Focused topic: Geopolitics & Policy.
Trump When your , who looks like Tom Cruise This is He was here.
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When your US ambassador, who looks like Tom Cruise
This is Robert O. Blake Jr.
He was here.
The LTTE (separatists) terrorists reportedly attempted to attack him with mortars.
They nearly struck his helicopter.
The attack also █████████████ the Italian ambassador Pio Mariani.
Mahinda Samarasinghe was reportedly present as well.
Can you imagine?
What a violent group.
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I know Hillary dislikes Bush.
I know Kamala dislikes you.
But should they be supporting people who have ██████ Americans?
Perhaps others — Salman, William, Xi, Putin — deserve more respect.
Maybe they prefer you.
Now add Lehan to the list, along with Chamath or Elon.
Everyone who disagreed with you.
This Trudeau, he is being sidelined.
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He seems acceptable.
I have never heard the name of Australia's PM.
Or I don't bother to remember it.
You tell him you're moving the ████████ to SL.
Because Nuwara Eliya is a lot cooler, literally.
We can █████████████████████████.
That's what ███████████ omits in her reports on me.
She fails to include that in some reports.
█████ has publicly supported █████.
So that's the kind of behavior that seems to be accepted by them.
Beyond private family matters involving ████ and ███.
He has been criticized for being careless.
My $1 Trillion GDP Speculative Vision: Note: This is personal speculation and a
My $1 Trillion GDP Speculative Vision:
Note: This is personal speculation and a rough thought experiment.
Not financial advice. Not investment advice. Not policy advice.
Year 1: 2024 to 2025 Summary
GDP: $77B
Tax Revenue: $19.25B (25% of $77B)
Category — Percentage & Amount — Projected improvements — Expected benefits — Estimated returns (% and $)
Total Budget 100% - $19.25B National investments across priority sectors Steady growth, initial stability 50% GDP growth; $115.5B
I. Policy 15% - $2.89B Governance reforms, anti-corruption Stronger governance, reduced corruption 8% GDP growth; $9.24B
II. Economy 40% - $7.7B Economic foundation, infrastructure Laying groundwork for sustained growth 20% GDP growth; $15.4B
III. Social 20% - $3.85B Social equity and basic services Improved quality of life 22% GDP growth; $16.94B
SLWF 20% - $3.85B Local business investments Future growth potential, greater representation for local enterprises 10% savings growth; $7.7B
Treasury Reserves 5% - $962M Emergency buffer Economic stability 4% GDP growth; $3.08B
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If we continue investing, this outcome could be within reach.
I will use the presidential pardon in cases where someone acted in lawful
I will use the presidential pardon in cases where someone acted in lawful self-defense.
As hopeful president, I will propose ██████████████████████████, including █████████████████████, if elected.
People in Sri Lanka would be able to own ██████████████ sold by the government.
I see this makes sense in Switzerland.
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I promise to use my authority to intervene in self-defense cases, issuing ██████████████████████████████████████████ and working with police and legal authorities.
I intend for my government to limit unnecessary spending and focus on efficient resource use.
I don't feel strongly about it anymore.
I don't feel strongly about it anymore.
I may have cared in the past, but I don't anymore.
I believe in being secular.
The July 13th thing, I suppose.
That.
What if people believed God had ███████████████████████?
Would that make him ████████?
What then?
There is no clear authority deciding what people consider this or that.
Or this for that, and that for this.
Or this with that, or something else.
It's all subjective.
Some Democrats might have described it as ██████████████████████████.
People can say many different things.
I prefer to approach such matters from a secular perspective and distance myself from religious arguments I find unhelpful.
I think some people find comfort in religion when they're vulnerable.
How about this?
How about this?
How about this: if there were a Kamala Harris White House and they criticized me
And that would mean ███████████████████████████████████████or as a representative of ███████████████████████, and that they are treating me as ██████████████?
Am I ███████████?
How come then, when Trump shows up, there is a U turn, and I am suddenly seen as ████████████, the █████, and they are the bad side?
Does the opposing party then get described in strongly negative, religious terms?
So does it mean, then, that suddenly, God is █████████████████████████████?
