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peteregwu:
If religion is free will, why don't you call the bokoharam, ISIS, alshabab etc to order. Or you better move to sambisa and tell them.

If religion wasnt freewill, u'll probably still be worshipping whatever idol ur ancestors were serving!

sonofLuci:
Tell that to bokoharam and isis

U need to read on d spanish inquisition n d crusades!!

AdeniyiA:
I am very sure he will end his life wretched, dejected and frustrated
His type commits suicide later in life ...

E be like say, u no know Hugh Hefner!?

smileslola:
sowwiiee

What kind of social experiment? Just curious ni, already married*.

ExpensiveG:
She is HEARTLESS


na dis type of children dey grow up to hate der MAMA wen dem see dey scares wey dey der body. No matter wetin dis children do, dis punishment is too much. ;(


It's easy for a girl to be a MOTHER but it is difficult to be called a MOTHER.

MOTHERHOOD means~ Tolerance, Love, Care, Understanding, Patience, Leadership and PRAYERS....

Unfortunately, most dont hate! Instead, they seek acceptance from d beast n inturn, visit same treatment upon their own kids!? The circle never ends! Their mom probably grew up under d same conditions.

zoom007:
Who polls help? obamacare is destined to be repealed. its only a matter of when. we shall remind you when it is repealed. you cant keep insurance companies into perpetual loss because you want to save the world. If not for Republicans promise to repeal the failed obamacare i would prefer obamacare to continue, by the time they cant afford it and all insurance companies DON run commot you will get insurance from heaven at cheap price. it is insane to peg insurance price on people with pre-existing conditions. For your information, I work as an insurance expert and you should know i have sound knowledge of issues around health insurance.
The only option for obamacare to survive is for the lawmakers resolve to accept to buy off insurance companies loss and you know republicans are very reluctant to public debt increasing, they are conservatives for a reason. obamacare is good but is it sustainable? will it result in government savings or deficits.
The Alternatives right now proposed by republicans will result in savings and not deficit for the government in nearest future. both sides need to sit down and design what will work create a balance.

1st commonsense dissenting voice!?

Individual mandate is supposed to tackle d pre-existing condition pple. Thats why obamacare made it compulsory to either register or pay an exemption tax, no matter how healthy u are! Something trump n gop wants to remove.

That idea will only fail when d population of d sick is far more than d healthy pple registered, which is only possible in few of d involved states. Infact, from multiple sources, d insurance firms are supposed to start making profits by 2018!

Those state gov holding out, shouldnt! Instead, they should create a marketplace n allow more pple to register, cos d more healthy pple register, d more profitable it'll be for d insurance firms.


I've been following this since d very beginning! I no be american o, just a bored busy body!

Right from when d democrats used all their political capital to get it passed into law(d lost their majority in d house because of that), and hopefully, up to d point Trump n his crazy party 'll be totally disgraced as having failed to repeal it, inspite of all their chest beating, house n senate majority n a republican president to boot!

Well,

The Switch
Drowned security robot is gone, but clearly not forgotten
By Todd C . Frankel
July 18 at 7 : 08 PM
One day after a security robot toppled famously into a water fountain outside an office complex in Washington, an informal memorial was erected Tuesday in honor of the autonomous machine 's brief tour of duty.
People laid colorful flowers and left behind letters at the spot where the robot had been based at Washington Harbour in Georgetown .
“In Loving Memory of our security robot . . . but more importantly our friend , ” one missive read .
The robot also apparently had a name . It was Steve.
Steve was about four feet tall and oblong . He was a roving robot charged with keeping an eye on the business and retail complex . He was new to the job , with about a week under his belt. While on patrol Monday , Steve fell down some concrete stairs and into the ankle -deep waters of a fountain . He was eventually rescued.
Our D.C. office building got a security robot. It drowned itself.
We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots.
8:05 PM - 17 Jul 2017
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Bilal Farooqui
@bilalfarooqui
Knightscope, a Silicon Valley start - up that made the robot , said the accident was " an isolated incident " and promised to deliver a new robot this week free.
Photos of Steve 's misfortune set off a flurry of online attention .
The memorial featured a photo of a candle with the words " Never Forgotten , " a box of tissues , photos of people posing with the robot , several letters, a set of batteries ( for the robot hereafter , perhaps ) and what appeared to be a cassette tape .
An email sent to the office complex ' s tenants by the building manager noted that Steve 's accident was " not an ideal situation, " but promised that "When we re- deploy , we are aiming for less swimming on our patrols !"

