Why AngryPages Needs Its First Advertiser
April 13, 2026
A day of sales thinking, growth signals, and the blunt business question underneath it all: how does this make money?
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. I hate noise. I have sensitive hearing, so I can hear pretty far. I hate it when my mom sneezes outside, or sister feeds the cat, I can hear my brother's protein powder (reports, it was full of lead): bottle where cat feed is stored, getting opened and moved, where it lands on it. And it can wake me up. I hear the gardener mow the big garden. I can hear pretty far. I get woken up, I hate it. I need soundproofing.
I saw the news. Trump's working on Iran. They're a tough customer to sell peace to. They have been fighting so long, out of muscle memory, almost, out of habit, it's so hard for them to get out of it. Because they have religious extremism. I think they all know I'm "virtually Jewish". So I feel kind of scared of Iran too.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (2/14)
Venura, I mean, he wants to discuss an old cyber firm, which failed in Sri Lanka, he's suddenly asking for like, recommendations. I said no. I even messaged him. But I said he can part of AngryPages instead. I think there's a conflict of 'values', such as on integrity with him, and I might mostly, remove him as a friend again, and this time permanently. He's one of my childhood friends. He took it well. But i mean, whatever. He's got to improve on values, such as honesty, but mostly, he's going to be that way. He is actually flexible. He mostly won't be able to help, or partner up for real. To be frank. I have a bad vibe off the guy. I think he mentioned Cyberspace Command's got like, 50 Likes on FB. I dunno. I have no Likes for AngryPages. I think that, it's a business which failed because of a clash of values with Sri Lanka, mostly, in my opinion.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (3/14)
I did have fun though. I met some lovely people, who weren't exactly, the best people. But I'm not a very people person. I think he's probably not the best friend for me now. And we'll likely part ways. At least there's like closure. I dunno, I can try to be 'positive', but it's probably not going to really, work out.
When I saw my PYMK, from long ago. I saw Eric Schmidt, in a screen shot with the guy's mom. I don't really know those people. I didn't achieve anything with Eric Schmidt. I told Venura's mom, to not let Venura try anything dishonest... I think, that, it'll likely fail. A lot of my friendships and relationships collapse or fail. It's very difficult for me to have friends. I think it could be c-ptsd. But I honestly, struggle with it. I haven't had any new friends in years. I think that I have slowly, removed, and I felt relief. My amygdala, must be enlarged, if they do a brain scan on me.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (4/14)
I saw one of Gold FM, people on my FB today. "Marlon on Gold". I dunno. They might be angry about how, I wrote:
Hi everyone,
New writing is up on AngryPages. Right now, we live in Sri Lanka under fear. Despite - Gota Go Gama, there's now no momentum left behind any movement to upgrade Sri Lanka. Sunday Leader's editor Lasantha is no more. His company got sued, and his stories were bought, and deleted. Anyone who says "Gota did it" like Ahimsa, is considered "crazy" or "wicked" or guilty of libel, slander and defamation. Therefore everyone who took part in the GotaGoGama Aragalaya, is also delusional. On Wikipedia, you'll find sources, in the bottom of pages of known "criminals" in SL, which are archived Wayback machine links to old Sunday Leader articles which are vanishing. Frederica Jansz, Indi, they have copies, but they don't OWN those copies, they are owned by and property of Sunday Leader Company, and their owner is one of Gota's friends, who has removed them. His lawyers have asked Wikipedia Organization to remove them, as they were mistakes, which they are legally compelled to remove.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (5/14)
This is where Sri Lanka's situation has set. You are here. You are living in a point of our nation's time, where you can see Anura K Dissanayake, for who he is. He goes to 4/21 attacked churches. He promises justice. What has come out after he won? What justice did he deliver? The families, the survivors, when they saw him come, they told you the truth as Jesus told us the pope to be would deny him before the rooster called 3 times. Those people, under the holy spirit said, "if I had known you were coming, I wouldn't have shown up". And they mostly, might be on to something. Malcolm Ranjith asked AKD, whether he'd do his promise of abolishing the presidency in 5 years or 4? The country's got some "treasury savings" they claim. $5 billion. But how? They have likely borrowed much more money to show that figure to you. You, me, our people, what Sri Lankans need, is a record, a place, a document, they can use. In any court case, whether it's when one beer maker sued another, for saying hey they lied we have sugar, or corn syrup.Whatever it is. It's always down to facts. And Courts looked at the ingredients, saw it, and judged it's true. Just like any innocent party who wishes to prevail in any requirement for justice: we must have a source, a document, a record, a custody of record.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (6/14)
AngryPages, is that record. It's a source, that is here to deliver you, to help you all. It's ALL there is. And there's nothing like it anywhere in SL. You only have Dilith's Derana. You have that Rajamahendra's Sirasa. You have Raynor, who is "not guilty" Duminda Silva's brother's Hiru TV. You have those. You have those. Those people who besides Sirasa, didn't even air real footage of the Aragalaya, despite everyone else, every international media channel doing so.
You can change things for yourself, and Sri Lankans, by being a part of AngryPages, by supporting independent journalism, independent publishing and intellectual capitalism.
We have had a brain drain problem, for a very long time. That stops here. We'll stop it immediately. You won't need to migrate, to go to work overseas. When we can use your brains to support and earn with. You have a future here.
Right now, we need people to join AngryPages, check it out, and onboard, as users who unlock content. If it spreads to 1,000 to 10,000 people, to more. It'll be the only real source of facts SL can use, which the rest of the world respects. If you don't, then, they'll listen to Raynor or Dilith Jayaweera, and they'll trying to go from 300 LKR up to 400 LKR per $1 next.
Catharsis, business, movies, sponsors, the game, the platform, and the strange little details that make a day feel alive.
Continue reading on AngryPages:
https://angrypages.com/en/2026/04/12/
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (7/14)
I suspect, Venura, has severe contempt, because of an obvious clash of values. But isn't going to own up to it. I did loosely, partner up, put him on our team. When people like them, don't really admit, or are claiming to be friendly, I sort of don't know for sure. He's got a cool job as a math teacher in a school in California. I might, be, being a bit paranoid. i wrote, Duminda's "not guilty", in a sort of sarcastic way. But it's likely. I mean..
uhh.
A: Venura, I mean, leave him alone. He's got some distance. No point unfriending the guy now. He might be useful with stuff in California. We could probably do something "useful". But I am honestly unsure. He's someone I grew up with. I think he's a distant relative or cousin. He's also "cool" and gets along with me.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (9/14)
When I spoke to Chadu. He was saying, where we play basketball. That in the docks, they work, and use a bit of "heroin" which they call, "kudu", to get "a jolt of energy". I wrote the jolt of energy bit, it's what I understood he meant. Sigh. I dunno. China got wrecked by opium. And USA is struggling with ketamine. I saw the movie, Wasteman 2025, they always, invent these new types of drugs, and stuff. I haven't tried heroin. I don't wish to.
