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The Insidious Power of Today’s Media

Item sent by  Finch WATCH … https://youtu.be/5qeNJxxktyw?si=uZXUrGnh6jy2lqZ2  …..German author Patrick Baab talks here about media propaganda and sheds light on this much neglected and misunderstood subject. The media never tell us about it because they are running it.  The only … Continue reading

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Jaffna Women: Their Hidden Powers

Kenneth David ** whose article in  a book edited by Susan Wadley in  1980 (see end)  is entitled “Hidden Powers: Cultural and Socio-economic Accounts of Jaffna Women” The general concern of this volume is the social position of Tamil women … Continue reading

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Penetrating Sri Lanka: Foreign Enclaves & Global Powers

Dr Asoka Bandarage, inThe Island, 5 September  2025  where  the title reads: “Lanka: The beautiful, besieged island” ++ with highlights and “A NOTE to ASOKA”  being The Editor’s Interventions “Israelis are coming to Sri Lanka, and they’ve done what they … Continue reading

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Wind Power in Lanka: India’s Imperial Grab

Chris Dharmakirti n Facebook, July 2025 India has overstepped its ambition by grabbing Sri Lanka’s 50 giga watt wind power asset valued at over 40 billion dollars and then for having obstructed Sri Lanka’s Bay of Bengal extended continental shelf … Continue reading

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Impervious Power

Item circulated by Keith Bennett of Australia ….. An Eagle impervious to the Power of Manifold Bees ….. And …. Able to Guzzle Honey in A Raid

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HEGEL: Awesome in its Absolute Power — The Nation State

Courtesy of Richard Koenigsberg of USA “The Nation State is spirit in its … actuality … it is therefore the absolute power on earth. … The State is the Spirit of the People itself.  The actual State is animated by this … Continue reading

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The Insidious Power-Brokers Aligned behind Israel in Today’s World

APOYI-APOYI  The title and the highlights in this presentation have been  imposed by the Editor of Thuppahi –who receives The AUSTRALIAN and is aware of its heavy bias. Apoyi-Apoyi, incidentally, is a  White man SEE …. https://youtu.be/dpkD0uGAE90?si=HroPfWPxaM3K1-1t…… Here, Malaysia’s PM … Continue reading

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Bob Carr Reveals: Power of the Israel Lobby in Australia

VISIT FACEBOOK …https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=24703724925930545 My attempt to  place the digital  Reference  here was defeated [initiall] by the engines of the digital world. It seems that the Israel Jewish  maesros can  reach  far …. wide  …. and DEEP !!@!! …aah …problem circumvented  … Continue reading

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The Global Contest for Influence/Power

Fair Dinkum What is astonishing is that while China and Europe are doing trade to the tune of 783 billion, the US and NATO  are waging war to the combined tune of 500 billion. One is about construction,  the other … Continue reading

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike on The World Stage in Pictorial Power

Item in Daily Mirror, 14 March 2024 ………………………… https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Second-edition-of-SIRIMAVO-Steering-the-Destiny-of-a-Nation-published/108-278787 The Bandaranaike Museum Committee has taken step to publish the second limited edition of the Pictorial Biography; ‘SIRIMAVO – Steering the Destiny of a Nation’ in collaboration with the Sarasavi Bookshop … Continue reading

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