GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

US AIRWAYS, A WATERY LANDING!

Its' tarmac, a flowing river called Hudson River in the city of New York, New York! A US Airways Airbus 320 US airplane declared emergency and landed safely the into the icy waters of the Hudson River with 155 people on board comprising of 150 passengers, 3 crew members and 2 pilots. US airways Flight 1549 was a domestic flight from LaGuardia airport in New York to Charlotte, North Carolina.
The successful emergency landing was attributed to the heroic effort and dexterity of the pilot, a former airforce fighter-pilot, Captain Sullenberger, who meticulously maneuvered the out-of-power airplane safely to land on a body of flowing water.
According to the air controller, the US Airways pilot had reported a "double bird strike" less than a minute after take-off and asked to return to the tarmac. However he could not make it back to the tarmac but was forced to ditch the aircraft in the Hudson River for lack of engine power; the two engines were knocked out following collision with Canadian migratory flock of geese, like these ones, pictured here left in flight. According to a survivor, the pilot had alerted the passengers to be brace up for a hard impact. And except for minor, non life-threatening injuries, and some who are being treated for hypothermia, most of the passengers later returned home to their families to tell their tale of near escape.
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are already at work trying to unravel the mystery behind the crash; they are inspecting the 9-year-old Airbus A320, which was towed to Battery Park City and moored to a bulkhead just north of the World Financial Center. Their term of reference will be to determine whether the plane hit a flock of geese as reported, which disabled the engines, forcing it into a controlled crash-landing. The New York State governor David T. Paterson left and the New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg right, are seen above addressing a news conference, following the plane-crash.
The "miracle-wrought`ing" pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, 57 is from California's Bay Area (Danville, San Francisco area). Sullenberger, a former fighter pilot and captain with the United States Air Force, has more than 40 years of flying experience, the last 29 of which, as a captain with US Airways. He also served as a local safety chairman and accident investigator for the Air Line Pilots Association.
The winter temperature in New York City was about 20 degrees when the plane touched water, shortly after which, some commuter ferries crossing the Hudson rushed to the scene and began plucking shivering passengers from the wings of the "swimming" airplane. They were later relieved by the fast arriving New York City's emergency response team which immediately went into overdrive, successfully rescuing all the passengers and crew of the ill-fated airplane.
From available data it would seem that birds' collision with jet-engines is a regular occurrence with about 486 planes so far damaged as a result. Icheoku says, why wouldn't airplane designers and manufacturers come up with a mechanism to keep off the birds from being sucked into the engines? A device like a titanium wire mesh/gauze, laid over the engine casing will work this miracle of keeping off the birds from the engine blades. Icheoku says, bravo to the pilot and gratitude to the Almighty for making it possible - the safe crash landing; at least those aboard has been given another chance at life.

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