October 6, 2026
It never ceases to amaze me how difficult political sycophants find it to argue political issues without attaching political labels.
This dysfunction’s best example is online comment on media reports and columns. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bad Gal Nats, haemorrhoid, Media responsibility
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October 4, 2026
In a brilliant move, PNP took its annual show on the road to Westmoreland.
Apart from obvious political gimmickry, this was a salutary message of support to those most affected by Melissa Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Fantastic Four, Five point plan, Hurricane Melissa, Mark Golding
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September 29, 2026
Dessie kept reminding us that his brother, the Dunce, fell on his head from a tree as a child and was never the same.
“Like we sey: Him head lick” was Dessie’s punchline. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Deportee Dumpster, International Treaties, Kamina Johnson-Smith
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September 27, 2026
So, debate on Jamaica’s education is the latest piece of evidence supporting the conclusion JLP and PNP are about as different as six and half-a-dozen.
After Government’s abysmally slow refurbishing of hurricane damaged schools became public, PNP took its turn at bat. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Hurricane Melissa, La Sonja Harrison, Mark Golding, School repairs
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September 20, 2026
Jamaica’s allegedly sovereign Government crossed the Atlantic, cap in hand, to beg (oops, sorry, “petition”) our enslavers’ King for slavery reparations.
Have we no shame? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: ICJ, Kenny Rogers, King Charles, Privy Council, Thomas Roe
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September 17, 2026
Two Fridays ago, JPS gifted my community a three hour power cut during the worst of the summer heat.
While collecting my sweat in a bucket so The Old Ball and Chain could water her precious orchids, I retrieved my old transistor radio for entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Barry Gordon, Bess radio, Don Toppin, Jeff Dixon, Susie Q, the G.O.A.T., Winston Barnes, Winston Williams
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September 13, 2026
Life is a series of choices made by you that are the only reasons what you call “good” or “bad” happens to you.
Nobody does anything to you. You do everything to or for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: choosing, Dolly Parton, having, wanting
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September 1, 2026
In the wee hours of March 24, 2021, two days before her birthday, the Old Ball and Chain received a phone call that broke our hearts.
Initially it was Liz on the phone. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Diane, Karen, Liz, memories, Michael McLean, Steffi, Wayne DaCosta
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