Sent by CHARLES SCHOKMAN …. holidaying now in Sri Lanka … early December 2023
Category Archives: slanted reportage
Fantastic Predictions: WORLD CUP FORECASTS from Lankan Cricketing Fanatics
A FORECAST by Errol FERNANDO, …. A Piano Player from the Heavens, 19 November 2023
After a long tournament, we reach the final that we all predicted many weeks ago, Lorenz – India vs Australia – with the obvious prediction that India will win. Millions will back India,of course.
Let me take a different path by predicting a win for the Aussies, especially if they bat first. Head, Marsh and Maxwell are dangerous players who can take the game away from India.
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Palestine Events: Appalling Media Bias in Western World
Fair Dinkum
Maloof strongly believes Mossad and Netanyahu knew Hamas would attack Israel, but allowed this to take place so it would give Israel the excuse to ethnically cleanse Gaza, level the entire city to the ground, including apartment blocks, hospitals, schools, universities, UN buildings, aid trucks, as well as convoys of civilians leaving their homes in compliance with Israeli demands. All this so that Israel can annex Gaza and begin to build up new Israeli settlements in Gaza which were the same policies adopted by Hitler in WW2.
Michael Maloof, Former Pentagon Senior Security Policy Analyst and a former senior security policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense of the US Government.
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Canada’s Muddled Pro-Tamil & Pro-Tamil Tiger Policies Remain
Padma Rao Sundarji, in Asian Age, 29 September 2023 where the title reads “Two-faced Canada is on a re-run of its LTTE policy”
Is India guilty of assassinating a terrorist in Canada? At least to one of India’s neighbours, Ottawa’s accusation will come as a boring re-run of Ottawa’s inglorious policies, of which it has long been a victim.
For 30 years, one of the world’s bloodiest civil wars had raged in Sri Lanka. What began as a separatist movement in the north and east, quickly escalated into a full-blown armed conflict led by the terror group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Thousands of frightened Tamils sought asylum in the affluent countries of the West.
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Putin shreds the Canadian Parliament’s Idiotic Charade
An Observer from a Black Sea Town ……. in an Original Set of Comments … where the highlightS are interventions from The Editor, Thuppahi
A fair comment by Putin here. The speaker of the Canadian Parliament introduced a 95 year old Ukrainian to the parliament as “a soldier who bravely fought Russia in WW2. “ This led to 3 standing ovations in the parliament for this brave Ukrainian.
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A Combative Interview with Deustche Welt faced by President Ranil Wickremasinghe
Deutsche Welt …… Oct 3, 2023 #ranilwickremesinghe #exclusiveinterview #SriLanka
“We take a closer look at Sri Lanka, with a special DW interview with President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The country has faced crisis after crisis, both political and economic, and there is no clarity on how the government and the people can recover and get back on their feet. DW’s Martin Gak questions the Sri Lankan president about the crises the country faces.”
……. https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche..
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China’s Monumental Engineering Capacities
“Taiwan Jack,” commenting serially on the New Item re the aunch of a cross-seas Bullet Train Link: see …………………………….. https://thuppahis.com/2023/10/01/china-taiwan-cross-sea-bullet-train-a-stunning-achievement/#more-75749
A = China builds the world’s first cross-sea bullet train line which will eventually link Fujian province in China with Taiwan, making cross strait travel easier as well as being a further step towards China-Taiwan integration. The distance between China and Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait is between 86 to 100 miles.
Rajapaksa Family targeted in The TIMES as Kingpins behind the 2019 “Easter Bombings”
Catherine Philp, in The AUSTRALIAN, 5 September 2023, where the title reads “British Documentary links powerful Sri Lanka family to bombings” ... where the item is from The TIMES
Sri Lankan officials loyal to the Rajapaksa family were complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people, including eight British tourists, whistleblowers have alleged.
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Matilda’s Defeat & Nostradamus in Adelaide
SOME IMMEDIATE RESPONSES
“Amazing that Irene also had a premonition that the Matildas would lose 3-1” ….. Ralph Shlomowitz caressing his partner
“Poor Roberts he was asking for it. Shall I organize some Pretzels 
for the Spectators ?” …. Herbert Perera from Deep in Germany
