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MH 17 - The plot deepens.
NEW
MH17 SENSATION: German experts point finger at Ukrainian air-force jets
This is what a German
pilot-cum-air technology expert Peter Haisenko has just
published on
the subject of the MH17 disaster (my emphases):
‘The misfortune of the
Malaysian MH 017 is known to all. The flight
recorder is in England and is being evaluated. What can come of this?
May be more than you want to accept….if you look at the image of
Cockpit-Fragments, this picture is certainly shocking.
Entry And Exit holes from bullets in the area of the Cockpit. This is not speculation, but analysis of clear facts: the cockpit
shows clear evidence of bullet holes. You can see the entry holes and
some exit points. The edges of the bullet holes are bent inwards,
these are much smaller and round in shape. A 30mm calibre. The exit
holes are less well formed and the edges are torn outwards.
Furthermore it is visible that the exit holes have torn the double
aluminium skin and bent them outwards. That is to say, splinters from
inside the cockpit blew through the outside of the cabin. The open
rivets have also been bent outwards….There is only one conclusion one can make, and that is that this: the aircraft was not hit by a missile. The damage to the aircraft is exclusively in the cockpit area….
recorder is in England and is being evaluated. What can come of this?
May be more than you want to accept….if you look at the image of
Cockpit-Fragments, this picture is certainly shocking.
Entry And Exit holes from bullets in the area of the Cockpit. This is not speculation, but analysis of clear facts: the cockpit
shows clear evidence of bullet holes. You can see the entry holes and
some exit points. The edges of the bullet holes are bent inwards,
these are much smaller and round in shape. A 30mm calibre. The exit
holes are less well formed and the edges are torn outwards.
Furthermore it is visible that the exit holes have torn the double
aluminium skin and bent them outwards. That is to say, splinters from
inside the cockpit blew through the outside of the cabin. The open
rivets have also been bent outwards….There is only one conclusion one can make, and that is that this: the aircraft was not hit by a missile. The damage to the aircraft is exclusively in the cockpit area….
Armour-Piercing
Ammunition.
Russia has published radar data that a
Ukranian SU 25 was close to MH 017. this corresponds with Spanish air traffic control that two Ukranian fighter aircraft were in direct contact with MH 017.
Ukranian SU 25 was close to MH 017. this corresponds with Spanish air traffic control that two Ukranian fighter aircraft were in direct contact with MH 017.
Examine the weaponry of the SU 25: it is
fitted out with a 30mm cannon Type GSch-302
/AO-17A, with 250 rounds of splintering exploding bullets on a belt – shrapnel rounds.
The cockpit of MH 017 was hit from TWO sides, as there are entry and exit
holes on the same side….’
Very compelling stuff, is it not?
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/new-mh17-sensation-german-experts-point-finger-at-ukrainian-air-force-jets/Very compelling stuff, is it not?
On the "Muslim Problem"
jksw
A well
compiled article. Share this with your
friends......
by Prabath Dharmadasa
A
few weeks ago there was an article in the Island newspaper about the
"Muslim problem." After reading it I felt that it was a storm in a
teacup. I don't think our country has a "Muslim problem" at all.
In fact, to the contrary if more Sri Lankans followed the
example set by the Muslim community perhaps we would be a more peaceful
country. Many Muslims are trilingual, well integrated with the Sinhalese and
Southern Sri Lanka just would not be the same without them.
The
truth is, we never had a "Muslim problem" in Sri Lanka.
This
is a mindset that has entered our country from the west through its media
that seeks to demonise Islam and the Muslims.
Can
we really judge more than one billion Muslims by the actions of a few?
Terrorists did indeed attack America and the United Kingdom, but why exactly
should Muslims in Sri Lanka reap the whirlwind?
When
those in Europe were intolerant to anything that they saw as threatening
their Judeo-Christian homogeneity,
in
Sri Lanka Muslims were living side by side with the Buddhist majority and
fighting together against foreign invaders.
The
Sinhalese Buddhist kings never persecuted them, or their religion. On the
contrary Muslims were free to practice their faith as they wished. The
populace did not regard the Muslims as some strange "other" to be
viewed with suspicion but equal citizens who were part and parcel of the
kingdom.
That
is why there were so many intermarriages and Muslims in Kandy have a
"ge" name as well. Infact, Muslims were regarded as fine soldiers
and were even brought to the island to serve the kings.
Today
people from the west lecture us about "diversity" but we have a
long tradition of that.
In
this country it is not a crime to wear the hijab like it is in France or
Turkey. It is fine to have Islamic schools and nationwide Islamic holidays.
Madrasahs are not treated as terrorist indoctrination camps. Mosques are not
banned because "they don't fit in with the local architecture."
