Where is the Jamaican Rihanna?

It may be cultural, but where is the Jamaican Rihanna?  The Girl from Barbados is a superstar.  Trinidad has Nicki Minaj  but who is the Jamaican equivalent.
Arguments about upbringing etc, may mean Jamaica is better suited to sporting stars.

There are enough male pop stars from Jamaica.  Also now Psy has moved the male pop star definition to Bieber levels, this is no longer relevant, in my view.

tough on the disabled

The Paralympics have raised/proved/forced/coerced us into thinking that the disabled can all work!  Atos will be happy and the Government can justify saving a small fortune.

Olympics legacy - winners and losers?

Winners: 

• Elitism - a lot of the winners have shown the value of elite treatment of athletes whether it is in Education (from Tom Daley upwards,  private, grammar etc), facilities
• Posh education - see above, plus usage of Eton’s facilities
• Private Medicine - you do not see elite athletes getting treated on the NHS or using NHS dietitians
• Private Sector overall - British F1 and BAe technology used on bicycles etc
• Volunteering - enjoying your work for nearly nothing and doing it well!
• Lord Coe, a sporting figurehead is essential to win tournaments
• Jacques Chirac - saved France a fortune!
• GOSH and the NHS - advert for the former, acknowledgement of the latter
• China, USA - look at the medal table
• The military - I suppose it is easier than conflict resolution
• Sky - by sponsoring winners
• Jess Varnish as who else can say that they got a world record at London 2012 without a medal!
• All the GB gold medal winners
• The Royal Mail - all that free publicity and managing to persuade to pay over the odds for Olympic stamps without being a sponsor
• The sponsors
• The logo - what was all the fuss about?
• Boris
• London Commuters - more fast and expensive trains to London St Pancras

Losers

• The comprehensive education system - the main state schools are not developing or educating enough sportsmen - I suppose all they should do is sow the seed which means they did not do well enough
• Mark Cavendish - how such a highly-regarded cyclist is again not a medallist makes me wonder should someone else have got the chance. Or the Olympics is too low on his priorities.  Or is the rest of the world just too good at this event.  Or technology makes little difference
• Glasgow Commonwealth games - hard act to follow
• Hackney overall

Paralympics means less benefits

After the Paralympics 2012, there can be few levels of incapacity which suggest unable to work.  As a consequence some might say that attitudes to disability and the disabled will change for the better including recruitment and in general the negativity they receive...But this will mean and reinforce alas lower benefits for the disabled per se with perhaps reallocation where care is required.  Atos had a good games!

Tant pis! as they may say in France.

miscellaneous

Love ITV’s Tipping Point.  Even better than Pointless

Lots of American law enforcement and agents seem to know some Russian, Gibbs NCIS, Delko CSI: Miami, and now Chief Johnson in the Closer

What's done in Vegas stays in Vegas?  Not anymore!

Olympics - bored already!  So many British golds has lead to a devaluation in Silver and Bronze.  Therefore bring BACK THE GOLD STANDARD?

London, what chaos?

nightmares scenario from ITV

Living in Midsomer, while Rosemary & Thyme sort out my Garden, I am having tea with Jessica Fletcher (from Murder, She Wrote).