we could get Leroy P to carry some of the load of his brother in swindle? A term of 110 years behind bars is too much for Stanford to bear.
Ac still in her element. OSA still stuck in her crow. But we should go easy on her since she will soon be committing political hara-kiri.

Thanks David!
Will try to be less controversial, if that is possible (Lol).

@ millertheanunnaki
Well well aren’t we a much welcomed sight and at the right time.It’s HARVEST TIME now dawg…..DEM back peddling so much the chain come off……ac silenced of the lamb….a clone d clined…and Aarson looking for knowledge that will be of no use to him or his party…..NOW the blog will step up a notch….. Its on !

This is NOT right. To me Stanford’s guilt will always be in doubt. Christ, look at where he was tried for God’s sake. Why Stanford and not the principals of the Bank of England, or Lehman Brothers or Goldman or AIG or any of the rest? What about those bankers in Spain who will now benefit from tax dollars? What about the political parties that have accepted tremendous amount of funding from these institutions in return for leniency?

For me the worse exposure is that of the Black sons of bitches in the Caribbean who have gotten rich off the exploits of Stanford and have offered NOT even a cent in support to cover his legal fees.

Stanford new too much. Ask any Antiguan.

@Caswell Franklyn | June 14, 2012 at 6:05 PM |
“Sanford was able to dupe our overrated international expert, Sir Courtney Blackman, who is now peddling his expertise to thecredit union movement. ”

Well said, Caswell! The ex-guv is just one of the many ‘parasitic quacks’ sucking the life blood out of naive Bajans and East Caribbean people. Now what can Courtney and the likes of Neville Nicholls do for these failed economies in terms of expert advice?
We will never hear a word from Sir Courtney regarding the Stanford affair.
As BABFP pointed out, not a word of support from his fair-weather friends who were wined, dined and received lucrative contracts from the man.

@ BAF you made a lot of since. Maddoff aka Made Off was exposed and rightfully so and finally stopped in his tracks unexpectedly. Stanford now at a standstill he should have known that day runs til night catches it. He is all by his lonesome. He forget that the same person to help him buy the big belly horse is not going to help him feed it. He’s on his own. Poor sole
There are more like them just haven’t been caught but time longer than twine

If Sandford was smart he would have had an escape hatch similar to Robert Vesco who was able to escape prosecution in the USA by living in countries which did not have an extradition treaty with the US. He resided in The Bahamas,Costa Rica and Cuba among other countries, and reportedly died in Cuba in 2007. He even lived in Antigua (there is that country again), or he could have moved to Switzerland like Marc Rich who eventually got a pardon from Bill Clinton.

@Crusoe

Still with those conspiracy theories? Hinting that Sandford is a front man for some Agency is a pretty long stretch, anyone who could make that stretch should be called “Rubberband Man” I even got a theme song for you. Why can’t Sandford be just a crook? Some people always overlook the obvious..

Well if we start talking of giving back moneys….certain well known historic paintings name sakes had better take note…and I did not mean UWI Mona.
CLICO pensioners ..(those still living)…would give a bank holiday for such news….may even do Sarge’s Rubber Band dance to Chubby Checkers parlance.

You know Pacha, if any of these people had stepped forward to help in any way it might have been used as grounds for implication. But in the 20 Million T Twenty match where all of those cricketers walked away as millionaires, it might very well have been from the proceeds of the event so there would have been nothing to be ashamed about. Cud dear yah, I don ‘ want them handing back one shite, but at least they could have shown some tangible support to the man in times of need. If twenty men put up US 100,000.00 ea, that would have been sufficient to afford him decent council… he might even be a free man today, a man whose creative talents could be put to use in the development of regional air transport and in the business of sport …!

What a waste. Those American f#cks kept the person in jail for four years and then this …!

Pacha

Wunna asking for too much… In any event if an american court finds you guilty of anything it only means that you did not have adequate representation … that is all that is all that is all.

@ BAFBFP
Not only George Bush. A former government of Barbados and other officials are known to have entertained the war criminal Tony Blair. Sometimes at the public expense. They also hobnobed with this serial war criminal in London. This is a good opportunity to strike a decisive blow at the leadership of West Indies cricket and the criminal social classes in the Caribbean. They are constantly committing crimes against the people.

As you must know we totally agree. The UN is no more that a branch of the Pentagon and NATO. The so-called justice system is like religion merely a gimmick – window dressing. The powerful everywhere can break any ‘law’ when doing so meets their interests. As a result we have Obama killing 143 innocent people for every alleged ‘terrorist he assassinates. He change American laws in ways that violate the constitution in fundamental ways and legal right form the Magna Carte to the enlightenment.

I thought that Stanford took old ladies pension cash and gave them certificates of deposit which they cannot cash, because the cash was used to feed Stanford’s bling lifestyle, and fatten any official who wanted a bribe and as you know there is no shortage of officials who want a prouge.

As for Stanford’s beneficiaries helping with his legal defence. You joking right? My ld mother who didn’t finish elementary school always used to talk about “buy friends” A buy friend is NOT a friend. When the money gone, the buy friend gone. Stanford and you BAFBFP should know this.

And tobesides my Antiguan friend who never step foot in a university told be long time that Stanford is a liar, then he never even lived in Antigua, that Antigua was just a place of convenience where he showed his face from time to time. A man who will lie about where he lives will lie about anything and everything.

bro caswell- wouldn’t the law relating to’ the receiving of stolen property’ be apllicable to all those who were benficiaries of SIr Stanford’s handouts from ill-gotten gains.? just askin

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@Sargeant ”@Crusoe

Still with those conspiracy theories? Hinting that Sandford is a front man for some Agency is a pretty long stretch”

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Ah Sargeant, are you referring to my objections to the Middle ast actions re Libya and Iraq, whence I regarded ulterior motives other than ‘rescuing the civilians’??

Fair enough, then perhaps you can enlighten me as to when the same nations will ride on steeds to protect those being butchered in Syria?

As for Stanford, yes, maybe some will believe that one man can walk away with USD 2 Billion all on his lonesome, but I do not.

So, allow me to sit with my cpnspiracy theories, while I allow you your enjoyment of the old Rye on your armchair, wacthing and soaking in Fox News.

Enjoy!

@BAFBFP

In addition, we should tell you that some of the moral views we share, for example on the Palestinian issue, people like Dr Sami Al-Arian and others were sent to jail for. The US government deemed his support for justice for the Palestinians as aiding terrorism. We can go on and on.

Random Thoughts

What do you think would happen if ALL of the old people (over thirty 🙂 ) who put their money in a specific bank all went back and asked for their money at the same time? Do you not think that this whole affair could have been handled differently so as to allow for the adversely affected to receive a return of some kind? Those people who are seeing the similarities with CLICO do have a point. Do you really think that the US courts give a rats ass about the welfare of Canadians … or anyone for that matter?

@BAFBFP

The premise of your comment to Random challenges that position that it was NOT a Ponzi. If it was a Ponzi some have to lose by its definition.

@ BAFBFP
Yes! The so-called judicial systems are themselves central the criminality. About this there is little doubt. How else can you support criminal systems, like slavery etc, and not yourself be a criminal?