Today’s video playas are about the Money Honey, that lean green almighty dolla as gamble and huff call it.

Here’s your Soundtrack to get your started

check out these two video players stocked with a series of videos, specially collected to help refresh your memory and renew your view.

US Economic Nonsense

what is this economic bailout all about ? how will it effect us ? what made it happen ? that’s what this playlist is all about – Big Pimpin with Gov’t Cheese.

is there a solution to this Money and Economics Calamity ?

we think so; so we turn to Dr. Claud Anderson; and Powernomics

Powernomics is a series on urban economic empowerment. the presenter is Dr. Claud Anderson.

like I said, if money is the root of all evil, where are the Damn Money Trees so I can go shake mine.

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Today we turn the Pulpit over to the esteemed “Barack Obama”

2/14/09: Your Weekly Address from White House on Vimeo.

The Presidents’ address is filled with good clear instruction. he doesn’t throw pie up in the sky and expect you to jump all will nilly up and grab it, San Souci. No Sir Ree Bob. He’s saying in no uncertain terms that America has to change, and it’s up to the American people to demand change.

it’s obvious that this haggling with the senate and congress has put him again with his best allies and workers – the American people.

This past week I watched a video at Politicus.US on the last new deal under Roosevelt; it’s amazing the way they twisted the facts upside down.

Can You Believe they said Inflation was GOOD for the Country and Economy ? WTF Politicus.us ?  is this one of  FDR’s Personal Vids..

Watch how the learned professor draws a chart of the decreasing purchasing power of the dollar, the rising cost of commodities and the consequent rise in the stock market index. Amazing that some people would actually believe this crud. At the same time, see how similar the scenario of 1933 is to our present debacle.

Rising debt, ever-rising cost of almost everything and of course, since we got off the gold standard in 1933 – no real value to the dollar. Now the government (read the Federal Reserve) can print as many nearly worthless dollars as they want and nobody is even going to question them about it.

Am I back in the fricken classroom at msu ? still trying to wrap my short attention span around macro economics.. Geez Louise..
Anyway this is apparently the way the Repiglicans had been playing it for the past 8 years. Yeah, this is what they were doing, running a skrate lottry with the people’s dem ducats. ASSES (with all capitals intended).

So Now How do we Take the Lipstick Off of This Mess ?

do we need to get the help of Vegas odds makers to bet on if or not we get any control of the robber banks who are attempting to bankrupt us ? apparently that deal is still in the works. we sure hope they hurry that change along – before any further disbursements occur.

just to think they wanted to put the UAW in a chokehold; and then handed the robberbanks billions on luxe platters; totally untethered. Now The Robberbanks are completely unfettered about the repayment scheme. it’s all a nightmare – how do you get billions back from the folks who flush that down the golden toilet daily ?

It’s ALLLLL A Scheme  Margie – Yes Edna,  A Scheme is right.

Nobody ever emerges from bankruptcy and pays the Fed Back for the Bailout - I Challenge anyone to Name One Company Who Did ..

Exactly as I said.

The legislators are a buncha cheapasshoes, who don’t do anything but get Higher on the Exchange.

We Applaud President Obama’s Tenacity, in getting this done – Finally.

Barack Obama has warned that it will take time to turn around the economy

US President Barack Obama has welcomed Congress’s approval of his $787bn (£548bn) economic stimulus package.

He described it as a “historic step” and “major milestone on our road to recovery”, and is expected to sign the bill into law early next week.

The Senate approved the measure with just three Republican votes, hours after the House of Representatives backed it without Republican support.

Mr Obama has said the plan will “save or create more than 3.5 million jobs”.

Republicans argue the tax cuts are insufficient, and that the economy will be saddled with debt for years to come.

Members of both houses of Congress reached a deal over the content of the stimulus package on Wednesday.

This historic step won’t be the end of what we do President Obama Battle exposes partisan rifts Send us your comments

The BBC’s Kevin Connolly in Washington says the first set-piece drama of the Obama era ended in a comfortable but not entirely unqualified victory for the president, who had hoped for more bipartisan support.

All 176 Republicans and seven Democrats voted against the revised package in the House. It was backed by 246 House Democrats.

