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Things are so out of whack recently that I think we have gone haywire. Let me just toss a few random disjointed thoughts out there to get a real real feel for where we are right now.

  1. Persons on bail for vicious murders…BUT…end up committing others after
  2. Local parties and fetes are restricted…BUT…visitors can plan 2 months ahead of time and party soon with wild abandon
  3. Large outcry over the Trojan Riddim…BUT…and even larger outcry over the outcry over the Trojan Riddim
  4. MAM says take down the Riddim AND apologise…BUT…so far 166 thousand views, 3000 likes and Sunday School still wukking
  5. NUPW elected to represent workers…BUT….NUPW has to call in the police to save itself
  6. Minister boasts that cruise ships coming…BUT…positive cases still showing up on liners abroad
  7. We say the children under severe pressure…BUT…we force the same children to do Common Entrance
  8. Auditor General report speaks of problems…BUT…not a peep or pang from the GoB or BLP about it
  9. Cruise ships mashup Carlisle Bay coral…BUT…Minister says no problem he will plant it back
  10. Road tax removed to supposedly ease consumers….BUT……gas prices (and said tax) increasing every single month
  11. Hotel workers cannot be forced to take the vaccine…BUT…guests can demand that they do
  12. There is no price gouging they say…BUT…ask any supermarket buyer and you’ll hear different
  13. Four Seasons money written off by government…BUT…the main lawyer and main adviser running the same government coffers currently
  14. Verla’s ready to lead the DLP to next year’s election…BUT…she has to beat a certain Guy first.

See what I tell ya. We Gone Haywire.

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759 responses to “GONE HAYWIRE”

  1. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    They better give back sandy lane their 6 or 7 million dollar slave master bribe that they were in the newspapers bragging about….let them get keep moving…this is 2021…whole new century.

  2. Disgusting Lies & Propaganda TV Avatar
    Disgusting Lies & Propaganda TV

    DavidJune 13, 2021 1:50 PM
    “The qualification to enter stadia is to be fully vaccinated?”

    I searched the net to find out. The UEFA 2020 matches are hosted by multiple countries and the stadium entry requirements vary. Most only require a negative COVID-19 test 72-48 hours before the match. In England those vaccinated need to show proof of getting the last dose 14 days before the match, if not, a negative test is used. Scotland doesn’t have such requirements. I remembered that Test cricket was held in Australia in Jan-Feb with limited capacity attendance and their vaccination program hadn’t even started.
    I guess for the purpose of attending events a rapid test could be used in Barbados even though their reliability has been questioned.

  3. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    All of you want dragging off the island,, but something much better is headed your way, some of you can’t live with certain things..

  4. Fractured BLP Avatar
    Fractured BLP

    Dedicated to the ‘Mia Cares’ ….posse….

    To complain to me, now, you got de NERVE

    You get the government you DESERVE !

  5. David Avatar
    David

    @Fractured BLP

    The DLP names 30 candidates to contest the next general election yet?

  6. David Avatar
    David

    ‘Self-spreading’ vaccines pose multiple risks to society — including the end of informed consent

  7. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet


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  8. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Well let’s see if racist sandy lane has the balls to continue the trend of pushing hotel employees into slavery in 2021 and let’s see if Mia has even bigger balls to continue HELPING THEM…by distracting the country so that they can get away with it..

    a lot of you will sit down and don’t do/say something about this nasty traitor government and the white/minority frauds, enslavers and dirty racists infesting the island and allow your grandchildren to get caught up in these crimes against Black people for another 50 years.

    i keep telling yall THAT NOTHING GOOD CAN COME OUT OF ANYTHING DERIVED FROM SLAVERY….tourism was developed by evil slave masters in the 17th century to benefit them, it should NOT STILL be part of Black lives in that same form…

  9. David Avatar
    David

    Before some commenters go haywire allow the blogmaster to offer a practical view on the decision by Sandy Lane to cut salaries. From information received the hotel has been operating at 10% occupancy while maintaining staff complement. The hotel’s key source market is Europe which has been obviously impacted by COVID 19. The blogmaster is not the biggest fan of the owners however we must be responsible how we formulate our position.

