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Other Sports / Re: The Toronto Blue Jays
« on: April 03, 2013, 01:44:23 PM »I dont know man ,am not impressed with them at all .
Still early...
Joe Carter telling them to relax....
Going to the game tonight!
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Still early...
Joe Carter telling them to relax....
Going to the game tonight!
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Football / Re: RIP Daft Trini
« on: April 03, 2013, 07:05:38 AM »
Damn....
This one sad boy. This remind me of my cuz last year.
He was an ex Navy man too and get shot by his wife last year too...court case still going on. SOmething wasn't right there
Something not right here neither....
RIP Daft and condolences to your family and friends
This one sad boy. This remind me of my cuz last year.
He was an ex Navy man too and get shot by his wife last year too...court case still going on. SOmething wasn't right there
Something not right here neither....
RIP Daft and condolences to your family and friends
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Plans by T&T government to mandate all radio stations play 50% local music?
« on: April 02, 2013, 07:46:27 AM »
You will see development of the industry....
Studios, labels, producers, etc...
pre-regulation Canada, there was no recording label, artists had to go abroad to become successful, and if US said no, that was it. Tragically Hip is proof of this. No one outside of Canada know this group, but at one time 1 of 6 households owned a Hip album. You can't get that exposure and success without such regualtions. The same thing is with TnT. The industry will develop. A few listeners and radio stations will be upset and there will be some sh*t on the radio to begin with, but after time we will all be singing a different tune...pun intended.
I already said he was on Degrassi, a Canadian show-on a Canadian music channel....
Lil Wayne blow him up, who disagreeing? See if he coulda afforded mixtapes, studio time, producers, and guest spots with trey songz and studio time without his money he earn on Degrassi, etc.
"yeah Usher and dem discover him, but they was only playing he records in Canada. He went platinum in Canada first and is dis law responsible fuh dat."
Where I say they only play his records in Canada? I say he get first support and success from his home country. The law help him succeed here FIRST with the guaranteed radio play...same as Knaan, Kardinal Offishal etc. Making money, opening more doors. Why give money to foreign artists on the radio, when local artists end up opening their own labels and pushing local talent...i.e Carly Rae Jepsen
Now you bringing up Adele and UK where the music industry is already developed and don't require this intervention.
Studios, labels, producers, etc...
pre-regulation Canada, there was no recording label, artists had to go abroad to become successful, and if US said no, that was it. Tragically Hip is proof of this. No one outside of Canada know this group, but at one time 1 of 6 households owned a Hip album. You can't get that exposure and success without such regualtions. The same thing is with TnT. The industry will develop. A few listeners and radio stations will be upset and there will be some sh*t on the radio to begin with, but after time we will all be singing a different tune...pun intended.
All the rapping and airplay Drake was supposedly getting in Canada (and you offer no proof that the law was responsible for that, for all you know he would have gotten the same air play law or no law) how successful was he before the mix tapes?? Exactly.
Getting on the mix tapes is what lead to him breaking out, not Canadian airplay... hard as that must be for you to swallow. Unless you could show that Li'l Wayne and other mix tape collaborators were listening to him on Canadian radio then Canadian airplay simply wasn't a factor in him getting signed... and it wasn't a factor him him selling records when sales took off after his BET exposure.
As for Bieber... you've gone from arguing that Canadian airplay made him a start to now arguing that "yeah Usher and dem discover him, but they was only playing he records in Canada. He went platinum in Canada first and is dis law responsible fuh dat." Bunch ah assness. Adele make Billboard UK Number 1 before she crack top 10 this side ah de Atlantic... must be UK law responsible fuh that one too
I already said he was on Degrassi, a Canadian show-on a Canadian music channel....
Lil Wayne blow him up, who disagreeing? See if he coulda afforded mixtapes, studio time, producers, and guest spots with trey songz and studio time without his money he earn on Degrassi, etc.
"yeah Usher and dem discover him, but they was only playing he records in Canada. He went platinum in Canada first and is dis law responsible fuh dat."
Where I say they only play his records in Canada? I say he get first support and success from his home country. The law help him succeed here FIRST with the guaranteed radio play...same as Knaan, Kardinal Offishal etc. Making money, opening more doors. Why give money to foreign artists on the radio, when local artists end up opening their own labels and pushing local talent...i.e Carly Rae Jepsen
Now you bringing up Adele and UK where the music industry is already developed and don't require this intervention.