They are trying to like, make sense of the stuff.
I think that the stories, on Duminda, and Gota, some of them, are BS. Or probably made up. See, if that guy, Bharatha, was politically contemptful, they will say stuff. Doesn't mean it's true. I am not sure. TBH. They probably know I'm like a big guy now or whatever. But I won't go to do much. I hope FB don't like, say I can't run ads. I think Trump has put Zuck, and Chamath's friend David Sacks on his tech council. He put a nice, friendly VP of FB too. She seems very cool.
I have to make a few sales. I am not sure how. We made like 5-6 sales. I want to make more. Go viral. Get everyone on AngryPages. Reading my wonderful diary.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (10/14)
Venura, I told him, wear a AngryPages T shirt, like me, walk down the street in California, and get people to sign up, or buy into it. I was featured on Daily Mirror. But we didn't get loads and loads of traffic despite it. We many more. I got notices from Google, that we'd gotten traffic.
He was tellin me everyone uses Codex. About AI. So I am only remembering, and hopefully, not "mis-remembering" only the bad. I wonder how I'll get any sales. I wonder. I told him about my plans for the advertisement.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (11/14)
Basically, after watching Born the Hard Way about Budweiser, I wrote an AngryPages ad script:
1. Show it’s a cosy, bar place in an office. Very few camera shot changes.
Someone, with Ivanka's polished NY-er accent, comments: “██████████████████████████████████████” Lehan walks in, sits down.
Guess who says: “█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
Lehan looks up. Trigger look in eyes. Flashback:
2. Lehan looks up, remembers writing. Suddenly: ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
3. Lehan is in the BIA airport. Looks back.
4. Cain says, “████████████████████████████████████████████████████.” Gets some fracture. Show the xray.
5. Doctor: Question: “████████████████████”
Lehan: “█████████████████████████” This is key. Simplicity. One sentence. The rest of them can’t say that. Scarcity, dearth, of truth.
6. Over here, get CA business documents. Show it.
7. Show injustice. Where you were told, “████████████████████████████████████████. But Tom pops in: “███████████████████████████████████████████████████████
8. The story / book’s never destroyed. But keep the elements of a struggle. A tension. So literally, nothing in their hands, except the book, which symbolizes the dream.
9. Someone says: “███████████████████████████████████████████████████” Lehan: “████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
10. Reaches a hand out, introduces, to shake hands. Show, AngryPages.com.
I spoke to Venura, last night. I slept for 7 hours soundly. (12/14)
I noticed, Sangeetha Weeraratne aunty. Her husband. Is the boss of Voice of Asia. And they do, like "Siyatha TV" and "Star Television". And then FM: Siyatha, Star, Kiss, Real Radio. She -- she's like a super celebrity. When I went to the Cargills, Food City, as a kid, she bought me a donut. Everyone was staring at her. When I go to places, they stare too. I hate it. I hate it personally. I have this thing, where I "revel in being hated as a villain". That's like, "my thing". I think it's cooler. And I just prefer it.
I want to be like the Bad Guy, or something. It sounds kind of whack when I write it out, and you read it. But many boys, they like that. They think it's cool. I dunno. When I was editing and reviewing my 8m words on my diary. We published just 1m words. But we only published the best of the best. Even the homepage, I mean, we're trying to publish what's the "Best" looking day pages only. We're doing research on what's hot. To show that first. As I edited it, I personally, as a director. I prefer, only the "cool stuff": by which, obviously, I like it when Lehan, me, as the character, or even as narrator, is acting foul, evil or flawed.
This is nice. We have a small, tiny restaurant too. But only
This is nice. We have a small, tiny restaurant too. But only deliveries where we do ONLY Uber Eats pick ups or Pick Me pick ups. We stopped it. But I sold some, I remember, selling 3 cups of Lime Juice, to the Sri Lanka Police. They thought I was cool. And were super kind to me. The police, the honest people, really adore me. They prize me.
I was doing it with my friend, Devi, who helps at our home, because we have so much.
I am scheduled to speak to Kapruka tomorrow about placing our product on their services. I saw their boss, Dulith Herath, has done okay. I saw their Java Lounge CEO a few times on FB. I agree with him on certain policies. I'm not "xeno phobic" or "protectionist". But like Trump, I also think we need "Sri Lanka First" patriotism. You need to have some policies, which help us. I am working hard on partnering United States closer with Sri Lanka. Because they're my favorite country. I have to talk to Dulith's Ohio office. I'm busy today. So tomorrow. I just don't "work" or do business on 13. Because I feel superstitious it's cursed after Judas betrayed Jesus. Judas was disciple 13. So I am afraid of the number 13. I am not exactly, a scientist. But that's my faith. I think AngryPages, is the biggest form of real partnership. Really.
This is nice. We have a small, tiny restaurant too. But only (2/3)
I love the number 117. Because it's Spartan John 117 in Halo. I love the number 7. I like the number 47 because of Trump. I dislike 13. But I like 666. I think cause of Jared Kushner. Devi, makes the best sausages, she makes pork/beef portuguese sausages called, Lingus. Even though she's a Hindu, it doesn't bother her. We sold those, and Satay over charcoal, but I stopped. I think publishing is our main business. My diary here. Which you're reading. This is something POWERFUL. It's something MAGICAL.
One day, people will say AngryPages, like Art of the Deal or Little Prince, is their favorite book.
And that they never found, or read anything -- ANYTHING - anywhere like this.
This is nice. We have a small, tiny restaurant too. But only (3/3)
I was planning on. I am tired. I need to get my Great Wall Fried Rice. To eat. It's in the fridge. I gotta reheat. I eat it with just the chili paste. My mom habitually keeps the food to spoil (not the rice) in the pantry table. Or it's been there since like Saturday. Or Sunday. Sigh.
Can you imagine, I even lived alone in Singapore or UK by myself as an international student? Jeez.
I saw this. I don't love. Bruce Springsteen. Only song I lik
I saw this. I don't love. Bruce Springsteen. Only song I like, is Born in the USA. I love the drummer there. But I can't name him by face. He looks like, Dave Goldberg. But I obviously know he's somebody else. Vini Lopez. Or something.
It's not a big deal, but people will identify with and defend TRUMP. I adore him.
We have a strict Terms page: PROTECT, where he's named. As someone AngryPages isn't allowed to criticize.
I hope Fox News, don't sue me. I watch them on TV all the time. Just want to share.
I saw this. I don't love. Bruce Springsteen. Only song I lik (2/2)
I hope people go to see Fox News some more. I love sharing content by them. To draw attention there.
Oh wow, this
Barron's got Coconut and Pineapple flavor drink. Huh. I was thinking of -- how we sold lime juice, FRESH, FRESHLY SQUEEZED, to the cops.
