tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51831577733968688112009-11-27T07:30:57.699-05:00A potpourri of tit bits, news, books, global affairs, education,politics, sites, travel, entertainment & more...Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-28212617845196838802009-02-16T11:55:00.004-05:002009-02-16T12:04:28.620-05:00

RESIGN!The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) made this appeal last night to chairman of the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Leroy Parris.In a statement released just ahead of the party's public meeting in Spooner's Hill, St Michael, Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley urged Parris to step down.This was because of the BLP's accusation against CBC of failing to give the

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-86857991854600598652009-02-16T04:27:00.004-05:002009-02-16T04:35:21.198-05:00

Hmmmmm.This is interesting and your views and interaction are important to me. I think my views may provoke discussion...or not.There has been much ado about Caribbean songstress Rihanna being beaten up by Chris Brown. Two things came to my mind. One is that on TMZ, they still say, as they do on CNN, that Rihanna is the ALLEGED victim. That little word ALLEGED is very important to us in the media

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-73344736266962157022009-02-15T01:35:00.003-05:002009-02-15T10:18:05.219-05:00

Sue me PLEASE! DLP I mean you!Yesterday I had the MISFORTUNE of listening to the debate in the House in Barbados in a doctor's office. I was bored mindless.I am in great health by the way for those who rather I was not.lol I would however encourage anyone with common sense to listen to the Opposition Leader's press conference on www.blp.org.What an unholy disaster the DLP is. Now this has not a

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-86550779053413714772008-02-18T12:43:00.004-05:002009-02-15T01:52:17.593-05:00

Trinidad-based One Caribbean Media Limited, the region's largest media company, has secured global broadcast and distribution rights for the inaugural Reggae Academy Awards which takes place in Jamaica next Sunday, February 24. The show is the production of RIAJAM, the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica and is being recorded for television by OCM's production company, Six Point

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-33627864267023220202009-01-31T19:19:00.005-05:002009-01-31T19:22:06.735-05:00

The Governor of the Central Bank in Trinidad, Ewart Williams, has made a decision to prop up or to use a common term now BAIL OUT CLICO, which is in trouble over the pond in Trinidad and has been downgraded since August 2008. Up to press time (and this is not a press release- they - the TnT government declared that assets were safe and the company would be restored to its former glory.Gossip is

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-33519571294622862902009-01-05T22:03:00.003-05:002009-01-05T22:09:07.013-05:00

This note was sent to me by a Solange Bishop. I might add that there are many issues with which I concur, having been once myself. I never went back for other reasons. I am not interested in the high-flying, tithe-begging, prosperity preaching sorts that we see on TBN. I am a Cheerful giver and will tithe indeed but I too am turned off by Pentecostal Preachers who seem embittered and embroiled in

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-74845098294436984382008-02-15T16:29:00.003-05:002009-01-05T13:14:02.109-05:00

I found this article so interesting, it would have been an injustice to report it. Instead, I will relay it as it is. EnjoyLaying the Newspaper Gently Down to Die And keeping the spirit of journalism alive. Craig Newmark says: "My guess is that either me, personally, or my craigslist team, will promote work which merges professional and citizen journalism, along with more fact checking and more

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-61293732535978779592009-01-05T12:55:00.004-05:002009-01-05T13:07:11.798-05:00

I used to sit on my Dad's knee and hear him speak of Fidel Castro, that was about 35 years ago. When the Western and indeed many media houses across the world decided Fidel was dead or dying, I trekked off to Havana, Cuba to explore its riches before he passed and catch a glimpse of the man. I went all over Cuba, bought Che Guevarra T-shirts and Grandma papers daily while sipping Cuba Libres.

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-80045968167704106322009-01-05T12:50:00.002-05:002009-01-05T12:51:10.510-05:00

The White House was built by slaves.Maybe I could end the note right there.Up until 1964 when the Civil rights Act was passed (and even then) Black people and indeed many members of the ethnic minorities did not have true FREEDOM. The last lynching occurred as late as 1951. For all those who are not minorities who hoped for a brighter day and for those whites and blacks who were beaten to death

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-13625203122017768082009-01-05T09:34:00.000-05:002009-01-05T09:36:47.163-05:00

No one will be allowed to leave comments on this blog without privately leaving their full name and address and contact numbers which will never be published. Names like (with respect) "Living in Barbados" is not a name in my opinion.Leave actual names and not pseudonyms. Works of those using pseudonyms will be left out and moderated or rejected completely.Kim Young

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-71384238581838715032009-01-04T23:42:00.004-05:002009-01-04T23:54:11.197-05:00

IT BREAKS MY HEART, especially at this time to see the bodies of any child whether from Israel or Gaza, a soldier from Israel or a child from Israel is AS PRECIOUS as a child from Gaza.So I am confused. Or am I? What I am more confused about is the apathetic approach by our journalists in the region to this story and second and third generation Arabs or Jews using the "excuse" that it doesn't

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-63707227862381545502009-01-04T23:40:00.001-05:002009-01-04T23:40:41.885-05:00

