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nakeddeparture · 3 months
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The Barbados Police Service (TBPS), Bridgetown, Barbados. Mervyn Grace. He/they lie! They are VERY concerned about the lack of respect the police get from residents.
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They forget to tell you when they come face-to-face with heavy artillery/machinery. They are in their underground bunkers underneath Sandy Lane all now talking. Have your say. Naked!!
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reddeadreference · 1 year
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Blackwater Ledger No. 74
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This issue is available after completion of the mission: Uncle’s Bad Day
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Bureau of Investigation Founded
SECRET SERVICE VETERANS JOIN STAFF. PROMISE TO ROOT OUT ORGANIZED CRIME.
The Attorney General has formed an autonomous investigative agency to be headed up by veteran law enforcement officer Edgar Ross in an attempt to track high profile and dangerous criminals. The Bureau will also be tasked with investigating financial fraud and other organized crimes.
Ross served for many years as a senior agent with the Pinkerton Detective Agency under the mentorship of the late Andrew Milton and then went on to work at the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, founded by the National Chiefs of Police Union in 1896, which was tasked to record information on criminals and gangs and work with law enforcement. He has been billed as one of the most humble, innovative and honest law enforcement officers of his class, and colleagues say that Ross produces results where others fail. Upon swearing in, he stated: "I want all criminals to know that here in America, everyone will eventually pay for what they have done."
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Unrest in the Tropics
COST OF FOOD, FUEL ANGERS CITIZENS. SUGAR BARONS TO BLAME.
Island residents from Barbados to Cuba are experiencing soaring prices and short supply of food and fuel. They are blaming local politicians and sugar barons for the situation. Shortly after the political unrest in the area, including the assassination of prominent sugar industry advocate and Guarman governor Alberto Fussar in 1899, American banking institutions, including JD McKnight and Co., took control of the sugar industry on several islands, including Barbados, the Virgin Islands, and Guarma.
Fields which once flourished with locally grown foods and were used to feed the island nation suddenly switched to growing sugar cane. As a result of a single crop economy, all foodstuffs are imported, to great expense for local peoples. Foreign investors hire locals to guard and police their massive plantations, subjecting workers to harsh conditions and penalties.
Local groups argue that island residents are suffering the most, while businesses say heavy investments by American financial institutions have allowed for the revitalization of the local economies.
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'We Are Helpless'
TOWNS DECRY UNCHECKED VIOLENCE. OUTLAW GANGS RUNNING RAMPANT. LED BY NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL MICAH BELL.
A cacophony of outrage has been building at the lawlessness that prevails in towns across the area. Numerous outlaw gangs seem to operate unchecked or unstoppable by law enforcement, rendering terrified citizens helpless. The reward for the killing or capture of infamous outlaw Micah Bell and his gang was recently increased by government officials in response to the unanimous outcry from citizens that something must be done about this murderous gang of thieves and killers.
Mr. Bell and his associates continue their spree of killing and robbing while running roughshod over law enforcement. His acts of lawlessness rival that of Van der Linde himself. They pay no debts and dynamite banks and buildings as a recreational pastime. Bell has long been a suspect in the Blackwater Bank Robbery and Strawberry massacre back in 1899 and numerous train robberies that have ended in dismemberment or death of passengers in the years since then. Little is known of Mr. Bell's origins.
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Reverend Swanson Leads NY Church
DELIVERS POWERFUL MESSAGE
Reverend Orville Swanson was inducted into his official capacity as minister at the First Congregational Church of New York this week, having moved to the city to accept the position. A service was held and then a reception was given to celebrate the appointment. Encouraging reports from attendees indicate that Reverend Swanson delivered an impassioned and heartfelt sermon about acknowledging sin and seeking redemption. He spoke about his own break from faith, a dark period when he could not attend church, falling into sin, depravity and wanton gluttony.
He chronicled the period where he rediscovered his faith and began witnessing on street-corners, to then become assistant pastor at a church in Ohio and now New York. During his recent attendance at the Convention Meeting of First Congregational Churches he delivered a very moving oration, impressing attendees as an eloquent and persuasive speaker, and was almost immediately offered the position.
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Tallulah Jetty Gang Killed
BANK RAIDED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. CITIZENS FORM POSSE.
United States Marshal Fulkerton received a dispatch from Silver Springs indicating that after years of evading capture, the Tallulah Jetty Gang was chased down after a brazen bank robbery in broad daylight. After a series of outrages, including the killing of several women and elders, officers placed 200 men in pursuit of the gang, which was overtaken near Anadarko.
A combination force of Cherokee Indians and a militia formed after the bank robbery pursued the gang to a cave in the bluffs south of the area, where a spectacular gun battle took place, killing several officers. After a period of quiet, one man entered the cave where he found a gravely wounded William Bishop bleeding out next to deceased henchmen Harold Sutton and James Shaw.
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Liquor Smuggled Into Indian Territory
DEPUTIES PURSUE OUTLAWS, ONE KILLED.
A dispatch received from Comanche Indian territory yesterday says that Deputy United States Marshal Tidwell and another deputy attempted to arrest Cletus Yarnell and Lawrence Branch for introducing intoxicating liquors into Indian Territory. The outlaws resisted arrest and a gun battle ensued, with Marshal Tidwell's horse being shot out from under him. The desperados fled into Indian territory and were pursued. Yarnell was mortally wounded, Branch was arrested.
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Bubonic Plague in San Francisco
CITY STILL REELING AFTER EARTHQUAKE THAT KILLED 3,000.
After an earthquake that destroyed 80 percent of the city and killed over 3,000 people, the city of San Francisco now reports that a second epidemic of bubonic plague has broken out. It is believed the outbreak is due to the large number of rats in the area. Fleas from infected rats transmit the disease, resulting in fever symptoms, seizures, gangrene and necrosis of the extremities, along with, in many cases, death.
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New Railroad Completed
A GRAND PROJECT OUR MANIFEST DESTINY
The final ties were laid and spikes driven through to complete the Central Union rail line stretching through New Hanover. Passengers will be able to bypass the Grizzlies, Rhodes, and Scarlett Meadows, drastically reducing travel time. Now with a direct line connecting Cornwall Kerosene and Tar and Saint Denis, freight and commuters will flow fast and freely.
The project came with complications, including controversy over missing workers' wages and a land dispute. Representatives from towns such as Van Horn Trading Post and Annesburg say the new line will result in the decline of their towns. Civic planners hail the railroad as a new dawning day in American progress and history.
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The Art of Angling by Jeremy Gill
SOCKEYE SALMON.
Last year while fishing in the Alaskan territories, I soon discovered that a family of bears was fishing too, and one particularly angry Kodiak took exception to my overwhelming success of pulling dozens of Sockeye Salmon out of the water. I could not blame him; however, now his head sits sentry above my foyer with a salmon in its mouth, a testament to the hunter becoming the hunted.
In cold streams, and particularly in the Grizzlies, salmon will strike river lures and are possibly the best tasting fish you can bring home for supper. They are so plentiful you may take as many as you like with no consequence. Happy casting.