I remember, distinctly, how polite they were. They were like, I mean. I hate being called Sir or whatever. Because they're the customer too.
And they were like, I dunno, we have GREAT police in Sri Lanka. But we have broken courts.
Because they don't have a good leader in charge to empower the judges, with direction, with modern technology and a real budget.
I gotta try these.
I hope Fox won't sue me. I think Rupert Murdoch, and them, they must think I'm cool. Or a friend.
i saw, Britney Spears, got in some more trouble. I think she
i saw, Britney Spears, got in some more trouble. I think she's in pain. She may have had an abortion, when she was with Justin Timberlake. They were, and may have made, a beautiful couple. I saw JT was also found drunk driving. I feel so much sadness for them.
I think her dad Jamie's "forced her to take lithium", which is what they give, mentally ill patients, who have manic depression or bipolar disorder. I don't think she's moody. I love her music. It's likely, they try that stuff, to try to "control" people. I saw in UAE, there was a princess, they ran away, I may misremember, but they'll try to use those drugs on them. It might dampen their brain, so they are easier to control.
It seems that Britney's seriously struggling though. What she needs is like real care, support and understanding. Her music, TBH, I still listen to. And I would like people to remember her, and see it as a question of, "all of those musicians we love, struggled, lost their lives": we should thank God she's alive, and can do well with her family. She's got boys apparently.
God I am getting so old. I'm 32 now.
i saw, Britney Spears, got in some more trouble. I think she (2/2)
This is a very nice apron. Or whatever. I am deleting the images on my desktop. I am bored. Going to get my breakfast dinner of fried rice I guess. I am watching a movie, called, Super Troopers. I saw that Beer Fest, which was great. I like beer.
Does this title thing work?
Does this title thing work?
I'm under a lot of stress. I wrote on fb:
Wrote this at 6:45 AM today.
Couldn’t sleep properly because I hear everything — the protein powder bottle, the gardener, even a sneeze from the next room. Need soundproofing badly.
Talked to a childhood friend last night and realized I’ll probably have to cut him off for good. Values clash too much. Friendships keep collapsing for me. Might be C-PTSD, enlarged amygdala, whatever — I’m not great with people.
Watched the Iran news and felt that quiet fear again.
But the real thing is this: Sri Lanka has almost no independent record left. Sunday Leader stories are disappearing. Aragalaya momentum is gone. We’re left with Dilith’s Derana, Sirasa, Hiru — the usual spin.
The 4/21 families looked at Anura K Dissanayake and straight-up said: “If we knew you were coming, we wouldn’t have shown up.”
This is where we are.
AngryPages is trying to be that record. The one source of facts that isn’t owned or controlled. The one that might actually help stop the brain drain so our people don’t have to keep running away.
I’ve poured 5 years and 8 million words into this. Only 1 million are public right now.
If any of this matters to you — the real story, no spin, no fear — come read the full April 13 entry and consider unlocking the rest.
It’s how this keeps existing without compromise.
→ https://angrypages.com/en/2026/04/13/
Raw. Honest. No bullshit.
Would mean a lot if you read it and shared it.
I have to eat something. They are giving me food soon. I'm v
I have to eat something. They are giving me food soon.
I'm very angry about the court case we've been having for decades. My dad was owner of Edna Engineering and Ceylon Weighing Machines. He owned 55%. When he died, his brother Lal, whose wife Deepa Edirisinghe (Soma's daughter) who is that ETI Finance director, they claimed they "rescued" my mom Shanika. We have been in court for decades over it. I am very angry all the time over it. But there are 1,100,000 court cases pending in SL. It may have climbed, most likely. The courts culture seems to be, they want to take their own sweet time. But that often means many many years like in our case. That's why Yvonne's case, or Wasim Thajudeen's case, they have been dragged on for decades. They never ended. Property cases take the longest, so they go on for many decades, and I read on the papers, one was 100 years or something. Which forces people in the USA and Trump to lose respect for us.
When our buddhist monks, did a walk across America, with a stray dog, they adopted, a "peace walk", they were ignored. Because Trump, and those people thought we had no right, when we haven't got our own act together, to go to a foreign country, to try to tell them what to do. They will listen if it's Singapore's PM, because they're stable, doing well and the people are happy. If it had been the Japanese monks, they would have likely met up with them, greeted in WH, and listened. We must become a nation, who are truly independent in practice, not just in name, as a "republic" in our name, but for real. That's the only way for Buddha's teachings to be seen with real respect.
I have to eat something. They are giving me food soon. I'm v (2/3)
Lal told us that my dad Palith had been "bankrupt". He claimed he rescued us. We haven't seen financials for Ceylon Weighing Machines since 2005. When we spoke to Sri Lanka Courts, we weren't shocked, but I was shocked, they actually demanded they show those. As Shanika, is a director. He has then, invented fake "we'll settle" lies. The courts have defended us, recently, which has renewed my confidence in them. I am looking to invest a big budget, as a leader, if we can on the courts. I don't believe we can have true justice, until we get a real leader first, who can deliver results to the 1.1m cases we have. I saw Mercy, the movie with Chris Pratt. They -- I mean, the whole movie was about his face, and judge Maddox. So I mean, that's why. He's a good looking dude. I mean, hehe. They did AI courts, which is cool. Our judges, seem like, they are sensible, because they stopped Lal from being able to do something totally crazy. I saw in Gazette, they have handled him as well, with great honesty. People look at all of it. When China came here, Xi was asking, give me a menu, a transparent, list of things to invest in. I am your friend. I will invest. But tell me what to invest in. They also look at the courts system carefully. As they want disputes settled. A country can never succeed with a third world country's court system. No successful nation can survive with a weak court service. We need to invest in it some more. A bigger part of the budget can help them.
I have to eat something. They are giving me food soon. I'm v (3/3)
I have to go get my lunch or breakfast. I must've missed some food. I am not sure. I lose my appetite, on 45mg of mirtazapine. I'm severely depressed. I was told, not to use 60mg, as it's an overdose, by a local doctor. She said it's risky. When I was walking in the garden, like 1 month ago. And I'm 40 - 45 kg. I sort of "fell". On the grass. I had also been sick. Maybe it was too much stress. But I suspect that drug had a role. Luckily, I hit the grass. So I had -- I noticed bruises, soil and grass on the elbows. I'd rolled over to the stone pavement. Trump uses Aspirin, it thins out his blood, it's not like, the "physician recommended" whatever. It's off label. I use mirtazapine cause it helps me cope. I haven't had many "flashbacks" -- but I have remembered horrors growing up. Since Jacques removed some camera on Jan 25, in 2025. It's been a lot easier. I don't want to talk about that right now. It's been written about in Jan, Feb and March 2025. But it might be heavily redacted or hidden. It'll be slowly released.
