Yes indeed, they certainly did not make BoB beautiful!

Tal when you gonna stop being a political Jackass? Don't you realize most of the same people gambling in the legal web shops were most likely the ones buying illegal numbers when that was their only option? Will you agree that there are web shops that have drive thru windows for the convenience of their customers, who may be travelling with underage persons or for some other reason do not want to leave their vehicle? So if parents guardians, whomever choose to leave children in the car to go in a web shop it is a decision they made not out of necessity? Experts say children left in a hot, even partially closed car can expire within 30 minutes of being left in that vehicle. Over forty infants and toddlers have lost their lives in this fashion the US this summer alone. Will you agree that your statement that children are being left in cars for hours on end while their parents/ caretakers go gamble is grossly exaggerated? So grossly exaggerated that it's s lie!

An Overview of Michael Collins Piper's "Final Judgment"

by Victor Thorn

NOTE: The information below is derived from Michael Collins Piper’s Final Judgment. My role is that of a reviewer, and all credit for the research must be given to Mr. Piper. I urge everyone to purchase a copy of this book. Final Judgment is published by The Center for Historical Review, 132 Third Street, SE, Washington, dc, 20003 (1-888-699-news)

Perhaps the biggest secret of the Vietnam War is that our Central Intelligence Agency seized control of the infamous Golden Triangle during that time period, then, along with assistance from various elements of Organized Crime, shipped huge amounts of heroin out of that area into our country. Because piles of money were being made from this practice and many others, those who stood to profit from this horrendous war – the armament manufacturers, bankers, military men, and drug dealers – met any suggestion to withdraw from Vietnam with immediate consternation. But that’s exactly what John F. Kennedy intended to do upon re-election. In fact, he had already planned on telling the American people that their troops would be back home by 1965. Think about this momentous decision for a moment. If we had exited Vietnam by 1965, EIGHT years of bloodshed in the jungles and civil unrest on America’s streets and campuses could have been alleviated.

Michael Collins Piper writers in Final Judgment: “Kennedy’s intended change in Vietnam policy – his plan to unilaterally withdraw from the imbroglio – infuriated not only the CIA but elements in the Pentagon and their allies in the military-industrial-complex. By this time, of course, the Lansky Syndicate had already set-up international heroin running from Southeast Asia through the CIA-linked Corsican Mafia in the Mediterranean. The joint Lansky-CIA operations in the international drug racket were a lucrative venture that thrived as a consequence of deep U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia as a cover for drug smuggling activities.”

Piper’s simple one-paragraph explanation may be the most concise overview of the Vietnam War ever written. The military men and defense contractors were making out like bandits from the War Machine, while the CIA crooks and Lansky-led Mobsters (via Santo Traficante as the major wheeler-dealer) were likewise padding their pockets. Author Peter Dale Scott, in Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, said of this phenomenon, “The flood of drugs into this country since WWII was one of the major ‘unspeakable’ secrets leading to the ongoing cover-up of the Kennedy assassination.”

Go tell Donald Trump to shut down all the lotteries in the US and the casinos too. Talk about laundering murder money.

I am retired. Never been in a web shop in my life or bought numbers. Y'all just here hoping to destroy everything Bahamian. But it will never happen.

I am retired. Never begin a web shop in my life or bought numbers.

Mudda-tak-sic..you sound so very anti-Bahamian so ignorant almost. First off the web shops replaced and unregulated, and not taxed and unlicensed industry, that there was a great demand for. This industry was taking millions and millions of dollars out of the country because it was not allowed to bank locally. At least now there is some form of regulation to the industry and as far as you know the industry is operating within the guidelines set by the government. Secondly, Bob did not fail operating as a bank. In fact it was very profitable as a bank and a growing concern. It was political interference that wrecked BoB and sent it smashing into the rocks at high tide. The need and desire to save BoB may be a costly, but not a selfish one. The canadian banks have been ravishing this country for decades and have taken out more millions over the years than the web shops. Only after players like BoB and (to some extent) Commowealth Bank, there is some consumer parity in the banking industry. Or have you forgotten those years when RBC and Barclays and Scotia charged 18% on consumer loans?. Stop trying to attack everything Bahamian with your snobbish and selfish ways. It's the people's time nah!.

Once the Minnis continues with its measures to stop the hemmoraging of government funds due to theft, corruption and mismanagement the economy, with some stimulus from government should start to creep forward. With additional investment push from a fully opened Bah Mar and other properties like Lucas, there should be an even greater pace to the economy growing and unemployment figures tumbling. This can lead to a financial upgrade as early as June 2018. What the Minnis government must not do is return to 'business as usual.' This government must drive the country VI's a bid the economy in s direction where it becomes less dependent on foreign imports and utilizes every unit of local inputs to ensure that more pennies of every dollar spent in the Bahamas remains here and in the hands of local Bahamians. This government must not pass the buck on BEC or the dump landfill. The ways and means are there to reduce the cost of electricity by half and make the supply more reliable. When the cost of electricity goes down, so will the prices of almost everything else. Less resources will have to be spent on importing the ever polluting bunker C. A tough and hard decision must be made on the landfill. Can it remain at its present site and operate safely and without being a health hazard? Or will it have to be relocated and to where?

The real reason marijuana was made illegal was to protect the booming liquor industry that too, at one time, was illegal. besides that weed was a relatively 'new' drug and the long term effects were not known. But as time evolves, society will only dictate that marijuana is decriminalized and eventually legalized. However, one must realize that there are so very many strains and hhybirds of marijuana available, that one cannot still say it is harmless or less dangerous than alcohol or other drugs. Among the things that will have to be considered before marijuana is decriminalized worldwide is (1) What happens to those persons who have criminal records citing "drug possession' or even "trafficking in narcotics?" (2) Then what happens to those hundreds of thousands of persons who are still in prisons around the world, serving time for drug posession or trafficking in drugs, specifically marijuana. And (3) as former President Obama stated while in office, One of the biggest fears and concerns for marijuana becoming legal is the commercialization of the product. What happens when big companies start to produce the weed commercially and mass market it, bombarding communities with advertisments putting additives into the drug to make it more appealing or more addictive? A number of studies have shown that young people are giving up alcohol (and cigarettes in favor of weed. They feel it is more 'cool'.

We, as humans, will always say "I will know better for next time." But when 'next time' comes around you get deceived and buy into the scheme even before you know it. And even though the old adage, "if it sounds too good to be true, then it's too good to be true", is still true, many still find themselves kicking themselves when they fall for these type of money grabbing schemes. There are many scams running on the internet, some inviting you to pay in $1,500 and get double your money in a few days. So offering you computer repairs services, but they hack into your computer and steal your information. Of course if you are foolish enough to bite the bait, kiss your money goodbye. And then the light bill, rent, car note or school fees go unpaid.