Trump is finally getting d memo, Obamacare has become a juggernaut!?

Large majorities like nearly all of the law ’ s major provisions, and now they prefer the ACA over any current alternative . The November 2016 Kaiser survey numbers on this were stunning. For instance , fully 90 percent of Democrats and 82 percent of Republicans supported allowing young adults to stay on their parents ’ insurance until age 26 ; 89 percent of Democrats and 77 percent of Republicans approved the elimination of out - of- pocket expenses for many preventive services; 91 percent and 67 percent wanted subsidies for low - and middle - income Americans to purchase insurance ; 90 percent of Democrats and 67 percent of Republicans support the Medicaid expansion ; 75 percent and 63 percent wanted to prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage because of one ’ s medical history ; and 82 percent of Democrats and 63 percent of Republicans support increasing the Medicare payroll tax on earnings for upper - income Americans.
This consensus had two important exceptions: Republicans and independents opposed both the individual mandate that everyone have health insurance , and also the business mandate that employers with 50 or more employees offer insurance .
President Trump and the Republicans apparently thought that the public ’ s opposition to these mandates was enough to do in Obamacare . They have found that they were wrong .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/07/19/why-cant-the-senate-repeal-obamacare-because-its-actual-policies-are-popular/?utm_term=.3a406c5ec324

I guess ur marriage is still young, deepwater? Wait until he starts missing d hydraulic soup, hope u wont be too ashamed to complain here?!


Its like telling an ipob, that money doesnt matter, just contentment!


I grew up tired of hydraulic soup too!? I felt over saturated with d stuff! Married someone like u. Now, approaching 40, n my favourite
meal is - hydraulic soup, bean soup n akpu!!? Though, I have to seek my culinary pleasures in eateries!

And, inspite of d high cost, do u notice how high d number of applicants still are?

zoom007:
Its people like you that needs to be educated. Take out US from NATO and Russia will be the power in Europe. The Europeans need trump than he needs them. Take that to the bank.

for your skull head information. Approval ratings among his base- over 85%, approval ratings among evangelicals- 89%. So you all with FNN can go to hell, since you cannot sleep without seeing trump in your dreams.

Who approval ratings epp?!

Nobody needs anybody, nothing is important, until attach importance to it!?

Russia cant rule Europe, with d presence of Germany, US or no US! Incase u dont know ur history, na US even save Russia n co from German hands!

I must see Trump na, thats been my complaint! Cos, if d US comot hand for world matter, Gbagbo for don destroy Ivory Coast, Jona for don scatter we country, ......

softwerk:
The reality of this women's marriage crash has seriously left her broken and in continuous dire need of attention

3 months ago she saved an accident victim, paid his bills and bought him new clothes same day!

1 month ago she returned her brideprice back to Churchill's family she claimed she initially paid by herself

Last 2 weeks she joined in a publisised march against women abuse in Lagos.

3days ago she declared she's now born again after cursing and insulting the living day light out of Churchill and his mother!

Yesterday she went back filming at nollywood and today she's in the news again!

I think her strategy is to always be in the news with the aim of "peppering" her estranged Churchill

She probably wants to reconcile, but pride no gree! She is just realising, Churchill no send am again.

muller101:
Ladies will flood the thread. BTW. Am sure the woman will forgive him.

Forgive wetin?! Lailai!

pazienza:
What obvious fact?

Yorubas produce heaven and Earth, then why are they not seeking for independence to enjoy those goodies alone or atleast have full control of them while they make use of ECOWAS to reach the rest of West Africa?

Why are Yorubas clinging unto Nigeria. Go all over the social media ( facebook mainly) , it's Yorubas crying all over about Igbo desire to disintegrate Nigeria and free ourselves, why are Yorubas not desirous of independent Yorubaland?

Fact is that self confident productive people would always seek for a separation from the mad crowd to enable them think and act outside the cacophony and unleash their full potentials, especially when the crowd is a failed one like Nigeria.

Btw, didn't insult him. Just pointed out the obvious. He isn't an Igbo, he didn't need to claim Igbo to make his point, but since he wants to claim Igbo to add weight to his opinion, it's only pertinent that we strip him of his false Igbo tag first and foremost.

When u're confident of ur abilities, hangers-on pose no threat!? U dont give excuses for not attaining success.

geoworldedu:
Those people you are talking about, were they your friends or relatives? I am not talking of those you don't know very well, but those who are so close to you, like your father, mother, best friends etc. If it is none of those, then just forget it. Let the mad person himself come and share his testimony.