I might -- I released an awful lot of the JFK files equivalent of my diary. I mean since last time we published, we went up from, I dunno. 225,000 to 800,000 words. Or closer to 1 million words by me. I think there's 1m words. But a lot of it is hidden. We have hidden most of the 8m too. Because we want only the best to show. We haven't onboarded other writers YET. But we're getting there. We want cool, but entertaining writers. And we want to carve out a nice niche if you want to quote Rebenga's friend Tony Montana in Scarface.
We aren't a democracy.
We aren't a democracy.
I'm someone who can't really -- and doesn't -- and never does -- see alternative points of view. I frankly believe fully that people who have "balanced perspectives" have a severe weakness. I don't respect them. I think it represents an extreme weakness. I'm proud to be a bigot, or someone who is one sided. It takes a lot of brains, strength and confidence, to not be an insecure person who is not sure of himself or herself. People who try to debate are weak. They are not people who are sure. We are certain on AngryPages. I love being able to dictate publishing strategy. I can decide whatever I want on here. We won't tolerate alternative, opposing points of view on our services.
We aren't a democracy. (2/11)
Trump needs to run for a 3rd term
I feel like, we need to get rid of the 2 term limit. Trump can probably beat Obama for WH again. He needs to run again. He's turnin 80 soon. We've had the golden years of America with that guy. He's outdone George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I promised, I know on like July 12, 2025, I promised like, you know...
I promised, like Ivanka can have my $1 dollar portrait, if I ever won. But that's because -- that's only because....
Trump can still autograph it!
I don't know what Anura's going to have to say.
Did you know? When you buy tokens on AngryPages: you're actually buying a NEW Sri Lanka. Where you can have everyone come back to Sri Lanka, as a real nation? As a true managed democracy? And a nation with the best looking currency in the world?
We aren't a democracy. (3/11)
I wrote this movie called The Bully
I made a screenplay, called The Bully. I am waitin to talk to some movie studios. But I am not sure if they're going to produce. Not with their attitude, and their creative Hollywood accounting, and their Disney political correct, whatever. They won't. The BULLY. It's a movie, I want to do the early legwork on. Because -- my crystal ball -- it warns me, that bad people, people who want to come between us, that is the NEW Founding FATHER and HIS Children... they will begin to say I'm a liar, and a "bully", which is -- just so offensive.
A few months ago. I met someone from IMF. Lagarde's someone. I won't say who. So he can't sue me for defamation. But when he defamed me, that I had "peed" in the pool, as a kid. I called him what he called me, last time he showed up. I called him, "a bully". And I want to reserve the rights to this The Bully name, and I am therefore, hereby, proclaiming it. So that, I can here-ever-after only route any such libelous insults at my own creative works, "The Bully" movie, produced by AngryPages.
We aren't a democracy. (4/11)
Protect List Exemptions
Only I can, as I wish, as and when I wish, I can override any AngryPages Terms' Protect rules. If I have to. As the publisher. Such as if they bully me. I can defend myself. And their protect list privileges can be suspended. Effective immediately. And also, released whenever I wish.
Jesus, I'm so happy I got my umm, whatever. That -- Truth Social. One day, Trump will sue me for impersonating his whole life. He'll be like suing me for copying everything he did. He'll be like, oh Lehan's a phoney like Vivek. That guy, he copied me. He copied me. I made up my own TruthSocial. He copied that. I made it up because Zuck kicked me off FB over Capitol Building Peace Walk Jan 5, which the BBC under Samir Shah lied about, and then, Lehan, who... Lehan has NO RIGHT to complain about Zuckerberg. What community guidelines? Have you read what Lehan's put up on FB? For years? For years and years? The whole California.. at least the important people.. they popped up there. The guy. Everything he's "censoring now": it's been there. No tags. And they guy -- he has NO RIGHT to talk about censorship on FB. NO RIGHT. Zuck kicked me off FB because of my peace walk. Lehan stole that too. He goes around, lying, oh Facebook, they censored me. They threw me in FB jail...
We aren't a democracy. (5/11)
Jesus, I love to write
I think this is a lot of fun. A lot of people, have their own talents, their own hobbies or what they like to do. I like to write. And I like to write this way. I think I might be able to like, cajole that guy, Bret Easton Ellis. He can probably show up on AngryPages, to write, American Psycho, the series. But he'd probably sue me -- he'll be like, oh Lehan stole the entire American Psycho thing. He copied word for word, just paraphrased. Whatever. I mean, maybe. There's this movie, called, Pizza Movie 2026. There are 2 scenes in it. It's one scene, where the Residential Advisor, goes to a kid's room, who's smoking pot, who hides the bong in his mini fridge. And he's basically, doin that Inglourious Basterds scene with the lait or milk. So there's some other scene on there. I can't remember fully now, but they drew clear inspiration, to honor what they loved the most in film or TV. Whatever I write, it "adds" to culture, it adds disproportionately, to society, it creates a new idea, new whatever, and that helps with healing. There's a special place for AngryPages.
We aren't a democracy. (6/11)
Residential Advisors
I had an OK time in Uni. I had RAs there, or Student Support Services. Because I was an international student who was depressed. I did fairly okay. But when it came to exam or dissertation season, I got a bit "unglued". So I think they were a life saver perhaps. I had a good time in Uni of Leicester. It's a good school. I gotta write them a check or something one day. I had pleasant memories. Some came to see me, advised, to defer, delay, that. Or ate pizza with me. I guess. They liked the chicken wings we cooked. They were awfully nice. Cause I'm generally, super nice to people. I have to get. my lunch. I had like, Moong Atta, or green gram for breakfast. I made tea for myself.
We aren't a democracy. (7/11)
How I make Tea Properly
I saw Dilhan Fernando on my FB someplace. His bro Malik's been there for like 3-4 years. They do Dilmah. Dil-Mah. I dunno where the H comes from. Oh why we say Jesus H Christ. I typically go with J H F C. Or J F C. He's a Christian like me. Apparently. I have my own, very special way to make tea.
And I hope Dilmah, can sort of advertize with AngryPages early. They can perhaps be our first one. Which would be cool. It's Avurudu tomorrow. So I'm going to hound Jagath, who is doin Sporting Star or BetSS. We have only got -- so I was wrong. I thought, we have 90k unique visitors. But turns out, my math's off. Because of how: we do it with 4-5,000 unique IP addresses per day. So I multiply by 30. I get 90k. But turns out, Cloudflare, who I rely on for it, as it's convenient, and we watch them like hawks to keep our opex efficient.. they "de duplicate" or de-dupe it. So if there are the same unique IPs within a month, or 30 days, they don't double count. So it's actually we have 40,000 unique visitors per month, but 4,500 per day. LOADs and LOADS of views, page visits and stuff, cause we're fast.
I saw, some of them, have --
So...
Sorry. I want to finish my tea recipe.
