₦airaland Forum

KingOKON:
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I provide light for myself, provide water health security education and every gaddamit infrastructure for myself and you have the audacity to give me the sermon of R F Kennedy

Lemme tell you something you don't know, stop comparing us with the Americans and Europeans

Powerful men made America and Europe what they are today, so before you preaching that nonsense again sit in a corner of you room and reflect of the kings of Europe and the mighty men of America before they are where they are

How many can you count down here, if you like continue to believe a gate man should gate very well, a teacher should teach very well while a useless minister senator governor and president should misuse leadership and you think you will see any progress...... SORRY is your name

"Powerful men"? Surely that must begin with you and I, or are you expecting our powerful men to come from Europe, or America, or Mars?

I'm going to start counting now, and you will be my powerful men number one, while I will be powerful person number one, making two of us. I do not think you are I are enough, so let me hope others will join us so we can be the many who will become even more powerful together to be the change we want to one day see because I do believe that if we are competent and useful in the small things like gatekeeping and teaching etc, we will one day educate ourselves to become the useful "minister senator governor and president" we hope to become, because if we are lousy at gatekeeping and teaching, we will never ever become useful "minister senator governor and president"!

Maestro21:
Also, the death counts were fake. If one tested positIve for COVID-19 and died up to 28 days after, that death was attributed to COVID-19. For example, in California, hundreds of the COVID-19 dead bodies had bullet wounds in them. LOL

Please provide evidence for the bold statement of yours please!

Are you suggesting that the "16 percent increase in deaths from 2019," are all fake?

premkumer262:
Covid-19 was the third-leading cause of death in the United States last year, surpassing accidental deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
Only heart disease and cancer caused more deaths.
What's more, the pandemic accelerated the U.S. death rate.
"In 2020, about 3.3 million deaths occurred in the United States. Overall, this represents a 16 percent increase in deaths from 2019," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a news briefing Wednesday. Covid-19 deaths accounted for roughly 11 percent of deaths in 2020.
The report, from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, was based on death certificate data from January through December. Heart disease — long America's No. 1 killer — was the cause of approximately 690,000 deaths last year, according to the report. About 598,000 deaths were linked to cancer.
Covid-19 was listed as a cause of death or contributing cause on approximately 375,000 such documents in 2020. (As of Wednesday, that number had risen to more than 540,000.) A small percentage listed Covid-19 as the only cause of death, while more than 97 percent listed Covid-19 along with other health problems.
A similar report from the CDC last year lead to concerns and even conspiracy theories that Covid-19 was not the true cause of death in the vast majority of cases.
But experts said those deaths would not have occurred had Covid-19 not made the victims' underlying conditions worse.
"From a physician who has taken care of these patients and signed way too many death certificates, I can tell you for a fact that patients died because of Covid-19," said Dr. Hugh Cassiere, director of critical care services at Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital, part of Northwell Health, on Long Island, New York.
"These are people with underlying medical conditions, who, if they had not developed Covid-19, would still be alive," Cassiere said.
It has been well established that underlying health problems, such as obesity, kidney disease, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes, put a person at risk for severe outcomes of Covid-19.
A CDC study published this month found that nearly 80 percent of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in the U.S. were classified as either overweight or obese.
The new CDC report also confirmed that Covid-19 created a "plausible chain-of-event condition," meaning the infection directly caused other conditions, such as pneumonia or respiratory failure, listed on the death certificate.
"Overall, 70 percent to 80 percent of death certificates had both a chain-of-event condition and a significant contributing condition or a chain-of-event condition only," the report's authors wrote.
Covid-19 death rates were higher among people over 85, men and racial and ethnic minorities, such as Hispanics, Black people and American Indian or Alaska Native populations.
"We continue to see that communities of color account for an outsized portion of these deaths," Walensky said. "Among nearly all of these ethnic and racial minority groups, the Covid-19-related deaths were more than double the death rate of non-Hispanic white persons."
Such inequity data "should give all of us pause," said Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, chair of the department of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. "It really is devastating."
And the true number of Covid-19 deaths may be much higher. "Limited availability of testing," the report's authors wrote, "might have resulted in an underestimation of Covid-19–associated deaths."
As we all know, Covid-19 caused a large number of deaths in the United States. Therefore, taking necessary measures to control the spread of the epidemic is an effective means to reduce deaths due to the epidemic.

You are a bore but I love your tenacity

lexy2014:
1. If u are saying that what buhari said meant nothing, are u saying buhari is a liar and not a man of integrity?

