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Dollyak:
Which begs the question, why are we still together if we can't trust ourselves? It's becoming too forced.

we have no choise...maybe is destiny,i dont know....but i have hope...if it were not possible for us to stay toghether,we would have split long ago...we just like to fight each other,like in a family.....

hamilton62:
Where is the thunder?
I am waiting... Don't you know that some people are the sons of the God of thunder, wind, tsunami, hurricane, Ocean, pillar of fire by night and cloud by day?
hahahaha lmao
I pray for love in your heart that you might know TRUE PEACE and walk in the light of God Almighty through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour (Amen)

DONT PRAY FOR ME..!!!!!....heavens nooo....you think i want to die??....no,thank you....this one...

Lilimax:
He fired the former and replaced him with one from Daura
Nepotism = Corruption!

you look intelligent..why are you writing strange things??

Autolord:
Buhari is destroying the unity Jonathan built

Remeber jonathan-visisted emirs, engaged many projects in the north plus many northern appointments etc.

Buhari is appointing only northerners, visiting only northern states, Niger&chad-extension of north, removing all benefits from the south, even the Yorubas are not benefiting

Remember the president of sudan was arrested in the South Africa for war against humanity and almost extradited, when ICC finish their investigation on the 2011 election buhari will eventually be arrested even as a sitting president and extradited

NASS Impeach this as.sho.le before he divides Nigeria

unity?? which unity?? that the south dont care what is happening in the north?? is that unity for you??

president is on a sacking spree.... enjoy mr president ...i would sack all of them too...

By Dmitry Orlov — paulcraigroberts.org July 1, 2015

A while ago I had the pleasure of hearing Sergey Glazyev—economist, politician, member of the Academy of Sciences, adviser to Pres. Putin—say something that very much confirmed my own thinking. He said that anyone who knows mathematics can see that the United States is on the verge of collapse because its debt has gone exponential. These aren’t words that an American or a European politician can utter in public, and perhaps not even whisper to their significant other while lying in bed, because the American eavesdroppers might overhear them, and then the politician in question would get the Dominique Strauss-Kahn treatment (whose illustrious career ended when on a visit to the US he was falsely accused of rape and arrested). And so no European (never mind American) politician can state the obvious, no matter how obvious it is.

The Russians have that pretty well figured out by now. Yes, maintaining a dialogue and cordial directions with the Europeans is important. But it is well understood that the Europeans are just a bunch of American puppets with no will or decision-making authority of their own, so why not talk to the Americans directly? Alas, the Americans too are puppets. The American officials and politicians are definitely puppets, controlled by corporate lobbyists and shady oligarchs. But here’s a shocker: these are also puppets—controlled by the simple imperatives of profitability and wealth preservation, respectively. In fact, it’s puppets all the way down. And what’s at the bottom is a giant, ever-expanding, financial black hole.

Do you like your black hole? If you aren’t sure you like it, then let me ask you some other questions: Do you like the fact that your credit cards still work, or that you can still keep money in the bank and even get cash out of an ATM machine, or that you are either receiving or hope to eventually receive a pension? Do you like the fact that you can get useful things—food, gas, airline tickets—for mere pieces of paper with pictures of dead white men on them? Do you like the fact that you have internet access, that the lights are on, and that there is water on tap? Well, if you like these things, then you must also like the financial black hole, because that’s what’s making all of these things possible in spite of your country being bankrupt. Perhaps it’s a love-hate relationship: you love being able to pretend that everything is still OK even though you know it isn’t, and you wish to enjoy a bit more of the business-as-usual before it all goes to hell, be it for a few more days or another year or two; but you hate the fact that eventually the black hole will suck you in, after which point things will definitely… suck.