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Plans by T&T government to mandate all radio stations play 50% local music?
« on: April 01, 2013, 01:51:03 PM »Now you just talking shit. Drake's rap career had nothing to do with his Degrassi High career... or his subsequent acting career for that matter. His rap career got started by him guesting on mix tapes with other rappers such as Lupe Fiasco, Li'l Wayne and Flo Rida. Canadian radio had absolutely zero... ZILCH to do with his success. It was Li'l Wayne pushing him and getting his vid on BET that led to him blowing up. Justin Bieber got his break when he was discovered by Usher. Neither Usher nor Li'l Wayne was listening to Canadian radio to get exposed to either of those two.
You talking something else...Drake's success has nothing to do with him being played on Radio pre- mixtape days?
You realize Drake was doing music before that? And getting lots of play. You feel he would keep rapping if he didn't hear himself on the campus and urban radio stations and get support?
He didn't wake up one day and guest star on mixtapes with Lupe, etc. The man first song came out when he was on Degrassi. US only start hearing Drake recently, Canada has been hearing and supporting him for years.
I refuse to believe that the support that the gov't regulations in place did not assist in his or other Canadians' career. As i said before it opens a wider audience, and introduces the public to artists that may otherwise not get the opportunity. You just arguing for the sake of it; have you ever heard Canadian radio?
Beiber was discovered by Usher's camp yes, but he achieved Platinum status in Canada first. Also where his first single reached it's highest number. If Can-con regulations don't have anything to do with Canadian artists' career, you just arguing for the sake of arguing....
Currently 2 of the top 10 most popular songs in Canada (according to Billboard) are from Canadian artists....you'll hear those songs soon enough, don't worry. This would not be possible if not for the regulations.
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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NBA 2012-2013
« on: April 01, 2013, 09:37:32 AM »This is the next-best team in the NBA folks. The Heat is real trouble.
Dais why I find it real hard to watch NBA this year....too predictable
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Plans by T&T government to mandate all radio stations play 50% local music?
« on: April 01, 2013, 07:27:59 AM »
You really trying to credit that law for Drake and Justin Bieber's success?
Seriously? lol
Drake's success was definitely pushed along by the regulation....he was first seen on the show Degrassi High-which has a huge local teen fan base; the Can-con regulation isn't limited to radio...it also applies to tv. He got his break there. Not to mention he was all over the air on the urban radio stations before the rest of the world saw him with Young Money.
Also, these guys get to be opening acts and get noticed...by being the local stars
Kardinal Offishal, k-os, k'naan all received considerable airplay "locally" before they made it "big."
A lot of entertainers of Trinbagonian descent has seen success. Why can't it come from grassroot level rather than us getting a pleasant surprise so and so artist born in Trinbago?
What TnT needs to do is provide funding and tax breaks for the arts to ensure financial assistance which in turn can result in an improvement of quality. The 50% content rule is only step 1.
It'll take time, but if done correctly, it's the right move
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Plans by T&T government to mandate all radio stations play 50% local music?
« on: March 31, 2013, 04:50:12 PM »
I can't speak too much on the other nations, but as far as Canada has gone, it has done wonders for the music scene.
Canada lacks a certain amount of patriotism (unless hockey is involved). However over the past 10 years, (as the laws came into effect around 2002) the policy has worked. Artists of all forms have enjoyed a larger audience...and dominate the airwaves. Yes, there are some hiccups, but the success and popularity has risen in Canadian music since the inception.
Arcade Fire, NickelBack, Justin Beiber, Drake to name a few have all taken Canadian music to a level of popularity that previously was limited to Shania and Celine Dion.
I say give it a chance.... if done correctly the benefit will be the growth of the music industry.
It's not so George Orwell-ish "1984"
In Canada it does get frustrating hearing a lot of "Canadian" music on the radio, but I know a couple people who I have heard on the radio, seen their music videos on TV and get small contracts from it. Guys who otherwise would not have the opportunity if not for the regulation.
And if you don't like it, you could always pop in a cd, usb or your iPod/phone...
Canada lacks a certain amount of patriotism (unless hockey is involved). However over the past 10 years, (as the laws came into effect around 2002) the policy has worked. Artists of all forms have enjoyed a larger audience...and dominate the airwaves. Yes, there are some hiccups, but the success and popularity has risen in Canadian music since the inception.