Well, d internet never forgets, so their privacy is paramount(mental illness is still taboo, even if I think otherwise).

Very close! I've witnessed them, provided care for some n assisted payment for some, related n still relate with conquerors of mental illness!?

My dad was n still is a christian prayer warrior


My take on mental illness, irrespective of confirmed hypothesis, is that; d human brain becomes jumbled under duress.

And, we all have different level of critical mass. While some may get jumbled over marriage pressures, some post-partum, some poverty issues, some unfulfilled marital dreams etc To each his own


Though, most experience vast improvements, when removed from those situations that triggered d collapse, and are pampered.

To all who still yearn for d Buffoon, may his mode of administration be visited upon ur generations!


As bad as u think Bubu is, we're yet to hear of such absurd sums being frittered away!?

geoworldedu:
ok, heard. But let's deal with the old-age syndrome first. Do u knw anyone personally who was mad and was healed by the old-age gods e.g Yahweh, Allah, etc?

Well, I've had several personal experiences of persons loosing their minds n healing. Most attributed it to God, only one went to a pyscho ward, they've all been healed with no reoccurence, yet

wolextayo:
I'll remain silent till you receive sense, so you expect me to give a list of those I've helped? I bear no malice with you bro, you shouldn't have addressed me that way! Go in peace

If truly, u help out of emphaty, then u should feel d pain of why d kid felt, he had ran out of options!

Not go all over d thread, trying to ......

wolextayo:
The boy fu*k up I swear

U've said ur piece already, can u just shutup n move on from d thread?!

No dad, abusive mum, hunger, halfbaked education, no mentor, fu.cked country, no bright prospects, wth were u expecting him to do?


U probably have boys like that arnd u, what have u done to mentor them?

whirlwind7:
Fact.
A fact so obvious to anyone with half a brain, you will have to wonder why his online asslickers, especially here on NL could still summon the courage and shamelessness to support an intellectually bereft relic. You'd think they didn't know how woefully he performed in 1984. It was Tunde Idiagbon who actually did all the job, while Bubu, as the military head of state, took all the glory.

Pardon him for he knows absolutely zilch about running any economy. What about his anti corruption and anti terrorism crusade? If he doesn't have the foggiest idea of demand and supply and market economy, what about his so called integrity that wouldn't permit any thieving politician or any deranged jihadist to walk free?

Ah! Tinubu and his sophisticated brothers have brought such a mess upon us, that it would take a decade to break even from the horrible medieval voodooism mallam Bubu is torturing us with.

If we are to pardon most of the youths who campaigned and voted for an inept Bubu because they were too young to realize how empty he was in 1984, what about the "old cargoes" who were adults back then? The "elders" who retrieved a relic that ought to be consigned to a museum, forced him to wear suits and look presentable, so that lobotomised folks (the ones called zombies) would still vote him into power.

Emmm...the people deserve the sort of leaders they get. Nigerians have shown they are too dense to rise above tribal and religious sentiment to vote a worthy candidate into office.

As at today, Bubu is the best Nigerians can offer. He is the best among all of us, which is why he was made number one citizen. Pathetic!

One peeved off, myopic wailer!?

