And to be clear, there's no doubt in my mind that it's not Cambridge who decided not to inform the public. I posted on another BPL story, "*politics in this country trumps common sense, good governance and sometimes the law*". And dont let someone with long political campaign dollars be involved they could have an operation to recruit and sexually abuse multiples of young girls in the inner city and noone would say anything, the police wouldnt even intrude... oops aint that already happen?

CNN January 2023 -

Posted this excerpt some time back, noting the parallels of sheer incompetence. I dont know what to say... it's like ground hog day.

***For YEARS, residents in the northern Indian city of Joshimath have complained to local officials that their homes are sinking** Now authorities are being forced to take action, evacuating nearly 100 families in the last week and expediting the arrival of experts to determine the cause*.

*Cracks running through the city are now so wide that hundreds of homes are no longer habitable, and some fear that India could lose a key gateway to religious pilgrimages and tourist expeditions on nearby mountain trails*

*As of Thursday, cracks were present in 760 buildings and 589 people had been evacuated, according to a bulletin issued by the district administration.*
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***Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the affected areas LAST Saturday, inspecting the homes** of residents who fear the structures may collapse.*

**Does anyone remember Erin Brockovich?** The movie Julia Roberts made famous about oil executives poisoning groundwater in some small US town and trying to cover it up?

I remember watching that movie in horror and thinking how could these money grubbing worms do this to human beings, children even? To find out that the people who was dressed up and smiling brightly in their finest to all those 50 year gala balls just a month ago knew this was happening and have done nothing, it's too much for the brain to comprehend. (And these the same people who have thousands walking through 3-4ft of water in Pinewood redeveloped swamp everytime it rain for more than an hour)

Do we really believe Cambridge didnt know and didnt give this report to the PM? He had to know, they tried to clean it up. And if they tried to launch a cleanup operation would he not mention to the PM in their biweekly meeting that this could be really bad if we dont act?

And they said nothing

Can an international court to investigate the running of this country. Cuz we cant seem to get off this train. Didnt Papa Doc go before a world court for what he did to Haiti?

"*he is running a business and not obligated to wait on late clients.*"

This must be the dumbest business owner ever. He's supposed to come back for 18 people at a given time and he didnt think to get a contact for at least one of them or to give them his contact? He made almost 600 dollars in a few hours and he abandoned 18 people? well he can bet thats the last time the cruise port allows him to pick up anybody *run the business* somewhere else. 30 dollars per person requires a tour operator who stays with the group. highway robbery

Repost regarding the collapsed structure at RMBailey. You csnt make this up.

"*A portion of the roof that was under construction collapsed,“ Mr Smith said. “But the roof did not collapse because you don’t have a roof until it’s completed, so that portion collapsed."*

***Is Mr Smith serious? The gold standard of construction is "if the building falls down but it's not yet complete that doesnt mean anything"**? This should never happen, not only is it a loss of thousands in materials, labour and time (please tell us how much for all 3) , it is a clear and present danger to workers both construction and otherwise. **This also calls into question every piece of work the "contractor" completed anywhere**. The files should be pulled and a qualified inspector independent of MOW should immediately review all of his work. If less than this is done, the minister should be held personally liable should any part of a completed structure anywhere collapse and injure someone.*

*What were the inspection points on this work? Please ask a contractor about this* And who was the Inspector who passed the work?

This is a bad comedy. **Cabinet knew about this spill for more than a year?? Again?? This needs to be an offence witu with legal and financial ramifications for any cabinet Minister to withhold any information potentially impacting public health** Nobody in cabinet could believably say there was a notice floating around about an oil spill possibly affecting the water table in andros, andros, what was the fresh water source for Nasaau and "*I didnt know*". They can play word games with "*well, no complaint was filed*", but thats it.

Repost

"*Hubert Ingraham discontinued barging of water from Andros correct? That aside will BPL cover the cost of lab work for persons in the affected area? I didnt see any indication of the time between when the spill happened and BPL said nothing and the time it was discovered on private land (weird Fitzgerald is a senior advisor to the PM when the administration hides another instance of people unknowingly bathing in and drinking fuel). Where is the Minister of Health?*"

Hubert Ingraham discontinued barging of water from Andros correct? That aside will BPL cover the cost of lab work for persons in the affected area? I didnt see any indication of the time between when the spill happened and BPL said nothing and the time it was discovered on private land (weird Fitzgerald is a senior advisor to the PM when the administration hides another instance of people unknowingly bathing in and drinking fuel). Where is the Minister of Health?

We "*must be da conch*" would be a better description

"*it may be as simple as that.*:

I bet its not. If it were simple, Davis would have had his press conference yesterday. The fact that he's said nothing, and the immaculate press secretary and AG both rolled out of bed for a press conference means even Davis and his advisors are trying to figure this out.

"*some without the awareness that now a court case is actually taking place, the best thing they can do – **the thing they should do – is just shut up and let justice take its course...***"

**We must be the dumbest people in the world. I've never heard of a case in the US being impacted because the public is "speculating". The judge instructs the jury not to read articles or listen to or discuss the case**. The onus isnt on the public, the onus is on the jury to separate themselves. When the report against Kirk Cornish was filed with the police, the media wouldnt even call his name! They wouldnt even say what the charge was. It was just some mystery. **The best thing the Davis administration could have done was send him on leave, but instead they pretended, like the media, as if nothing had happened.** When something happens, people talk, it will be that way 1000 years from now, **wise people get ahead of a damaging story.**

We need to stop excusing bad behave because its someone with a senior position in the country or someone who's name we recognize. Men need to control themselves.