I realize it was his eloquence in public speaking that wowed us, it was merely hollow eloquence not borne out of innate intelligence or sincere desire to be of service, but merely the craving to be revered by an increasingly skeptic public.So as the old adage coined by me goes “How can a Preacher President instill confidence in his People, ...
When opinion polling showed that the Columbian President would win the Peace Deal by 66% having brought the UN Secretary General & Raul Castro, to the white wearing ceremony of peace, the reality was it was rejected by the people.Obviously, as the former President opposed it, and intimated that the terrorists were literally getting away with murder! It must have ...
It was a very sad day for diplomacy, when the asinine US Congress voted OVERWHELMINGLY to overturn President Obama’s veto of the 9/`11 bill which allows Private Prosecution of the Saudis for complicity in the terror attacks on US soil.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3811164/Senate-poised-override-Obama-veto-9-11-legislation.htmlOf course the US Congress reflects the will of the people, and in an election year when ALL the House seats ...
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 with Arafat and Rabin, so all of them having fought various guerilla and other campaigns have blood on their hands, no matter what he turned out to want in the end. That is called PEACE!https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/28/shimon-peres-former-israeli-leader-diesFirst for some links of his alleged atrocities, or knowledge thereof, or complicity therein.http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/shimon-peres-dies-israel-qana-massacre-never-forget-no-peacemaker-ro
There is a hue and cry about Perpetual Treasuries making over Rs5B, implying that it was due to the insider information given by the Governor to his son-in-laws company, and so fraudulent. Now compare that with the fact that EPF gave Entrust Securities Rs3B(savings of the working people of this Country) to invest in Primary Dealing with a hope to ...
Trump TRUMPS Clinton! The first of the US Presidential debatesHaving watched the whole debate in its entirety and listened to a completely biased CNN analysis that used biased poll figures, I am appalled at the one sided coverage of responsible media. Talk about media objectivity! You would not know it if you listened to the PUNDITS, just read the various ...
I am completely lost for words, the Syrian Army simply pounds Aleppo indiscriminately. Does anyone question this word indiscriminate, except for the Syrian Govt. or the Russians? Ditto with the Russian or Syrian Air Force or both!https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/23/aleppo-residents-syria-russia-airstrikes?CMP=share_btn_twReminds me of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip where people were hold up between the sea in a tiny strip of land, ...
The German Chancellor for the past 11 years, has risked her PERSONAL popularity and name for posterity by taking in, "WITHOUT FLINCHING" a million refugees in 2015 from ALL parts of the world. Many genuine Syrian Muslim refugees, but within them were Many Afghan Economic Refugees, the odd ISIL convert bent on trouble, and refugees fleeing African Countries for a ...
In an entertainment crazy world, where film stars are deified, and revered, for reasons, I know not why, we must understand that human frailties are common to all. So in this controversial divorce proceedings of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, we have NO clue of what is real, and what is make believe and the pundits in the press continue ...
The UGC just announced that 27600 students have now won places to enter the NO FEE State Education System for which we all Sri Lankan pay a very high price. They said it was an increase of 2,200 from the last intake, saying by deduction that more places are being created, either by building more Universities, or new faculties and ...
The GOSL (Government of Sri Lanka, in the guise of the Education Ministry) has just proclaimed that ALL students who have sat for their O levels will in future be eligible to follow the A level course. MY FIRST PLEA.Please make sure you begin the A level classes on Monday, January 2nd 2017, not in May or June as is ...
This Country will ONLY develop to satisfy the aspirations of the Youth in future, if they have a positive attitude to work. THIS WORD POSITIVE is the most important word, but young people just don’t have a can do attitude and are looking for the easiest way out where they can HOPEFULLY get something for NOTHING.Read the link below in ...
University, Diploma, Professional Qualification, Vocational IT DOES NOT MATTER but you SHOULD BE FULLY ENGAGED in WORK/STUDY by today, September 21st2016 if you wish to succeed in life!If you think you want to go to the STATE University system and will await results for a POSSIBILITY of going to CAMPUS then you are NON COMPUS!So what gives? Why have I ...
to University in the State System, and so the next 5,000 will get the chance. Should they take it either? NO NO NOIt is important we know why they have rejected a free education, so that we can actually tailor our University syllabi, and education systems to better understand that we are in fact “DOING A DISSERVICE” to our students ...
The tuition class going, rote study capable, without an ounce of a practical brain, form the top 27,603 students who will gain entry into the University System for a NO FEE education this year. This is at the expense of the TAX PAYERS throughout the Country who are funding these wretches to get a degree.This plea to the students who ...
The most disgraceful series of full page ads costing millions of rupees using STATE MONEY by the top Management of People's Bank were an attempt to hide the truth.Read the link: and make of it what you will, and you are entitled to look at the bias of the newspaper that is reporting it and come to your own conclusions ...
The Bharatha Laxman murder case verdict is in, and it is NO SURPRISE TO ME. If you followed the case closely, and you know the law, and saw the evidence, it was a clear cut case of a bunch of armed gangsters out to kill a person or persons for whatever personal reason they had!If the whole case was read ...
The Inland Revenue Service Unions are up in arms about this proposal! See link:http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=151520According to the paper article, the Inland Revenue Commissioner and the senior staff attended a meeting where it was agreed to give the local agents of Baker McKenzie the task of collecting Taxes. I don’t know what taxes, whether it is Income Tax , Corporation Tax or ...
For the sins of the Sri Lankan voters we always select the lesser of two evils to Parliament. If truth were to be told, once elected and the euphoria dies down, people actually hate the Govt. in power, as the expectations are beyond the Govt.’s ability to fulfill, as was the case at the 8th January 2015 Presidential Election, where ...
The long article by Neville de Silva reporting from London for the Sunday Times this past Sunday (link shown: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160904/columns/media-exposes-that-irk-our-ministers-207395.html) clearly summarizes in a nutshell, how easy it is in the opposition to support a free press, and how in Govt. the free press you honestly believe is against you.In Sri Lanka the problem is that those being criticized are ...