...Keithos...

Sorry Kerwin...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:12:24 -0430

It looks like Benjai is walking away with the Groovy Soca Monarch title this year with his just released “The People’s Champion”.

"Until you know that life is interesting, and find it so, you haven’t found your soul."

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:10:05 -0430

“Until you know that life is interesting, and find it so, you haven’t found your soul.”

- Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, GCVO, PC (b. 5 May 1887, d. 15 September 1972), Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 to 1961.

From Anthony Maillard’s Quotes of the Day.

Dark Girls.

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:32:58 -0430

Dark Girls.:

This 10 minute video was very, very deep, and cuts to the heart of a problem that affects more than one diasporic community. Take the time to watch it, and think on it and on the little things that we do and say and believe that contribute to the continuation of this deep seated issue of identity and image.

The Bark Side: 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser - This...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:09:26 -0430

The Bark Side: 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser - This is such a winner of an advertisement. If you love dogs and you’re a fan of the Star Wars movies, it’s double joy.

TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA - The Oatmeal

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:20:59 -0430

TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA - The Oatmeal:

This is a far simpler and far more entertaining explanation of SOPA. Give it a quick viewing. Stop SOPA and save the kittens.

What does SOPA mean for us foreigners?

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:03:29 -0430

What does SOPA mean for us foreigners?:

Really good article from tech news source Ars Technica on the US Stop Online Piracy Act, being debated in their House of Representatives. Its sister legislation, the Protection of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), seems to have already collapsed in the Senate in response to clearly indicated non-support by several big players on the ‘net.

"You believe a child used the word outatiming in an exam?!"

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:26:27 -0430

“You believe a child used the word outatiming in an exam?!”

- A primary school teacher’s Facebook status

"There is regret. Always, there is regret. But it is better that our lives unloose, As two tall..."

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:16:26 -0430

“There is regret. Always, there is regret.
But it is better that our lives unloose,
As two tall ships, wind-mastered, wet with light,
Break from an estuary with their courses set,
And waving part, and waving drop from sight.”

- Philip Larkin, from “Love, We Must Part Now” (via proustitute)

nefariousnewt: cresscross: European Member of Parliament...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:57:37 -0430

nefariousnewt:

cresscross:

European Member of Parliament Takes Her Baby To Work……
Licia Ronzulli, an MEP from Italy, took her seven-week old daughter Victoria to work at the European parliament this week at Strasbourg.She kept her baby carefully cradled against her in a sling and occasionally leant to kiss her on the forehead. Photographs of Ronzulli cradling her daughter in a sling as she voted on proposals to improve women’s employment rights were broadcast around the world and published in newspapers from the US to Vietnam.

A very powerful image. Women’s employment rights are pretty dismal, especially here in the states, especially when it comes to family and maternity leave.

This is beautiful, in every sense.

Ten little things to secure your online presence | ZDNet

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:34:49 -0430

Ten little things to secure your online presence | ZDNet:

This is a really interesting article with alot of important information and recommendations for those of you that spend a lot of your time, or any time at all for that matter, online.

Merry Christmas

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:17:26 -0430

One of my favourite Christmas carols - Carol of the Bells - is here made awesome by students of Algonquin College in a flash mob performance conducted by Darth Vader.

Enjoy!

[LINK]

As an added bonus, please also enjoy the following 2010 flash mob performance of the Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus in a food court.

[LINK]

Via Tumblr blogger worthlessexistence: Artistic Rendering of...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:29:14 -0430

Via Tumblr blogger worthlessexistence:

Artistic Rendering of what I think was achieved by the State of Emergency

Win. Could we also consider the boxing of black to be Freudian?

BLESS U - Bunji Garlin Intro Lord is my light and my...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:32:38 -0430

BLESS U - Bunji Garlin

Intro
Lord is my light and my salvation,who shall I fear on earth is no evil man,no no, solid rock I stand (solid)

Verse
They made themselves your enemies,yeah,ha you know it like that ,
You’ve helped them like a remedy, mmhmm mmmm, (hahaha),
They fight and then they curse you,(hey) slandering your name everywhere they go,
trying to unearth you for your grounds but there is something I must let you know,

Chorus
No matter how they curse you Jah will bless you yeah Jah will bless you my brethren,
No matter how they curse you Jah will bless you yeah Jah will bless you my sisteren,
Doh fight over them,( aha ), doh hype over them (aha), doh fight over them,
God gonna put light over them now,
Doh fight over them (aha), doh hype over them (aha), doh fight over them
God gonna put light over them, Oh Oh

Verse
Look way over dey, you will see them In the distance, they will say what they want to say,
But brethren doh make no response,
All the big thing dey want to play them fool dey eh ‘nutten’ buh some infants,
God is always around the way, for example I’ll show you an instance,
Shadrach,meshach and abednego,them walk to the fire they say ‘let me go’,
God protect them since in embryo, til they turn adult and im tell me so,
They could walk around you like Jericho but they can’t cross yuh border like Mexico, them full up a gas like a texaco, let them know , SO,

