Tue May 28, 2019, 02:23 PM

malaise (225,627 posts)

Edward Seaga died around 1.00pm Miami time

he was 89 today.
He will never be forgiven

http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/former-prime-minister-edward-seaga-is-dead

Former Prime Minister Edward Philip George Seaga has died.

Born on May 28, 1930, Mr. Seaga died on his 89th birthday, at 1 o'clock.

He was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, serving from 1980 to 1989, and was the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party from 1974 to 2005.

He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1974 to 1980, and again from 1989 until January 2005.

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13 replies	Author	Time	Post
Edward Seaga died around 1.00pm Miami time (Original post)	malaise	May 2019	OP
May his family find hearts ease	irisblue	May 2019	#1
I wish that for the families who lost relatives thanks to him	malaise	May 2019	#2
"He will never be forgiven"	Polybius	May 2019	#3
Ask him Reagan, Bush the first and the CIA	malaise	May 2019	#4
Here	malaise	May 2019	#8
Manley committed the cardinal sin of supporting Cuba.	guillaumeb	May 2019	#5
Check out our version of Iran-Contra	malaise	May 2019	#6
More	malaise	May 2019	#7
The CIA has a long history of involvment in the drug trade.	guillaumeb	May 2019	#9
Dread, beat and blood	malaise	May 2019	#10
I had never read this.	guillaumeb	May 2019	#11
Bob's response	malaise	May 2019	#12
He sang about it as well	malaise	May 2019	#13

Response to malaise (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 02:27 PM

irisblue (25,285 posts)

1. May his family find hearts ease

🕯️

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Response to irisblue (Reply #1)

Tue May 28, 2019, 02:34 PM

malaise (225,627 posts)

2. I wish that for the families who lost relatives thanks to him

including ours - not one tear will be shed in this house.

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Response to malaise (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 02:40 PM

Polybius (6,079 posts)

3. "He will never be forgiven"

What did he do? I briefly looked up his Wiki, but nothing stood out. Perhaps I missed it?

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Response to Polybius (Reply #3)

Tue May 28, 2019, 02:52 PM

malaise (225,627 posts)

4. Ask him Reagan, Bush the first and the CIA

they all destroyed this country with guns

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Response to Polybius (Reply #3)

Tue May 28, 2019, 04:06 PM

malaise (225,627 posts)

8. Here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shower_Posse

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Response to malaise (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 03:10 PM

guillaumeb (42,204 posts)

5. Manley committed the cardinal sin of supporting Cuba.

And for that, the US helped Seaga.

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Response to guillaumeb (Reply #5)

Tue May 28, 2019, 03:19 PM

malaise (225,627 posts)

6. Check out our version of Iran-Contra

the drug dons -Jim Brown, his son Dudus and many others

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Response to guillaumeb (Reply #5)

Tue May 28, 2019, 04:05 PM

malaise (225,627 posts)

7. More

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shower_Posse

https://newsone.com/543415/how-the-cia-created-the-jamaican-shower-posse/

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Response to malaise (Reply #7)

Tue May 28, 2019, 04:12 PM

guillaumeb (42,204 posts)

9. The CIA has a long history of involvment in the drug trade.

The San Jose Mercury News exposed a part of it, and suffered for exercising their freedom of the press.

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Response to guillaumeb (Reply #9)

Tue May 28, 2019, 04:18 PM

malaise (225,627 posts)

10. Dread, beat and blood

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/urban.worldmusic

Late 1976, and rival political factions are warring on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, with only Bob Marley calling for peace. In an exclusive extract from her major new book, Vivien Goldman remembers life with Bob Marley at his home on Hope Road and reveals exactly what happened when gunmen came to kill him

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Response to malaise (Reply #10)

Tue May 28, 2019, 04:25 PM

guillaumeb (42,204 posts)