Election blog treats!

Greetings! The Blog Treats are here! What’s happening in the world and blogosphere (greater than the world!)? We have some of the usual stuff, but also lots of politics this time since it's election season in T&T. Enjoy!


TT politics can be messy and nasty, particularly in election season when the stakes are high. I'm glad though that it's not nearly as nasty as in poor Thailand.

PM Manning thinks he's a good guy, and so do a lot of us who are fans. He's running a campaign. What's the surprise in that? What did you expect? Wouldn't election be useless and dumb if candidates win or lose without putting up a fight?


And the rebuttal. I like the comments by Jumbie down below. I notice that the UNC/COP have yet to say anything in terms of their real plans, if they have any??


And Dookeran, if there's one guy I don't really trust, it's him. So, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.


Well, it seems like the President of TT gets the short end of the stick. However, it’s good to see UDECOTT getting back to work under their new boss. I wonder where the swearing in ceremony will be?


I'm not sure if I'm for or against this story. The guy was in jail under false charges, but does he really deserve $200,000 in damages?


Sad but true. This is what the opposition is good at, being anti-everything :(




And so the election is actually on! I'm looking forward to the 'day after', when things are decided and I can go back to blogging and living in relative peace, relatively away from politics. Maybe that's too much to ask :(


Finally! A story about something other than politics! Making Tracks, the Red Bull Music Academy Films show, is coming to TT and willl profile the Road March 2010 champions: JW and Blaze, soca superstar Machel Montano, rapso sensation 3Canal as well as Carnival Band of the Year winner Brian McFarlane and Phase II Pan Groove.


For something a little...harder...Bees Bartoo is hosting a metal tribute tonight to legendary American heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio on his programme Rock Solid on 97.5 FM.


From the Express highlights of the PNM event, I'm most interested in the patent of the G-Pan....it’s been approved in the US. Go TT! At least this event has music and some class. Rowley was in fine form, practically causing riots!


Dude! making fun of your queen and telling people she's dead when she's alive and kicking is a sick joke!


Newly sworn in US Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Beatrice Wilkinson Welters, gave her first public speech. She sounds and looks like a tough lady...I wonder what benefits or challenges will she bring to the table?


Last but not least in the treats is, as usual, food! This time we got several cool recipes, there's coucou, curry duck, and for meat lovers there's a BBQ item, and there's also a new salty and fishy "lazy man" dish :)