The three rebel votes in the Senate were enough under Congress rules to stop the Republican Party using blocking tactics to delay the stimulus plan, and it passed 60-38.

‘Immediate investments’

In his weekly address, President Obama described his economy recovery package as “an ambitious plan at a time we badly need it”.

“This is a major milestone on our road to recovery, and I want to thank the members of Congress who came together in common purpose to make it happen,” he said.

“I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we’ll begin making the immediate investments necessary to put people back to work doing the work America needs done.

“This historic step won’t be the end of what we do to turn our economy around, but the beginning.”

The approved version of the plan is split into 36% for tax cuts and 64% percent in spending and money for social programmes.

STIMULUS PACKAGE $240bn in tax breaks for individuals and businesses $140bn for health care $100bn for education $48bn for transportation projects Source: Associated Press

Running to more than 1,000 pages, it includes new road building, cash to pay police in hard-up cities, and tax breaks for consumers buying houses and cars.

The package also imposes new limits on cash bonuses and other incentive compensation for executives on Wall Street, which are much tougher than those proposed by the Obama administration last week.

The provision, inserted by Senate Democrats, targets senior executives at financial institutions receiving government bail-out funds.

The colossal package is all to be funded with borrowed money.

Republicans had insisted on larger tax cuts instead of big spending programmes.

Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said: “This isn’t Monopoly money. It’s real. It adds up, and it has to be paid back, by our children and by their children.”

The Democratic leader of the Senate, Harry Reid, praised the three Republicans who had voted for the bill and said it was the most important piece of legislation he had worked on.

“The country is in trouble and we’re so fortunate we were able to get it passed,” he said.

“It’s going to give this country a shot in the arm.”

Earlier, Mr Obama had said that in the longer term the government needed to rein in spending, and that “we are going to have to once again live within our means”.

The president told members of the Business Council in Washington that the package was “only the beginning of what I think all of you understand is going to be a long and difficult process of turning our economy around.”

Presidential pressure

“We have a once-in-a-generation chance to act boldly, and turn adversity into opportunity, and to use this crisis as a chance to transform our economy for the twenty-first century,” Mr Obama said.

Among the measures in the approved package is a “Buy American” clause that had caused alarm among US trading partners.

The EU and Canada said that provisions favouring American-produced materials for government projects risked provoking retaliatory protectionist measures.

In the face of this reaction, the clause was softened to a version requiring the government not to violate trade agreements.

Last week, the House had approved an earlier $825bn version of the package without any Republican support.

The Senate voted to approve a different $838bn version on Tuesday, with few Republicans opting to back it.

The two versions had to be reconciled in a joint House-Senate committee before facing final votes in the two chambers.

These next two BBC stories only serve to show their international plans being revealed – because they are in cahoots, globally.

Leading industrial countries have pledged to avoid protectionism as they battle the global economic crisis.

Finance ministers at a G7 meeting in Italy said raising barriers to free trade would make the downturn worse.

Hours earlier, the US Congress approved an $787bn economic recovery plan that includes a ‘Buy American’ clause.

G7 ministers said stabilising the world economy and financial markets was their priority. They said they would work together to support growth and jobs.

The ‘Buy American’ clause has raised fears that protectionism could be growing in the world’s largest economy.

The world-wide downturn means many Chinese workers are also seeking jobs

But in a statement after the meeting, new US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner dismissed such concerns.

“All countries need to sustain a commitment to open trade and investment policies which are essential to economic growth and prosperity,” he said.

Ministers also called for urgent reform to the International Monetary Fund, saying the crisis had shown weaknesses in the world financial system.

“We agree that a reformed IMF, endowed with additional resources, is crucial to respond effectively and and flexibly to the current crisis,” the ministers’ statement said.

Other points included:

• Praise for recent economic moves by China;
• Help for banks; and
• The need for a speedy end to the Doha talks on world trade

The G7 comprises the US, the UK, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada.

The BBC’s correspondent at the meeting says it was billed as a meeting to discuss the broad issues of the economic crisis, not to decide major policy initiatives – and that’s what it was.