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therealcrimediary · 27 days
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Saint Lucia's Commissioner of Police, Crusita Descartes Pelius, attended the Regional Security System's Joint Coordinating and Planning Committee (RSS JCPC) meeting in Guyana to address various security issues affecting the RSS sub-region. The meeting focused on enhancing security measures, particularly in public health and disaster response, in preparation for major upcoming events like the ICC Cricket World Cup 2024 and the SIDS4 Conference. Participants discussed identified gaps in national security strategies and stressed the need for additional resources to bolster security in the region. The gathering featured special presentations from esteemed regional partners including CARICOM IMPACS, CARPHA, CDEMA, Trinidad and Tobago Police and Military Forces, Antigua and Barbuda Police and Military Forces, Guyana Defence Force, Barbados Defence Force, Barbados Police Service, and RSS Headquarters. These presentations provided valuable insights and perspectives on the current state of security in the region and ways to collaborate and enhance security measures. The meeting also included progress updates on RSS and broader regional exercises aimed at practicing national and regional security responses to critical incidents, highlighting the importance of preparedness and coordination in addressing security challenges. As part of the meeting agenda, the RSS Council of Ministers is set to convene, with an address by His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana, and remarks from the incoming Chairman of the Council, Dr Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of the Federation of St Christopher and Nevis. This high-level gathering of regional leaders will provide an opportunity to discuss key security issues, strategies, and collaborations to strengthen security in the RSS sub-region. The meeting will serve as a platform for sharing best practices, addressing challenges, and fostering partnerships to enhance security ahead of major events and in response to evolving security threats. The discussions at the RSS JCPC meeting underscored the importance of cooperation and collaboration among regional security agencies and partner organizations to address security challenges effectively. By sharing knowledge, resources, and expertise, participants can work together to enhance security measures, improve response capabilities, and mitigate security risks in the region. The meeting served as a platform for key stakeholders to exchange ideas, strategies, and insights on how to strengthen security in the RSS sub-region, particularly in preparation for major events and in response to emerging security threats. Overall, the RSS JCPC meeting in Guyana provided a valuable opportunity for regional security stakeholders to come together, discuss pressing security issues, and strategize on ways to enhance security measures in the RSS sub-region. By fostering collaboration, sharing best practices, and pooling resources, participants can work towards a more secure and resilient security environment, better prepared to address challenges and threats. The meeting highlighted the importance of regional cooperation in addressing security challenges and emphasized the need for ongoing dialogue, coordination, and joint efforts to safeguard the security of the RSS sub-region.
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stephaniefchase · 4 months
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Barbados Records First Homicide for the Year
Barbados has recorded its first homicide for the year.
31-year-old Shane Parris of Mangrove, St. Philip, is the country’s latest shooting victim.
Barbados Police Service Communications and Public Affairs Officer, Inspector Rodney Inniss confirmed that Parris died at the scene of the shooting at Nursery #2, Four Roads, St. Philip.
He said police received a call about the incident around 11:05 a.m.
Article Source: Starcom Network News #thechasefiles #murder1 #shaneparris #31 #nurserydrive #mangrove #stphilip #murder #barbadoscrimescene
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collymore · 10 months
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It's called Respect. An alien concept to most white Brits and their vile genocidal kin!
By Stanley Collymore   They wouldn't walk around Oxford   City centre, let's say, or any other   British town or city clad only in   a bikini so why do white Brits and their arrogant familial ilk from the overseas genocidally acquired and still retained territorial countries globally think they either can, or else should quite clearly automatically be allowed ad infinitum   to do so in town centres and similarly   too major cities abroad, and basically   moreover actually get away with their   arrogant impropriety of wearing quite   scanty and crucially, revealing attire? What's wrong in both acknowledging   and similarly through basic courtesy,   displaying some pertinent regard for   the locals by actually being, sensibly     as modest as those around you are;   in the locations you visit on holiday?   In Barbados, which doesn't need   any lessons on either short or   distinctly lengthy vacations,   beach wear is obviously strictly for the beach, and even then going topless as   a characteristically personal or simply   a collective and preferential means of sunbathing is categorically outlawed! Why? Pretty obvious I'd expect, to the   average intelligent person unless you   aptly happen, to be white and British!   For while any holidaymaker is clearly simply on their vacation that doesn't invalidate Barbados being our home.   (C) Stanley V. Collymore   1 July 2023.   Author's Remarks:   Distinctively and unquestionably so it's patently obvious that white Britons and their globally, past and present, literally genocidal kin are the worst for stupidly and quite malevolently rather purposely and also arrogantly disrespecting other peoples' countries, their citizens, valued culture and moral behaviour.   Just because these undoubtedly white racist pillocks: both the Karens who are time honoured experts at dropping their knickers sexually on holidays even prior to properly unpacking their luggage and a notorious reputation that they clearly have globally, but the obvious moment they're back on the plane home, these evidently odious sluts, tarts and toxic trollopes behave as though butter won't melt in their mouth, and a spurious act they like to carry on with at home, just like they like-minded Gammons: the vile queens and sick paedophiles who feel that they can act with obvious impunity when they are abroad, jointly think, the two sets of them, that they can behave as they like in other people's countries because at home the so-called forces of law and order seldom rein them in, and on the rare occasions that happens they know instinctively they're evidently only going to get a very mild slap on the wrist and nothing more.   These are the same people who clearly and unequivocally state in their odious and toxically verminous comments in the Daily Mail, their agent provocateur, that the famed Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) should be made to go bust with donors contributing to this registered charity stop supporting it, calling it a taxi service with open vocal and written support in this distinctively scurrilous vilification actually from the Daily Mail's management itself, and all because the RNLI dedicated to saving all lives dangerously at risk on the open sea essentially did what as the charity it is clearly committed to being rescued some would be immigrants to the UK in the Channel.   The same evilly vile bastards and nasty, simply utterly sick bitches that applaud the recent execution of the 17 year old youth in France by a trigger happy cop and likewise applaud the Metropolitan Police for simply not properly pursuing the vicious racist murderers of Stephen Lawrence, as it has actually transpired that there was a sixth killer that the Met Police evidently knew of but kept secret about and basically  irrefutably valuable information that was purposefully kept hidden from Stephen's parents. But to these aforementioned purblind cunts all this is absolutely fine because the victims all have a different skin colour to their own. Brexiteer advocates for an all-white Britain who're evidently far too fucking dumb anyway to distinctly see the blatant and undoubtedly sickening irony of entities Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA among others where their scum relatives are and still freely emigrate to. Yet they additionally feel that they can go to whatever country they care to, including former colonies, and do whatever the Hell they like with total impunity on the sick premise that these countries ludicrously need them far more than they as white Brits need these country. A clear bunch of mother-fucking idiots not only unquestionably intellectually challenged but who quite clearly live in their delusional world and one where clearly these pathetic cunts are too cowardly to even acknowledge their racism and live in a constant state of denial where that is concerned.   Have you seen the pathetic state some white Brits walk around when the sun comes out sufficiently inviting? It's truly absolutely gross! Obesity coupled with the most hideously appalling tattoos and physical ugliness aside. Frankly it's one thing to have daft body confidence but another altogether to believe that because you so stupidly think you look great that others will or must automatically agree with you. But whoever sensibly said that this verminous scum along with their Coconut and House Nigger Useful Idiots were ever bright?
