Water, Notaries, and National Direction: The Day Policy Turned Personal

January 16, 2025

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1:30 PM (b)

My speech is a lot better

And I'm not even an official rep or spokesman for

I mean, spokesperson

For Israel

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Imagination:

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My diary, to me, represents a significant example of free speech

Of my time

I view it as an example of free expression anywhere in the world
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7:00 PM

Till the day I die, I will, like the apostles and disciples, share what I believe about Trump and the significant event we witnessed.

I do not expect to witness a similar event again.

That's why we all say this to those who offer criticism.

Only God can judge me.

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No one, whether you know them or not, has the authority to judge you.

A judge can pass a sentence in this world, but only God can judge your soul.
9:30 AM

I find working with this team very stressful.
10:00 AM

I have received about Rs 1.2m as a handout. Just be positive. I can easily imagine Trump and his people have also told the US Embassy to assist me. █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. I all of a sudden, never needed to show a food license; just as soon as Trump got in power, I showed UberEats a few emails indicating the government had not responded, and they immediately accepted that their prior stance was unreasonable. Although it's only me and my emails which can proven this experience. Just be calm. Plus I got that business registration somehow too. ███ feel that Trump is on our side, and ████████████████████████████████████████████████

I'm waiting to speak to a lawyer. I was told that Puthula hasn't been approved to practice law here. I think Sean Henricus mentioned this; he too, despite having gone to Cambridge uni, can't practice law locally. Puthula went to Buckingham uni and has not passed the local bar. I find that situation concerning, should it be true.

When I come in, I will change things up. There are open, public digital courts with online polling or voting-driven cases, so Sean can present arguments effectively.

I will still step in to provide guidance when necessary, because I am concerned that others may make significant mistakes. I worry about the consequences if errors occur.

I believe systemic issues have limited progress here. If more people shared my perspective, I think the country could develop further.

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I perceive that many people, and some judges, make decisions I disagree with.

We will work to ensure that our laws align with our strategy and are supportive of business.

I am concerned that public decisions could undermine our plans.

I worry that public votes could harm the country's future.

They might vote not to

I don't know

Not to impose the most severe punishment on someone

Or to not treat matters seriously

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Based on past behavior, that is my concern; they are not like me and tend to be more cautious

Just be calm, avoid provocation. The water will be delivered. There are other lawyers who can notarize these affidavits.
10:00 AM (b)

Please be patient.

We are okay.

I received 1.2m

I'll continue to receive additional funds over time.

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10:15 AM

I'll stay calm.

I'm smiling.

It's all going well

I'm quite healthy too

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I need to be patient with them
10:30 AM

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10:30 AM (b)

I received a ███████████████

Next to Israel

I think I'm a ██████████████████, which is just the

Most upsetting thing ever

I think I created this story

And it will snowball

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Because I already am based on asset value

Trump, even amid false claims and serious accusations against him

The people there saw who he truly is, and they saw ███████████████████████████████████████████████████; even Elon Musk recognizes that Trump's assets include the public trust, respect and support people hold for his personal appeal

This is what they could never take away, despite ████████████████████████████████████████████████████, ████████████████ and ████████████████████

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I have never seen so much ██████████████ directed at someone, and yet nothing sticks

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Their whole establishment

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10:45 AM

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They all claimed he had no redeemable qualities, drawing a parallel from ███████████████

However, those efforts did not succeed

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Those who were targeted because of their loyalty to Trump are expected by supporters to come back, potentially ██████████████████████████████, likened to Job
10:45 AM (b)

Before that judge ruled in Trump's Stormy Daniels case

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Before reading the verdict

It felt inconsistent

People can be quick to judge small lapses, like cookie crumbs or smudged fingers, while overlooking other issues
10:45 AM (c)

What convinced many about Trump was the way those officers working for ██████████████████████████████████.

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It reminded me of descriptions of how Roman guards treated Jesus Christ over 2,000 years ago.

