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, May 10, 2022

IT'S TIME TO BOMB MOSCOW: IT WILL RESONATE.

ICHEOKU says with nothing more to lose, Ukraine should fire some of their Neptune missiles right into Moscow and in that way, effectively communicate to Russians that a war is going on between their two countries. If Ukraine could sink the Russian cruiser Moskva, they can also similarly do some substantial damage inside Russia, including in Moscow and the Kremlin. All Ukraine has to do is to direct as many random missiles as possible into Russia and let them fall wherever they may, kill as many Russians as possible, destroy and damage as many Russian buildings and other infrastructures as possible and that way effectively communicate to Russians that they are at war with Ukraine. 

It definitely does not make any sense whatsoever that Russia is destroying Ukraine and all Ukraine could do is whine about it, giving speeches, begging for weapons and not directly taking the war to Russians. What else do they have to lose when practically all their major cities have been consigned to ruination, completely destroyed by Russian bombardment? Russia has already done worse, so what else is Ukraine afraid of by maintaining their gun-shy reluctance to take the war to Russians inside Russia? That is the only natural way the ongoing war will ever be effective as both sides should feel the pain in equal measure.

Such action will send a strong message to those Russians trapped behind the newly drawn shut Putin's Iron curtain and living in limbo of information blackout, that a real hot war is going on inside Ukraine between Russia and Ukraine. Also, that their government in the Kremlin is lying to them about the nature of their so-called "Special military operations" in Ukraine as thousands of people are being killed and billions of dollars worth of properties and infrastructures are equally being destroyed. Further, that the war was unprovoked, premeditated and otherwise avoidable, but was forced upon Ukraine by President Vladimir Putin.

Russians inside Russia should be made to experience the same pain and suffering, mental anguish, frustration, trauma and anxiety which Ukrainians are presently living with. They should be made to taste the pudding which the Kremlin is serving Ukrainians as that will make them to know and appreciate what Ukraine has been forced to live with since February 24, 2022. It is the only meaningful way to drive the message home to Russians since their government would not allow them to know the true nature of their special military operations in Ukraine. Ukraine should destroy buildings, bridges and other public infrastructures inside Russia; kill some Russians and also create panic and anxiety among the Russian public. 

But as long as Ukraine is playing the victim and on bended knees, begging Russia to show them mercy and stop killing their people and destroying Ukraine, that long will Russia remain embolden to continue to take liberty at what they are doing in Ukraine, ruthlessly and heartlessly killing Ukrainians and destroying Ukraine, one city at a time. Ukraine is dangerously hamstrung in their response to the Russian aggression by indecisiveness and overthinking of possible Russian reaction, should they adopt a more aggressive posture towards Russia. This hedging of bets posture is not good for Ukraine because in war, making decisions is imperative as everything is fair that leads to a resolution of the conflict. 

The moment Russia begins to take casualties and watch their buildings and infrastructures destroyed inside Russia, they will be forced to a quick negotiated resolution of the conflict. But if the balance of terror remains one sided, they will not be incentivized to seek an immediate resolution of the conflict. The idea that one country will be destroying another country and the victim country cannot or at least try to destroy any reachable part of the aggressing country, simply dumbfounds many people including ICHEOKU. What else would such a bullying country Russia fear that will force them to change course if their citizens are shielded and protected from the vagaries of the ongoing war in Ukraine. 

Even those who planned the Ukraine response to the Russian aggression failed to take into cognizance that the best defense is a well orchestrated offense. Ukraine has nothing to lose at this stage of near complete annihilation by Russia rockets, bombs and missiles. Ukraine should therefore up the ante, escalate the conflict by firing their Neptune missiles and whatever other ballistic projectiles that are available to them right into Russia. Just take the war to the next level and let anarchy be brought down on Russians. Hopefully one of such missiles would hit a very consequential target inside Russia just like the cruiser Moskva and let the balance of terror gap between the two countries begin to close up a little bit. 

Ukraine has thus far practically lost everything to Russia's destructive missiles and unceasing bombardments and should therefore fear nothing more going forward. They should now possess the mindset of a suicide bomber and adopt terror as their best instrument of warfare in reteriating against the Russian aggression. If they could muster the courage, they send suicide bombers into the streets of Moscow and Saint Petersburg to detonate themselves, killing Russians and creating uneasiness within Russia. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians are being killed by Russians, tens of thousands of buildings and other infrastructure in Ukraine are being destroyed by Russians; and all Ukraine could do is to second-guess what Russia could possibly do in reaction to Ukraine taking the war into Russia. Really? 

ICHEOKU associates with the statement of encouragement that Ukraine should start striking assets within Russia's mainland as legitimate targets of a war. If Ukrainians civilians are dying, being killed by Russian artillery and bombardments, Russian civilians inside Russia should also be legitimate marked targets for being killed as well by Ukraine bombardments and air strikes. If Ukraine infrastructures are being destroyed by Russian bombardments, so should Russia infrastructures also be targeted for destruction as well. Ukraine has nothing to lose and they should strike at the heart of Russia now when they still has Western support

There is nothing wrong in such a response to Russia's continued bombardment or that would suggest that it will amount to testing Russia's patience. If Russia drops the n-bomb as a result, there will be repercussions. Hiroshima and Nagaski survived and so will Ukraine. If Russia targets decision making centers in Kiyv with missile strikes, let their own decision making centers in Moscow and the Kremlin be similarly targeted. Enough of the Ukraine victimhood and being needlessly at the receiving end of Russia's destructive bombardments. What other response from Russia would be worse than what Ukraine has already been subjected to. What Is the use of the $3 billion security assistance from the West if Moscow has not come under scorching fire from the skies above. #BombMoscowNow!