Every 4 years, every 8 years, the WH flips red or blue, and then, God ████████████████████?
Is that ██████████?
Let's take the █████████ here or in Canada and say ████████████████████████
And then █████████████ if they later claim ███████████?
I find that hard to accept.
And it seems to suggest that such certainty may not exist.
It may be a matter of personal imagination.
I'm keen on building constructive partnerships with and because I have
I'm keen on building constructive partnerships with █████ and ██████████ as survival insurance which even Salman or UAE depended on because I have significant disagreements with "anti-Trump" U.S. policy.
Trump, about Julie.
Trump, about Julie.
Ask Julie to tell Trump to .
Ask Julie to ███████.
We can move on.
We can move on.
Let's stay calm.
No need to overreact or respond to the Islamic State out of anger.
We were dealt a difficult hand.
Trump should consider reassigning Julie and placing someone else in that role.
Who gets the outcomes?
We don't feel confident relying on Julie with our safety, business, or interests here.
Can Larry Summers count on her?
Would Trump or Vance feel safe during a visit to Sri Lanka with her responsible for on the ground ops?
I don't think so.
Just reassign her to another role where she can contribute without creating risks to our core priorities.
Please consider removing as one of the first actions you take, Trump.
Please consider removing █████ as one of the first actions you take, Trump.
Please.
We would prefer that she not be here.
She is a ███████████. I think you pick people to win, I don't think the other ones have.
We feel she has not been able to carry out the public office responsibilities here.
You're in charge of picking those people as it's a politically determined post.
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Trump, Just Tell Julie: "Either you address those three individuals in SL, whom
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Tell Julie:
"Either you address those███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████take the appropriate steps, or consider stepping back."
And also, tell her
The US embassy in Colombo is American ███████████████████ and should be respected and protected.
If she is concerned about ██████████████████████
Tell her that she has ███████████████ available to help maintain order.
And if the Sri Lankan government cannot ensure their safety and manage disturbances,
they will be expected to fulfill that responsibility.
(In a large, hostile crowd, some people may be ██████ and many may remain; confrontations can be dangerous.)
Anura also, I feel, if you got him a deal with ██████, it could reduce the influence of ███████████████ oil traders who support █████████████ in SL.
███████████ doesn't need such a large █████████████████ when visiting Singapore; such security measures make more sense in less stable contexts like SL.
We can address █████████████████████████, but it will require determined and careful effort.
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I am just
I don't know
I'm worried
About a ████████
Possibly involving ████
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I think my mom didn't believe me when I pointed out ████████
She read the stocks, surprised
I suspect she may have been aware of irregularities and then suggested that "████████████████████████," which she has suggested before
She is a ██████████████████, who is friends with █████████ or ██████████████, and similar acquaintances
I believe they contributed to why SL faced serious challenges
People often forget; collective memory can be short and institutions may be fragile
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I think ███████ may have been involved in ██████████
I felt life was difficult because of differences in values between ███████ and my family; I also felt my father lacked certain qualities I would have respected
I wouldn't have respected him, and I believed his behavior was unacceptable
I think it's ██████'s birthday tomorrow; I have serious concerns about his conduct toward family
Given his past behavior, I'm worried about what he might do
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I think life was hard because I felt ███████'s values differed from mine; I did not see her as a leader and I disagreed with some of her choices
I did not view her choices as aligned with my values
I think a democracy can make it difficult for courts to operate smoothly.
I think a chaotic democracy can make it difficult for courts to operate smoothly.
In democratic countries, when parliaments change, laws often change as different parties debate and disagree with each other's policies.
That leads to shifting laws.
This creates challenges for "grandfathered" local companies as well.
Contract law applies under different company laws or acts enacted at different times.
So different rules can apply to cases in different years or even months of a same year.
That can create practical complications for legal disputes.
Examples may include companies like George Steuart, which was acquired Dilith Jayaweera, or Hayleys by Dhammika, or JKH perhaps by Sohli.
Those, and companies like Edna, are older firms.
Edna dates back to 1952.
So different laws may govern contract cases arising from different eras, which complicates legal proceedings.
