Sri Lankan Boat People and Asylum Seekers

In recent times the Sri Lankan Govt defeated the ruthless Tamil Tigers.
Almost all of the leaders of the terrorist group were killed in battle.
Tamil Tigers from Leader to Lowest Cadre carry cyanide capsule around their neck.
Tamil Tigers bite the capsule and kill themselves when about to fall into hands of enemy.
''Tamil Tigers never surrender'',  said their remorseless leader Pirabaharan.

Sri Lankan Govt was helped by 19 countries to defeat the Tamil Tigers.

Therefore, the Australian govt is wary of the Sri Lankan ''Boat People'' trying to enter Australia illegally on the sly.  

Australian Government is well aware of the remnants and dregs of Tamil Tigers that staged violent demonstrations and threw acid on faces of two students.
And a Tamil Radio Broadcast that spews vitriolic racial comments on the Tamils who seek unity with their Lankan Sinhalese counterparts.

At the same time,  Australian Govt is conscious of ''International Opinion''.   Boat People cannot be shoved back into the sea,  inhumanely,  just as Thailand did a few weeks back.

This BBC  news   - - - '' A rescue operation is under way after a boat carrying about 40 people sank off the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean, Australian officials have said.
At least 17 people have been rescued by a merchant ship that is in the area.
The Cocos Islands - an Australian ocean territory - lie roughly halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka.''  was  found here

Australia is a multi-racial country.   A few drunken goons and paid thugs have assaulted a few Indians in the recent past and earned a bad name for Australia.

Generally the Australians are a hard working,  generous and jovial people.   Almost all get along well with everyone without racial prejudices.

However,  some fanatical racial and religious groups have caused social problems.

We wish to suggest to the Australian Government that each person that enters this land should be guided to acclimatise racially and religiously and join the mainstream.
In that,  they should learn English and never ever disturb the peace of the main society.

In the event the ''Boat People''  do not co-operate,  the Australian Government should politely return them home.

Dick Cheney and his Halliburton Records

 

See how Dick Cheney manipulated  American People to go to War with Iraq to gain money through his firm Halliburton

Following the end of Operation Desert Storm in February 1991, the Pentagon, led by then Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, paid Halliburton subsidiary Brown & Root Services over $8.5 million to study the use of private military forces with American soldiers in combat zones.

Halliburton is the only company mentioned by Osama bin Laden in an April 2004 tape

in which he claims that "this is a war [in Afghanistan] that is benefiting major companies with billions of dollars

Bunnatine Greenhouse,

                        

a civil servant with 20 years of contracting experience, had complained to Army officials on numerous occasions that Halliburton had been unlawfully receiving special treatment for work in Iraq, Kuwait and the Balkans. Criminal investigations were opened by the U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Pentagon's inspector general.

In one of the many examples of abuse, Greenhouse said that military auditors caught Halliburton overcharging the Pentagon for fuel deliveries into Iraq.

Bunnatine Greenhouse also complained that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's office took control of every aspect of Halliburton's $7 billion Iraqi oil/infrastructure contract.

After her testimony, Greenhouse was demoted, allegedly for poor performance.

Greenhouse had received excellent performance ratings in the past. Greenhouse's attorney, Michael Kohn, stated in the New York Times that "she is being demoted because of her strict adherence to procurement requirements and the Army's preference to sidestep them when it suits their needs." Lt. Gen. Carl A. Strock asserted the contrary.

Bunnatine (Bunny) H. Greenhouse is a former chief contracting officer of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
On June 27, 2005, she testified to a Democratic Party public committee, alleging specific instances of waste, fraud, and other abuses and irregularities by Halliburton with regard to its operations in Iraq since the Iraq War.
She described one of the Halliburton contracts (secret, no-bid contracts awarded to Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR)—a subsidiary of Halliburton) as "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career."

Given these facts will any sane and impartial person say Dick Cheney is NOT  a Cheat and a Liar.

This Liar should be behind Bars, long ago !

Former vice president Dick Cheney told a special prosecutor in 2004 that he had no idea who leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Palme, according to newly released FBI documents.

Cheney was questioned as part of an investigation on how journalists came to know the identity of Palme, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who was a critic of the Iraq war.

In the interview, Cheney responded to many questions with "I do not recall."

However, he took a few stabs at the CIA in its handling of White House allegations that Iraq was attempting to purchase uranium from Niger to manufacture nuclear weapons.

Wilson was dispatched to Niger on a CIA assignment to explore the charges and later said that the Bush administration was twisting facts to support an invasion of Iraq. He implied in a newspaper article that his trip was at the behest of the vice president.

Cheney, his chief of staff, Scooter Libby, and presidential adviser Karl Rove, were named in a 2006 federal civil lawsuit by Palme and Wilson. Palme contended she was the victim of intentional and malicious exposure and that both she and Wilson suffered a violation of rights. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2007.

Only Libby was tried and convicted of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI about the Palme leak. President George W. Bush later commuted his sentence.

Cheney told the FBI he did not recall discussing Palme with Libby prior to her name being published in a column by Robert Novak in July 2003, and said he had no knowledge of Libby's meeting with New York Times reporter Judith Miller a week before Palme was identified.

Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, said: "Mr. Cheney's near total amnesia regarding his role in this monumental Washington scandal -- resulting in the conviction of his top aide --shows why."

We’ll see how Dick Cheney and his firm Halliburton benefited by Iraq War in next post.

Haunted by Inmates, says Onion

HARTFORD, MI—On the outside it may look like any other home, but within the walls of 6535 Maple Ave. lies a terrifying secret: Every night, when the sun goes down and the moon comes out, this suburban bungalow is haunted by the restless, tormented souls of its current residents, the Davidson family.

