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 Travel › Re: Air Peace Staff Land In London In Ishiagu Attire, Sparking Outrage In Nigeria by Godszilla: 6:28pm On Apr 01, 2024 |
Dude forget the voting pattern that you have carefully stated,about the igbos. The real question here should be how can any thinking self respecting human with quarter of a brain still vote APC after the 8 years of utmost disaster,how do you defend that level of failure n still endorse it for @ least another 4 more years?let's even forget the President,the monumental disastrous APC not only held on to the the executive but the 3 tier of government,how does one explain that?it defies logic n reasons. Please what's the logic behind continuing with APC government,please. broadman20: |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Easter Sunday Declared Transgender Day In The U.S By President Biden (Photos) by Godszilla: 10:04pm On Mar 30, 2024 |
They will still say he is better than trump,stop looking @ the person look @ their policies. Look @ the Dem n GOP policies not the Individual WriterNig: |
| Foreign Affairs › Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘not People’ And Predicts A ‘blood Bath’ If He Lose by Godszilla(op): 7:11pm On Mar 17, 2024 |
Former President Donald J. Trump, at an event on Saturday ostensibly meant to boost his preferred candidate in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary race, gave a freewheeling speech in which he used dehumanizing language to describe immigrants, maintained a steady stream of insults and vulgarities and predicted that the United States would never have another election if he did not win in November. With his general-election matchup against President Biden in clear view, Mr. Trump once more doubled down on the doomsday vision of the country that has animated his third presidential campaign and energized his base during the Republican primary. The dark view resurfaced throughout his speech. While discussing the U.S. economy and its auto industry, Mr. Trump promised to place tariffs on cars manufactured abroad if he won in November. He added: “Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole — that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a blood bath for the country.” For nearly 90 minutes outside the Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio, Mr. Trump delivered a discursive speech, replete with attacks and caustic rhetoric. He noted several times that he was having difficulty reading the teleprompter. The former president opened his speech by praising the people serving sentences in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Mr. Trump, who faces criminal charges tied to his efforts to overturn his election loss, called them “hostages” and “unbelievable patriots,” commended their spirit and vowed to help them if elected in November. He also repeated his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, which have been discredited by a mountain of evidence. If he did not win this year’s presidential election, Mr. Trump said, “I don’t think you’re going to have another election, or certainly not an election that’s meaningful.” Mr. Trump also stoked fears about the influx of migrants coming into the United States at the southern border. As he did during his successful campaign in 2016, Mr. Trump used incendiary and dehumanizing language to cast many migrants as threats to American citizens. He asserted, without evidence, that other countries were emptying their prisons of “young people” and sending them across the border. “I don’t know if you call them ‘people,’ in some cases,” he said. “They’re not people, in my opinion.” He later referred to them as “animals.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/us/politics/trump-speech-ohio.html 1 Like 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › Ukraine Hits Back At Pope's 'white Flag' Comment by Godszilla(op): 10:04pm On Mar 10, 2024 |
Ukraine has strongly rejected a call by Pope Francis for Kyiv to negotiate an end to its war with Russia and have "the courage to raise the white flag". Ukraine's foreign minister says it will "never raise any other flags" than the country's blue and yellow colours. The Pope's comment appeared in the transcript of a radio interview to be broadcast later this month. A Vatican spokesman later said the Pope was speaking of stopping the fighting through negotiation, not capitulation. The interview with Swiss broadcaster RSI, recorded in February, is scheduled to air on 20 March as part of a cultural programme. According to a transcript quoted by Reuters news agency, the Pope was asked to comment on a debate between those who want Ukraine to seek a settlement with Russia - or wave the "white flag", as the interviewer put it - and those who argue that doing so would legitimise aggression. The Pope was quoted as saying: "The strongest one is the one who looks at the situation, thinks about the people and has the courage of the white flag, and negotiates." "When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you have to have the courage to negotiate," he added. The statement triggered a barrage of criticism. On Sunday Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on social media: "Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die, and prevail. We shall never raise any other flags." Ukraine's ambassador to the Vatican compared the Pope's comments to those who advocated talks with Adolf Hitler during Word War Two. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski asked whether the Pope would, for balance, encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to have the courage to withdraw his army from Ukraine. There has also been strong criticism from Ukrainians on social media, including the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic church. In response to the row, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the Pope had "picked up the image of the white flag, proposed by the interviewer, to indicate... a truce reached with the courage of negotiation". He added the Pope had made it clear that "negotiations are never a surrender". More than two years after Russia's full-scale attack, Ukraine is on the defensive. Last month Russian troops captured the strategic town of Avdiivka. Since then, the invaders have advanced further west, and taken several villages. In Washington a bill to provide $60bn (£47bn) to Ukraine has been blocked in the US Congress and European countries are struggling to agree on ways to support Kyiv. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs › Pope Says Ukraine Should Have The ‘Courage Of The White Flag’ by Godszilla(op): 7:06am On Mar 10, 2024 |
Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and that has killed tens of thousands.https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-says-ukraine-should-have-courage-white-flag-negotiations-2024-03-09/ 20 Likes 3 Shares
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| Crime › Re: Mob Overpowers Policemen, Kills Two, Injures Two Others In Edo by Godszilla: 9:47pm On Mar 03, 2024 |
jumper524:There you go mob injustice shouldn't b acceptable but police incessant maiming n killing of unarm n innocent should b condoned. Now u equate an untrained n unarmed citizen to a trained professional that their primary duty is to protect lives you put the two on the same pedestal. Nobody is in support of mob rule but there's time for everything beside the riot that followed after George Floyd incident in US was supported by the Dem n the current president,that was mob rule that ran for months n was never condemned,why is that?why was that allowed n ok? 1 Like |
| Crime › Re: Mob Overpowers Policemen, Kills Two, Injures Two Others In Edo by Godszilla: 9:09pm On Mar 03, 2024 |
jumper524:Where is the humanity in you? A man,a woman n a child was killed but none of that matters but they need to pass a law against the mob that demanded justice that we all know the system will never give. No outrage for what the terrorist police did to the 3 persons none,so the police can do whatever they like,break the law kill the innocent but the people cant. Its a sad country we live in,sad sad 1 Like |
| Education › Re: IELTS Increases Test Fee To ₦266,000 by Godszilla: 10:55am On Mar 03, 2024 |
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| Gaming › Re: Nintendo 3DS Xl Game For Sale by Godszilla: 7:32am On Mar 02, 2024 |
Will this go for 10k if still available Generalkontrato: |
| Politics › Re: Buhari, Not Tinubu Responsible For Rot In Nigeria, Says Igboho by Godszilla: 9:21am On Feb 24, 2024 |
Fair enough,you are right. nairalanda1: 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Buhari, Not Tinubu Responsible For Rot In Nigeria, Says Igboho by Godszilla: 9:02am On Feb 24, 2024 |
Dude please can you explain or defend why/how a thinking human with functioning brain support n vote for a party that decimated n destroyed lives for 8 years,how do you come to a logical conclusion to vote that same party,whats the rational behind that decision,in sane clines the people punished(vote them out) the failed party but here we endorsed their cruelty/sadistic rule. In Argentina the failed party was voted out even when the current president was almost acting like a mad man. How can a catastrophic party for 8 years still hold on to the 3 teirs of government after what preceeds. Nigerians are some set of nairalanda1: |
| Politics › Re: Pro-Tinubu Youths Storm NASS, Fault NLC’s Planned Protests by Godszilla: 8:11am On Feb 24, 2024 |
dikings:You don't need to wish it,it will naturally worsen if the people refuse to acknowledge n fix a problem but allow it,its a law of nature. Nigeria is what Hell is,the people themselves keep fanning the flame in their ignorance n dumbness.sad |
| Politics › Re: Nigerians Being Flogged To Get Free Bread & Yam In Lagos (Video) by Godszilla: 12:43pm On Feb 20, 2024 |
The most tragic part of this video is the person capturing the video arguing with the other person about an ibo person being on the queue,its almost impossible there isn't an ibo person there. Some say there's light @ the end of the tunnel,there's no light anywhere because Nigerians are not in a tunnel but in a box and it's sealed. It's sad how Nigerians find themselves in this state. It's sad  . Lindalilian: 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: See Price List Of Gas In My Area (see Photo) by Godszilla: 12:41pm On Feb 17, 2024 |
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| Politics › Nigeria Cost Of Living: People Turn To 'throw-away' Rice For Food by Godszilla(op): 5:00pm On Feb 14, 2024 |
