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THE WOOLWICH KILLINGS – MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS

Some things just don’t add up when it comes to the Woolwich killings. There are certainly more questions than answers. Let us examine the facts. An off-duty British soldier by the name of Lee Rigby was walking down the street in the charming and peaceful London suburb of Woolwich. All of a sudden, and out of the blue, he was randomly selected and run over by a car which was being driven by two young black men. After they hit him to the ground with the car the two young men jumped out of it, armed with machetes, knives, a rusty old pistol and a meat cleaver, and in a deep and uncontrollable frenzy amidst shouts of ”Allahu Akbar”, proceeded to take his precious life by carving him up, mutilating him, butchering him and beheading him in full public glare. This all happened barely 100 metres away from Rigby’s Army Barracks home. The attack began at 2.30 pm whilst the soldier gave up the ghost at approximately 3.00pm on a four-point inter-section roundabout and crossroads.

Immediately after finishing their gruesome act the killers then conducted their own impromptu press conference, brandishing knives and meat cleavers in blood-soaked hands, with random members of the public asking to be filmed and quoted whilst their clothes were soaked, drenched and dripping in human blood. After their ”press conference” ended they moved to the other side of the road and calmly waited for the police to arrive. They had all the time in the world to do so but they plainly refused to run and attempt to avoid arrest or the imminent arrival of the police. According to eye-witnesses (and I watched the footage on CNN) the police took no less than 30 minutes to get to the scene and confront the two killers. They did NOT get there in the 9 minutes that they are claiming. (more…)

Kim Kardashian begs Kanye West to attend baby shower

kim_kardashian_and_kanye_west_628072Kim Kardashian had to beg Kanye West to attend her baby shower because it is being filmed for an E! special.
The ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star – who is expecting her first child in July with the 35-year-old rapper – has allegedly guilted him in to making an appearance at the bash, even though he wants nothing to do with her reality TV show.
A source told gossip website RadarOnline.com Kim had to beg Kanye ”to stop by the baby shower which is taking place on June 2. The baby shower will be filmed for ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians,’ and he just doesn’t want to appear on the show at all, period.
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MUMMY PROBABLY KNOWS BEST

Mummy told him that Lagos was not a safe place to be. She told him not to go anywhere without first giving Uncle Charlie the number and address of the person he was going to visit; in fact, she told him not to go anywhere. Period. She told him not to buy anything from the hawkers on the roads, not to type on his Blackberry when he was outside on the streets or inside any commercial vehicle, not to enter okada, and not to ask for directions from anyone on the road, because that was how they bewitched you into following them to some hidden place where they used you for rituals. And by the way, why should he need to ask for directions? Did she not mention that he should not go anywhere?

In other words, mummy was saying he should not have a life during his vacation with Uncle Charlie and his family in Lagos.

Ben disagreed with that. He was seventeen years old, certainly not a kid anymore. He could take care of himself anywhere. Granted, he had never been in Lagos before, had not been anywhere beyond the River Niger that separated Onitsha from Asaba, so sheltered had his upbringing been. But he had survived juvenile cultism while schooling in Government College, Owerri, and had slapped the pickpocket who had tried to relieve him of his wallet in Eke Onunwa, the main market in Douglas. So, yes, he could handle anything Lagos dared to throw at him. (more…)

Too pretty to work – or just pretty deluded?

article-2330597-19DEFA1A000005DC-880_634x697It was previously published that the British woman, Laura Fernee was supposedly too beautiful to hold down a job. Apparently, her woes don’t end there; it now emerges that the poor woman can barely leave her house without men declaring their undying love.
‘I was just walking down the street when this car pulled up and a man got out, gave me a bunch of flowers then drove away,’ she says. ‘I’d never seen him before, but he’d obviously noticed me and felt compelled.’
Then there was the old man who approached her and asked if she was someone famous, ‘because I had a special look about me, he said’.
And just the other week Laura had stern words with a chap she saw taking pictures of her.
‘I said: “Please stop that,” and he replied: “But you are so beautiful.” He genuinely thought I would be flattered.’
Most bonkers of all is the story she tells about the time she was in hospital and the nurses gathered round her bedside to discuss how pretty her eyeliner was and how her skin resembled a peach.
In short it seems the entire world just can’t help being overwhelmed by the 33-year-old’s beauty — and is determined to hound her about it. (more…)

“My Old School Mate, A Petrochemical Engineer With First Class Works As A Cleaner At The Airport” – Tonto Dikeh

tontoUntitledThe actress who was spotted at the airport today tweeted this and the pictures above. A first class, working as a cleaner? God help us all. We should be grateful indeed.

HIV Community Pens An Open Letter Of Disapproval To Tyler Perry On His Portrayal Of HIV In His Movie, Temptation

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If you saw the latest Tyler Perry-directed film Temptation, then you know that it sent some very strong messages about people living with HIV. If you haven’t seen the film, and plan on doing so, you may want to click out now.
At the end of the film, Judith the adulterer, discovers she has HIV and Tyler’s depiction of the plot twist is a bit extreme. The visuals lead us to believe that HIV has taken such a toll on Judith that she has aged three times as fast as her husband . So much so, that Perry decides to employ an entirely different, older, actress to portray her character just a few years later. And in one of the most depressing scenes of the film, older Judith literally limps off down the sidewalk.
If you know anything about HIV, you know that’s not necessarily an accurate representation of the disease. One of the reasons it’s such an epidemic is because people are often able to look and live without visible symptoms, especially if they are taken the proper medication. (See Magic Johnson and probably a couple of people in the neighborhood, you didn’t know about.)
The Positive Women’s Network of the United States of America took issue with Perry’s portrayal of the disease and wrote an open letter expressing their frustrations and petitioned him to do better.
Read the letter below… (more…)

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