In the United States, so far the black hole has been sucking in individual families (although it does sometimes suck in entire cities, like Detroit, Michigan, or Bakersfield, California, or Camden, New Jersey). With the help of the fraudulent mortgage racket, it sucks in houses, and spits them out again encumbered with bad debt. With the help of the medical industry, it sucks in sick people and spits them out again, bankrupt. With the help of the higher education racket, it sucks in hopeful young people, and spits them out as graduates, with worthless degrees and saddled with mountainous student debt. With the help of the military-industrial complex, it sucks in just about anything and spits out corpses, invalids, environmental damage, terrorists and global instability. And so on.
But the black hole can also suck in entire countries. Right now it’s busy trying to suck in Greece, but it’s having a hard time with it, because Greece is, of all things, a democracy. This has the black hole’s puppets in quite a state at the moment, and starting to clamor for “regime change” in Greece, so that Greece can be made to capitulate before the black hole gets hungry.

The way the black hole sucks in entire countries is as follows. If the black hole doesn’t have enough to suck in for a period of time, it gets hungry and makes the financial markets go into free-fall. The financial instruments of countries that happen to be farther away from the black hole—out on the periphery—fall faster. In search of a “safe haven,” money floods out of these countries and into the “core” countries that are clustered tightly around the black hole—the US, Germany, Japan and a few others. The black hole gobbles up this money, but is then hungry for more. But since the periphery countries are now financially too weak to resist, they can easily be turned into black hole fodder. This is done by saddling the country with a foreign debt it can never repay, then forcing it to keep making payments against this debt by making it a condition for maintaining a financial lifeline—keeping the banks open, the ATMs stocked, the lights on and so on. To be able to make the payments, the country is forced to dismantle its society and economy through the imposition of austerity, to privatize everything in sight turning it into collateral for more loans, and to surrender its sovereignty to some transnational organizations, such as the IMF and the ECB, which are directly involved in the care and feeding of the black hole.

Who is in charge of all this? you might ask. If all there is is the black hole, the puppets charged with its care and feeding, and its hapless victims, then who is making the decisions? Well, it turns out that the black hole is sentient. But it is also very, very stupid. And the way it enforces its will is by destroying the minds of its puppets—by making them unable to understand certain things. However, stupidity is a double-edged sword, and in enforcing its will in this manner the black hole also thwarts its own purpose.

For example, some time ago the black hole happened upon a rather large item it wanted to suck in, but couldn’t. The item is called Russian Federation. It controls a huge territory that is full of all sorts of natural resources the black hole would love to turn into loan collateral and suck in. The problem is that it is full of Russians, who are a difficult people for the black hole’s puppets to deal with. They keep telling the puppets to please keep their toes on the other side of that red line over there, and if they don’t then click goes the safety on their guns, precluding further discussion.

This situation calls for negotiation, but the black hole, which, as I mentioned, is very, very stupid, has just one negotiating tactic. It makes its demands, and then waits for the other side to capitulate. If that doesn’t work, it applies pressure: imposes sanctions, attacks the currency, complicates financial transactions, arrests the country’s foreign assets and so on—and waits for the other side to capitulate. And if that doesn’t work either, then the country gets bombed to rubble by NATO or, if NATO doesn’t want to come along, by the US alone. That generally works, but in the case of Russia it doesn’t. But the black hole, if you recall, is very, very stupid, so it keeps trying anyway. As it does, the minds of its puppets get really warped, to a point where they don’t understand what’s going on at all.

For example, everybody knows by now that pressuring Russia doesn’t work: according to Newton’s Third Law, every action produces an equal and opposite reaction, and Russia is big enough that pushing it doesn’t cause it to move at all—it just causes whoever is pushing it to hurt themselves. It’s like trying to shift the Earth’s orbit by jumping off a chair while keeping your knees locked—which is a good ploy if you are clamoring for medical attention. In fact, the Russians are rather grateful for the sanctions, because now they have a reason to finally get serious about investing in domestic economic development and self-sufficiency. But the puppets, having had their minds warped by the black hole, cannot see that, so they just keep pushing, wrecking their own economies in the process.