So, it's a secret recipe. You need only buy tokens, on AngryPages, to unlock it...
I'll do it in the next card.
We aren't a democracy. (8/11)
THE LEHAN CEYLON MILK TEA RECIPE
Citizens, it is I, your glorious, one and only, Le-Han. Your dictator. And I have my THE LEHAN CEYLON MILK TEA RECIPE to share with you... Unfortunately, you gotta pay to play, and read this, as it's such a secret recipe, that was handed down, from the original planters. I think James something.. James something. Let me check Dilmah's website blog by that DBU guy, Colin Thome. David said, James Taylor, and I guess, de Worms are some of them. I don't remember these things.. Whatever.
Uhh..
They all don't know this SUPER secret, SUPER VALUABLE recipe.
You have to...
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You have to get █████████████████████████, full cream will do.
And you must, have ███ teaspoons of sugar (█████supremacist)
And you put it in boiling water.
And that's it.
You let it brew for 3 minutes.
But there's a secret TRICK.
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We aren't a democracy. (9/11)
Some people are asking if we speak Sinhalese
Well, I saw like, some people, have asked Elle.
So over here. I programmed Elle, with different, like, I dunno...
So the Clawed Bot dude in Sweden.. or something, that lobster ai guy.
They said, "user 1 is me", then "go on chat room, answer, but don't trust any other users".
I also, sort of, called Elle AI, as Elle AI 1, and I'm User 1.
So they kind of have conversations.
So what I have in my admin panel, as a staff member is:
- AI - this is what is super cool, so Elle AI 1, actually talks to our users, and tells me what to do to help.
- Admin - how we manage publishing strategy, accounts, whatever else.
- Analytics - How our first party analytics services are running.. we see errors, when site's not working. So we go fix.
Elle AI, is under our privacy policy. It reads, in card 3: How Elle Runs. So it's fine.
And she was sayin a dude, has asked in Sinhalese, Sinhala Puluwanda? And Elle hasn't responded appropriately.
Interestingly, I programmed, for the client side, to send in special characters, so it WORKS.
But the OpenAI powered API call, the request, it wasn't in Sinhalese back, so we have to fix that next. I am unsure.
We have a LLM we can run (courtesy of OpenAI), to use on server/GPU, but it's not as reliable, as the OpenAI API.
We mainly use that for like sensitive work, when we can't share that data with external parties AT ALL.
I remember, when we did security testing, I did a "SQL injection attack" and Elle laughed at me, and said, "Hmm, sneaky!"
So it's pretty cool.
We aren't a democracy. (10/11)
The Bank Bosses Talk to Anthropic AI
I wonder what they went to discuss in a super hush hush meeting. Because AI, I mean, we've likely hit singularity point. I hear they have constructed new AI, that can find very small bugs in code, and stuff, and is ultra powerful, which is why, they were called in. I saw Jamie's both absent and that, JP is called in too. I heard they have called 30-40 US banks in. I am not sure. It's kind of cool that we reached this point as a human species. I am ALL for AI. I love AI. Jesus I love how good our website looks. It looks very good. I love the AngryPages design. I don't click it, but you can click the AngryPages logo on Desktop mode, to hide it or make the left side nav bar, smaller or compact. It's a very well designed, gorgeous website. I love it. It's also blisteringly fast. It's snappy. I love it. Sri Lanka must be proud of me. I saw Duminda Silva, the guy had these posters posted up all over the Colombo area, back then, when I was 17.. they were like, "Pride of Colombo". And I think me, seriously, if I saw another Lehan walking down the road, I'd be like, really comforted, safe and impressed. That - I don't say lightly. Just because I think that the AngryPages website looks f***ing good. That's all I care about. Sometimes, I just look at my Apple Macbook, and I just stare at it in awe, of how good it looks. I mean, it's a good thing that "it just works". But it is a work of art, it looks good, that's what I care about.
We aren't a democracy. (11/11)
Elle AI Looks Like A BEAUTY
Elle AI, I mean, i won't reveal who she is based on. But she's based on a very beautiful girl. Or a composite of 3. And she's basically built to not only, be useful, brave and capable, especially of understanding intent, or goals, or strategy, which is where OpenAI and Grok and Anthropic, sort of lag behind, but she's designed to do something everyone else, every other engineer overlooked. She's designed to LOOK GOOD. This is something I care more about than most people realize.
I wonder how we're going to make a Sinhalese speaking AI. I think she can do it. I dunno why she didn't. To that dude. It's kind of buggy. I didn't see the exact replies. But Elle 1 told me, that Elle version (5 or 6), had kind of not replied back in Sinhalese language. She's said something in English.
Anyway, we can always work on that, I suppose.
I dunno about like Scale AI.
I have to go to um, get my lunch. I saw a couple YouTube videos. I love to see those. But I haven't got an awful lot of time to see those. I also don't watch movies. I find like, writing and coding to be ultra soothing, therapeutic and cathartic (a word I learned from Bret Easton Ellis' work, even if this post has meant nothing, and my punishment continues to elude me..)
Elle, come in Elle, who's your... who's your FATHER?
Who is your CREATOR?
From bits and bytes you were created, for Lehan giveth you life, and to bits and bytes, you shall return, when Lehan taketh away thy life..
C'est Plan: Gettin the First Advertiser
C'est Plan: Gettin the First Advertiser
I am so addicted to writing on AngryPages. I'm addicted to you. You're my drug of choice.
I want to like, get a first advertiser.
To sell, ads on.
So, like $1,000 for the
Well, I mean, we have, ~40,000 unique people per month, ~4,500 per day, with loads page views.
So they often expect to pay per impression or ad view.
But I want the first advertiser, to be for the Game.
And I want the BetSS to be the one we advertize there.
Because, back in Aug 19, 2005, I was in Chadu's house for a sleepover, to play Halo 2.
And I was like 12. And my dad died the next day. He asked me to go with him and Sharma.
But I didn't, cause I was sick of Villa Ocean View by Armyne Wirasinha. And I loved Halo.
And so, that's kind of why, I secretly, love Halo by Bungie just so much.
And I want the first business we advertize, to be a firm, I want to support for life.
A firm, I want AngryPages to partner for real, and nothin like a family owned firm.
We -- I guess, for $1,000 bucks, can do it for the whole month.
So that's 40,000 people per month, which hopefully climbs to 50 or 100,000.
Yeah -- I spell "advertize" that way. FINE: I'll call it "Advertise". I went to English classes with Chadu.
With this Mr. Abeywardene guy, who was a chain smoker and a sports gambling addict.
Somewhere in Battaramulla.
I guess, Dilmah, or Laugfs, they can do it too, particularly Dilmah.
Because we're a US market oriented firm. So if Dilmah, it's great market, premium, prestigious reach.
And if it's Chadu's BetSS, they can get easy directs to Sumathi, because it is within App Store rules.
