TARABA STATE....IS THE WIND OF VIOLENCE BLOWING IN THAT DIRECTION?

Last week we woke up to the news of bomb blast in Jalingo, Taraba State...  Reports of attacks which took place over night in Dananaca village, Taraba state, a usually peaceful  Village which suffered a bombing at the hands of Islamist militants last week.
“The police are still investigating to ascertain if the people are real soldiers and from which unit,” police spokesman for Taraba state Ibiam Mbaseki told Reuters by telephone.
“If they were genuine military men, they would have contacted us before carrying out such an operation, but we don’t know where they came from.”
  Reports say Gunmen in military uniform abducted five people in Taraba state, tied their hands and shot them dead, police said on Saturday.
 It is still not clear if the killers were Islamists or a criminal gang....

Taraba State..is the last place you would expect such news..it is really sad!

FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL POLLS: VICTORY FOR HOLLANDE FRANCOIS....

It's been a long time coming but its now official.....Socialist Candidate Hollande Francois sweeps change across France!  Polling Results show that Mr Hollande won by 51.9% and  Sarkozy scored 48.1% at the polls.
Mr Sarkozy has taken his defeat in good faith, saying: "Francois Hollande is the president of France and he must be respected."
Analysts have said the vote is likey to have a wide implications for the whole eurozone. Mr Hollande, a favourite for most voters vowed to work out a deal on government debt in member countries.

Exuberant Hollande supporters have already converged on Place de la Bastille in Paris - a traditional rallying point of the Left - to celebrate.
Change is good..and am happy for the French.....Something to celebrate!

A PIECE OF THE ROYAL WEDDING CAKE... HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH?

 Wouldn't  you want a taste of these cakes???? WOW!

A slice of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding cake is set for auction.The  boxed fruit cake, has been supplied to online auction house PFC Auctions by an anonymous seller. This piece was among 650 pieces of wedding cake given to guests at the afternoon reception of the royal wedding held at Buckingham Palace last April.
The cake was designed by Fiona Cairnes and comes in a presentation tin commissioned and designed by Peter Windett and Sally Mangum, the Daily Mail reported.
 It is also accompanied by a printed compliments slip from Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, as well as the 16 page Order of Service from Westminster Abbey which includes the vows, hymns, prayers and blessing from the Wedding......
 
This piece is supposedly the first piece of William and Kate’s wedding cake to appear at any auction with a starting bid of 100 pounds.
 Two other slices of royal wedding cake  will also be sold at that the same auction - a piece of the Royal wedding cake from the 1981 marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, and a slice of the original wedding cake from the marriage of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips on 14 November 1973.

AMAZING....
 Both pieces of cake are reported to be well preserved, the piece from Prince Charles & Lady Diana is double wrapped in waxed paper, the outer wrapper with pierced tracery, and still in the original printed white presentation box.
The piece from the wedding Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips on 14 November 1973 is in the original sealed and unopened white box.

 The slices are accompanied by the printed ceremonial programmes for the wedding, and with the piece of cake from Princess Anne’s wedding the buyer will receive silver printed wedding breakfast cards, the official invitation, two tickets and the order of service.

“They are lovely pieces of Royal memorabilia, and rarely seen on the market as these personal items are only gifted to close friends and family who attend the weddings,” a spokesman from PFC Auctions said.
 “The Royal section of our auction is particularly strong and interest in the Royal Family is sky high so we are hopeful they will achieve around 800 pounds to 1,000 pounds each,” the spokesman added.

Just amazing what people do to preseve the slice of history.

BARACK OBAMA'S EX-GIRLFRIEND

I was curious to find out who the lady was....
The woman was Genevieve Cook, who met Obama in 1983 at a Christmas party in Manhattan's East Village. He was barely six months from his graduation from Columbia University. They crossed paths in the kitchen. He was wearing blue jeans, a T-shirt and a dark leather jacket.Obama and Cook lived together briefly but in May 1985 they broke up.

Here are some excepts from her journal...

Thursday, May 23, 1985

Barack leaving my life—at least as far as being lovers goes. In the same way that the relationship was founded on calculated boundaries and carefully, rationally considered developments, it seems to be ending along coolly considered lines. I read back over the past year in my journals, and see and feel several themes in it all ... how from the beginning what I have been most concerned with has been my sense of Barack's withholding the kind of emotional involvement I was seeking. I guess I hoped time would change things and he'd let go and "fall in love" with me. Now, at this point, I'm left wondering if Barack's reserve, etc. is not just the time in his life, but, after all, emotional scarring that will make it difficult for him to get involved even after he's sorted his life through with age and experience. Hard to say, as obviously I was not the person that brought infatuation. (That lithe, bubbly, strong black lady is waiting somewhere!)

Thursday, January 26 How is he so old already, at the age of 22? I have to recognize (despite play of wry and mocking smile on lips) that I find his thereness very threatening. ... Distance, distance, distance, and wariness.

And

Saturday, February 25 The sexual warmth is definitely there—but the rest of it has sharp edges and I'm finding it all unsettling and finding myself wanting to withdraw from it all. I have to admit that I am feeling anger at him for some reason, multi-stranded reasons. His warmth can be deceptive. Tho he speaks sweet words and can be open and trusting, there is also that coolness—and I begin to have an inkling of some things about him that could get to me.

BRANDY AND MONICA....I LIKE!

I love this photo......you have to love these women.

KIMYE TALKING MARRIAGE?

Any popularity stunt can work but this? i am laughing.  Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are "very serious," a source tells the new Us Weekly. What won't these people do?

NFL LEGEND JUNIOR SEAU IS DEAD

Suicide???? This is really shocking and sad! NFL legend Junior Seau was found dead in his home in Oceanside, CA

Seau, a 12-time Pro Bowler and 6-time First-Team All-Pro, was selected fifth overall in the 1990 NFL draft after an outstanding collegiate career at USC. He played with the San Diego Chargers through the 2002 season, spent 2003-2005 with the Miami Dolphins, and then signed with the New England Patriots in time for the 2006 season. In New England's perfect regular season of 2007, he played in all 16 games and started four. Seau first retires after that season, only to come back and play in 2008 and 2009 before finally leaving the NFL for good....

San Diego Chargers Chaplain Shawn Mitchell told ABCNews.com that Seau died of a "self inflicted gunshot wound to the chest this morning." Seau was 43. 

 "Everyone at the Chargers is in complete shock and disbelief right now. We ask everyone to stop what they're doing and send their prayers to Junior and his family." How exactly do people get to this point in thier life? Suicide???? It is still under investigation but it remains a shocking news.