Living…

…in the past
Your Eyewitness was hoping he could move past the elections, now that the four parties surviving the maelstrom of the peoples’ choice – including the PNC/APNU that was chewed up and spat out!! – have named who they’ll be sending to Parliament. Sadly there are some who are so stuck in their humiliation of being thrashed so badly, it appears they’ll keep on washing their mouths on the elections’ probity for the next five years – at least!!
Take this Black Pudding fella from the WPA – a living fossil if there ever was one! He bitterly kvetched over a virtual press conference – virtual because he works and lives in the US!! – that the elections were “far below what is universally considered to be credible elections”!! Imagine that – “universally” – which means “everywhere or in every case; without exception” elections are more credible than ours!! But your Eyewitness thinks he protested too much – and in doing so tipped his hand.
He claimed the elections were marred by “widespread fear and political intimidation”!! Did he observe this from his perch in Arizona?? Maybe it was a mirage – which is a feature in his desert locale!! Which one of the several international observers said that? Isn’t it a fact they instead found that the voting was very orderly?? Didn’t even the very critical Carter Center report say, “Voting proceeded smoothly, with minimal technical issues in the stations observed, providing an important pillar supporting election integrity”??
There were also the old chestnuts of “bloated list” and “lack of biometrics”, which could lead to “voters’ impersonation”, thrown into the mix. Never mind that countries like Barbados have these same conditions but are mature enough to not cry “the sky is falling” since overseas registered citizens can’t be removed from their lists either!! Our Courts said that!! Maybe now that he’s in Parliament he can convince his parliamentary leader, Chicken Man, to give the PPP their nine-seat support for a two-thirds majority to change the constitution – and allow disenfranchisement of overseas citizens??
But what the Black Pudding Man revealed was why the PNC lost their mojo this election – and were pipped by the three-month-old Sanction Man-led party that then became a “giant killer”!! Black Pudding Man was WPA’s Presidential candidate for the geriatrics – minus one! Imagine fielding “co-leaders David Hinds, Tacuma Ogunseye and Rohit Kanhai; Elders: Rupert Roopnaraine, Clive Thomas, and Maurice Odle; Chairman: Deon Abrams; Organising Secretary: Kidackie Amsterdam; Administrative Secretary: Desmond Trotman; Overseas/Diaspora Secretary: Keith Branch; Economic Policy Secretary: Dennis Canterbury.!
Can you imagine this bunch connecting to Scrapes like Doggie and Fatta?? They are yesteryear’s news in a world breaking barriers into the future. Black Pudding Man and his comrades were the major reasons for the PNC’s demise!!
RIP.

…with cocaine
Columbia’s found itself in Trump’s crosshairs. Being the source of 70% of the world’s supply of cocaine – much of it ending up in the US of A – that shouldn’t be surprising in the present War on Drugs!! However, for decades – when the cocaine trade was under the control of Pablo Escobar – Colombia was also a firm ally of the USA, which ended up with SEVEN military bases there!! Things went sour in 2022 when the present left-leaning, ex-guerrilla President Gustavo Petro took over.
Production has jumped 50% since then – and Trump not surprisingly feels Petro’s dragging his feet – even though his country’s the largest recipient of US aid in Latin America!! Petro rejects using the herbicide glyphosate to kill cocoa plants – cause it messes up the environment – and counters that the US gotta do more to cut demand for cocaine! So Trump just decertified Columbia on cocoa production – which will cause it to lose billions, esp. in military aid!
Maybe we gotta re-look at our military training program with Columbia??

…in the future
Your Eyewitness had mentioned Albania’s President appointing the world’s first AI Minister – to deal with procurement. However, the virtual nominee Ms Diella’s intro to parliament ended in chaos when the Opposition refused to stop banging their desks!!
Luddites!!