I DO NOT TOLERATE NONSENSE AND CERTAINLY YOU CANNOT ROB MY SENSE OF SELF ESTEEM, INTELLECT, EDUCATION OR JOY? DID I TREAT YOU WITH DISGUST? IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE YOU ARE BENEATH THE AIR I BREATHE AND YOU DISGUST ME AS A SO CALLED JOURNALIST. In 2009, I am ridding myself of nuisances and you are one. Indeed we have never met, except for you to impose your will, so to speak on me politically and to

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-6699624599394236342009-01-04T17:57:00.003-05:002009-01-04T18:07:03.846-05:00

It is an all out war, not a conflict. The Israelis have moved in on Gaza and are blowing people to smithereens and HAMAS is using Al Jazeera and Ma'an and other networks to tell its story, the IDF (Israel) is using the Western Media and its local networks to blame the Palestinians.As journalists, how should we approach this? I have noticed a lack of interest in some parts of the region in the

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-28682429443250373012008-02-15T16:48:00.002-05:002008-12-09T12:19:09.631-05:00

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byKim YoungCUBA is a dance...a place steeped in history and mystery and magic!Thoughts of Cuba had been flashing through my mind ever since I started collecting cigars As I rolled the stogie and sniffed the aroma of a Cohiba, I could see, in my mind’s eye, Fidel Castro and Che Gueverra in the times of La Revolucion; Ernest Hemingway typing away in his room for seven years; the sweet sounds of

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RIHANNA DOES IT FOR BARBADOS.Holding the coveted Grammy she won a few days ago, Robyn Rihanna Fenty declared “We got one Barbados...Barbados I love you” in her trademark Barbados accent.Dressed in a sexy and flouncy violet/blue number she won her Grammy with her duet with JAY-Z, who also manages and markets her career. Rihanna has been making waves from her good girl image in Pon De Replay to her

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-63017101453116136732008-02-16T10:39:00.002-05:002008-12-09T12:19:08.308-05:00

In 1974, in response to demand from media practitioners and others, the Government of Jamaica established the Caribbean Institute of Mass Communication with the assistance of UNESCO, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftüng Foundation and USAID.The name of the school was later changed to the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication in order to reflect CARIMAC's expanding role in research and advanced

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-91171075041887992362008-02-16T15:33:00.003-05:002008-12-09T12:19:08.096-05:00

by Kim YoungAUTISM exists in Barbados. More than likely it is mis-labeled, maybe not.I am completely devoted to the issue of finding a cure, or finding new coping mechanisms, medical or holistic treatments, even dietary interventions for those with autism. I have a friend in Nevada with an autistic son. I hear of the "trouble" he gives, his tantrums, his "episodes" and my heart weeps for the

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-86931049479814139802008-02-17T06:29:00.003-05:002008-12-09T12:19:07.764-05:00

From The Economist print editionIt is time for America to evaluate Obama the potential president, not Obama the phenomenonTHIS has been an extraordinary week for the man who could become America's first black president. Barack Obama has now won all eight of the primaries and caucuses held since Super Tuesday on February 5th, which ended, more or less, in a dead heat with Hillary Clinton. He has

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-38992172497530750352008-02-17T12:29:00.004-05:002008-12-09T12:19:07.019-05:00

Barbados has recently sworn in its first female political leaderMIA MOTTLEY is putting God is at the helm of her tenure as Opposition Leader and as she sets about rebuilding the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).She outlined her position yesterday at the party's thanksgiving service at the Covenant Life Teaching Centre, Green Hill, St Michael, which was attended by the BLP "family" that included

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-77108276918615632942008-02-17T13:55:00.006-05:002008-12-09T12:19:06.842-05:00

WANTED - VLADIMIR PUTIN - for wining, dining, and maybe more. Your interests include geopolitics, intimidating Western democracies by blackmailing them with natural gas supplies, fishing, vodka, Polonium 210. Great manly physique, icy KGB smile. Contact xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Must include picture to get a reply, " (this is an ad I saw.lol)It's not because my beloved nephew has the name Vladimir

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-62429523161856006712008-02-17T14:04:00.007-05:002008-12-09T12:19:06.443-05:00

I found this very funny. Apparently, they said the Russians went to the polls sober. Putin's 40% tax on Vodka. Shameful! Vodka is the national drink of the literati, cognocenti and phelbs ...we demand Vodka! Tax free too! KimRussia, vodka and politicsVodka may be celebrated; it may be condemned; but woe betide the politician who favors a tax on itThe Russian government let the green dragon -- the

Kim Youngnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183157773396868811.post-2840700095136296372008-02-18T14:41:00.008-05:002008-12-09T12:19:05.986-05:00

Well, apparently I found this article which speaks of the raging racism in Guyana regarding the indo-Guyanese and the black-Guyanese. This is nothing new but I found the below comments which I reproduced verbatim, very interesting. Well , my question is not reeking nor soaking in xenophobia, but then why are they here? Just for our dollar?Any island that has to have an Ethnic Relations Committee

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