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.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

MICHAEL MARTIN, SWEPT AWAY BY A TIDAL WAVE OF CORRUPTION!

According to one commentator, the rumblings in the belly of the earth of British politics finally erupted and out spewed the speaker of the parliament! The first in about three (300) hundred years of uninterrupted political bliss of parliamentary speaker-ship in Britain? What a political earthquake, indeed?
The speaker of Britain's lower house, Michael Martin, 63, agreed to step down after lawmakers from all the major political parties demanded his resignation over an expenses' scandal ranging from claims for manure to pornographic films; that has tarnished the reputation of parliament. Parliament has been thus damaged by a series of reports in newspapers based on leaked information on how members milked the expenses system to supplement an annual salary of around 65,000 pounds ($100,700)?
Martin, a former metalworker, who rose through the ranks to become the "unwilling" speaker who was literally dragged to the chair of the speaker, faced intense pressure to resign from lawmakers who saw him now as an obstacle to reform; and facing a no-confidence motion already signed by 23 members of parliament (MPs) from all major parties, he threw in the towel. In his terse statement to the parliament, announcing his resignation, Martin said "In order that unity can be maintained, I have decided that I will relinquish the office of speaker on Sunday, June 21, 2009"! The last speaker in recorded history of Britain to be forced out from the post was John Trevor, who lost the confidence of the house in 1695 for taking a bribe. Prior to him, other previous speakers had their heads cut-off, for infra-digs affecting the esteem of the parliament. The Parliament will elect a new speaker, who could come from any of the major parties, by secret ballot on June 22, 2009; a day after Martin goes. His Glasgow North East constituency will conduct a bye election to fill his vacating seat.
The scandal has since forced an immediate change of policies in Parliament including imposition of stricter curbs on expenses, until an in-depth review and over-haul of the system is completed later this year? Henceforth, lawmakers would only be able to claim rent, mortgage interest and utility bills for their second homes in future, preventing them charging the taxpayer for items such as cleaning swimming pools or repairing tennis courts? The past four years of claims will be reviewed. Parliamentary officials will refuse any future claim they think is unreasonable and publish approved payments online. Icheoku says, what a necessary first active steps being taken to avoid a repeat occurrence, unlike the rogue-infested Nigerian house of representatives where a 2.6 billion Naira car-purchase scandal failed to even ruffle any feathers of its leadership nor induce some reformation of the scandal-inducing conditions?
It will be recalled that Martin now joins the growing number of causalities as a result of the unfolding scandal; a junior minister have already been forced to step down pending an inquiry, while two Labour lawmakers have been suspended and a senior adviser to a government minister has also been forced to quit. Also a Conservative member of parliament Douglas Hogg, who was sharply criticized over reports he claimed thousands of pounds in expenses for cleaning the moat around his second home, said on Tuesday he would step down before the next election. Icheoku says, this shows that corruption is not an exclusive preserve of African and other developing countries; but unlike in African and developing countries, their masses are never left high and dry but are provided with basic amenities of life, hence they rarely feel the impact; and not like the ravaged and pillaged Africans!