Sheldon R. Hicks
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I call them the PR government...this is kinda in the same wheelhouse
Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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The social media government - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The accusations levelled by Senator Anil Roberts against the family of St Vincent and the Grenadines PM Ralph Gonsalves were not part of any discussion in Parliament.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I call them the PR government...this is kinda in the same wheelhouse
FYI - Pretty sure I just saw two American helicopters fly overhead in Arima about 25 minutes ago...light army green...They didn't look blackhawky...but they also didn't look anything like the odd police or other arbitrary flyover we get from time to time
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
FYI - Pretty sure I just saw two American helicopters fly overhead in Arima about 25 minutes ago...light army green...They didn't look blackhawky...but they also didn't look anything like the odd police or other arbitrary flyover we get from time to time
Lolol
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
WASHINGTON—In an effort to bring an end to what he described as an anti-American trend in filmmaking, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing a 100% tax on the profits of movi...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Lolol
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"We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The cuckoos are coming home to roost.
Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
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@mediaite.com #GA14
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November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The cuckoos are coming home to roost.
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Executives from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (#CNOOC) met with #TrinidadandTobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries to discuss expanding in the country’s energy sector.
CNOOC expressed strong interest in increasing #investment and #operational activity
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CNOOC expressed strong interest in increasing #investment and #operational activity
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Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC eyes greater role in Trinidad and Tobago’s energy sector | OilNOW
Executives from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) this week met with Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries to discuss ...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Executives from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (#CNOOC) met with #TrinidadandTobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries to discuss expanding in the country’s energy sector.
CNOOC expressed strong interest in increasing #investment and #operational activity
oilnow.gy/featured/chi...
CNOOC expressed strong interest in increasing #investment and #operational activity
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So they’re monitoring Russian warships with their coast guard and blowing up Caribbean fishing boats with their military.Ok.
⚡️Russian military vessel spotted near Hawaii, US Coast Guard says.
The U.S. Coast Guard detected and monitored a Russian intelligence-gathering ship operating near the Hawaiian Islands on Oct. 29, according to a press release published Nov. 13.
The U.S. Coast Guard detected and monitored a Russian intelligence-gathering ship operating near the Hawaiian Islands on Oct. 29, according to a press release published Nov. 13.
Russian military vessel spotted near Hawaii, US Coast Guard says
The U.S. Coast Guard detected and monitored a Russian intelligence-gathering ship operating near Hawaiian on Oct. 29, according to a press release published Nov. 13.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
So they’re monitoring Russian warships with their coast guard and blowing up Caribbean fishing boats with their military.Ok.
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Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
You know those bank heist movies where the robbers know they have "X" minutes before the cops arrive? Well, the Project 2025/Republican/Trump posse just realized they suddenly could have a lost less time than they'd planned for. It's about to get a lot more desperate smashy grabby up in there.
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
You know those bank heist movies where the robbers know they have "X" minutes before the cops arrive? Well, the Project 2025/Republican/Trump posse just realized they suddenly could have a lost less time than they'd planned for. It's about to get a lot more desperate smashy grabby up in there.
The chance of the US starting a war against Venezuela is directly proportional to the chance of the release of the entire tranche of the Epstein files. This is one of those scenarios where there’s no daylight between correlation and causation.
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The chance of the US starting a war against Venezuela is directly proportional to the chance of the release of the entire tranche of the Epstein files. This is one of those scenarios where there’s no daylight between correlation and causation.
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In between the fake scandal at Victoria Keyes & the new national discussion about fetes and noise, one very real story has slipped quietly beneath the radar , the steady, unexplained fall of First Citizens’ share price.
Since July, FCB’s stock has fallen by almost 23%
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Since July, FCB’s stock has fallen by almost 23%
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November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In between the fake scandal at Victoria Keyes & the new national discussion about fetes and noise, one very real story has slipped quietly beneath the radar , the steady, unexplained fall of First Citizens’ share price.
