The recent Cabinet shuffle by Prime Minister Mia Mottley has caused tongues of political pundits to wag. The Cabinet changes came a few months into a second term after an early general election called in January 2021.
Prime Minister Mottley under our system of government practiced has the authority to appoint and disappoint regarding the composition of Cabinet and there must be good reasons in her mind for the changes. She has loudly signalled to the public her confidence in beleaguered Minister of Education Kay McConney and to a lesser extent Minister of Tourism Senator Lisa Cummins who was transferred to Energy and Business Development, International Business and Trade. Of interest is the fact Cummins has not had to face the electorate. We have also seen the elevation of Corey Layne to Minister of State in the Attorney General’s office for responsibility for crime prevention.
Traditionally a Prime Minister is thought to ‘bring’ outsiders into the Cabinet to enhance the skill level, although it seems with McConney and Cummins to be nakedly political given the quick rotation from original appointments. The current Cabinet is labelled the largest per capita in the world. There is a parallel discussion – less we forget – about the number of consultants the Mottley government continues to appoint in the rich tradition of her predecessors. The more things change…
Mottley into an early second term after an abbreviated first term continues to defend the large Cabinet and appointment of consultants- positions offered the the ‘boys’. Truth be told given the overwhelming mandate given by the electorate in 2018 and 2021 that resulted in no elected Opposition it is enough to make Mottley believe she has carte blanche to manage the affairs of country.
With the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) – see CRC website currently doing its work with a goal to submit recommendations in 18 months for a new Constitution – the arbitrary way Barbados prime ministers have ignored concerns from the public must be addressed. A mechanism must be included in a New Constitution which receives and processes concerns from the public in a structured way to avoid destabilising governments work.
Mob Mentality
For the sake of argument let us assume the children’s test were a source of wicked corruption that were initiated by wicked people,
(regardless of whether you believe that or not).
Can anyone truly say Minister of Education Kay McConney is the source of wickedness and should be lynched for the tests.
These wicked tests came from the money lenders IDB.
The best remedy would be to stop them being used again.
That’s How Strong My Love Is
Lyrics from
Son of God
ONE LOVE ONE WORLD ♡ ♥ 💕 ❤ 😘 🌍
That’s How Strong My Love Is · The Gaylettes
(Judy Mowatt on lead vocals)
That’s How Strong My Love Is / Otis Redding
If I was the sun way up there
I’d go with love most everywhere
I’ll be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know that I’m still around
That’s how strong my love is, whoa
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is, baby, baby
That’s how strong my love is
I’ll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears
And you can go swimming when you’re here
And I’ll be the rainbow after the tears are gone
Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm
That’s how strong my love is, darling
That’s how strong my love is, baby
That’s how strong my love is, whoa
That’s how strong my love is
I’ll be the ocean so deep and wide
And catch the tears whenever you cry
I’ll be the breeze after the storm is gone
To dry your eyes and love you warm
That’s how strong my love is, baby
That’s how strong my love is
That’s how strong my love is, darling
That’s how strong my love is, again now
That’s how strong my love is, so deep in
Well, that’s how strong my love is
So much love, yes so much love, whoa
Yes so much love, yes so much love
Anything that I can do, I’ll be good for you
Any kind of love you want, I’ll be with you
“Can anyone truly say Minister of Education Kay McConney is the source of wickedness and should be lynched for the tests.”
I am fully convinced that you use words without knowing their meaning. In my opinion, to use the word ‘lynched’ in this conversation is ridiculous and only demonstrates a lack of/superficial knowledge of the word.
Apologies for bursting your bubble first thing in the morning.
Entebbe Rasta Chanters, London Sound System Roll Call
We have patiently been waiting for Chronix Area
The way God and Mother Nature planned it
Herb is the Healing of the Nation
Alcohol is it’s Destruction
Rasta Fari One Blessed Love
It’s all about the Spirit Jah Know
Give Thanks to the brethren
and come in
with a Truth and Rights Selection
Iniversity from the most high scientifically
Said the woman ride right on the 7 8 Dragon
The 7 8 Dragon
The Red Red Dragon
Ride up on the 7 8 Red Dragon
Total Control upon this Land
Total Control on each Area
Total Control on Chronix Area
Chronix Herb Tronics
Chronix Herb Pronics
Here come the Woman and the Dragon them mash it
Mother Nature Hydroponics and the Woman dem mash it
Mash it on the path of the 7 8 Dragon
Mash it on the path of the Red Red Dragon
Red Red Dragon in the Year of the Dragon
Mash Mother Nature Nature Plan
Mash it on the chance to make Destruction
We have to bring it in the Construction
Yet they can’t beat Mother Nature Man
Can’t beat Mother Nature
Fight and Fight until the End of Days Sir
Mother Nature will always conquer
The Blogmaster does NOT have the time or patience to Mother Nature people. Act responsibly on the blog.
