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GAY AGAINST GAY CRIME ON THE RISE IN JAMAICA?


This is the body of Daymeon aka Veronica a transexual male who was found dead two nights ago in a Hotel room, Kingston Jamaica. It is alleged that a third party (male) walked in on Daymeon, a fight ensued in which he was stabbed and his throat slashed. His body was taken to the Kingston Public Hospital.

SPOT ON

Dudus gets his due
Jun 13th 2012, 20:07 by M.W.

NUMBER 23, which is accompanied by a picture of a black man on the poster for Jamaica’s Cash Pot betting game, was the contest’s winning pick on June 9th. Small gamblers in Tivoli Gardens, a poor district in Kingston, the capital, cleaned up on bets as small as fifty cents. But that number was not so lucky for Christopher “Dudus” Coke, Tivoli’s former “don”, or gang leader. The day before, he received a 23-year prison sentence in a New York court.

Mr Coke was Jamaica’s most prominent mobster. At his sentencing hearing, which began last month, Jermaine “Cowboy” Cohen, a former associate of Mr Coke’s, shed new light on his organisation’s operations. “Dudus” took over the Shower Posse gang from his father, Lester “Jim Brown” Coke, who burned to death in a jail cell almost 20 years ago. Under his leadership, the gang was mainly known as “Presidential Click”, and its best-known source of revenue was drug trafficking. But according to Mr Cohen, it also dabbled in visa fraud (using a high-school athletics team) and extortion (charging small traders in the nearby Coronation Market for “protection money”).

The gang also benefited from close political ties. Tivoli Gardens forms part of the Kingston Western parliamentary district. The seat was held for years by Edward Seaga, the long-time leader of the right-of-centre Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). He was succeeded by Bruce Golding, Jamaica’s prime minister until last October. That helped Mr Coke diversify into legitimate businesses: his construction company won numerous government contracts and gave out jobs to Tivoli’s residents.

Within Tivoli Gardens, the gang operated a virtual para-state. It ran a harsh vigilante justice system. According to Mr Cohen, petty thieves could be punished with a bullet in the hand or foot, and those judged guilty in a domestic quarrel risked a beating. A man accused of stealing from Mr Coke was allegedly tied down and killed with a chainsaw.

Facing intense pressure from the United States, the Jamaican government sent security forces to recapture Tivoli Gardens from the gang in May 2010. More than 70 people were killed—some of them in what witnesses allege were extra-judicial killings by the police and army. Amnesty International called last month for an independent commission of enquiry into the assault, and Jamaica’s public defender, a government watchdog, has received 1,000 complaints. The attack failed to snare Mr Coke. But with no safe hiding place, he was forced to turn himself in a month later, and was extradited to the United States. Last August he pled guilty to charges of drug trafficking and assault.

There is little question that Jamaica is safer without Mr Coke. Although the country’s murder rate remains one of the world’s highest, it fell sharply after the Tivoli gun battle, and remains more than a third below its previous level. And the government made a powerful show of authority by re-establishing control over the country’s most notorious gang-dominated “garrison”, or district, and proving that the country’s mobsters are not untouchable.

Nonetheless, the decapitation of Mr Coke’s organisation represents a small, if significant, victory in a very long battle. The island remains awash in guns: Mr Cohen testified that the mobs received regular shipments of AK-47s and M-16s from New York. They were distributed (under close supervision from gang lieutenants) to hundreds of young recruits or “shotters”, some of whom were only 14 years old. Among Mr Cohen’s most explosive (and unproven) allegations is that some of these gunmen were deployed in JLP election campaigns. Mr Coke’s younger brother, Leighton “Livity” Coke, was held for two years on gun charges, but was just freed last month because of shaky identification evidence. (He was detained again on June 12th for questioning about murders in west Kingston).

