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“THE PLIGHT OF THE PANGOLINS” Still another of God’s creatures on the “extinction list”. “THEY DID EVOLVE FROM A DISTANT “AGE” MAKING THEIR “HOME” ON THE “ASIAN-STAGE” IN LANKA, THEY LIVED, OUT UNDER THE STARS THIS “GROUP” THAT INCLUDED KABARAGOYAS” WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO DESERVE THIS FATE ? TO BE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION, AT THIS RAPID RATE THEY HAVE NOT COMMITTED ANY “MORTAL SINS” UNFAIR, IS THE “PLIGHT OF THE PANGOLINS” I remember certain Chinese Cafes that kept lobsters in special water tanks, in full view of everyone coming in for a feed. Then “some” patrons” would choose one or two, for a “fresh lobster” meal. The poor lobster would then be yanked out of the tank, killed, & cooked “on ...

Feb 15, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "THE PLIGHT OF THE PANGOLINS", PANGOLINS Comments 0

US Dollar- Understanding the CRISIS “WHAT A SCARY WORLD, WE LIVE IN TODAY, MONEY IS FADING FAST, BUT “GOLD” IS O.K. DK. The IMF officially green-lighted the acceptance of China’s currency – the Yuan – into the IMF’s foreign exchange basket. According to Reuters, this move paves the way for the IMF to place the yuan on a par with the US dollar. This is the latest in a series of global developments that threatens to eliminate the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Experts predict this announcement will trigger one of the most profound transfers of wealth in our lifetime. So if you want to protect your savings & retirement, you better get your money out of US dollar investments and into the one asset class that rises as currencies collapse. The IMF Holds Supreme Power The International Monetary Fund, ...

Feb 10, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged US Dollar- Understanding the CRISIS Comments 0

“WALKING UNDEAD” by Des Kelly It is bad enough to watch the “dead” on television, almost every day, now they try to portray people who, unfortunately, died, in the past, most, due to circumstances entirely beyond their control, “get-up”, “get-out”, and walk the Streets again, only to get “mowed-down” by some “hit & run” driver. I have written, many times, that I prefer the A.B.C. for my television “entertainment” because I don’t have to watch stupid “ads” like this “costumed” guy, jumping out and offering people “fast cash” for some idiotic settlement of any foolish mistake made. It wouldn’t be so bad if it was a good-looking “Witch”, coming in on her broomstick, to offer the “cash”. There have been many of these witches, but they are featured on the “Commercial T.V.Stations. I always “say it as it is” &, as much as I ...

Feb 10, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "WALKING UNDEAD" by Des Kelly Comments 0

“MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS” by Des Kelly Source: barnabyjoyce.com.au This is something that we Lankans are extremely good at. We always mind our own business. Unlike any other Country, Australia included, Sri Lankans would NEVER ever go into each others’ homes & gossip. Our Politicians are beyond reproach. They would ALWAYS think about the less- affluent. Comfort, as far as THEY are concerned, must be afforded to the poor, needy, & sometimes starving Communities. “We have plenty of money” they tell their millions of happy Citizens.”Now, we will look after you-all, and make sure that you will be able to afford to buy that coconut and make your sambol with real coconut instead of the dessicated muck that we have to import” “Why, chile,” says the Minister, whose parents sent him to Oxford to learn English, “knowing people only know we are who are”, the crowd smile and nod their ...

Feb 8, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Comments 0

“SHINE ON, VICTOR” by Des Kelly Victor Melder, the name “jumps out” to all Lankans in Australia, simply because there aren’t too many of our Lankan/Aussies, especially in Melbourne who haven’t been helped, in one way, or another, by the man with the Sri Lankan Library who lives in Broadmeadows. Victor has been duly recognised by the City of Melbourne as a “walking encyclopedia” on all things Sri Lankan. At his “home-library”, Victor is in the process of finding out that there is hardly any room, at the moment, for any more copies of the “Ceylon Observer” or the “Times of Ceylon”, Newspapers that no doubt, he will remember. “Well, maybe a couple of copies of each”, he says, “but no more, thanks” Victor Melder was also a C.G.R. man, special Lankan folk who loved trains, steam-engines, I will never forget the ride on one of ...