Arcade Fire, NickelBack, Justin Beiber, Drake to name a few have all taken Canadian music to a level of popularity that previously was limited to Shania and Celine Dion.
I say give it a chance.... if done correctly the benefit will be the growth of the music industry.
It's not so George Orwell-ish "1984"
In Canada it does get frustrating hearing a lot of "Canadian" music on the radio, but I know a couple people who I have heard on the radio, seen their music videos on TV and get small contracts from it. Guys who otherwise would not have the opportunity if not for the regulation.
And if you don't like it, you could always pop in a cd, usb or your iPod/phone...
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Plans by T&T government to mandate all radio stations play 50% local music?
« on: March 28, 2013, 01:12:18 PM »
This is not uncommon and actually long awaited and required.
Many other countries adopt this policy to ensure development of the local media.
As per wiki:
Similar domestic content quota laws also exist in Canada, Philippines, Mexico, Nigeria, Israel, South Africa, Jamaica, Venezuela, China and New Zealand. Quotas also apply in the Republic of Ireland and France (which now have a European Union content rule rather than domestic ones.)
US doesn't need one due to the strength and popularity of their media.
Good move!
"content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from [TnT]. It also refers to that content itself, and, more generally, to cultural and creative content that is [Trinbagonian] in nature
MAPL:
Music composed by a citizen of the country
Artist perfoming is from the country
Performance is recorded in the country or the broadcasted live in the country
Lyrics written by an citizen of the country
I guess it would among these lines in a TnT context:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/cancon/r_cdn.htm
Many other countries adopt this policy to ensure development of the local media.
As per wiki:
Similar domestic content quota laws also exist in Canada, Philippines, Mexico, Nigeria, Israel, South Africa, Jamaica, Venezuela, China and New Zealand. Quotas also apply in the Republic of Ireland and France (which now have a European Union content rule rather than domestic ones.)
US doesn't need one due to the strength and popularity of their media.
Good move!
A step in the right direction. I am interested to know how they would define "local." Does it mean locally produced or Locally recorded, or does it mean a 'local artiste' singing or collaborating?
"content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from [TnT]. It also refers to that content itself, and, more generally, to cultural and creative content that is [Trinbagonian] in nature
MAPL:
Music composed by a citizen of the country
Artist perfoming is from the country
Performance is recorded in the country or the broadcasted live in the country
Lyrics written by an citizen of the country
I guess it would among these lines in a TnT context:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/cancon/r_cdn.htm
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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NCAA March Madness 2013
« on: March 22, 2013, 07:24:00 PM »Georgetown self-destructingdestructed. Must be March...
These upsets killing me today
This year supposed to be the wildest march madness in years.
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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NCAA March Madness 2013
« on: March 22, 2013, 06:38:20 PM »Georgetown is self-destructing. Must be March...
This is a real shocker. Today is the day of upsets.
Still time though.
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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NCAA March Madness 2013
« on: March 22, 2013, 02:03:36 PM »Harvard?
First win in the tournament...they look good and Arizona will have their hands full
Have a feeling Marquette ain't moving further, barely beating Davidson. BUtler will handle them, (at least my bracket hoping so)
Looking forward to see Duke today....ah have them winning it all
Marquette could easily make Sweet 16... they won a share of the Big East regular season title and my Big East bias aside, they play extremely good defense, are near the top in the nation in getting the ball in the paint and in getting to the foul line. Their biggest weakness is their lack of consistent outside shooting. I think the win doesn't look impressive because you underestimating how good a team Davidson is.
Nah, I knew Marquette would struggle against Davidson. It will eventually come down to shooting for both Butler and Marquette....i.e If Butler hits their shots. It will be a good game nonetheless. Butler beat them already this year, history may repeat itself
Kansas St in real trouble now against la salle
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Post ah movie thread
« on: March 22, 2013, 07:04:46 AM »
Anyone see "Home Again?" I'm curious but might just end up getting vex
Low budget flick filmed in Trinidad starring Tatyana Ali about three people deported to their native Jamaica after growing up abroad
So they take a Trini-american actress, film it in Trinidad and the move about Jamaicans???
http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=191727
Low budget flick filmed in Trinidad starring Tatyana Ali about three people deported to their native Jamaica after growing up abroad
So they take a Trini-american actress, film it in Trinidad and the move about Jamaicans???
http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=191727
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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Re: NCAA March MAdness 2013
« on: March 22, 2013, 06:48:17 AM »
Harvard?