Moreover, the urban poverty and discontent that feed the gangs remain as entrenched as ever. And violence still runs deep in Jamaican popular culture. A leading musician, Vybz Kartel, currently faces a murder charge. Tivoli residents, who vowed to “die for Dudus” when the government invaded the district, still revere “Prezi”, as Mr Coke was also known. He ran “treats” or street parties, handed out school supplies and groceries and raised money for residents’ medical care. “I’m a good person, and I have done a lot of good deeds for persons in my community”, he said while pleading for leniency at his sentencing hearing, and wrote in one letter home, “To God be the glory for all that he was doing through me”. Until the Jamaican state can begin offering these services as effectively as the gangs do, any mobsters it manages to arrest or kill will be swiftly and effectively replaced.

Source :http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2012/06/organised-crime-jamaica

GIVE THE LADY SOME ANSWERS!

THE MOTHER of the man who died in police custody over the weekend made an emotional plea yesterday for the police to “tell her the truth” about his sudden death.

#Joann McKenzie said the nightmare started when neighbourhood boys told her on Thursday that her only son, 22-year-old Tyronne ‘TJ’ Saunders, had been arrested by police.

#“They told me they picked TJ up and took him to the police station. I would be the first to say I know my son is no angel. He is not perfect. He has been up and down with the law, but he was never convicted of a crime. So when I was told he was arrested I just went to the Grove Police Station to find out what he was arrested for. When I got there Thursday night, the officers told me they could not give out that information and I would have to go down to the Central Detective Unit because that is where he was being held,” she said.

#“I waited until the next day and went to CDU on Friday. The officers there told me they had TJ in custody in connection with a murder. I asked if I could see him, but I was told no because they said he was being interviewed. This was about 10 o’clock that night.”

#Ms McKenzie on being denied a second time decided to go home and return to CDU the next day. However, moments after getting home police officers arrived to tell her she had to return to CDU with them.

#“They said they were looking for me, but I had TJ’s two-year-old son with me and had to wait for my boyfriend to get there before I could leave. When I got there the first person I saw was (Coroner) Linda Virgill and I knew something was wrong. They took me upstairs into a room full of officers and they began to tell me why my son was arrested but they were telling me things I already knew. All I wanted to know was why I couldn’t see my son,” she said.

#“Then they told me they found TJ unconscious in a cell. Miss, they called me all the way there to tell me my son was dead. They knew all that time he was dead and didn’t say anything. They told me he was unconscious before they were able to question him, but when I was there earlier an officer told me I couldn’t see him because he was being questioned, something is not right here. They killed him, they beat my child to death in that cell. I know it.”

#Ms McKenzie said her son was a healthy boy with no medical problems, except the occasional asthma attack. She said some days she wished that the police would arrest TJ because he would be safer in custody than on the streets, but now she says “that’s obviously not the case.”

#She said: “Some boys came looking for TJ a few nights ago like they wanted to kill him, I prayed the police get him so he would be safe, but they killed him and now they want to sweep it under the rug. He may not have been perfect, but he came from me and I will not rest until I find out what happened to him. They wouldn’t even let me see his body or give me his property. If he did something wrong, charge him before the courts. Let them deal with it.”

#Ms McKenzie said she was told she can view her son’s body today. She also said she is seeking legal advice on what to do next.

#In a statement police say they have launched an investigation into the death of a man after finding him unresponsive in a cell at CDU on Friday.

#“Her Majesty’s Coroner Linda P Virgill visited CDU where she observed the body. The body was taken to the hospital and a meeting was held with the mother,” the statement read.

#It continued: “All contacts relative to this matter are to be relayed to Her Majesty’s Coroner Mrs Linda Virgil at the Coroner’s Office, Victoria Gardens, Nassau.”

WTF AFRICA- WHEY EYE SI HAWT DID LEAP


A woman who sought a neighbour’s shoulder to cry on when her husband played away got more than she bargained for in Bulawayo.
She popped next door and it appeared there was no-one in the house until she peeped into the bedroom. Casuality Zivhane of No. 7 Stamptale Road Burnside, Bulawayo could see a man relaxing on a bed, covered loosely by a blanket.
The man’s manhood attracted her attention. He was well endowed, just like her husband. A closer inspection shocked her as it was her husband’s willy.
Casualty then flew into a rage and yanked her husband Mbonisi Mdimba’s manhood. The man screamed in pain. The girlfriend, Sideliso Ndlomo (43) then stirred to action.
The husband teamed up with his mistress and her friend Triphine Sibanda (33) and brutally assaulted Caualty with feet, open ands and cooking sticks. She went and reported the matter to Hillside Police Station leading to the arrest of the team.
The trio were brought before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Shepherd Mjanja charged with physical abuse. Mdimba and his small house were sentenced to three months imprisonment with an alternative option of $100 fine each or to complete 105 hours of community service.

