Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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Thank goodness and propitious karma that this cat has pleasing topics to ruminate on as she reclines in her sofa and later converses with you via paper print on Sunday morning. She is sick to her bristling whiskers of the Bond Business which is called a scam and labelled the biggest robbery in the history of this fair isle. She has a banker relative who avers that bidding...
Trump may be the ‘yellow orangutan’ in the White House as has been said, and may exasperate people to kingdom come but Trumpisms have entered the English glossary of expressive terms and part of my title is one such coinage.
The Susie Affair
This cat’s first bit of fake news was gleaned from a daily on Monday, June 5. The headline read: “Reduced to penury, Susie plans to...
This cat’s mind has been turbulent like the flood waters of the Gin Ganga. She stopped short and asked herself why the Gin Ganga and not any other river that has spewed its swollen way through villages and towns, across bridges and over highways. Yes, why Gin Ganga? It was a voluntary and totally unpremeditated choice of river. Perhaps, maybe it’s because of its relevance...
A University professor in South Africa wrote an expressive message to his students at the doctorate, master's and bachelor's levels and placed it at the entrance in his university. This is the message:
“Collapsing any nation does not require the use of atomic bombs or the use of long range missiles.
It only requires lowering the quality of education and allowing cheating...
No belly aching today, only stretching and relaxing. No grousing and groaning, only purring. That’s me today, this feline who vents venom on most Sundays. Not today, on this special Sunday.
This cat enjoyed a Christmas party of Old Girls; received some Christmas cake and a couple of gifts. Christmas cards are arranged on a table top supported by ornaments that adorn it....
cat's eye
Yes, this cat clearly has three important topics on her mind, which naturally she gives expression to in her weekly column.A very...
The cynic would say: what a storm in a teacup; the realist would say, what a fuss about an election that bothered not many before...
There’s no topic other than the recent local government polls. You phone a friend and she says, “I have been depressed since...
Lots, journalists mostly, are referring to the coming together of the UNP and the Sirisena loyalists of the SLFP as a marriage....
This cat will not pen a word about the on-going investigation into the sale of bonds while Arjuna Mahendran was the Governor of...
This cat reclined on her sofa licking her lips and salivating in anticipation of getting down to writing her weekly column. Why...
This cat admits she is not always brimming with malice and has a news-item-mouse to tease and play around with, each week. At...
This cat purrs low with discontent and it’s still not winter for winter permits discontent after the surge of sap and romance in...
In the midst of very depressing news of rampant corruption came a ray of sunshine. This cat listened to, Face the Nation program...
The plot I refer to in my title is the bond scam and the tentacles that are being unearthed. We wait, not breathlessly but a mite...
Heartening news! Another association of doctors has been formed, or so we were told on Wednesday TV night news. This association...
This feline cannot help but feel for the yahapalanaya bods from the President down to the bright sparks of the UNP who are...
Is it poor Malinga or is it bravo Malinga? Shame on you Malinga, or Congrats Malinga? Hero or villain? This cat is in a quandary...
This cat listened to President Maithripala Sirisena speak at an opening ceremony on Monday 15 May relayed on TV night news. She...
“A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it.But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target.”― Vera Nazarian,...
Watching TV news on Wednesday 26 at 9.30 pm, dozing off intermittently after a hard day’s labour doing next to nothing, this cat...
It was heartening reading the headlines in a daily on Tuesday 21 March: CID informs Magistrate’s court: special military...
Disgraceful is the adjective that comes to mind to describe parliamentary sittings of Wednesday 8 March. Other words crowd in –...
Ven Omalpe Sobitha Thera, oops sorry, Ven Doctor Omalpe Sobitha Thera stepped down recently from his position as head of the...