It
is not okay to create cartoons mocking a religious figure held sacred by a large
section of humanity.
The
truth is, those in Europe are finally coming to grips with true diversity -
with the religious, cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity that we in Sri
Lanka are quite familiar with.
Let
us not take the path of the west when it comes to our Muslim community. We
may be a poor country but in this respect I believe we truly are much more
progressive than the so-called secular west.
There
may be some fundamentalists (who exist in all
religions) among the Sri Lankan Muslim community,
but
they have never posed a threat because the vast majority of Muslims do not
subscribe to their views. We should have faith in the Muslim community's
ability to self regulate any extremism.
Muslims
may be persecuted in other countries, but we should never let that happen in
Sri Lanka. If we put into practice what the Buddha taught we have nothing to
fear for "hatred never ceases through hatred in this world; through love
alone does it cease."
--
The
moment you have hatred,even with good reason,that hatred will hurt you before
it hurts anyone else.- Swami Satprakashananda.
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Indian Skeletons...in the royal cupboard
Decades ago-well before the gene era,
some wise man mathematically calculated that each human will disperse
at least one of his genes to all humans living in the world
in 500 years.
jksw
The
Duke of Cambridge, heir to the throne, is an Anglo-Indian
By Hannah Strange, The Telegraph.
Prince William with
Kate in January this year. Photo: PA
A geneticist at Edinburgh University has
confirmed that DNA tests from members of his family have proved he has an
Indian descent on his mother’s side.
Six generations
before him, Eliza Kewark,
had a relationship with one of his mother Princess Diana’s
ancestors, Thoedore Forbes, and bore him several children,
including a daughter, Katherine, in 1812.
Ms Kewark has, until
now, always been thought to have been an Armenian living in India, where she met Theodore Forbes,
a Scottish noble working for the East India Company which then ruled much of
India.
But DNA testing on
saliva samples from William’s relatives by Jim
Wilson, a geneticist at the University of Edinburgh, and the company Britain’s
DNA have established beyond doubt that she was in fact an Indian.
The clinching
evidence is a rare type of DNA, R30b, found so far in only 14 others, all
Indian except for one person, from neighbouring Nepal.
Their discovery makes
William one of the world’s dwindling number of Anglo-Indians, who are now
thought to number less than 350,000.
Anglo-Indians were
discriminated against by the British during the Raj because of racism and many
were consigned to work on India’s railways where they
continued to work after independence. Their number include the singer Engelburt
Humperdink, the actor Ben Kingsley, and, according to some, Sir Cliff Richard.
Many were the result
of secret affairs between tea planters and Indian pickers on their estates or
relationships between British soldiers and local girls. Because of this they
were also discriminated against by many Indians. Their women were referred to
in derogatory terms as ‘Chutney Marys.’
Now, according to the
findings of Britain’s DNA, this marginalised community which has lived in
the overlap between British and Indian society now has a new royal patron.
According to the
researchers, Eliza Kewark’s daughter Katherine
returned to Scotland where she exchanged letters with her mother back in India
in Gujarati, and later married a James Crombie in Aberdeen. Their
great-grand-daughter married Maurice Burke Roche, the fourth Baron Fermoy,
which took her Anglo-Indian into the aristocracy and eventually, through their
granddaughter the Princess of Wales, into the DNA of Britain’s future king.
Leading Indian
commentator Swapan Dasgupta said the discovery of Indian DNA in the prince had
righted an historical wrong. Most of India’s invaders and occupiers, including the Aryans and the
Mughals, had eventually become Indian, except the British.
“They came as foreigners but got absorbed. I’m
happy the Indian strain remains in the British monarchy. India may have been
lost [to Britain], but an Indian remains,” he said
Famous oldies.
Another
'music library' of oldies but goodies. Just click the middle of the LP you want
to hear, turn up the sound and bob's your uncle!
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Music from the 1950s to the 1990s -- enjoy!
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JEWISH MARRYING GAME
Forwarded by Chella Pathmanathan.
A good Hassidic family
is most concerned that their 30-year-old son is unmarried.
So,
they call a marriage broker and ask him to find their son a good wife.
They
give him a long shopping list of requirements.
The
marriage broker takes a long time looking.
He
tells them of a wonderful girl. He says she's just the right
age for the son.
The
girl keeps a Glatt Kosher home, regularly attends synagogue, knows the prayers
by heart,
and
she’s a wonderful cook.
She
loves children and wants a large family.
And,
to crown it all off, she's gorgeous.
The family is very
impressed and begins to get excited about the prospects.
But
the son pauses and asks inappropriately: 'Is she also good in bed?'
The
marriage broker answers, 'Some say yes, some say no...!'
POPE FRANCIS HAS A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR
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