Monday, May 9, 2022

WHITE HOUSE HAS A NEW PRESS SECRETARY, KARINE JEAN PIERRE: HURRAY!

ICHEOKU says in addition to whatever other qualifications she might parade which made her the most qualified and the best choice to replace the outgoing and MSNBC bound "circle-back" Jane Psaki, she also checked all the relevant boxes necessarily required by the far left liberal anarchists for securing a job and such a job in particular. She is black, a homosexual lesbian and possibly a female, since ICHEOKU does not know particularly her pronouns and how she identifies, her sexual orientation and positional preferences. 

Therefore, her appointment cannot be challenged nor in any other way be criticized by anyone as her background makes her  immune from any such forensic examination to determine her true fitness for the office. She has an army of loyalists including the far left liberal attack dogs, the Move-On group which, ironically has refused to move on from the fact that former President Donald John Trump was duly elected president in 2016; from the January 6th Capitol miasma and the fact that some over exuberant patriots acted out of passion and not hatred for America. But if it involves any matter concerning the left and their Democratic Party, they will vehemently tell the country to move on like the hypocrites they are who command obedience on others but not on themselves. 

She also has an army of feminist liberals who shout on roof tops for women's emancipation while also advocating for gender neutrality, bathroom laws and the need to synchronize society into a genderless entity. She also has an army of homosexual community, being one of them, the ombudsman LGBTQ plus association of minority but highly vocal and visible people trying to force their queer lifestyle on the majority. She also has an army of immigrants and their harried immigrant stories including those who finally achieved the almighty American dream where she eminently now belongs. 

Finally, she has an army of black feminist females who now claim and protect her for having won the struggle against being pushed aside and told to know your place and did so while wearing high heels because of her petite size. Then throw in the greater black community in America which has now finally seen their color-kind speaking for the White House. Haitian Americans and the broader Caribbean black community in America will proudly follow her into battle against those white oppressors holding black people down for such a long time. She will be protected and therefore safely anchored in her new position.

ICHEOKU will make a safe bet that President Joe Biden was once again pushed into signing off on her candidature for the position in the same way Vice President Kamala Harris was pushed on him against his will and conviction. Today, that decision to pick the least qualified of all the potential candidates has led to disastrous consequences including her inability to help shore up a presidency teetering on the precipice. Her performance so far or rather lack of performance shows clearly that incompetence cannot be whitewashed or masked behind a guttural laughter and seductively smile or hidden under a continuously involving racial and/or gender balancing maneuver. 

Anyway, ICHEOKU wishes her the best and hopes that she succeeds, at least to prove many of us wrong who would rather verify her ability and qualification before trusting her capacity and ability to do the job. Provided ICHEOKU will not be accused of being a sexist chauvinist, I would like to add that she is indeed a pretty sight for sore eyes. Her perfect white teeth smile is simply mesmerizing, unlike the mechanical robot "circle-back" Jane Psaki who now goes to add to the chaos at MSNBC which nobody really watches. Congratulations Mademoiselle Karine Jean-Pierre, the Press Secretary designee of the White House. She is so frenchie!

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

AALAFIN OF OYO JOINS HIS ANCESTORS: ADIEU HIS ROYAL MAJESTY.

ICHEOKU says he raised a harem, which, relatively speaking, nearly rivaled Biblical King Solomon's in this modern times. He was rich, flamboyant, a fashionista who also bleached his skin and dyed his hair, he had an eye for yellow skinned women and took many of them into concubinage.  

Some of these women were too young for him and some were barely old enough that they could easily pass for his grand daughters. He lavished them with money and in turn ravished them. He was also very powerful and women love men with money and power, and they flocked to him in their numbers, literally begged and auditioned to be taken into his harem as one among many Iyoris or Queens of the palace.  

Any man with power and money always became nectar to the bees and they flocked to him in large numbers. In short, he somewhat purchased many of these women, some of whom were young enough to pass for his granddaughters. But these women did not mind nor cared about the gaping age disparity between him and them. They call it culture and you wonder if a woman were to be the Aalafin whether she would be allowed to take many men as husbands?

These women also did not care that they had to share him with so many other women and they apparently did that with a straight face. What a life they lived in concubinage that even late Princess Diana's anguish that there were three of them in her marriage to Prince Charles did not deter them.

The late Aalafin was an embodiment of power, money, privilege and groin prowess. He was an evidential testimony that women sometimes do not really mind sharing a man with other women provided he provides them their needs, plus more. He was a fashionista who refused to acknowledge that time was doing a number on him as he bleached his skin, dyed his hair and was somewhat indifferent that such a day as this would come when he made his exit from this world. 

Why any person, especially a man his age still dyed his hair is simply vanity defined. He was a boxer growing up and that possibly helped him with his heart health as his sexual exploits with his many wives or more appropriately captured, concubines, was legendary. 

May the soul of the departed Aalafin now rest as the battle for his successor will soon rage on. Possibly too, some of his numerous wives especially those without personal income, will now seek another harem to join for their upkeep. What a life they chose, largely in part for the gold which they dug from him and not necessarily that they were in love with him nor would have  shared him had he been a poor man without power. 

But hey, it is what it is. Life goes on for the living as the king is now abandoned in his lonely, dark and dank cold grave to rot in order to complete his life's cycle. Aalafin of Oyo Lamidi Adeyemi was 83 years and died of old age related infirmities. Adieu His Royal Majesty.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

CNN+ CATASTROPHIC FAILURE TO LAUNCH: A REJECTION OF FAKE-NEWS CNN.

ICHEOKU says it literally  barely lasted as long as it took for someone to inhale and exhale a breath. It was not a good commentary for the once celebrated cable news network, CNN, that its streaming service or rather attempt to also become a paid streaming service provider, petered to an inglorious end so soon following launch. 

