Monthly Archives: August 2019

Be Safe Abaco, Grand Bahama & Florida Folks

Posted on August 30, 2019 by weblogbahamas

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Wade Davis – A Story of Colombia

Posted on August 28, 2019 by weblogbahamas

ideacity is one of my favourite sites and they recently celebrated their 20th anniversary.There are over 40 videos to choose from but I found this one fascinating. Touching on the beauty of Columbia and the horrors of the drug war, … Continue reading →

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The Fairytale of Hegemonic Neoliberalism

Posted on August 26, 2019 by weblogbahamas

by Phillip W. Magness First published at AEIR… and posted here with the kind permission of the author. Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz recently made waves in academic circles by declaring the end of something called “neoliberalism” and pondering the … Continue reading →

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And then there’s Oban

Posted on August 25, 2019 by weblogbahamas

by Richard Coulson Our second oil-related venture is Oban Energies, a very different animal.  The Heads Of Agreement signed in February 2018 contemplated importing foreign crude oil to a Grand Bahamas   facility where it would be stored, refined, and shipped … Continue reading →

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Oil in The Bahamas

Posted on August 24, 2019 by weblogbahamas

by Richard Coulson The prospect of oil being extracted or refined in The Bahamas has ardent supporters, opposed by intractable critics. Two very different ventures are the targets of their scrutiny, one transparent, the other opaque. The first is Bahamas … Continue reading →

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On the bookshelf: Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation against America

Posted on August 21, 2019 by weblogbahamas

From the liner notes: Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has sold more than 2.5 million copies. It is pushed by Hollywood celebrities, defended by university professors who know better, and assigned in high school and college classrooms to … Continue reading →

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The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery

Posted on August 18, 2019 by weblogbahamas

Seems pretty clear the anti market forces were aligned on behalf of slavery. By Phillip W. Magness What is capitalism’s view toward slavery? It seems like a crazy question, but not so much actually, not in these times. So let … Continue reading →

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Regulation Theory

Posted on August 17, 2019 by weblogbahamas

Why is the government habit so difficult to break? Is it special interests? Just any special interests”?” His presentation was entitled, Bootleggers, Baptists and the Government Habit and you can watch a snippet of the full length the video below. … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Capitalism by Ludwig von Mises

Posted on August 16, 2019 by weblogbahamas

Published at Mises.org. See original post here… The precapitalistic system of production was restrictive. Its historical basis was military conquest. The victorious kings had given the land to their paladins. These aristocrats were lords in the literal meaning of the … Continue reading →

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Why do we demonize those with whom we disagree?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by weblogbahamas

Arnold Kling over at Libertarianism.org has an interesting article about how we (left versus right or even PLP versus FNM) polarize ourselves. Here's a couple excerpts: "Back in the twentieth century, there was room in American politics for bipartisanship, deliberation, … Continue reading →

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