  10. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    So who gives a shit, they always boast about being billionaires, the Black employees are not responsible for any losses due to Covid or any other natural disasters…they are supposed to EAT THEIR LOSSES not pass them on to low paid workers who they OPPRESS DAILY, this is not only about the salaries did you NOT read what they do to the Black employees EVERY DAMN DAY………this is a dirty intent by racists and the corrupt government.

    responsible is NOT TRYING TO INSTITUTE SLAVERY TO RECOUP LOSSES that have nothing to do with employees…stop enabling these nasty fcukers.

  11. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    someone needs to START A THREAD on what the BLACK POPULATION has LOST since the beginning of Covid and THEN track backward and document what the BLACK POPULATION has lost for the last 54 years, because of thieves in the parliament and racist minorities….document those losses…

    I won’t simply because i much prefer write A WHOLE BOOK about it and about the liars that polluted the parliament since 1966 and their minority partners who are directly responsible FOR THOSE LOSSES…

    racists don’t lose anything, TRAITORS in parliament also make sure they lose nothing..

  12. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Won’t trust gkvt word on any thing
    Govt word have to put their words in writing
    What the minister stated can be challenged in a court of law as his words were defined by past Discrimination law
    Presently COVID has given new meanings and challenges to the world we live in
    Govt needs to stop hiding behind the politics of the day and bring legislation which will bring full meaning and clarity for the employee and employer to understand
    As recently demonstrated by lawyers input with differing opinions
    The law presently on the books can be challenged
    Won’t be farfetched to say that a visitor to the island drag an establishment before the court to set the record straight

  13. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    everything the DBLP touches turns to cancer or poison, laws can’t be easily defined and are misinterpreted a thousand different ways and none benefit the people….these are CRIMES committed by the CORRUPT…

  14. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    The TERRORISTS are in the parliament…VOTE THEM OUT..

  15. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    We are now at a crossroads…choose the RIGHT DIRECTION or STAY DOOMED…

    some of us have moved on to another plane light years away from all this poison…and because of prior commitments will only be able to watch yall be YOKED and set up again..

    get off ya asses and protest, do ANYTHING, but do something to stop these evil racists and their negros from capitalizing on and destroying Black lives MORE and AGAIN.

  16. TLSN Avatar
    TLSN

    @ “WURA-War-on-U”,

    A useful form of protesting would to put pressure on the hotel management not to allow this event to take place.

    Should this fall on death ears, i would suggest to Barbadians that they occupy the complete section of the beach facing the hotel.

  17. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ David June 14, 2021 5:16 AM

    If the hotel has been operating at “10% occupancy while maintaining staff complement” then you must question the decision to ‘import’, employ and house non-nationals at costs way above any remuneration level (un)sustainable at a 10% occupancy rate.

    What are the recently employed high-cost immigrant staff bringing to the table when the hotel is operating at such a low occupancy level?

  18. David Avatar
    David

    What are you protesting against? Is the event on and if it is the hotel accommodating the event is being paid? Is the hotel hiring Barbadians who want to earn money to pay bills.

    Steuspe

  19. David Avatar
    David

    @Miller

    We can question it, what we should not do is conflate and or confused two issues.

  20. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    So who gives a shit, they always boast about being billionaires, the Black employees are not responsible for any losses due to Covid or any other natural disasters…they are supposed to EAT THEIR LOSSES not pass them on to low paid workers who they OPPRESS DAILY, this is not only about the salaries did you NOT read what they do to the Black employees EVERY DAMN DAY………this is a dirty intent by racists and the corrupt government.

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    1000%

  21. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ David June 14, 2021 8:21 AM

    Aren’t both issues about payroll carrying costs?

    At a 10% occupancy level isn’t it mandatory to reduce costs at any means necessary to keep the business ‘open’?

  22. David Avatar
    David

    Some of you are real airheads. The profitability of a business is not determined by the wealth of the owner. A business is run as a center of profit, to make money. If the owners were as callous and unsympathetic to the black employees, they could have justified laying them off like black hoteliers have done.