NAME THE SHADE

WAS PAUL’S THORN IN THE FLESH?-GOODMORNING

What was Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh?

FAQ: What was Paul’s “thorn in the flesh”? I have heard Christians say all kinds of things about it, like Paul had an eye problem, or another illness, or even sinful lusts. Furthermore, many say that God gave him this affliction to test him or to keep him humble. What is the truth about it?

Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” has been just that for many Christian theologians and ministers through the years. It is unfortunate that so many erroneous theories about it have been postulated by sincere believers. When we handle the Word of God, we must be diligent not to inject our own opinions as to its meaning. As we will see, applying sound principles of biblical interpretation will yield a clear, concise, and correct answer to this question, one that will help shed great light on some key biblical truths.

Let us first take a look at the verse in which this phrase is found, and the subsequent verses that help frame its context.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (NKJ)
(7) And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.
(8) Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
(9) And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
(10) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

What can we see in those verses? First, it is clear that the “thorn in the flesh” was not a literal thorn, but a figurative way of describing whatever it actually was. Second, we see that it was “a messenger of Satan,” which means that it was certainly not God who “pricked” Paul with it. Had it come from God, why would Paul have asked the Lord Jesus to take this “thorn” out of his life?

In response, the Lord told Paul that he would give him the grace and strength to deal with this problem. So whatever it was, the Lord could not just “delete” it from Paul’s life. That would indicate that the “thorn” was not a physical ailment, because the Lord Jesus did, and still does, heal “all manner of sicknesses.” Paul then said that for Christ’s sake he would “boast” in infirmities, reproaches, needs, persecutions, and distresses, counting on the Lord’s strength to make up for his weakness.

In his excellent book, Christ The Healer, [1] written in the early 1900s, F. F. Bosworth does a superb job of showing what Paul’s “thorn” really was. He points out that the word “messenger” (v. 7) is the Greek word angelos, which is used 188 times, and is translated “angel” 181 times and “messenger” seven times. In each case, the angelos was a being, either spirit or human (p. 194).

Bosworth notes that the word “buffet” (v. 7) means to strike “blow after blow.” He cites Rotherham’s translation: “…that he might be buffeting me,” and notes that Weymouth’s translation reads: “Satan’s angel dealing blow after blow.” He then rightly concludes that if Paul’s “thorn” had been sickness, it would have to have been many sicknesses, or the same sickness over and over. And he points out that Rotherham uses the personal pronoun “he” rather than “it” (v. 8) to agree with the word “messenger.” And he quotes Weymouth: “As for this, three times I besought the Lord to rid me of him.” Again we see reference to a being or person rather than a disease (p. 194).

Before we look at other biblical uses of the key word, “thorn,” let us get a “running start” toward 2 Corinthians 12:7, beginning in Chapter 10. In verse 2, Paul speaks of “some [people]” who he expected to take to task about their opposition to him. A study of Chapters 10-13 shows that there were many “false apostles” in Corinth who spoke against Paul and boasted of their own spirituality as they tried to win the allegiance (and the financial support) of the Corinthian Church.

In fact, the word “boast,” which we saw above in 2 Corinthians 12:9, helps us follow the contextual trail through these chapters. Those whom Paul twice sarcastically called “super-apostles” were telling the Corinthian believers Paul had ministered to that he was leading them astray, and boasting that they were the ones with true knowledge and spiritual insight.

Paul thus spends most of Chapters 10-13 making his case as to how the Lord had worked in him and given him the authority to build up the Corinthian Church. He calls this “boasting,” and contrasts it to the boasting of his opponents.