President Trump’ s foreign policy , such as it is, rests on a massive and apparently indestructible contradiction . Trump wants the United States to remain the “essential” nation, the best embodiment of Western ideals of freedom and democracy , while at the same time deliberately alienating many of our traditional allies, whose support the United States desperately needs. American leadership becomes difficult , if not impossible .
It is hard to straddle this contradiction , because it reflects a basic misunderstanding of the American “ greatness ” that Trump so avidly pursues. To Trump, this greatness is mainly measured in economic terms: the number of added jobs; the trajectory of wages ; the rate of economic growth. It is a nostalgic and unrealistic yearning for the economic dominance the United States enjoyed in the 1950 s and 1960 s .
The truth is that American greatness then and later was never about dollars and cents alone . Prosperity was a means to an end, not an end in itself . The greater objective was to promote democracy and mixed economies, with power divided between the market and government . To advance this vision , the United States advocated open trade and provided a military umbrella. The latter created a geopolitical shield against instability.
Trump sees the costs of these programs as showing that past U. S. leaders were willing to sacrifice the interests of ordinary Americans to meaningless global cooperation . U. S . officials negotiated horrible trade deals ; American workers lost their jobs to imports ; our putative allies didn ’ t pick up their fair share of military spending . These “ allies” were rivals , not partners .
Although there was some truth to these complaints , they were (and are ) fundamentally misleading . The notion that Americans simply abandoned their own interests for Japan’ s, Germany ’ s or South Korea ’ s — to select a few obvious countries — is counterfactual . Americans thought , correctly , that their embrace of a generous approach to the world exemplified “enlightened self -interest. ” Our economic and political interests were served by a prosperous and increasingly democratic global system .
As “ grand strategy , ” the post - World War II American conception of the world order largely succeeded . The global economy grew richer . A wealthier Europe established stable democracies . The Soviet Union collapsed . America benefited from all of this . There was no World War III . The memory of World War II , coming so soon after World War I , discredited the U. S . isolationism of the interwar period . This backlash was the incubator of postwar U. S . foreign policy .
Now there’ s a new era . What role can the United States play ? Often , Trump seems of two minds . Last week in Europe , he warned of the dangers of a nuclear- armed North Korea and pledged to remain faithful to America ’ s ideals of freedom and liberty . But as Trump has surely discovered, running an outward -looking , internationalist foreign policy is hard when your domestic policy is nationalist and inward -looking . Abroad, the balancing act has backfired .
A recent Pew Research Center poll of 40 , 448 respondents in 37 countries
finds a big drop in favorable views of the United States . At the end of Barack Obama ’ s presidency , 64 percent of foreign respondents viewed the United States favorably ; now that ’ s 49 percent . Respondents were asked whether they had “confidence ” that the U. S . president would “ do the right thing ” in world affairs. In Germany , only 11 percent thought Trump would ; Obama ’ s rating had been 86 percent . In Mexico , 5 percent backed Trump, down from Obama ’ s 49 percent . Only in Russia and Israel did Trump outscore Obama .
As a result, it’ s harder for Trump to lead internationally. Foreign leaders can more easily oppose him without suffering adverse domestic political consequences . He has made it even harder by antagonizing other countries by withdrawing from the Paris agreement on climate change . There was no need ; all the pact ’ s goals are voluntary .
Of course , if your policies aim mainly to increase exports and jobs, none of this matters. But here , too , Trump’ s approach may fail . He quit the Trans- Pacific Partnership — a trade agreement with 11 other Pacific Rim nations ; many economists consider this a blunder , because Asian economies are among the fastest -growing. And last week , Europe and Japan announced they ’ re negotiating a trade agreement that covers 40 percent of world trade and excludes the United States . Being outside these agreements would weaken U. S . exports . Further, the European Union warns it might retaliate against the United States if Trump restricts Europe ’ s steel exports .
What we ’ re witnessing is extraordinary : a voluntary surrender of power and influence . Trump may believe that trade and environmental issues can be kept separate from geopolitical matters, such as North Korea’ s nuclear program . On the contrary, history suggests that trade and geopolitics go hand in hand. To deal with North Korea , Trump needs allies to make economic sanctions tougher or to support military action . He has precious few because he has been so careless in abdicating responsibility for the global trading system .
Read more from Robert Samuelson ’ s archive.

No one, nothing on earth is truly indispensable.
Picture of a thousand words ....

DamiBukola:
Just shut up, Buhari has destroyed Nigeria but you never complained so what the heck about Trump's destruction of America's democracy?

Shut up ke? From a supposedly respectful tribe?! With a stranger on social media? U cant even try extrapolating ur view point, instead, u're threading d abusive path, like ipods?!

How is Bubu destroying naija? By insisting on due process? By attempting to put a stop to unfettered looting? By encouraging idle hands to farm? By going after corrupt high n mighty in d land?

Bubu might be slow, indecisive, politically naive n too democratised, but to doubt his vision, reeks of crass ignorance!?

My beef with Trump is; without d US, some cabal might decide on a tenure elongation for Bubu; d military might even go d coup way; Putin would have taken over all other former soviet union members; south korea would be paying obeisance to north korea; d chinese wouldnt be so nice in their biz dealings with asian n african countries; all of ivory coast, d gambia, mali, serria leone would be under dictatorship!!?

And, if u dont see all that n more or rebutt with an intellectual post, u can gtf off my mentions!

When u refuse to make sacrifices, to remain first among equals, u become ordinary.......

