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Backfornow:
As much as his previous posts have irked me, he is write about this..

https://countrymeters.info/en/United_States_of_America_(USA)#literacyLiteracy of population

According to our estimates 261,403,913 persons or 99% of adult population (aged 15 years and above) in United States of America (USA) are able to read and write. Accordingly about 2,640,444 adults are illiterate.

Literacy rate for adult male population is 99% (127,555,507 persons). 1,288,439 are illiterate.
Literacy rate for adult female population is 99% (133,848,407 persons). 1,352,004 are illiterate.

Youth literacy rates are 99% and 99% for males and females accordingly. The overall youth literacy rate is 99%. Youth literacy rate definition covers the population between the ages of 15 to 24 years.

Source: The estimation data for section "United States of America (USA) population literacy" is based on the latest data published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (retrieved March 13, 2016) external link.

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I don't get what all this hullabaloo over America illiteracy level is all about.
If reading and writing alone is the only yardstick used for measuring literacy level,then it's fair to say 90% of Nigerians are also literate.

Beautyaddy:
Unfortunately, the Demoncrats wont do that. They did not in 2016 have any message or plans to do anything about helping the American people and now till 2020 they still don't.

The Demoncrats are still in complete bitterness, disappointment and the list goes on from losing the 2016 presidential election.

Now that the see they couldn't take Trump down with the fake "Russia collusion illusion case" then now what to bring up the fake obstruction phony and senseless argument.

kroger:
After all the investigation the end result is NO COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA. Can the Dems finally free Trump and let him do his damn Job

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Look at them,falling over themselves on a mere Mueller report.
Again,majority of Americans didn't expect anything tangible from the investigation.For the records,who started Mueller investigation??..the dems or the republicans??.some of you just like making baseless argument.mueller investigation is in the interest of American election santity devoid of any foreign intrusion not because Clinton lost.parties have been losing elections in the past,so you people should just suck it up and stop vilifying the dems as if they are the one holding the air you breath in.
If some of you didn't just come to US yesterday,you wouldn't have forgotten in a hurry what the Congress controlled republicans did Obama presidency.
At the end of the day,2020 is around the corner and if any of you is bold enough to back up your conviction on Trump with a challenge,am all waiting for you all.

stonemasonn:
is that immunity or some unwritten law?

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Of course immunity...and at the same time it depends on doj policy practices but who appoints the head of doj?.

stonemasonn:
BREAKING NEWS: On Obstruction, Mueller report “Does not conclude Trump committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him”............CNN


Celebration in White House and Moscow. Trump and republicans dancing azonto right now.

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Am not sure many people expected something significant out of Mueller investigation.lets see what the full report contains anyway because the summarised version by the DOJ may be misleading. Whatever it is though,the potus can not be indicted on criminal charge while still in office.

Backfornow:
I never said these were things to be proud of, or that I approved of them. I said that Trump has promised certain things and he has zeroed in on those things and have gone about those things by any means necessary. That was the point i was making.

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May be I gave a literal view of your post.But seriously majority of his campaign promises are not working out and I understand he's trying to blame the democrats for it.Am yet to see what would be his campaign lines come 2020.

Please where is Ted Cruz??.the guy has suddenly gone quite these days.could it be because of his narrow escape out of his reelection in the midterms.quite unusual of him.

rinzaugustine:
The major contenders for democratic ticket Biden,sanders and orourke .It will be tough as trump is trying to make the white people feel good about their skin color and also touting the state of the economy while the democrats are campaigning based on trump’s grave deficiencies in office and also provision of more welfare for Americans that don’t want to work.It is a dicey situation which can go either way

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Agreed!!!...defeating an incumbent is always a tough nut but Trump is fast losing the confidence of those swing voters that guaranteed his victory the last time.nothing on ground presently shows the same scenario will play out in 2020.
Again,all dems need to do is to safely guard the states they won the last time and this time campaign more in the Midwest which they failed to do the last time and it's going to be an obvious result at the end.
Wisconsin,Michigan and Pennsylvania all played into Trump rhetorics of bringing back coal mining jobs,steel and manufacturing plants.they now know better they were scammed by the con artist himself.

Temayo:
Hi house.

Please i need your advise. I am planning to relocate to the US with my family on visiting visa. Kindly supply me with necessary steps required.