Consider the following verses, and note the references to people who opposed Paul:

2 Corinthians 10:11 and 12
(11) Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.
(12) We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

2 Corinthians 11:4 and 5
(4) For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
(5) But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.”

2 Corinthians 11:12-15
(12) And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.
(13) For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
(14) And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
(15) It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

Do you think that those people opposing Paul could be called “messengers of Satan”? It sure looks that way, doesn’t it? Let us point out that God never promises that He will take away all of the “buffeting” that comes from satanically-inspired human opposition. Rather, as the Lord Jesus told Paul, he (and God) will stand with us and help us bear up to such persecution, which, in fact, He guarantees will come our way (2 Tim. 3:12).

In that vein, we should point out that in 12:7 where the NKJ reads, “lest I should be exalted above measure,” the NIV curiously reads, “To keep me from becoming conceited.…” Huh? Given the definition of that word, wouldn’t Satan be the one who would want Paul to become “conceited”? Yes, so why would he send a “messenger” to stop that from happening?

Wasn’t it God who had given Paul the “abundance of the revelations”? Yes, and why did He do so? To lift Paul up amidst the spiritual battle raging around him, to encourage him to stay in the fight and not be discouraged, to “exalt” him big time. Chapter 12 says that God even showed Paul some of the glories of Paradise. Wow!

As usual, we see here the battle of good vs. evil, that is, God vs. the Devil. God was trying to bless and exalt Paul, and Satan was trying to destroy him via the “thorn in the flesh.” 1 Thessalonians 2:18 comes to mind: “Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.” It is sad that some Christians teach that God uses Satan to further His own ends, because the Word of God says just the opposite—God does not do evil so that good may come (Rom. 3:8). [For more on this critical subject, see our book, Don’t Blame God! and our topics Don’t Blame God 1 & 2.]

OK, so what is the “thorn”? When we are searching for the meaning of a biblical word or phrase, one principle that is key to finding the answer is to see how the word or phrase is used elsewhere in the Bible. God, the Author of both language and Scripture, has a purpose for everything He says, when He says it, where He says it, how He says it, and to whom He says it. As truth seekers, it is our duty to adhere to the linguistic principles that the Author of language set in His Word. We dare not engage in groundless speculation about Paul’s “thorn” or anything else.

The word “thorn” appears twice, and “thorns” 43 times. Not all are pertinent to our study, but here are those that are (all scriptures NKJ):

Numbers 33:55
‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell [Judges 2:3—same usage].

Joshua 23:13
“Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

Ezekiel 2:6
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 28:24
“And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.”

After reading all the above verses, it is clear that God uses “thorn” to refer to people. Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” was the many human “messengers” that Satan sent against him to stop him from making known the Gospel of Christ. There is no verse of Scripture giving any indication that the “thorn” was anything other than people, and certainly no verse saying it was a sickness. Let’s allow Paul to describe that opposition in his own words:

2 Corinthians 11:24-26
(24) From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.
(25) Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;
(26) in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren.

In the battle between God and Satan, each employs human beings to do their bidding. The difference is that the true God acts only in conjunction with our freedom of will, that is, He must wait on us to obey Him before He can work with us. On the other hand, Satan, the false “god of this age” (2 Cor. 4:4) demonizes those who open their minds to him and controls them to do the kinds of things that people did to Paul. At the same time, he works to arrange the circumstances in our lives so as to tempt us to respond according to our “flesh” (sin nature) rather than leaning on the spirit of God within us and allowing the Lord’s strength to be manifest in our lives.

And therein lies the great truth that Paul sets forth in the three verses following his reference to the “thorn,” which we will repeat here:

2 Corinthians 12:8-10
(8) Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
(9) And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
(10) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

As frail human beings, living in an evil world and beset with the sin nature we inherited from Adam, it is imperative that we face both the “sin that dwells in us” and the spiritual opposition around us, recognize our complete inadequacy to deal with these in our own strength, and draw upon the power of God. It is recognizing and embracing our weakness that drives us to our Savior, who will then sustain and energize us. It is in and of Christ that we boast. Truly, his grace is sufficient for us, just as it was for Paul. Amen.

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