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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 4:44am On May 23, 2020 |
1. Gowon was Ojukwu's junior in the army. Even by seniority Gowon should not have been selected as head of state. 2. The original coup was not an Igbo coup. The head of the coup Major Kaduna Nzeogwu before and after the coup maintained that he was a Northerner by blood. He did not even speak Igbo and never identified as igbo (only by name). He maintained that he was a northerner and he spoke fluent Hausa. (Videos of him saying this are online). 3. The delegation of assassinations was done by tribes. Igbos were sent to the north. Northerners to the east etc. The igbos just carried out their duties better which made it look like they had swindled the northerners. Igbo coupists were not sent to kill Igbo politicians. 4. It was an Igbo officer - Brigadier Ironsi that frustrated Kaduna Nzeogwu's coup, arrested most of the coupists and set up his supreme military council comprising of majorly northerners to pacify them against Ojukwu's advice that reprisals were in the offing. 5. The killings of Igbos transcended the military to even civilians getting killed in the north and Lagos. This prompted Ojukwu to insist that the reprisals had become a full genocide - ethnic cleansing if you like. As the most senior Igbo officer at the time, he had to spearhead the agitations for secession from Nigeria. 5 Likes |
Sports / Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 1:42am On May 13, 2020 |
DeeMain: You are definitely right but Isiah Thomas was that type of leader. He took the fall for his team which is why the players who played with him could give everything for him. See all the flak he caught for Dennis Rodman's comment against Larry Bird. As a Jordan fan (I disliked Isiah Thomas) till I saw the Bad Boy Pistons 30 for 30 in 2016 or so. And like Kareem, Isiah won in every category. He needed that Olympics gold to have won everything possible. His strength was his weakness at the end of the day - his heart/mentality. Bill Laimbeer was just an evil genius. Till this very date he is still unapologetic. Thing is, he grew up in money. I believe his dad was a former CEO or VP of Pepsi or one big company. Bill even said when he signed his NBA contract his dad looked condescendingly at the money he was offered like it was some chum change. 2 Likes |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 6:48pm On May 09, 2020 |
People don't believe in conspiracies until it involves Buhari. LOL |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:06pm On May 06, 2020 |
ToyinDipo: LOL. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 9:50pm On May 06, 2020 |
ToyinDipo: I qualified what I meant by rap not being a culture of its own. There is nothing like "American rap", "British rap", "Jamaican rap". Rap is Rap. You cannot appropriate within a genre that you have roots to. What is defined as appropriation within rap is claiming a story that you have no roots to. If Drake was rapping about killing rappers and being from the hood, that will be appropriation. Using an accent, a flow is not appropriation. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:13pm On May 05, 2020 |
ToyinDipo: Rap is not a culture of it's own bro (in terms of Country-Rap). It is a narrative people always try to come up with when they cannot beat the person at the top. Jay-Z who today is celebrated as a rap god was once called a culture vulture. Eminem as well has suffered the same. Mode9 in Nigeria was accused of the same and he had a very witty response: "Afro HipHops need to go see the Barber". In other words, there is no Afro in HipHop. HipHop is HipHop. What defines the type of rap one is allowed to do is to tell their own story. So culture appropriation will only make sense if Drake is rapping about other people's life experiences and making it his own. He did not. Using a flow, accent, argot of a region that you have roots to cannot make you a vulture. It is a reductive argument to make. 1 Like |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:02pm On May 05, 2020 |
gensteejay: Conspiracy. Conspiracy. Conspiracy. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:01pm On May 05, 2020 |
timbros: So China and the WHO lied and the virus was spreading long before January that they claimed, right? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 9:58pm On May 05, 2020 |
BlueRayDick: That is a euphemism for saying Gwarzo does not have enough information to come to his own conclusion. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 3:27pm On May 05, 2020 |
NextD18: If Davido was to do a song, talking or rapping in Ebonics would you say he was appropriating American music? The answer is technically no because Davido is an american. You cannot steal something that belongs to a culture you originate from. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 3:23pm On May 05, 2020 |
