August 3, 2024 · 7:39 pm

Mearsheimer on Israel’s International Crimes

Theodore K

20230125 UC Political Science Website Photo. Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Cobb, Cummings, Harper, Pick, Rosenwald, Saieh, and SSRB . (Photo by Joe Sterbenc)

John Mearsheimer has provided the world with an insightful analysis on Israel, Netanyahu, and the US Rules Based Order.

SEE …. LISTEN … to Prof. John J. Mearsheimer: “Netanyahu’s Grave Mistakes” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4opzJiXAz0
Thus inspired …. THEODORE K’s THOUGHTS:  “Netanyahu has no interest in peace. His goal is genocide of the Palestinians, to make Gaza uninhabitable,  to expand Israel into Gaza and the West Bank, as the US cheer him on to the tune of the Rules Based Order – the “Rules Based International Order” Australia supports and keeps ranting on about.

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August 3, 2024 · 2:59 am

Head-Turning: Duplantis’ Pole-vaulting Technique Analysed

What makes Mondo fly? …..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/interactive/2024/mondo-duplantis-paris-olympics-pole-vault-record-technique/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f007&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3e91509%2F66ad011eddc1445f20819d9

https://time.com/7000063/armand-mondo-duplantis-olympics-interview-pole-vault/

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August 3, 2024 · 2:29 am

Heart-Stopper! …. A Tied 50-Over Match in Colombo

“Sri Lanka and Asalanka Snatch a Tie from Inside the Indian Whale’s Mouth”  …. My Thuppahi Title*

Dunith Wellalage = Man of the Match …. while Hasaranga dismisses Kohli
Sri Lanka  (50 ovs maximum)
BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR
lbw b Washington Sundar 56 75 116 9 0 74.66
c Arshdeep Singh b Mohammed Siraj 1 7 10 0 0 14.28
lbw b Dube 14 31 47 1 0 45.16
c Shubman Gill b Patel 8 18 21 0 0 44.44
c Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav 14 21 19 2 0 66.66
c Sharma b Patel 20 26 44 1 1 76.92
not out 67 65 99 7 2 103.07
c Patel b Arshdeep Singh 24 35 31 1 2 68.57
c Washington Sundar b Arshdeep Singh 17 21 29 2 0 80.95
not out 1 1 3 0 0 100.00
Extras (lb 2, w 6) 8
TOTAL 50 Ov (RR: 4.60, 219 Mins) 230/8

