Monthly Archives: October 2010

The Blue Voodoo Duo – Song of the week – October 25, 2010 – Black Magic Woman

Posted on October 25, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe As you might know by now my wife and I really enjoy blues, and whenever we’re in a big city we look for a blues bar. So when we were in Vancouver in September to visit the kids … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the lives of Joseph Spence and Tony McKay at Doongalik Studios next Thursday, October 28, 2010. Only two weeks left

Posted on October 24, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe On Thursday past, October 21, 2010, we enjoyed another excellent evening at Doongalik Studios listening to people recount the lives of Joseph Spence and Tony McKay. Fred Furguson opened the evening with another superb performance playing in the … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Superman to fix education? The Cato Institute says we should be “Waiting for Realityman”

Posted on October 23, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Neal McCluskey posting at Cato @ Liberty about the new movie about education that: "The edu-documentary Waiting for ‘Superman’ continues to generate lots of noise about fixing American education. Unfortunately, like the film itself, most of the noisemakers … Continue reading →

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FM 98.1 – The Bahamas 24/7 Classical Music Station

Posted on October 22, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Dr. Sweeting informed us about a great new radio station here in this post… last week. If you haven’t listened in yet, you don’t know what you’re missing. And I can’t help but share this new ad we’ll … Continue reading →

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Will Union Members fall for anything in The Bahamas?

Posted on October 21, 2010 by weblogbahamas

by Jerome Pinder ZNS has certainly caught our attention over the last couple of weeks and it should be no surprise that the Union once again added its stupidity to the situation. An idiot could see the writing on the … Continue reading →

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Matt Ridley on Trade, Growth, and the Rational Optimist on how great things really are

Posted on October 20, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe As mentoned previously I’m currently in the middle of The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley and I thoroughly enjoyed his interview by Russ Roberts last night. Please visit Dr. Roberts EconTalk archives at the Library of Economics and … Continue reading →

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Bahamas Customs and Immigration to merge?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Now this story… in the Nassau Guardian yesterday morning was most interesting. And not so much from their suggested ability to become more efficient, although that's a good thing. I'm thinking more along the lines of costs. With … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Sharron Angle & the Right to be Armed

Posted on October 20, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan It is not an unfamiliar ploy–if you have no arguments, try to ridicule or just be snide, belittle your adversary. This is what has been going on with the messages sent by the Tea Party. "…Don’t they … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 20, 2010 by weblogbahamas

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The Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas (BCB) and layoffs

Posted on October 19, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Well the day finally arrived when the government has had to layoff staff from the bloated ranks of the BCB or ZNS as we know it. This is an extremely difficult decision to make as many people in … Continue reading →

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