Britain’s Chancellor of Exchequer (Finance Minister), Alistair Darling, said it was a stepping stone to a meeting in London in April of the G20 group, which also includes big emerging economies such as China and India.

Lloyds insists it is right to offer financial rewards to staff who hit targets

Lloyds Banking Group has defended plans to reward retail and commercial staff with bonuses, worth a reported £120m.

Its subsidiary HBOS – bought with government backing last year – is to record a loss of nearly £11bn, raising concerns it may need more state help.

But Lloyds, already 43% taxpayer-owned, said its employees deserved “financial recognition” for hitting targets.

Shadow business secretary Ken Clarke has accused ministers of overseeing a “shotgun marriage” of the two banks.

In most cases staff bonuses would amount to £1,000 or less for employees earning about £17,000 per year, the bank said.

The report comes amid speculation that the government – which has already poured £17bn into the group - may be forced to take a majority stake in Lloyds, or even nationalise it.

We have stretching performance targets and if they are met we believe it is right that colleagues receive some financial recognition Lloyds Banking Group statement

Mr Clarke accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of forcing through the tie-up between Lloyds and HBOS, which resulted in “disaster”.

“They should never have been allowed to merge. Lloyds TSB was a boring bank, it was a steady bank, it hadn’t done silly things,” he said.

Former chancellor Lord Lamont also criticised the government for “infecting” a good bank, calling the merger an “absolute scandal”.

However, Labour MP and former Treasury minister Geoffrey Robinson said: “The reality is – and everybody knows this – that we’ve got to get the banks operating again.

“We’ve re-capitalised them and now it’s up to them. I believe that they will do this because if not we shall have to take further measures.”

Chancellor Alistair Darling has insisted the government was forced to act quickly to save the entire banking system from collapse.

While he has not ruled out further taxpayer support for Lloyds, he has stressed that ministers feel banks are “best run in the commercial sector and privately owned”.

Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable has said it looks “increasingly as if Lloyds HBOS will now go into majority public ownership, followed inevitably by nationalisation”.

‘Financial recognition’

Lloyds’ share price plummeted on Friday, after chief executive Eric Daniels revealed the extent of HBOS’s expected losses.

However, the Sunday Telegraph claims Lloyds is still planning to hand over £120m in bonuses to staff.

It said the bank was in talks over the bonuses with UK Financial Investments (UKFI), the Government-owned body which oversees the taxpayer’s stake.

A UKFI spokesman refused to comment on the report.

A Lloyds spokesman said: “We are a retail and commercial bank where most colleagues earn approximately £17,000 a year.

“We have stretching performance targets and if they are met we believe it is right that colleagues receive some financial recognition.

“In most cases this means an annual bonus of £1,000 or less.”

Last week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s spokesman said he was “very angry” about proposed bank bonuses and wanted bankers to consider waiving their right to them.

He was speaking after reports suggested taxpayer-saved RBS group was to pay out £1bn in bonuses.

When the Government bought shares in Lloyds/HBOS and RBS last October it secured agreements that there would be no cash bonuses for board members this year.

However, no ban was imposed on payouts for staff below this level.

Unlike the plans being considered by RBS, Lloyds is not believed to be planning payouts for significant numbers of highly-paid City traders.

It is understood any bonus package would be smaller than last year’s reported £150m total.

America, Isn’t it time we cut off their supply ?

OOOOO Speaking about Supply, We’d like to share a lil with you.

last week we got another Award. this one, most highly coveted by all political bloggers. from who else – our nemisis over at Politicus.US.
We Were on the list with the Heavyhitters of Political Blogging. All We Can do is say… Wowwwww Skiguy – You Are Cool as All Utah ! and a HUGE

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU

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This is Pork – and we love Aretha, but Fact is She’s Wayyy PHAT. She Can Afford to Be – She’s The Queen and She Earned Her Status – We Wish Her Well, Always

This is NOT School Children and Schools; No Child Left Behind; School Lunch Programs; Educational Grants; Low Income and Affordable Housing Programs; Infastructure Repair; Watershed Reclaimation; Green Building and Retrofit for Federal Buildings and Schools; Repair of  our Crumbling National Highways and Bridges; Nationalization of the Energy Grid; Building a National Broadband Grid; Neighborhood and State Stabilization Grants.