And yes, it shows that American viewers have rejected CNN and all it stands for. They did not  welcome its attempt to go into streaming service through its CNN+ which summarily led to its demise. It also did not matter that the liberal mole Chris Wallace who hitherto pretended to be objective and on the right side, working for CNN rival FoxNews, was poached to the now dead on arrival streaming service. It is rather interesting that not even Chris Wallace could save a streaming service owned by the fake news CNN, the reason CNN sucks.

CCN+ was a total failure to launch, a victim of its parent CNN's liberal woke-centric idiocy. An imbecilic move by any media and it triggered its rejection by millions of American viewers who felt scandalized by CNN morphing into a purveyor of fake news and a propaganda network for acute liberal woke idiotic agenda nonsensical. CNN+ failure is another indication that were CNN to be unbundled from service providers' packaged programming that it would since have gone under and extinct. 

Anyway, hopefully the fate which befell CNN+ will send a strong message to CNN that it has been rejected by the people and that in order to soar again or roar back into contention as a trusted news media source in America, it needs a serious rethinking of its programming choices as well as its moderators/presenters if it seriously wants to survive. Until then, so long CNN+ and there continues the sad saga of a gradually dying cable network; can't wait. 

Monday, May 2, 2022

PUTIN COST Le PEN FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A TOXIC ASSOCIATION DID IT.

ICHEOKU says President Vladimir Putin's vagrant violation of the sanctity of Europe's long running peace, safety and security through his needless invasion of Ukraine has made him a pariah in the West. He is now so loathed in the West that anyone who is closely associated with him, even by a fathom of the imagination or necessary implication, stands to be shunned by the West as well. 

It is a problem which former President Donald John Trump is most likely to face in his reelection bid in 2024. The West is spooked and presently deathly afraid of the Russian strong man's erratic behavior, and they will punish anyone who reminds them of the reason and cause of their current state of trepidation and unbearable anxiety. 

Madam Marine Le Pen is the face of President Vladimir Putin to French people and they yoked her together with the Russia strongman as enemy of their peace, security and progress. They saw her as Putin and wanted to keep Putin as far away as possible frpm their Elysee Palace. But for Putin's scaring Europe, Madam Le Pen would have coasted through into the French presidential palace, the unpopularity of the boy-president who married his mother, considered. President Emmanuel Macron is not liked by the majority of French people and it showed in the percentage margin loss he suffered in this election, plunging down from his 2017's 66% to now 58% electoral win. 

President Vladimir Putin was the gravitational force which pulled down Madam Marine Le Pen and prevented her from surging into Elysee` Palace. He also helped propel President Emmanuel Macron to his second term reelection victory as many spooked French voters found succor in maintaining the course rather than cast their lot with a known Putin acolyte. Many too, who would ordinarily have voted for LePen decided to either sit out the election or cast anti-Putin's vote against her. Some who were planning not to vote at all or not to vote for Emmanuel Macron found themselves at the last minute, covering their nostrils to vote for him out of fear of Russia. 

French voters wanted a more assured pro European hand on the tiller of the French state who can continue to secure France and by extension the wider Europe from the unfolding aggression of President Vladimir Putin's Russia. French voters would rather trust someone who has already proved his anti Putin and pro Europe bona fides, rather than someone who is closely and inarguably a lackey of Putin. Someone whose policy objective was to withdraw France from Europe and move it closer to Vladimir Putin's Russia. Which right thinking person would not have voted as the French voters did when the security of France as well as the greater Europe is being threatened by Russia. 

So yes, President Emmanuel Macron won a second term and yes, it was with a big fight for his political life with Madame Marine LePen, the insurgent. But the result shows that Madame LePen really showed up in the fight for Elysee` Palace. Her spectacular performance, 41%, is a much improvement from her other previous runs for the office, an indication that she has gained more acceptability in France. Her position on issues and overall message resonated in France and the French would have voted her into office had it not been for the strategic blunder of President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine which violated the sanctity of entire Europe's security. 

If the result of the French presidential election is the canary in the coal mine, then American presidential election in 2024 might not afterall favor former President Donald John Trump as he makes a comeback bid for the White House. What derailed Madam Marine Le-Pen's quest in France might similarly puncture the former president's tires and stop him from reentering the White House and taking up residence there in 2024. He might be found guilty by association, of "sleeping with the enemy" of the West, by public opinion and many American voter will not readily vote for an acknowledged Putin's ally as president come 2024. 

It is therefore in the former president's 2024-comeback interest that the Ukraine war ends long before 2024. Unfortunately, it might not be the case as America is trying to impose its will on Russia and cause the Ukraine war to last as long as America desires, and possibly beyond 2024. America's stated objective in the war is now quite clear, to drastically degrade and weaken Russia in order to prevent it from imposing any future threat to its neighbors. To achieve this, America will need to stretch the war for as many years as possible, so that they can methodically bleed Russia into bankruptcy. Two years might not be enough to accomplish this, which means that the war will last beyond 2024 which will not be good for the former president's planned rerun for the White House. 

Madam Le Pen would have become the first elected female president of France. She has the presence and carriage and poise of a leader. She is affable and captivating, and would have easily been the France answer to former German Chancellor Angel Markle. ICHEOKU admires her and wishes her well, but she did not pass the Putin's smell test and was rejected by her French people due to her close association with Vladimir Putin, the butcher of Moscow. A thoughtless gnome whose reckless gamble in Ukraine spooked the entire European continent who now detest him and anyone identified or identifiable as his close associate. 