Read for yourself
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/11/02/this-is-all-about-mottley/
Definitely not worth the energy. Distraction, sleight of hand. Thought everyone would know that by now.
Of interest is the fact McConney and Cummins have not had to face the electorate.
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Did I miss something? Didn’t McConney run and win in St. Philip?
Sorry Sargeant, you are correct. That was an obvious error on the blogmaster’s part.
Barbados Today is the News of Populist Spin like Alt-Right Racists
and is the Os go to source
which is why they lose with 0s
One for the Treble
Two for the Bass
Have You Seen Davy · Davy D. lyrics
Have you seen Davy? Haven’t you seen Davy? Have you seen Davy? Haven’t you seen Davy? Have you seen Davy? Haven’t you seen Davy? Have you seen Davy?
Saw a story this morning in BT’s epaper
Bajan dollars or US dollars?
I have previously stated here that published mention of dollars and cents should be in BDS $. As a safeguard, all stories should always explicitly state what type of currency was used. The switch between types of currencies or not even stating the currency give rise to an opportunity to easily double the price.
Method 1 XXX BDS $
Method 2 XXX BDS $ (US $ 2xx)
and never
xxx $
It is these small things that also need fixing
Communication Station
Censorship Ginalship
This is upsetting
Some folks will always be petty minded and argue like beaches when they don’t get it
Express Yourself
when communicating in the company of dismissive negative people have to carefully fully explain all the points they feel inside with a higher consciousness of Non Words thought patterns NVC Non Verbal Communication at Focus Level 23 out of body experiences
(OBE or sometimes OOBE) is a phenomenon in which a person perceives the world from a location outside their physical body.
Try saying crucified instead if a word like lynchings offends your sensitivities
Jesus was crucified as he claimed to be the chosen one
Southerners thought they were doing good community service with lynchings
Jerry Hitler though genocide of Jews was good for the purity of the master race
Americans thought Enola Gay dropping Little Boy in the final stages of World War II was truly spectacular
@David
The search button doesn’t seem to be working at my end, could you check your end to see if all’s well.
Thanks Sargeant, will investigate.
@Sargeant
Did a test of the search box and it brought back results. You should try again.
Fresh!
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
― Omar Khayyám
Public Enemy came under fire from the Jewish community after equating the black experience with the holocaust.
In “Welcome To The Terrordome,” Chuck D also spoke on the death of Yusef Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins was a 16-year-old African American male who was murdered in the summer of 1989 in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst when he was ambushed and killed by a group of young white men. This event added fuel to the fire that was already burning throughout racial relationships.
Chuck’s frustration can be heard in the following lines:
First, nothings worse than a Mother’s pain
of a son slain in Bensonhurst
Can’t wait for the state to decide the fate
So this jam I dedicate
Places with the racist faces
Example of one of many places
He also gives his take on thought versus action:
Whatcha do is get your head ready
instead of getting physically sweaty
when I get mad I put it down on a pad
give you something that you never had
Chuck D was known for offering fearless lyrical insight on controversial subjects, putting him at the top of the most influential emcees list in the genre of hip-hop.
The lyrics, which constitute three of “Welcome to the Terrordome’s” 56 lines, are “Crucifixion ain’t no fiction: so-called chosen, frozen/Apology made to whoever pleases. Still they got me like Jesus” and “Backstab, grab the flag from the back of the lab, told the rab {rabbi}: ‘Get off the rag!’ ”
Samples from “Terrordome” include:
“Psychedelic Shack” by The Temptations
“Train Sequence” by Geoffrey Sumner
“Bon Bon Vie (Gimmie the good life)” by T.S. Monk
“Cold Sweat” by James Brown
“Cloud Nine” (live version) by THE Temptations
Davy DMX
One For The Treble
If it ain’t broke, fix it. Independence Day will now be Barbados National Day.
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BTW anyone thinks that there will be a new Constitution by next November?
