nlfpmod:
Skit maker and actress, Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori aka Kie Kie has announced the birth of her baby girl.

https://twitter.com/instablog9ja/status/1597536253284843522

1stGenAmerican:
Spent the last two days camping at a state park. The best part? The fish!

sukkot:
niceone brother. i havent forgotten our article ooo hehe. this worldcup ehn

Okay Sukkot, enjoy the Worldcup fever.

All the best.

1stGenAmerican:


Do you know what’s replacing things like polygraph results? Social media. For the past five years, evidence taken from social media has become the prosecutions’ best weapon. People have begun to technically testify against themselves in advance through what they post.

1stGenAmerican:


The book sounds interesting. Before I order, I’m going to search to see if it’s available on Kindle.
Home library? Impressive. People who read for enjoyment tend to be the wisest people under the sun.

1stGenAmerican, I agree with your bolded comment... Indeed READERS are LEADERS. I grew up in a family where back in the day, we had large volumes of encyclopedia editions in the family library (pre-Internet era)... Thanks to my father for that. So, the culture of reading functional books just grew on me. Reading enables folks to quickly identify trends, identify threats, and identify global
investment opportunities.

1stGenAmerican:


Thank you yet again for defending me.
Sadly, I’m starting to notice that some of these people are extremely hostile for no reason, some become vulgar at the drop of a hat. If an online discussion about two countries that none of us live in makes them that angry then I’m not sure how they function live and in color.
American wannabe! Who needs to lie about their citizenship or place of origin?

Anyway, we move.

When I noticed the Supermods had moved your post to the NL front page (based on my prompting), you remember I told you to "brace up" ... The neg feedback here is what I meant by telling you to "brace up." [Info gleaned from the profile of a few of the guys shows real health-related addiction from the usage of the cognitive impairing drug called Tramadol to kill pain].

It's good though that lots of posters here clearly resonate with your line of thinking in the thread posts, and they showed empathy for the freezing Russian troops and pure disdain for Putin!

buygala:


Then your case is different.. If you fit afford 1k miles oil change, please do... Short distance driving is a silent engine killer.

buygala:


Visit any interstate Transport company nearest to you and ask them the oil change duration of their vehicles .

Na we dey make things unnecessarily hard for ourselves..

Except for very short distance drivers, 3k miles oil change is very very unnecessary

So if I travel from Abuja to Lagos and back thrice, my car is due for oil change? ... For what biko?

buygala:
I used to have the same 3k mile oil change mindset .... But now I know different.. Now na 10k miles steady I dey do on a 2007 Toyota Prado.. On 20w50.. I frequently do some serious highway miling though..

I manage some Toyota Hiace "hummer" Buses that are used for Transport business to and from the far North to Lagos... These buses do 2 round trips almost every week.. That's more than 1. 5k miles per round trip.. And these buses get their oil change every 2 months, after covering more than 20k miles... And yes.. Na 20w50 dem dey use for service.. And these buses are still in jolly shape more than 5 years down the line.

In my opinion, moisture is the worst enemy of engine oils.. Frequently driving very short distances like 5miles daily tend not to allow the oil get hot enough to evaporate condensed moisture in it, which ends up fvcking up the oil prematurely..in that instance, even changing oil at 2k miles won't help much... That continuous and unexpelled condensation buildup in oil is what majorly causes engine sludge..

If you do more than 30 miles at a stretch daily at steady average revs of 2k+, I don't see why you can't push up your oil change period to 7 or 8k miles.. And if you frequently do 300mile+ journeys, push it up to 10k miles... Even with mineral oils

If those Volkswagen Sharans and Hummer buses used for interstate transport can do 20k+ miles per oil change on mineral oils , I don't see why some of us private drivers can't, given the right circumstances.

After all said and done, despite the bodily lagginess of some of those transport vehicles, their engines are mostly in pretty top shape.. Far better shape than the engines of some of us who keep unnecessarily spoonfeeding our engines.. Some of them still have their factory engines even after 10 years of constant long-distance travel...

