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Canada Dry | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; 1 Comment. Meanwhile, I’m honing my observation skills: it’s one of my assignments but one I love to do anyway. The confines of an airplane are a great laboratory. Fill that plane with Jamaicans headed to Canada and it’s funner–as kids say. The lady with the shaved head sides and back, with the bleached blonde straightened top knot just had to sit in my row, although directly next to someone else. But, I also had to endur...
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Happy birthday, to me! But, let’s all celebrate Jamaica’s Independence | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. Happy birthday, to me! But, let’s all celebrate Jamaica’s Independence. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; Leave a comment. Fifty four years ago, in September, my parents decided to leave Jamaica, and try their luck with work in England. The following August, Jamaica gained its independence from Great Britain. Did we make such an impact on the minds of the British that they wanted to let us go on with our national lives ourselves? The family had sampled we...
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Golfing age tells you little about playing ability: Take on your old man at your peril | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. Golfing age tells you little about playing ability: Take on your old man at your peril. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; Leave a comment. Professional golf acknowledges this slow tapering by having its Champions Tour. Imagine, if the EPL, or NFL, or Major League Baseball or track and field had formal schedules for older players. Does it bear thinking about Shaq trying to dunk as a 50 year old, and landing heavily on MJ? As I write, we see this inter-gene...
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Supporting alternative lifestyles for Jamaicans? | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. Supporting alternative lifestyles for Jamaicans? Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; Leave a comment. We see them everywhere, often on television, taking up much of the screen space. Wherever you turn, they are in your face. The country has too many of them. They cluster together and make you wonder what’ll become of the country. Yesterday, I read that a batch will be shipping out of the island. Good for them! Leaving on a jet plane. In athletics, moving ar...
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All in the family | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. All in the family. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; 2 Comments. My in-laws are visiting Jamaica; that meant 15 people arriving in the airport in Kingston dressed in matching blue T-shirts with the family name on the sleeve and a large T on the front. While some politicians in Europe worry about ‘swarms’ of illegal immigrants breaching their borders, Jamaica puts on a friendly smile for this band of cousins coming from Nassau. Cozying up is rarely smooth ...
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Canada Dry | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; 1 Comment. Meanwhile, I’m honing my observation skills: it’s one of my assignments but one I love to do anyway. The confines of an airplane are a great laboratory. Fill that plane with Jamaicans headed to Canada and it’s funner–as kids say. The lady with the shaved head sides and back, with the bleached blonde straightened top knot just had to sit in my row, although directly next to someone else. But, I also had to endur...
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July | 2015 | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. Golfing age tells you little about playing ability: Take on your old man at your peril. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; Leave a comment. Professional golf acknowledges this slow tapering by having its Champions Tour. Imagine, if the EPL, or NFL, or Major League Baseball or track and field had formal schedules for older players. Does it bear thinking about Shaq trying to dunk as a 50 year old, and landing heavily on MJ? As I write, we see this inter-gene...
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Jamaica: Political Economy | Views on what's happening in and around the Yard | Page 2
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. Jamaicans are so utterly outrageous. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; Leave a comment. If ever I thought a nation lived in the shadow of shock-to-come, it is Jamaica. I suspect that it’s not alone, but it’s beginning to make a habit of showing its proverbial underwear. To use the Jamaiacan phrase: ‘ Blouse an skirt! Ah weh dat come fram? 8217; You don’t beleive me? 8217; ‘Where is the accountability! 8217; ‘Where is my beef patty? The University of the W...
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All in the family | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. All in the family. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; 2 Comments. My in-laws are visiting Jamaica; that meant 15 people arriving in the airport in Kingston dressed in matching blue T-shirts with the family name on the sleeve and a large T on the front. While some politicians in Europe worry about ‘swarms’ of illegal immigrants breaching their borders, Jamaica puts on a friendly smile for this band of cousins coming from Nassau. Cozying up is rarely smooth ...
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June | 2015 | Jamaica: Political Economy
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Views on what's happening in and around the Yard. West Kingston Commission of Enquiry: Trust in me…please. Posted by The Grasshopper. Asymp; Leave a comment. Those who have been following the enquiry might have been struck by several disturbing trends across the institutions of the State. I’ll list some of those that seem to recur, and did not seem to have troubled those who practised them during the May 2010 operations, and seem to be readily defended, in the face of questioning, so far. It’s iron...
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