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/11/02/this-is-all-about-mottley/
November 30th
Independence day ? Republic day ? Barbados National day ?
@Hants@Sargeant
Did the PM give a reason for merging the two?
Court is in Session
Who will win in the spiritual battle of good over evil
Barbados Underground Vs Barbados Government
In London
If we don’t like them
We Gun them
Shut Em Down (Pe-te Rock Mixx)
Shut Em Down / Public Enemy
Open there!
Oh, yeah
Come on, come on
Rock Mix
Check it out
Yeah
Check it out
I testified
My mama cried
Black people died
When the other men lied
See the TV, listen to me, double trouble
I overhaul and I’m comin’
From the lower level
I’m takin’ tabs
Sho nuff stuff to grab
Like shirts and it hurts
With a neck to wreck
Took a poll ’cause our soul
Took a toll
From the education
Of a TV station
But look around
Here go the sound of the wreckin’ ball
Boom and Pound
When I shut ’em down
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
@Hants
Mottley Rules! What Mia wants Mia gets
A Government by Fiat
Don’t forget 60 love
Shut Em Down (Rock Mixx Instrumental)
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine
What I use in the battle for the mind
I hit it hard
Like it supposed
Pullin’ no blows to the nose
Like uncle L said I’m rippin’ up shows
Then what it is
Is only five per cent of the biz
I’m addin’ woes
That’s the way it goes
Then you think I rank, never drank, point blank
I own loans
Suckers got me runnin’ from the bank
Civil liberty I can’t see to pay a fee
I never saw a way to pay a sap
To read the law
Then become a victim of a lawyer
Don’t know ya, never saw ya
Tape cued
Gettin’ me sued
Playin’ games with my head
What the judge said put me in the red
Got me thinkin’ ’bout a trigger to the lead
No no
My educated mind say
“Suckers gonna pay anyway”
There gonna be a day
‘Cause the troop they roll in
To posse y’up
Whole from the ground
Ready to go
Throw another round
Sick of the ride, it’s suicide
For the other side of town
When I find a way to shut ’em down
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down) I shut ’em down
I wreck for respect
Check one, hit the deck
With the man of the hour
Commit to soul power
For once I got to say shut ’em down on the regular
Causing mass hysteria in your area
Kicking it for my man Chuck D
Down with PE
On the remix
Hung on the flix
So check it before I step down
When I’m in your town
You know I got to shut ’em down
Who count the money
In the neighborhood
But we spendin’ money
To no end, lookin’ for a friend
In a war to the core
Rippin’ up the poor in the stores
Until they get a brother
Kickin’ down doors
Then I figure, I kick it bigger
Look ’em dead in the eye
And they wince
Defense is pressurized
They don’t really want it to be
Another racial attack
In disguise, so give some money back (yeah)
I like Nike but wait a minute
The neighborhood supports so put some money in it
Corporations owe
They gotta give up the dough to my town
Or else we gonna shut ’em down
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
I shut ’em down
(Shut, shut, shut, shut shut ’em down)
Yeah
Oh yeah, one more time, here we go again
Ah-huh, come on
Hold it, come on
Wait a minute now
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Yeah
Hey, yeah, we got soul
Hold the beat, hold the beat, the whole beat, y’all
Re this National Day “issue”. the way I see it, my impression is that it is a naming contraction of Independence & Republic Day. An attempt to give the DATE more significance rather that to remove the significance of Independence Day. In most bajans minds 30 Nov will always be Independence Day. The REAL issue is the loss of significance of these national days within the psyche of Barbadians ( the national days being Errol Barrow day, Heroes Day and Independence Day)
In my opinion Republic Day should be a separate date, preferably within November. My impression that govt didn’t want to add another bank holiday to the calendar. In that case the Republic Day COULD be a date of “national significance” and not a Bank Holiday (a solution I DOUBT would be supported). My solution would be to move Heroes Day from April 28, combine it with Republic Day, celebrate it on Nov 29th and leave Nov 30 as Independence day. My reasoning is to add more significance to November as a National Month celebrated officially at month end with a two day Bank holiday.
I don’t see why we need to celebrate becoming a republic at all.
Nothing significant has changed in how the country operated before and after becoming a republic to warrant republicanism being significantly recognized and celebrated after last year’s ceremony.
We need to remove the ministerial appointment powers and responsibilities from the Prime Minister and Parliament. MP responsibility should only be on serving their constituency and not running ministerial portfolios.