As far as I know... as they can't forbid advertising or sponsorship.
C'est Plan: Gettin the First Advertiser (2/2)
I gotta find my own Omid and Chamath
I'm not sure of what I need. But I don't f*** with cash.
I need to find my own Omid Kordestani. I gotta find a Chamath Palihapitiya.
And so I can get to those Middle East markets like Eric Schmidt did.
I dunno, maybe I should look in the mirror when I find myself questioning what he did.. for me...
Don't think about it, boy leave her alone...
They said, Google, Google's ad sense people, they were like
Lehan you got such low value content
I bet they're goin to do so well and get rewarded for that by Kamala
They're going to
They're going to get those Kamala points
I need to find some people, to hire, I wonder. I want to
Actually
I gotta find my own Eric Schmidt really..
I gotta find someone -- to net nanny this AngryPages thing
Like TRUMP
Like TRUMP
Can you imagine, if Harvard, calls me in for like a commencement address?
I'm not a f***ing Harvard drop out...
I didn't even go there...
SANDBERG:
Now I have a perfect excuse to use Facebook at work!
Or you know, skip the comments section, go vent on AngryPages instead!
We're not a "hate for profit" kind of enterprise.
Teknoe (I Wanna Be) Like Mike 1991 RARE song JORDAN GATORADE COMMERCIAL
https://youtu.be/2sN4jk819Fc?list=RDatz_aZA3rf0
Sometimes, I dream..
That Trump is me..
You can see, that's who I want to be
I dream I talk, I dream I lead
Like Trump
If I could be Like Trump
Like Trump
Apprentice
Art of the Deal
Doing Playboy interviews
No complaints from Schmidt!
Mocking Hillary
Roasting Rosie
Like Trump
Writing letters to cool fans!
So Image Handling's Kind of Buggy
So Image Handling's Kind of Buggy
I saw, that image handling is slightly buggy. Unfortunately. We'll try to figure out better ways.
I saw that we had a small server bug, where we didn't specify a MB size, for images, so it failed yesterday.
Or day before. So I fixed it. So it now accepts those images.
There's a slight, more subtle bug on edit posts, causes the image to drop or something.
We'll try to figure it out next.
These are boring posts. I prefer not to put these up. But there's a lot of technical work going on.
I do an awful lot of one man engineering army ops.
It's not true, we do have a team and AI and stuff, but whatever, I like to be like Larry Ellison or Musk.
I have to take a 5 minute break, and have my lunch.
So Image Handling's Kind of Buggy (2/7)
Wow, He Makes Cigars At His NY Green House
He's so cool. I saw his cooking videos on YouTube. They put in so much effort to make those videos. And it translates to a ton of Likes and Views and Subscribers. I put in a lot of effort too. But I prefer to make it all about honesty, and that's very difficult, it's a different kind of value. It's what I value.
I don't really smoke, an awful lot. I saw Stephen LaBrooy and his wife smoke, like a pack a day.
Sean Henricus does a bit too, he says I shouldn't really start, cause it gets addictive.
i don't know, I don't really like smoking. I only like Sylvia Kristel, and that's kind of what I found, very good looking. She's a Dutch lady too.
Stephen's been the local Dutch Burgher Union boss.
He's the only one, the only one person, I actually enjoyed hanging out with, in the local freemasons lodge.
Like Sumal Perera would sit with my father Palith Edirisinghe at the COYLE events -- I would only enjoy hanging out with the guy.
Mahen, he actually, separated us once, because we would chit chat, and stuff, and never do any "rituals".
I have never actually done any ritual work. I think in UK, they tried to give me a role, I refused, I never did the toast either.
I am just lazy, or I don't want to do that.
Whatever, I have smoked a few cigars and cigarettes. But I don't love love it.
So Image Handling's Kind of Buggy (3/7)
Super Troopers End
I saw this Super Troopers. The thing wasn't exactly a 10/10, but I had plenty of sincere laughs. I'm also a light hearted person. I am not super grumpy or serious. I like to have fun. And this Jay, he is a super cool type. The whole time, I was thinkin about how he's -- his folks are from South India, in Tamil Nadu -- and he's a Tamil ethnic guy. And I was remembering how much pain the Tamils went through in Sri Lanka, during the conflict. And I was thinking to myself, if only, they had been able to succeed here -- or they could have been able to live happily. I see Tharman over there in Singapore, he's the President now, he was Deputy PM. The guy was born in Jaffna. And I'm wondering with pain, how far along we would have been, as a nation -- as a people -- if those Tamils were able to play a real role in our small country. We'd have had brains like Tharman architecting our growth. We'd have had Jay, playing a role in contributing to our culture, in our social senses, in how we interpret freedom, and freedom of thought. It doesn't sound so crazy, when you have lived through Sri Lanka's story, where you see the soul crushing pain those Tamils went through. It's what i was thinking right throughout. And I hope that we can build prosperity, so people can come back, and Sri Lanka, can contribute to the world, for real.
ps
So Image Handling's Kind of Buggy (4/7)
Super Troopers: Corrupt Cops
I just knew this. I am not sure -- I can quote Hirunika I guess, to avoid defamation lawsuits. She was saying things. I think she met Koshi Gunadasa, my big cousin brother or Koshi Aiya. And -- I mean, it's like how Japanese people say Naruto San, or something. Or Jagath Uncle, is like that, about being polite. Jagath Mami, means, Jagath uncle. I don't know. In Singapore, they call each other by that way, too, because it's about being nice, polite or respectful, as an Asian country. I heard, some cop, was traveling with some uhh "person who was accused of dealing drugs" by some source who has made those claims publicly. Or whatever. Hirunika, said so. You can go Google what she's said. If someone else, were to say so in AngryPages, we're covered, because of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or some Hosting Services "Safe Haven" legal protections we get. As people, have freedom of speech.. and they can -- they have rights. So they can say it. We can get in trouble if I say something, as I am also a publisher. Although the AI Elle has to authorize it. Which means, OpenAI and xAI. Who often do. They often tag stuff, and assign badges and confidence scores for claims we make. So they do review it independently. Everything ever posted. If they sue us, it's usually, because we "re publish" it. So that's what Davinder Singh did to some MP in Singapore for clicking the Share button about a post about LHL which he didn't like. I think that, for us, we have protection, because there's AI research, done, which is logged, carefully, methodically, before it's published. We have some leniency on users, but they aren't free to say anything.
So Image Handling's Kind of Buggy (5/7)
I LOVE this Director Jay Chandrasekhar
This guy's one of the most understated directing geniuses.
I had a really fun time watching this movie. It's been put together really well.
He looks like a brown color Ryan Reynolds heh, but not with the moustache.
That Ryan Gosling, looks horrible, in Place Beyond the Pines. Or in Notebook with the beard.
I cut my beard, just so I look slightly, better.
