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, April 13, 2022

THE ACADEMY CHOKED ON WOKE: ATTEND FUTURE OSCARS FOR WHAT?

ICHEOKU says the woke-centric Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science has indeed outdone itself, clearly affirming that the destruction which woke culture has wrought in Hollywood is real. How else would anyone explain or rationalize the implicit condonation by the Academy of the brazen assault on Chris Rock by Will Smith during the Oscars, the so-called punishment which the Academy meted out to the offender considered. A mere ten years ban from physically being present at future Oscars and you wonder who in Will Smith's shoes will not be laughing their head off at the stupidity or lack of seriousness on the part of the Academy. 

A person who the Academy contracted to host the Oscars was publicly assaulted on the stage in front of the live audience in attendance, on a live television being beamed across the world with millions watching, both in the United States and across the world. The academy failed to provide security for the host and watched as Will Smith breached every security protocol and decorum, strode onto the stage, slapped the host and arrogantly, leisurely walked back to his front row seat, sat down, screamed obscenities and enjoyed the remainder of the ceremony. He was given an Oscars and got a standing ovation despite what he just did, and only a ten year "do not attend the Oscars" was all the Academy could come up with as punishment? Really?

The academy couldn't get themselves to punish one of their own as they are all mired in the same Hollywood sleaze that produced the likes of Harvey Weinstein, Phil Spector, Roman Polanski and now the irredeemably damaged Will Smith. Why didn't they do something that will actually impact Will Smith by going after something which he has already earned or have, to in fact make him suffer some real detriment? What if Will Smith was not planning to attend any future Oscars because of the shame he brought on himself? What if no future Oscars ever were held due to some intervening circumstances as was shown possible by the coronavirus pandemic or any other act of God? 

But an incestuous Hollywood wants the world to believe that they have sufficiently punished Will Smith by asking him not to attend the Oscars for the next ten years. Big deal. Will Smith committed such an egregious act of public disrespect to the Academy, the audience in attendance, the worldwide audience who tuned in to watch on their televisions, including millions of Americans, as well as other fellow Oscar winners, he brazenly assaulted Chris Rock and all the Academy could do was to ban him from attending the Oscars for only ten years. Really? What a punishment, indeed. 

Attending the Oscars is no big deal as many do not attend it and many more don't even bother to tune in. It is a mere discretionary privileged pastime, usually accommodated by individuals if their convenience accommodates it. It is not an obligation nor something which adversely impacts a person if they did not attend it. So, where exactly is the punishment for not attending the Oscars, and what will Will Smith suffer or lose by not attending the Oscars for the next ten years? Yet, the Academy wants us to believe that they have punished Will Smith enough for his idiotic brazen act of physical violence on Chris Rock by banning him from attending the Oscars for ten years.

The Academy by not really punishing Will Smith or seriously showing a great disapproval for his thuggish conduct, has by necessary implication, given a tacit approval to acts of violence being perpetrated on their guest and host of the Oscars Chris Rock. How about the ripple effect in the wider society, as a French tennis player recently and following Will Smith's oddity, slapped another tennis player who just beat him in a tournament. Did the Academy not take into advisement such copycat behavior following what Will Smith did and figured how to deter such misbehavior by levying very severe punishment on Will Smith. 

What detriment will Will Smith actually suffer by not attending any future Oscars for the next ten years? What deprivation will Will Smith suffer from not attending any future Oscars for the next ten years, after-all attending the Oscars is by choice and not obligated. A mere privilege, not a right and even if he has the right to attend future Oscars as a member of the Academy, such a "right" has to be first freely exercised; and one cannot exercise a right which has not vested. What forbearance exactly would Will Smith suffer for not attending any future Oscars for the next ten years. How is this "do not attend" a punishment and if, enough and sufficient for what he did?

Punishment connotes a deprivation of something one already has or infliction of hurt or pain to a person. So how exactly is a ten year ban from attending the Oscars satisfied as a punishment as it neither deprived Will Smith of anything he already has nor caused him present pain, hurt or discomfort? There is no guarantee that Will Smith will be impacted by the prescribed punishment. What if Will Smith does not live to see another Oscars? What if Will Smith is imprisoned before another Oscars? What if Will Smith is bedridden or hospitalized during any future Oscars? Any of these is ordinarily capable of preventing Will Smith from attending the Oscars, so how is the Academy's decision to not let Will Smith attend the Oscars, punishing him for the violation of decorum which he committed at the Oscars? 

Can anyone imagine what would have happened had somebody like Kid Rock or any other person for that matter who is not fully down with the woke culture madness, slapped the host of the Oscars. Just think about the tizzy which Hollywood would have gone into, while insistently demanding that the head of such a person be chopped off and served them on a platter, the John the Baptist style. Why did the Academy not take Will Smith's Oscars away? Why was the "best" in his award not downgraded to the "worst" as a "best" person does not exhibit such a thuggish conduct as was fully displayed to the world by Will Smith at the Oscars? Why did the Academy not apologize for the standing ovation which was given to Will Smith and condemn the same as not merited or deserving following his violent conduct?

The Academy knows that they dropped the ball bigly and will be lucky if Chris Rock does not sue them for a negligent failure to provide adequate security for him and at an event which they organized in which he hosted the Oscars on their behalf. That the Academy allowed Will Smith to carry on with the Oscars after what he did and did not summarily bundle him out of the venue is another indication of sloppiness on their part. They were lax and it showed. It is the same arrant nonsense that made the Academy refuse to punish Will Smith as was expected. Their woke sensitivity is alarming. 

Like the Western world which stood aside and watched as Russia pummeled Ukraine into the Stone Age, the Academy stood and watched as WiIl Smith assaulted their guest and host of the Oscars, Chris Rock. They did nothing then to protect and save Chris Rock from the mad Will Smith choler and they did nothing now to punish Will Smith maximumly. They choked on their woke-ism, transfixed and paralyzed by indecisiveness and fear of what their woke lunatics base would do or that punishing Will Smith will bring the anarchists Black Lives Matter back on the streets. Millions of people whose sensibilities were violated by what Will Smith did expected more from the Academy but regretfully, the Academy failed them. It is sad.

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