Elect the President and give him/her the responsibility to select ministers and have each one confirmed by simple MP majority vote.
That’s interesting … sounds like another excellent concept developed on the ‘Napoleon’ dictum of leadership: “four legs good, two legs bad” will now be “four legs good, two legs better”!
Besides rhetorical flourish what practical and administratively improved methods would be achieved if an ‘elected’ President appoints her ministerial leaders rather than an elected PM????
Then these MPs would get to set up their committees and review (attempt to politically micro manage) what the selected ministers do one assumes … which they supposedly to do now, of course!
Around and around the clammy cherry bush!!!
@de pedantic Dribbler on November 2, 2022 at 11:41 AM
We never elect a PM. We elect a MP to manage our constituency and they decide amongst themselves who they want to be PM.
Too much power is placed in the PM’s hands. Someone with that much power should be elected. Scrap the PM post, let the electorate elect the president and give the president the powers of the PM has.
The MPs can then have oversight of the President and ministers and investigate where necessary.
Were such a framework in place, our MPs would have investigated the IDB Computer Test fiasco and determine who truly dropped the ball and report to us on the floor of Parliament.
Plus One
(+1)
A Sentence
Brits thought they were doing their World a great Service when they subjugated the stolen men women and children from Alkebulan the ancient name of Africa (Alkebu-lan “mother of mankind” or “garden of Eden”, introducing abhorrent Atlantic Slave Triangle slavery of over 20 generations in their New World Colonies captured lands and set up their Global system of Institutional White Supremacy racism where one man is considered superior and another inferior due to the complexion of their skin colour and contributed to their vast wealth in a system of Global Capitalism taking raw resources from plantation lands and adding value by manufacturing goods and trading them for people which funded the Industrial Revolution which funded Colonialism across the World where they robbed the gold silver diamonds and natural resources and made more money for the Crown of Wicked Babylon (full stop).
Epilogue
Mia’s legacy is she ditched the Crown
The Paragons
Backstabbing Haters can say what they wanna say
I don’t care what they say
Everyday is a Holiday
Little Boy and Fat Man
In essence, the Little Boy design consisted of a gun that fired one mass of uranium 235 at another mass of uranium 235, thus creating a supercritical mass.
Atomic Archive
https://www.atomicarchive.com/media/photographs/little-boy_fat-man/index.html
@Disgusting Lies & Propaganda TV on November 2, 2022 at 10:45 AM
We should rather celebrate 1 October instead of independence and instead of the republic.
In Europe all roads lead to Rome, in our case all roads lead to the Mother of the Nation, our Supreme Leader.
@David, you say boldly that “… given the overwhelming mandate given by the electorate in 2018 and 2021 that resulted in no elected Opposition it is enough to make Mottley believe she has carte blanche to manage the affairs of country.”
But does she have ‘carte blanche’ to do whatever she WANTS to do regardless of reason …
Do the other MPs – also elected as “firm craftsmen of our fate” – not have a responsibility to control these apparent whimsical changes to earlier promises (they all) made!
Clearly the absolute power given has resulted in the absolute ‘corruption’ of that power… and as is written across the pages of history so too will be the absolute downfall !
This is an unfortunate affirmation of ego-governance …when so many good and beneficial actions were possible.
@Dee Word
Your comment is an inquiry to self?
Piece o de rock spent countless posts on BU detailing how Mugabe would be expected to operate.
He was completely ignored by Brass Bowls who voted 60-0 against an even bigger joker called Froon…. TWICE.
The poor Brass Bowls were between a rock and a hard place…and we chose de rock.
Bed dun mek … now we just gotta lay down and tek it…
Next change, We will likely celebrate the birthday of the supreme leader – to be called ‘Mottley day’ – after the royal family….
he also cussed wildly by the slow learners.
Another distraction?
The issue remains, why has no body, other than a statement from the IDB, taken responsibility for the “pre test”.
Apart from all matters of timing questions, given said test was administered at least twice, who did not note the offending questions remained? Who thought that giving all kinds of personal information was necessary for an 10-11-12 yrs old?
Cutting the IDB a new asshole, is deflecting from the fact, WE are responsible for what occurs in OUR classrooms. Not the IDB.
If the IBD, or any other entity, slips into the verbage of a loan document, that if we fail to repay in full, they own a GoB asset, then it is up to those signing the document, to have that altered. Not the loan granting entity.
” WE are responsible for what occurs in OUR classrooms. Not the IDB.