Madame Marine Le Pen's Putin's scarlet letter was the poison dart which thwarted her storied presidential ambition, which would have most likely come through in this election. Her Putin's madame sobriquet is a permanent stain on her reputation which will have a lasting effect on her electability as French president. In fact, she may not have another chance ever again at being elected president, as she has transitioned now to the France's equivalent of America's Hillary Clinton, always running for president but always being rejected by the people as simply unelectable. Speaking of when the gods are against someone and hounding their move every step of the way.

Anyway, despite her defeat, she had a successful outing with a very strong showing, capturing 41% of the total votes cast in the election. It was quite a remarkable feat but that is where the story ends as she is now completely done and out of any future contention. Looking for who to blame for her loss, she should look East, to the Kremlin, to see a bloody vampire named Vladimir Putin. It was Putin's aggression in Ukraine which pierced the peace and tranquility bubble of Europe and with it, swept Madame Le Pen off into the dustbin of history as the best female president which France never had nor will ever have. Hers was a case where association with somebody irrecoverably damages someone. Au revoir Madame Marine LePen. What a run!

Saturday, April 30, 2022

MAKE TWITTER GREAT AGAIN: ELON MUSK JUST DID, CONGRATULATIONS.

ICHEOKU says it is a great day again in America when an impassioned tech gazillionaire could liberate free speech. Congratulations Mr Tesla, Mr SpaceX and now Mr Twitter. Elon Musk is another champion, a savior of freedom of speech. May all those bemoaning his Twitter takeover go pound sand. In Elon Musk we now trust to uphold our collective rights to participate on Twitter and freely express our God given right to air our respective opinions, regardless of our politics, philosophy, gender, religion, sexual orientation or how we choose to be identified. Let freedom reign on Twitter! #ElonMuskJustMadeTwitterGreatAgain.

Friday, April 29, 2022

ARCHIE EVERSOLE: 'WE READY' RAPPER SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS OWN BROTHER.

ICHEOKU says when the Bible story of Cain and Abel was told, many people wondered how a brother could possibly kill his own brother. Although God summarily punished Cain for killing Abel by making him a fugitive and a vagabond, it did not serve as the deterrent which God had intended as brothers are still killing their brothers to this day. Cain becoming a mentally challenged hobo did not stop this hideous from happening. So, why does it happen and what on earth would drive a brother into committing such a hideous crime of killing his own brother?

Jealousy, hatred and uncontrolled anger are some of the leading factors that cause brothers to sometimes kill their own brothers. ICHEOKU recalls an incident many moons long ago when a brother in the heat of an impassioned argument with his brother over their father's proposed property settlement while he was still alive, took a screwdriver and stabbed his brother to death. There was also another incident when a brother from a polygamous family who had traveled home from his America base for his father's funeral was killed by his step brother before the funeral of their father even took place over some family dispute. 

Such killings do happen with some degree of frequency that it could easily pass for a regularly occurring phenomena for which many people, including this writer, are no longer too aghast by such development. Therefore, this article is not necessarily to harpoon the fella in Atlanta who popped his own rapper brother, but to highlight the case as another example of such incidents. Instead of celebrating the success of his brother whose hit music "We Ready" became a somewhat anthem for Atlanta sports clubs, he became envious, jealous and hateful and plotted for his brother's demise; and when the opportunity presented itself, he shot and killed him.

Now his brother is dead and buried and rotten in his grave. He died in his hands through well placed gunshots on the temple. He has been arrested and charged with his murder, bail denied and and sitting in jail. Upon conviction, he will surely get a very long prison sentence handed to him by the jury  in Atlanta. Then you ask yourself, what did he end up achieving by allowing his demon of envy to take hold of him, killing his brother in the process. It is sad that it happened and even sadder that a family have now lost two young men of their family, one to gun violence and the other to the justice prison system. 

ICHEOKU says was the fate which befell both brothers avoidable? Yes, you bet they were. But the devil, even though he is a liar, still controls a lot of stuff and has again made an example out of this evil brother. Shame on the killer-brother whose name ICHEOKU will not glorify here by mentioning it. Although Archie Eversole sang 'We Ready', it sure looks like he was not himself ready to go when his demonic brother forcibly dispatched him to the world beyond through gun violence. May the soul of Archie Eversole now rest. Adieu Mr We Ready. #SayNoToGunViolence.

Thursday, April 28, 2022

ORIN HATCH BIDS HIS FINAL GOODBYE: DEAD AT 88, ADIEU SENATOR.

ICHEOKU says watching the people running state affairs in Ukraine, from their President Volodymyr Zelensky, his advisers, foreign secretary, attorney general, defense minister as well as other members of the president's cabinet has revealed a shocking fact, that people running America are indeed too old. Why is that? Those Ukrainian leadership makes America want to adjust the ages of their leadership downwards. But no, as Methuselahs are firmly in grip of affairs in Washington DC, from a president who is nearly twice the age of Ukraine's president, to a Madam Speaker who is old enough to be a grandmother to Ukraine's president to members of the House of Representatives and the Senate who are approaching 90 years. 

It is sad that young Americans are not being allowed to man the tiller of state, admitted former President Barack Obama made an inroad.  Even France and neighboring Canada as well as the United Kingdom leaderships confirm that America's leadership is simply too old. When will they hand over the baton of leadership and make respectful exit or must they stay the course until the end or so close to the end. A story making rounds appears to suggest that California Senator Diane Feinstein is so full of age that she hardly recalls anything including inability to remember her senate colleagues names. Why does such a person have to remain a senator when there are more youthful partisans who can effectively man their position? 

