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.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

GOT MILK?

Not bad looking for a Nigerian gal? Isn't she adorable? Icheoku thinks she is and cannot begrudge or complain about her endowment, if you know what I mean. However this is with a proviso, provided they are all organic! How about you? Funny, really? Life is already stressful enough to stress about a partially exposed mammary; so take a look at a happy face for some respite? Did you laugh? Then, our job is done!
The above picture appeared in Nigeria Vanguard Newspapers of Sunday July 13th, 2008 under an article titled "Unmasking drive to bare boobs" which article is herein re-published as comment 1 below! Happy trails!

1 comment:

  1. Unmasking drive to bare boobs
    Written by Jemi EKUNKUNBOR
    Sunday, 13 July 2008
    The current trend of baring boobs has become a source of concern for many Nigerians - women and men alike. Newspapers and magazines are awash with pictures of half nude women. They are from all walks of life - some supposed celebrities, fashionistas and socialites. In today’s world, an outfit is rarely considered beautiful if the wearer does not bare a little flesh.


    •ALEX OKOROJINecklines are plunging deeper and wider and bras that aid achieving cleavage is getting hotter in the market. While the weak in our midst guggle this indecency, most right thinking women cringe in embarrassment for a member of their gender. Because so much is bared, a normal cleavage no longer arrests attention. To get attention, some women go the extra mile leaving nothing to imagination.

    As a colleague rightly observed, so much has been bared that, these days, men get impatient with little or no exposure at all. For you to be noticed, you have to bare a lot!

    So, what is it with the this pair of mammalian gland carriers? Lovers of boobs have coined all sorts of names to describe a woman’s breasts - from the familiar to the totally absurd; with names like 2-face, referring to the twin mould on a woman’s chest. Osodi Oke is another derogatory name commonly used by people in the western part of Nigeria. And the most ridiculous one ever heard, Olubunmi Ok—gie! Referring to a very voluptuous pair of boobs.

    This piece is not about what name a pair of boobs should be called but to find out why a lot of older women are involved in this practice they see as fashion. A woman who would not want her name mentioned in print blames the development on the problems created by younger women. According to the over-fifty mother of three, “What do you want the housewife to do when her husband is busy looking at younger women who wear skimpy clothes and display their firm breasts? Although, I may not dress that way but believe me, a lot of women are doing it because they have found that their spouses who are also old are admiring these young girls who dress that way. So, to be relevant in your marriage, you have to do what you can to keep your man - which includes dressing to feel young and beautiful.”

    “How many women like what they see when they stand in front of the mirror?”, queries Uduak (surname withheld), a little annoyed. She added, “A lot of women after having children, feel uncomfortable with their bodies. So, when they are able to get their boobs ‘lifted’, mainly through plastic surgery, of course, they want to flaunt what they’ve got. Don’t forget that many housewives are suffering in silence and actually envy these young women, when they wear clothes and have this nice cleavage to show for it. I may not subscribe to too much exposure but a little won’t kill and that is why older women dress the way they do. The competition is very stiff.”

    Like it or not, you simply can’t ignore the boobs. Your wife may never give you a black eye but ignoring her and paying tribute to younger women with firmer boobs kills her self esteem and in an attempt to prove herself, she takes dressing to the point of the ridiculous, hoping to get affirmation or plain acknowledgment that she is still beautiful in spite of the fact that her boobs are south ward bound.


    •ANNETTE DOREMichelle Mikinney Hammond in her book, The Diva Principles writes; “If we celebrate what we have, others will join us.” Her words are very true and rightly explain the situation that we have today. Other concerned people say that the queue of women exposing flesh has become so long, necessitating a senator to sponsor a bill to regulate dressing in our society.

    Renowned General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, writing in his daily devotional, Open Heavens, says: “In those days, it was easy to tell a prostitute from a decent lady through her dressing. When young girls strayed from decency, their parents , particularly their mothers immediately whipped them back on line. Today, the story is so different. You can barely differentiate decent and indecent ladies via their dressing. Housewives are dressing no different from prostitutes. What is happening? There is a shift in values and prostitution is relocating to homes and family life.”

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