So Again we endure the wrong choices for our money, made by the Senate; during Negotiations on how to pass the stimulus bill; in what to cut and what to spare. What do you expect from a bunch of warminded penny pinchers ?

tax cuts for people who don’t have a salary ?

Literally today we just say it –

Exactly What Our Elected Officials Said to US -

PHUCK YOU ALL..

All We can say is next election – Our congressional and senatoral votes will be hard won.

We literally hate their choices for cuts.

Kids, Families and Social Needs ?

Who do they think they work  for anyway ? do they not remember that they are Elected Officials who were sent to vote the voice and conscious of the citizens who elected them ?

how the country thinks of these folks in these next few months will determine the real new make up of our soon to be replaced congress and senate.

this time they really INTENTIONALLY put themselves right in the bullseye.

No Betta For em.

Goodbye Congressional and Senatorial Dick-Taters .

Enjoy Yourselves today Political Tricksters.  To paraphrase the Specials – “Enjoy Yourself because it’s Later Than You Think..”

How Low Can We Go Mr President ?

What got cut from the stimulus bill

(CNN) — A coalition of Democrats and some Republicans reached a compromise that trimmed billions in spending from an earlier version of the Senate economic stimulus bill.

CNN obtained, from a Democratic leadership aide, a list of some programs that have been cut, either entirely or partially:

Partially cut:

• $3.5 billion for energy-efficient federal buildings (original bill $7 billion)

• $75 million from Smithsonian (original bill $150 million)

• $200 million from Environmental Protection Agency Superfund (original bill $800 million)

• $100 million from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (original bill $427 million)

• $100 million from law enforcement wireless (original bill $200 million)

• $300 million from federal fleet of hybrid vehicles (original bill $600 million)

• $100 million from FBI construction (original bill $400 million)

Fully eliminated

• $55 million for historic preservation

• $122 million for Coast Guard polar icebreaker/cutters

• $100 million for Farm Service Agency modernization

• $50 million for Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service

• $65 million for watershed rehabilitation

• $100 million for distance learning

• $98 million for school nutrition

• $50 million for aquaculture

• $2 billion for broadband

• $100 million for National Institute of Standards and Technology

• $50 million for detention trustee

• $25 million for Marshalls Construction

• $300 million for federal prisons

• $300 million for BYRNE Formula grant program

• $140 million for BYRNE Competitive grant program

• $10 million state and local law enforcement

• $50 million for NASA

• $50 million for aeronautics

• $50 million for exploration

• $50 million for Cross Agency Support

• $200 million for National Science Foundation

• $100 million for science

• $1 billion for Energy Loan Guarantees

• $4.5 billion for General Services Administration

• $89 million General Services Administration operations

• $50 million from Department of Homeland Security

• $200 million Transportation Security Administration

• $122 million for Coast Guard Cutters, modifies use

• $25 million for Fish and Wildlife

• $55 million for historic preservation

• $20 million for working capital fund

• $165 million for Forest Service capital improvement

• $90 million for State and Private Wildlife Fire Management

• $1 billion for Head Start/Early Start

• $5.8 billion for Health Prevention Activity

• $2 billion for Health Information Technology Grants

• $600 million for Title I (No Child Left Behind)

• $16 billion for school construction

• $3.5 billion for higher education construction

• $1.25 billion for project based rental

• $2.25 billion for Neighborhood Stabilization • $1.2 billion for retrofitting Project 8 housing

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Nude Camel Toe Condi Rice Says Race is Still An Issue

Now without a doubt some of you are saying to yourselves right now, What the  (. fill in the blank.) ? Yeeeeeeaaahhhhh  (like Lil Jon) we got it cookin up in heah on a tuesday.  we have to wrap the year up with some trash, so why not start out with some nice photoshopping.  we are big fans of the Sec of State. So Today We’re presenting her view in a Compromising Position. only twist is of course, We’re Adding Our Own Pix.

but to us the best comes last – Babsy Grange  – Jamaicas’ Information Chief was Spoofed by some MSN Crooks. She Was Stupid enough to SEND THEM HER ACCOUNT INFO. DUHHHHHHHHH..