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thechasefiles · 1 year
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Police have identified the man shot and killed at Silver Sands, Christ Church this morning.
He is Jamal Clarke, 30, of Bournes Land, Sayers Court, Silver Sands, Christ Church.
A police statement said officers at the Oistins Police Station received a report around 8:20 a.m. from a male who said that his brother was shot about his body, whilst along the roadway at Silver Sands.
Clarke was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a private motor vehicle but was subsequently pronounced dead on arrival.
The Barbados Police Service is appealing to anyone who can provide any information about the incident to contact Police emergency at 211, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIPS (8477), the Oistins Police Station at 418-2612 or any Police Station.
Source: BARBADOS Today
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Rihanna to headline Tremendous Bowl halftime present Jay-Z praises her enterprise savvy
The singer, who declined to carry out within the 2019 Tremendous Bowl halftime present out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, will headline the 2023 Tremendous Bowl, the NFL introduced Sunday together with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Apple Music. Rihanna posted a picture on Instagram of an arm outstretched holding an NFL soccer. “Rihanna is a generational expertise, a lady of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at each flip,” stated Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation is an govt producer of the present, in an announcement. “An individual born on the small island of Barbados who turned some of the outstanding artists ever. Self-made in enterprise and leisure.” The Tremendous Bowl will happen at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12. After years of Pepsi’s sponsorship, the upcoming halftime present will likely be sponsored by Apple Music. Rihanna earlier stated she turned down an identical alternative for the 2019 Tremendous Bowl that was finally headlined by Maroon 5. On the time, many artists voiced help for Kaepernick, the previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback who protested police brutality towards Black folks and minorities by kneeling throughout the nationwide anthem in 2016. “I couldn’t dare try this. For what?” Rihanna informed Vogue in 2019. “Who features from that? Not my folks. I simply couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s issues inside that group that I don’t agree with in any respect, and I used to be not about to go and be of service to them in any manner,” she stated of the league. Kaepernick accused the NFL of colluding to maintain him out of the league in a case that was ultimately settled in early 2019. In 2019, the NFL partnered with Roc Nation (which manages Rihanna) to assist choose performers for the Tremendous Bowl and strategize on the halftime present. The extensively acclaimed 2022 halftime present featured Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige. With gross sales of greater than 250 million information worldwide, Rihanna ranks as one of many best-selling feminine artists ever. Her final album was 2016’s “Anti.” Rihanna final carried out publicly on the Grammy Awards in 2018. Within the years since, Rihanna has often teased her music return. Earlier this 12 months, she had her first little one with the rapper ASAP Rocky. Join the Fortune Options e-mail listing so that you don’t miss our largest options, unique interviews, and investigations. Originally published at Sunshine Coast QLD News
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jobwerld · 2 years
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Sandals Barbados Jobs
Job Details: Sandals Barbados is set along the white sands of Maxwell Beach, one of the islands most unspoiled beaches. We are currently seeking qualified candidates to fill the following vacancies; Assistant Executive Housekeeper Assistant Butler Manager Assistant Front Office Manager Pool Service Manager Island Routes Tour Specialist If successful, a clean police record will be required NB.…
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nakeddeparture · 5 months
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Bridgetown, Barbados. Inspector Richard Greenidge has died.
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Possible heart attack. It’s the fourth (public) death within weeks of officers from the Barbados Police Service. Naked!!
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gstqaobc · 3 years
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Our dear Queen: never alone THE MONARCHIST LEAGUE OF CANADA 🍁🇨🇦
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FOR TOMORROW, OUR QUEEN'S ACTUAL BIRTHDAY,,,We invite members to respond by return email by completing one of the following sentences in no more than 25 words  of which we will publish an assortment of the most interesting tomorrow. You never know what might happen if yours is judged best.  NB: this challenge is not  the place to express condolences to The Queen or refer to her recent loss, which we each will do in our own way, with a full heart and no interest in publicity or reward. 1) I find The Queen's most endearing trait to be... 2) If I could ask HM one question, it would be... 3) If I were asked to give one piece of loyal advice to our Sovereign, I would say...   LEAGUE POETRY COMPETITION ON THE NINETY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY OF THE QUEEN THREE WINNING POEMSWe were surprised and delighted by the number of entries in this first poetry competition of the League. But then, given its subject, perhaps we should not have been taken aback. The sentiments were universally heartfelt and the loyalty clear.   We are therefore awarding three prizes. Two were written in English and one in French: naturally, we are not translating them! The first is a subtle evocation of The Queen’s sense of duty and her love of horses - the poet’s reference to giving up riding was of course an allusion to HM’s ceasing to ride at Trooping the Colour - she enjoys riding as relaxation to this day!  The second is true to the spirit of Holst’s stirring melody, known to many as “I Vow to Thee, My Country.”  And the third, the winner, explores HM’s Realms whimsically with a touch of gravity by means of their national foods.  The poems could not be more different - which is as it should be. Our thanks to all who entered the competition!  SECOND PRIZE TIED by Tom MacGregor, Ottawa ON QUEEN ELIZABETH’S 95th BIRTHDAY                On her ninety-fifth birthday,                I think of the Statue on Parliament Hill                Of her confidently seated                On a horse named Centennial                Given to her by                The Royal Canadian Mounted Police.                The small woman unveiled it                In 1991 after she had given up riding.                Still, she carried on                More than 60 years as Queen                And 95 of service.   FIRST PRIZE by an anonymous member who is donating  the value of the prize to supply a food treat to the homeless today in honour of The Queen’s birthday QUEEN OF THE SIXTEEN REALMS On the 95th birthday of Elizabeth II   PROLOGUE Elizabeth, to your Realms grandmother, sister, friend and Queen: How can we embrace you, and today let you know That we would your sorrow share, wish you could lean On our sixteen hearts, like the drums, beating slow. We look back as you must on Philip’s decades: Your strength and stay during storm and fair days. We gaze also to our future wish: grief ‘midst memories fades To joy of life full-lived, walked on the fields of praise.               So follows our birthday wish, from Realms richly diverse, Who now tune their heart-strings to the happier times Which will follow, dear Ma’am, as sure as sunrise: A great truth of life, which we need not more rehearse, But, rather, assure you: north, west, east, southern climes Gather round to uphold you, dear Queen - loving and wise!                   ~ ~ ~   ~ ~ ~    ~ ~ ~ Elizabeth, our Queen and friend, the nations’ joy and pride, Her 95th today is hailed through Realms both far and wide; And since all share in most fond wish to serve special birthday treat - These lines some local fare suggest - loyal banquet so replete!         In ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, small islands to be sure, But big in heart and loyalty - FUNGIE ‘tis special allure: Polenta-based and spicy hot, with pepperpot ‘tis served, A treat for their beloved Queen, one surely well deserved!         