NFL: Usual Sunday slate of games, I watched 2. I saw Dallas and Philly, and also pieces of Pittsburgh San Diego.
In that Philly game, all eyes were on T.O., now playing for Dallas and in that game playing against his former team.
Turned out the T.O.'s quarterback, veteran Drew Bledsoe, was not up to the task. He was intercepted, sacked, hit and hurried several times. The sharpshooter on the Philly team, however Donovan McNab, was on target. The most amazing play was the 102 yard interception TD return from one end zone to the another.
Cricket: I see where the Windies beat up on Zimbabwe - well, Zimbabwe must be used to it by now.
Trafigura Scandal in Jamaica:
Now, this is amazing. The government has gone ahead and accepted so called a "Donation" from a company with which it has a commercial agreement. And the ministers find this 100% acceptable, and had no intention of disclosing it.
And it took a disclosure which was probably illegal to expose it. And sympathisers of the government are focussing on the illegality of the disclosure, because, I assume, they thing that bank secrecy should protect illegitimate transactions. And the minister who was forced to resign had said that the funds were a donation when the donor said it was not. And the Chairman of the party originally said that the acceptance was perfectly acceptable and the allegations being made were spurious! And now, the prime minister has ordered the return of the funds.
The saga continues, because some folks allege that the opposition party was a party to breaches of the Banking Act, and would like their necks too! Somehow, I believe the opposition are happy to accept the risk of that, although they are probably confident that they did not act illegally.
I am sure you will see the news as it develops.
I hope you enjoyed your weekend, we had a wet one here, there is a large weather system which is actually still here today.
8 comments:
Hey, I actually followed the TO saga. Philly fans were apparently wearing "Got Pills?" T-Shirts to the games.
That was just wrong! Funny, but wrong..tee hee...
I didn't expect much better from the government. Always trying to cloak their shady deeds with goodness.
Yeah, just one more scandal...the curruption never ends.
One more scandal, nothing will come out of.
P.M. 'ordered the return of the funds'! From which part? De unprecedented temerity -- absolutely ludicrous.
I dont understand how u people get so many comments and i dont! i am so taking down my blog cause its not like anybody reads it anyway.
Smells bad on the government. And I'm not a sympathizer, but can I judge one side while the rules on bank privacy have generally been respected except for this disclosure. I have no idea the shady transactions that people in the JLP might be up to or have been up to in the past.
Something stinks in Denmark, and something stinks in Jamaica, but it could be both parties and not just one.
It’s not like the JLP exposed the PNP and then opened up their financial records to the public to demonstrate that they are singing a different song.
Certainly shame on the PNP, but bigger yet is a need for reform in the funding rules of the game of political campaigning.
Secondly, the illegal disclosure of the transaction is a big deal. It came at a very negative price. The question is will the positive gains from debate and hopeful reform of our electoral system (where I'm equally suspicious of both parties) outweigh the negative effects the illegal disclosure will have on our financial sector.
Hey, havent heard from you in awhile, by the way, you got a great blog. later.
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