Saturday, August 2, 2014

MH 17 - The plot deepens.

NEW MH17 SENSATION: German experts point finger at Ukrainian air-force jets


Surface to air missile attack ruled out as calibre of cockpit bullet holes puts Ukraine pilots in the frame for MH17 murders
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…. 
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. 
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/




On the "Muslim Problem"

 Forwarded as it should be. Please circulate.
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."
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The moment you have hatred,even with good reason,that hatred will hurt you before it hurts anyone else.- Swami Satprakashananda.

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 Dianas 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 Williams relatives by Jim Wilson, a geneticist at the University of Edinburgh, and the company Britains 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 worlds 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 Indias 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 Britains 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 Kewarks 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 Britains future king.


Leading Indian commentator Swapan Dasgupta said the discovery of Indian DNA in the prince had righted an historical wrong. Most of Indias invaders and occupiers, including the Aryans and the Mughals, had eventually become Indian, except the British.

They came as foreigners but got absorbed. Im 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!


Music from the 1950s to the 1990s -- enjoy!



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


> The Pope has a good sense of humor.  Enjoy the you
> tube below!
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> http://www.youtube.com/embed/VIPTdtEvr40?rel=0