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.

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

R. KELLY CONVICTED: TOOK DOWN BY HIS OWN KIND, BLACK'S #METOO MOVEMENT.

ICHEOKU says whether he was not as lucky or Attorney Deveraux Cannick was no Johnnie Cochran and could not pull him out of the jaws of the law and justice. But it is debatable if OJ Simpson would have been as exceptionally lucky to walk free had his case come up in this day of crazy #MeToo movement gone wild. The pressure which they mount on the justice system and society in general, to get hard on whoever they point their accusatory finger at, in demand of justice for alleged past sexual offenses, usually makes it difficult, if not impossible, for any defense lawyer to be successful at mounting an effective defense for a client, the accused. 

Robert Sylvester Kelly has now been devoured by his own kind as the same black women who queued up to hear him sing, who sought favors from him and in some cases even threw themselves at him have now turned around to nail him, using their own version of #MeToo movement called #MuteRKelly as a weapon. They were insistent, they were vociferous, they shouted and screamed on top of their lungs, protested and boycotted his music until they put him at the crosshairs and microscope of the Feds, sexual predator who needs to be investigated. Today their effort has paid off as R Kelly stands convicted of the sexual crimes which these black women alleged, and he is now a pervert and sexual predator who preyed on minors as well as other people who he took advantage of. 

Urinating on anyone, regardless of their age and even sex, is abhor-able and offends every sensibilities of decent behavior. R Kelly went too far in some of the allegations and accusations for which he has now been convicted and will remain a sexual predator for the rest of his natural life. His activities was characterized as a "mafia-style" enterprise which he used to systematically abuse women and young girls, four of which were minors at their first sexual encounter. He was described as a sexual predator who used his inner circle to ensnare underage girls and young men and women for decades, in a sordid web of sex abuse, exploitation and humiliation.

But if as his lawyer claimed the government cherry picked the evidence to suit their narrative, was it not his duty as a defense lawyer to dismantle them? What was he doing when these supposedly cherry picked evidence were being fed to the jury? Why did he wait until after his client was convicted and facing serious time in prison to make such allegation. Was he expecting the government not to try and secure conviction or did R Kelly hire him for mere observation, only to later come out to say what he said. Why did he not share what he saw in "terms of discovery" with the jury? Why did he not point all the inconsistencies to the jury when it would have mattered and made some difference? 

Anyway, why did R Kelly not rehire the same lawyers who helped him beat the previous child pornography charges over a decade ago in Illinois? Hopefully his team have now learnt their lesson in the harshest way and will seek out Bill Cosby's appellate lawyers to help pursue his appeal and see if they can possible wriggle out of the verdict and at worst get a retrial or a reduced term. Pregnant wife killer Scott Patterson got his death sentence reduced to life term, so anything is possible when a good lawyer is in charge of and/or involved in a case. Who is even this Deveraux Cannick and what defense record does he parade that made him the choice attorney to take this case. Since Johnie Cochran is no more, why not Thomas Arthur Mesereau or Mark Geragos.  

May and October relationship was not the issue because so many men often marry much younger women including Harrison Ford whose wife Calista Flockhart is nearly as young as his granddaughter would be, with 22 years age difference. Texas oil mogul J Howard Marshall married Anna Nicole Smith when he was 89 years old and Anna was only 26 years old. And of course Mr Playboy Hugh Hefner never dated any girl above 25 years and he died at 91 years old still sexually active. But R Kelly was not charged nor convicted of dating women he was twenty years older than, he was charged and convicted for crimes of predatory sex with minors, among other crimes. 

ICHEOKU says R Kelly's conviction is a strong lesson to other celebrities to be very careful not to use their fame and fortune to prey on young and vulnerable girls for their sexual gratification, as their victims might someday decide to rat them out and seek justice. Everything which R Kelly had worked for has now come to an end as he is forever tarnished, branded as a sexual predator. A stigma which he will carry to his grave that even if he survives prison, where such predators are regularly preyed on themselves, he will find it difficult to reposition himself post incarceration. It is sad what karma throws at people that R Kelly, who never foresaw this coming when he was on top of the world and having his way however pleased him, has now been met with such a rebuke. 

It was one heck of a coincidence that one of the witness fell unconscious and "miraculously" woke up at the exact time R Kelly was adjusting his pants, and then reached a conclusion that he had his way with her. As for wanting his girls to dress in a particular manner with their hair put in pony tail or as girls scout, ICHEOKU has nothing against that since he wanted what is pleasing to his eyes and paid for it, admitted the girls should have had the option to opt out and walk away and not be compelled to live and look as R Kelly pleases. He paid to have them look as he wants and a buyer most times have the upper hand in such bargains. 

Robert Sylvester Kelly believes he can fly but did not know that he will some day be flying into prison for a long time; convicted on nine counts charges including racketeering based on sexual exploitation of children, bribery, sexual trafficking, kidnapping, forced labor, and violations of the Mann Act which bars the transportation of people across state lines for sex. Provided he was correctly convicted, based on proven evidence, he met the fate which he richly deserves and everybody should be happy that finally a sexual predator has been removed from the society. May the victims now begin to heal. It is sad that another black mega star ended his storied career and possibly life in this sordid manner. It is often either drug overdose or scandal and R Kelly choose the later. What a tragedy.

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