If the IBD, or any other entity, slips into the verbage of a loan document, that if we fail to repay in full, they own a GoB asset, then it is up to those signing the document, to have that altered. Not the loan granting entity.”
exactly, don’t why anyone is blaming IDB for, they could not get that far without permission from the desperate beggars and borrowers. They would not have the audacity unless assured that they would get away with it, because some Judas had their backs, and it actually worked, until the 3rd time when it blew up.
people only do what you allow them and for how long they are allowed, in these types of scenarios.
Gov’t Proclamation
Hear Ye Hear Ye
From henceforth on the 30th day of the 11th month in the year 2022 the day formerly celebrated as Independence Day will now be known as Barbados National Day. And we strictly forbid all citizens on pain of Imprisonment or exile from making any reference to the former name without express approval of the Cabinet of Barbados.
https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/hospital-patient-shot-dead/
@ Sargeant
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ…
the most Iconic C-Walk in history
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RP0W-osinNU
This is why we need an investigation into the matter. WHO, WHO, WHO? Whoever gave deliberate orders OR whoever dropped the administrative ball needs to be held accountable.
A dismissive apology without accountability and silence from the Prime Minister is disrespectful and unacceptable when RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED.
I don’t give a rat’s botsy about Independence Day or Republic Day competitions.
If this right means nothing then pray tell what rights mean something?
How can Government be providing counselling for affected children without first admitting that damage was done?
And if damage was done to our children should accountability not follow?
HOWEVER, if those affected parents have moved on….
Donna was waiting to join the action but she does not even have a grandchild who took the test.
The white man built slave forts in Africa
and slave ports in Caribbean
and paid people who worked in the trade
who to blame
do you blame
the white man
or the black man
for the slavery
due you blame the kings
who profited from slavery
or the captains of the slave ships
do you blame Adolf Hitler who gave the orders to kill
or the Germans who pulled the trigger
Hants,
I followed the link in your Dominica post and that led to another article. I noticed that two of the dead guys are posing with an identical hand signal. The other guy was accused by a commenter of bringing in guns. As usual, this seems to be gang warfare, living and dying by the gun.
Fifteen murders in a population of 70,000.
Trinidad is past 500.
And Caribbean leaders have no answers.
@Hants
Still time to rework those lyrics to “God Bless Bim on Barbados National Day” in time for November 30th
I can still play the original as I am enjoying “The Pleasures of Exile”
BTW why is Lamming not a National Hero? Why?
ƪ(˘⌣˘)┐ ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ ┌(˘⌣˘)ʃ ƪ(˘⌣˘)┐
Don’t Hate The Playa/Playette Hate The Game … don’t dislike someone for their actions, consider instead the situation that causes it
Still D.R.E. / Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre is the name
I’m ahead of my game
Still puffing my leafs
Still fuck with the beats, still not loving police
Still rock my khakis with a cuff and a crease
Still got love for the streets, reppin’ 213 (For life)
Still the beats bang, still doing my thang
Since I left ain’t too much changed, still
I’m representing for them gangstas all across the world
(Still) Hitting them corners in them low-lows, girl
Still taking my time to perfect the beat
And I still got love for the streets, it’s the D-R-E
Snoop Dogg in wwe…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YQrM1yWUC5Q
Bushman…keep your ears close to the ground re the ongoing tribunals.
other groups are not like us and would go to the length and breadth of the earth to make sure you pay for crimes against them, as they should.
So again, don’t mind the distractions and sleight of hand…Karma and Retribution got this.
he was also cussed wildly and consistently by the slow learners.
still trying to recover from 3 rigid months of website work..
The sweetests of ironies and a valuable lesson for slow learners..
“The Fabulous Reason Why Kanye Can’t Sell His ‘White Lives Matter’ Shirts”
@de pedantic Dribbler on November 2, 2022 at 11:41 AM
We never elect a PM. We elect a MP to manage our constituency and they decide amongst themselves who they want to be PM.
Too much power is placed in the PM’s hands. Someone with that much power should be elected. Scrap the PM post, let the electorate elect the president and give the president the powers of the PM has.
The MPs can then have oversight of the President and ministers and investigate where necessary.
Were such a framework in place, our MPs would have investigated the IDB Computer Test fiasco and determine who truly dropped the ball and report to us on the floor of Parliament.
Source: Nation
No @Critical, you are offering theoretical platitudes in this real world of life!