BlueRayDick:Yes. You further posited that Gwarzo probably is playing to to gallery and only confirming what people were expecting to hear ( which means u doubt him and he's only saying the deaths are COVID-19 related because that's what people are interested in hearing)Because most of the dead people did not get tested for COVID-19. You of all people ordinarily should know those are grave allegations. It's more like you are damn sure the man has no pedigree to have come on camera and lie to our faces.If they did not test the people nor conduct any autopsy, then you cannot announce that you know what killed people. But in that link I posted the man was further telling us that initially they had low positive cases but now out of 100 tests they record 80 positive cases.Out of 100 tests they did, they record ed 80 positive cases is completely different from what you have up there. That is one aspect. Second, these samples were extracted from people who were still alive at the time of extraction because those people have had contact with those who possibly died of COVID-19 or were showing symptoms. So it is expected that most of them will test +ve to COVID-19. At least that shows they are doing the tests and not just pushing out figures like u posited in that response to Izzou. I did not tell you they did not test anyone in Kano. I said they did not test most of the DEAD people. Also, I said they rejected many of the initial samples from Kano such that if they tested 100 samples, they probably had received 500 samples (meaning they rejected 400 of them). And the only few dead people who got tested had their samples collected before they died. Some of those people tested negative. Therefore, if 300 people had died in Kano out of which the NCDC had only collected the samples for 20 people (prior to their deaths). And of that 20, say 10 tested positive to COVID-19. You cannot come out to announce that MOST of the deaths in Kano were COVID-19 related. Whether true or not, you do not have the data to back that statement. I wasn't even talking about dead victims, in fact I was among the first people who agreed that most Kano residents who died recently were buried before 4pm Salat prayers according to Muslim rites and no autopsy could've been carried out to ascertain cause of deaths.I am confused by this. The only reason there was much hoopla about Kano is because of the many reported deaths that nobody could give an explanation for. Gwarzo came out to proclaim that most were COVID-19 related. I do not have sufficient data to disagree with him (but any data that he has, I know someone who has the same access to and even better because this person works in the NCDC) thus I can tell you there was no way of coming to that conclusion except by guesstimating. 1 Like |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 11:05pm On May 04, 2020 |
Godx: He went on a British radio show and freestyled with this same flow and the media and powers that be did not see it as stealing because they know his roots. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 11:01pm On May 04, 2020 |
Godx: True. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 11:01pm On May 04, 2020 |
NextD18: It is not "appropriation" if you have roots that qualify you to a genre. For e.g, many say Drake is Canadian and he is but people forget that his father is American (which makes him American as well). If he was to copy an American flow (as a matter of speaking) he won't be stealing it since he has roots. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:56pm On May 04, 2020 |
gensteejay: No Cap! 1 Like |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:54pm On May 04, 2020 |
gensteejay: "Conspiracy" is people's excuse to avoid being critical thinkers. If you disagree with someone, present your own researched facts and people can exchange arguments. All these snide remarks and sarcasm are just symptoms of intellectual laziness, to be honest. 8 Likes 1 Share |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:50pm On May 04, 2020 |
nihilistjnr: There is a prominent British community in Toronto and by appropriation Drake is allowed to use the same British flow. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:48pm On May 04, 2020 |
eph12: There is another prominent 57-year old man who died in Kano few days ago whose sample was taken while he was sick and he tested NEGATIVE to COVID-19. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:45pm On May 04, 2020 |
eph12: Vaccines end pandemics? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:44pm On May 04, 2020 |
BlueRayDick: If you need my response on a post you can mention me. You do know that these samples were for people who were alive when their samples were taken? You do know that not one of the people who had died had their samples tested? That is, there was NO postmortem COVID-19 test. Ask yourself why those people qualified to have their samples tested. Simple, they were showing COVID-19 symptoms or came in contact with someone who was showing those symptoms. 80% of them testing +ve therefore is expected. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 11:33pm On May 03, 2020 |
izzou: In my honest opinion, most people who die from COVID-19 usually suffer co-morbidities and only an autopsy can ascertain which was the primary cause of death. COVID-19, COPD, Lassa Fever etc are some of the reasons people could have died. One daft United Fan that likes mentioning me thinks I am from Ondo. No. My source is in the NCDC who is also a member of the presidential task force. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 11:25pm On May 03, 2020 |
izzou: You should read other people's posts. The few samples they got from Kano were contaminated. They were not even well-named. They sent them(the improperly named ones)back to Kano and the so-called health workers there instead of retrieving new samples, just renamed the old ones and sent them back to Abuja. I can almost say with 95% certainty that the NCDC in Abuja in anger, did not test those samples at all. But because of all the hoopla surrounding Kano, Gwarzo had to come out to make this statement. Some of the samples tested negative to COVID-19. 1 Like |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 11:14pm On May 03, 2020 |