  23. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    We are not complaining to you, at all! You were not listening between 2008 and 2018. We are aware your ears don’t function.

    We were under no illusions that we voted in The Holy Ghost and her Angelic Host. That is why we are watching so closely and applying the pressure.

    What should concern you is that NOBODY is calling (or VOTING, last time I checked) for the return of what they called the Demonic Lying Party!

    We so rebuked you that you are pretending to bring in an exorcist to save your souls.

    But The Exorcist seems to be too friendly with some of the “demons” to cast them out.

    Still, it is obvious that you should rename yourself FRACTURED DLP!

    WHAT A GOAT!

  24. David Avatar
    David

    @Miller

    No.

    One is about the hotel carrying the same payroll cost while maintaining staff complement. The other is about the government of Barbados not enforcing a fit for purport permit policy.

  25. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    The rhythm in me bemoans the missed opportunity of The Holy Ghost and Her HEAVENLY Host.

  26. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ Donna June 14, 2021 8:31 AM
    “We so rebuked you that you are pretending to bring in an exorcist to save your souls.
    But The Exorcist seems to be too friendly with some of the “demons” to cast them out.
    Still, it is obvious that you should rename yourself FRACTURED DLP!

    WHAT A GOAT!”
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Solid piece of ‘dark’ imagery there!

    A major and fatal flaw by the Exorcist ‘Guy’. He would be much better off employing a Guy Fawkes strategy than to try to reincarnate those lying dead in their political coffins.

    It would do the political trouble-maker hiding behind the robes of his religion a world of good if he should stay a distance of 93 million miles between himself and that satanic gang of liars and blatant thieves.

    Calling Fractured “GOAT” is a compliment as he might see himself as the Greatest (liar) of All Times.

  27. David Avatar
    David

    @Miller

    Is that what he is doing? At this point his target is the members of the DLP establishment, not the public. Some of the members of the old guard continue to wield some influence. Some will argue more than Verla.

  28. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ David June 14, 2021 8:32 AM

    We don’t follow you.

    Who is footing the additional high costs of employing foreign staff? Isn’t the hotel a profit centre, in the final economic analysis?

    Wouldn’t such a ‘higher-cost’ move be turning a former profit centre into a burdensome cost centre at a 10% occupancy level?

    Only a few days ago you were ‘justifying’ the right of foreign-owned business especially hotels like the same S L to bring in ‘foreign’ staff as they see fit.

    So why decry the GoB for having their hands tied in the FDI-controlling matter?

  29. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    @ David

    Staffing levels and operating costs are adjusted according to occupancy levels.

    Hotels’ occupancy levels are determined by the number of bookings over a specific period of time. If the occupancy level is 10%, then, operating costs are reduced accordingly. Employees, in some cases with the exception of supervisors, are either placed on ‘lay off’ or reduced hours.

    This is ‘budgeting procedure’ that occurs every year, especially during the ‘off season,’ April 15 to December 14.

  30. David Avatar
    David

    Thanks Artax.

    @Miller

    You are debating a different point.

  31. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “i would suggest to Barbadians that they occupy the complete section of the beach facing the hotel.”

    any form of protest against, DISCRIMINATORY GOVERNMENT PRACTICES that they are now using against local artistes. unfair labor practices by criminals like sandy lane, thefts from employees, oppression and racism will work right now ESPECIALLY IF IT HITS CNN and ALL the may international networks….

    let the world see what the frauds in the parliament have always enabled and condoned against Black people for 54 years.