Since the sanctions don’t work, it is time to exercise the military option. Doing so requires concocting a casus belli—a reason to go to war. The black hole does this by hallucinating: Russia invaded Crimea!—sure, a few hundred years ago, and has been there ever since, most recently based on an international agreement, but never mind! (Oh, and legally Crimea was never actually made part of the Ukraine because Nikita Khrushchev botched the paperwork when handing it over.) OK, never mind that, but then Russia invades the Ukraine!—on every day that has the letter “D” in it, but it’s very sneaky and withdraws its troops before anybody can snap a single picture of them there. OK, never mind that either, but then Russia is poised to invade Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and maybe Poland too. Invade how? You mean like take a bus to the music festival in Jūrmala? Consider it done, but the festival is already over and the invading music fans are back home. OK, never mind that either. But the puppets keep saying “Russian aggression!” over and over again. It’s the brain damage caused by proximity to the black hole. Look at this poor guy, for instance. He keeps flapping his lower jaw, going “Russian aggression! Russian aggression!” while trying to self-soothe by handling the rump of his imaginary pet cow. God help him.

Photo here: http://cluborlov..co.uk/2015/06/the-care-and-feeding-of-financial-black.html

Back to the real world: the poor puppets are unable to understand that there is no military option when it comes to Russia: it’s a nuclear power with an excellent strategic deterrent, a well-defended territory, and no aggressive intentions against anyone. But the puppets, with their warped minds, cannot see that, and so they pile various kinds of obsolete military junk along Russia’s borders, and are even threatening to bring into Europe the entirely obsolete Pershing medium-range nuclear missiles. They are obsolete because the Russians now have the S-300 system with which to shoot them all down. The military option just isn’t going to work, but don’t tell that to the puppets—they cannot absorb such information without sustaining further neurological damage.

Back to Greece: tiny Greece certainly isn’t mighty Russia, but it nevertheless refused to capitulate to the demands of the black hole. It was asked to completely wreck its society and its economy as a condition for maintaining its financial lifelines from the IMF and the ECB. Most inconveniently for the black hole and its puppets, Greece is not some obscure “third world” country peopled by dark-skinned people you wouldn’t want your daughter to marry, but a European nation that is the cradle of European civilization and democracy. Greece managed to elect a government that tried to negotiate in good faith, but the puppets don’t negotiate—they demand, threaten and cause damage until they get their way—or until their heads explode.

This one will be interesting to watch. If the black hole does succeed in sucking in Greece, then which country is next? Will it be Italy, Spain or Portugal? And, as that process continues, at what point will enough people say that enough is enough? Because when they do, the black hole will shrivel up. It’s not a real black hole that’s made up of incredibly dense matter—so dense that its gravitational field traps even light. It’s a fake black hole, made up of everyone’s combined greed. It has greed at its core, and fear all around it, and it sustains itself by feeding on fear. If it can continue sucking in people, families and entire countries, it can keep the greed at its core alive, but if it can’t, then the greed will also turn to fear, and it will shrivel up and die. And I hope that when it dies all of its brain-damaged puppets will snap out of it, realize how deluded they have been, and go find something useful to do—farm sheep, grow vegetables, dig for clams…

Dmitry Orlov is a Russian-American engineer and a writer on subjects related to “potential economic, ecological and political decline and collapse in the United States,” something he has called “permanent crisis” http://cluborlov..co.uk

i like they way buhari is doing his job....we always know what he is doing,,,photos everyway and everywere....nobody can say,he or she doesnt know what the president is doing...the same with the vice-president......i must say so far,good job......... keep on the good work.....

INTROVERT:
If you don't help this Nairalander with a job you will die this year.. https://www.nairaland.com/2421042/please-somebody-should-me

good one....

death-sentence by firing squad in public view..... ...bastards.....

ZITRAN:
Diz West Germany guy again i don tell u say West and East Germany don unify since 1990

in paper yes...in their minds,no.......

i know what i am talking about.i know some germans.i am the biggest racist,but they still want to talk with me.because i defend myself against anybody!!!,,i dont take no bullshit from white-people......

Johnsinia:
And this is hw u yorubas will be defending ur slave lords in the next four years

pahhh...you know nothing...if i see its too much nonesense like jonathans term,,,,then buhari can go to hell,for all what i care...