The only thing buhari said that meant anything to me was him calling Nigerians lazy fuqs. Everything else he said was, as far as I was concerned, just promises that he had no chance of fulfilling even if he wanted or had the integrity to fulfil since he is not some God who gets to say "Let there be light", and light is.

lexy2014:
2. Are u saying that buhari is a fraud because it's only a fraud that makes empty promises?

Like all Nigerian politicians, Buhari made promises to get elected but that does not necessarily mean he is a fraud since he might have wanted to fulfil his promises only to realise the job was not for one person alone.

lexy2014:
3. What is buharis job and of what use is he to Nigerians if u acknowledged that he is a liar?

Buhari's job was to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which he obviously is. His job, as far as I am concerned, is to make Nigerians understand that no president is a miracle worker, and we are all responsible for ruling our nation.

lexy2014:
4. Are u therefore acknowledging that buhari has failed?

No, buhari has not failed. Not me, at least. Buhari can only have failed if you thought the job he applied for is different to the one he got, which is obviously not the case, since he obviously got the job he applied for, and to be honest, the job I expected of him.

We Nigerians have failed ourselves and will continue to fail ourselves for as ling as we keep thinking any president we elect will work miracles

lexy2014:
5. Are u by ur comment above saying that buhari is corrupt?

I can state that Buhari is somewhat inept like all presidents Nigeria has had. I would however need evidence of him being corrupt to say he is corrupt, which I do not yet have.

Thankfully, EFCC will let me know if he is corrupt once he leaves office when his fight against corruption will finally begin with and on him, which is when I will know if he is truly inept too.

lexy2014:
5. What did buhari succeed at doing?

Buhari has obviously succeeded in getting his hands on the purse of Nigeria to do with as he pleases, which currently is to buy himself the kind of healthcare he would never have been able to afford if he was not the president of Nigeria.

Now, you come to your own conclussion on your other questions because I personally believe you are able to make up your own mind instead of requiring that I spoonfeed you.

lexy2014:
I didn't ask u about bisi akande. I asked u about buhari.

1. If u are saying that what buhari said meant nothing, are u saying buhari is a liar and not a man of integrity?
2. Are u saying that buhari is a fraud because it's only a fraud that makes empty promises?
3. What is buharis job and of what use is he to Nigerians if u acknowledged that he is a liar?
4. Are u therefore acknowledging that buhari has failed?

Buhari obviously succeeded at whatever he wanted to achieve, and Nigerians failed for being naive and ignorant in believing the promises he made to get there.

It's about responsibility. You want to shift it on to Buhari, but I am shifting responsibility on to you us.

Maestro21:
Hahahahaha. I love reading posts of ignoramuses. You do know for e.g that 80% of the "positive" cases are from PCR tests whose fit for purpose is being debated and the cycles of testing has been reduced because 45 cycles were being used which indicates 80% false positives.

So, what you are saying is, the 80% of the 2.8m people who died of coronavirus around the world are false deaths, and the PCR tests to test their deadness is false positive?

I get you. Those dead people must be alive somewhere and will soon show themselves.

Please hola as soon as they show themselves to you please.

BigBashiru:
One of the ways to identify low iq people is that they get personal very quickly. Ive just given you a statement of fact - there is no well run black country... instead of you to counter the argument with a counter fact - the black man resorts to personal attacks. LOW IQ!

A micro country is yourself. If you can not run yourself then what you say is factually true. I am just not able to agree with you.

lexy2014:
Are u therefore acknowledging that buhari has failed?

Why must I have to repeat myself lexy2014
Is there something wrong with your reading ability?

budaatum:
No. We Nigerians failed ourselves for ignorantly and stupidly believing the promises of politicians, and we will fail ourselves again and again until we realise their promises mean nothing.

budaatum:
If u are saying that what buhari said meant nothing, are u saying buhari is a liar and not a man of integrity? Are u saying that buhari is a fraud because it's only a fraud that makes empty promises? What is buharis job and of what use is he to Nigerians if u acknowledged that he is a liar?

The only thing Buhari said that I consider to be the truth is when he said Nigerians are lazy fuqs. Everything else, like everything politicians say, is lies and fraud to me because I have personally not yet come across a 'successful' politician who is not a liar or who has integrity, except perhaps a former governor of my own Osun State called Adebisi Akande who wanted to reduce the bloated local government staff by sacking some of them, and said his state house cooks should stop killing a cow a day and should only buy 2 kilos of meat because he and his wife can't even finish that much. But of course my people labelled him Baba Kilo and only gave him one term and replaced him with a politician who would loot the state coffers so they too could loot, and now my state can't even pay the half salaries they promised.