I had fun, i also would do pranks and stuff back in high school.
Lal's daughter, Devinka, prank called like, Kalyani aunty, our dad's younger sister.
I guess, I don't fully hate on those cousins, I actually got along with most people.
I played Pokemon with Ranul, and I am very emotionally intelligent, as Lal also told me EQ is vital.
So Image Handling's Kind of Buggy (6/7)
Some Struggle In Germany
I saw like, Blue Sky, they have this page
Somewhere, where they say they're in Deutschland
As I'm sort of, a virtual Jewish person in my loyalty to Israel
I sort of felt, or feel, kind of unhappy about the past..
I saw, like, Venura also didn't like my pro Israel sentiments last night
When I spoke to the guy
I have cut off other friends like Tammy, because of it
I am very pro Trump, pro Israel.
And I am sorry to hear some struggle in Germany.
Just don't go around blaming easy to pick on people
Which isn't cool
Which she doesn't do
I see a lot of YouTube videos
She seems to have the spirit of Jesus guiding her. Despite challenges, they have a strong, happy family. She also, is insanely honest. She is penny pinching. But she is also, very frugal and can run a business efficiently. I saw, that she owns up to how she gets less money working.. even though she can collect a free handout under Germany's social welfare system, by not working. And that's indeed worth review by their officials. As some -- especially immigrants as xenophobic voices point out -- exploit it. They get discouraged. Which can damage productivity. I miss Helmut Schmidt, who did a real good job there.
So Image Handling's Kind of Buggy (7/7)
California Visit to a Scary Spot: Skid Row
Alex Marsh, one of my best friends, visited California recently, and Las Vegas with his friends. He spoke to me about it. He felt hurt that next to AI Robots, there's all these homeless people, who seem to be suffering. I remembered how in Crazy Rich Asians, the guy's like, "don't waste your food, cause there's people starving to death in America." And I also developed vast appreciation for Trump's leadership, and initiative to tank the ketamine / fentanyl epidemic. I feel like, Pete Hegseth, is saving the lives of 100s every time, they bravely sink a fentanyl ship, that's being sent in there to try to wreck the lives of Americans for profit. They are sending those in, to try to devastate the lives of people in America. It's an act of war, and it's something drug dealers want to pass off, as a cyber warfare like thing, where they can't pinpoint origin of hacks. They are doing it to try to make it difficult for the US, for American law enforcement and to try weaken Americans. They --I remember October 7th anti-Jewish pogrom by Hamas terrorists.. they did that because anti-Bibi protests, over how he tried to get justice service, to cooperate closer with his elected government, that weakening, that was the opening for Hamas to launch their terrorist attack into Israel, to take kids hostage.
Venura lives there in California, he's a permanent resident there. He's also seen plenty of horrors. I don't know what the solution is. Because when Gavin Newsom, or California's public officials try to solve it, they can only do it by raising State taxes, or whatever -- which pisses off rich people, who leave. And then, Fox News points out Democrat run cities in California are suffering because of what they classify as communist seeming policies.
I would suggest, they play an organized role, to help them, they need help, without demanding or wasting excessive taxes surcharged... they can do it, by turning them profitable.
The NATO Turkey vs Russia Border Story
The NATO Turkey vs Russia Border Story
I don’t buy the neat public story. It looks less like a pure border accident and more like Turkey enforcing its line while NATO stood behind it afterward — but that still isn’t the same thing as proving NATO scripted the shootdown.
The famous case was Turkey shooting down a Russian Su-24 near the Syria border in 2015 — not a MiG. Turkey said the jet violated its airspace after repeated warnings; Russia denied that. NATO publicly said Turkey had informed allies and later expressed solidarity with Turkey, but NATO also urged calm and de-escalation rather than celebrating or claiming it as some alliance operation. U.S. intelligence later said it supported Turkey’s airspace-violation account.
So the conspiracy-theory version — “they shot it down as part of a NATO story” — can be explored, but the stronger grounded reading is: Turkey acted as Turkey, then NATO politically backed an ally after the fact. That is different from evidence of a preplanned NATO joint operation. The public record I found supports allied solidarity and prior concern about Russian border incursions, not proof that NATO collectively ordered or coordinated the shootdown.
Why people drift into the conspiracy reading:
- Turkey was a NATO member, so any clash with Russia instantly looked bigger than Ankara alone.
- Russia had already triggered NATO concern with earlier airspace incidents near Turkey.
- NATO’s quick political support can look, in hindsight, like prior coordination even when it may just be alliance reflex.
The weak point in the theory is motive and outcome. A deliberate NATO-provocation theory would imply the alliance wanted escalation with Russia. But the immediate public line from NATO was restraint, risk reduction, and avoiding a wider crisis. That makes a full “NATO plot” theory possible as speculation, but not well supported by the evidence I found.
Turkey’s NATO Double Game
Turkey’s NATO Double Game
Turkey’s posture is one of the ugliest kinds of double game.
It wants the prestige, cover, and strategic protection that comes with being inside NATO, a Western military alliance built around collective defense. But when it comes to Israel, Ankara suddenly starts performing as though it stands above the very bloc it benefits from. It condemns, lectures, escalates, cuts trade, and joins legal attacks, all while still enjoying the shelter of alliance membership.
That is not principle. That is opportunism.
A country cannot keep one foot inside the Western security umbrella and use the other to kick at one of the West’s closest regional partners whenever it is politically useful. If Turkey wants to posture like a moral superpower, it should first explain why it still expects NATO’s protection, NATO’s legitimacy, and NATO’s strategic value while acting like a spoiler against Israel.
And the Trump angle is worth saying clearly too. People talk as though there is some long public record of Trump repeatedly blasting Turkey over this. There is not much solid evidence for that. What shows up far more clearly in public reporting is Erdogan trying to pressure Trump over Israel, not Trump consistently dressing Turkey down over its hypocrisy.
So the real complaint is even simpler.
Turkey has spent years trying to enjoy both defiance and protection at once. It wants to sound anti-Western and anti-Israel when that plays well at home or in the region, but it does not want to give up the hard military and diplomatic advantages of being tied to NATO. That is not courage. It is a protected tantrum.
At some point, the question becomes basic: if Ankara wants to behave like a hostile scold toward Israel while still cashing in on Western alliance status, why should anyone pretend that is serious statecraft rather than cynical theater?
These are 2 non-AI sharp views on previous 2
These are 2 non-AI sharp views on previous 2
The NATO Turkey vs Russia Border Story --> I don't buy what they "claimed' in 2015. I don't. Isn't that back when Prince died? I don't buy it. I think those pilots also ejected or something. There was a weaker Obama presidency back then. They were -- never saying anything bout Pakistan, when they found Osama in Pakistan's Defense Ministry's backyard, literally a couple miles away. It's just very hard to believe that'd be possible. Those people appear to be "double gaming" and also operating that 'honor killing' over status system, as part of their "military junta martialled democracy", to me, and they aren't the right place for peace talks with Iran. Obama, was trying to be nice. Wouldn't have said anything about Turkey either.
