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Oh man, this is delicious. AFP reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Sri Lankan police say they have arrested an astrologer after he predicted serious political and economic problems for the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“The CID (Criminal Investigations Department) is questioning the astrologer,” [police spokesman Ranjith] Gunasekara said Friday, adding that they wanted to find out the “basis” for the prediction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I can just imagine how the dialogue goes.<\/p>\n

Astrologer<\/b>: [Pointing to chart] See, here’s<\/i> the basis for my prediction. Note where Rahu-Ketu are.<\/p>\n

CID officer<\/b>: We have outlawed Rahu-Ketu.<\/p>\n

Astrologer<\/b>: Eh? When did this happen?<\/p>\n

CID officer<\/b>: Five minutes before this interrogation began. Hehehe. Bet you didn’t see that happening.<\/p>\n

No, but seriously, the government is crazy, clamping down on free speech like this, even if it is the free speech of a charlatan. Even charlatans have rights.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Neel<\/a>. And previously, in Rahu-Ketu news<\/a>…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh man, this is delicious. AFP reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Sri Lankan police say they have arrested an astrologer after he predicted serious political and economic problems for the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“The CID (Criminal Investigations Department) is questioning the astrologer,” [police spokesman Ranjith] Gunasekara said Friday, adding that they wanted to find out the “basis” for the prediction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I can just imagine how the dialogue goes.<\/p>\n

Astrologer<\/b>: [Pointing to chart] See, here’s<\/i> the basis for my prediction. Note where Rahu-Ketu are.<\/p>\n

CID officer<\/b>: We have outlawed Rahu-Ketu.<\/p>\n

Astrologer<\/b>: Eh? When did this happen?<\/p>\n

CID officer<\/b>: Five minutes before this interrogation began. Hehehe. Bet you didn’t see that happening.<\/p>\n

No, but seriously, the government is crazy, clamping down on free speech like this, even if it is the free speech of a charlatan. Even charlatans have rights.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Neel<\/a>. And previously, in Rahu-Ketu news<\/a>…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,33,9,15,24,4,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nQuestioning The Astrologer - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/questioning-the-astrologer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Questioning The Astrologer - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oh man, this is delicious. 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