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.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

PAULA ABDUL, LOSES THE CAT FIGHT IN AMERICAN IDOL?

Any one who did not see it coming was either not paying enough attention or is not versed in the ways of women, - they just don't get along!
As soon as a second female, Kara DioGuardi was incorporated as the fourth judge in American Idol, Icheoku predicted that the days of the show is probably numbered? Better still, that the quest for attention between these two women will tear the show apart; and that they are even likely to engage in a public cat-fight on national television? However the tension did not boil over on the grand scale predicted; as the face-off is now over with a vanquished Paula Abdul gone! In the battle of 'American Idol' female judges, Paula Abdul has lost out!
Our tearful Paula Abdul whose penchants for theatrics and random tearful outbursts has led many to insinuate that she is perpetually under the influence? The petite lady can no longer take it or continue to stomach sharing the American Idol's limelight with a rival female. The attention hitherto exclusively enjoyed by the diva herself, as the America Idol female judge, sandwiched between two men of substance and watched by millions all over the world is not for sharing with anyone, including DioGuardi? So her gauntlet was either she goes or I go, and the honchos at Fox Network called her bluff and the rest is now history!
Paula Abdul is first of all a woman and women wants it all for themselves and only for themselves! This is the underlying reason there are usually cat fights and families tear apart as soon as a woman steps therein either as a wife or a girl-friend to any one of the boys of the house. It is in their nature and nobody can do anything about it but just learn to deal with it. So next year, when you tune to your popular American Idol, you will be watching a panel of judges without the tearful and sometimes rambling Paula Abdul, judging the musical stars wanna-be's! Shall we we miss her, you bet as her incoherent all over the map assessment of the contestants adds some theatre to the whole American Idol experience. Will DioGuardi be loathed, probably, as she will be seen as the woman who forced Paula Abdul off the show and Paula's fans including Icheoku will take a very very long time taking to her or an American Idol without the Paula Abdul flavor.
We think that Fox made a huge mistake by letting Paula go for an unknown quantum DioGuardi whose contribution to the show is yet to be seen and has so far, defied every attempt at grasping. Will Simon Cowell stay on or equally throw the towel in support of Paula? What about the fans' doug, Randy Jackson? Icheoku says American Idol is Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson plus the wanna-bes and not a million DioGuardis will adequately fill the gap or supply the now missing link of our dear Paula. We may no longer be watching, as American Idol will not be the same without the ever hallucinatory Paula Abdul, to talk about the day after the epochal Tuesdays.
According to a release, Fox Television said "American Idol judge Paula Abdul has decided to quit the hit talent show"? Icheoku asks was she pushed or did she jump on her own because of DioGuardi? Icheoku believes that she was forced as her twitter message suggests when she twittered that it is "with sadness in my heart," that I decided not to return to the show"? Who leaves a show with such rating with sadness if voluntarily? Further, not only will Fox be 'saddened' by their decision to let Paula go, but their bottom line will be affected as many fans will tune off by reason of this fatal mistake. What happens when fans tune off, advertisers will pull their money and the unravelling goes from there.

We love Paula and seeing her go because of DioGuardia breaks our heart. So please Fox, fire a thousand DioGuardi and bring our Paula back as she makes Simon Cowell human and brings out the man in Randy; but as for DioGuardi, except for her stripping on stage to flaunt her very smoking hot body, she has not bonded with the other judges nor the watching audience. Please, please, Fox Network, Icheoku says, please bring Paula Abdul back, as American Idol cannot be the same without her ever shimmering face; and she helped the show run a terrific eight seasons!

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  1. Paula Abdul: "I've Decided Not to Return to Idol"
    Tue., Aug. 4, 2009 10:15 PM PDT by Natalie Finn


    Michael Becker / FOX
    Paula Abdul's American Idol journey has ended.

    Less than a week after E! News confirmed that Kara DioGuardi will be returning to the judges' table, Abdul wrote on Twitter Tuesday that she will not be back for the show's ninth season.

    "With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to #IDOL. I'll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all...being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an international phenomenon," read two tweets posted shortly after 7:30 p.m.

    Fox confirmed the news shortly afterward.

    "What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me," Abdul continued. "It truly has been breathtaking, especially over the past month.

    "I do without any doubt have the BEST fans in the entire world and I love you all."

    "Paula Abdul has been an important part of the American Idol family over the last eight seasons and we are saddened that she has decided not to return to the show," Fox and producer FremantleMedia North America said in a statement. "While Paula will not be continuing with us, she's a tremendous talent and we wish her the best."

    Abdul's rep didn't immediately return a request for comment, but her manager, David Sonenberg, was rather blunt recently when asked about Abdul's prospects in the wake of the $45 million deal inked by Ryan Seacrest and the even more mindboggling sum reportedly being negotiated by Simon Cowell.

    Sonenberg told the Los Angeles Times a couple weeks ago that producers hadn't even approached Abdul with a number, a lack of action he called "kind of unconscionable and certainly rude and disrespectful."

    Reps for Fremantle, 19 and Fox had remained quiet amid the rumblings that Abdul was getting ready to walk (or being given her walking papers).

    An Idol source tells E! News that the invested parties made Abdul what they considered to be a "fair offer," but that she turned them down. And "Kara made her expendable," the source said.

    Seacrest twittered his reaction upon hearing the news tonight.

    "About to go to sleep when I started seeing my blackberry blow up. I have read what u have read and I am shocked and saddened about paula," he wrote.

    "Idol and the cast have grown with each other over the last 8 seasons..I can't imagine the panel without puala. She's a star @ a great friend," he added, followed by, "Spoke to randy..hope to speak with paula privately overnight."

    On the set of So You Think You Can Dance, former Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe quipped, "I didn't know twitters were official statements, but if they are I'm going to be very careful what I twitter from now on."

    But in all seriousness, "Of course I'm sad about it," he told E! News following tonight's taping for part one of SYTYCD's season finale. "I think it's a loss for both of them. It isn't just a question of a loss for Fox. I think Paula was an important part of American Idol.

    "I've always said the show is more important than any individual and it's dependent upon the talent that comes on it, the young singing talent. The chemistry of Randy, Paula and Simon is going to be historic. When you talk about television programs, whatever happens now, they will be the three judges that everybody else has got to come up to that standard."

    Well, we believe that until they literally remove that fourth chair from the table, anything's possible—especially if the news of Abdul's doneness promotes a strong enough reaction from fans who prefer her compliment-laden brand of criticism.

    Because, without Abdul, how are any of the contestants going to know where their magic

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