As the rising cost of living continues to bite, many in northern Nigeria are turning to rice grains that millers normally reject after processing or sell to farmers to feed their fish. These are referred to in the Hausa language, widely spoken in the north, as afafata, which means "battling" because they are literally a battle to cook and eat as the grains are so hard. "A few years ago, people didn't care about this type of rice, and we usually threw it away along with the rice hulls, but times have changed," Isah Hamisu, a rice mill worker in the northern city of Kano, told the BBC. Despite the grains being broken, dirty and tough, afafata's cheaper price has made it more attractive for humans and helped poorer families to be able to afford to eat one of the staple foods in the country. Fish farm owner Fatima Abdullahi said her fish love it but because people are now eating afafata, its price has risen. Prices in Nigeria are increasing at their fastest rate for nearly 30 years. On top of global pressures, President Bola Tinubu's cancellation of the fuel subsidy plus the devaluation of the currency, the naira, have added to inflation. A standard 50kg (110lb) bag of rice, which could help feed a household of between eight and 10 for about a month, now costs 77,000 naira ($53; £41). This is an increase of more than 70% since the middle of last year and exceeds the monthly income of a majority of Nigerians. In the face of this many are struggling to cope and in some states there have been cost-of-living protests. Earlier this month in Niger state, central Nigeria, protesters blocked roads and held placards saying that they were being suffocated by the rising prices. A few days later there was a similar demonstration in Kano in the north-west. In the aftermath, Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf admitted there was starvation in his state and said a solution must be found. The solution, for now, for some is found in afafata. Hajiya Rabi Isah, based in Kano state, told the BBC that if it were not for this type of rice her children would go hungry as she cannot afford the normal kind. "Normal rice is 4,000 naira ($2.70) per bowl which is beyond my means, I can only afford afafata which is 2,500 naira ($1.69) now," she said. One bowl of rice from the market can feed an average family in Kano for a day. "Without afafata, feeding my family would be a major issue for me." Market sellers have also noticed a difference. Saminu Uba, who works in Kano's Medile market, said the afafata side of his business is booming. "Most people can no longer afford normal rice and they come for this which is cheaper even though it tastes less good," he told the BBC. One of his customers, Hashimu Dahiru, admits people are having to find ways of adapting. "The cost of goods is alarming - in just two months the price of everything has doubled,'' he said. "Our wives spend hours removing stones and dirt from the rice before cooking and even then it ends up tasting not nice, but we have to eat to survive." The presidency has said it is doing all it can about the situation, including the distribution of more than 100 tonnes of grains such as rice, millet and maize in the hope that it would cushion the effects of inflation and help lower the market price. But the president's aide Bayo Onanuga upset many recently when he said that Nigeria still had one of the lowest costs of living in Africa. The increasing price of rice is not a new problem though. President Tinubu's predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, banned the importation of rice to encourage more Nigerian farmers to grow the crop, but local producers have been unable to meet the demand. Before then Nigerian markets were filled with rice from Thailand at an affordable price for many. Mr Tinubu has lifted import restrictions, but now the shortage of foreign currency and the falling value of the naira has made bringing in rice trickier. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68272830 |
| Politics › Re: Afenifere Has No Regrets Supporting Tinubu To Be President – Secretary by Godszilla: 9:52am On Feb 11, 2024 |
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| Politics › Re: Afenifere Has No Regrets Supporting Tinubu To Be President – Secretary by Godszilla: 7:20am On Feb 11, 2024 |
saintrow1:Tribalism is not a crime is something worse its a disease. When you place tribal sentiment ahead of competence and integrity in the face of obvious fact/data. Do you only want,wish and pray that the pilot of your plane,the surgeon to your mom in the ER,driver of your ride must b from your tribe?when you are in these situations do you bother to ask if the person in charge is from your tribe?if you are a sport lover do you bother if the players are from your tribe?why would you want the best players?when school go for competition do they select the best students from a tribe or the best pupil? Tribalism is a disease and its terminal in Nigeria. Why would you want the top job in the land to go to your tribe?why?why don't your want the best among us as the primary criteria that you will use,why use tribe first? 2 Likes |
| Christianity Etc › First Salary Meant For Church Leaders – Pastor Ighodalo by Godszilla(op): 7:27am On Feb 03, 2024 |
How do you describe the first fruit offering? The first fruit is the first of the offerings that you get in the course of the harvest year or when you begin a new venture. Exodus chapter 23 verse 16 says, ‘The feast of harvest, the first fruit of your labour, which you have sown in the field’. Traditionally, in biblical times, when you get into a new field, you plant corn, yam, barley, or wheat. At the end of the planting season, when the food has grown, there will be a first set of harvest that comes out from the ground. It may be three, four, or a whole sheaf. The very first set of harvest you get, you gather them together and you go and give them as an offering unto the Lord, as an acknowledgment that He made the ground to yield for you. It is an offering of thanks and appreciation. What the Bible says is that if you do that and you put God first, the rest of your harvest will not fail and everything