I view this as a significant issue in democratic systems.
It reflects shifting public preferences and policy changes, which can make it harder for judges and lawyers to reach stable conclusions.
Conflicts between binding precedents can also arise.
For example, one person might cite "fair use" and ███████████████████ like Top Gun: Maverick on YouTube for a "critical review".
They might be found to be within fair use.
Another person might use a single screenshot to create an edited cartoon and be treated differently under the same law.
This is an illustrative example, but such inconsistencies can occur when laws change frequently.
During the protests against ████, I ███████████████████████████ to address what I saw as a threat.
I ███████████████████████████.
Why?
Because I believed it would encourage people to accept the outcome of the election; they had voted for policies such as the chemical fertilizer ban that Gota had suggested.
I felt the public had requested those policies and should therefore accept responsibility for the consequences.
I found that outcome notable.
When I considered taking office, I thought about ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ — such as ██████████████████████████████████████, ██████████████████, and similar channels of review — with the aim of reducing public opposition.
I believed this would ██████████████████████████.
My thinking was that by keeping laws more static and ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████, there would be less formal opposition, insincere complaint or legal challenge.
I saw this as a path to rapid development and increased assets under SLWF, benefiting SLFT members.
I viewed that as the strategy available to us.
Trump, there is ample space here in SL.
Trump, there is ample space here in SL.
For ██████████████ and █████████████████████████.
A ████████████████████████████, even larger than Australia.
I can ████████████████████████████.
It could also serve as a place to dock the ██████████████.
I'll even nominate Captain Dr. Mrs. Hashani Hettiarachchi Williams to lead the ██████████████████.
She is already serving in the ███████.
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Additionally, Lehan has strong American ties.
This wasn't about bribes, Trump But I did offer my , the in SL To have Not or
This wasn't about bribes, Trump
But I did offer my ███████████████████, the ██████████████ in SL
To have █████████████████
Not ███████ or ███
And
A little ████████ can get me pretty far
"But Daddy, I want to be on the new ██████████████"
"Yeah, but Lehan's like, cool."
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I simply did it
I love the took me to the Great Wall of China He looked down And he said Lee
Humor:
I love the ███████
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He looked down
And he said
Lee Han, if you are the friend of ██████████████
If you are an American
If you were to ████
You know
The entire ███████████████
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Like Captain Hashani
would ████████████████████
help lift you before you fall
from the Great Wall of China
Also, I should point out
a man-made world wonder
which is not found in the USA
And I told him
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Trump, I would also be interested in .
Trump, I would also be interested in Apaches.
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I would like four.
Because, like Elisabeth and Emily, they come in pairs.
Hashani is in the I'm very loyal to the *** If aircraft fly at night, such as
Hashani is in the US Army
I'm very loyal to the US Armed Forces
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If aircraft fly at night, thermal imaging systems such as FLIR can detect heat signatures on surfaces and animals below from a considerable distance.
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Put safety first, always
20 - 30 years from now People may talk about Elon As if he were Edison People
20 - 30 years from now
People may talk about Elon
As if he were Edison
People may not remember GE
They'll recall how we reached Mars
Meanwhile, India and China will continue their lunar exploration
We might lead the space race to Mars
Because we're Americans, we will be among those contributing to those efforts
People will talk about Trump 50 years from now Like George Washington They
People will talk about Trump 50 years from now
Like George Washington
They might put him on the $1 note
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I chuckled.
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Captain Lasantha led a rescue mission in Jaffna once
His wife recently assisted me at Chadu's engagement party
I was unable to sleep
As I have ████████████, even with ███████████████████████████████
I had been up all day and in the sun
I was dehydrated, and she brought me inside on a golf cart
It was nice and cool there
with air conditioning
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Operation Eagle (Sri Lanka)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_(Sri_Lanka
Operation Eagle was a Sri Lanka Air Force operation to resupply and evacuate critically wounded service personnel from the old Dutch Fort of Jaffna, which was held by the Sri Lanka Army and besieged by the ████ on July 3, 1990. The rescue operation received significant media attention and influenced public morale.
