Monthly Archives: November 2011

Can the political class fix it?

Rick Lowe When I hear the political class speaking about the country and how to cure its ills I wonder how many people think, "yeah right, they got into this mess with bad policies over decades, so now they'll just … Continue reading

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Doongalik Studios and Carter Marketing present Spirit of the Dance

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 6pm – 9pm at Doongalik Studios Village Road. See below.

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Ingraham lays into McCartney

Published: October 22nd, 2011 Column: Young Man's View, The Tribune's 'The Big T' By ADRIAN GIBSON ajbahama@hotmail.com             As elected officials continue to place their partisan egos in front of a unity of purpose and passionate commitment to a well-reasoned … Continue reading

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Do the PLP make our politics insoluble?

Rick Lowe Henry Hazlitt was a fantastic economic journalist, and after he died in 1993 a collection of his essays were assembled in a great book entitled Is Politics Insoluble? Download a PDf copy here… from the Foundation for Economic … Continue reading

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Fats Domino – Song of the week – November 28, 2011 – Going To The River

Rick Lowe If you don’t have the CD, Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino yet you are missing a superb collection of songs by the great Fats Domino (AKA Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino, Jr.) sung by a cast of … Continue reading

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Asking for Accountability

Published: Saturday, November 12, 2011 in The Tribune's 'The Big T' ADRIAN GIBSON ajbahama@hotmail.com Over time, it appears that we have been repeatedly electing certain politicians who are outright pinheads and tin men, full of childish braggadocio but devoid of … Continue reading

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RIP Uncle Aaron

Published in the column 'Young Man's View' in Tribune's 'The Big T' on October 1, 2011 By ADRIAN GIBSON ajbahama@hotmail.com Goodbye (Long Island’s) rose, May you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed itself Where lives … Continue reading

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Braveheart battle site in the news

Rick Lowe Remember the movie Braveheart? The story line was something like this: Scottish Rebel William Wallace led an uprising against Edward the Longshanks of England to inherit the Crown of Scotland for himself. Well it was a great movie, … Continue reading

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Johnnie Christie together with 25 North

Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Crazy Johnny's, East Bay Street. Johnnie Christie will take the stage for an acoustic set at 10:00pm and 25 North will rock on from 11:oopm until… Be there by 9:45pm. Dont' miss it.

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Lessons in Freedom: Who Needs Austerity when some Are Rich

Tibor R. Machan Portugal is broke but austerity measures there are protested persistently.  Greece is in the same fix.  And indeed in America, too, the Occupy Wall Street crowd appears to believe that if even a few folks are doing … Continue reading

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