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September 22, 2008

Trinidad & Tobago

O’Biden? Jobama?

Aggregated from: Afrobella

Hat tip to Jack and Jill Politics for the name suggestions for the new Democratic ticket! I have been steering clear of politics lately, just because I notice a clear correlation with my high blood pressure and paying close attention to every detail of this election race. You already know what my...

September 20, 2008

Trinidad & Tobago

Nice try

Aggregated from: Notes from Port of Spain

I heard a dentist from Chicago, an otherwise rational man by the sound of it, explaining on a BBC radio documentary this week why he was voting for John McCain.Twice he used the phrase "Those who would choose to harm us", showing that he was parroting thoughts from somewhere other than his brain.Bar...

September 13, 2008

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A.: Sexual Politics

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

“Her winning smile and girl next door looks serv(e) to convince me that she could possibly be the scariest woman to be seen in western politics since Margaret Thatcher. But what I don’t appreciate is the fact that the American media did what can only be interpreted as an honour killing of B...

September 3, 2008

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A.: Obama & Race

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Notes from Port of Spain asks, “How much does it matter that Barack Obama is black?” ...

August 29, 2008

Trinidad & Tobago

Dark thoughts

Aggregated from: Notes from Port of Spain

How much does it matter that Barack Obama is black?I guess much of the Caribbean was watching his acceptance speech in Denver last night (except people in Jamaica and Haiti and the Dominican Republic, who had more immediate things to worry about). With its largely African ancestry and its dislike of...

Live-Tweeting the DNC: Reactions to Barack Obama's Speech

Posted by Jillian York · 3:22 am · Bahrain · Ghana · Kenya · Madagascar · Nigeria · Trinidad & Tobago

Continuing our coverage of the Twittersphere's response to the Democratic National Convention, we move forward to reactions to Barack Obama's speech. Obama, who took the stage at 10:15 EST, started by thanking the audience profusely, for which he received some teasing from amiraalhussaini and nplaughlin. As the speech begins, African ... 0 comments · read »

Live-Tweeting the DNC: Reactions Leading Up to Obama's Entrance

Posted by Jillian York · 2:29 am · Brazil · Canada · Denmark · Kenya · Puerto Rico (U.S.) · Taiwan (ROC) · Trinidad & Tobago

Perhaps even more so than blogging, Twitter has become a popular tool for getting messages to the public quickly. Users from around the globe have been tweeting about the elections for months now, and tonight, the global Twittersphere waits with bated breath for presidential hopeful Barack Obama to accept ... 1 comments · read »

Trinidad & Tobago

Divine intervention

Aggregated from: Notes from Port of Spain

Yesterday half of Trinidad seemed to be under water. On the north-south highway flood waters swirled over both carriageways, almost submerging some cars, while others turned back, crawled up the embankments or sank into the mud of the central median. People found three or four feet of water in their...

Trinidad & Tobago: Hillary and the Divided Vote

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini · 1:37 am · Trinidad & Tobago

Hillary Rodham Clinton has fully endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy and her cry of war no way, no how, no McCain has reverberated on and offline around the world. In the Caribbean, in Trinidad and Tobago, to be more specific, bloggers continue to discuss her support for Obama and the Democratic Party and question whether Hillary's supporters would jump ship and vote for Republican nominee John McCain. 0 comments · read »

August 28, 2008

Trinidad & Tobago

You Might Want to Stand Up, Before Your Legs Get Eaten

Aggregated from: A Force to be Reckoned With

I didn't watch Senator Clinton's speech last night; I knew she would say whatever she would have to say in order to keep her word to support Senator Obama's presidential bid. Unlike Obama in the very recent past, she hasn't struck me as one to go back on her word. I also know she is playing the game...