Sad. It's always the weakest and most vulnerable among the people who pay the dearest of prices for the failures of successive corrupt governments.

A preponderance of previously hidden scientific evidence has finally been revealed that concludes masks offer very little if any protection at all from COVID-19 and its variants.

But the even bigger issue for us over many decades now has been successive governments' abject failure to introduce policies and earmark appropriate resources aimed at improving the overall health and fitness of the average Bahamian, starting from an early age. It's truly unfortunate there are powerful forces at play in the world today with a vested interest in people being sick and having a shorter life span.

Sadly our elected and public health officials have done very little if anything to help protect the Bahamian people from these most sinister and evil forces. Even the most disciplined among us are finding it increasingly difficult to live a healthier lifestyle today. Government should be helping and not fighting our efforts to remain as healthy as we possibly can.

Like most corrupt elected officials in our country, Keith Bell has absolutely no business or economic sense. The very last thing even the most foolish government administration would consider doing in a high inflation environment accompanied by high unemployment is increase the minimum wage. Doing so would only serve to create additional severe inflationary pressure in the near term.

Higher minimum wages would make existing higher prices much more permanent, with significantly less ability for decline in the longer term when the transitory factors behind the current inflationary environment begin to abate. These transitory factors include:

1) The supply chain issues associated with Red China's heightened level of hostility towards the U.S. and Europe, which hostilities the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is disingenuously using a zero COVID-19 policy to help disguise as they shutdown factories producing key strategic goods that have traditionally been destined for export to the U.S. and Europe;

2) Red China's refusal to condemn Putin's invasion of the Ukraine because of the CCP's interest in weakening the U.S. economy and creating an easier scenario for the eventual invasion of Taiwan;

3) The impact of sanctions imposed by the Western world against Russia, and the resulting shut down of the Russian and Ukrainian economies;

4) The U.S. Federal Reserve's persistence refusal to stop the excessively easy monetary policy it has been engaged in for over a decade now, notwithstanding its price stability mandate; and

5) The Biden's administration's horribly failed social and economic policies that have been exacerbated by a most ridiculous penchant for continued wasteful spending that feeds loads of pork to 'special interests'.

These key driving forces behind the current inflationary environment are not permanent and will eventually abate, especially with the anticipated changes in the composition of the U.S. Congress coming this November. But the effects on inflation of a hike in minimum wage are permanent because there's no such thing as a temporary increase in minimum wages. That's a permanent thing, the positive effect of which is all too easily eroded for wage earners if it helps to entrench the permanence of even higher prices down the road.

> “We are pretty much aware of the different (factions) of gangs that are involved in this matter. We continue as a team to go after these individuals to disrupt their operation,” said Acting Commissioner Clayton Fernander yesterday.

**Translation:** *"Like most in the public, the police too are afraid of the gangs and clueless how to stop them."*

> "........and the relevant NGO was not even aware the funds {$2 million} were in its account."

Susan Larson would be wise to say no more.

LMAO

The outrageous oil, natural gas and gasoline prices have has less to do with Russia sanctions and much more to do with big 'New Green Deal' investments made by Barak Hussein Obama, John Kerry, Bernie Sanders and others who are working feverishly behind the scenes to keep the U.S. from producing and selling much more of its own oil and natural gas.

We can only wish they high tail it from our country. Would be nice if when they leave they take with them Vomit Christie, Bag Man Bethel and the Wicked Witch of the West Maynard-Gibson.

Bahamians have allowed themselves to be discriminated against for decades. There's one set of laws and rules for the corrupt ruling political elite and another entirely different set for the plebes they rule over. Yet the plebes keep going to the polls and voting for the same corrupt scoundrels whether they be PLP or FNM. They live the good life while laughing at us as we live in misery and cry. Even most illegal aliens quickly come to realise they can take every illegal advantage over and against us plebes because we're truly suckers for punishment.