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.

Saturday, April 2, 2022

ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCE: COVERING UP FOR WILL SMITH?

ICHEOKU says when did the police start seeking the consent of a victim before making an arrest of a person who committed a crime? Is the practice not to first arrest and take into custodial detention of such a person before any prosecutorial decision is made, based on the victim's willingness to press charges and testify against the offender during prosecution. So what exactly is the academy telling us, that the police sought Chris Rock's approval to do their job and  that it was not given, following which they did not arrest Will Smith.

A crime of battery was committed and the police whose duty is to "protect and serve" should have summarily arrested the perpetrator of the crime Will Smith. They did not need anyone's consent, including that of Chris Rock, to do what their job demands of them. The academy is so full of it as their ineptitude was glaringly obvious that evening as they choked when they should have manned up as expected and squarely faced down a joker who took the shine out of the Oscars while pretending to be a toughie. Why did the academy allow Will Smith to get away with murdering the Oscars and did not show him instant retribution by bundling him out of the event center.

That the academy allowed a person who committed such egregious disrespect to the academy, disregarded the solemnity of the occasion and perpetrated a great act of violence on a host of the Oscars hired by the academy is the height of willful indifference to the safety and security of those present at the Oscars. If their host could be so easily smacked in the mouth by Will Smith, how did they know that Will Smith has not lost his marbles and could tee off on other persons at the venue. Why did they allow him to remain in the venue following what he did, and not bundle him out, hogtied if need be. 

When did the decision to protect people from a potential harm and injury become so subjective that the decision or lack thereof to remove Will Smith from the event center has to even be debated? Who do these people think that we are, a bunch of dumbos who cannot fathom a thing, right? This is an academy which parades itself as anti violence and does not condone violence of any type. Yet they are telling us that Will Smith was asked to leave but he refused.When did a guest assume such a power of refusal to a host's wishes and demand that he left, that his will triumphs over the law? 

When he refused to leave, what other measures did the academy deploy to counter his refusal? Did the academy effectively communicate their demand that he left the venue and if yes, why did they not impose their will on him by asking the security detail to physically remove him as is done on every mischief maker who tried to rock the boat of any event. Why did they proceed with giving him an Oscars award; tolerated a thundering standing up ovation for him and allowed the world audience to listen through his painful and pitiful apology of no apology? Their tale by the moonlight is that they told him to leave and he refused, case closed. What a very interesting hogwash of a narrative.

Will Smith has now resigned his membership of the academy but that alone is not enough. He should also renounce his Oscars award as unmerited and undeserving, and return the same to the academy with immediate effect. He has lost his role-model status and with it, the respect of his peers as well as detractors. Will Smith is now a salt which has lost its taste and should be thrown away as bland sand. The academy should stop insulting everyone's intelligence with all these lame excuses they are making for why Will Smith was not removed from the venue and his Oscars award not taken away from him. 

These excuses are lame and it is even lamer for the academy to think that we bought into their excuses for why they handled Will Smith's battery on Chris Rock so tepidly. We are no fools to believe such tales because according to Tupac, "our mothers didn't raise no fools"; and we are not fools. Will Smith definitely crossed the redline and his crime was unpardonable. He should have been fired from the academy but he has instead chosen to resign. It is a welcome development which should be applauded because it is the right thing to do. Now, the revocation of his Oscar, arrest and prosecution should follow immediately. #TakeTheDamnOscarsAway.

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