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.

Showing posts with label coronavirus threatens the world. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

THE CORONAVIRUS: IF IT WERE THE CHINESE?

ICHEOKU says if the roles were reversed and the Coronavirus was an American affliction, would China not have since placed a ban on flights originating from America into China. But why the health authorities in America as well as the government in the White House have chosen to do nothing so far in that regards, is but anyone's guess. You can blame it on economic considerations and the need not to panic the flying public which will cause disruptions in world economic activities. 

Recall the speed with which the government in Beijing grounded all Boeing 737 Max airplanes following the second crash in Ethiopia. They did not even consider any of these factors when they summarily grounded the planes, just to protect the flying Chinese public. It led to a world wide hysteria about the safety of the airplanes which precipitated their world wide grounding. America was forced to order them out of the skies to the ground where they have remained since then and for nearly one year now. Whether they will ever fly again is debatable because it will take much to regain the confidence of the flying public that the planes are safe for them to fly on them again, if ever. 

The correlation being that for the Chinese government, the safety of their Chinese citizens is paramount; it comes first and trumps every other considerations in formulating their policies, including the general world economy. They did not hedge their bets nor gave room for further observations and consultations, they just acted; begging the question would the Chinese government have allowed the continuing operations of flights into China from America were America the hotbed of the Coronavirus? 

ICHEOKU says would argue for an immediate but temporary suspension of all flights from Wuhan and surrounding cities into America, until a determination is made about the virility and lethality of the Coronavirus, because prevention is always better than cure. It is good enough China has quarantined the province and there is no more originating flights in and out of Wuhan; a good proactive measure which will help contain the spread of the virus. The other good development is that they have also authorized World Health Organization to step in to help resolve the matter. Hopefully, together they will get to the bottom of the virus, find a vaccine and other ways to contain it and treat victims and save the world from a threatening catastrophic event. 

ICHEOKU says hopes too that Chinese government will be truthful and very open about the virus and not be their usual secretive self; otherwise it might turn into a scourge of humanity. May the world quickly find solution to the threatening killer virus and save us all from an assured mass death, in an inter connected world of today where people freely mingle with one another, with only few flying hours separating societies. It is such that anything which happens somewhere, so easily impacts the next place; the reason the Wuhan born Coronavirus is now a virus of global mass spreading. Sadly, human vectors are passing the virus to each other and in a sad way, with love (hate) from Wuhan.