HOTTEST TICKET? YUH BETTA WIN OHH
How about none of the above?
The BBC reports that one million people applied to see an event that has nothing to do with Tom Brady or LeBron James or Lionel Messi.
And the event will last less than 10 seconds.
We’re talking about the men’s 100-meter final in London next August. The sprint is always the marquee event of the Summer Olympics, but this is likely the most anticipated Olympic event ever, because of one man.
Every sports fan in the world, let alone the million who applied for a seat at the Olympic Stadium next year, wants to watch Usain Bolt try to beat his unfathomable world record Olympic time of 9.69 seconds, set at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
GOODMORNING
Psalm 25
Psalm 25[a]
Of David.
1 In you, LORD my God,
I put my trust.
2 I trust in you;
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.
3 No one who hopes in you
will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous without cause.
4 Show me your ways, LORD,
teach me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
6 Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, LORD, are good.
8 Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
11 For the sake of your name, LORD,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
12 Who, then, are those who fear the LORD?
He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.[b]
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,
and their descendants will inherit the land.
14 The LORD confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them.
15 My eyes are ever on the LORD,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart
and free me from my anguish.
18 Look on my affliction and my distress
and take away all my sins.
19 See how numerous are my enemies
and how fiercely they hate me!
20 Guard my life and rescue me;
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you.
21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because my hope, LORD,[c] is in you.
22 Deliver Israel, O God,
from all their troubles!
AS PER THE STAR
Kartel, business partner split – Todd says threats made on his life
Popular dancehall artiste Adidjah ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer and his American business partner, Corey Todd, have parted ways.
Todd says the entertainer, who was his partner in Street Vybz Rum and The Building nightclub, threatened his life this weekend after they have not been seeing eye-to-eye for months.
“I cannot be associated with nor do business with someone I don’t trust. Kartel and I haven’t seen eye-to-eye in a while, and late last week, after a disagreement, he threatened me on the phone because I “refused to tek chat”. I don’t take kindly to threats against me and my family, and I have contacted my lawyers and the relevant authorities to deal with this issue immediately,” Todd said in a statement.
He further stated; “I am my own man, I have never worked for Vybz Kartel, I helped to build his career, but I was never about the division in music, or his need to pigeonhole everything as Gaza or not Gaza. I don’t understand the creative direction he’s moving in with regards to his image or his music.”
The Half-Way Tree police have confirmed receiving a report from Todd and said they are investigating.
Kartel, while confirming the split, is denying the allegations made against him. “It has come to my attention that rumours have been circulating that I have made certain disparaging remarks about and towards Corey Todd. I must state that nothing could be further from the truth,” a statement from the entertainer’s publicist said.
The deejay claimed that; “Mr Todd and I have had a cordial business and personal relationship to date. However, we have reached a point in our professional journey where we are going in different directions and consequently, we will be wrapping up our business relationship. I wish Corey the best in all his future endeavors.”
dictate to me
Todd has been in business with the entertainer for the past four years and according to the businessman, it was he who helped create the successful career Kartel now enjoys. That success, he says, seems to have gone to the artiste’s head causing him to change.
“I don’t know this Vybz Kartel,” Todd told THE STAR yesterday. “For the past four years I have been trying to make this man an icon, now he is trying to dictate to me what needs to be done and if I don’t he is going to kill me. He is not the same. I don’t want to be mean but he doesn’t even look the same.”
Todd tells THE STAR that he has pumped millions of dollars into building Kartel’s career, making him into the most popular entertainer in dancehall today. Together, the two built an empire that included The Building nightclub that hosted the popular Street Vybz Thursdays that is videotaped and aired on the Flow Cable network on Channel 584.
The two were also partners in Street Vybz Rum, an alcoholic beverage that has steadily been gaining market share locally. He said those ideas were his, not Kartel’s. Now, the future of those ventures is uncertain. “I am not keeping any event at The Building nightclub for the foreseeable future; I am not doing anymore business with Vybz Kartel. However, I will be doing another product soon, so I am moving forward and I hope to work with other artistes to help build their careers as well,” Todd said.
According to the American, for the past several months Kartel has been displaying destructive behaviour including describing his fans as puppets, abusing disc jockeys at The Building if his songs are not played and wanting Todd to rehire ‘a trouble-making crony’ whom he fired months ago.
“He has also surrounded himself with ‘yes men’ who keep stroking his ego,” Todd says. “He’s lost it.”
The businessman, who said he has spent millions creating ‘a movement’ ,says he will lose millions more because of the dissolution of this partnership but that pales in comparison to what he stands to lose if he remains in business with the entertainer.
“I will lose millions, tons of money but I am not motivated by money. Money does not define me. I built this and I will build it again,” Todd said. “I don’t know this new Vybz Kartel; I haven’t known him for quite a while. Enough is enough. I wish him the best with his career.”
JAMES ROBERTSON’S TRIALS
Is a Jamaican Minister of Government a gun distributor, murderer and political thug?
The allegations, by Mr. Johnson a survivor of three attempts on his life, were made in a 67-page sworn statement to the Southern District Court in Miami last Tuesday.
Mr. Johnson gave a detailed report which outlined how James Robertson has created a criminal empire staffed by criminal young men aligned to the ruling Jamaica Labour Party. Robertson it is alleged provides these thugs with money and guns with the main focus being political intimidation.
In his statement Mr. Johnson made the damning allegation that he was approached by Minister James Robertson and asked to organise the murder of one his associates. Unknown to Robertson, one of the contracted killers was related to the targeted victim.
In his bid to seek asylum in the USA, Mr. Johnson told the US authorities that he has given all the information available to him to top ranking police officers including Glenmore Hinds, former deputy Mark Shields and assistant commissioner Les Green. In addition he personally wrote to Prime Minister Bruce Golding seeking his assistance. The letter was delivered to the Prime Minister personally. To date, he has had no response to his pleas for justice from either the Prime Minister or the Jamaican Police.
Johnson in his report to US authorities highlighted the fact that James Robertson is no novice to criminal activities. He was a central figure in the OLINT ponzi scheme from which he derived millions of dollars for his political support and protection. Further, he along with another high ranking Government Jamaican Minister are known to be close confidants of Christopher Coke, a.k.a “Dudus”, a drug king-pin who ran the infamous Shower Posse and who was recently extradited to the USA to face drug related charges. It is alleged that Robertson financed and orchestrated demonstrations in downtown Kingston in support of “Dudus”.
Currently, Mr. Johnson is working closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. investigators probing the Olint ponzi scheme and U.S. Homeland Security.
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