Enjoy a Lil Hot Rice on a Tuesday,,

By POD313

URL: Rice Says Race is Still An Issue

Barack Obama’s election was a key moment in history, but we’re kidding ourselves if we think America is now blind to race, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a CBS “Sunday Morning” interview.

AIDS TEST FOR BACK ROAD HOOKERS

JA Star

Prostitutes along Port-more’s unofficial red-light district, the popular Port Henderson Road also known as Back road, will be tested for HIV/Aids and other sexually transmitted infections, THE PORTMORE STAR has learnt.

Portmore mayor Keith Hinds said he will be teaming up with the police and representatives from the Ministry of Health to visit the ‘district’ and conduct the tests sometime in the future.

Mayor Hinds said that he is concerned about the prevalence of female prostitutes in the area. “While I want Port Henderson Road to become a hip strip, I don’t like certain activities currently happening around there,” he said.

He said residents from both Portmore and the Corporate Area are at risk for HIV/AIDS because many of these ‘ladies of the night’s’ clients are from these areas.

COPS LIE IN WAIT

Meanwhile, the Portmore police said they are ready and waiting for the mayor to call them for any operation along the Back Road. “We have done a number of operations on Port Henderson Road and persons have been arrested for various offences, including operating a club contrary to their licences, and several guns have been seized and motorists charged for traffic offences,” an officer said.

CHURCH IN DEN OF SIN

(JA Star)

The Delano Avenue branch of the Church of Christ is located in what some would describe as a den of sin. The church is flanked by a motel and a strip club off Hagley Park road, St Andrew.

Although this could be a source of contention, the parties have so far managed to co-exist in somewhat of a harmonious fashion.

The church was established more than 20 years ago, but recently, these establishments have set up shop along the avenue, bringing to the area persons seeking something other than salvation.

Major problem

Peter Brown, assistant pastor of the church, told THE STAR that the church once had a major problem with the strip club as its music would often disturb services and meetings. He however admitted that this has not been the case for sometime and the owner has been considerate. He however added that there was still some discomfort.

Brown said, “We do have a problem because we don’t feel comfortable knowing that these practices are going on nearby. On one and two nights, you know the go-go club is there, so some of the girls will come outside in theirpanties and that type of behaviour, and we don’t really appreciate that. And you know people will say things like since it’s a church why is there a motel and a strip club nearby.”

He said those in the church try to spread the word to the club’s patrons and visitors. “We try to talk to dem and encourage dem to be a part of the church, but it’s not so convincing,” he said. “As far as the noise though, they realise that we don’t like it and they try not to play it so loud, especially on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays when we have our services. The owner also told us that he would talk to his workers, so they wouldn’t play as loud when we have our worship.”

He said no one has been turned off from attending the church because of its location.

When THE STAR contacted the owner of the club, he said the church usually calls and complains if the music is too loud. He added however that this has not happened for a while. He said, “Mi mek sure when dem a play dem turn di music low and there are times when dem have dem service, dat mi tell dem fi turn it down or turn it off.”

He said he has even gone as far as to erect a notice in his music room, so new selectors can be made aware of the situation. As it relates to girls parading near the church, he told THE STAR that he is hardly at the establishments and has no knowledge of that. He said he offered to purchase the church and help them to relocate but the offer was not met with much agreement.

He added, “Di problem is seh di pastor live dere too. But mi all offer fi sound proof di pastor room, an mi nuh memba wha im did seh.” He told THE STAR that in the past, he has also offered to pay for the pastor and his wife to spend the night at ahotel, if they are disturbed by the music.

FAKE CASH FLOODS Kingston JA

Police in downtown, Kingston, said they are extremely concerned about the circulation of counterfeit notes in the commercial district.

Special Inspector Joseph Donaldson of the Darling Street police, said based on police intelligence it is suspected that a group of persons are responsible for an upsurge in the number of the fake notes discovered over the past three weeks.

“A man told us that another man was trying to recruit him to buy goods with some fake notes, had about 20 of them,” the Special Inspector explained to THE STAR recently.