Country too hard to dey waste money dey dash oil salesmen that are praying for you to change oil every 1k miles..

NB.. this comment isn't for you if you frequently do very short-distance driving..

sukkot:
see they say do oil change every 3000 miles but i somehow have forgotten that miles and km are different. like i have been Changing my oil every 3000km. mayneeeeeeeeee. instead of every 4500 km.

joyandfaith:

You don't kill your brothers because you need to annex their lands.
Kiev is older than Moscow.
USSR is different from Russia empire. Do you know what happened with collapse of Russia empire? Independent nations emerge. Mind you Nigeria used to be part of British empire till 1960. Yes, Ukraine was about to emerge as an Independent state after collapse of Russia empire but Bolshevik army wouldn't agree. Ukrainian nationalist government fought Bolshevik army till 1921 and lost. Thereafter Ukraine ussr was formed.
Crimea belongs to tartar a turkish tribe. Stalin forceful deported them to Asia and the region was russified. From 1991, Crimea tartans have been returning home
Thanks to collapse of ussr. Donbass belongs ukraine. Holodomor and Russification reduced indigenous population.
Ukraine has been living in shadow of Russia for centuries. They don't want to be enslaved again.

Vl3ly:
go and google Russia empire and come back to share your testimony

Biodun556:
Taiwan president resigns as party head after local election losses
Tsai Ing-wen takes ‘all responsibility’ for Democratic Progressive party’s poor performance on Saturday

Associated Press in Taipei
Sat 26 Nov 2022 00.19 EST
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The Taiwan president, Tsai Ing-wen, resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive party (DPP) after it suffered local election losses on Saturday.

Voters in Taiwan overwhelmingly chose the opposition Nationalist party in several major races across the self-ruled island in an election in which lingering concerns about threats from China took a backseat to more local issues.


Tsai spoke out many times about “opposing China and defending Taiwan” while campaigning for DPP. But the party’s candidate Chen Shih-chung, who lost the vote for mayor of Taipei, only raised the issue of the Communist party’s threat a few times before he quickly switched back to local issues as there was little interest, experts said.

Tsai offered her resignation on Saturday evening – following tradition after a major loss – in a short speech in which she also thanked supporters.

“I must shoulder all the responsibility,” she said. “Faced with a result like this, there are many areas that we must deeply review.”

While international observers and the ruling party have attempted to link the elections to the long-term existential threat that is Taiwan’s neighbour, many local experts do not think China – which claims the island as its territory, to be annexed by force if necessary – has a large role to play this time around.


The international community has raised the stakes too high. They’ve raised a local election to this international level, and Taiwan’s survival,” said Yeh-lih Wang, a political science professor at National Taiwan University.

During campaigning, there were few mentions of the large-scale military exercises targeting Taiwan that China conducted in August in reaction to a visit by the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi.

“So I think if you can’t even raise this issue in Taipei,” Wang said. “You don’t even need to consider it in cities in the south.”

Man placing vote form in box.
Voters were concerned about issues such as pollution, road transport and Covid vaccines, experts said. Photograph: Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Candidates from the Nationalist party won the mayoral seat in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, as well as in Taoyuan, Taichung and New Taipei city.

The public voted for mayors, city council members and other local leaders in all 13 counties and in nine cities. There was also a referendum on lowering the voting age from 20 to 18, which was defeated, according to local media.


Chiang Wan-an, elected as the mayor of Taipei, declared victory on Saturday night at a large rally. “I will let the world see Taipei’s greatness,” he said.

Not all votes had been formally counted by the time of his speech, but Chiang and the other candidates’ numerical lead allowed them to declare victory.

Kao Hung-an, a candidate in the relatively new Taiwan People’s party, won the mayoral seat in Hsinchu, a city home to many of Taiwan’s semiconductor companies.