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You are in a wrong thread mr.

kroger:
Only with thine eyes shall thou behold and see the reward of the wicked dems

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Wicked dems??. Lmao!!!!..well we shall see the end result of far right extremists in their quest for total domination of the country.

Backfornow:
She means what the parties are doing currently and not historically.
I despise Trump but one can't deny that he has and is actively trying to fulfill his promises to his constituents, i.e. govt shutdown, decisions in regards to trade, etc.
I hate to say it, but brace yourself for another round. He made it thos far when he shouldn't, despite nobody thinking he would. Besides the electoral college got him in despite losing the popular vote. And unless something major happens....

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What a quote.Trump is the potus and not to his constituents.
So having a government shutdown is now a major achievement?? which he eventually buckled shamefully.
The trade you mentioned is anti productive,farmers and steel workers who form major block of his base are counting their loses already.America is losing big due to foolish and unnecessary trade wars.America economy can't survive on it's own.

SirWahl1:
Lol Trump would win and this time around it will be by both popular votes and college vote.
Democrats are yet to get their act together and Mr. Trumps base is not weaning.

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Stop being emotional.expectations and realities are not the same.

kroger:
Trump will be re elected come 2020.. The democrats party are having inner conflicts with carzio cortez and ignorant Oman spewing trash.. People are silently watching as the drama unfolds on both party. The smart ones know the dems are ceating unecessary tension on trump administration.

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Hahaha....so Carzio Cortez and Oman are now the face of Democrat ba??..
They will be whipped to line soon and democrats are doing what they think is the best tactics and approach to current political situations in the country.

Beautyaddy:
Loool!...Reporting live from CNN and MSNBC.

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Nooo....it's reporting from the white house.which of the above is strange to you ??..not already happening??. Or too difficult for you to understand?? Or you just like reveling in your stupid sarcasm??.

aariwa:
Higher wages also means higher prices for services and commodities, inflation and maybe another recession. Trump might win due to racism

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Racism don't win elections in America.Trump is not the first white president and he won't be the last.
Trump will LOSE his reelection irrespective who Democrat puts forward.majority of Americans are tired of his leadership and they have seen through his lies,his incompetence,his bigotry and a whole lot of crisis going on in his administration.He has failed in his vague and opaque promises,the major ones being his failed healthcare reforms,immigration and even tax reforms which is turning out to be a fraud.
Incumbency factor hadly sway elections too,you can't use 'I will ' as a campaign lines again for reelection but 'I have ' and voters use your results to pass judgements on you. The last midterms was a pointer to what is to come and Americans are ready for it.
Sometimes it's very easy to predicts elections outcomes in the US because of its peculiarity.there are traditionally blue and red states in addition to few swing states except in case of some unusual occurrence.Wisconsin,Michigan and Pennsylvania.a traditionally blue states went for him last time which gave him the presidency.Democtrat are not going to allow that happen again.
The swam of contestants coming out from Democrat should tell you something,whoever wins the primary wins the white house.they know this.

Beautyaddy:
I keep trying to understand why this statement keeps being mentioned.

Out of all the advanced countries in the world the US has the most different ways to migrate legally into the US.

I am guessing that the only explanations why the US immigration system seems broken is because the laws already in place has been broken so many times and even the law makers have encouraged it to continue that way out of greed and cheap labor.

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Both of you are saying the same thing but the question is...

Was there any time US has a sustainable immigration laws that some are now saying has been broken??.I doubt it.
All the rants from both sides of the divide are mere politics.

Got this from somewhere and I was like.....OMG !!!!...like seriously.


Raccoon Orientation for Canada-Bound Nigerians

By Late Pius Adesanmi

I promised I was going to get around to tell you all this story.
Eventually.

Happened last summer – before my accident.

The jazz of all my political enemies in Nigeria finally crossed the Atlantic and caught up with me here in Ottawa.

The trouble with Homo Occidentalis North Americanus is that as soon as he arrives within a certain income bracket that is no longer middleclass but not quite upperclass but dangerously close to upperclass, he will move far away from the city and create a new paradise he calls upscale suburbia. Swanky neigbourhoods with manicured lawns, removed from the rabble of the city.

That is where you will find high-earning doctors, engineers, accountants, lawyers, etc. If you are a Professor who negotiated a good pay when you were hired, you also tag along, buy property among them, and begin to form associate big man.