else that needs to come out of the ground for you during the harvest season will come out. In those days, you could plant and then after a while, new dew of locust, blight, or wrong climate may kill the rest of the harvest and not allow it to grow. But once you give God the first of the harvest, then He’s duty-bound to protect the rest of the harvest, which is now yours. That explains the first fruit. How do you relate your explanation of the first fruit to the modern day? In the modern day, the recommendation is that the first salary that you earn or the first income you generate from business as a businessman is your first fruit. You should come and present it to the Lord so that your income for that year will be guaranteed. The other side of the first fruit is that if you’ve been harvesting 10 tubers of yam regularly then all of a sudden something happens and it is 12 tubers and you’d be getting those 12 tubers regularly, the first two incremental tubers are also your first fruit. That’s the first fruit of your increase. So in the modern day, if you get a salary increase from N100,000 to N150,000, the additional N50,000 you get the first time you earn that N150,000, becomes the first fruit of your increase. This is to ensure that the increase doesn’t fail and that it continues. It is biblical and spiritual. That explains the first fruit. How do you describe tithe? Tithe is 10 per cent of your regular harvest. According to the Bible, it was first done when Abraham gave 10 per cent of his spoils to the high priest called Melchizedek[b]. It is also an acknowledgment that the harvest comes from God[/b]. Therefore, you’ll give Him a compulsory offering of 10 per cent of your harvest. So on your regular income, after you have paid your first fruit, you pay a tithe on your subsequent income. The tithe will guarantee that the locust and the cankerworm will not come and devour your harvest. That is, you will not get your salary and waste it on unnecessary expenses. Tithe also protects your salary or your income. You can make a lot of money and have nothing to show for it because you have wasted the money on frivolous expenses that you were not meant to spend on. So while the first fruit will guarantee that you will make the money, the tithe protects the way you spend the money and what you use the money fo[/b]r. Then you have your free will offering, which is up to you. There’s no compulsion as to the size or quantum. That one also goes with the law of harvest. He who sows sparingly will reap sparingly. Freewill offering is what you decide to give God in addition to the compulsory offerings that you are obligated or advised to give [b]You mentioned the blessings attached to the first fruit. Is there any curse for those who do not pay it? Those who do not pay first fruit run the risk of losing the rest of their harvest or not being able to get the right quantum of harvest that they should have got had they paid the first fruit. Therefore, you find them struggling. If your land is supposed to have given you a thousand tubers of yam, if you get your first harvest and you don’t pay that first harvest to God, instead of getting 1,000 tubers, you may just get 200. It means that you don’t have enough to do what you want to do. And if you now get the 200 and you don’t pay your tithe, instead of getting that 200, they may be spoiled. Rain may fall or disaster may happen and you lose that money even after you’ve earned it. So one thing is earning the money, and the second thing is keeping the money. So that’s the risk you run, especially when you say you’re born again, you’ve given your life to Jesus Christ, and you want to serve God. You have a covenant with God to obey Him. If you’re serving another master like the devil or whatever, he will also bless you and you don’t have to meet all those obligations. Although sometimes even those blessings too, there are obligations that they may not tell you. It may not be recorded like the first fruit. What it means is that it’ll also add sorrow. It is the blessings of God that maketh rich and added no sorrow to it. So a lot of blessings that people who are not of God get also come with a bit of sorrow and at the end of the day, they may lose their child, their child falls sick or it gives them problems here and there. What would you say about churchgoers who do not pay their first fruits but things are going well for them? Things appear to be going well with them for that time and that season. We do not know how the whole thing will end. For example, a man has stolen yam and he has not been caught does not mean that the yam has not been stolen by him. One day, he’ll be caught and be made to account for all the yams that he has stolen. So when a lot of people make money, they’re wealthy and things are going well for them, but we don’t know what will happen in the end. At the end of it, when the iniquity is full, God will bring his judgment. Even if they seem to do very well here on Earth, for that disobedience, they may not make it to heaven. We’re not there so we cannot tell. Along the line, they may lose all their riches. I’ve seen it happen many times. People are rich today and towards the end, they lose everything. Some may die very tragic deaths or they die suddenly. Some may make all that money and spend it on sickness. Because it appears okay today doesn’t mean it’ll be okay tomorrow. It’s better to obey the injunctions of what you believe in. Some pay their first fruits and still encounter issues in their businesses. Does it mean that the first fruit blessings did not work for them? First fruit is only