Campaigns had resolutely focused on the local: air pollution in the central city of Taichung, traffic snarls in Taipei’s tech hub, Nangang, and the island’s Covid-19 vaccine buying strategies, which left the island in short supply during an outbreak last year.

The defeat for the ruling DPP may be partly explained by the way it handled the pandemic.


“The public has some dissatisfaction with the DPP on this, even though Taiwan has done well relatively speaking in pandemic prevention,” said Huang Wei-hao, a political science professor at National Sun Yat-sen University.

At an elementary school in New Taipei City, which surrounds Taipei, voters young and old came early despite it raining.

Yu Mei-zhu, 60, said she came to cast her ballot for the incumbent mayor, Hou You-yi. “I think he has done well, so I want to continue to support him. I believe in him, and that he can improve our environment in New Taipei City and our transportation infrastructure.”

Tsai came out early on Saturday morning to cast her ballot, catching many voters by surprise as her security and entourage swept through the school.

“If the DPP loses many county seats, then their ability to rule will face a very strong challenge,” said You Ying-lung, chair at the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation, which regularly conducts public surveys on political issues.

The election results will in some ways also reflect the public’s attitude toward the ruling party’s performance over the last two years, You said.
Some felt apathetic to the local race. “It feels as if everyone is almost the same, from the policy standpoint,” said 26-year-old Sean Tai, an employee at a hardware store.

Tai declined to say who he voted for, but wants someone who will raise Taipei’s profile and bring better economic prospects while keeping the status quo with China. “We don’t want to be completely sealed off. I really hope that Taiwan can be seen internationally,” he said.

Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/26/taiwan-local-election-polls-2024-presidential-election

Holiness2100:


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11382643/amp/The-worlds-five-nuclear-superpowers-brink-direct-armed-conflict.html

AnotherZik:
The Canadian Royal Mounted Police has announced that it is launching an investigation into reports about the establishment of Chinese “police service stations” in the city of Toronto.

“The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is investigating reports of possible foreign actor interference at undeclared “police service stations” believed to be operating on behalf of the People’s Republic of China in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA),” the RCMP said in a statement on Tuesday.

In the statement, the RCMP said that it is aware of recent reports that accuse China of targeting the Chinese diaspora throughout Canada and is investigating “all criminality” related to such activities.

“Our aim is to prevent intimidation, threats and harassment as well as any form of harm initiated on behalf of a foreign entity being applied to any community in Canada,” the statement said.

It also said that the RCMP emphasized that foreign actor interference is considered a threat to Canada’s national security as it allows direct meddling in the country’s internal affairs.

All attempts made by foreign states to meddle in the lives of Canadian citizens, including through threats, harassment, intimidation or corruption, will be investigated by the RCMP, the statement added.

The authorities have requested Canadian citizens to communicate with them if they are aware of any activity arising from the alleged “police service stations” or if they have been threatened by China.

Earlier this month, China rejected reports of deployment of overseas “police stations” in foreign nations, saying “police service centers” outside the country only assist Chinese nationals in accessing the online service platform in the respective countries.

Beijing’s response came after the Dutch government ordered China to close the “police service stations” in the Netherlands, saying that no permission was sought for the “police service stations” from them.

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said these sites mentioned are not “police stations” or “police service centers”.

“They assist overseas Chinese nationals who need help in accessing the online service platform to get their driving licenses renewed and receive physical check-ups for that purpose. The venues are provided by local overseas Chinese communities who would like to be helpful, and the people who work on those sites are all volunteers who come from these communities,” he said.

“They are not police personnel from China. There is no need to make people nervous about this,” Zhao added.

BigIyanga:

Forbes is actually a Republican leaning publication like Fox and most Republicans support Russian invasion of Ukraine… so u guys follow Republicans in their support for Russia?? Yoy cant eat your suya and want to have ur pepper soup as well

Carloslehder:
So just like that he got the boy's best friend's number and left a voice note for him on WhatsApp and telegram.