Harry Reid, the late senator from Nevada who died in 2021 was in Washington DC for about thirty years before sickness forced him to retire in 2017 from his 1987 sojourn. There are four senators in Washington DC whose combined age is about 300 years and you ask yourself what utility is left in these aged politicians who have become so drunk on power that they refuse to quit when they can still have some life to live outside Washington DC. It calls for term limits just like California did where senators can only serve three terms maximum of 18 years and members of the House of Representatives are allowed to serve only four terms of 8 years. 

Whatever institutional memory the argument for open ended term may be, it fades in comparison to the need to make governance in America more vibrant and youth-centric. America cannot be championing democracy throughout the world but is technicality not a democracy itself. If the presidency is term limited, there is no reasonable argument why the legislative tier should not be equally term limited. Even the Supreme Court should be made malleable to term limits because the job which members of both tiers of government do, anyone with the right qualification and disposition can easily do it; the reason vacancies are easily filled. 

This is the only way America's sermon on representative democracy and abhorrence of sit-tight leaders worldwide would make any logical sense; otherwise how does anyone explain Orin Hatch being 42 years in the senate?  Was that not a sit tight in governance, irrespective of how anyone wants to spin it since he served until he could serve no more and died just a few years post bad health-induced reluctant retirement. The senator from Utah is not alone in this longevity craze in Washington DC as there have been such other sit tight leaders before him and there are still many more presently serving in Washington DC. Anyway, may his soul now rest. Adieu Mr longest serving Senator. 

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

MIKE TYSON STILL PACKS A PUNCH: BEING IRON MIKE IN A JET BLUE PLANE.

ICHEOKU says he was provoked but it appears that he overreacted and the punches thrown were overly excessive, especially coming from a former world heavyweight boxing champion. He could have easily killed the poor little rascal who taunted him into losing his cool and would have been defending himself now from a possible manslaughter charge. Luckily enough the provocateur lived to see another day, admitted he learnt a bitter ugly lesson on how not to mess with a tiger, particularly a human tiger named Mike Tyson with a clearly marked facial tattoo implicitly warning irritants to stay the heck out of his way. 

One dirty slap on the face or even a punch in the mouth would have been sufficient and enough to register his disapproval of the guy's nuisance. He was minding his own business, sitting quietly on his seat in a Florida Miami bound Jet Blue airplane at San Francisco's SFO airport waiting for takeoff when the lunatic launched into tirades or unwanted disturbances at Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson was therefore right to defend himself but whether his reaction went beyond the initial provocation is a matter to be decided later by the court should the guy bring an action for personal injury against Mike Tyson as he has already declined prosecution for the crime of assault. 

The foolish fella who ventured into a tiger's cage and poked the tiger was either too inebriated to appreciate the danger he walked himself into or he was too young to know the history of Mike Tyson's feats of fury and fists full of thunderous punches. He was too stupid to know that those fists have dropped so many heavy weight boxers within seconds. He also was too stupefied to realize that he was poking the bear and that as Evander Holyfield would attest, that Mike Tyson chopping his ear off inside the plane was also a possibility as well. The guy was completely at fault and it shows that his act was bereft of his mind otherwise which sane fella would have ventured to mess with Iron Mike.

Anyway, his bloodied face now bears testimony to what stupidity can cause a person. Hopefully, he did not suffer any broken facial bones or at least, he has not disclosed that information just yet. The next time the fella wants to mess with someone in an airplane or any other place else, he would pause to think what the repercussions might be, especially if it is someone he does not know their background and whether they are black-belters in karate or other martial arts sports or in the case of Iron Mike Tyson, a former badass world heavyweight boxer whose opponents barely lasted beyond seconds from the opening bell's first round. 

Mike Tyson has delivered a very strong message to all those irascible fellas who often act out on airplanes, especially after drinking more than their liver could comfortably handle. Frequent fights by passengers on airplanes are a very common occurrence flying around in America's airspace. Unlike Samuel Jackson's 'Snakes on Airplane', our airplanes are filled with angry irritable passengers who regularly blow their gaskets, putting everyone on board at risk of harm; and sometimes leading to unplanned delay caused by diversion of such airplanes to get rid of them by handing them over to law enforcement officials. 

Such irritable nuisance should stop. It should be discouraged and stopped, if need be, through self help just as Mike Tyson has shown an example of. His fists flew at the guy's face with such a velocity that only a speed camera would have done justice in capturing them as they rained thunder and brimstone on the poor fella's face. They are still the same fists of fury that once mesmerized boxing fans throughout the world and the nasty fella must have felt their full force as they landed. No sane person messes with a tiger or plays with fire and the fella got burnt. There  will not be a next time for Melvin Townsend III repeat of such idiocy as he now knows never to venture where angels fear to tread. 

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

WE CAN WIN: AMERICA CONFIRMS ITS PROXY WAR AGAINST RUSSIA IN UKRAINE.

ICHEOKU says America's weapons, funds, logistics, military advisers, and most likely some of their unofficial boots on the ground in Ukraine and now Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has confirmed it, that America is indeed fighting Russia in a proxy war Ukraine. Whether it was a slip of the tongue or he intentionally voiced it out so that Russia may know, the Defense Secretary said "we believe that we (America) can win if they (Ukraine) have the right equipment, the right support and we are going to do everything we can and continue to do everything we can to supply them their needs. He also added that America's intention in Ukraine is to weaken Russia to such extent that they will pose no future threat to their neighboring countries or to any other country whatsoever by greatly degrading their capabilities. 

It is a reasonable confirmation of what so many thinking people have always known or at least suspected was the case, judging from all that has been going on pursuant to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Read in another way, it means that the war in Ukraine is America's long planned war of attrition against Russia taking place and it will last as long as America wants it to last. It is no longer within Russia's or Ukraine's hand or control, such that even if Russia were to decide to end hostilities today and wants to withdraw back to Russia, America will insist that they hand Crimea back to Ukraine as a condition precedent to allowing the war to come to an end. 