First win in the tournament...they look good and Arizona will have their hands full
Have a feeling Marquette ain't moving further, barely beating Davidson. BUtler will handle them, (at least my bracket hoping so)
Looking forward to see Duke today....ah have them winning it all
First win in the tournament...they look good and Arizona will have their hands full
Have a feeling Marquette ain't moving further, barely beating Davidson. BUtler will handle them, (at least my bracket hoping so)
Looking forward to see Duke today....ah have them winning it all
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What about Track & Field / Re: Thread for 42nd CARIFTA Games March 28th-April 1st 2013 (Bahamas)
« on: March 21, 2013, 11:44:36 AM »Stats on our last CARIFTA Games performance in 2012 when we placed 3rd behind Jamaica and Bahamas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_CARIFTA_Games
Stats on our overall medall tally in all CARIFTA Games since 1990: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARIFTA_Games
We are 2nd overall behind Jamaica with Bahamas in 3rd just behind us so we need to maintain that overall position after the 2013 CARIFTA Games by matching or beating Bahamas in the medal table.
Here's 2013 Carifta Games wiki page(bare now but soon to fill up):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_CARIFTA_Games
Based on last year's results T&T received:
Boys U-20:
Individual: 7 out of 48 medals
Relays: 1 out of 2
Total: 8 out of 50 medals (16%)
Girls U-20:
Individual: 1 out of 45 medals
Relays: 0 out of 2
Total: 1 out of 47 medals (2%)
Boys U-17:
Individual: 5 out of 42 medals
Relays: 2 out of 2
Total: 7 out of 44 medals (16%)
Girls U-17:
Individual: 6 out of 39 medals
Relays: 0 out of 2
Total: 6 out of 41 medals (14.6%)
Hope to see the Girls perform better this year in the U-20. That's where we lost 2nd place last year. Bahamas received 9 medals in that category alone out of their 40 medals and Barbados 6 of their 17.
I expect the Girls to have a much better showing this year.
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General Discussion / Re: Canadian traveller warns: Stay away from Tobago
« on: March 15, 2013, 12:57:34 PM »
Backwards ever, forward never
Didn't want Calcutta, now they get nothing....
Didn't want Calcutta, now they get nothing....
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General Discussion / Re: Pope to resign.
« on: March 13, 2013, 01:20:07 PM »
The Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the new Pope...Pope Francis I
New Era
New Era
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General Discussion / Re: Lion Allegedly Kills Zimbabwe Woman Having Sex In Bush:
« on: March 07, 2013, 02:08:29 PM »
but her boyfriend managed to escape naked and he was only wearing a condom," a source reportedly told the outlet.
Always practise safe sex....it might just save your life
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General Discussion / Re: Hugo Chavez dead
« on: March 05, 2013, 04:42:40 PM »
Here's a good read about him...
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/world/americas/obit-venezuela-chavez/index.html
Yeah it will mean some changes....tyrant or revolutionary?
Here is an interesting view from a Venezuelan: 10 reasons why he will not be missed (from the cnn link comments)
"These are my 10 reasons why I will not miss you:
1. Your authoritarian manner (which reflected a flaw probably most Venezuelans have), and your inability to engage in an honest dialogue with anyone that opposed you. Even from your death bed, you had a Supreme Court justice fired because she didn't agree with your politics.
2. Your disrespect for the rule of law and your contribution to a climate of impunity in Venezuela. In 1999, you re-wrote the Constitution to fit your needs, and yet you violated it almost on a daily basis. With this example, it is no surprise that crime exploded in Venezuela. In 14 years, our homicide rate more than tripled from 22/100K to 74/100K. While judges were busy trying to prove their political allegiance to you, only 11% of homicides led to a conviction.
3. Your empty promises and the way you manipulated many Venezuelans to think you were really working for them. In 14 years you built less public housing than any president before you did in their 5 year periods. Hospitals today have no resources, and if you go there in emergency you must everything from medicines to surgical gloves and masks. The truth is that you were better at blowing your own trumpet than at getting things done.
4. The astounding level of corruption of your government. There was corruption before you got elected, but normally a government's scandals weren't made public until they handed power to the opposing party. Now we've heard about millions and millions of dollars vanishing in front of everybody's eyes, and your only reaction was to attack the media that revealed the corruption. The only politicians accused of corruption have been from parties that oppose you, and mostly on trumped up charges. For example, Leopoldo Lopez was never condemned by the courts but you still prevented him for running for office. His crime? Using money from the wrong budget allocation to pay for the salaries of teachers and firemen -because your government withheld the appropriate funds.