Trouble is suburbia in Canada or the US is always encroaching on the habitat of much older residents. Man steals land from these residents but cannot always predict consequences. That is why a family in Florida will return from work to an alligator chilling in their swimming pool. That is why a family in Arizona will grumble about rattle snakes all over their yard. They call animal services. Never mind that these animals have called that place home for millions of years before man put one leg on top of another leg and developed his suburbia there.

In Ottawa, if you live in the suburbia called Riverside South as I do, you have encroached on prime raccoon territory. As in Florida and Arizona, these raccoons have a way of behaving like omo onile in Lagos. Occasionally, they let you know who truly owns the land (This is where you google raccoon).

Because the jazz of my political enemies in Nigeria worked as I was saying, a family of raccoons elected residence in our roof last summer. We’d been hearing mawuru mawuru in the ceiling for months. The noise would come only at night. Tise said it was the tooth faerie. I thought it was squirrels, but we couldn’t fathom how squirrels could tear into the roof of a duplex from outside and make their way into the attic.

One day, madam called me urgently and asked me to hurry home. I arrived to a small situation in front of our home. Our otherwise very friendly neighbours had converged on our front lawn. It was quite a scene. Bloodshot eyes everywhere. No friendly faces. In upscale suburbia, we are naturally the only non-white homeowners within a certain radius so when normally friendly white neighbours converge, looking sorrowful and unfriendly, you worry.

I exited my car to behold quite a scene. Unknown to us, we had accommodated a pregnant raccoon for several weeks. Mama Raccoon eventually gave birth to six pups. On this day, she suddenly went crazy like she found a mixture of codeine, sniper, and tramadol in our attic. She began to fling her babies down on the lawn one by one. From the roof of a duplex fa.

That explained the sadness and sorrow of our neighbours. Remember, this is an animal-loving civilization. It also explained their hostility. Somehow, it must have been something we did that got that poor animal so crazy that she began to murder her own kids. Everybody was looking at us one kain, like, what have you guys done now?

The only analogy for you in Nigeria is if your home was invaded by destructive giant rats. You’d tried everything from traps to rat poison. Then, one day, Mama Rat begins to miraculously kill her own children before your very before. Only for your neighbours to gather around sorrowfully because those awesome baby animals are dying. Only for them to be hostile to you for not doing enough to keep the baby rats alive!

Anyway, animal services eventually arrived to rescue some of the babies that had not yet died. Come and see interrogation! Even Tise did not escape questioning! Are you guys perhaps a little noisy in the house? What time do you all normally sleep?

Nigerians, believe you me, Oyinbo was trying to determine if we did something to cause the postpartum depression of Mama Raccoon, which led her to killing her babies!! They began to explain the characteristics of raccoons to us. How it was still too early for her to bring her babies out, let alone fling them from the roof. There was the unsaid: you guys must have done something.

When we were eventually “acquitted”, the animal services people went into our attic to inspect. They screamed in excitement: three more babies that Mama Raccoon had yet to fling! We said: thank God. Now you can evacuate Mama Raccoon and her remaining babies.

I hope you all know that in Obodo Oyibo, public animals are government property. All those doves you see in Trafalgar Square or the squirrels you see on lawns, geese, ati bebelo, are all government property. Una wey dey go holiday in London from Nigeria, go to Trafalgar Square and touch a dove, that is the day you will realize that the life of a public animal is worth more to the government of obodo oyibo than your life is worth to the Nigerian government.

So, we asked Obodo Canada to please carry their raccoons from our ceiling. We were in for another shock. She is a nursing mother, the animal services people replied, we don’t move nursing mothers. By law, Mama Raccoon has the right to remain here and nurse her remaining babies. We will keep checking.

I have been in Obodo Oyibo for 22 years. I didn’t see that one coming. Apparently, the Raccoon had eminent domain! The best they could do for us was to come and move her at the end of the biological breeding cycle or something to that effect. With that, they entered their van and zoomed off.

I looked on in wonderment, lost in one of those na-who-send-me-come-obodo-oyibo moments that every Diasporan goes through on occasion. With which mouth am I even going to tell this sort of story to a Nigerian audience?