Chorus
No matter how they curse you Jah will bless you yeah Jah will bless you my brethren,
No matter how they curse you Jah will bless you yeah Jah will bless you my sisteren,
Doh fight over them,( aha ), doh hype over them (aha), doh fight over them,
God gonna put light over them now,
Doh fight over them (aha), doh hype over them (aha), doh fight over them
God gonna put light over them, Oh Oh

Bridge
They see you thirsty for water now they want to give you sand ,
Is your soul that they want to slaughter just like the holy lamb,
But try and maintain your order, know which part you sta-a-and ,
All other ground is sinking sand,

Verse
Cold hearted demons, with face like child,
see them inna they legion,inna they heap and pile,
Is yuh blood they want to draw, like whole river Nile,
Anytime i see them I look at them with smile,
Cause some a dem they want get you down ,
Some a dem they want to push you ‘round,some a dem want to hang you high, some want to bury you Underground,
All you have to do hold yuh faith, and listen up hard when the trumpet sound,sound sound,sound , AY AY

Chorus
No matter how they curse you Jah will bless you yeah Jah will bless you my brethren,
No matter how they curse you Jah will bless you yeah Jah will bless you my sisteren,
Doh fight over them,( aha ), doh hype over them (aha), doh fight over them,
God gonna put light over them now,
Doh fight over them (aha), doh hype over them (aha), doh fight over them
God gonna put light over them, Oh Oh

Outro
Blessings

"You know it’s bad when I start feeling sorry for Robocop. I actually want to buy him a card."

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:14:49 -0430

“You know it’s bad when I start feeling sorry for Robocop. I actually want to buy him a card.”

- Mih pardnah Kerry

Crazy's "He Mad" for 2012

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:05:15 -0430

With all the madness going on nowadays, we need a lil’ ease.

Our loveble lunatic Crazy has gone back to his rude roots. This offering for the 2012 Carnival season is a keeper that will be mashing up the fetes for the season, the road on Monday and Tuesday, and the dancehalls all year through.

Youtube link at http://youtu.be/Ec0mFcsZmqY

"If something is not happening for you it doesn’t mean that it’s never going to happen. ..."

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:05:05 -0430

“If something is not happening for you it doesn’t mean that it’s never going to happen. It means you’re not ready for it.”

- Unknown

"Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of..."

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:05:22 -0430

“Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.”

- Alfred Adler (1870-1937), Jewish psychotherapist and psychiatrist
via @knycky on Twitter

Definition: Police State.

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:43:36 -0430

The term police state describes a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control, and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive.

The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions on their mobility, and on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_state

The critical and crucial flaw in the new DNA Bill.

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:17:08 -0430

Says columnist Judy Raymond in her Sunday Express article today:

The DNA Bill had about as much respect for civil rights. It needed a special majority, because, Mr Volney said breezily, “It may be arguable that the mandatory taking of a sample infringes bodily integrity and privacy.”

Like the State of Emergency, another of the Government’s anti-crime measures, this [Bill] will most definitely infringe on citizens’ constitutional rights: it will allow the police, doctors and nurses to take samples of body tissue from people without their consent.

“It may appear draconian,” he conceded. It does. It also appears horrifying, stupid, sexist and useless.

The DNA Bill will authorise the State to assault people who are not only innocent of any crime, but have also just been the victims of one of the worst kinds of crime.

How does the Government justify this additional, official violation of rape victims?

By making out that they are liars.

The Minister of Justice opined—without a shred of evidence—that it was “often a fact that individuals are falsely accused of committing sexual crimes.”

Adding yet another insult to further injury, he explained that “alleged” victims of rape are given to changing their minds about giving evidence because of “embarrassment”—thus trivialising the ordeal of both the attack itself and the trial.

Women MPs—including the Prime Minister, the champion of her sex—sat quiet through this jaw-dropping misogyny.

If this measure became law, rape victims would have to undergo further trauma and humiliation, possibly under the impression that they were being given a bona fide medical examination. Gathering such samples is a lengthy process, by the way, not a quick swab; it can take hours.

The Minister said there had been consultation over the bill; he didn’t say whether doctors had been asked if they were willing to carry out invasive procedures on women without their informed consent, contrary to their professional ethics.

Some readers may miss the point. The problem is not DNA legislation in and of itself. In fact, law enforcement can do with this kind of help as they seek to establish within a shadow of doubt the innocence or guilt of a suspected perpetrator.

The issue here is with the invasiveness of the measures to be imposed. Ms. Raymond breaks these issues down very, very clearly beyond the extract of the article above.

More and more, our citizens’ rights are being infringed by the knee-jerk imposition of draconian measures that leave broad avenues for the gravest of abuses.

One such as this is one against which we all must rail.

Interesting Point.

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:14:31 -0430