What follows is a conversation I had recently with Andre Le Gallo, former CIA operative who served in Iran in 1970’s and provided insight on events leading up to the Iranian Revolution in 1979 – an event that would forever change the world. Background: The Iranian Revolution (also known as the National Revolution of Iran […]
POST CHOGM: COLOMBO/DELHI TUSSLE; ADVANTAGE RAJAPAKSES; DOOM/GLOOM FOR SONIA/SINGH
POST CHOGM: COLOMBO/DELHI TUSSLE; ADVANTAGE RAJAPAKSES; DOOM/GLOOM FOR SONIA/SINGH The recent hotly debated Indian PM’s visit to CHOGM provoked two narratives ‘CHOGM; PM attending or not verses Sonia ‘in the loop’ SL crimes’ (11/10/2013) and ‘CHOGM – POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES- South Block to save Sri Lanka from UNHRC initiatives (11/01.2013)’ in Groundreport.com; The debate that Follows […]
Fukushima: Most Dangerous Moment
NOTA BENE: While the world is being detracted by the most likely geo-engineered Philippine HyperTyphoon Haiyan, which killed at least 10,000 and made survivors ‘walking around like zombies’ in the former U.S.colony and today’s USAmerican dependent (and conveniently the disaster-storm then went to North-East Vietnam), the current operations at the (geo-engineered?) tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant […]
CHOGM – POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES – SOUTH BLOCK APOLOGISTS COULD THEY SAVE SRI LANKA FROM UNHRC CRIMES INITIATIVES
The CHOGM politics of the Delhi South Block cabal have sinister implications. In the rule of the jungle the powerful tribals extract the extra-ordinary from the weaker. Swapan Das Gupta likewise urges that the Tamils/diaspora to return the police powers, and land rights vested in the provincial unit under the 1987 Indo-SL Accord back to […]
Will Professor Lawrence Schiffman Become the Next Chancellor of Yeshiva University?
Recently, news has been trickling out that Rabbi Norman Lamm, the powerful former president of Yeshiva University, has resigned from the post he held as chancellor of that institution over the past decade. According to some reports, Lamm has been suffering from health problems for several years. In his resignation letter, written with help from his family, Lamm expresses regret for concealing certain allegations of sex abuse at Yeshiva—allegations […]
Protests in Brazil: What Really Lied Behind
It all started with the 20 cents increase of the bus fares. A small increase that was going to have some serious consequences on people’s budget. A just cause worth fighting for. But what really lies behind the Brazilian demonstration is the people’s disgust at the waste, mismanagement and endless increase of the cost […]