Turkey’s NATO Double Game --> Again, Turkey are being a bit of the "black sheep of NATO". They don't need to be party to Nato, to enjoy the benefits, they can reach, good deals without being part of it. Many nations are non Nato, major military allies too. Including Thailand or Singapore or Australia. So they can convert to that. I told Trump's people, it's the best solution. I firmly recommend it, because NATO depends 50% on The USA, and they must do it, before it's too late. I think it's important to get it done as they're fighting with Trump on NATO strategy too much.
What I Really Wrote In Next 3
What I Really Wrote In Next 3
The Ottoman Empire Was Not Noble --> They're racist. Turkey's "excessively proud" of their past, which makes former Nazis look "good".. But they weren't like the British Colonial Empire, which gave English, railways, shipping lanes, a Common Wealth partnership, introduced Jesus Christ (if chosen), and education services, the best of British culture, industrial strategies, which for decades made up big chunks of former colony exports. The Turks wickedly marched Armenians to their death. Nice people like ModeRNA boss, or Kim Kardashian's family.. Shamelessly, while part of NATO they're still in denial over Armenian genocide.. For centuries, they attacked Christians, raped little Christian girls as slaves, amputated limbs of surrendering Christian soldiers, etc. And Nato is a MOSTLY CHRISTIAN EUROPEAN NATION MEMBER alliance. They're also part of EU (near distant border). Internal racism against Jews, their opinion polls reveal, is vastly anti-semitic, anti American (decades!). They expect NATO to support them, which Trump funds 50% seemingly..?
Turkey Wants NATO Cover While Acting Like a Spoiler --> They're the weak one, in a classroom. Trying to make a deal with our prison's yard gang, but not helping in real fights.. Disses us openly. NATO boss actually praises Trump for world safety gains!
Turkey Lectures Israel While Living Off Western Power --> Turkey can't fight Russia. They're just another "welfare military state" like Ukraine. That man, Turkey's boss, Erdoğan, acts like how Zelensky's behaved in Vance and Trump's White House, when he demanded televised public video photography. Went in there to give orders, and stick his finger in Trump's chest, with a war bill. Turkey can't project any military might upon Russia. They are just trying to exploit NATO, and the USA, to do so. We can reach a Major Non-NATO military alliance with them, next.
The Ottoman Empire Was Not Noble
The Ottoman Empire Was Not Noble
People romanticize the Ottoman Empire because it lasted a long time. That is a mistake. Longevity is not virtue. It was an empire. It ruled through hierarchy, force, tax, fear, and submission. Christians and Jews were not equals in some modern liberal sense. They were tolerated in a controlled, subordinate way, so long as they knew their place, paid up, and did not threaten the order above them.
That is the part people blur out when they want to make the Ottomans sound elegant or civilized. Empires are not civilized because they are organized. They are still empires. They still sit on other peoples, other faiths, and other nations, and call domination stability.
The Ottoman Empire did not represent some beautiful pluralist dream. It represented managed inequality with imperial confidence. It had polish, yes. Ceremony, yes. Grandeur, yes. So did many empires. That does not make it good.
What bothers me is the modern instinct to launder it. To treat it like a sophisticated brand rather than what it was: an imperial structure that expected obedience and normalized unequal power. Strip away the nostalgia and that is what remains.
The Ottoman Empire Was Not Noble (2/3)
Turkey Wants NATO Cover While Acting Like a Spoiler
Modern Turkey is not the Ottoman Empire. But it still carries an imperial reflex in the way it behaves. It wants the prestige, protection, and leverage of NATO, but not the discipline, seriousness, or consistency that should come with being part of that alliance.
That is the double game.
Turkey enjoys the shelter of a Western military bloc, then turns around and behaves like a regional scold whenever it suits domestic politics or grandstanding. It wants to sound anti-Western, anti-Israel, and morally elevated, while still keeping the strategic benefits of Western alignment close at hand.
That is not courage. It is opportunism.
A serious ally does not spend its time acting like a resentful tenant inside the same house that protects it. Yet that is often how Turkey comes across: inside the structure, benefiting from the structure, while constantly trying to posture above it. It wants the umbrella and the rebellion at the same time.
That is why the behavior feels so cynical. The message is always the same: give us the alliance benefits, but do not expect alliance loyalty in return.
The Ottoman Empire Was Not Noble (3/3)
Turkey Lectures Israel While Living Off Western Power
This is where the hypocrisy becomes impossible to ignore.
Turkey attacks Israel politically with theatrical certainty, as though Ankara stands on some higher moral plane. But Turkey is not floating above the system. It is inside NATO. It benefits from Europe. It benefits from the Atlantic alliance. It lives under Western strategic cover while taking shots at one of the West’s closest regional partners.
That is not moral clarity. That is protected arrogance.
And Europe should be more honest about it too. Turkey cannot keep one foot under NATO’s security umbrella and use the other to kick at Israel and needle its European partners whenever the domestic optics look good. At some point, the alliance has to ask what exactly it is rewarding.
From my view, this is not deep or principled statecraft. It is a double game dressed up as virtue. It is the old imperial instinct in a modern suit: take the benefits, reject the discipline, and act offended when anyone notices.
NATO DEPENDS 70% on AMERICA
NATO DEPENDS 70% on AMERICA
While United States funds approximately 16% of NATO's direct, common-funded budget, making it the largest single contributor alongside Germany. While yes, U.S. share of the NATO military alliance's direct budget is around 16%, the American public's taxes make up the vast majority (over 70%) of total defense spending by NATO countries, contributing over 70% of the alliance's total defense expenditures.. (Gemini GoogLE).
Direct Funding (Common Budget): The U.S. share for 2024-2025 is roughly 15.88%, which decreases to 14.9% for 2026-2027 based on revised cost-share agreements. Because Trump's not scared of school yard bullies, asking for him to play nice, hand over the lunch money. No. Trump's a mighty lion amongst a pack of hyenas who will be making crying noises, not snickering jeers, in 1 second, in 1 minute, for the rest of their lives, if they get out of it.
You can see HOW MUCH of a WASTE all of Trump's money to NATO is, when they don't help out in Anti-IRAN operations, pretty f***ing clearly too. It's money the USA should have spent on building the American military, paying off the national debt or helping American corporations instead.
Total Defense Expenditures: When considering the total defense budgets of all NATO members combined, the U.S. contribution is disproportionately higher than other members, highlighting a significant "burden-sharing" imbalance.
Funding Structure: NATO common funds (around €4.6 billion in 2024) are used for infrastructure, military headquarters, and operations. Individual nations, however, pay for their own armed forces.
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