Down Under,  AUSTRALIAN mates present their VEGEMITE: This brewers’ yeast extract not yet the world’s delight! But served on toast throughout the land, a tribute singular - quite - Antipodean Queen finds on Aussie plate a most distinct delight.           THE BAHAMAS offers special dish: folk there pluck CONCH from sea: And dressed with lime and vegetables - ‘tis rich in Vitamin C!  Bahamian Sovereign will enjoy devouring “Queen Conch” recipe, Dressed with fruit, offered with love and Island loyalty         BARBADOS, amidst disloyal dance, bakes up its famed RUM CAKE On which Monarch’s pain at such dalliance might well her sweet tooth slake; Since toothsome confection is topped up with frequent rum infusion: EIIR hopes (though’d never say) “Drink deep: to republican confusion!”                 BELIZE proffers its BOIL UP, reminiscent of the pie in rhyme: No blackbirds for its Queen today, but fish, eggs, veggies: good time! Tis topped with broth and dough, then baked - a treat fit for a princess, The Central American domain diverse could offer her no less!         CANADA may indeed be home to most loyal Maple Throne: Thus on this day POUTINE shall stand in prominence, alone: Like the Dominion, flavours many, with toppings beyond measure - As each in own way toasts our Queen, the True North’s splendid treasure!                     GRENADA’s OIL DOWN, savoury-sweet, a one pot dish of stew, With coconut leaching flavours out to make each casserole new To taste - and variegated ever for all this island nation. Which prospers under Reign of she whose birthday brings elation!             Next in our roll of Realms, JAMAICA, island, of many peoples, blest To keep cool ‘neath tropical sun with ACKEE AND SALTFISH zest: Its spices mirror nation’s mix, from planters to Bobsled team; And dread-locked Rasta men, who share deepest love of Queen.                 PAVLOVA is NEW ZEALAND’s gift to the arts culinary, Its Kiwi, cream, meringue mix cherished by settlers as by Maori; Whether Hobbits share such taste, brave Frodo first and foremost, We know not - but all in the island realm drink to EIIR a toast!               If MUMU you were offered while exploring  PAPUA NEW GUINEA shore, Polyglot island lines hot coals with leaves - adds meats, fruit, veg and more, To make a stew from ground oven of savour nonpareil, Thus honouring their Queen and friend with two Hemispheres’ “hooray.”         SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS to birthday brings STEWED SALTFISH, which they blend With coconut dumplings and plantains for feasting without end, As no close they ever sight in good Queen’s service to tiniest sovereign state In Hemisphere - large  they be in duty, love - thus this day they fete!       SAINT LUCIA pairs fish and fig, GREEN FIG AND SALTED COD! Antilles population takes a week to give the nod To stew that melds, as island does two seas, Atlantic and Caribbean, And mix a Bounty cocktail to raise their glass to Queen!               A BREADFRUIT ROASTED in iron pot, add fried jackfish for great repast,   Is SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES’ entrée, not easily surpassed: Its thirty-two islands celebrate their Monarch’s special day, Sing “...Land, so Beautiful” to big drum, calypso, steel pan and reggae!             Now Taro roots make sticky POI, SOLOMON ISLANDS’ favorite food, The wise old King lends his name to 900-strong island brood; Thus Melanesian Queen presides, with Governor-General elected: Their birthday bouquet beauteous, as from 200 orchid strains selected!                     TUVALU brings to feast PULAKA, swamp taro cooked for hours: Raising ocean discourages cultivation - ‘tis time for Commonwealth powers To use their world wide fellowship to save this crop essential: Their Queen fears global warming looms, Polynesian threat potential.               The UNITED KINGDOM is Elizabeth’s home, of sixteen Realms The Queen: No longer a colonial power, but from Empire’s legacy yet seen: Its “national dish” CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA now claims pride of place, Transcending old-style differences of climate, Raj and race!       ~! ~ ~   ~ ~ ~   ~ ~ ~ EPILOGUESo, all hail, dear Queen, gracious Lady: your true realms lie deep within, Not geographic, to be sure, but values kingly. gracious, human; Constant Commonwealth care for its nations great and small, Reflects deep-reciprocal, hailed to your heart, one voice echoed by all!     So here’s to Elizabeth - long may she reign, long live our monarch so great! Here’s to her courage in fair weather or foul, duty done, chosen not - happy fate! Here’s to the faith ever kept, beyond clamour of sectarian creeds; Here’s to the hope she brings all, so nourishing humankind’s needs; Here’s to her ninety-fifth birthday, her years’ gift to us, thus today we proclaim:God willing, all your Realms do their duty And each subject in turn do the same! 
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reddeadreference · 1 year
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Saint Denis Times No. 55
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This issue is available after completion of the mission: Uncle’s Bad Day
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Bureau of Investigation Founded
SECRET SERVICE VETERANS JOIN STAFF. PROMISE TO ROOT OUT ORGANIZED CRIME.
The Attorney General has formed an autonomous investigative agency to be headed up by veteran law enforcement officer Edgar Ross in an attempt to track high profile and dangerous criminals. The Bureau will also be tasked with investigating financial fraud and other organized crimes.
Ross served for many years as a senior agent with the Pinkerton Detective Agency under the mentorship of the late Andrew Milton and then went on to work at the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, founded by the National Chiefs of Police Union in 1896, which was tasked to record information on criminals and gangs and work with law enforcement. He has been billed as one of the most humble, innovative and honest law enforcement officers of his class, and colleagues say that Ross produces results where others fail. Upon swearing in, he stated: "I want all criminals to know that here in America, everyone will eventually pay for what they have done."
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Unrest in the Tropics
COST OF FOOD, FUEL ANGERS CITIZENS. SUGAR BARONS TO BLAME.
Island residents from Barbados to Cuba are experiencing soaring prices and short supply of food and fuel. They are blaming local politicians and sugar barons for the situation. Shortly after the political unrest in the area, including the assassination of prominent sugar industry advocate and Guarman governor Alberto Fussar in 1899, American banking institutions, including JD McKnight and Co., took control of the sugar industry on several islands, including Barbados, the Virgin Islands, and Guarma.
Fields which once flourished with locally grown foods and were used to feed the island nation suddenly switched to growing sugar cane. As a result of a single crop economy, all foodstuffs are imported, to great expense for local peoples. Foreign investors hire locals to guard and police their massive plantations, subjecting workers to harsh conditions and penalties.
Local groups argue that island residents are suffering the most, while businesses say heavy investments by American financial institutions have allowed for the revitalization of the local economies.
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'We Are Helpless'
TOWNS DECRY UNCHECKED VIOLENCE. OUTLAW GANGS RUNNING RAMPANT. LED BY NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL MICAH BELL.
A cacophony of outrage has been building at the lawlessness that prevails in towns across the area. Numerous outlaw gangs seem to operate unchecked or unstoppable by law enforcement, rendering terrified citizens helpless. The reward for the killing or capture of infamous outlaw Micah Bell and his gang was recently increased by government officials in response to the unanimous outcry from citizens that something must be done about this murderous gang of thieves and killers.
Mr. Bell and his associates continue their spree of killing and robbing while running roughshod over law enforcement. His acts of lawlessness rival that of Van der Linde himself. They pay no debts and dynamite banks and buildings as a recreational pastime. Bell has long been a suspect in the Blackwater Bank Robbery and Strawberry massacre back in 1899 and numerous train robberies that have ended in dismemberment or death of passengers in the years since then. Little is known of Mr. Bell's origins.