Since July, FCB’s stock has fallen by almost 23%
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Since July, FCB’s stock has fallen by almost 23%
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
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So Pluribus (episodes 1 and 2 at least) basically answers the question “What if zombies were more like Canadians?” That may not sound like much but so far it’s really really really really good. I suspect they won’t be polite forever though.
#Pluribus #Plur1bus #VinceGilligan #RheaSeahorn
#Pluribus #Plur1bus #VinceGilligan #RheaSeahorn
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
So Pluribus (episodes 1 and 2 at least) basically answers the question “What if zombies were more like Canadians?” That may not sound like much but so far it’s really really really really good. I suspect they won’t be polite forever though.
#Pluribus #Plur1bus #VinceGilligan #RheaSeahorn
#Pluribus #Plur1bus #VinceGilligan #RheaSeahorn
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Can we organise an international conference of wine glass manufacturers and dishwasher manufacturers so that they can coordinate to make their respective products compatible with one another?
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Can we organise an international conference of wine glass manufacturers and dishwasher manufacturers so that they can coordinate to make their respective products compatible with one another?
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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Sunday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Other side of stand your ground - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The aftermath of the home invasion that left farmer Vijay Ragoonanan injured and vulnerable is that the trust he placed in his neighbourhood, living in a home without burglar-proofing, has been shatte...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sunday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Better late than never. However, does this include @ Piarco?
Customs & Excise Division has launched a Point of Sale debit card system, allowing customers to make payments directly at Customs offices across Trinidad and Tobago.
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Customs & Excise Division has launched a Point of Sale debit card system, allowing customers to make payments directly at Customs offices across Trinidad and Tobago.
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Customs launches debit card payment system
THE Customs & Excise Division has launched a Point of Sale (POS) debit card system, allowing customers to make payments directly at Customs offices across Trinidad and Tobago.The Ministry of
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November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Better late than never. However, does this include @ Piarco?
Customs & Excise Division has launched a Point of Sale debit card system, allowing customers to make payments directly at Customs offices across Trinidad and Tobago.
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/c...
Customs & Excise Division has launched a Point of Sale debit card system, allowing customers to make payments directly at Customs offices across Trinidad and Tobago.
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/c...
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“Wonderfully enjoyable and informative … a superb account, at once lucid and complex … SURROUND SOUND is a model for how to write about cultural production.”
Still buzzing over this fab review from the legendary Richard Dyer in Literary Review, so here it is in full!
Still buzzing over this fab review from the legendary Richard Dyer in Literary Review, so here it is in full!
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Wonderfully enjoyable and informative … a superb account, at once lucid and complex … SURROUND SOUND is a model for how to write about cultural production.”
Still buzzing over this fab review from the legendary Richard Dyer in Literary Review, so here it is in full!
Still buzzing over this fab review from the legendary Richard Dyer in Literary Review, so here it is in full!
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No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
Mamdani is going to implement Sharpie Law. Every New Yorker will be required to fabricate a weather report (using a Sharpie and a map of the US) and convince themselves that they’ve convinced all other New Yorkers it’s true.
Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister Selûne
Mamdani is going to implement My Sharona law. Everyone will have to create songs with undeniable rock beats.
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Sharpie Law. Every New Yorker will be required to fabricate a weather report (using a Sharpie and a map of the US) and convince themselves that they’ve convinced all other New Yorkers it’s true.
Chalk and Cheese
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Chalk and Cheese
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Every time Nazis try to use Tolkien to justify white supremacy, I like to float this 1941 letter in which Tolkien called Hitler a "ruddy little ignoramus" and accused him of "ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed" the spirit of the cultures upon which he based his works.
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Every time Nazis try to use Tolkien to justify white supremacy, I like to float this 1941 letter in which Tolkien called Hitler a "ruddy little ignoramus" and accused him of "ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed" the spirit of the cultures upon which he based his works.