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.

Friday, January 22, 2016

WHEN A WOMAN IS SMITTEN, SHE SAYS YES, YES AND MORE YES.

Icheoku says a story about a couple that were brutally murdered in their driveway as they were headed out for dinner in Southern California. As narrated by the guy's sister, who happened to also be the match-maker of her brother and her friend, eighteen years ago, her brother was a chronic bachelor and perpetual suitor-designate until he met her friend. According to her story, her friend was living in New York while they lived in Southern California until her job transferred her to Southern California. So that evening she invited her friend over for a dinner and also her brother, who arrived a little later following the girls arrival. She did not mention a whiff to either party but kept it up her sleeve just in case things did not work out so that she could still retain the affection of both of them. They were all seated in the patio and she introduced her friend to meet her brother and said to her brother, my friend that just moved from New York and then left them to check what she was cooking in the kitchen. 

So possibly because of nerve, the lady took out a cigarette, put it in her mouth and made to light it. The man retorted if not that he does not like and cannot stand women who smoke, he would have liked to show her around Los Angeles the tomorrow evening and possibly top it off with a paid dinner. The lady immediately took out the cigarette from her mouth and told him that she could fix the problem right now, here and now. The guy said, really? The lady immediately broke the cigarette and threw it away, saying she would end smoking and never again will she light up. It is on record that the lady has been smoking for close to 13 years. The guy immediately excused himself and went to the kitchen where his sister was mixing things up and whispered into her ear that "she is the one." Continuing, he said that ever since he started playing the field, she was the first woman that ever listened to what he had to say without first retorting or making a rebuttal or even mounting a ferocious argument in return. 

He and his sister came back to the patio smiling but said nothing to the lady. They sat down briefly and then moved into the dining for their dinner; whereupon the guy said to the lady, 'what time will be convenient for you to see Los Angeles with me tomorrow evening.' They ate dinner and each left as they came - individually. The brother proposed three weeks later and they married the next month and were the happiest couple around for the eighteen wonderful years they lived together as husband and wife until they were cut down by a debtor who would rather pay hitmen to whack the couple than pay a debt he owed her brother. 

The moral of story is that when you see the one, it does not require the pulling of teeth, it naturally flows. It also does not require playing too hard to get, only to later turn into a venomous serpent that delivers deathly bite to your spouse. Most marriage-ready men, desirous of a good marriage, are always looking for a certain particularity before they leap; while majority of women will do whatever it takes as is needed once they are smitten and their heart sold on somebody. So women, if your mother luck of marriage has not smiled at you just yet, ask yourself what is it that men are scared of in approaching you? What is your response trait to some of their prodding and prompts, taking into cognizance Rebecca at the water-well (Genesis 24:17 - 21). 

So instead of spending useful time visiting prayer houses or making continuing offering to your pastor or babalawo for a miracle of a husband, pray that the good Lord reveal to you what character trait you possess which turns men off. What is it that you do or say or imply that makes men think it is not afterall worth the trouble or risk of trying? Men rapidly notice women but usually do not find what they are looking for in a wife in those women they walk away from. And to you men, always know what is acceptable and not acceptable tolerant behavior and lay it out there at the onset, the primacy of courtship in order to avoid sadness or a buyer beware. Overall and despite the tragic fate, it was a very good story as told on ID; a very beautiful television channel on life's safety nets, if only you know how to turn around tragic events into an educational opportunity.

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