5. The opportunities you missed. When you took office, the price of oil was $9.30, and in 2008 it reached $126.33. There was so much good you could have done with that money! And yet you decided to throw it away on corruption and buying elections and weapons. If you had used these resources well, 10.7% of Venezuelans would not be in extreme poverty.
6. Your attacks on private property and entrepreneurship. You nationalized hundreds of private companies, and pushed hundreds more towards bankruptcy. Not because you were a communist or a socialist, but simply because you wanted no one left with any power to oppose you. If everyone was a public employee, you could force them to attend your political rallies, and the opposition would not get any funding.
7. Your hypocrisy on freedom and human rights. You shut down more than 30 radio and television stations for being critical of your government, you denied access to foreign currency for newspapers to buy printing paper (regular citizens can't access foreign currency unless you authorize it), you imprisoned people without trial for years, you imprisoned people for crimes of opinion, you fired tens of thousands of public employees for signing a petition for a recall referendum and you denied them access to public services and even ID cards and passports.
8. Your hypocrisy on the issue of Venezuela's sovereignty. You kicked out the Americans but then you pulled down your pants for the Cubans, Russians, Chinese and Iranians. We have Cuban officers giving orders in the Venezuelan army. Chinese oil companies work with a higher margin of profit than any Western companies did. And you made it clear that your alliances would be with governments that massacre their own people.
9. Your hypocrisy on the issue of violence. You said this was a peaceful revolution but you allowed illegal armed groups like Tupamaros, La Piedrita and FBLN to operate. You gave them weapons. You had the Russians set up a Kalashnikov plant in Venezuela. You were critical of American wars but yet you gave weapons to the Colombian guerrilla, whose only agenda is murder and drug-dealing.
10. Your hypocrisy on democracy. Your favorite insult for the opposition parties in Venezuela was "coupists", but you forgot you organized a coup in 1992, and the military that was loyal to you suggested they would support a coup in your favor if the opposition ever won the presidential elections. There was no democracy in your political party: you chose each of the candidates for the National Assembly and for city and state governments. When the opposition won the referendum that would have allowed you to change the Constitution in 2007, you disavowed the results and you figured out a way to change the articles and allow yourself to be reelected as many times as you wanted. You manipulated the elections in 2010 to make sure the opposition didn't get more than a third of seats in Parliament even though they got 51% of the popular vote. Your democracy was made of paper, you made sure there were no meaningful checks and balances and all institutions were your puppets.
So no, Hugo I will not miss you. Rest in peace now, while we try to rebuild the mess of a country that you left us."
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/world/americas/obit-venezuela-chavez/index.html
Yeah it will mean some changes....tyrant or revolutionary?
Here is an interesting view from a Venezuelan: 10 reasons why he will not be missed (from the cnn link comments)
"These are my 10 reasons why I will not miss you:
1. Your authoritarian manner (which reflected a flaw probably most Venezuelans have), and your inability to engage in an honest dialogue with anyone that opposed you. Even from your death bed, you had a Supreme Court justice fired because she didn't agree with your politics.
2. Your disrespect for the rule of law and your contribution to a climate of impunity in Venezuela. In 1999, you re-wrote the Constitution to fit your needs, and yet you violated it almost on a daily basis. With this example, it is no surprise that crime exploded in Venezuela. In 14 years, our homicide rate more than tripled from 22/100K to 74/100K. While judges were busy trying to prove their political allegiance to you, only 11% of homicides led to a conviction.
3. Your empty promises and the way you manipulated many Venezuelans to think you were really working for them. In 14 years you built less public housing than any president before you did in their 5 year periods. Hospitals today have no resources, and if you go there in emergency you must everything from medicines to surgical gloves and masks. The truth is that you were better at blowing your own trumpet than at getting things done.
4. The astounding level of corruption of your government. There was corruption before you got elected, but normally a government's scandals weren't made public until they handed power to the opposing party. Now we've heard about millions and millions of dollars vanishing in front of everybody's eyes, and your only reaction was to attack the media that revealed the corruption. The only politicians accused of corruption have been from parties that oppose you, and mostly on trumped up charges. For example, Leopoldo Lopez was never condemned by the courts but you still prevented him for running for office. His crime? Using money from the wrong budget allocation to pay for the salaries of teachers and firemen -because your government withheld the appropriate funds.