Therefore we are watching a new America's forever war raging on in Ukraine and it will go on as long as Washington DC wants it. Russia going bankrupt as a result of their unprovoked and premeditated war against Ukraine might also be an added implicit aspiration of Washington DC. America will bleed Russia so much that the USSR experience in Afghanistan might be a child's play compared to what their current misadventure in Ukraine forebodes. It was an avoidable boondoggle which President Vladimir Putin foolishly waded into and now his Russia is mired in a catastrophic war without end.

ICHEOKU used to be a Putin's admirer, thinking that he was smarter than his present action of invading Ukraine. But not anymore, as he thoughtlessly, through the invasion of Ukraine, brought home ants infested firewoods and now lizards have converged within his neighborhood for a feast on ants. One thing is to invite the presence of American military industrial complex to one's country or neighboring country, the other thing is to be able to decide when they should leave, which is often difficult as such a decision is often yanked away from the inviter, and America  usually determine when they have achieved their strategic objective for answering such invite. 

What was President Vladimir Putin thinking when he engaged in Ukraine, fully aware that America was not at present waging any other war anywhere in the world; and that its military industrial complex (MIC) were becoming increasingly restive, itching for another money-minting war from which they can continue profiteering like bandits. So, it was a delightful moment for the MIC when Vladimir Putin threw them an open invitation to come to Ukraine and make some money. 

Now, with the enormous amount of money being spent on Ukraine war effort, over two billion dollars already spent within just the last two months alone, the MIC is once again joyful. They are making so much money in Ukraine that no other American involved war might be as lucrative as the Ukraine adventure by the time the war gets into its fifth year or even 20 years like the Afghanistan longest lasting American war. As the Chief of Joint Chiefs of Staff said, the Ukraine war is going to be a long war that will be measured in years. 

It is apparent that Vladimir Putin is not a student of history nor did his mediocre academic endeavor expose much of America's history of waging wars to him. Otherwise, he would have known that America does not back down and never lost any war, unless those two instances where America eventually beat it, abandoned and scampered away, such as in Vietnam and most recently in Afghanistan, would qualify as "losing a war". America will make the war in Ukraine last as long as it desires. It will out spend, out supply and out arm Russia in Ukraine just to ensure that Russia and their president Vladimir Putin are humiliated with a disgraceful defeat and eventual forced exit from Ukraine. 

This is how the final chapter of the Ukraine war will be written, Russia defeated or forced to make an abrupt exit from Ukraine. It happened once in Afghanistan with the USSR and history is on the cusp of repeating itself in Ukraine with Russia. As was previously mentioned by the Chairman of Joints Chief of Staff, General Miley, and now confirmed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, America is at war with Russia and the defeat of Russia and a weakened Russia are the two stated America's policy objective for its involvement. Anyway, Putin brought the harm to himself and his Russia and they will pay a hefty price for his miscalculated stupidity. Shame on him.  

Monday, April 25, 2022

IT'S A DEAL AS TWITTER SIGNS OFF ON ELON MUSK'S OFFER.

ICHEOKU says congratulations are in order here, both to the tech gazillionaire and Twitter, for finally sealing the deal of the century on free speech. It is not freedom when others decide your fate and that was the Achilles heels of Twitter as it then was, as its woke-centric management censored contents which they did not like, approve or which did not agree with their ultra subjective liberal community's viewpoint. It was a bummer and it degraded the original intent and purport of founding such a portal.

Finally, we shall have a town-hall styled communication platform that is indeed truly free, where everyone can freely express themselves without fear of being censored and/or canceled for merely having a different opinion on issues. Anyone who doesn't like it can always opt out and not participate in a discussion, but that is a decision for them to make and not the other way round. It is akin to television programming, change the channel if you don't like what is showing. 

Let freedom finally reign at Twitter. Let free speech finally ring out on Twitter. Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty Twitter is a free portal at last and will henceforth serve as an equal opportunity portal for all viewpoints. To hades with all the woke police at Twitter who abused their authority at Twitter, silenced participants who refused to be emasculated, suspended contrarians  and oftentimes completely canceled the opposition and banned from such a quasi public platform. 

Hopefully, former President Donald John Trump and all those other free speech loving people who were formally marginalized, excluded and banned from Twitter will return and re-engage on Twitter. It will help to bring back Twitter's vitality and bona fides as a public forum and all those other people protesting Twitter's communist-tinged ideology of muzzling free speech by personally boycotting Twitter will now readily return to the forum. 

ICHEOKU knew that it was an irresistible deal that Elon Musk made to Twitter when he offered to purchase Twitter for $43 billion. A sort of offer, paraphrasing The Godfather, Twitter "can't refuse" and that Twitter had no real choice in the matter other than to say yes, we accept your offer to buy Twitter and it became a done deal. Simply wonderful.

As Elon Musk rightly said, 'free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy' and he hopes that 'even his worst critic can remain on Twitter as that is what free speech means'. let's hope he stays the course of fighting for freedom of speech as he revamps Twitter and revitalizes it into an all participants free portal. Once again congratulations to Elon Musk for finally liberating Twitter. ICHEOKU prays that he will also set his eyes on Facebook as well as Directv for future acquisitions as both companies suffer from the same woke-malaise as Twitter. Way to go Musk!

HALYNA HUTCHINS' KILLING GOES UNPUNISHED?

ICHEOKU says why Alec Baldwin is still walking the streets a free man and not yet been charged for the killing of Halyna Hutchins is beyond comprehension. What is causing the delay in prosecuting the gunman or forestalling the process of finding criminal responsibility against Alec Baldwin in the case? It is over six months now since the former SNL's Trump impersonator shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Her body is probably decayed by now in her lonely cold grave or in an advanced state of decay, yet her killer, Alec Baldwin, has not been indicted for killing her. 