There has NEVER been an election in Bim that I can recall when there was any doubt which MP we were electing to possibly be the PM … NOT ONE!
That’s REALITY. Your remark that “We never elect a PM. We elect a MP to manage our constituency and they decide amongst themselves who they want to be PM” is true but it’s just text-book regurgitated THEORY!
To offer – what would essentially be the US Cabinet Secretary/Ministerial model – provides no particularly PRACTICAL beneficial upsides in my view !
In our current system there is very ample opportunity for a minister, the PS and her/his team to PROPERLY manage their ministry … suggesting that we now place similar ‘absolute’ power in the hands of a president is as I said above simply ‘Napoleonic’ musings of the ‘Animal Farm’ kind!
In short, let’s get real with executing the powers we have currently in our governance system and leave alone the pretty theories of change which will do little to improve the system.
‘I can still play the original’…the notes for a musical illiterate, as learned in Ms Millington’s class were…b-a-g-g-a-a b-a-g d-e-a-g-f-g
National Day, while not original, would appear a fair compromise between Independence and Republic.
@Dub, kiki, Magno et al
You could do all of us, esp those using mobile or non laptop experience, a huge favour by limiting your identifier to one line. We know its you.
That elongated identifier eats up a ton of space on every post
@ The Observer
That is Mr. 🌍 Magnificent a.k.a Magno – Yu Heard Formula: C₂₁H₃₀O₂ IUPAC ID: (−)-(6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-trimethyl- 3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro- 6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-ol [[[ONE LOVE ONE WORLD ♡ ♥ 💕 ❤ 😘 🌍]]] to you
Train Sequence & Introduction
This is a government/ PM that keeps getting in their own way
First there was the hurry up to Republic status without a constitution in place, then there was the establishing of Republic Day on the same date as Independence Day. Then when it dawned on them that the public was not enamoured of referring to November 30 as Republic Day and still favoured Independence Day, the in-house solution is let’s get rid of both names and replace them with Barbados National Day.
The most recent update I read about this change is that it is about celebrating the election of the first President of Barbados
Does anyone know the number of blind mice around the Cabinet table?
Think of your friends in Belize. Live reporting.
I propose to change a name from The Barbados Police Service Band to
The Barbados Police Service Orchestra.
I have been listening to the NCF mini concert series and I am impressed.
The changing of the name should not have come as a surprise. It was simple and silly of us to believe that Mia would not want her grand action to be memoralized or acknowledged over the years..
Like the cuckoo bird, which lays it eggs in the nest of another bird and allow that bird to raise a nest of young cuckoos, Mia moved in on November 30 and will now seize all the pomp and pageantry of that great day as her own.
In hindsight, I believe the transitions from Independence Day to Mia’s Day was inevitable; but what surprises me she attempted her “huff” and remove Independence Day from the minds and vocabulary of the public in less than a year..
Well played Mia. I can only imagine the size of the pair.
I saw Ronnie O today.
I had to leave as I wanted to vote early, but i was impressed with the man.
It is clear that that he will not allow Mia (the cuckoo) to erase a part of our history.
I am here sitting trying to figure out what other name the USA would call July 4th. Cannot think of any.. to the US that day is sacred.
Ronnie O
The way to go
As explained in this article re T&T’s Independence vs Republic Day.
T & T has two different celebrations- Independence Day is celebrated on the day that the country received its Independence from Britain and Republic Day is the first day that that the Parliament met under the new Republican constitution.
HELLO …..The Constitution Reform Commission is coming to a school near you
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/tts-independence-vs-republic-status-explained
@TheO
To us ignoramuses to your North it is the Fourth of July. It is a holiday. What does it celebrate? The day 🎇 makers earn the most money?
@Sarge
Are you proposing another national holiday?
What about the first day the President actually DOES something, become Presidents Day and we could add another.
https://twitter.com/cheynejoness/status/1588011354300076036
@de pedantic Dribbler on November 2, 2022 at 6:49 PM
The theoretical structure of government first needs to be more closely aligned to its practical functioning if we are to identify and resolve deficiencies in our current political system.
Transferring the PM powers to the President with the exception of election date selection which should be a fixed date every 5 years gives more power to the people. The country already operates this way with the added expenses of a generally useless ceremonial president.
The true benefit of such a structure change is that we would now be able to have parliamentary oversight of our ministers and president actions similar to a company board has oversight responsibility of a CEO.