5. The opportunities you missed. When you took office, the price of oil was $9.30, and in 2008 it reached $126.33. There was so much good you could have done with that money! And yet you decided to throw it away on corruption and buying elections and weapons. If you had used these resources well, 10.7% of Venezuelans would not be in extreme poverty.
6. Your attacks on private property and entrepreneurship. You nationalized hundreds of private companies, and pushed hundreds more towards bankruptcy. Not because you were a communist or a socialist, but simply because you wanted no one left with any power to oppose you. If everyone was a public employee, you could force them to attend your political rallies, and the opposition would not get any funding.
7. Your hypocrisy on freedom and human rights. You shut down more than 30 radio and television stations for being critical of your government, you denied access to foreign currency for newspapers to buy printing paper (regular citizens can't access foreign currency unless you authorize it), you imprisoned people without trial for years, you imprisoned people for crimes of opinion, you fired tens of thousands of public employees for signing a petition for a recall referendum and you denied them access to public services and even ID cards and passports.
8. Your hypocrisy on the issue of Venezuela's sovereignty. You kicked out the Americans but then you pulled down your pants for the Cubans, Russians, Chinese and Iranians. We have Cuban officers giving orders in the Venezuelan army. Chinese oil companies work with a higher margin of profit than any Western companies did. And you made it clear that your alliances would be with governments that massacre their own people.
9. Your hypocrisy on the issue of violence. You said this was a peaceful revolution but you allowed illegal armed groups like Tupamaros, La Piedrita and FBLN to operate. You gave them weapons. You had the Russians set up a Kalashnikov plant in Venezuela. You were critical of American wars but yet you gave weapons to the Colombian guerrilla, whose only agenda is murder and drug-dealing.
10. Your hypocrisy on democracy. Your favorite insult for the opposition parties in Venezuela was "coupists", but you forgot you organized a coup in 1992, and the military that was loyal to you suggested they would support a coup in your favor if the opposition ever won the presidential elections. There was no democracy in your political party: you chose each of the candidates for the National Assembly and for city and state governments. When the opposition won the referendum that would have allowed you to change the Constitution in 2007, you disavowed the results and you figured out a way to change the articles and allow yourself to be reelected as many times as you wanted. You manipulated the elections in 2010 to make sure the opposition didn't get more than a third of seats in Parliament even though they got 51% of the popular vote. Your democracy was made of paper, you made sure there were no meaningful checks and balances and all institutions were your puppets.
So no, Hugo I will not miss you. Rest in peace now, while we try to rebuild the mess of a country that you left us."
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General Discussion / Hugo Chavez dead
« on: March 05, 2013, 04:30:04 PM »
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a battle with cancer, according to the country’s vice president. He was 58.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/venezuelan-leader-hugo-chavez-dies-1.1182743
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/venezuelan-leader-hugo-chavez-dies-1.1182743
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Spartacus
« on: March 05, 2013, 03:43:23 PM »
Babe of the season...
Gwendoline Taylor (plays Sibyl)
Gwendoline Taylor (plays Sibyl)
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General Discussion / Re: Ah know ah go take flack fuh this but........
« on: March 01, 2013, 07:58:29 AM »
Sometimes we too paranoid about race when we are in an environment that we think should be so.
True words!
But how did they know you were Jews?
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General Discussion / Re: Minister Of National Security Performance Update: 75 MURDERS IN 55 DAYS!!
« on: February 25, 2013, 07:57:13 AM »
What is the local community leaders doing about this?
No Government can help these people yes.
It getting to be worse and worse, a damn slum. And the spillage leaking into other areas.
My own family almost lose he life, when a man tell him the same "run" statement. Taking a taxi home, he end up getting rob and left with a broken arm. Family run, he a track boy and bad luck he trip. That's when these a$$holes catch him. It's luck he not dead.
These criminals just Stink. Ah wish them death
No Government can help these people yes.
It getting to be worse and worse, a damn slum. And the spillage leaking into other areas.
My own family almost lose he life, when a man tell him the same "run" statement. Taking a taxi home, he end up getting rob and left with a broken arm. Family run, he a track boy and bad luck he trip. That's when these a$$holes catch him. It's luck he not dead.
