Monthly Archives: March 2013

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Posted on March 25, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Click image for pdf poster Theme for 2013: "Forever Free: Celebrating Emancipation" See the original post at the UN site here… "For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic … Continue reading →

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BEC to absorb cost of CARIFTA electricity because taxpayers have a social responsibility to a sporting event?

Posted on March 25, 2013 by weblogbahamas

"We have a social responsibility to the people of The Bahamas and we must continue to give back in tangible ways to the community." Leslie Miller (PLP), MP & BEC Chairman (from The Tribune, Saturday, March 23, 2013). Since when … Continue reading →

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The iNMATES – Song of the week – I Can’t Sleep – March 25, 2013

Posted on March 25, 2013 by weblogbahamas

The iNMATES released their LP First Offence in 1979 and the sound of early Rolling Stones immediately struck me. Hope you like I Can't Sleep (digitised from my LP) below. Visit their My Space page here… and I sure hope … Continue reading →

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Russ Roberts paraphrases Hayek on Cyprus

Posted on March 24, 2013 by weblogbahamas

"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to Cyprus and the EU how little they really know about what they imagine they can design." See the original post at Cafe Hayek, here… Find out more about F. A Hayek … Continue reading →

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Bahama Parrot. Photo of the week

Posted on March 24, 2013 by weblogbahamas

What a beautiful species. Taken in South Abaco. Rick Lowe Images by Rick Lowe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Based on a work at http://www.weblogbahamas.com.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.weblogbahamas.com/. … Continue reading →

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Voyager 1 Interstellar Mission nearing edge of the solar system?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Wow. 35 years later it's estimated the Voyager Space Probe is 11 billion miles away from the earth's sun in what's known as the heliosphere. Hang on to your seats. This could be another "giant step for mankind". Here's… what … Continue reading →

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What on Earth is The Nassau Institute?

Posted on March 23, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Recent presentation to the Rotaract Club of South East Nassau by Rick Lowe, Vice President and Treasurer of The  Nassau Institute. See the original post at The Nassau Institute site here… The Nassau Institute was founded in 1995 (known originally as … Continue reading →

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Budget Transparency

Posted on March 22, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Edward Hutcheson I do not know how a responsible government can agree with any of its members saying that the mid-term budget practice should be stopped. Are they suggesting that we go back to the end of year exercise, … Continue reading →

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The Illusions of Wealth

Posted on March 21, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Laissez Faire Books has done it again. This time with the release of The Illusions of Wealth; Ludwig von Mises on The Business Cycle, edited with an introduction by Robert Murphy. You can download it free by joining the Laissez … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Welfare Rights are Wrong

Posted on March 21, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan Ever since John Locke developed the theory of natural individual human rights, there has been an ongoing attempt to change his idea to something very different. For Locke the natural rights all human beings have are … Continue reading →

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