Someone died through the action or another, regardless of intent or premeditation; there should be at least some degree of responsibility for what happened no matter the form including giving him the barest minimum punishment possible. The degree of the charge that should be brought against Alec Baldwin in this matter is not necessarily important, but there should be some consequence for his reckless endangerment which caused grave bodily harm on Halyna Hutchins, resulting in her death. If he did not intend to kill Halyna Hutchins or did not point the gun at her, at least he held the gun in such a negligence and/or reckless manner that when it discharged, it hit her and killed her. 

But for Alec Baldwin's action, Halyna Hutchins would still be alive today. So, what is holding up the wheel of justice from grinding a dough of justice for Halyna Hutchins by punishing her killer Alec Baldwin? The only possible explanation is that the woke-centric culture perversion is once again protecting one of their own. They have jammed the process by clogging the wheel of Justice and impeding its motion against their beloved Trump's basher/imitator. If the delay in prosecuting him was caused by investigation, what exactly is there to investigate when there is no debate in whose hands the gun was that discharged and killed Halyna Hutchins. 

Enough of the delay or apparent disposition to let the killing slide into oblivion. Her family wants and deserves justice. At least charge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter or reckless endangerment or criminal negligence or reckless behavior in handling firearms, a lethal weapon, which resulted in the death of another person. It is the right thing to do for the victim, whose bereaved family, including a husband and a daughter, are still grieving her loss. If it was OJ Simpson that killed another person, would he not have been since led out in handcuffs for the world to see another black perv in America. Charge Alec Baldwin for the killing of Halyna Hutchins and do it now. #Justice4Halyna

Friday, April 22, 2022

UKRAINE WAR: SYMBOLISM OF THE VOICE OF JACOB AND THE HANDS OF ESAU.

ICHEOKU says it is so obvious that even Ray Charles and Steve Wonder could easily see it. America is now waging a long planned and overdue war against Russia, fronting Ukraine as the face of the war while surreptitiously doing all the heavy lifting. In armament, logistics and supplies, tactical maneuvers, precision targeting and intelligence gathering; as well as actual  unofficial boots on the ground, instructing and directing the Ukraine defensive war effort against Russia, one can smell American involvement and participation everywhere. 

But America would rather the world and Russia believe that it is only helping Ukraine defend itself from Russian aggression with some defensive capabilities. If American weapons are flowing into Ukraine, it is also possible that some other form of American human weapons are also making the trip into Ukraine's theater of conflict. There is presently no Russian Customs to interdict either shipped American weapons and soldiers entering Ukraine or any other method of ensuring that the manifest corresponds exactly with the shipment and that nothing else accompanies the shipped weapons. 

It is a laudable objective and those courageously sacrificing to save democracy and freedom in Ukraine should be commended. ICHEOKU wishes America and the West could do more to protect lives and properties in Ukraine, but the much they are currently doing is good enough as the alternative would have been an easy walkover of Ukraine by Russian invaders. Hopefully America will stay the course and use this God given indirect opportunity to finally humble Russia and bring President Vladimir Putin to books. A direct involvement would have completely destroyed Ukraine and caused more deaths, so the proxy war is still a good way to go. 

Russia deserves everything that is currently being thrown at it, sanctions and military; as it defied the plea of the entire world and invaded a country which did not do it any harm just because Vladimir Putin felt that he could get away with it. Thankfully President Joe Biden said no to Putin's creepy arrogance and is cleverly managing America's involvement and participation in the war without America being officially engaged in it, while meticulously bleeding and decimating Russia, economically and militarily. 

Russia cannot sustain a protracted war in Ukraine against America's led West's invisible hands choking him and his country off. Russia will someday flee Ukraine in the same manner the former Soviet Socialist Union Republic army fled Afghanistan, forced out by Stinger missiles in the hands of Mujahadeens and direct covert CIA operations. The humiliating history will repeat itself in Ukraine, a bargain which President Putin foolishly made when he invaded Ukraine, aware that such would create an opportunity for America and Europe to carry out a long awaited war of attrition against Russia. We shall live to see what eventually happens but surely, it will not be a Russian victory in Ukraine. 

Thursday, April 21, 2022

WILL SMITH: JUST ANOTHER ANGRY BLACK MAN IN AMERICA - JAY LENO.

To me, the thing that’s most disturbing wasn’t the slap, because he was kind of smirking after he slapped Chris Rock. It was the yelling of the obscenities. Then you go, ‘Whoa. What’s going on here? This is real anger. The Academy said they were investigating the slap and it took them many days to complete their investigation. You ask yourself, what are they investigating? It had to be the most recorded assault in history. I saw the back of his shoe, I saw Chris’ ear. There were so many cameras on this incident. What are you investigating? I know sometimes things are just what they appear to be.” - Jay Leno.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

RUSSIAN CRUISER MOSKVA: SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLACK SEA.

ICHEOKU once thought that President Vladimir Putin was smarter until he foolishly fell into the trap of the Ukraine war. A trap set for Russia by the West led by America, which has been long itching to humiliate Russia and reduce Putin to size. He egotistically sprung the trap and is now ensnared in it. Now, the West will bleed Russia into bankruptcy and with it, possibly end President Vladimri Putin's reign as president of Russia. It is most likely that any negotiated future normalization of relations between the West and Russia will be made pursuant to a condition precedent of his removal from office.