one of the many obligations that you need to do to ensure that your harvest and well-being are protected. If you pay the first fruit and then you start committing adultery, it nullifies that first frui[/b]t. If you pay the first fruit and you kill somebody or tell lies, [b]the effect of that sin will be connected to your finances. So, total holiness is absolutely important. Then others may be under one kind of curse, yoke, or family obligation. If you don’t deal with that curse, yoke, or abomination, it will negate the effects of the first fruit. Many dynamics can affect the well-being of a person, other than just paying their first fruit. Sometimes, they’ve not done anything wrong and God may just be testing them. Just like Job, everything was done right and correctly, yet the enemy got permission and God granted the permission to attack the man. It happens like that sometimes. Sometimes, God allows such trials and tribulations. But when you suffer a little while, God will settle you. You can never tell what God is doing. Does first fruit also cover one’s new job, regardless of what time of the year the person started the job? When you start something new, your first income on that new thing that you have started is your first fruit. In this day and age, it depends on the structure of the income. Some people earn income only once a year. They may now decide to divide it by the 12 months and offer the 12th of it. There’s no really hard and fast rule about that. For example, for a landlord who receives yearly rent from his tenants at the beginning of the year, it may be foolhardy that the whole rent, which is his entire income for that year, be paid as first fruit. But if he has the faith to do it, believing God that one way or the other, he’ll raise income from another source, then he can go ahead. But if he doesn’t have much faith and he’s being prudent, he can divide that income into 12 and pay a 12th of it as his first fruit. Does the first fruit include one’s first child? Your first fruit includes your first child, especially males. He’s holy unto the Lord. You give that child back unto God like Hannah gave Samuel to God. What you also can do is to give a special offering instead of the child. You can also dedicate the child to God. That’s why we do what we call baby dedication. What is scriptural is dedicating not just your first fruit but all your children into God’s hands and giving them back to God to serve Him. Serving God doesn’t just mean that they’d be priests or pastors. [/b]They can serve God in any capacity, even as a banker, accountant, doctor, politician, or lawyer. What matters is that whatever they’re doing in that capacity, they’re doing it as unto the Lord and they’re using it to preach the gospel and to benefit mankind. [b]Do you preach about the first fruit to your members? How are they responding to it? I believe in it and I practice it. Most of them do, maybe we have about a 60 or 70 per cent response. Of course, some people want to, but they don’t have the faith. Others have not prepared for it; they procrastinate or still don’t believe in it. It’s up to them. My job is to teach. You can’t compel the person to pay first fruit or tithe. It’s according to their faith. Some will always forget, some will feel a bit lazy, and some will always love their money much more than their God. That’s human nature. But then, every seed brings a harvest Does the first fruit belong to the pastor or the church? The tithes and the first fruit belong to the priests; that is God’s way of compensating them for their commitment and dedication to the work of God. So when you pay your tithe, your tithe goes to sort out the welfare of the priests; both the high priest, the priest, and the sons of Levi, the musicians, and all that. They share it among themselves and they pay their tithe or first fruits to the high priest. These days, the money goes to the church primarily, which was what it was then, and then the church will divide it among its people as it deems fit. Some may go to the priests, Levites, welfare cases, the poor, or church building and enforcement. That is how it generally is. What you do is that you’re giving it to God and God is giving it to his people. A viral video of a pastor who said the first fruit belonged to him and not the church recently led to criticisms online. What are your thoughts on that? I have already said it. In the Bible, when you give the first fruit, the first fruit goes to the priests and the Levites to share among themselves. Some people may say that they are the high priests so the first fruits should go to them. That’s up to them. But I would rather say it’s something that’s shared among the people who serve God on a full-time basis. That’s the essence of the first fruit. But these days, the church hierarchy can decide how best to use that money for the service of God. The church is then obligated to take care of the needs of the people who serve the people of God on a full-time or part-time basis. Are you saying members have to cater to their pastors? Absolutely, especially if he’s doing it full-time, he has obligations too. He has to feed himself, feed his family, clothe himself, send his children to school, live somewhere, or drive a car. That thing must come from somewhere. In those days, the Levites and the sons of Aaron did no work other than serve in the temple. They have no farmlands. All they had were residential quarters where they lived. They needed to be catered for so that they could spend their time catering to the people of God. That was what led to the creation of the first fruit and the tithe. https://punchng.com/first-salary-meant-for-church-leaders-pastor-ighodalo/ |