izzou: 1. You should read some posts. 2. Lassa Fever had killed more people than COVID-19 as at March. Swissh was right. Lassa Fever was declared an epidemic in Nigeria for a while now- especially in the north. 3. Apart from the very recent deaths, I can guarantee you that zero autopsy was done on any one who died in Kano. So they do not know, but Gwarzo has to play to the gallery for optics. 1 Like |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 11:02pm On May 03, 2020 |
According to Gwarzo: “With the preliminary report, most of the deaths recorded of recent and test carried out indicated that coronavirus is the cause". Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/breaking-covid-19-responsible-for-mass-death-in-kano-presidential-team.html So not all the deaths were COVID-19 deaths? Okay. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:57pm On May 03, 2020 |
Ibime: Facepalm. Just like POTUS is the boss of the DNI yet they are disagreeing, right? 1 Like |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:47pm On May 03, 2020 |
Ibime: Agencies disagree with themselves. CIA have not presented any thing to the POTUS. DNI said they agreed with WHO and CDC. Mutually exclusive events. [s]Now their head office has released statement saying it's not man-made, you are still talking half-baked rubbish. Just like when WHO said COVID-19 could not be transmitted from one human to another and then admitted they were wrong a week after - without doing any research. At least you have learned a few things today. 3 Likes |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:32pm On May 03, 2020 |
Ibime: LOL. Yea I was moonlighting because I asked you to consult virologists therefore I was claiming to be one. Just like when I said not all deaths are COVID-19 deaths and to you it meant that I ruled out COVID-19. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:30pm On May 03, 2020 |
Ibime: You think I am on NL to blow my own trumpet? LOL [s]You talk too much. CIA and the National intelligence are not the same and they play different roles. LOL |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:13pm On May 03, 2020 |
Ibime: Okay, you believe the government now. Even when they did no tests but when Larride quotes the same people you will disbelieve them abi? 5 Likes |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 10:07pm On May 03, 2020 |
Ibime: Just observing. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 9:59pm On May 03, 2020 |
Ibime: The point is, you do not know who I have access to and where I can get information from. There are videos of DJT asking us to drink disinfectant. He is hardly a scientific genius, just a politician hoping to blame China. Like when some people use sodium chlorite in water to form hypochlorous acid which is 99.9% non-toxic, can be used in the mouth and as a sanitiser for operating rooms? If he is not a scientist don't you think he has access to the best scientists in the world? I said 2 things: Quote from your link which was March 2020 BTW: They did so using the genetic sequencing data that Chinese scientists made available. Good luck believing that bruh. 2. You said CIA are investigating for POTUS if virus is man-made. I said CIA have informed POTUS that it isn't man-made but are still investigating if it leaked from the lab DJT is called a disruptor in the political realm. This will not be the first time he will be refuting statements from the NIA. That is why I laughed when you tried to cite them. Time will tell. This is not the half-baked nonsense you told us about CIA investigating whether it's man-made, but a signed statement from the Director of National Intelligence ruling out genetic modification. This means nothing hope you know. In fact, they simply agreed with the WHO and CDC (organisations that have not clothed themselves in glory or or any semblance of truth). Like I said, I am not doing any back and forth. I can only ask you a few questions that might guide someone who wants to do a proper and unbiased research: - if they (scientific consensus) are claiming that are still studying the virus, how can they also come to a definitive conclusion that it was not engineered? - if the source of the virus spread was a possible leak (as they claim they are still investigating) what was being done with it in the virology lab when it leaked? - if it was by accident, why did China lie and try to hide it? They could have simply told the world what had happened so that every nation state will be on guard. They did not and continued to allow flights from in and out of Wuhan to the rest of the world. - if China lied (which they did) and hid the news about the spread, why did the WHO continue to endorse them and ascertain everything they had said - even when many of such have been proven as lies? For e.g. -That the first case was in January. (Taiwan had reported them to the WHO since Nov/Dec). -That it could not be transmitted via human to human route (yet it is a coronavirus ) -That it emanated from Bats (meanwhile, the bats in question are not in the Wuhan market and do not even exist in Wuhan but 40 miles away). Try to read up on some of the Nobel Prize winners that agree with Trump. They may be the source of his information. I rest my case. 9 Likes |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Eruditor: 8:38pm On May 03, 2020 |
Ibime: I don't care about APC. I have never voted in my life. I am a Buhari fan though (don't confuse the 2 cases). NOT every death is a COVID-19 death means COVID-19 is ruled out? We learn everyday. 2 Likes |
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