I hope that is clear enough for you.

favor914:
Same Buhari s Government that granted the secessionist bail & let him escape from Nigeria for reasons best known to them? Government, especially the Federal is always 10 years ahead, won’t be surprised if he was let loose to destroy & tarnish the chances of an igbo man becoming Nigeria’s President in 2023, paving an easy path for their Yoruba competitors from the South West?

Buhari was probably just forced to obey the law.

Igbos will ruin their own chances of becoming president through their own disunity, which is a pity, because I would love to see how Igbos will rule the Nigeria that many (and hopefully not most) of them want to see destroyed so they can have their Biafra.

favor914:
Surprising Ipob sympathizers have gone mute, probably can’t believe the insanity they are hearing?

It must be hard for them to talk since most of them are against Fulanis, lol.

Let's wait. Kanu will soon tell them to vote Buhari third term. Then will we really get to see what they'll say.

lexy2014:
If u saying:

"you should know Nigeria politicians will promise us heaven and Earth just to get our votes, same way some Nigerian men do promise ladies eldorado"

Are u therefore acknowledging that buhari has failed?

No.

We Nigerians failed ourselves for ignorantly and stupidly believing the promises of politicians, and we will fail ourselves again and again until we realise their promises mean nothing.

lexy2014:
U haven't answered d questions. According to u:

"His neighbours will call police!"

1. Is calling of police a future occurrence that hasnt happened?
2. Is there any mention of neighbors in d article u read?

Fact is, police were on the scene. If you want to know how or why they arrived there, here's their number +4420 7230 1212.

Call and ask them then come and enlighten us please.

Emperormartin:
Taught not Thought

I missed that. I would have asked her who taught her how to thought, lol.

Who taught you how to eat food

lexy2014:
U haven't answered d questions:

"....will call police".

Is calling of police a future occurrence that hasnt happened? Is there any mention of neighbors in d article u read?

I have answered your question. Just admit you don't like my answer.

If police who are constantly walking London streets do not see noisemakers themself and respond which they very likely would do, neighbours will call police to report noisemakers disturbing their peace.

lexy2014:
If buhari prefers enjoying Nigerias money in London, how come he was admonishing Nigerians to purchase made in Nigeria goods& services in order to save forex?

Please tell me I do not need to define 'hypocrisy' for you.

lexy2014:
How would Reno have been making his noise in Nigeria before buhari left?

Are you suggesting he can not have stood his hypocrite ass outside Aso Rock or Murtala Mohammed when Buhari announced he was going to UK for medical if he was a credible noise making person?

lexy2014:
Is calling of police a future occurrence that hasnt happened? Is there any mention of neighbors in d article u read?

Do I need a report in an article to know that even if neighbours do not call police to noise makers during lockdown in UK police will come?

You are funny.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52106843

Fvckyouall:
you need help same with all Muslims although you guys are way past saving

You should first save yourself from the forest that blinds you so you might be able to save me from my small twigs.

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Amumaigwe:
You might be able to write, but I am white sure you can't read.

I am white (sic) sure you can't even write.

desiredhome:
Common sense is not common for some people......who is nemo to talk about corruption when he is one of the people that destroyed this country with their wicked/heartless looting.....
Like someone said, neno s so pained....
Awon stealing is not corrupi....

They quickly forget, now all of a sudden neno (sic) is their leader, lol.

lexy2014:
Is there nowhere for him to "enjoy himself" in Nigeria?

If d "double glazing on d windows of his abode will not even allow him to hear their noise", how come d police was called on Reno& d protesters?

His neighbours will call police!

And it is obvious that Buhari prefers to spend your money enjoying himself in UK than in London. Even Omokiri prefers to enjoy himself in London than in Nigeria or he would have been making his noise in Nigeria before Buhari left.

LookInTheMirror:
Again you typed for the sake of it.

I guess you are a massive talkative in real life.

That's just disgusting

LookInTheMirror. You might just see your self.

Connection Between Zoroastrianism And Christianity

It has influenced Star Wars and Game of Thrones – and characters as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche and Freddie Mercury have cited it as an inspiration. So what is Zoroastrianism? Joobin Bekhrad finds out.

Talk of ‘us’ and ‘them’ has long dominated Iran-related politics in the West. At the same time, Christianity has frequently been used to define the identity and values of the US and Europe, as well as to contrast those values with those of a Middle Eastern ‘other’. Yet, a brief glance at an ancient religion – still being practised today – suggests that what many take for granted as wholesome Western ideals, beliefs and culture may in fact have Iranian roots.

