The Bahamas is the perfect testing ground for snake oil. I listen to people get excited about oil drilling, illegal gambling, home porting, blockchain technology, bitcoin, FTX, marijuana, satellite wifi technology and crypto and the story is always the same with the same result.

I saw it with the marijuana town hall everybody crammed into a room eagerly asking questions, with illegal gambling, people marching downtown demanding they get to make a million dollars too, home porting everybody talking about "getting ready" for something that it was clear was never sustainable. With satellite everybody heard "Elon Musk" and like clockwork everybody was going to switch to the new slower more expensive platform. That was an interesting anomaly because the sales pitch hadnt even started, they just heard the name and imagined they'd be getting some money in the deal.

But it's the same story over and over again. Some rich people flash money and talk about how well theyve done for themselves, Bahamians with the aid of the few locals who will actually benefit, start talking about how theyll get some of the money, the rich people get to do what they want and the Bahamians are left in the lurch to wait for the excitement of the next snake oil pitch.

The biggest snake oil pitch happens like clockwork every 5 years.

Getting excited about financial opportunity is normal what happens in the Bahamas is an anomaly. Because the excitement happens in an information and research vacuum.

He is spokesperson material if ever there was one. Athletic, handsome, black, successful in his sport and humble. Very impressive that he organized himself for his competitions from an early age, shows discipline, organization and goal setting abilities. This young man is a star. Keep on the straight road, keep on the straight road. and stay healthy. Congratulations to his mother and his teacher.

Oban maybe?? Remember the entire cabinet revolt? Even Jeff Lloyd his most ardent fan said there were some ~irregularities. That's saying alot. Minnis then apologized and pledged to be humble and change his ways which lasted for about a week

Not funny but ROTFL. "3" times.

I dont think this said anything about the FNM, we need to be reminded that **only** 37% of registered voters voted for the winning PLP. That is damning non endorsement. **I think the byelection results are a revelation that the Bahamian people at large, minus the rabid supporters and expectant contract awardees who will vote for anything in their colour tshirt, have had it with poor representation from both parties.** Telling me I must vote for an incompetent visionless seat filler who will do nothing but bang on the desk for 5 years if I want to be heard is counterintuitive. Why not provide a clean system that righteous men are willing to participate in to move the country forward, then people will vote. And by righteous I dont mean holy and without fault, just ethical, principled, with standards and character.

"*A BPL spokesperson yesterday affirmed these woes, and described them as “an extremely unusual event*"

Strange, when I saw the headline "*emergency meeting*" and "*power outage*", my first thought was is emergency the right characterization for something thats happened every other week for years? Shouldnt it have read "*run of the mill meeting held*"? Now a BPL spokesman describes it as "*extremely unusual*", even stranger ...

Theres no way that for 50 years noone could fix this. recall when Peter Turnwuest tried to convince us thst hed balance tge budget in 3 years. Then proceeded to starve the country of infrastructure upgrades pointing to the reduction in the deficit. Then the insurance BEC bribe taker... purchasing faulty engines for BEC for a financial enducement.. then the hedge that wasnt when Brave came to power... the fire and subsequent Nassau 24hr blackout by management bucking safety protocol. the Warsilla engines in a building with a collapsing roof. these power outages dont just happen. they start in the belly of political parties and jobs as political rewards

It's the perfect reveal for the 50th anniversary wouldnt you say? In the early 90's I for one would have chosen *.bz* for our domain name, assuming *.ba* and *.bh* were already taken by the smarter proactive countries. But alas, clearly someone understood the workings of the country better than I did. ".*bs*" is a perfect fit. Here we are in 2023, celebrating 50 years of "*excellence*" with a pirated national flag. And the Attorney General arguing that it's ok because the govt can infringe on copyright of private citizens and businesses while just last week proclaiming that the govt is going to work to protect the IP of Bahamians. You cant make this stuff up. But then again, I hear situations like this pop up frequently in Narnia

**This is VERY interesting. Nothing to do with this case. but the very interesting defence raised by Attorney General Ryan Pinder. Why is this interesting? The Attorney general is currently pushing forward as initiative to have more Bahamians submit and reveal their unique and possibly lucrative ideas for copyright protection. Who are these Bahamians with patentable ideas being asked to submit their secret ideas to? The govt that claims it has full protection against copyright infringement.**

Should you submit your idea to them and find the govt coming out with an idea that closely resembles yours, how long will the court dates run while you try to protect your intellectual property?

Jobeth Coleby came into office as a rising star. But something went sideways quickly. Running over the policeman's foot while ignoring the policeman's directive of blocked traffic may have been the canary. Then came the confusion with the taxi plates, then the bombastic we een talking about electricity costs and hedging no more and now this. There's been a history of ministers embroiled in confusion within their ministries and the full story never comes out clean. Lanisha Rolle, Adrian Gibson, Shane Gibson, Keith Bell...

Why was the ministry looking to give out a 4m contract to a new organization to build software that already existed?? That was in fact in use and working well according to accounts. If there were issues with the payment provider, switch payment providers, that's a separate issue from the software. Its plug and play. You dont throw away your car if you need to change the battery.

What was the minister doing? It's possible nothing was out of the ordinary but Pintard is correct to call for an inquiry.
The open question is were the decisions at the ministry being executed at the direction of the minister or was she being directed? Who's pulling the strings?

This is going to go bad very quickly just like NIB which had billions of funds misused over decades for politically motivated purposes. If I were a legal ethical enterprise I wouldnt be putting any money in any fund for govt to manage