Did not bat: 
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Avishka Fernando, 2.3 ov), 2-46 (Kusal Mendis, 13.1 ov), 3-60 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 18.3 ov), 4-91 (Charith Asalanka, 23.5 ov), 5-101 (Pathum Nissanka, 26.3 ov), 6-142 (Janith Liyanage, 34.2 ov), 7-178 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 42.6 ov), 8-224 (Akila Dananjaya, 49.3 ov) • DRS
BOWLING O M R W ECON 0s 4s 6s WD NB
8 2 36 1 4.50 33 5 1 1 0
8 0 47 2 5.87 25 5 1 2 0
10 0 33 2 3.30 38 2 1 0 0
4 0 19 1 4.75 14 1 0 3 0
10 0 33 1 3.30 40 2 1 0 0
9 1 46 1 5.11 31 7 0 0 0
1 0 14 0 14.00 0 1 1 0 0
India  (T: 231 runs from 50 ovs)
BATTING R B 4s 6s SR
lbw b Wellalage 58 47 7 3 123.40
c †Mendis b Wellalage 16 35 2 0 45.71
lbw b Hasaranga 24 32 2 0 75.00
lbw b Dananjaya 5 4 1 0 125.00
b AM Fernando 23 23 4 0 100.00
c Wellalage b Hasaranga 31 43 2 0 72.09
c †Mendis b Asalanka 33 57 2 1 57.89
lbw b Asalanka 25 24 1 2 104.16
b Hasaranga 2 10 0 0 20.00
not out 5 11 0 0 45.45
lbw b Asalanka 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 4, w 4) 8
TOTAL 47.5 Ov (RR: 4.80) 230
Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Shubman Gill, 12.4 ov), 2-80 (Rohit Sharma, 14.2 ov), 3-87 (Washington Sundar, 15.4 ov), 4-130 (Virat Kohli, 23.1 ov), 5-132 (Shreyas Iyer, 24.2 ov), 6-189 (KL Rahul, 39.4 ov), 7-197 (Axar Patel, 40.5 ov), 8-211 (Kuldeep Yadav, 44.3 ov), 9-230 (Shivam Dube, 47.4 ov), 10-230 (Arshdeep Singh, 47.5 ov) • DRS
BOWLING O M R W ECON 0s 4s 6s WD NB
6 1 34 1 5.66 22 4 1 2 0
4 0 25 0 6.25 14 3 1 0 0
9 1 39 2 4.33 33 6 0 0 0
10 0 40 1 4.00 34 1 2 0 0
10 0 58 3 5.80 28 5 2 0 0
8.5 0 30 3 3.39 32 2 0 2 0
India innings
  • Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 10.0 (Mandatory – 71 runs, 0 wicket)
  • Over 2.1: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – JS Wilson, Batter – RG Sharma (Upheld)
  • India: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 3
  • 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (RG Sharma 37, Shubman Gill 10, Ex 3)
  • RG Sharma: 50 off 33 balls (7 x 4, 3 x 6)
  • Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 – 40.0 (Mandatory – 125 runs, 6 wickets)
  • Over 15.4: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – RR Wimalasiri, Batter – Washington Sundar (Struck down – Umpires Call)
  • Drinks: India – 98/3 in 18.0 overs (V Kohli 8, SS Iyer 7)
  • India: 100 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 4
  • Over 23.1: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – RR Wimalasiri, Batter – V Kohli (Struck down)
  • India: 150 runs in 30.1 overs (181 balls), Extras 4
  • Over 30.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – JS Wilson, Batter – AR Patel (Struck down)
  • Drinks: India – 164/5 in 35.0 overs (KL Rahul 17, AR Patel 16)
  • 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls (KL Rahul 24, AR Patel 25, Ex 1)
  • Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 – 50.0 (Mandatory – 34 runs, 4 wickets)
  • India: 200 runs in 41.4 overs (250 balls), Extras 6
  • Over 47.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – RR Wimalasiri, Batter – S Dube (Upheld)
  • Over 47.5: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – RR Wimalasiri, Batter – Arshdeep Singh (Struck down)
IND Innings

Over 48 • IND 230/10

Shivam Dube lbw b Asalanka 25 (24b 1×4 2×6) SR: 104.16

W

Arshdeep Singh lbw b Asalanka 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

W

Match tied

 

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India Innings
PLAYER NAME R B
lbw 58 47
caught 16 35
lbw 24 32
lbw 5 4
bowled 23 23
caught 31 43
caught 33 57
lbw 25 24
bowled 2 10
not out 5 11
lbw 0 1
Extras (lb 4, w 4)
Total 230(10 wkts; 47.5 ovs)
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August 2, 2024 · 8:28 pm

Balasuriya’s Appraisal of the Forthcoming 50Over Contest –India vs Lanka

Madushka Balasuriya, in ESPNcricinfo, August 2024

Sri Lanka just can’t catch a break. While still reeling from the almost comical nature of the defeat in the final T20I, one which handed India a 3-0 series sweep – and possibly a multitude of nervous breakdowns to those watching, their preparations for the ODI leg have been hampered significantly by the injury or illness-related absence of no less than five of their fast bowlers.

Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir share a light moment during training•Ishara S Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images

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August 2, 2024 · 1:14 am

Pictorial: “Ceylon” in the Nineteenth Century

Presented by  “Ediri” .... and having attracted 709,588 views by Dec 31, 2010 ……

Collection of Photographs of People & their life, taken during British Colonial Era (1815-1948) which downloaded through Internet. With profound thanks to photographers (expatriates for sure), we are able to view how our life in Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Then) had been more than 100 years ago. Please observe what a peaceful life, humble clothing and charming atmosphere enjoyed between the late 1800s and early 1900s. Lets View, conserve and pass them for our next Generations ………….

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August 1, 2024 · 6:41 pm

That Gathering at Trinco towards Setting Up the ICES ….in Pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neelan is standing on the extreme right, with CR de Silva on his right and Sam Samarasinghe nex to him

This NOTE is part of Professor KM de Silva’s Account of the Process leading to the Formation of the ICES: ” The Taita Hills conference [in Kenya] was followed by a second cross-national workshop held on 7 March 1982; this time at the then Hotel Club Oceanic in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.”

“The photographs attest the considerable cross-national support for this enterprise, albeit wholly weighted towards  the West in the context of world political alignment then. …” Michael Roberts (while anticipating a Memo or essay from Professor Donald Horowitz which will provide other threads in the processes leading to the setting up the ICES).

Robert Goldmann

 

 Myron Weiner  

the web photos of Donald Horowitz resisted copying

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July 31, 2024 · 4:27 pm

 The National Endowment for Democracy exposed as a CIA Branch

C. K. Watt

 The National Endowment for Democracy has been exposed today in a cache of silly letters and emails released today.  If you want to better understand what a nefarious illegal corrupt outfit the NED is and the weird people working for them, and the extent they will go to conceal the fact that it is a CIA cutout, then it is worth spending a little time reading the emails and letters released today.
Read a collection of the NED files exclusively obtained by The Grayzone here, ……………………………………………………………………………..

SOME OTHER ASIDES:

* the Dalai Lama is a long time CIA asset. He’s on the CIA payroll.
* The NED headquarters is just a few blocks from the White House.

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July 31, 2024 · 12:32 pm

Bokku and Hara-Kiri sink Sri Lanka in Third ODI Match at Pallekele

Michael Roberts from the Outside without seeing Live Coverage

Studying the CricInfo ball-by-ball reportage and the eventual surveys by  BBB and Rex Clementine, it seems to me that the principal reasons why Sri Lanka lost were because of (A) Suryakumar Yadav’s sagacious  captaincy; (B) an Asitha Fernando bokku; (C) the search for sixers by our set batsmen when going for two or fours was a more sensible method; and (D) Charith Asalanka’s first-ball duck –the  second in a row. And since I am a devoted Gallilean that last factor is esepeciially galling (pun intended).

But let the scores and two reviews by Rex Clementine and  Hemant Brar respectively tell you the story …. while I also direct you to Facebook where, no doubt, Brian Thomas will be posting a caustic set of comments in his familiar style.

Suryakumar Yadav: whose capataincy & personal contributions were central pillars in Indiá’s dramatic win

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July 30, 2024 · 6:36 pm

That Cricket Match in1958: A Bantering Exchange

The THUPPAHI Item re the washed out international cricket match at the SSC grounds in Late 1958  drew this SET of EXCHANGES in July 2024

A=  Skandakumar-Rasiah, 30 July 2024

Sharing a comment of a great follower of the game

Whose Idol was Peter May

B = Rasiah-Skanda, 30 July 2024

Oh yes-wonderful childhood memories

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July 30, 2024 · 5:50 pm

A Ceylon Cricket Eleven in Late 1958 …. Its Ethnic Mix

Michael Roberts

Having come across “a drenching cricket story” from late in the year 1958  in my CRICKETIQUE website,  let me place it within THUPPAHI for reflection because the Cricketique site can be visited and read…  BUT is not readily open for comments or visited much.

The LEAD PHOTO is of considerable significance because of the ethnic mix in Sri Lankan team — inclusive of a Malay man and another with Colombo Chetty lineage roots.

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