@OrdinaryMan and @Clamshell
A quote from The Sacred Theory of the Earth by Thomas Burnet.

...Contemplation of the works of Nature, and the Providence that governs
them, there is no temper or Genius, in my mind, so improper for it, as
that which we call a mean and narrow Spirit; and which
the Greeks call Littleness of Soul. This is a defect in the first make of
some Men's minds, which cannot ever be corrected afterwards, either
by Learning or Age. And as Souls that are made little and incapacious
cannot enlarge their thoughts to take in any great compass of Times or
Things; so what is beyond their compass, or above their reach, they are
apt to look upon as Fantastical, or at least would willingly have it pass for
such in the World.

scarcity: insufficiency of supply, in a community, of the necessaries of life, dearth.

Due to restrictions because of covid we are now living in a time of scarcity (insufficient money, jobs, food, etc..), and the scarcity is becoming more severe. Luckily the govmin' dem have the emergency orders in place to control and subjugate agitated unhappy citizens, who may get unruly and disruptive.

Gaia has precipitated Abaco's demise. Abaco is cursed and thankfully in its death throes.

predicament:
1. A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult.

The situation at BPL is a quagmire, yet our learned degreed professionals are boldly and blindly journeying deeper into the bog instead of charting a course to extricate BPL. Obviously, they have given up and they are kicking the can down the road; hoping not to reach the end of the road before they are replaced and escape with fat juicy packages.

repost:

"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly; " 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy. The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I have many pretty things to shew when you are there."

.....He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den, Within his little parlour — but she never came out again!

Just substitute lockdown for parlour and 'the govmin dem' for the spider and we are good to go. Lockdowns are worldwide and they are getting more restrictive. There are no plans to end the lockdowns ie they will be endless. Strangely, boosting immune systems and herd immunity seem unfashionable these days.

The minister appears to be clueless when he said "...there are two things I can point to. First of all, no incident of load shedding this last summer for the first in about three decades. The second one is the surcharge that you pay in New Providence now is half of when we came to power..."

Firstly, there was no load shedding last summer due to hotel and business closures and cutbacks because of covid - BPL had more than enough capacity to service that abnormally low summer demand.

Secondly, the fuel surcharge fluctuates with the price of fuel, and the price of fuel has been relatively low since the covid lockdowns. So the minister is claiming credit for changes BPL has no influence over. Hopefully, he is not being bamboozled by his lackeys at BPL.

TPTB warned that covid would mutate in a few months or so. Well this mutation is just one of the many mutations to come. The official narrative is to get the vaccine and repeat the lockdowns again to flatten any resurgent mutant curve. That is the endless loop which is now the new normal ie the recipe to cure the mutations are more testing, more vaccines and more lockdowns. The inconvenient side effects of a dead economy and persons having no work are of no importance when compared to the noble goal of flattening the curve and saving economically shattered lives.

@proudloudandfnm - Apparently, whenever anyone disagrees with the mainstream narrative he is labeled as a conspiracy nut - even qualified doctors are also labeled. MD Russell L. Blaylock has been giving out info for years, and he is a very good teacher. Look him up; it will do you good.

The word for today appears to be "dimwitted". Our officials took very long to catch on to the game being played with the pcr test. First world countries are still in lockdown and turmoil; also inflation has started with millions out of work. The new normal is firmly in place. The sly game of opening hotels before yuletide did not translate into acceptable occupancy due to the new normal. The info of what is happening worldwide is easily available, but our leaders appear to be from the lowest 5 percentile of our beloved D-minus population.

Months ago I warned that the lockdown is indefinite, as TPTB said mutations occur in a matter of months. Prepare to get vaccines every couple of months or so during the indefinite lockdown.