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Reverend Swanson Leads NY Church
DELIVERS POWERFUL MESSAGE
Reverend Orville Swanson was inducted into his official capacity as minister at the First Congregational Church of New York this week, having moved to the city to accept the position. A service was held and then a reception was given to celebrate the appointment. Encouraging reports from attendees indicate that Reverend Swanson delivered an impassioned and heartfelt sermon about acknowledging sin and seeking redemption. He spoke about his own break from faith, a dark period when he could not attend church, falling into sin, depravity and wanton gluttony.
He chronicled the period where he rediscovered his faith and began witnessing on street-corners, to then become assistant pastor at a church in Ohio and now New York. During his recent attendance at the Convention Meeting of First Congregational Churches he delivered a very moving oration, impressing attendees as an eloquent and persuasive speaker, and was almost immediately offered the position.
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Tallulah Jetty Gang Killed
BANK RAIDED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. CITIZENS FORM POSSE.
United States Marshal Fulkerton received a dispatch from Silver Springs indicating that after years of evading capture, the Tallulah Jetty Gang was chased down after a brazen bank robbery in broad daylight. After a series of outrages, including the killing of several women and elders, officers placed 200 men in pursuit of the gang, which was overtaken near Anadarko.
A combination force of Cherokee Indians and a militia formed after the bank robbery pursued the gang to a cave in the bluffs south of the area, where a spectacular gun battle took place, killing several officers. After a period of quiet, one man entered the cave where he found a gravely wounded William Bishop bleeding out next to deceased henchmen Harold Sutton and James Shaw.
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Liquor Smuggled Into Indian Territory
DEPUTIES PURSUE OUTLAWS, ONE KILLED.
A dispatch received from Comanche Indian territory yesterday says that Deputy United States Marshal Tidwell and another deputy attempted to arrest Cletus Yarnell and Lawrence Branch for introducing intoxicating liquors into Indian Territory. The outlaws resisted arrest and a gun battle ensued, with Marshal Tidwell's horse being shot out from under him. The desperados fled into Indian territory and were pursued. Yarnell was mortally wounded, Branch was arrested.
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Bubonic Plague in San Francisco
CITY STILL REELING AFTER EARTHQUAKE THAT KILLED 3,000.
After an earthquake that destroyed 80 percent of the city and killed over 3,000 people, the city of San Francisco now reports that a second epidemic of bubonic plague has broken out. It is believed the outbreak is due to the large number of rats in the area. Fleas from infected rats transmit the disease, resulting in fever symptoms, seizures, gangrene and necrosis of the extremities, along with, in many cases, death.
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New Railroad Completed
A GRAND PROJECT OUR MANIFEST DESTINY
The final ties were laid and spikes driven through to complete the Central Union rail line stretching through New Hanover. Passengers will be able to bypass the Grizzlies, Rhodes, and Scarlett Meadows, drastically reducing travel time. Now with a direct line connecting Cornwall Kerosene and Tar and Saint Denis, freight and commuters will flow fast and freely.
The project came with complications, including controversy over missing workers' wages and a land dispute. Representatives from towns such as Van Horn Trading Post and Annesburg say the new line will result in the decline of their towns. Civic planners hail the railroad as a new dawning day in American progress and history.
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The Art of Angling by Jeremy Gill
SOCKEYE SALMON.
Last year while fishing in the Alaskan territories, I soon discovered that a family of bears was fishing too, and one particularly angry Kodiak took exception to my overwhelming success of pulling dozens of Sockeye Salmon out of the water. I could not blame him; however, now his head sits sentry above my foyer with a salmon in its mouth, a testament to the hunter becoming the hunted.
In cold streams, and particularly in the Grizzlies, salmon will strike river lures and are possibly the best tasting fish you can bring home for supper. They are so plentiful you may take as many as you like with no consequence. Happy casting.
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Saint Lucia's Commissioner of Police, Crusita Descartes Pelius, attended the Regional Security System's Joint Coordinating and Planning Committee (RSS JCPC) meeting in Guyana to address various security issues affecting the RSS sub-region. The meeting focused on enhancing security measures, particularly in public health and disaster response, in preparation for major upcoming events like the ICC Cricket World Cup 2024 and the SIDS4 Conference. Participants discussed identified gaps in national security strategies and stressed the need for additional resources to bolster security in the region. The gathering featured special presentations from esteemed regional partners including CARICOM IMPACS, CARPHA, CDEMA, Trinidad and Tobago Police and Military Forces, Antigua and Barbuda Police and Military Forces, Guyana Defence Force, Barbados Defence Force, Barbados Police Service, and RSS Headquarters. These presentations provided valuable insights and perspectives on the current state of security in the region and ways to collaborate and enhance security measures. The meeting also included progress updates on RSS and broader regional exercises aimed at practicing national and regional security responses to critical incidents, highlighting the importance of preparedness and coordination in addressing security challenges. As part of the meeting agenda, the RSS Council of Ministers is set to convene, with an address by His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana, and remarks from the incoming Chairman of the Council, Dr Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of the Federation of St Christopher and Nevis. This high-level gathering of regional leaders will provide an opportunity to discuss key security issues, strategies, and collaborations to strengthen security in the RSS sub-region. The meeting will serve as a platform for sharing best practices, addressing challenges, and fostering partnerships to enhance security ahead of major events and in response to evolving security threats. The discussions at the RSS JCPC meeting underscored the importance of cooperation and collaboration among regional security agencies and partner organizations to address security challenges effectively. By sharing knowledge, resources, and expertise, participants can work together to enhance security measures, improve response capabilities, and mitigate security risks in the region. The meeting served as a platform for key stakeholders to exchange ideas, strategies, and insights on how to strengthen security in the RSS sub-region, particularly in preparation for major events and in response to emerging security threats. Overall, the RSS JCPC meeting in Guyana provided a valuable opportunity for regional security stakeholders to come together, discuss pressing security issues, and strategize on ways to enhance security measures in the RSS sub-region. By fostering collaboration, sharing best practices, and pooling resources, participants can work towards a more secure and resilient security environment, better prepared to address challenges and threats. The meeting highlighted the importance of regional cooperation in addressing security challenges and emphasized the need for ongoing dialogue, coordination, and joint efforts to safeguard the security of the RSS sub-region.
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Barbados has proclaimed Rihanna a national hero: 'May you always shine brightly like a diamond.'
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Barbados has proclaimed Rihanna a national hero: 'May you always shine brightly like a diamond.'
Rihanna's whole "work, work, work, work, work" has been recognised by her homeland. Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley called the musician and entrepreneur the country's 11th national hero as the island celebrated becoming a republic for the first time in history. "Ambassador Robyn Rihanna Fenty has shown innovative and pioneering leadership in her service to Barbados," Prime Minister Mia Mottley said during the Monday night event. The 33-year-old "Umbrella" singer collected the award while dressed in an orange Bottega Veneta gown with multiple huge braids. "May you continue to shine like a diamond and bring respect to your country," Prime Minister Mottley said, using the singer's song "Diamonds" from 2012.