  32. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “Some of you are real airheads.”

    the airheads are the ones who ACCEPT ANYTHING. justify it and then complain later when it all turns to shit…while ignoring the REAL ISSUES like RACISM PROBLEMS/ OPPRESSION/DISCRIMINATION such beast hoteliers practice against Black employees..DAILY

    again…i could give a shit about racist sandy lane ya dont hear them complaining about the costs of their million dollar cocaine fueled parties that everyone admires…

  33. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    To make matters even worse, these racist subhuman greedy business people carry all types of insurance from Ireland, UK and US…AND RECEIVE IMMEDIATE multi MILLION DOLLAR PAYOUTS for ANYTHING that negatively impacts their businesses, man made or natural………..they get a good laugh at how gullible and dumb Black people can be…

  34. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    yes..it’s elementary and BASIC commonsense…

    no foreign business people WORTH THEIR SALT…would not carry multiple insurance for ANY eventuality…

    from Mia colluded with those dirty hoteliers to withhold severance and put all the strain on the NIS Pension fund, it was very clear what they were doing, and i waited and waited and not one of you realized what they were doing….collecting insurance for their losses and REFUSING to pay Black employees salaries and severance…

    so stay gullible, dumb and always a private joke between racists…

  35. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    If the Black population don’t realize by now that they WILL NEVER get any black face politician from DBLP or any other political party to stand up for and DEFEND THEM…they never will..

    ..westernized negros just DON’T HAVE IT IN THEM…and never will.

  36. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Africans are MOVING AWAY from allowing whites, chinese or ANYONE ELSE to crawl into the continent and disrespect, insult and ROB them and demoralize their people, it is a process and will take time to complete

    but why are Black people on the island still allowing it..

    if the traitors in the parliament can’t get with the program GET RID OF THEM…the people have that power..

  37. Hants Avatar
    Hants

  38. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    I RUN A BUSINESS AND WASN’T AWARE THAT I CAN CUT MY STAFF WAGES/SALARIES AS I WISH IN A DOWNTURN.

    ONE CAN ONLY GET AWAY WITH SUCH SHODDY PRACTICES AGAINST BLACKS ON THE 2 x 3 ISLAND.

  39. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    What sandy lane is doing is actually ILLEGAL under labor laws, but not one parliament rat will come out and stop them…..the union will play the usual game and depending what they get out of it for themselves….the crimes against Black employees will continue as is, it’s a pattern.

    they are all A PUS FILLED BOIL on the island.

  40. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    In essence…repulsive RACISTS can steal employees severance and salaries and neither the traitors in the parliament nor the unions will aggressively lift a finger to do anything about it….

    everybody waiting for their “cut/bribe” to let it continue.

  41. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    You can’t! There has to be agreement. Of course, you can cut staff and this is the threat they use.

  42. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    @ Waru

    BLACKS UNFORTUNATELY ARE EXPLOITED EVERYWHERE.

    AFRICANS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE IN EUROPE TO THE DETRIMENT OF THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

  43. David Avatar
    David

    @Donna

    If you owned SL with a staff of 700 who you have been paying salaries for the last year with and average of 10% occupancy. What do you think the staff will prefer, amended terms of employment until things pick up or retrenchment in a COVID environment.

  44. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Only because they don’t trade sufficiently among themselves, if they did and effectively cut out everyone else, there will be a huge difference… as long as they continue on that line of stupidity, the world’s greedy will always rob them…….some have awoken to that fact and have started to do things differently…it’s very impressive the way they started to turn thing around….it will take time…

    Barbados is a special case, the government invite these crimes against the population and take bribes to allow it,

    those crimes against Africans are exposed on a massive scale worldwide in other countries, with the names of thieves and exploiters…exposed everywhere, even more so with many platforms popping up all over the place..

    ..but the criminals on the island cover it up….and the people don’t protest sufficiently…big difference

  45. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Donna…the staff is not having any of it….they demand the money sandy lane stole from them while overworking them….i take it you did not see the article either, that is a nasty racist environment to work in and not even animals should be working for those savages.

  46. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    The rabble are in their element.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

  47. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    ya ain’t even got no shame…

    yall always famous for all the wrong reasons and it always gotta do with violating Black rights.

  48. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    ya should see what someone wrote about yall today, but that’s only for the eyes of those who ya trying to fool to know who and what ya are….so ya can’t walk around comfortably in ya snakes skins anymore….frauds.

  49. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Tax payers money at work

    https://www.facebook.com/100012621074104/posts/1242606282836729/

  50. David Avatar
    David

    Guess we continue to wait on a government minister to clarify this Haywire business.

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