Then he chatted the boy on Instagram and told him his name and location, perplexed and scared for his life the boy immediately deleted an account he's had for years.

Carloslehder:
So this guy got into the boys insta,snapped up some of his users contacts, scout the followers close to him,did a reverse trace on Thier ip and contacts and some other sh*t I don't know and just like that he got to know the exact location of this boys and even the his name and that of his two friends.

Carloslehder:
But this boy kept on insulting him, saying he can't do anything ,mind you this boy is just a kid that thinks he is invisible online and can do anything, unfortunately for him this my guy is a little bit of a psycho and he is a tech guru too,he is one of this guys that would probably happily kill someone for something as stupid as an online brawl,the guy got arrested every month when we were back in our school days.

Carloslehder:
Furious,my guy sent him a voice note telling him not to do that again especially In a forum like Instagram that is not anonymous

Centurion101:

What is this American wannabe on about, Ukraine lost 80% of it's gdp, 30% of it's population ran away,over 150k dead, 60% of the country is without electricity or water,half of the country now looks like Syria losing facilities worth over $1t , meanwhile Russia is intact and in your ignorant mind you think they're giving who hell

1stGenAmerican:

One of my favorites as long as you’re adding salami or ham!

1stGenAmerican:


You viewed the drone video just as I did. The Russian soldiers were not able to quickly move out of the pit they were taking shelter in when the bomb fell into it because of hypothermia and I really pitied them. I didn’t have the heart to continue watching the clip of the Russian soldier struggling to take his own life.

Anyway, what’s for lunch friend?

Vl3ly:
Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of dollars

The move is aimed at tackling dwindling forex reserves amidst rising inflation and a weakening local currency.


The West African nation has warned it is facing its worst economic crisis in a generation [File: Reuters]
Published On 24 Nov 2022


Ghana’s government is working on a new policy to buy oil products with gold rather than US dollar reserves, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said on Facebook.

The move, announced on Thursday, is meant to tackle dwindling foreign currency reserves coupled with demand for dollars by oil importers, which is weakening the local cedi and increasing living costs.

Ghana’s Gross International Reserves stood at around $6.6bn at the end of September 2022, equating to less than three months of imports cover. That is down from around $9.7bn at the end of last year, according to the government.


The rise of Mohammed Kudus, pride of Nima and Ghana’s golden boy end of list.

If implemented as planned for the first quarter of 2023, the new policy “will fundamentally change our balance of payments and significantly reduce the persistent depreciation of our currency”, Bawumia said.


Using gold would prevent the exchange rate from directly impacting fuel or utility prices as domestic sellers would no longer need foreign exchange to import oil products, he explained.

“The barter of gold for oil represents a major structural change,” he added.

The proposed policy is uncommon. While countries sometimes trade oil for other goods or commodities, such deals typically involve an oil-producing nation receiving non-oil goods rather than the opposite.

[b]Ghana produces crude oil, but it has relied on imports for refined oil products since its only refinery shut down after an explosion in 2017.[b]

Bawumia’s announcement was posted as Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced measures to cut spending and boost revenues in a bid to tackle a spiralling debt crisis.

In a 2023 budget presentation to parliament on Thursday, Ofori-Atta warned that the West African nation was at high risk of debt distress and that the cedi’s depreciation was seriously affecting Ghana’s ability to manage its public debt.

The government is negotiating a relief package with the International Monetary Fund as the cocoa, gold and oil-producing nation faces its worst economic crisis in a generation.

SOURCE: REUTERS

1stGenAmerican:


Funny that you guys consider Forbes a bible of truth when they feature Dangote.

You guys have been calling everything propaganda, even predictions that Russia was set to invade Ukraine, propaganda but everything you say isn’t real keeps materializing.

1stGenAmerican:
Russian Soldiers Are Freezing To Death In Eastern Ukraine
Story by David Axe, Forbes Staff • 15h ago

-There is a video link in the story of a Russian soldier with hypothermia struggling to commit suicide that was too brutal for me to finish watching. View at your own peril. Not the Twitter video on the source page, the story with the hyperlink.