These criminals just Stink. Ah wish them death
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: 2013 Chutney Soca
« on: February 24, 2013, 01:09:59 PM »
Prophet Song was blah
His performance was garbage also. Chutney Monarch has a lot to do with the performance too, remember that
however look Chutney reach Bollywood! this a big song from an award winning movie that was also featured in Cannes Gangs of Wasseypur. Song by Vedesh Sookoo. we reach!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/pfKel5O-DSo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/pfKel5O-DSo</a>
His performance was garbage also. Chutney Monarch has a lot to do with the performance too, remember that
however look Chutney reach Bollywood! this a big song from an award winning movie that was also featured in Cannes Gangs of Wasseypur. Song by Vedesh Sookoo. we reach!
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What about Track & Field / Re: Oscar Pistorius 'shoots girlfirend'
« on: February 22, 2013, 07:53:30 AM »
OP break down sobbing in court awaiting bail hearing....
Anyone know the laws in S Africa? Say he didn't mean to shoot his girlfriend.... he still allowed to shoot up someone in the bathroom?
Anyone know the laws in S Africa? Say he didn't mean to shoot his girlfriend.... he still allowed to shoot up someone in the bathroom?
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General Discussion / Re: Pope to resign.
« on: February 11, 2013, 08:35:59 AM »white/black smoke in the winds?
IMO, this Pope wasn't too personable. He lacked a certain je ne sais quoi.
Pope JPII was the best.
The favourite for the next pope looking like the Ghanaian fellow Turkson or Latin American Odilo from Brazil but it will be Non-European.
I rooting for Turkson....
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Fantastic Friday: Soca Monarch and Groovy Soca Competitions
« on: February 08, 2013, 10:00:45 PM »
For those in Canada.
Rogers 684. Bell 6614 Ceen tv Playing carnival all weekend
Watching it now.....
Rogers 684. Bell 6614 Ceen tv Playing carnival all weekend
Watching it now.....
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General Discussion / Re: Ah know ah go take flack fuh this but........
« on: February 05, 2013, 08:25:39 AM »
Institutional racism evident everywhere....
as VB mention in Canada too.
My family and I face it since we leave TnT.
Canada full of blatant racists, and its evident everyday, ah bunch of racist Italians and under the rug white people here.
Haven't faced too much racism from any WI period, and if I had it's a couple ignorant Jamaicans, and a dotish Bajan woman....but NEVER Trinis
I in the GTA for 20 years, and racism has more often than not come from those of European descent.
The old school Canadians who been here for generation I find rell cool.
I remember coming here 92, racism was bad...
kids spitting in my sister's path when they walking
being called n***er, p*ki, C**lie, sp*c....I say fck and leave them to themselves, had to fight down kids and lucky cuz of meh size I win without even having to throw a punch. A trini mouth is a powerful tool.
Institutional racism...sister being told she from a third word country and need to do easy classes like cosmetics....fyi she came from Convent and now a successful lawyer
I coming from CIC and they telling me since English not my first language, if I need esl...2 months later I represent the school in an all country academic event.
meh lil brother get sick of this country and gone back yes....I always hoped to do the same but now I get married and it seems less of a reality, anyway....we all face sh*t, If you don't consider yourself lucky.
lewee not fight each other, as cliche as it sounds.
Not to specifically call out or offend but I bet you people like Just cool and VB would have been rell padnahs as kids cuz of the similarities, it sad once they grown up, those same people seeing the same traits as differences
as VB mention in Canada too.
My family and I face it since we leave TnT.
Canada full of blatant racists, and its evident everyday, ah bunch of racist Italians and under the rug white people here.
Haven't faced too much racism from any WI period, and if I had it's a couple ignorant Jamaicans, and a dotish Bajan woman....but NEVER Trinis
I in the GTA for 20 years, and racism has more often than not come from those of European descent.
The old school Canadians who been here for generation I find rell cool.
I remember coming here 92, racism was bad...
kids spitting in my sister's path when they walking
being called n***er, p*ki, C**lie, sp*c....I say fck and leave them to themselves, had to fight down kids and lucky cuz of meh size I win without even having to throw a punch. A trini mouth is a powerful tool.
Institutional racism...sister being told she from a third word country and need to do easy classes like cosmetics....fyi she came from Convent and now a successful lawyer
I coming from CIC and they telling me since English not my first language, if I need esl...2 months later I represent the school in an all country academic event.
meh lil brother get sick of this country and gone back yes....I always hoped to do the same but now I get married and it seems less of a reality, anyway....we all face sh*t, If you don't consider yourself lucky.
lewee not fight each other, as cliche as it sounds.