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Barbados has proclaimed Rihanna a national hero: 'May you always shine brightly like a diamond.' The musician got a huge medal embossed with the shape of Barbados and blew a kiss to the ecstatic throng in a separate ceremony on Tuesday. "This is one of those days that I will never forget." It's also a day I didn't see coming," she remarked in a short address encouraging the young to keep pushing Barbados ahead. "I've toured the globe and gotten several prizes and accolades, but nothing compares to being acknowledged in your own backyard." The event on Monday was attended by a number of politicians and dignitaries, including Prince Charles, whom Rihanna met after being brought on stage alongside Mottley. more about Robyn Rihanna : Rihanna Tops $1 Billion in Net Worth: Report When Mottley introduced Rihanna, she said the pop singer came from modest beginnings and was born less than a mile away from the wedding. In a letter to Barbados on Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II, who is no longer the country's head of state, expressed her congratulations. "I express my congratulations to you and all Barbadians on this historic occasion and your assumption of office as the first President of Barbados," she wrote. "I first visited your lovely nation on the verge of independence in early 1966, and I'm delighted that my son is still here with you now. Barbados' people have kept a particular place in my heart ever then." Barbados has been independent from the United Kingdom since 1966, but on Tuesday, the country's first president, Sandra Mason, was sworn in as the country's first president to commemorate the country's 55th year of independence.
Rihanna is now officially a billionaire:
She is the 'richest female musician,' according to Forbes. The island's journey to becoming a republic started more than two decades ago, and completed last month with the island's Parliament choosing the first-ever president with a two-thirds majority vote. According to Suleiman Bulbulia, a journalist for the Barbados Today newspaper, the flag, coat of arms, and national song would stay the same, but specific allusions may alter. The titles "royal" and "crown" will be phased out, thus the Royal Barbados Police Force will become the Barbados Police Service, and "crown lands" will become "state lands," he wrote. He remarked, "It is the dawn of a new age." "Any Barbadian may now aspire to be our President."
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Barbados has proclaimed Rihanna a national hero: 'May you always shine brightly like a diamond.' It's the first time in more than 20 years that Barbados has honoured a national hero: the last recipient was former cricketer Garfield St. Aubrun Sobers. Rihanna joins a long list of other Barbados national heroes, including public personalities and politicians such as Errol Barrow, Barbados' first prime minister, and slave uprising leader Bussa. Rihanna was named one of the wealthiest female performers in the world by Forbes this year, earning her the status of billionaire. Her net worth is estimated to be $1.7 billion, with the most of it coming from her cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty, according to the outlet. Rihanna Has Been Named a National Hero. That's right, I said it. Barbados deposed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and became a republic on Monday, the 55th anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom. Out with colonialism and a bloody history of imperial legacies, and in with Dame Sandra Mason and, of course, Rihanna. The celebration on Monday was a joyous occasion attended by scores of authorities, including Prince Charles, who spoke in place of his mother to congratulate Barbadians in a speech that recognised the island's "appalling crime" of British slavery. Mason, 72, was formerly governor-general, and Prime Minister Mia Mottley swore him in as the country's new president. As the island transitioned to being a republic, Parliament chose her to be the Barbadian head of state in October. "This distinction is being granted to a lady of this land," Mottley remarked in a speech commemorating Mason's inauguration.
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Barbados has proclaimed Rihanna a national hero: 'May you always shine brightly like a diamond.' Is it possible that another Barbadian lady will be honoured? Rihanna, our favourite millionaire and assless-pajama designer, has been named a "national hero for Barbados" by the prime minister. There are few methods to establish a postcolonial republic that I can conceive of. To her impressive collection of titles, add "Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty." As a wind came through, Rihanna addressed the audience, "This is a day I'll never, ever forget." "It's also a day I didn't see coming." Barbadians are proud people, as you may be aware. We're arguably the most self-assured individuals I've ever met. And I carry that pride with me everywhere I go in the globe. The world will know that we are Bajan to the bone no matter where we travel." She praised the island's residents as "real Barbados heroes" and declared herself "Bajan till the day I die" after receiving her new title. The island is "still the only place I've ever called home," added Rihanna, who owns nearby Beverly Hills estates. Rihanna expressed her gratitude for the honour in her closing remarks, praying for the youth of Barbados to continue pushing the island forward. "I have travelled the world and received several awards and recognitions, but nothing, nothing, compares to being recognised in the soil that you grew in," she said. more from new 24 hour: ‘Encanto’s trailer promises that a paranormal, musical Disney adventure What Is the Season 10 Theme for ‘American Horror Story Double Feature’? Emma Coronel Aispuro: spouse of El Chapo pleads responsible for drugs Sage Steele, an ESPN anchor, has been fired. source: usatoday#instagram #happy #nature #photography #fashion #instadaily #beauty #instalike #fun #friends #me #summer #tbt #cute #beautiful #likeforlike #smile #music #ootd #family #model #follow4follow #lifestyle #design #motivation #beach #sunset #amazing #dog #makeup Read the full article
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Today we remember the passing of Nina Simone who Died: April 21, 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, France
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
The sixth of eight children born to a poor family in Tryon, North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she was denied admission despite a well-received audition, which she attributed to racial discrimination. In 2003, just days before her death, the Institute awarded her an honorary degree.
To make a living, Simone started playing piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City. She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music" or so-called "cocktail piano". She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, which effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist. She went on to record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974, making her debut with Little Girl Blue. She had a hit single in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy". Her musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.
The sixth of eight children in a poor family, she began playing piano at the age of three or four; the first song she learned was "God Be With You, Till We Meet Again". Demonstrating a talent with the piano, she performed at her local church. Her concert debut, a classical recital, was given when she was 12. Simone later said that during this performance, her parents, who had taken seats in the front row, were forced to move to the back of the hall to make way for white people. She said that she refused to play until her parents were moved back to the front, and that the incident contributed to her later involvement in the civil rights movement. Simone's mother, Mary Kate Waymon (née Irvin, November 20, 1901 – April 30, 2001), was a Methodist minister and a housemaid. Her father, Rev. John Devan Waymon (June 24, 1898 – October 23, 1972), was a handyman who at one time owned a dry-cleaning business, but also suffered bouts of ill health. Simone's music teacher helped establish a special fund to pay for her education. Subsequently, a local fund was set up to assist her continued education. With the help of this scholarship money, she was able to attend Allen High School for Girls in Asheville, North Carolina.
In order to fund her private lessons, Simone performed at the Midtown Bar & Grill on Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, whose owner insisted that she sing as well as play the piano, which increased her income to $90 a week. In 1954, she adopted the stage name "Nina Simone". "Nina", derived from niña, was a nickname given to her by a boyfriend named Chico, and "Simone" was taken from the French actress Simone Signoret, whom she had seen in the 1952 movie Casque d'Or. Knowing her mother would not approve of playing "the Devil's music", she used her new stage name to remain undetected. Simone's mixture of jazz, blues, and classical music in her performances at the bar earned her a small but loyal fan base.
After the success of Little Girl Blue, Simone signed a contract with Colpix Records and recorded a multitude of studio and live albums. Colpix relinquished all creative control to her, including the choice of material that would be recorded, in exchange for her signing the contract with them. After the release of her live album Nina Simone at Town Hall, Simone became a favorite performer in Greenwich Village. By this time, Simone performed pop music only to make money to continue her classical music studies, and was indifferent about having a recording contract. She kept this attitude toward the record industry for most of her career.
