• Politics, Sri Lanka

    Posted on July 10th, 2008

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    Let the striking begin……..

    So the public sector is at strike. That is if you listen to JVP/UNP/TULF alliance which called for a protest. But I didn’t see any difference on my way to work. The High-level road had almost the usual amount of Traffic. Slightly less. But more than you get during the school holiday. According to others [...]

  • Politics, Sri Lanka

    Posted on July 10th, 2008

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    Silence hypocrisy and the absurdity of the Media Freedom

    We can do little but laugh at the scenes unfolding before our eyes in respective to “journalists” in Sri Lanka. Yesterday tow journalists working for the ITN was “abducted, verbally abused and manhandled” by the UNP, the righteous political party which champions Freedom of the Media and Human Rights. According to the Daily Mirror they [...]

  • Politics, Sri Lanka

    Posted on July 8th, 2008

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    Desperation

    For some strange reason a portion (a small portion at that) of the Sri Lankan people are stuck in utter disbelief and confusion. That is those who didn’t vote for the current government. For some reason hard core UNP supporters and Hard core anti-government supporters (the difference being a thin line) are now reduced to [...]

  • People, Politics, Rants

    Posted on July 4th, 2008

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    Dinidu de Alwis: Dr. Watson of the Lankan Blogsphere

    “Eliminate all that is impossible, whatever remains is the explanation, however improbable.” (Conan Doyle) After investigating the some random plagiarist and participating in an protest which was “widely published” (by more than 100000 Sri Lankan Bloggers) against the “Suppressed Media Freedom” of innocent 100% impartial journalists of Sri Lanka, Dinidu de Alwis has come up [...]

  • Politics

    Posted on July 2nd, 2008

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    Is it Really that Bad?

    According to media reports journalist Namal Perera and one of his “friends” from the British HC was apparently attacked and according to some reports attempted to be kidnapped. For one thing I only believe half of it, simply because Sri Lankan journalists exaggerate. And a lot at that. If anything the only thing the government [...]

  • Politics, Sri Lanka

    Posted on June 20th, 2008

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    Stating the Obvious

    Saw this on the Daily Mirror about Death Tolls in War. The death toll from the conflict in Sri Lanka jumped 3.6 fold during the second half of the 20th century. As I understand it the Current Sri Lankan Conflict started in the latter half the 20th century. SO It’s Fucking OBVIOUS. So thank you [...]

  • Politics, Sri Lanka

    Posted on June 20th, 2008

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    HR Companies backed by Arms Dealers?

    According to Rajitha Senaratne “The arms dealers had lost a huge amount of commission which is over 35 per cent due to this situation. Now they have got together with some media organizations to denigrate the Government,” Explains a lot. They’re all pissed that the govt’s getting all the commissions…LOL… Never has been such a [...]

  • Politics

    Posted on May 15th, 2008

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    Vatican Admists Alian Possibilities. Everyone else misses the most important question.

    Vatican Admists Alian Possibilities. Everyone else misses the most important question.

    The Vatican has admitted to the possibility of life in other planets. While this may create some riopples around the Hard core followers a question that Alien believers have been asking for a long time as just been intensified but by looking at the stories about it everyone’s missing the most important question What does [...]

  • Politics, Sri Lanka

    Posted on April 24th, 2008

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    The Quickest way towards Greener Pastures in the west. In 9 Easy Steps

    With the 600+ NGOs operating in Sri Lanka, Any person who wants to migrate to the west this is the most cost-effective method. Step 1. Make sure LTTE (Or some other Tamil Paramilitary) kills some Tamils/NGO employees (Not Sinhalese or Muslims.. because they dont count). Side not 90% of the NGO employees are Tamil. Step [...]

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