Feb 5, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "SHINE ON, VICTOR" by Des Kelly Comments 0

“THIS DOG SAVED MY LIFE” by Des Kelly “THIS DOG SAVED MY LIFE” Was the original “title” of this “true story” sent to me today, the 4th of February, 2018, by another good friend, Charles Schokman, which gave me another idea for eLanka. If, & when I receive anything (like this), from all you Lankan/ Aussies, or anyone else, for that matter, and I feel that my readers will gain some benefit from it, I intend to get it on eLanka as soon as possible, after first giving credit where credit is due, in this case, also the young lady (I presume) who wrote the simple, but true poem about “Man’s best friend” Janyce Cotterill, News Channel 4, obviously British, Andy, the homeless person, and last, but certainly, not least, Bailey, his dog. Brings to mind, the sad, sometimes hopeless plight of all homeless people, everywhere in the World. Various circumstances ...

Feb 4, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Comments 0

“READ ALL ABOUT IT”! by Des Kelly “Read all about it, for, the more one delves, We help each other, to help ourselves” D.K. Over the years, I have read thousands of them. More clever quotes from clever people. Some of them easy to understand, others quite difficult to comprehend, still, each & every one of them has been written, after much thought, on the part of the writer. The one above is my own, for eLanka. I was lucky, in many ways, shapes & forms, but the luckiest “gifts” from the Almighty to the humblest of his servants (this writer), has been firstly, the innate love of “Reading”. This “love-affair” is spontaneous, unheralded, and to those like myself, started very early in life. I remember it well. Starting school at the Convent of Our Lady of Victories, in Moratuwa, Ceylon, as soon as I turned five years of age, I ...

Feb 3, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "READ ALL ABOUT IT"! by Des Kelly Comments 0

“FAKE NEWS, TWITTER TWITTER” by Desmond Kelly Source: ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA Un, is on the bottom rung. his song has been sung. Whatever that song is, I really don’t know, however, there IS a Lankan song by the name of “Modayata KIM-ber Rutherung”, a “golden-oldie” which I hope to “record” shortly, in order to help the poor North Korean Leader replace his squandered “slush-fund”.(explanation : Foolish-Un-Kim). I am given to understand (via Fake-News), that this Kim has squandered all his Country’s money. What was “won” is all “lost” now. I feel truly sorry for him,(fake news)!. No more “rockets” to fire, not even any more “buttons” to help keep his trousers up, nothing much to see, anyway. He has been “Flushing down” the “Slushing funds’, with “Crushing regularity”& is “Blushing now”, to boot. If it wasn’t so serious, it would be a truly comic scenario. While, in America, we have a President who ...

Feb 2, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "FAKE NEWS, TWITTER TWITTER" by Desmond Kelly Comments 0

“MONKEY-CLONES” by Des Kelly What a good idea. Folks, let us “clone” all the flora & fauna, now close to extinction, but Human-Clones ?, let us leave them severely alone, we have too many “humans” on this Planet right now, anyway. This is why, in the not too distant future, there may well be a “Cross-Breed” of Humans and Martians, so what should we call them ? . My choice would be “Marmen”. Just think about it. We do need many more of the recently cloned cute monkeys. They are much cleverer anyway, because I do remember “our monkeys” in Ceylon (as I remember her), apeing (forgive the pun) us, humans, in many ways, grabbing food or anything else they could handle, & one particular Rhesus monkey, stealing a toothbrush from our bathroom, sitting on top of an almirah, where we couldn’t get him & brushing his teeth for all ...

Feb 2, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged "MONKEY-CLONES" by Desmond Kelly Comments 0

“WHAT A WEEK IT WAS” by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ Image Source: Wikipedia: By The original uploader was Gunnar.Forbrig at German Wikipedia – Own work; transferred from de.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:MARKELLOS using CommonsHelper, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10087315 We go through 52 weeks each year. Everyone has their “special” day of the week. During our working lives. most of us prefer if there wasn’t a “Monday” to put up with. “Mondayitis” was only slightly better than Arthuritis, named after an Arthur, I know (another Burgher), there was even a little “poem” I was taught as a child, which went something like this. “Monday’s child is fair of face Tuesday’s child is gull of grace Wednesday’s child is full of woe Thursday’s child has far to go Friday’s child is loving & giving .Saturday’s child works hard for a living But the child who is born on ...

Jan 30, 2018 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged WHAT A WEEK IT WAS" by Desmond Kelly 'the Star of eLanka' Comments 0