Simone married a New York police detective, Andrew Stroud, in December, 1961. In few years he became her manager and the father of her daughter Lisa, but later he abused Simone psychologically and physically.
In 1964, Simone changed record distributors from Colpix, an American company, to the Dutch Philips Records, which meant a change in the content of her recordings. She had always included songs in her repertoire that drew on her African-American heritage, such as "Brown Baby" by Oscar Brown and "Zungo" by Michael Olatunji on her album Nina at the Village Gate in 1962. On her debut album for Philips, Nina Simone in Concert (1964), for the first time she addressed racial inequality in the United States in the song "Mississippi Goddam". This was her response to the June 12, 1963, murder of Medgar Evers and the September 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young black girls and partly blinded a fifth. She said that the song was "like throwing ten bullets back at them", becoming one of many other protest songs written by Simone. The song was released as a single, and it was boycotted in some southern states.  Promotional copies were smashed by a Carolina radio station and returned to Philips. She later recalled how "Mississippi Goddam" was her "first civil rights song" and that the song came to her "in a rush of fury, hatred and determination". The song challenged the belief that race relations could change gradually and called for more immediate developments: "me and my people are just about due". It was a key moment in her path to Civil Rights activism. "Old Jim Crow", on the same album, addressed the Jim Crow laws. After "Mississippi Goddam", a civil rights message was the norm in Simone's recordings and became part of her concerts. As her political activism rose, the rate of release of her music slowed.
Simone performed and spoke at civil rights meetings, such as at the Selma to Montgomery marches. Like Malcolm X, her neighbor in Mount Vernon, New York, she supported black nationalism and advocated violent revolution rather than Martin Luther King Jr.'s non-violent approach. She hoped that African Americans could use armed combat to form a separate state, though she wrote in her autobiography that she and her family regarded all races as equal.
In 1967, Simone moved from Philips to RCA Victor. She sang "Backlash Blues" written by her friend, Harlem Renaissance leader Langston Hughes, on her first RCA album, Nina Simone Sings the Blues (1967). On Silk & Soul (1967), she recorded Billy Taylor's "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" and "Turning Point". The album 'Nuff Said! (1968) contained live recordings from the Westbury Music Fair of April 7, 1968, three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. She dedicated the performance to him and sang "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)", a song written by her bass player, Gene Taylor. In 1969, she performed at the Harlem Cultural Festival in Harlem's Mount Morris Park.
Simone and Weldon Irvine turned the unfinished play To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry into a civil rights song of the same name. She credited her friend Hansberry with cultivating her social and political consciousness. She performed the song live on the album Black Gold (1970). A studio recording was released as a single, and renditions of the song have been recorded by Aretha Franklin (on her 1972 album Young, Gifted and Black) and Donny Hathaway. When reflecting on this period, she wrote in her autobiography, "I felt more alive then than I feel now because I was needed, and I could sing something to help my people".
In an interview for Jet magazine, Simone stated that her controversial song "Mississippi Goddam" harmed her career. She claimed that the music industry punished her by boycotting her records. Hurt and disappointed, Simone left the US in September 1970, flying to Barbados and expecting her husband and manager (Andrew Stroud) to communicate with her when she had to perform again. However, Stroud interpreted Simone's sudden disappearance, and the fact that she had left behind her wedding ring, as an indication of her desire for a divorce. As her manager, Stroud was in charge of Simone's income.
In 1993, she settled near Aix-en-Provence in southern France (Bouches-du-Rhône). In the same year, her final album, A Single Woman, was released. She variously contended that she married or had a love affair with a Tunisian around this time, but that their relationship ended because, "His family didn't want him to move to France, and France didn't want him because he's a North African." During a 1998 performance in Newark, she announced, "If you're going to come see me again, you've got to come to France, because I am not coming back." She suffered from breast cancer for several years before she died in her sleep at her home in Carry-le-Rouet (Bouches-du-Rhône), on April 21, 2003. Her funeral service was attended by singers Miriam Makeba and Patti LaBelle, poet Sonia Sanchez, actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, and hundreds of others. Simone's ashes were scattered in several African countries. She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Celeste Stroud, an actress and singer, who took the stage name Simone, and who has appeared on Broadway in Aida.
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I'm a proud Great British citizen.
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Thank fuck I'm also a Bajan citizen because this Island in the sun is shining through me calling me to calm down and talk to you because I have been misrepresented and the Metropolitan Police corruption is killing me.
I have always found my Bajan family almost devoid of any humour and they scared the shite out of me especially my father Hugh when I was a child.
Bajan people are exactly as Rhianna described them on the day of independence.
We are bold.
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Bajan billionaire beautiful and brilliant.
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My Grandmother Dorothy Nella Payne was a Tom boy when she was young riding with the boys on her bicycle to the steepest hill in Barbados and racing them down like a banshee she was respected by the boys.
When I was four years old my family arranged for me to fly to Barbados for a vacation with my uncle Clyde and see my family and the beautiful home from home that every racist Metropolitan Police officer brags about going to on holiday and then persecutes the Carribbean community in Great Britain when they return it is this attitude towards my family and myself that has been my life work.
I have been forced to investigate the Metropolitan Police corruption because it is the source of instability in our Great British community and the wider society. I was set up to be attacked before I was conceived because the Metropolitan Police corruption had decided that they would target my father in any way they could including the abuse of his child to get their way against the black man.
We are not born free in this world we are born into the jungle of corruption created by the world of men who rape the natural world and kill in pursuing wealth and influence.
On this planet earth there is so much wealth that every individual human being can be born wealthy and live wealthy and die wealthy equal opportunity for all with a united human race caring and nurturing the world looking after the planet earth and developing our collective potential for growth of the human race.
What we have is team EMU running this planet earth and team EMU are Endless Mismanagement United the worst team in the entire observable universe.
There is more intelligence and wisdom and knowledge and expertise and strategic planning and development of projects and services and industry contained within a typical colony of ants than the leadership of this collection of strategists calling themselves world leaders will ever have.
The team that controls the world of men is an absolute failure.
They are slaves to their selfish ignorant pursuit of power and they have no power but they are drenched in evil and the cowardice of the devil and his hell creatures they look human but they are inhuman and imposters on our world.
Politics in the current form throughout the world is unfit for our planet earth and the world of human beings and despite the fact that the planet earth is beginning to destabilise in terms of supporting humanity in the future these assholes continue to act as if they are important to our future.
If the current situation of global politics wants to control us as a humanity and lead us to our untimely passing as a race created by the planet earth then we will ensure that there is a choice of outcome for our planet earth and our humanity in the future.
There is no rational legal or justifiable argument for the destruction of the human race and the planet earth so those in our way need to change now and justify the expense of their failure to us the human race.
A world of 7 billion human beings is not going to be destroyed by the 200 or so leaders of nations that enslave our future children and adults and destroy our home planet earth and brutalise us because they want what some fucking money are you sure.
Back to flying to Barbados so I realise at the airport no one is coming with me on this flight to Barbados this is my world among busy hard working crazy Bajan people that assure me that they are my family honestly I may as well have tried to communicate with extraterrestrials.