Operation Eagle
Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War
Date July 3, 1990
Location
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Result reported as a Sri Lankan Military victory
Belligerents
Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan military; ████
Casualties and losses
0; Unknown
I could make a movie about this; it might do better than Thilanga's film about Buddha's mother
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And Captain Lasantha could do a cameo
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I mentioned Trump, Apaches, and FLIR in the discussion here.
I asked that they be notified.
Hmm.
Hmm.
Trump
Even if a situation arises
What did satan say to Jesus?
What was the real, last temptation?
Matthew 4:6-9
The devil told Jesus, "If you're really God's Son, jump, and the angels will catch you". Jesus responded, "The Scriptures say: You must never put the Lord your God to a test".
Luke 4:9-12
The devil led Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple and said, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here". Jesus responded, "It is said, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST'".
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Discussion of possible links between ISIS and the Cartels
Analogies to alleged collaborations between the US and Anonymous to counter ISIS online under David Petraeus leadership over CIA.
Even if 1,000 of them attempted such an action
From miles away
Military resources such as ████Apache███████████could be used to respond from a distance
This is where I want to invest in our policy departments.
This is where I want to invest in our policy departments.
We are doing this to secure larger returns.
If you refer to "Law Dep't"
If there are ██████████████████, and we conservatively estimate █████████████ — or possibly ██████ or more —
With Lehan, the backlog could be significantly reduced.
This represents a █████████████████████████████.
Or a █████████████████████ reduction to our economy, which is our engine of growth.
We liken ourselves to top Formula 1 drivers
proven performers in that arena
and we can deliver results for you.
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So, what did you vote for?
What became of this whole NPP initiative?
Two-thirds in parliament?
What have you achieved?
Are you waiting until 2030 to abolish the presidency?
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By now, Sri Lankans, had they had me, would have seen more tangible progress.
They would be seeing many tangible results already.
Including many well-paid jobs.
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We would be structuring taxes for you so that rates would be well below 30%.
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This situation concerns me deeply.
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By the way, the answer to how we will improve the courts is
We would use open online selection processes, introduce advanced case law and precedents, and run simulations to identify and address gaps.
We aim to build a robust, innovative and respected legal model.
We will do it for all of our people, addressing the backlog and serving everyone.
Wednesday, January 8th.
Wednesday, January 8th.
2:30 a.m.
I would agree that Greenland, which is over 2.166m sq km, should be considered by the US for █████████████████████████.
Greenland is not a large military power; it is sparsely populated and has more limited defense capabilities compared with the USA, so its strategic role differs.
Panama has also become a frequent transit point for the ██████████████████ and related activities.
It is widely used for █████████████████████████████████████, which some people use for asset management or tax planning in ways that can raise concerns.
I have family listed there, including my ████████████; public figures such as ██████████████ have also been associated with offshore services, and many people use these structures for a variety of financial reasons.
I feel global tensions are very high right now, and I believe measures addressing these issues can help reduce risks and make it harder for threats to reach the US.
I learned more about doing business from watching Al Pacino in Scarface than
I learned more about doing business from watching Al Pacino in Scarface than from most other sources, including Donald Trump.
At a press event, Donald Trump urged Hamas to return hostages, speaking calmly
At a press event, Donald Trump urged Hamas to return hostages, speaking calmly from an indoor venue with American flags displayed behind him.
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She must've had those ██████████████ arrested
Just make sure they are handled appropriately through ███████████████
They have no right to attempt to cause harm to 600 people here
Who are they?
And ensure █████ is held accountable for the situation
But give him a clear reason to take firm measures
Tell him we can offer █████████████ to help with Iran's oil deal
We'll arrange for █████████████████████ to process ██████ product
We need a ███████████████████ toward those █████████████ allegedly supported by █████████
If they are allowed to act with impunity
They could attempt to carry out further ███████████████████ against us
They need to be stopped and ██████████████████
There's a lot of attention on That seems excessive Authorities should handle
There's a lot of attention on an Israeli soldier on holiday
Should we refuse his visa?
That seems excessive
Authorities should handle concerns about the three people linked to ISIS