| Politics › Re: 81% Of Working Nigerians Don’t Add Value To The Economy – Taiwo Oyedele by Godszilla: 9:18pm On Feb 01, 2024 |
ogododo:How do you fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge |
| Politics › Re: Petrol Prices To Fall Over Refineries’ Take Off, Says Cardoso by Godszilla: 6:40pm On Jan 24, 2024 |
Dangote, PH refineries, others won’t change fuel price – NNPCL The local production of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, by Dangote Refinery, Port Harcourt Refining Company and others in Nigeria is not going to change the pump price of the commodity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said. https://punchng.com/dangote-ph-refineries-others-wont-change-fuel-price-nnpcl/ Islie: |
| Politics › Things In Nigeria Are Becoming More Terrifying By The Day. by Godszilla(op): 6:14pm On Jan 20, 2024 |
Went out to purchase Zolat deworming syrup, this use to be N200 - N300 a few months ago, however it is N1000 now People please treat your health like a previous treasure because it is your wealth in this hell hole. |
| Foreign Affairs › Brutality And Inhumanity Of Israel’s Assault On Gaza Is No Surprise. by Godszilla(op): 7:10pm On Jan 13, 2024 |
As the international court considers claims of genocide, the question of intent seems moot. Just read the words of Netanyahu and his allies. It always starts with words. Genocide is largely remembered for its depraved acts, but it is incubated in language. Words can cast dark spells on a population, stirring hatred in those who otherwise see themselves as moderate, humane, normal. This is why the genocide convention of 1948 criminalises “direct and public incitement to commit genocide”. Like Britain, Israel was a signatory nation and, two years later, it translated the convention into domestic law. There were four acts, it decreed, that leave the offender “treated like a person guilty of genocide”: one is “incitement to commit genocide”. As the British lawyer Daniel Machover tells me, Israel has a legal obligation to prosecute those who incite genocide. But instead, since the grave war crimes committed against Israeli civilians by Hamas and other armed groups on 7 October, government ministers, parliamentarians, army officers and journalists have indulged in the language of extermination. This chilling phenomenon has few historical precedents, because usually instigators of genocide go to great lengths to cover up their crimes. As Raz Segal – an Israeli-American associate professor of genocide and Holocaust studies – tells me, Israel’s onslaught on Gaza is unique “in the sense of discussing it as what I think it is – that is, genocide – because the intent is so clearly articulated. And it’s articulated throughout Israeli media and society and politics.” In South Africa’s document setting out its genocide case against Israel over the Gaza war, there are nine pages dedicated to genocidal incitement. It notes that Benjamin Netanyahu twice “invoked the Biblical story of the total destruction of Amalek”, declaring: “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember.” A later passage in the Bible leaves no doubt for interpretation: “Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.” This was no throwaway comment. Consider the unprecedented slaughter of Palestinian children – or “infants and sucklings” – and note that six days after invoking Amalek in a national address, Netanyahu referred to it again in a letter to army soldiers and officers Then there’s Isaac Herzog, the Israeli president, who declared: “It is an entire nation out there that is responsible. It’s not true this rhetoric about civilians not aware, not involved. It’s absolutely not true.” No demarcation between militants and civilians exists here. Yoav Gallant, the minister of defence, was a repeat offender. On 9 October, in an unashamed commitment to collective punishment, he declared Israel was imposing a “complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed,” he said. “We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.” On witnessing Israeli soldiers gleefully destroying civilian infrastructure on TikTok, some have speculated there has been a breakdown in army discipline. More likely is that soldiers listened when Gallant informed troops he had “released all the restraints” and “lifted all restrictions” on Israeli forces. Another senior official, Israel Katz, now minister of foreign affairs, declared last year when he was energy minister: “All the civilian population in Gaza is ordered to leave immediately. We will win. They will not receive a drop of water or a single battery until they leave the world.” Meanwhile the heritage minister, Amihai Eliyahu, opposed humanitarian aid on the grounds that we “wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid”. He also suggested nuking Gaza, declaring “there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians”. That saw him suspended by Netanyahu. Some army officers are willing participants. In a video addressed to Gaza’s residents, one major general, Ghassan Alian, castigated “citizens of Gaza” for celebrating Hamas’s extremism, promising: “Human animals are dealt with accordingly. Israel has imposed a total blockade on Gaza, no electricity, no water, just damage. You wanted hell, you will get hell.” [/b]Another retired major general and adviser to the defence minister, Giora Eiland, demanded other countries be prevented from offering assistance, demanding that Gaza’s people be left with “two choices: to stay and