As America's Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Miley recently indicated, the Ukraine war will not end in a matter of months but could go on for years. In his words, the Chairman said: "It is a very protracted conflict which will be at least measured in years. This is a very extended conflict that Russia has initiated and I think that NATO, the United States, Ukraine and all of the allies, and partners that are supporting Ukraine are going to be involved in this for quite some time." The implication being that ending the war is not even a decision in the hands of Ukraine or Russia, the reason their peace negotiation has stalled; and will only be decided in some foreign capitals including Washington DC and London. 

The question now is how does Russia plan to carry on with the war and where will Russia find the huge resources necessary to sustain its war effort in Ukraine, and for the several years which the West has already planned for the war to last. Russia's economy is already taking a serious hit and if the plan to completely ban Russian oil goes into effect, how else will Russia earn income to pay for the war? The toll is heavily mounting as Russia has been suffering heavy losses, both in manpower and equipment losses. They have lost many commanding officers as well, and who knows if they are paying their soldiers or leaving their families in Russia stranded and seeking help? 

The latest of these Russia's mounting losses in Ukraine now being the sinking of their flagship cruiser named Moskva, which now sits at the bottom of the Black Sea, cavorting with marine lives and providing them shelter and a port of call as an artificial reef. It is a big punch in the guts and a direct smack on the nose of Russia, losing such a pride of Russia's Navy, regardless of the narration as to how it made its tragic rendezvoused with the rock bottom of the Black Sea. When in the Godfather, Clemenza explained the message sent by the wrapped two fishes in Luca Brasi's bullet proof jacket which was delivered to the Corleone's, as an indication that Luca Brasi is now sleeping with the fishes, dead and dumped into the deep ocean, no one in Russia or the Kremlin or Russia's navy top brass knew that a day would come when their pride cruiser Moskva would suffer a similar fate. 

A highly priced naval asset of Russia at $800 million cost, a symbol of Russia's technological prowess and naval capabilities was sent into its watery grave, ruined by two Ukrainian made and fired Neptune anti ship missiles. Although Russia, in order to save face from such a humongous humiliation, is trying to sell a different alternative reality that their prized cruiser suffered a tragic on-board explosion which incapacitated it, compromised its stability and foiled an attempt to tow it to naval repair yard and sank deep down into the dark bottom of the Black Sea. The Russian account is in fact very "Russian" as they are often very economical with the truth, otherwise why did they bomb the Neptune missiles manufacturing factory near Kyiv in retaliation?

Anyway, irrespective of which country's account of what happened to the Moskva cruiser one chooses to believe, the fact of the matter is that the menace of a cruiser has been totally and completely decommissioned. It cannot ever pose any future threat to Ukraine or any other country which Russia might decide to aggress in the future, pursuant to their imperialistic adventurism as well as other probable adversaries of Russia. It was a big maritime loss which has entered the annals of history as it compares to such other notable ship losses and wrecks in the world, including the Titanic which was doomed by an iceberg, the Lusitania which was sunk by German U-boats during World War 1 and the British war ship HMS Sheffield which was sunk by Argentina during the Falklands war using France supplied Exocet missiles.  

What Russia's exit strategy from Ukraine is and how they plan to eventually extricate themselves from the obvious quagmire which they have entangled themselves in Ukraine, nobody can safely and correctly predict. It was an avoidable miasma which President Joe Biden succinctly described as a "premeditated war of choice" by Russia. Unfortunately Russia went into Ukraine by choice, but leaving Ukraine might not be a choice which they can make by themselves alone, at least not any more, unless they want to tuck their tail in between their legs and shamefully scurry out of Ukraine in the dead of the night. Did ICHEOKU hear somebody say that America did a similar thing with their Afghanistan withdrawal? 

President Vladimir fetched for himself the ants-infested firewood and now lizards have come to  feast in his household. It is a reasonable inference that so many paramilitary agencies of the West are on the ground in Ukraine fighting and directing affairs of the Ukraine defensive war against Russia. Hopefully they will help Ukraine to courageously repel those Russian invaders and aggressors and force them to retreat back to Russia. More Russian ships should be targeted for destruction and sinking. Russia's military formations and operational bases throughout Ukraine should also be fair game for destruction as Ukraine has been destroyed and has nothing to lose any more. Let anarchy be brought down upon Russian troops in Ukraine and bleed them into abandoning their foolish military adventure in Ukraine. Enough of the hedging of bets.

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

FRANK ROBERT JAMES: DOES HIS BLACK LIFE STILL MATTER?

ICHEOKU says just wondering if Frank Robert James is still down with black people, particularly the Black Lives Matter anarchists, following what he did in New York City. A fat slob black terrorist, who held New Yorkers captive to fear for several hours until he was taken into custody. His act of terror inside New York underground, exploding smoking grenades and shooting indiscriminately inside a packed subway car, hitting ten people and injuring many others is simply unforgivable. 

When will Black Lives Matter take to the streets of New York and other American cities to voice their condemnation of one of their own or is it only when a black George Floyd is shot and killed by a Minneapolis policeman that the black anarchists take streets of America hostage? A fair minded group of people should have equally vociferously condemned a black terrorist who committed such a dastardly act of deprave mind on New York commuters, but so far, it has remained crickets; forcing some people to wonder if what the fat disgruntled lowlife black New Yorker did was acceptable to Black Lives Matter. 

Anyway, he wanted to be gone for good and the justice system will grant him his wish accordingly. At 62 years old, a likely sentence for terrorism and other related charges, of not less than thirty years, will find him eventually being removed from his prison cell in a pinewood card box coffin. The black terrorist deserves any sentence which will be imposed on him as no decent society should accept or tolerate such an excessive act of violence against members of its society. Black terrorist Frank Robert James is a disgrace to the black community of America, his family, friends and everyone who knows him. He deserves no mercy and should be shown none. He should be put away to rot in prison for the good and for the rest of his natural life.