The FBI: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INEPTITUDE!
FBI, NYPD told Capitol Police about possibility of violence before riot, senior officials sayThe FBI visited more than a dozen extremists before the rally last week to urge them not to travel to D.C., senior law enforcement officials said.(From NBC News, Jan. 10,...
SOCIALISM, RONALD REAGAN, AND TRUMPISM
President Reagan alerted us and introduced us to “The nine most terrifying words in the English language.” According to Reagan, the nine most terrifying words are, ” “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help. I marvel at the infinite wisdom that made Reagan utter those profound words that…
SATIRE: Breaking News from All Over..
January 14, 2021.Governors from 49 States across the US have signed an urgent joint appeal to the US Justice Department, requesting NOT to house the seditionists who took part in the insurrection in their respective state prisons. Governor Newsome of California broke...
Here Lies Donald J. Trump, Slayer of the Grand Old Party
Before Donald J Trump blows a fuse and start screaming, “the report of my death is greatly exaggerated,” let me assure him, I came not to talk about his demise, and bury him – but to objurgate him for the countless lies he has been spreading over the past four…
A Tale of Two Diplomats
This article first appeared in Colombo Telegraph on: February 23, 2019 “..It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the…
Six Degrees of Separation
This article first appeared in Colombo Telegraph on: March 26, 2019 Six degrees of separation is the theory that every person on this planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of people, places, events that has no more than five layers...
Golf? Serious? It’s Just High Jinks on the Links
First appeared in LA Times – https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-13-ls-3646-story.html Golfers–ever the most staid of athletes–are known for fluid strokes, crisp follow-throughs, the occasional garish sweater, but not this : Sal de Silva, a former race car driver, flooring his cart 20 feet up an imposing, rocky slope at Burbank’s DeBell Golf Course…
26.2 Vs. Zero: A message to a coward
Thursday, April 18, 2013 [Two brothers set off a bomb on April 15, 2013, at the 117th. running of the Boston Marathon] I do not know you. I do not want to know you. But I know of you. You are the epitome of cowardice.You are a heartless, heinous hooligan.You…
Saved by the Goal
This story is about how ignorance of local customs created a huge problem for us and got us nearly killed. We had left high school and were awaiting our next adventure – maybe admission to the University, a job in Colombo, or even a ticket to the UK from a…
How do you want your Soup?
This is a true story related to us by none other than our dear friend Capt. Sri Khantha, an officer attached to 2CLI (Ceylon Light Infantry, 2nd. Battalion). First, some information about 2CLI. CLI is an elite regiment of the Ceylon Army Volunteers formed during the colonial times in 1881.…