to starve, or to leave”. [b]He advocated Gaza being made “a place that is temporarily or permanently impossible to live in”, declared women were not innocent because “they are all the mothers, sisters or wives of Hamas murderers”, and advocated “humanitarian disaster” and “severe epidemics” to achieve war aims: the finance minister Bezalel Smotrich tweeted he agreed “with every word”. South Africa’s document is incomplete: there have been countless new examples since it was published. After the Israeli attorney general reportedly issued a warning to colleagues to “watch their words”, clearly concerned that Israel was being incriminated on the eve of the international court of justice investigation, the Knesset deputy speaker, Nissim Vaturi, doubled down on a previous assertion that “Gaza must be burned”. Netanyahu is said to have warned his ministers to “be sensitive”, yet each day brings more examples of genocidal intent and incitement. This should define media coverage, and yet still the fantasy that this is a war against Hamas – with a side debate about proportionality – is indulged. Without western support, Israel’s mass slaughter would immediately end. This is why we must address complicity: lives depend on it. That is not simply to critique those who still cheer on this abomination, who if we lived in a society that valued human life, would, by now, be considered morally depraved beyond redemption. As Jean-Paul Sartre once declared: “Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.” Here is one of the great crimes of our age, unfolding before our eyes, described to me by the Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti as “the world’s first livestreamed genocide”. Rarely has a crime so grave been so honestly spelled out to the world by its architects. Yet many of those who rightly and passionately condemned the atrocities of Hamas have little or nothing to say about Israel’s actions, despite the direct involvement of our own rulers. This is obscene – and occasional handwringing will not scrub away the shame. Tacit acquiescence allows the horror to continue. Words can be dangerous, but so too can their absence. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/13/israel-hamas-gaza-war-crimes 1 Like |
| Agriculture › Re: Nigeria Approves Commercial Release Of GM Maize Varieties by Godszilla: 8:02pm On Jan 12, 2024 |
Guys please donot let people confused what a natural farming practice is with GMO. A hybrid plant is the result of cross-pollinating two different plant varieties and then collecting and growing the seeds that the plants produce. A hybrid plant is the offspring of a cross between two different species or varieties. Hybrids have greater genetic variability than their parents. Hybrid plants tend to be more vigorous than their parents, and often have faster growth, increased yield, and greater size Genetically modified organism (GMO), organism whose genome has been engineered in the laboratory in order to favour the expression of desired physiological traits or the generation of biological products. In genetic modification, however, recombinant genetic technologies are employed to produce organisms whose genomes have been precisely altered at the molecular level, usually by the inclusion of genes from unrelated species of organisms that code for traits that would not be obtained easily through conventional selective breeding. DaddyJapan: 4 Likes 2 Shares |
| Business › Re: Manufacturers May Sack Workers As Naira Loses 39% Value by Godszilla: 9:10am On Jan 08, 2024 |
Dude OK let's assume that Tinubu was the best among the 3 candidates(ceo). But reality here is staring you in the face that's your firm its crashing,all the indexes n data are pointing to a collapse will you still stick to the "best candidate". In football we see where managers are sack under a month,the manager was their best candidate. When you analyse situations u strip of emotions n sentiment u deal with the data because data don't lie humans can only manipulate them Odogwuzack: 2 Likes |
| Pets › Mouse Filmed Tidying Up Man's Shed Every Night by Godszilla(op): 9:51pm On Jan 07, 2024 |
Despite being an avid wildlife photographer, retired postman Rodney Holbrook never expected to capture a Ratatouille-style scene unfolding in his own shed. After regularly discovering that things from the night before had been mysteriously tidied, he set up a night vision camera on his workbench. It captured a mouse picking up clothes pegs, corks, nuts and bolts. He has since nicknamed the well-kept rodent Welsh Tidy Mouse. The 75-year-old from Builth Wells, Powys, said the tidying ritual had been going on for two months. "At first I noticed that some food that I was putting out for the birds was ending up in some old shoes I was storing in the shed," he said. "Ninety nine times out of 100 the mouse will tidy up throughout the night. "It is incredible really that they put them all back in the box, I think it's possible that they enjoy it." Mr Holbrook believes the mouse is using the objects to hide away nuts, and so far the arrangement has been working in his favour. "I don't bother to tidy up now, I leave things out of the box and they put it back in its place by the morning," he said. "I think he would tidy my wife away if I left her in there." No object seems to trouble the mouse either, as it has even been caught carrying cable ties to the pot. "It's been a bit of an experiment really, I've added different things to the desk to see if they can lift it," said Mr Holbrook. It is not the first time he has come across an organised rodent. When living in Bristol in 2019, his friend reached out for help fixing up a night camera when another mouse was keeping their shed in order. "That one video went viral and reached people around the world," he said, "So I can't believe here in Builth Wells we have had the same thing happen years later." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67902966 |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Why Nigerians Pray by Godszilla: 9:41am On Jan 07, 2024 |
