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The Setting Sun in Paradise (Barbados)
Taki's ^ | December 09, 2021 | Bruce Antonio Laue

Posted on 12/10/2021 6:00:42 AM PST by Salman

It was a memorable event but not in the way intended. There stood the Prince of Wales, looking like he’d much rather be in Kent or Devonshire or Cornwall—anywhere but there. The military band played nicely but the honor guard wasn’t up to the usual perfection one expects from a British regimental formation.

Things were already beginning to slip.

Charles mumbled something about strong ties between countries, the stain of slavery, the strength of the people; exactly what the Foreign Office told him to say. Then he watched his mother’s personal standard hauled down the flagpole as 396 years of history, tradition, beauty, and drama came to an end. News reporters commented that the impetus for Barbados becoming a republic was the Black Lives Matter movement of last year. Thus, George Floyd’s attempt to pass a bogus twenty at a convenience store made him the father of the republic. Cue the impassioned throngs.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barbados
An interesting sidelight on what I thought was just a routine decolonization.
1 posted on 12/10/2021 6:00:42 AM PST by Salman
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To: Salman

BLM is the terrorist arm of the racist organization called theNAACP

political analysis


2 posted on 12/10/2021 6:06:14 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Free Republic has gone to hell is a Covid handbasket)
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To: Salman

How long before Barbados is a Marxist dictatorship?


3 posted on 12/10/2021 6:09:00 AM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Wilhelm Tell

My opinion most of these islands are Marxist/Socialist

Having the opportunity and convenience of living close to a major cruise ship port, I have always been disappointed and sad at the conditions on these islands.......deteriorated structures, no attempt to repair, paint or demolish......and this presented where the cruise ships disembark their passengers
These islands depend, at some level, on cruise ship folks spending their money
The interior of these islands is just piss poor.....period!
There are some historical landmarks worth seeing.....but they are few and far between

I’ve no doubt some wealthy celebrities, etc have multi million homes here and there....
...but from my observation, I never want to visit one of these islands again!


4 posted on 12/10/2021 6:26:44 AM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: bert
BLM is the terrorist arm of the racist organization called the NAACP

Incomplete analysis.
BLM is one of the terrorist arms of the Democratic Party.

5 posted on 12/10/2021 6:46:26 AM PST by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Wilhelm Tell

“How long before Barbados is a Marxist dictatorship?”

I was going to retire to Barbados. It’s beautiful and I love the culture and people.


6 posted on 12/10/2021 6:58:31 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (If you are vaccinated, you cannot get COVID from someone who is not vaccinated. Lighted up Karen!)
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To: Guenevere

And Barbados has always been one of the better ones.


7 posted on 12/10/2021 7:01:04 AM PST by Andy'smom (Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
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To: Salman
All of that to open a new Maserati dealer? Must be the slightly different Chinese copy?


8 posted on 12/10/2021 7:47:26 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Salman

Well yes and maybe no.

I sense the chain of command for the terrorist BLM flows through the seemingly benign NAACP to the DNC


9 posted on 12/11/2021 6:25:03 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Free Republic has gone to hell is a Covid handbasket)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

My next door neighbor for 15 years was born and grew up in T&B. He did his BS and MS here and was a very fine Mechanical Engineer. He character and personality were beyond reproach. His two sons were the only neighborhood kids that had the run of my yard.


10 posted on 12/12/2021 1:44:19 PM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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