Then I noticed that Tise all along had had the same attitude as our Oyinbo neighbours.

Now she is glad that some Raccoon babies had survived and would not be moved.

I realized that only her parents had a problem.

I realized that we were two Nigerians raising a Canadian.

This is her country.
This is her culture.
These are her peoplye.
These are her baby raccoons.

I jejely borrowed myself brain and joined the little girl in rejoicing that three baby raccoons had survived.

This overrated Atiku should just go and rue his defeat in shame.How can you explain the brutal beaten you suffered in the hands of your fellow Fulani man??.you were just reduced to a paperweight politician despite the overwhelming support you got in the south.
Shameless loser!!!.

khiaa:
Break me? Your Africoon ass couldn't touch me with a 100 foot pole. You better stick to loving your white gods. I like Africans but I dispise you Africoons. Your name fits you, you are just a dumb peniss head.

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Hey babe,take it easy.

Backfornow:
So who won? And is this good or bad news? I apologize I have not been to first page yet.

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The incumbent won against all odds.the youths who made up of highest voting strength didn't show up.they were busy making noise all over social.media.i expect his government to do better this time.
As per whether it's a good news or not,it depends on which side of the divide you fall into.i supported him and voted for him because I believe he needs more time to consolidate on his policies.

Now we have a new set of leaders in Nigeria.its now we all join hands and make the country great again.i expect the government to perform better this time.

#MakeNIgeriaGreatAgain.

Mooye41:
Ajimobi lost: "No rigging". Dino won: "free and fair". Dogara won: "Will of the people". Binta Masi lost: "Her people rejected her". Atiku won in Ondo: "It's a reflection of the people's will". Akpabio lost his seat: "The people have spoken". BUT Buhari’s victories: "Massive rigging", "Worst election", "Nigerians love poverty", "It's election magic", "Rape on our democracy". Is there any better way to define political stupidity and desperation ?Haba
PDP (People's Desperate Party)

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Don't mind the wailers.
Turned nuisance on every social medium platforms yet they have no PVC.

Out of 19 states in the entire north,Atiku is only wining in Plateau state so far.That should tell you something.

]simple result projection by states.

BUHARI COLUMN ATIKU COLUMN.

Kano ..........................CANCELS............................... Rivers
Jigawa.........................CANCELS...................................Enugu
Katsina........................CANCELS...................................Anambra
Kaduna.........................CANCELS................................. Ebonyi
Borno............................CANCELS.................................Abia
Kebbi............................CANCELS.................................Akwa Ibom
Bauchi...........................CANCELS............................... Delta
Gombe...........................CANCELS............................... Cross river
Sokoto...........................CANCELS............................... Edo
Zamfara.........................CANCELS............................... Bayelsa
Niger.............................CANCELS............................... Taraba
Yobe..............................CANCELS.............................. Imo.
Kwara............................CANCELS..............................,Benus

States not projected are > Kogi,Nasarawa,Adamawa ,plateau.......Both parties to share these states

All south western states are not projected as well. Ondo,Oyo,Osun,Ogun,Ekiti,Lagos..................some to go BUHARI column.

Please note,some of the states in the northern region may pull more voters turnout than that of the south but i decided to give each states a balanced figure.

You can now make your own prediction based on the rough projection above.[/b

]simple result projection by states.

BUHARI COLUMN ATIKU COLUMN.

Kano ..........................CANCELS............................... Rivers
Jigawa.........................CANCELS...................................Enugu
Katsina........................CANCELS...................................Anambra
Kaduna.........................CANCELS................................. Ebonyi
Borno............................CANCELS.................................Abia
Kebbi............................CANCELS.................................Akwa Ibom
Bauchi...........................CANCELS............................... Delta
Gombe...........................CANCELS............................... Cross river
Sokoto...........................CANCELS............................... Edo
Zamfara.........................CANCELS............................... Bayelsa
Niger.............................CANCELS............................... Taraba
Yobe..............................CANCELS.............................. Imo.
Kwara............................CANCELS..............................,Benus

States not projected are > Kogi,Nasarawa,Adamawa ,plateau.......Both parties to share these states

All south western states are not projected as well. Ondo,Oyo,Osun,Ogun,Ekiti,Lagos..................some to go BUHARI column.

Please note,some of the states in the northern region may pull more voters turnout than that of the south but i decided to give each states a balanced figure.