The Ukrainian army has deployed some of its best brigades to eastern Ukraine, including the 92nd and 93rd Mechanized Brigades and the 1st Presidential Brigade. But these elite Ukrainian formations might not be the biggest killer of Russian troops in the east. Under-trained, under-supplied and ambivalently led, Russians in the region are freezing to death by the dozen.

Shocking videos that have circulated online in recent weeks tell a tragic story. The videos, shot by the Ukrainian brigades’ hovering drones, depict Russians in the late stages of hypothermia, so cold and sick that they barely react when the drones drop lethal improvised bombs on them.

Thomas Theiner, an ex-soldier who currently is a filmmaker in Kyiv, predicted winter “would kill more Russian soldiers than Ukraine ever could.” He may have been right.

Winters in Ukraine start wet and cold then get colder and drier. Eastern Ukraine still is in the wet-cold phase—and it’s brutal. Deep mud mires armored vehicles. Daytime temperatures hover around freezing, while nighttime temperates dip closer to zero degrees Fahrenheit.

With preparation, sound leadership and reliable logistics, the conditions are survivable. Soldiers bundle up, sleep in roofed, heated trenches with floors, frequently change their wet socks and eat twice as much as they would on warm days. When they get sick, they evacuate to the rear for rest.

The problem, for the Russian army, is that more and more of its troops are untrained draftees. Officers aren’t leading from the front. And Russian logistics are strained by nonstop Ukrainian bombardment. Starving draftees with no gloves or good boots are huddling in shallow, unheated trenches while their officers squat in abandoned houses potentially miles away, unaware or uncaring as their soldiers succumb to the elements.

When you’re wet, hungry and exposed to the nighttime cold, it doesn’t take long for hypothermia to set in. One bad night is enough. Even moderate hypothermia can result in confusion, decreased reflexes and loss of motor skills.

Which explains the drone massacre that’s been playing out lately over contested eastern towns such as Svatove, Pavlivka and Bakhmut. Hypothermic Russian troops aren’t even trying to flee when Ukraine’s bomb-armed quadcopter drones buzz overhead. The soldiers barely flinch when a bomb explodes in their fighting position.

Suicides evidently are on the rise. One especially gut-wrenching video depicts a Russian combatant in scrape outside Bakhmut trying to shoot himself in the chest as a Ukrainian drone watches from directly overhead. The Russian’s ungloved right hand is blue with cold, and he struggles to pull the trigger.

The video feed cuts. When we see the Russian again, he apparently has succeeded in killing himself. He doesn’t move when the drone’s bomb explodes beside him.

It’s hard to say for sure how many Russians have died of the cold. But it’s worth noting that just one Russian marine unit, the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, reportedly lost as many as 500 killed and 400 wounded in just the last three months fighting around Pavlivka. That’s potentially half the brigade’s original strength.

A nearly one-to-one killed-to-wounded ratio—one to three is normal—speaks to the collapse of Rusisan leadership ... and to the cold. Wounded troops, lying exposed to the elements, are dying before anyone bothers to rescue them.

Expect many, many more Russians to freeze to death as the weather gets worse. “Temperatures are forecasted to drop throughout Ukraine over the next week,” the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, D.C. noted on Saturday.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/11/27/russian-soldiers-are-freezing-to-death-in-eastern-ukraine/?sh=dad7e2042541

1stGenAmerican:
Russian official staggeringly admits 'we have no socks, shorts, doctors, or intelligence'
Story by Charles Harrison, Liam Doyle

One of the Kremlin's most prominent nationalist politicians said the Russian military does not have an adequate number of doctors or other adequate supplies in an extraordinary tirade against the state of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. During a meeting on Saturday with the mothers of soldiers mobilised for the war, Leonid Slutsky, leader of the populist Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the foreign relations committee in the lower house of parliament, has been a staunch supporter of the invasion - but offered a surprising public admission of issues facing the Russian military.