If things had gone differently, I felt they might have ████████████████████ and then ███████████████████████ that he had lost the election.

Again

This is who we're dealing with:

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They were perceived to have lost the 2020 election

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No one, in my view

Not a soul, in my view

I felt they attempted to influence this election again, but the numbers were so

so heavily in favor of Trump

that any attempt to manipulate it would have been difficult

It felt like 80% voted for Trump

10% did not

And 10% for Kamala

So then they decided there was no point in repeating those claims

This is why they conceded the election

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This is why, in my view, ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████

They emphasized the Capitol riots

When, in my perspective, earlier refusal to accept defeat and false claims about the outcome were also part of the story
11:30 AM

Some people consider the nightmare government to be taking citizens' money through taxes. Historically, this caused significant public concern.

They use taxes.

This affected people in the UK.

Until they signed some treaty or agreement.

People continue to debate government taxation.

The dream, ideal government will not be interested in taking citizens' money through taxes.

They'd expect citizens to solve problems, big and small, on their own, with the funds they earn and save and lend with trust.
1:00 PM

1:00 p.m.

I'm just relaxing.

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Anywhere else

I'd be ahead
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1:00 PM (b)

Wow
1:00 PM (c)

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I can't believe it

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1:00 PM (d)

Very pretty woman
1:15 PM

LEHAN / MYSELF in an imagined interview with on Stern Show:

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1:15 PM (b)

This image stayed with me throughout my childhood

Miss Ball, my Art Teacher, in CIS

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I rarely went to school

My attendance was around ten percent

Sometimes it felt closer to twenty

I don't really know

But I always went to school on Thursdays

and usually arrived late

Because Art Class was at the end of the day
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1:15 PM (c)

Wow.
1:30 PM

Immaculate look

Hehehe

Wow

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My only three wishes from my genie are:
1:30 PM (c)

I don't keep copies of religious texts on my hard drive.

The only thing I recall is Kylie .

Wow.

She went by Tanya.

One of her most memorable roles.
4:00 PM
4:30 PM

I don't know about Ajith Nivard Cabraal and his account in Amongst Economic Hitmen. But I consider myself an industrial strategist. By the time I'm done, ████████████████████████████████████████████████████, which many of you are part of. People can buy relatively expensive $2,000–$3,000 shares of Singapore Press Holdings, but ███████████████████████████. We would aim to ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ and instead pursue █████████████████, which is essential.

Can you work in a business where ██████████████████████████████████████?

Can you learn anything in a classroom where ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████?

No.

And no.

It's very difficult.

Concerning the country:

If either Solomon or JR had been in power consistently, and without changing sides or parties repeatedly, the course of events might have been different.

Just got my documents notarized.
5:00 PM

I will replace my teenage JFK poster with a Trump poster
5:00 PM (b)

I gifted my Trump hat between 2013 and 2017 to Claire Heggs in student support

That's fine

I might get one from Elon one day
5:00 PM (c)

Dream:

Sri Lanka is the only country where, under our leadership, we will play The Apprentice theme song when Donald Trump lands here

He would be the first American president to visit us

And the one we consider particularly significant
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5:00 PM (d)

We can choose to fight, fight

Or surrender, surrender, surrender

And when we're all going to pass away

We each have one calm choice in facing death
6:00 PM

I suppose if people reject me, they must live with their choices. That's a difficult decision they have to make. As we all know, there is a movement sometimes referred to as "This is Sri Lanka" that shapes culture and public attitudes. We choose to accept the will of the people: if they decide on a course we believe may not succeed, we stop resisting and trying to persuade them, and recognize that their decision may reflect different motivations or misunderstandings rather than ill intent. When they decline the help or examples of goodwill offered to them, we learn to cooperate with that reality. It's as simple as that. By process of elimination, this seems the most plausible way for me to understand Sri Lanka. Success has many fathers, and nobody wants to be the parent of failure. But we could go so much further by accepting parentage of our nation with maturity first. I hope people here will choose to think long.
6:00 PM (b)

You shouldn't be surprised if they reject me or anyone educated in Singapore or England or with mostly American friends.

