Category Archives: Web/Tech/TV

Doongalik Studios Art Gallery Newsletter

Posted on June 16, 2017 by weblogbahamas

The June Newsletter is out. Download and read it here…

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Policy Ideas: Georgia’s “Rose Revolution”. An example for The Bahamas?

Posted on April 13, 2017 by weblogbahamas

Georgia's president-elect Georgy Margvelashvili, right, and Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili attend a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. Picture: REUTERS After 1991, Georgia struggled with its integration with the rest of the world. Socialist inefficiency was exposed and thousands of factories … Continue reading →

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KILL The Interception of Communications Bill (ICB), 2017 (Known locally as The Spy Bill)

Posted on February 21, 2017 by weblogbahamas

"Across the Bahamas, civil society organizations, legal experts and prominent individuals warn that in its current form, the Bahamas proposed Interception of Communications Bill, 2017 may violate every citizen's constitutionally protected right to privacy and strike a mortal blow to … Continue reading →

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Rise of a New Police State

Posted on February 15, 2017 by weblogbahamas

Dear Editor, Allyson Maynard Gibson’s defense of the controversial ICB lacks credibility as she states that the authority for the above would be placed “solely in the hands of the Independent Judiciary.” This is laughable as the government has openly … Continue reading →

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The Digital Surveillance State: Vast, Secret, and Dangerous

Posted on February 14, 2017 by weblogbahamas

An eye opening series of essays from Glenn Greenwald, John Eastman, Julian Sanchez and Paul Rosenzweig. “And as we acquiesce to more and more sacrifices of our privacy to the omnipotent Surveillance State, it builds the wall of secrecy behind … Continue reading →

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The Surveillance State Seen through a ‘Black Mirror’

Posted on February 11, 2017 by weblogbahamas

This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. The Netflix series, Black Mirror, has garnered a great deal of attention recently for its Twilight Zone feel which leaves many viewers both slightly disturbed and intrigued. Complete with … Continue reading →

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Frederick Lightbourn and Original Review

Posted on May 22, 2016 by weblogbahamas

Restaurant owners and operators can now track customer satisfaction in real time thanks to Bahamian Entrepreneur and restaurateur Frederick Lightbourn, with a new software called Original Review. How it started:“After 30 years operating and owning restaurants in Nassau, Bahamas, Frederick … Continue reading →

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The Real Adam Smith

Posted on May 19, 2016 by weblogbahamas

From Free To Choose TV Real Adam Smith? And why should we care? In this two-hour, two-part documentary, Swedish author, commentator and Cato Senior Fellow Johan Norberg explores Adam Smith’s life, his ideas about morality and economics, and how the … Continue reading →

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The urgent push to go green

Posted on December 10, 2015 by weblogbahamas

Looking at electricity rates around the world it seems there is no cost savings for the consumer in those countries “pushing” green energy like Germany. Without a proper cost benefit analysis it’s difficult to know the effects if the Bahamas … Continue reading →

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Links of interest. Fusion Power. ObamaCare’s Unraveling & Being Progressive and Racist

Posted on December 9, 2015 by weblogbahamas

Fusion Power is very close… Business Insider shared a video on the possibility of fusion power, in the not too distant future, that could be a game changer. The quiet unraveling of ObamaCare… The Week shared an interesting and bleak … Continue reading →

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