Jah Foresight, Contributor

Man has a tendency to overlook the role that nature plays in the scheme of things. I am happy that some Jamaicans are hitting out at the suggestion of mining bauxite in the Cockpit Country. There are several species of plants and animals that would be negatively affected if Government okays mining activity there.

Cyndi Lauper had sung the song, Money Changes Everything, and some people believe that everything has a price. The silent rich believe that they can own the world this way. A person writing a column about winning the lotto should not be talking about conservation, but excess materialism; however, I will always be surprising you.

The hurricane season is coming to an end. We should thank the Almighty Jah for saving us, wretched souls, from disaster. According to one of my good political friends, it is the Prime Minister who has saved the island. She did this with her declaration of Christianity and the good Lord is 'well pleased' and stayed his hand of wrath.

I am not in a position to debate that. I know that several parishes have been experiencing flooding this week. I understand that thieves have taken advantage of the situation, stealing animals and looting stores. There are some areas that have poor drainage systems and others suffer from nasty folks dumping their garbage everywhere.

We are told that a cold front is out. I am still able to sleep without a blanket since I still live in an area next to hell. However, I made the mistake to visit Coleyville, Manchester, without a jacket this week. Every native resembles an Eskimo and I did not know that there were so many fur coats in Jamaica. The people wear them as if they are very cheap, and I can bet that there are no stores locally that sell them. The barrel is a hell of a thing.

My three dogs disappeared this week. I am comparing the situation with the situation of the death of the Russian spy in London. Blacka, Macka and Long Mouth have disappeared without a trace, and I am wondering if it was a nuclear reaction or the neutron bomb.

I am warning folks to be careful how they buy meat from illegal butchers. One of my neighbours has been complaining about his missing mule. What is the difference in taste between donkey meat and the mule? The meat of cattle is called beef and the meat of the hog is called pork, but what you do call the meat of a mule? I just hope that my dogs will just reappear.

I understand that dogs are being kidnapped or 'dognapped' these days and held for high ransoms. My dogs are not of unfamiliar breeds, and who would want to trade in mongrels?

Another strange thing happened to me this week. I was talking with one of my favourite deejays in the plazas. A rat, about the size of a puss, came out a hole in the sidewalk. I had not played football for a while and I lined up a wicked toe-punch and gave the rat a kick. The rat flew through the window of a passing minibus. I had to quickly disappear from the scene. I wonder what my lotto buyers have to say about this.

The jackpot is now at $19 million. The numbers for Saturday were 2, 7, 19, 31, 34, 35 and the bonus ball, 36. The repeated number was 7 and the consecutive numbers were 34 and 35. The numbers last Wednesday were 13, 16, 23, 29, 33, 34 and the bonus ball, 25. The repeated numbers were 34 and the consecutive numbers of 33 and 34.

I am worried about this Christmas, particularly with election talk in the air. No one will catch me on certain corners for months to come.

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