Our slogan now in Nigeria is `PERFORM OR BE VOTED OUT`

i dont care who is president...wheather na igbo,hausa,yoruba,ijaw,calabar,fulani,urhogbo,...................i dont care....

PERFORM OR FVCK OFF!!!!!

eaglechild:
Are the girls back?

exactly....it shouldnt had been allowed to happen the first place...

and before i forget.....FVCK THE WESTERN WORLD,WITH THERE OPINIONS...!!!!



i am tsdarkside...

Emekamex:
I know he did and I criticized him for that; I will likewise do the same to Buhari if his actions or inactions need to.

okay...but dont forget,when buhari fails,you fail too...i dont know why you are happy to fail......

Emekamex:
It is called opposition, Buhari has to win us over through his actions and not through sentiments.

nooo...i meant situation ...they way jonathan handled chibok was verrry baaaadddd.....

the situation is too bad...to be playing opposition...we must bond toghether...one head,one thinking..we dont have time to be playing around like kids fighting over ice-cream.....

Emekamex:
Don't see how my post will "destroy" Nigeria.

but in your hearths,you guys are wishing failure...mind you,i was a strong jonathan follower ones...i had nothing against jonathan,,,only that chibok situation realy pisssed me off!!!

Emekamex:
Snail Baba

is this how you igbos,want to continue in the next 4 years?? wishing everything in nigeria destroyed??...you people realy deserve the lagoon the oba was speaking of.....!!!!

this list,is not going to solve anything a tall...women mind...

Caucasians=white-people...he pretended to be a white-man.....

taofeeq137:
Please help...I have an HP Mini 210-4006TU, I have been using it for more than 2 years now. Just the day before yesterday, I hibernated it after watching a movie, only to try and switch it ON yesterday morning, and it refuses to on

cc: bugzygee, adetwin, onegig, bigt2, deji2009, funkyjms, knightstempler

best to do in this situation is,to put the install-cd or dvd inside the drive,start from cd-dvd-drive and try to repair or restore the ol system...is the easiest and fastest way....

gmyguy:
Racist pieceoffuckingnobrainerasswipe

are you white??...i find it funny that white-people have the nerve to call black-people racist..its very funny indeed...hehehe..

you sons and daughters of murderers!!!!.... go kill yourselves.....!!!

IYANGBALI:
who is this foool?will you go back to the genesis off my posts or get the fok off my front. You want to be noticed by me abi?abeg fok off,your mouth odour is not good enough for my health

why are you exploding?...was i right,with my analysis??....GO FVCK YOURSELF......!!!!!!! IDIAT...

IdisuleOurOwn:
I have read people refer to President Buhari as "clueless" and suchlike adjectives of disesteem suggesting cognitive incapacity - for his recent reference to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as "President Michelle of West Germany" . That is ignorant. And I will explain why shortly.

There are many things to criticize about president Buhari, but clueless-ness isn't one of them. His thought - process are clearly complex, sophisticated and high - level. If in doubt, get hold of any of his off - the cuff remarks, go beyond the distractions of his accent, and you will see a man whose intellect is deep and whose understanding of governance and world politics is admirably advanced.

You are probably wondering where I am going with this. How can someone call Germany "West Germany, mangle its president's name and official title, and I not say he isn't clueless but insist he is, in fact, intellectually deep?

OK, let me start by saying I am not some viscerally one - dimensional, unreflective Buhari apologist who is wedded to what I call the misguided philosophy of Buharist inerrancy, that is, the wrong-headed idea that Buhari is only human who is liable to errors and lapses of judgment. Many of us who criticised him in the future, do so not because we are better but because, as the saying goes, the onlookers, not the participants, see most of the game.

Now, when Buhari called German Chancellor Angela Merkel "President Michelle of West Germany", he was merely suffering from what Americans call "senior moment", which is the momentary lapse in the memory occasioned by old age. . As psychologists know only too well, as we age, the speed with which we retrieve information from our cognitive reservoir slows. Age-related memory lapses, experts tell us can start as early as late 30s and get worse as we get older.

