“Go Home Ranil” …. Astute Pedlar Opportunism
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Abused by A Sea Lion at the Coorong
The irate SEA LION ….. 
…. dozing on a ledge on the pier at the COORONG let our cluster of ancient “Explorers” know that our intrusion was most ………… snort!……snort…..!@#$! snort ….. unwelcome. S/he snarlled, snorted,….. bared the teeth ….. snorted yet more ….and THEN shifted his bulk from his ‘couch’ to the seawaters that were also a comfort zone — a safe space for his kind.
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Propaganda Battles re Sri Lanka: Russia & The West
Fair Dinkum
As further evidence that the West are still pushing the China debt trap narrative and that it did not stop in 2017, but has continued with even greater vigour than before, and is not being pushed by a few interests, but is part of a major Western propaganda campaign that stretches across the globe, here is another great example.
The item is of particular interest because it shows how the US uses back channels, in this case a purported academic in India, to push the China debt narrative on Russian television. This item aired on RT on 30 May 2022, so it is very recent. [RT = Russian Television …. https://www.rt.com/] Here, RT brought in Suvrokamal Dutta (described by RT as a “Political and Foreign Policy Expert ” but who knows nothing about Sri Lanka) to talk about the causes of the crisis in Sri Lanka.
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Pathum Kerner’s Critical Hand in the Aragalaya
A Conerned Citizen ... ** see Note at Bottom
Thank you Pathum Kerner. Now I understand who you are, and what your intention, your wavs and issues.
You will go down in history as the architect and the leader who systematically guided and led this nation from the beginning towards this epic non-violent ARAGALAYA.
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USA’s Squeeze on Sri Lanka?
Darini Rajasingham Senanayake in Email Note
Air-Sea Cyber Blockade of Sri Lanka to stop fuel arriving in the country from Russia or Iran and deepen the economic crisis these months of June-July by starving the economy while US controles Sri Lanka’s Oceans and Airspace – see this link: ……………….. Sea Vision Training US Department of Defense Field operatinve in Sri Lanka June-July training SL Navy: See this link: https://ceylontoday.lk/2022/
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USA Machinations Behind Aragalaya?
ANI Video Revelation
Evidence is emerging that at least some segments of the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka are funded and backed by the US, serving US interests. A “digital strategist” […. viz Chameera Dedduwage ….. ] given credit by the Western media for the successful toppling of the Sri Lankan government was a “volunteer” at a US National Endowment for Democracy-funded “election” organization. His group’s involvement in the current protests are a carbon copy of events that unfolded during the 2011 US-engineered “Arab Spring.”
Dedduwage Continue reading
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Spectacular! The Moon “in Orbit” … in the Arctic Circle
Presented by Gerda Branwhite of “The Explorers” in Adelaide
The moon, seen from the Arctic Circle, between Russia and Canada. It only lasts a few seconds, but it’s worth seeing.
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Action Stations in the House of Commons, UK
UK House of Commons: Sri Lanka (Urgent Question)
Main Chamber on Wednesday 13 July 2022
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab)(Urgent Question) To ask the Foreign Secretary if she will make a statement on the state of emergency declared in Sri Lanka.