Not to specifically call out or offend but I bet you people like Just cool and VB would have been rell padnahs as kids cuz of the similarities, it sad once they grown up, those same people seeing the same traits as differences
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Football / Re: 2006 World Cup Socawarrior quietly making new mark
« on: February 04, 2013, 03:31:47 PM »
Life after football....
true warrior...Must be tough sitting down in an office when you had the whole world watching you just a few years ago.
Do your thing Avery.....
true warrior...Must be tough sitting down in an office when you had the whole world watching you just a few years ago.
Do your thing Avery.....
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General Discussion / Re: VW Superbowl Ad Racist?
« on: February 01, 2013, 07:52:44 AM »Also, Russell Peters is West Indian... it's really not surprising that that's his perspective. "
Nah, he's a Canadian born to East Indian parents...father from Mumbai, mother from Kolkata....
Just grew up with a lot of West Indian friends.
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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Meet SuperBlue
« on: January 30, 2013, 01:27:36 PM »
Super! Super!
This will be good...I backing Blueboy
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Machel__I_will_beat__Blue-188770531.html
Machel: I will beat 'Blue
By Mark Bassant CCN Senior Multimedia Investigative Journalist
Story Created: Jan 28, 2013 at 9:55 PM ECT
Machel Montano has thrown down the gauntlet to SuperBlue, saying he is ready for any "bouncer" the veteran has to bowl at him on the night of the Soca Monarch finals.
Montano, the defending Power and Groovy Monarch, believes it will be a night when the student will school the teacher.
"The tectonic plates are going to rock Soca Monarch on that night because the student coming up against the teacher and I coming to float. Everybody know this is a big year for me, so my idea is about getting off the ground and jetting into sonic air and floating with the people for Carnival."
Montano, who spoke to the Express on the Greens at the National Panorama semi-finals on Sunday at the Queen's Park Savannah, said it was a truly gratifying experience to come up against a man he considered an inspiration.
"SuperBlue story is a deep one and if you really know I remember back in the days in my house growing up I was introduced to Bob Marley and Lionel Richie; in my house calypso was not on the radar, but I saw SuperBlue one day throwing his mike and shifting his feet and that make me feel it have something for me and I can do something with that. He is always the mentor," said a smiling Montano.
SuperBlue, who won the Soca Monarch title on six previous occasions, is making his first appearance in over a decade in the competition on Fantastic Friday (February
.
Respect aside, Montano said he had every intention to change the catchphrase Fantastic Friday. "It is now Float Friday, as a matter of fact, fogging, float Friday. We going to float, fog up the place and make it real nice."
This will be good...I backing Blueboy
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Machel__I_will_beat__Blue-188770531.html
Machel: I will beat 'Blue
By Mark Bassant CCN Senior Multimedia Investigative Journalist
Story Created: Jan 28, 2013 at 9:55 PM ECT
Machel Montano has thrown down the gauntlet to SuperBlue, saying he is ready for any "bouncer" the veteran has to bowl at him on the night of the Soca Monarch finals.
Montano, the defending Power and Groovy Monarch, believes it will be a night when the student will school the teacher.
"The tectonic plates are going to rock Soca Monarch on that night because the student coming up against the teacher and I coming to float. Everybody know this is a big year for me, so my idea is about getting off the ground and jetting into sonic air and floating with the people for Carnival."
Montano, who spoke to the Express on the Greens at the National Panorama semi-finals on Sunday at the Queen's Park Savannah, said it was a truly gratifying experience to come up against a man he considered an inspiration.
"SuperBlue story is a deep one and if you really know I remember back in the days in my house growing up I was introduced to Bob Marley and Lionel Richie; in my house calypso was not on the radar, but I saw SuperBlue one day throwing his mike and shifting his feet and that make me feel it have something for me and I can do something with that. He is always the mentor," said a smiling Montano.
SuperBlue, who won the Soca Monarch title on six previous occasions, is making his first appearance in over a decade in the competition on Fantastic Friday (February
.Respect aside, Montano said he had every intention to change the catchphrase Fantastic Friday. "It is now Float Friday, as a matter of fact, fogging, float Friday. We going to float, fog up the place and make it real nice."