"I always get this eerie chill whenever I walk by that house," said Katherine Sturges, who has lived next to the spooky residence for nearly a decade. "Sometimes, if you listen closely, you can hear these terrible screams at night. God-awful screams about money and hell and wanting a divorce."

Added Sturges, "I'm telling you, there's something not quite right about that Davidson place."

According to neighbors, three dead-eyed specters haunt the cursed dwelling: Jonathan Davidson, 58, a once-successful attorney whom many claim died on the inside years ago; his wife, Sheila, 56, a hollow, waiflike figure who reportedly roams the hallways of her home late at night, searching for a time long since past; and their adult son, Peter.

"They say the ghosts of what was once a happy family inhabit that home," neighbor Douglas Smith said. "I've heard doors slamming and cupboards being opened and closed at all hours of the night. I've even heard mournful wails coming from the basement, where poor Peter supposedly sleeps, estranged from the only woman he ever loved. Gives me the heebie-jeebies just talking about it."

Though few actually know what takes place inside 6535 Maple Ave., and fewer still wish to find out, a number of local residents have devised theories based on strange sightings.

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SriLanka Qn - - - Dayan Jayathillake

The renowned and non-communal minded editor of Lanka Guardian was Mervyn de Silva.   

He discussed local and international politics at home with his son,  Dayan, since he was 8 years young.

The young Dayan changed his surname to his paternal ancestrol name of Jayathillake.

Now we will get glimpse of Dr Dayan Jayathillake,  the diplomat,  SriLanka's Rep at UN,  non-communal minded intellectual like the Tamil intelectual Dr Neelan Thiruchelvam.

We should bear in mind Dr Neelan Thiruchelvam was considered a traitor by the Tamil Tigers and mudered by them.
Likewise Lasantha Wicrematunge was murdered by the SriLankan govt thugs.

Dr Dayan Jayathillake has said,  in Sri Lanka Guardian,  on Tamil Qn :

'' Most countries of the world supported us to finish off Prabhakaran and the Tigers; not the Tamils.

The Provincial Council,  '' 13th amendment not been in practice for even a year in peacetime It has to be tried out for a decent length of time.

'' How we would all have behaved had these been a quarter million Sinhalese of all ages behind barbed wire and armed guards, rather than a quarter million Tamils.

'' The IDP issue is being looked after by an 18 person Task Force which is headed by a Sinhalese and initially had only Sinhalese members,

 '' Provincial power sharing can be strengthened by first putting it into practice under conditions of peace and normalcy.

'' What is needed is the broadest international consensus in favor of the full and expeditious implementation of the 13th amendment, which after all, is part of our very Constitution and is something we have solemnly promised.

'' Since our historic military victory we have not yet followed it up with a political component which is necessary to reinforce that victory,

'' The TNA which contested the 2004 elections claiming that the Tigers were the sole representatives of the Tamils, have made a comeback in the North.

'' If our political process continues to delay or be inadequate, what is to prevent the Tamil voters from either boycotting in large numbers or opting for the TNA at the forthcoming parliamentary elections?


On the Qn of IDP camps   '' We must ask ourselves whether we are doing the very best we can on this issue.  Would we have put up with a situation in which a quarter million Sinhalese were behind the wire while their issue was being handled by a Task Force which was composed almost exclusively of Tamils? ''

'' At least we should have the Social Services Minister, who is a Northern Tamil, as the co-chair of the IDP Task Force.

His appeal to SriLankans:  '' We have to share this small island on which we do not live alone. We have to coexist. We cannot force togetherness or integration.  

'' But if we cooperate and then unite, we can create wonders. Let us join Asia and the global mainstream.

-Sri Lanka Guardian

Source could be read here

Stevia the Sweetner Strengthens Pancreas and is Safer than Sugar

Stevia  herbal  plant's  extract  in  liquid  form  or  powder  is  used  successfully  as  a 
Sweetener  by  Diabetic Patients  in  the  Caribbean  for  a long  period  of  time.

It is safer than regular Sugar.    As Stevia contains no chemicals whatsoever.
It can help lower their blood sugar and help strengthen the pancreas, the organ that produces insulin.

The  only  complaint  is  that  Stevia  leaves  a bad  taste  in  the  mouth.


However,  this  problem  is  solved  by  manufacturers,  says Time magazine,  
in the form of  TruVia and PureVia



This article was written by  Katherine Huether
  in  eHow to ...

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This is Stevia plant   ---  

Stevia is 30 times sweeter than regular sugar. This means a drop or two of the extract or quater or half a tea spoon of the powder is sufficent to sweeten your cup of coffee or tea.

 The extracts come in liquid form and are usually sweeter than the powders. Keep this in mind as you reach for the Stevia to sweeten your bowl of oatmeal for breakfast.   Stevia added food is  healthy filled with good things for your heart and your blood sugar.
Sweeten it with a little cinnamon and you'll be helping your blood sugar even further.

If you do want to substitute Stevia for sugar in your recipes, use this conversion: 1 cup of sugar is equivalent to approximately 1 tsp. of the liquid extract and 1 1/2 tsp. of the powdered extract. For example, you can add it to unsweetened chocolate, yogurt, coffee, tea and basically any recipe that calls for sugar.

Consider baking with Stevia. But before you substitute Stevia for sugar in your favorite cookie recipe, understand that this will change the composition considerably.
Sugar gets crispy in the oven and also interacts with yeast if you're baking things like bread. In order to bake with it properly your best bet is to follow a recipe specifically created for Stevia.