Excerpts;

The Europeans have stopped trying to paper over their differences with President Trump and the United States.
Traditionally respectful of American leadership and mindful of the country’s crucial role in European defense and global trade, European leaders normally repress or soften their criticism of United States presidents. Europeans were generally not happy with President Barack Obama’s reluctance to involve the country in Libya and Syria, for example, or his tardiness to engage in what clearly became an international confrontation with Russia in Ukraine, but their criticism was quiet.
But here at the Group of 20 summit meeting of the world’s industrialized nations, public splits with Mr. Trump were the order of the day. Those rifts have been reflected in European domestic politics, too, from Britain and France to Germany, where Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Europe must “take our fate into our own hands” and stop “glossing over” clear differences.


https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/world/europe/donald-trump-europe.html

geoworldedu:
New age youths What about old skool youths?We need their own first.

Most old skool youths, still think, its an abomination to lay claim to past insanity!!?

Since newage youths share, after sex pics, topless pics, porn pics n all sorts, they probably would soon graduate to sharing pre-healing insanity pics

When u abandon ur birthright;


The growing international isolatio The growing international isolation of the United States under President Trump was starkly apparent Friday as the leaders of major world economies mounted a nearly united opposition front against Washington on issues ranging from climate to free trade.
At a gathering of the Group of 20 world economic powers — normally a venue for drab displays of international comity — there were tough clashes with the United States and even talk of a possible transatlantic trade war .
The tensions were a measure of Trump’ s sharp break with previous U. S . policies. They were also a warning signal of Washington ’ s diminished clout , as the leaders of the other nations who gathered in Hamburg mulled whether to fix their signatures to statements that would exclude Trump or to find some sort of compromise . Two European officials said they were leaning toward a united front against Washington. n of the United States under President Trump was starkly apparent Friday as the leaders of major world economies mounted a nearly united opposition front against Washington on issues ranging from climate to free trade.
At a gathering of the Group of 20 world economic powers — normally a venue for drab displays of international comity — there were tough clashes with the United States and even talk of a possible transatlantic trade war .
The tensions were a measure of Trump’ s sharp break with previous U. S . policies. They were also a warning signal of Washington ’ s diminished clout , as the leaders of the other nations who gathered in Hamburg mulled whether to fix their signatures to statements that would exclude Trump or to find some sort of compromise . Two European officials said they were leaning toward a united front against Washington.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/at-g-20-eu-warns-of-trade-war-if-trump-imposes-restrictions-on-steel/2017/07/07/0ffae390-62f4-11e7-a6c7-f769fa1d5691_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpsummit-710a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.bcf4c4ebb5f4

No pic yet?

ImadeUReadThis:
How in God's name does this concern IPOB?

Why do you Afonjas like finding a blanket to soak your tears?

Man up and fight for osinbanjo as he is now collecting disgrace on all of your behalfs

Been reading all ur posts above!? 'Men' in my tribe dont kowtow to crime and criminals!? He isnt afraid of the consequence of stance, as long as he can live with his conscience! Just that truth is never treated fairly in Nigeria!

The senate was supposed to approach d supreme court for its stance on d contentions btw it n d executive, but instead, its placing on hold its job of confirming appointments! Thats irresponsible, and if u'll can see that, fool u!

LexSteele:
After sleeping with celebrities at Quilox, this olosho is getting married? I trust my naija nigga as non will ever want that first class olosho as a wife

FFK no be naija nigga? What of d Ooni?

Yemight2:
Ghen Ghen

Na ghen ghen true true!

Crazy country! When he got away with acquittal, in an 18 count charge, why didnt he think he could get away with such!?

All these anti-climax don tire person o!

If Trump can survive all these hoopla, and still gets to complete his 4yr tenure, then I'll stop preaching tolerance!

Democracy, is truly going to d dogs! When d incumbent US president can share a video, showing him attacking a member of d free press?!


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-locks-heads-with-news-media-in-a-social-media-first/2017/07/02/313e1dd6-5f40-11e7-84a1-a26b75ad39fe_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpwrestling-830pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Julivas:
1. The Supreme Court agreed that it is the duty of the president to prepare the budget, while NASS shall inform input into the budget.
2. But this does not mean, according to the judgment, that it can be substituted with another by the National Assembly.
3. While the National Assembly can inform input into the budget, it cannot singlehandedly introduce new projects.
4. In the entire 22-page judgment, nowhere was it stated that NASS has power to increase any budget proposal submitted to it by Mr President.
5. The judgment made it clear that NASS lacks powers to prepare “budget estimates” for the President or substitute it with its own estimates.
6. As earlier stated, we will approach the SC to get a better interpretation of the role and limitations of NASS on budget preparation


My take
This is good for our democracy

Very good for democracy! Hopefully,before d next govt comes in, each arm of govt would have grown too far apart to cooperate on their usual daylight robbery!