Monthly Archives: February 2013

Van Morrison – Song of the week – February 11, 2013 – I’ll Be Your Lover, Too

Posted on February 11, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Is there anyone better in the music industry? Sure there are singer songwriters that have created some fabulous music, but I'm not sure anyone compares to Van Morrison. Having said that, I'm in the mood for some "Van the Man" … Continue reading →

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Photo of the week – American Kestrel

Posted on February 10, 2013 by weblogbahamas

An American Kestrel taken in the backyard. It actually has a next in the neighbours yard so we’re looking forward to seeing the babies. Rick Lowe Images by Rick Lowe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Based … Continue reading →

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Bahamas to get new Parliament building?

Posted on February 10, 2013 by weblogbahamas

No touristic value? Just when you thought Parliamentarians could not come up with any more ludicrous ideas to spend tax dollars, they now want to construct a new building to house Parliament. With the country in debt approaching $5 Billion, … Continue reading →

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On the night table – Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government

Posted on February 9, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Thursday night past we were fortunate enough to enjoy a fabulous presentation by Dr. Yaron Brook, president and executive director of The Ayn Rand Institute, co-author of Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government, where he … Continue reading →

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Mr. Shane Gibson. Maybe they won’t pay City Markets obligation to their former employees?

Posted on February 7, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Or maybe  they will. In the Nassau Guardian of Wednesday, February 6, 2013, Mr. Shane Gibson (PLP), Minister of Labour, is quoted as saying the former employees of City Market sent the government a proposal to pay 50% of the … Continue reading →

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Use laws or remove them & the code of silence

Posted on February 6, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Mr. John Issa wrote in his column, View From Afar, in The Tribune yesterday that if laws are ignored and not enforced we should apply "the old rule of "USE IT OR LOSE IT" to all our legislation", and while … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Arrogance of Power!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan Just how utterly reliant on sheer power is President Obama can be appreciated from the fact that no one in his administration bothers to defend his policy of confiscating people’s resources.  Apart from calling upon the … Continue reading →

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Unintended consequences of “going green”

Posted on February 5, 2013 by weblogbahamas

My wife and I try to do our part with being environmentally conscious and installed a solar water heater several months back and carry "green bags" to the food store to pack our groceries in for the trek home. Well … Continue reading →

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The Red Card Solution to Immigration, might help The Bahamas too

Posted on February 4, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Political solutions to national issues seem fleeting in our country. An ongoing issue flares up, we all add our two cents to the discussion, and lo and behold, not a damn thing changes. My contention is that individuals have to … Continue reading →

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Gerry Rafferty – Song of the week – February 4, 2013 – Don’t Close The Door

Posted on February 4, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Don't know what reminded me of Gerry Rafferty this weekend, but I'm glad it happened. Unfortunately he passed away in 2011 but there is a web site dedicated to his memory here… I hope you'll visit his site, and buy … Continue reading →

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