Even the idea of Satan is a fundamentally Zoroastrian one

It is generally believed by scholars that the ancient Iranian prophet Zarathustra (known in Persian as Zartosht and Greek as Zoroaster) lived sometime between 1500 and 1000 BC. Prior to Zarathustra, the ancient Persians worshipped the deities of the old Irano-Aryan religion, a counterpart to the Indo-Aryan religion that would come to be known as Hinduism. Zarathustra, however, condemned this practice, and preached that God alone – Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom – should be worshipped. In doing so, he not only contributed to the great divide between the Iranian and Indian Aryans, but arguably introduced to mankind its first monotheistic faith.

Zoroaster likely lived between 1500 and 1000 BC, but some scholarship suggests he may have been a contemporary of Persian emperors Cyrus the Great and Darius I (Credit: Alamy)

The idea of a single god was not the only essentially Zoroastrian tenet to find its way into other major faiths, most notably the ‘big three’: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The concepts of Heaven and Hell, Judgment Day and the final revelation of the world, and angels and demons all originated in the teachings of Zarathustra, as well as the later canon of Zoroastrian literature they inspired. Even the idea of Satan is a fundamentally Zoroastrian one; in fact, the entire faith of Zoroastrianism is predicated on the struggle between God and the forces of goodness and light (represented by the Holy Spirit, Spenta Manyu) and Ahriman, who presides over the forces of darkness and evil. While man has to choose to which side he belongs, the religion teaches that ultimately, God will prevail, and even those condemned to hellfire will enjoy the blessings of Paradise (an Old Persian word).
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170406-this-obscure-religion-shaped-the-west

LookInTheMirror:
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You are not saying anything at all.

Pls next time don't just type for the sake of it

Maybe if you stop buying data for buda you'd have more control over buda. Try it next time.

Meanwhile, thanks for the data. I promise to use it however I want.

lexy2014:
I also asked "what is buhari doing in London"?

Enjoying himself, of course, while some useless noisemakers are trying to destroy his peace.

Don't they know that double glazing on the windows of his abode will not even allow him to hear their noise while they freeze in London's current 7^oC?

XXXXTENTACION:
Yeah you know according to certain religious folks, we were all made in God's image. So we all know God that is invincible so it bekons this question since we were made in God's image why aren't we invisible just like God you know

Funny. I bet if I stand in front of you you will think you see me like Fvckyouall who thinks he sees buda here, which is why he bothers not to open his eyes to see because he thinks he sees buda, when in fact he can not see himself for what he truly is.

I put it to you that humans are invisible though we think we see one another and even ourselves, for we are blind and do not even bother to look at all to notice how invisible we ourselves actually are to ourselves.

If we did bother to open our eyes and look we just might see the invisible parts of ourselves and others instead of thinking the little bits of us we see is all there is of us.

P.s. I do not expect you to understand what I have written because you will not open your eyes to look. But I am prepared to be surprised by you telling me what you understand I've said, if you can.

Fvckyouall:
then you are dull cause you can't Google him up. how can killing people sound ok to you and you call that a religion?. all lives end but the life after that is going to be hell for the likes of you.
I don't even know, if Christianity were still killing people like the crusaders did I hell would never be part of it. reform your insane religion called Islam or flush it down the toilet

Am I to assume you are not dull and that when you googled you find out buda has a religion called Islam?

If so, bravo, and post your source so we can know you are not just dull and need to reform yourself please.

Thank you in advance.

josephjboy:
Good day guys, my name is Joseph I'm in Lagos, I need a job, I can't kill myself , I need help. Guys please I need information. ***Age withheld

I'm glad to see you found a job.

Bornboy4:
So, no Nigerian is a saint. Not even the Clergymen.

Your eyes are opening!

KingOKON:
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This is serious, your followership mentality has taken huge toll on you. So what is you share of the responsibilities, where are you holding up as a good follower under a no leader?

You completely miss the point for not noting that only sheep need follow, and that only oneself must lead oneself if one must be led at all.

Become a strong powerful lion and at least be responsible for leading yourself instead of an irresponsible following sheep, I beg you please.

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SegFault:
is this a blues song

You do mean this song, right?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZp-LLfDSc4

KingOKON:
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Excuse me, plz what is the brand of weed and liquor you indulge in?

Why? Are you tired of indulging in your own brand of weed and liquor?

If so, I'm glad for you because indulging in all brands of weed and liquor is bad for your brain and is likely to distort your ability to reason properly especially if you are combining the two.