SIMILAR CONCERN

Checks by THE STAR also found that shoppers and vendors within the area share a concern similar to that of the police.

“Yea man dem a gwaan bad inna di Christmas ya, mi haffi a keep mi eye dem open wide wide…Wa day ya dem ketch mi wid bout four different one hundred dolla,” vendor Iris Graham, 43, said.

Another vendor Lloyd Hunt said, “More time mi woulda tek all a five bills (a $500 note) and jus pocket it, mi cyaa run dem risk deh now cause a whole heap a people a get trick, when mi get dem mi look pon dem all 50 different time.”

One shopper who overheard the conversation with Hunt then added, “Afta a nuh di seller dem alone a get trick, we di buyers dem get ketch more time to..Mi know quite a few people whe get ketch..Wi haffi a get extra careful cause it look like a nuff fake money deh ya.”

As such, the police are urging persons to be on the lookout for notes bearing the serial numbers; F2752256, Fb904049 and LL049145.

The first serial number was found on fake $500 notes while the other two were seen on fake $1000 notes.

Who Is The Blackest Player In The NBA?

Defining a game style and a state of mind

by Claude Johnson, claudejohnson@blackfives.com

CONNECTICUT — This is a tough one.

And I’m not going to make it any easier by defining what “black” means.

You decide.

Is it a color?  A skill?  An attitude? A lifestyle?  A playing style?  A race?  A culture?  A music?  An ethnicity?  A dialect? A gene?  A jean?

If there is “black” then is there black, blacker, and blackest?

Is there light-black, black, and dark-black?

Is there not-so-black, black, and very black?

Does the blackest player have the blackest game?

But I want to take it further.

So, follow the logic with me for a minute.

Of course a black player can have a black game.  Allen Iverson, let’s say.  Check.

And a non-black player can have a non-black game.  Maybe Kirk Hinrich?  Check.

And a non-black player can have a black game (i.e., Jason “White Chocolate” Williams). O.K., check.

And a black player can have a non-black game (i.e., Tim “Big Fundamental” Duncan).  O.K., check.

Meanwhile a black player can be non-black (i.e., Tim Duncan).  I guess, check.

And a non-black player can be black (i.e., Jason Williams).  O.K., check.

Which logically leads me to ask, can a non-black player remain non-black but have a black game?  Can’t think of anyone today … maybe Steve Nash?  Could this have been Larry Bird?

And … can a black player remain black but have a non-black game?  Can’t think of anyone today, but could this have been someone like a Dennis Rodman?  Charles Oakley?

Which naturally leads to the question, can a non-black player be black but have a non-black game?  Can’t think of anyone today.

And … can a black player be non-black but have a black game?  Is this Barack Obama (he’s honorary N.B.A., I think, since he’s Baller In Chief)?

Are you following this?  My guess is that, yes, you are!

But that’s scary!  Because there’s a profound silliness here.

I’m inspired by Bethlehem Shoals over at the intellectually fascinating and zany basketball blog FreeDarko.com.  He spent about a week contemplating which player has the most “Jewish” game in the N.B.A.

Which, it was concluded, was different from asking, who is the most Jewish player?

The answer, of course, is Who cares?!

But they had a lot of fun with it, and Bethlehem Shoals is Jewish.  So why can’t I do the same thing and have some fun over here?

The fact is, we brought this on ourselves, by overusing and misusing the word “black.”

I do it too.  The way it’s used in the term “Black Fives” is to designate a race, or rather, the label that people often use to describe “people of color,” or, more accurately, people of African descent.

I could have named all of this “African American Fives” or “Fives Of Color” or “Fives Of African Descent” but it wouldn’t have been the same at all.

We’re programmed and conditioned a certain way.  And while we may acknowledge that we are, it still doesn’t mean we must be slaves to that conditioning and programming.

One way to do that, is to have fun with it.

So, how do you use the word “black”?

Who is the blackest player in the N.B.A. by how you see it?