He said at the meeting: "There are not enough doctors in the military units; everyone says this. I cannot say they do not exist at all, but they are practically not seen there.

"We must understand that the whole world is watching us. We are the largest state and when we do not have socks, shorts, doctors, intelligence, communications, or simply care for our children, questions arise that will be very difficult to answer."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-official-staggeringly-admits-we-have-no-socks-shorts-doctors-or-intelligence/ar-AA14BoWY?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2428b1bed0064ba18c3a2619f3cae34c

1stGenAmerican:


Polygraph results are generally non-admissible in courts within the state of NY so my thoughts on the effectiveness don’t matter.

What evidence do you have to support your claim?

The case is far from DOA and her first case against him, a claim of defamation, is being heard in February.

1stGenAmerican:


What’s your take on the case?

DaveHarry:

How effective do you think is the lie detector machine. By the way this case is dead on arrival.

That's a great question.

With a professional polygraphic examination expert, any lie told can be detected using the lie detector. I have watched several forensic and crime detection documentaries for decades now, and one thing about lie detection machines is that they are near-accurate. This device has even been used to catch cheating partners and solve cases of paternity fraud.

Combine finger print detection, DNA testing of hair strands and body fluids, and lie detection (using polygraphic machines), most crime cases can easily be solved by detectives or private investigators!

1stGenAmerican:


A New York court and jury? Trump? I feel that the outcome isn’t likely to be in his favor. This particular suit is a civil case which is much easier to win and from what I’ve read, she has a strong collection of evidence. I’m curious to see the Discovery that’ll be introduced.

The majority of the suits filed under these new statutes have been by victims of childhood sexual abuse years after the abuse occurred most have been successfully won.

*This particular statute is still fairly new so think about precedents and how they are set.

DaveHarry:
Writer E Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in the 1990s.

Ms Carroll is among the first to sue under the Adult Survivors Act, which came into effect on Thursday.

The state law allows a one-year period for victims to file sexual assault lawsuits in New York over claims that would have otherwise exceeded statute limitations.

The former president has denied the allegations against him.

Ms Carroll alleges the attack took place in a New York luxury department store dressing room 27 years ago.

The Adult Survivors Act allows victims to come forward if the sexual assault occurred when they were over the age of 18 and took place on a date that exceeds time limits that exists on most felonies.

It is modelled after the state's recent Child Abuse Act, which applied to victims who were abused as minors.

The Child Abuse Act, which came into effect in 2019, allowed a two-year period for victims to come forward. Around 11,000 lawsuits were filed in New York against churches, hospitals, schools, camps and other institutions under that law.

Ms Carroll has also sued former President Trump for defamation after he accused her of lying when she first made her allegations public in 2019. Mr Trump has called Ms Carroll's claims "fiction". A civil trial for that case is scheduled for 6 February.

In a statement, Ms Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said the new lawsuit filed on Thursday is intended to hold Mr Trump accountable for the alleged assault.

Alina Habba, a lawyer for Mr Trump, told US media that, while she respects and admires individuals that come forward "this case is unfortunately an abuse of the purpose of this Act" and "runs the risk of delegitimising the credibility of actual victims".

Others are also planning to file lawsuits under the new law.

This includes a planned class action lawsuit against Robert Hadden, a former gynaecologist at hospitals tied to New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University, who has been accused by dozens of patients of sexual abuse.

Mr Hadden was convicted in 2016 on sex-related charges in state court, but has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of abusing female patients over two decades.

Advocates for survivors of sex abuse believe the legislation provides an opportunity for people to come forward who may not have done so previously due to trauma or fear of retaliation.

Several other states have also extended or temporarily eliminated their statues of limitation on sex crimes in the wake of the #MeToo in 2018, including New Jersey, California, Arizona and Montana.