Seriously though I was abused by a white children abuser and burned with cigarettes and my Bajan family saved my life and secured custody of me but every time they looked at me I saw that things were tense and raw.
Continued soon.
Ok here goes I am in some deep psychological trouble and my Bajan family will watch me die or commit suicide or fuck up it's not their fault and not their problem.
I deserve to die for not responding to their advice as a child they see me as damaged goods and they told me to study grow my hair make myself employable and conform.
My uncle Clyde said he felt sorry for me and that I was an imbecile.
My father said to me as a five year old who couldn't understand math homework that he would send me back to Mick Bond the man that child abused me so he could put his dick up my ass so I was intimidated.
But the Metropolitan Police corruption made my dad this way because they watched this paedophilic bastard pick me up two doors away from Sidcup Police station at my nursery school and they knew that I was being abused and my mother who was then my father's girlfriend and my mother was being raped and beaten up.
I at five years old knew adult emotional intelligence and wisdom and knowledge and experience and it was not good to grow up that fast I never had the chance to be a child I didn't know what childhood was.
My father was and is with my uncle Clyde a fucking hard bastard.
No one ever treated me like a normal child in my Bajan family who came to Great Britain in 1962 my Grandmother Dorothy Nella Payne decided she would literally possess me like some fabled sacred religious sign of her love and devotion to God.
My father wanted to deal with the Metropolitan Police corruption and kill the paedophilic bastard but was told by my Grandmother you do that and you will be destroyed by the Metropolitan Police corruption they are setting you up son so they can jail you.
My uncle was attacked by a white racist man with a hammer and my great uncle Clyde only showed me love as a child but my father would in later life explain to me that of the five brothers Clyde was the dangerous one in a fight.
As a mixed race skinhead of 23 years and known as a handful even to the local gypsy sites where I grew up in Footscray my uncle Clyde once told me anytime you want to fight me I will whip you boy I am too fast for you.
I was always teased by my Bajan family but you know something they never said a word that wasn't true to me everything they said would happen if I didn't apply myself came true.
No one from Trinidad Jamaica and Barbados here in England in my family is as destitute and forlorn ragged and poor as me.
Today I am absolutely in love with my family because I had it easier than they did but the abuse fucked me up badly and I tried to communicate with my Bajan family but they just said forget that it won't help you to dwell on that they were right but I felt rejected and I am not great at rejection.
In the last two years I have written a hundred letters to my family and not followed up by sending a single letter.
Here I am today thoroughly enjoying writing this letter to the outside world of my Tumblr community and family sorry I have adopted Tumblr as a sort of long lost aunt or something.
The man with the hammer got nowhere with my uncle Clyde and I love him.
My cousin's Angele and Sharon are my Auntie Gloria's daughters she is one of my Grandmother's sisters and she is no joke good lord no joke at all she was married to my amazing uncle Indar.
Sharon is an actress and also a trustee for a charity that protects children from online abuse Angele is a doctor.
Dad was a race car driver and metallurgist Uncle Clyde built cars for Ford Granny was a banker and mathematics teacher Indar was a structural and architectural and environmental engineering specialist Mum was a legal case typing expert my Nan on Mums side of the family was a hospital manager my Grandad married to her created the Licenced Taxi Drivers Association for London black cabs his son my uncle Phil was a Royal Green Jacket soldier the best sniper in his regiment.
And me in the midst of all this talent I was just a little kid that got abused.
When they saw the potential in me I was just confused about what they meant. I couldn't take their praise because I couldn't trust adults after being abused I couldn't trust myself.
When I rejected them and they retracted their love I then couldn't function without their love and decided they had failed me and I got angry and fucked up even more.
This is fantastic I'm fucking loving writing this.
Thanks Tumblr community.
There is a crazy wild little kid that suffered so much during childhood that he sent himself a message to the future he created his vision of his future self and cut a deal that when he got older it would be worth all this shit and suffering because his future self would be big enough to humiliate the bastards who made his childhood hell.
The child only could take childhood on the basis he had made s contract with his future self that the future Mark Anthony Ward would avenge the child no bullshit.
The me today is beholden to the little boy me of forty years ago because that boy is respected by me and he gave me a job to do and the me of today owes it to him that I am here at all so don't fucking fuck with us.
Good isn't it to understand and trust me oh yes because I couldn't trust anyone else.
I had fun with my family but it probably well I probably went too far sometimes.
My father Hugh looked at me as a little boy and he showed me real love the love myself and my father have is very very very very very very very very fucking strong and I'm telling you the Metropolitan Police corruption you have not been touched by myself yet.
I'm going to shatter you in front of the world.
Keir Starmer is a creature of the law and his entire life and future is dependent on his being accountable and seen to be accountable to scrutiny and now the Labour party politics will get an idea of what is going to happen.
Boris Johnson Keir Starmer Jeremy Corbyn who the fuck are you?
The Metropolitan Police corruption is going to be responsible for delivering carnage to Keir Starmer and the Labour party.
You thought I was a dreamer uh oh I am a class human machine.
Everyone is going to be caned by the little boy me I used to be.
We have a contract to fulfill and it's a legal matter and the barrister better man up fast.
I'm going to post the emails from the independent office for police conduct the emails from my barrister and convert to a YouTube file the recording of the Metropolitan Police cad reference number phone call cad 738 and you can read and listen to the world of fucking pain I am about to bring upon the corruption within the Metropolitan Police corruption and how beyond any doubt whatsoever how Keir Starmer and the Labour party politics are responsible for the arrangement of the theft of Great Britain's children to silence investigation into the Metropolitan Police corruption.
In collusion with the Metropolitan Police corruption how I have been misrepresented and terrorised for thirteen years.
All live in real time happening right now.
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The Barbados Police Service (BPS) is losing officers at a time when it continues to be challenged to find enough recruits to join its ranks. Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce conceded that this decrease in strength is made no better by the service’s inability to get close to its 1500-strong target. “Speaking of scarce resources, the organisation continues to be negatively impacted by its inability to satisfy existing recruiting needs. It must be noted that the underlying issue is not attributable to low levels of interest in the organisation, but to the continued challenge by some of the applicants to satisfy our recruiting criteria,” Boyce explained. Reporting to the Annual Grand Conference of the service on Wednesday at District ‘A’ Police Station, Station Hill, St Michael, Boyce disclosed that numbers in the organisation fell in 2022. “The strength of the organisation continues to decrease as time goes on. The establishment of the police service is 1,530. In 2022, the number of enlisted officers was 1,215, while in 2021 the figure stood at 1,234. This is a two per cent decrease in enlisted officers,” the police chief announced. “However, on the positive side, 48 special constables added strength to the organisation, along with the support of 325 civilian staff members,” the top cop added. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Dale Marshall also touched on the issue in his address to the conference saying the recruitment drive was a top priority for the Commissioner. Marshall reminded Boyce of government’s request that he boosts his efforts to make the organisation more appealing as a career choice. “You have been asked to redouble your efforts and adopt approaches that attract young men and women. We recognise that there have been some improvements in recent times, and that currently some young police officers are in their initial training,” the Attorney General pointed out. Read the rest below 👇🏾 https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkRMPaANQWLVmLjGQ4oO-F4VtGbzd5qf1fZx00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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