Johnny chopped to death

In Jamaica, Justice can be served quite spontaneously, in an Adhoc Fashion; by the community. Di Man Mus Know he was on Short Time and Dangerous Ground

Rasbert Turner, JA Star Writer

spanish town jm

A man who is said to be a nuisance in St Catherine was yesterday chopped to death by residents after he was allegedly caught breaking into the house of a senior citizen.

The man, known to the Old Harbour police as ‘Johnny’, was recently released from prison. He was chopped to death about 7a.m. yesterday by disgruntled residents of Rhoden Pen near Old Harbour.

The police told The Star that they have been getting complaints that Johnny has been involving himself in several criminal acts including burglary, assault and sexual offences. Several residents attested to what was reported to The Star and declared that they will have a better Christmas because Johnny only chooses to break into the houses of elderly folks and young girls whom he often times rapes.

In the meanwhile they told The Star that their only regret is that his accomplices are still on the loose.

Detectives from the St Catherine South Homicide Unit are conducting investigations to ascertain the circumstances surrounding Johnny’s death.

Boy found with possible cross dressers for court

Rasbert Turner, Star Writer  – JA Star

Spanish Town JM

A 15-year-old boy who was held yesterday at a house with four adult men will face the Children’s Court as a juvenile in need of care and protection, thepolice said.

THE STAR learnt that sometime after 11 a.m., a police party got information of the five men behaving strangely at a house in Old Harbour, St Catherine. A raid was conducted and a number of women clothings, including bikinis, wigs,stockings and pictures of men dressed as women, were seen.

The cops say that the adults could not properly explain why the juvenile was at the dwelling and they were only able to ascertain that he is from St James and is not related to the other occupants.

Inspector Lanford Salmon of the Old Harbour police said they have released three of the adults since they were taken in for questioning.

“The juvenile is being held to appear in court and in the meanwhile we are going to try and find his parents or guardian. One of the adult also remained with us, as he is facing a charge of possession of ganja,” the inspector said.

The police claim that they have been on high alert after a 12-year-old boy was abducted by men recently. He was taken to a section of Free Town, Clarendon, where he was buggered.

‘Babsy’ Grange’s MSN account Spoofed

(Bwoy Mi Haffi Seh Dis – She a fi di information chief, she supposedly is incharge of security of the Jamaican Governments’ Online Documents and this is wha.. She Was Stupid enough to SEND THEM HER ACCOUNT INFO. DUHHHHHHHHH.. She isn’t secure in using her own account, let alone doing the business of the government. Time For Babsy to Done. Low Her Now)

Internet hacker(s) gained access to the MSN e-mail account (Hotmail) of  Jamaican information minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange on Sunday and attempted to scam money from more than 500 contacts in the minister’s database.

While the attempt was not successful, this was the second MSN e-mail scam attempt of this kind as Newstalk 93 FM disc jockey Tony Gallimore also had a similar experience earlier this month.

Speaking with THE STAR yesterday, Grange said the hacker(s) gained access to her e-mail after she responded to a prompting she received while using her Hotmail account. “I was going through my mail on Sunday and a message popped up saying that MSN was shutting down and I needed to send in my account details to verify my account and keep it active,” the minister said. “I was locked out of my e-mail after I sent in that information.”

Minister Grange said the mail started circulating shortly afterwards as contacts from all over the world started calling her to validate the authenticity of the message.

Soft loan

An excerpt from the mail, similar to the one that was sent out after Gallimore’s e-mail was hacked, read: “How are you doing? hope all is well with you and family, I am sorry that I didn’t inform you about my travelling to England for a programme called Empowering youth to fight racism, HIV/AIDS and lack ofeducation.

“I need a favour from you a soft loan urgently with the sum of $2,500 to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home, let me know if you can be of help so that I can send you the details to use when sending the money through western union.”

The information minister said that one contact came close to falling for the scam. That individual called another friend to ascertain what currency the money should be sent in, as the e-mail, while stating the ‘Babsy’ was in England, did not ask for pound sterling.

Minister Grange said the matter was not reported to the police but noted that she was in dialogue with MSN.com, which promised to investigate the hacking.

Persons are being warned to exercise caution if asked for their e-mail account details (username and password) on any website while browsing the Internet. Hackers often create these prompting to obtain account details and later control the accounts, locking out the original owner.

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