The Economist: Malaysia in better shape now
An accountant to told me a couple of nights ago he was really quite worried about the Ringgit. Seemed to him that in the event of another currency crisis, our country/economy will be hard hit. He gave...
View ArticlePEMANDU speaks out, finally
Better late than Never. This PEMANDU press release is dated last Thursday, 5 Sept 2013, the day after my posting Hot Stuff at PEMANDU drives bloggers nuts. The Mole published itH E R E only yesterday,...
View ArticleUmno Election 2013: Is Shafie Apdal safe?
Two out of three ain't bad? NST Sept 11, 2013There are three elected vice presidents in Umno, the party that dominates the ruling BN coalition, but only two out of the trhee VPs - Zahid Hamidi and...
View ArticleNajib's Bumiputera Economic Agenda
13. From May 13 to PRU13, the unlucky number for some culture is apparently a blessing for the Malays and Bumiputeras. Or at least that's how once may choose to look political events in this country...
View ArticleOmar Ong's not with Pemandu, says blogger
Goh Wei Lang stopped blogging about the time he joined PEMANDU, the unit in the PMO that sets KPI for ministries and civil servants. His blog used to grace my blogroll despite the fact that I didn't...
View ArticlePicture perfect comeback
Lely's back. Her last posting The Bitterns was dated 13 Jan 2012. That was before the stroke. Today, from AsH's A special, special posting for Lely, I learned that she's taking pictures again and...
View ArticleUmno Election 2013: The Late Bloomer (Is Shafie Apdal Safe Part 2?)
Updated: Mukhriz has no choice but to go for VP, says Zam in "Magnetic" Khairy Jambatan ke Perdana Menteri MM: "I'm still in two minds about (going for VP)". Read the interview hereOriginal article...
View ArticleDon't worry (Be happy) ... Chin Peng's dead!
Why Chin Peng can't return. Source: Anwardi Jamil's FB"Good. No need to worry anymore." - Widow of Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim, our IGP who was gunned down on June 7, 1974, when told of the death of...
View ArticleAnwar Ibrahim says the Pope asked to meet him, not the other way round
Why is Anwar so cagey about his meeting next week with Pope Francis? He said it was the Pope who wanted to see him and not the other way round. Why did he have to stress that point?Excerpts from the...
View ArticleEnded Possibilities
One for the record: Yesterday, Sept 17, was supposed to have been the launch of the nation brand exercise, Malaysia: Endless Possibilities. It didn't happen because, thanks to the efforts of "sincere...
View Article"Does Wan Saiful know what the duck he's suggesting for Article 153?"
Melayu in the UK 1993-2009Wan Saiful Wan Jan is one hell of a lucky Melayu. Born in 1975 in Alor Setar, Kedah, he grew up in a police barrack but by the age 18 was already in the UK pursuing his...
View ArticleDid you vote in the UK election in 2007?
Article 24. The point about Wan Saiful Wan Jan's political involvement while residing in the UK for 16 years (read my postingh e r e) has drawn some interest on my Twitter timeline @xrockybrux since...
View ArticlePictures don't tell the whole truth, either
Almost didn't recognize the face. Story at OutSyed The Box.
View ArticleAh, Dr Awang Hitam! (Do your homework, IDEAS)
Updated: The Mole: Ideas without any idea of what a welfare state is?Original posting: Simply taking an ideological stance against welfare spending without considering real-world evidence seems...
View ArticleWan Saiful: I did not call for Article 153 to be scrapped in 10-15 years
The Chief of IDEAS called me up yesterday afternoon to clarify his position on Article 153 of the Federal Constitution. (refer my notes at the end of Wan Saiful's statement) from Wan Saiful Wan Jan...
View ArticleAn online love letter to Chin Peng
Excerpts from the reviledFarewell, Comrade Chin Peng - Abdullah CD... He had loved very much his country — his place of birth. He had the wisdom and courage to bring peace to our country. He had done...
View ArticleWar against Crime: Round 1 to Zahid Hamidi and PDRM
The Star has got some good news to start our week: Click here for the full storyCantas is Bahasa Melayu to describe a swift, clinical and brutal act of hacking, cutting, chopping, severing, or...
View ArticleHow to still win a tender when you know and everybody knows that you have...
Committee of Little Napoleons. The blogger Another Brick in the Wall is treading on powerful toes in his latest, potentially explosive expose Another typical leak at Treasury. All the gory details are...
View ArticleWhy Isa Samad must not taste political power again
Room for only threeOf the six men vying for Umno's powerful vice president posts, one person does not deserve to be considered at all. Isa Samad, formerly Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar and now chairman...
View ArticleClose down NS camps, conduct complete review
23 of our teenagers have died in so-called national service camps in the last ten years. The last dead kid, Muhamad Suhaimi Norhamidi, 18, was believed to have been bludgeoned to death last Monday at a...
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