Noble Prize - winning neurologist Eric Kandel and his colleagues published a well - received study in 2003 in the Journal of Science Translational Medicine where they, among other things, reveal that a "memory gene" in us appears to get weaker as our brain ages, causing us to forget easily, mix things up, and be unable to easily recall information stored in our memory bank.

Buhari is not the only president who contends with age - related memory impairment. The late President Ronald Reagan, America's oldest president, who was elected at nearly 70 years in his first term, was famous for his bewildering senior moments. I will give only few examples. President Reagan constantly referred to his own Vice President, George Bush, Sr. (father of George W. Bush), as "Prime Minister Bush" . (Remember Buhari's reference to Vice President Osinbajo as " Osunbade " during a campaign rally in Owerri? )

And, according to Tom Friedman's 2006 book titled You Are Not Alone :1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments : "President Roland Reagan's senior moments were legendary. He often forgot what foreign country he was in or the name of the dignitaries he was meeting. When he visited Brazil, he referred to it as Bolivia. He greeted Princess Diana as 'Prince David' .

Have you seen any similarities yet?

Well, another US President, Richard Nixon, had a senior moment when he went to France in 1974 to attend the funeral of French President Georges Pompidou. Nixon had a lapse of memory and totally forgot why he was in France, so he said : "This is a great day for France! "

There will be many more Age-related lapses from President Buhari. Get used to it. It's no big deal. It's part of normal process of aging, and has no impact or whatsoever on cognitive ability or performance. In spite of his notoriety for embarrassing "senior moments", President Reagan has often been ranked as one of America's greatest Presidents. In fact, a February 2011 Gallup poll placed him as Americas greatest President of all time ahead of Abraham Lincoln.

Like Buhari, Reagan lost in a past presidential election, but went ahead to defeat a younger incumbent in 1980. He won re-election at nearly 74 years with the biggest Electoral College victory in America history. When he left office in 1989, Reagan had an approval rating of 68 percent, which is the highest rating for a departing president in America modern history. Only Franklin D. Roosevelt and Bill Clinton rival this feat.

I am not implying Buhari will be a Nigerian Ronald Reagan, but his age - induced cognitive impairments and slips should not cause us to dismiss him. When he recently said to Nigerians in South Africa " I wish I became Head of State when I was a governor, just a few years as a young man. Now at 72, there is a limit to what I can do", he was referring to the inevitable impairments that age imposes on people. But senior moments don't impair performance if the will to succeed is there, as the example of Ronald Reagan clearly shows.

Although I think it's ignorant to hold Buhari's senior moments as evidence of cluelessness, it's fair game to poke fun at them. That's the nature of democracy. Even Reagan laughed at the humour his senior moments actuated. I hope Buhari and his Legion of zealous, humorless supporters will learn to laugh at his senior moment joke.

http://www.farooqkperogi.com/2015/06/criticizing-buhari-over-president.html?m=1

op,you are the one that know nothing...even today,the germans themselves still see themselves as west and east..you are the one without understanding...by doing that,buhari is telling them that,he knows who they are,and they shouldnt mess with us,nigerians....now,that is deep understanding....

IYANGBALI:
catholics kneel down to pray and do not bend down their assssses like you claimed

you see..christians with there sick minds...what has bowing down to pray have to do with asses??

dont you bow down in church too?? what wonder me by you is,what the hell are you thinking the ol time in church,when everybody in church is bowing down?? you see,you have just gave up your self with your comment...

again....PORN IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR MIND!!!

writetopoker:
I can count like 10

1.) they count beads while praying, no other Christian denominations do it
2.) they frequently bring dia heads down with their dirty ass up

you are an idiat....no realy....

is this one white or black...i dont want to see this idioot anyway...idioooooooooooooot...!!!!!!

whatever...if nigeria get peace of mind from this,,,,i am for it.... ....(thumbs up)....

it is realy unbelievable today..a lot of people looking for a partner..but,still there are a lot of singles....very strange...

i dont care sha...more women for me....