This is a very good read with alot of truth Marchman: 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Argentina's President Flies Commercial To Cut Government Spending (Video) by Godszilla: 8:06pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Argentina's President Flies Commercial To Cut Government Spending (Video) by Godszilla: 12:36pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
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| Foreign Affairs › NY Mayor Eric Adams: Illegal Immigration Spurring ‘erosion Of Quality Of Life’ by Godszilla(op): 9:49am On Dec 29, 2023 |
Mayor Eric Adams (D) says the arrival of more than 160,000 border crossers and undocumented immigrants is adding to a “deterioration in the quality of life” for New Yorkers. Speaking at a press conference with Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Illinois, and Mike Johnston of Denver, Colorado, Adams reiterated his warning that illegal immigration is causing chaos in New York City. President Joe Biden's administration is releasing about 5,000 border crossers and illegal aliens into the U.S. interior each day, many of whom end up in New York City, where they work and are subject to the city's sanctuary policy. , and can enjoy free paid housing. It comes from local taxpayers. Adams said the city is currently at a “breaking point” for illegal immigration. “We are seeing a decline in the quality of life that has improved in the short term of this administration,” Adams said. Said: We are affected… Although for many months we have been able to prevent the visualization of this crisis from appearing in our cities, We have reached a breaking point. We can't do that anymore because the numbers are huge. 3,900 people arrived here last week alone. On average, we get anywhere from 2,500 to nearly 4,000 a week. Do the math and you'll see that could be 8,000 every two weeks, or 16,000 a month. That we must feed, clothe, house, and educate our children. And all the services that a normal adult would provide. And we're seeing that play out on the streets of New York, and that's kind of the breaking point, and that's what we're experiencing right now. Adams issued This week, an executive order was issued requiring bus companies to provide information about border crossers and illegal aliens they transport to New York City 32 hours before arrival. The order also placed limits on when bus companies could transport border crossers and illegal aliens to New York City. Companies that do not comply with this order risk having their buses seized. ........ https://totalnews.com/illegal-immigration-spurring-erosion-of-quality-of-life-in-nyc/ |
| Business › Re: Naira Weakens To 1,233/Dollar At Parallel Market by Godszilla: 9:36am On Dec 26, 2023 |
coleon:God bless you. The number of dumb people in Nigeria is outrageous,its sickening |
| Politics › Nigerians Destined For Hardships; Tinubu Policies Not Sole Cause Of Problem by Godszilla(op): 5:57pm On Dec 24, 2023 |
“We were destined for the tough and rough patch, where we are today because of the prevailing conditions before Tinubu took over on May 29,” said Mr Onanuga. Nigerians were destined for hardship long before President Bola Tinubu assumed power on May 29, 2023, says the presidency, noting that Mr Tinubu is already taking measures to address the challenges brought about by the bold reforms introduced by his government in all sectors of the economy. “The truth is that the new policies alone are not solely responsible for the economic problems we are facing today,” said the president’s special adviser on information and strategy. “We were destined for the tough and rough patch, where we are today because of the prevailing conditions before Tinubu took over on May 29.” https://gazettengr.com/nigerians-destined-for-hardships-tinubu-policies-not-sole-cause-of-economic-problems-presidency/#:~:text=Nigerians%20were%20destined%20for%20hardship%20long%20before%20President,his%20government%20in%20all%20sectors%20of%20the%20economy. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump: African, Asian Immigrants Poisoning US Blood by Godszilla: 4:56pm On Dec 18, 2023 |
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/donald-trump-illegal-migrants-poisoning-our-country-3q2lq0gg8 https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/donald-trump-tells-rally-illegal-immigrants-are-poisoning-the-blood-of-our-country/ar-AA1lEsiE https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5098439/donald-trump-illegal-immigrants-poisoning-blood-country# https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/12/17/trump-doubles-down-on-anti-immigrant-blood-slur-despite-widespread-criticism-hes-quoting-hilter/?sh=38ccd84578b7 "Former President Donald Trump declared illegal immigration is “poisoning the blood” of the country in a post on Truth Social Saturday" "DURHAM, New Hampshire, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, said on Saturday that undocumented immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our country," Please read the punchng.com article and confirm where it's states illegal or undocumented immigrants. Thanks alezzy13: |