You can now make your own prediction based on the rough projection above.[/b

[b]simple result projection by states.

BUHARI COLUMN ATIKU COLUMN.

Kano ..........................CANCELS............................... Rivers
Jigawa.........................CANCELS...................................Enugu
Katsina........................CANCELS...................................Anambra
Kaduna.........................CANCELS................................. Ebonyi
Borno............................CANCELS.................................Abia
Kebbi............................CANCELS.................................Akwa Ibom
Bauchi...........................CANCELS............................... Delta
Gombe...........................CANCELS............................... Cross river
Sokoto...........................CANCELS............................... Edo
Zamfara.........................CANCELS............................... Bayelsa
Niger.............................CANCELS............................... Taraba
Yobe..............................CANCELS.............................. Imo.
Kwara............................CANCELS..............................,Benus

States not projected are > Kogi,Nasarawa,Adamawa ,plateau.......Both parties to share these states

All south western states are not projected as well. Ondo,Oyo,Osun,Ogun,Ekiti,Lagos..................some to go BUHARI column.

Please note,some of the states in the northern region may pull more voters turnout than that of the south but i decided to give each states a balanced figure.

You can now make your own prediction based on the rough projection above.[/b]

This guy want to eat his cake and have it.he should have known as a lawyer he called himself that no matter the garment or colour of his new suit,the supreme court cannot overrule itself over the same suit.
Him.and Amechi failed their people because of personal ego and this will definitely affect pmb chance in the election in rivers state.
Bunch of greedy people.

Must this guy react to everything that makes the news ??..I expect him to focus on the task ahead but he keeps writing letters up and down to international communities that don't give a hoot about them.
Why is the so called international community or observers quite these days??.could it be connected with the stern warning given to them by the FG??.

So some people are still on this Onnoghen matter in this election period??.
I think the wisest thing for all party concerned is to chill till after election when everybody would know where they belong and I believe the NJC is also footdragging on the matter so as to know which way the election will swing before making their recommendations.

kroger:
Politics a way of life

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YES !!!.
Leaders understand the concept of politics.leaders in this context is all encompassing, not limited to public office holders.Its about interest,influence and about decision making we see these things play out in everything we do an average American involves in politics.

kroger:
I have vowed to never talk about Politics in Nigeria anymore. Nigerians prefer their oppressors. If you steal big money they like you, if u talk sense they hate you. Its a psychological issue.

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There's nothing wrong in talking or participating in politics.Naturally it's a way of life.
#GetInvolved.

Beautyaddy:
Thank you!

Even the interest rate that he/she is complaining about that keeps rising...I guess people have not be reading some of Trump's tweets about how's he's been complaining about the Feds increasing the interest rates and even talked about if there was a possibility he could change the person he appointed to head the Feds.

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Funny,he complains about his appointee not following his policy and still leave him on the job but fired Jeff Sessions as head of DOJ just because he recused himself from Russia probe.
Exactly my point,most Trump fans are pure jerks.

kroger:
Guy Abeg park go one corner who u wan vex for.. Unemployment is at a record low at the moment, my income is way above my cost of living, Tax cut , HB1 cessation opened up more job opportunity for me specifically that's enough for me to vote him back.. I juggle between three jobs and planning to take the fourth one ..More jobs are pouring in except you are listening to fake news CNN. If you are working in the freezing cold its not anynodys fault Mr man..

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Its obvious we don't see things from the same angle,i really understand that and our purpose and expectations differs as well .With Trump or no Trump,an employee is assured of his wages at the end of the day but i speak from the position of a business owner.I just mentioned factors that affect most businesses but you need to understand job growth only don't drive economy,and if you think Trump taking jobs from others so you can have 3 or 4 jobs all to yourself at once is your own idea of creating jobs,and doing 4 jobs at once is a perfect idea of good living....i leave you to your realities.
That i said i work in the cold doesn't mean i dig roads or plowing snow for a living,its just a way of saying i defy the weather cold or hot by investing in my business in term of resources and efforts and nobody should take that credit away from me.

Beautyaddy:
Lol!!...His haters will not agree with this

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If not been a fan amount to hatred,then i accept that tag.why am i even surprised?,Trump fans always resort to name calling when they cant have any constructive arguments. smh!!