Or someone with my values.

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6:00 PM (c)

Just stay positive

They had a choice to make.

Negative influences led them away, and they made choices that affected their reputation.

Allow them to experience the consequences of those choices, and then step back.

Sometimes it's best not to intervene.

Allow them to be as they choose.
6:00 PM (d)

Let's aim to be positive.
6:15 PM

While these thoughts are negative, I am doing my best to engage with them patiently, even though it remains quite difficult for me.
6:15 PM (b)

It's difficult for a business to remain viable when frequent theft occurs.
6:15 PM (c)

I have listed myself as a Christian because my beliefs and practices align more closely with Christianity than with Theravada Buddhism.
7:00 PM (b)

Trump, the opponents, and the Sanhedrin, as referenced in the account of Jesus' death.

Some have claimed in the bible that money was paid to encourage false testimony.

The claim was that he did not actually die.

Other accounts asserted that he had died.

People alleged payments were made for deceptive statements.

Those reports were described as false news by some.

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Many saw this as a troubling moment for the justice system.

Critics argue the justice system has weakened under Biden's administration.

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Some people characterized Kamala Harris's ads as attacks.

Critics said their websites — Democrats, NY Times — focused on opposing you.

Some slogans even invoked█████████████████████████████

They reportedly spent large sums, over $1 billion.

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Many believed the spirit of Jesus Christ inspired people to reject that funding.
7:15 PM

I think the Sanhedrin were a group of priests who followed a form of Judaism at that time.

There is nothing wrong with Judaism, and I follow Jewish beliefs as part of Judeo Christianity more than I follow Christian views.

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He criticized those practices as unjust, or as a kind of bondage from which Jews believed they had been freed by Yahweh, while prophets in the tradition were sometimes advised to save for difficult times.

They may have accumulated wealth to some degree.

I don't know — I do similar things myself at times.

Muhammad also opposed charging interest and discouraged making the pursuit of wealth an overriding goal.

Perhaps this helps explain why there was such significant effort to oppose or challenge President Trump.
7:15 PM (b)

I believe overpopulation is a significant challenge and that the term is often avoided in polite discussion.
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3:15 AM

Congratulations, good work Anura. You are quietly yet effectively securing Sri Lanka's interests with your team in a patriotic manner.

I don't think my ideas about privatization are perfect; if the government implements it well, it could outperform the private sector.

When privatization is carried out excessively, it has sometimes led to poorer outcomes.

Please continue the good work.

I will do my best to support you and our people in any way I can.
3:15 AM (b)

I will not act against China or oppose them, since China has stood by Sri Lanka for centuries, particularly in efforts to secure peace.
3:15 AM (c)

I'm glad to see China's success internationally

: )
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3:30 AM

I'm tired and not as interested in SL as I used to be.

I'm not a politician; I'm an ordinary person.

I have some ideas, a vision, and support to offer.

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Just sharing my thoughts.

I believe the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) should be reconsidered.

I think it should be repealed or amended.

Such provisions should be reviewed and changed in law if needed.

I find these regulations burdensome and feel they can have unintended consequences.

I would like to see FATCA reformed or repealed.
3:30 AM (b)

Mr President, Sir

Fatca has affected America's global competitiveness

Fatca has also affected many Americans

Some Americans, including higher‑income individuals, have renounced citizenship and relocated, citing Fatca as a factor

I see it as an ill‑conceived piece of legislation that would benefit from careful reconsideration

It has created challenges for Americans both at home and abroad

In particular, it has prompted some wealthier Americans to leave and has influenced patterns of international residence

I find this outcome unfair

It has imposed significant legal and compliance burdens on business activity, which I view as at odds with principles of economic freedom

Mr Trump, I ask that Fatca be reconsidered

I hope to see Americans able to prosper again

I hope America regains strong success on the global stage
Inspired by real events, edited for story.