Using the IDB Computer Test fiasco as an example, under this structure, no MP would be a minister, so parliament would be unencumbered and able to request an official report from the Minister of Education and if they are unsatisfied, take a no confidence vote against the minister.
They are always hungry for something:
world stage prominence and prestige,
shite awards that mean squat,
shite recognition and titles that no one cares about, not even in the white world..
international board seats that mean destruction for Afrikans and their children..
they want so badly to leave a lasting criminal legacy while pretending otherwise, an extension of the last 100 years of same, and all they will leave is their STENCH of corruption and Judas selloutism…..that’s the only legacy they can ever come up with.
the legacy of the begging borrowers.
ALL THIS BULLSHIT ABOUT INDEPENDENCE WHEN THE 2X3 ISLAND IS DEPENDENT ON THE NEW COLONIAL MASTERS THE IMF AND IDB WITH CHILDREN BEING EXPLOITED IN THE PROCESS AS IN THE OLD PLANTATION DAYS.
SOME PEOPLE DON’T LIVE IN REALITY.
Pretending they are independent is their comfort zone, while they can’t even get clean water, don’t care how you boil and filter the water, if it’s not distilled it’s still filthy and not worth drinking, but they are “independent” so let them have that…
however, glad the people took a stand on the attempt to rewrite fraud…..they are not changing any narrative with distraction and sleight of hand….for their personal agendas..first lawyers i ever met who don’t know when they are doing evil, unlawful things to their people, but only know when Afrikans are breaking the law and always ready t o prosecute…….after all the parading and “trending on twitter”…they had to eat their wickedness….reverse..
..keep up the pressure….don’t stop
as a matter of fact, my first book with be published in Kush Quarterly, starting in January…PAGE by PAGE…every quarter…let them rewrite that…
Before i could finish type that comment, this was posted elsewhere and i quote….cause i just love to share great news, the highlight of my life…
“The Caribbean Region now has an (sic) Criminal Indictment Authority.
CARIBBEAN COVID CRIMES – CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRIBUNAL
A word to all Caribbean Politicians, Lawyers, Doctors, Police Officers and all other Civil Servants including Company Employers!
MAKE YOUR WILL!!!”
and from what i do know, this is no idle threat IT’S A PROMISE.
“Independence Time – A Time to Reflect on the Role of Prime Minister”
I suspect Davy still has a crush on BLP and the PM
and is only pretending that she/they suck big ones
and it is a deal breaker for the relationship
..but in considering
title above literally
not sarcastically
and spliffically
meditatively
the role of the PM
and a President
instead of King or Queen
needs to be reconsidered
and redefined in new constitution
for the Bajan People’s Revolution
I watched the entire video for the first time. wow
.You Tube Owen Arthur on Mia
@ Critical Analyzer said..
“…..no MP would be a minister, so parliament would be unencumbered and able to request an official report from the Minister of Education and if they are unsatisfied, take a no confidence vote against the minister.”
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If you check out the BU 10-Point Plan (now outdated) you will find such a model proposed years ago – when a difference could have been made…
‘Ministers’ (managers) would have been hired ON MERIT (like any BILLION DOLLAR ENTERPRISE not owned by brass bowls would do.
But that was like throwing pearls to swine…
Now it is too late to make a difference any damn how…
Mos Def
Mathematics
Lyrics
Bucka, bucka, bucka, bucka, bucka, bucka
Ha ha
You know the deal
It’s just me, yo
Beats by Su-Primo for all of my people, Negros and Latinos
And even the gringos
Yo, check it one for Charlie Hustle, two for Steady Rock
Three for the forth-coming live future shock
It’s five dimensions, six senses
Seven firmaments of Heaven to Hell, eight million stories to tell
Nine planets faithfully keep in orbit
With the probable tenth, the universe expands length
The body of my text posses extra strength
Power-lift the powerless up, out of this, towering inferno
My ink so hot it burn through the journal
The system break man, child and women into figures
Two columns for who is and who ain’t niggas
Numbers is hard and real and they never have feelings
But you push too hard, even numbers got limits
Why did one straw break the camel’s back? Here’s the secret
The million other straws underneath it, it’s all mathematics
A Journey Into Stereo Sound (“This is a journey into sound”)
Going to try some heavy lifting here. That’s not my thing. Errors may be made.
“While Senior Lecturer in Political Science and former Head of the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology at UWI’s Cave Hill Campus Dr Tennyson Joseph maintained Independence Day cannot remain indefinitely, two other political scientists Dr Kristina Hinds and Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles reject any attempts to fiddle with the important historical designation.”
**Do you realize that 9/10th of the paragraph was to state the man’s qualifications; 1/20th was for the point he made and the other 1/20th was for the two lecturers.
Their opinion is just as valid as his is. Independence day can remain as long as we want it to. The questions are (1) what does independence mean to us? (2) are we willing to fight for it or is it all symbolism? Independence is the backbone of his imagined republic.
We cannot allow politicians/lecturers to play us as if we are fiddles.
“Hours before Government on Thursday announced post-Cabinet that the status quo would remain, Dr Joseph argued that in the same way the independence of various Caribbean states replaced the Federation as the supreme form of sovereignty, republicanism must now do the same with independence as an unfolding political development.”
Let me show you the comparison.
Independence => Federation
Republicanism => Independence
I am not certain that his point of ‘Federation as the supreme form of sovereignty’ is correct. Secondly, independence and republicanism are not antagonists: they fit together like a backbone and a spine.
I am very reluctant to accept the opinions of our thought leaders.
The Blogmaster’s perspective is that Independence Day for majority of Bajans is about the comfort when comes from doing traditional activities, conkies, parade, listening, watching and reminiscing things Barbadian. Is this enough when we discuss what independence should mean to a nation? Is it a journey we are continuing given a relatively short 56 years?
Discuss for 19 marks.
(In what follows, I mixed-up Dale Marshall with Wilfred Abrahams but as both are screw-ups, it does not matter.
Imagine, if you can, an election that pits Ronnie O against Dale Marshall. Who gets your vote?
I know a few of you will abandon the correct choice, hold your nose and vote for Dale Marshall?
But which DM will you vote for.
(1) The one that is strong and resolute in the morning?
(2) The one that confesses to messing things up on his afternoon apology tour, or my favorite
(3) the one that can always be found on a poster for a fete.
I am going with the party animal… I am willing to bet that he thought BLP meant Barbados largest party (fete).
I fear that your description of Independence Day is much too simple.
It is description of the now, of the party atmosphere and ignored our memory and story. It is devoid of history.
Independence was a major step in our march from being a colony to being our own men and women.
For good men and women, Independence Day is much more than a single day on the calendar; it is a milestone signifying a continuation of our march from being the property of others to being our own masters of our future and our lives. It is a continuation of our writing our name on History’s page.
Becoming a republic should have been a next
chapter, a next major step for all of us, but being petty, jealous, deceitful, manipulative and destructive has turned it into a putrid affair for just a few.
Put aside the plans and the schemes. Give us back our innocence. Show us things as they really are and not just the shiny side of an ugly coin.
Bread and butter for premier league fans outside of the US
1) Get a vpn
2). Get peacock
3)remove sim card, shutdown phone
4) restart
5)log on to vpn, choose site in the US
6)Log on to peacock
Premier league soccer
If you are not making calls you do not need to use your SIM card
I am celebrating Independence month culminating on Independence day November 30th.
Hope the NCF delivers enough fetes to keep me entertained.
“Is it a journey we are continuing given a relatively short 56 years?”
“Discuss for 19 marks.”
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I am the Dean of my University
and speak at random tangents
with thoughts I prepared earlier
🇨🇳 Chinese culture goes back 1,000s of years
🇺🇸 US culture goes back 250 years
Both have cheap credit, but USA can cut off it’s supply like the GFR of 2018 which caused liquidity issues
can’t see the wood for the trees 🌳🌲 🌳🌲
If someone can’t see the wood for the trees in Barbados Culture British English, or can’t see the forest for the trees in American English, they are very involved in the details of something and so they do not notice what is important about the thing as a whole.
Independence represents the past
Republic represents the present and future
Both share the same date and are separate and the same
Should these shared holidays be bi yearly or bi annual?
(This question may also cause confusion)
People are often confused about whether to use biannual or biyearly and for good reason: both can mean “twice per year” or “every other year.” The thing to remember is that one isn’t more “correct” than the other. However, biannual is more commonly used than biyearly.
Source: Nation
Source: Nation
Barbados will never truly be INDEPENDANT , its a part Of England and commonwealth , it depends on Tourists from UK USA and Canada mostly ,Banks are mostly Canadian and British American , so now the Liberal Women are in charge but they still answer to IMF and Pope and New World Order it seems!