MH17 and how we brokered the deal with rebels (with pics)
Malaysian quiet diplomacy at work in Kiev, UkraineOver buka puasa with a senior rep from the Prime Minister's Office the other night, everybody wanted to know the same thing: How did Najib Razak pull...
View ArticleMore like Menyakit rather than Menyayat tHati
Common sense. Sometimes bloggers sans formal journalism training are called up to defend journalism against journalists themselves, as in this case of Big Dog barking at the editors of mainstream...
View ArticleBalan-ced blog, explicit content
Wan-nabe: Name already submitted for MB post! Source Malay MailIf you like the stuff made by Balan Moses, veteran ex-NST journalist and author of the book Brickfields and Beyond. there's good news: the...
View ArticleCIQ's PAC response: How to undermine your own government's move (This is NOT...
On government shooting its own foot: Jazlan shows the wayNur Jazlan was circumspect when Singapore raised their toll, a move aimed right at Malaysian individuals and businesses entering the Republic....
View ArticleOld men rise again
Did you hear about Halim Saad and his lawyer Abdul Rashid Manaf teaming up to buy over a 30 per cent stake in CN Asia Bhd? You heard right. The deal's going down next week, I was told. A younger...
View ArticleOld Men Rise Again Part 2
Con'td from Old Men Rise Again ... So who killed the young Malay businessmen? I think we can eliminate the DAP. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, in fact, should be credited for giving life to Zarul...
View ArticleCIQ "bus strike" that wasn't, cops look at sabotage staged by opposition
Our authorities can be amazing. Instead of arresting two bus drivers who blocked traffic at CIQ purportedly to protest the new toll rates this morning, they "negotiated" with the duo and later gave...
View ArticleTMR from today
This article appears in the latest issue of Focus, the business weekly. ToMoRrow's business news today. Yes, it's been a whiile but I have decided that it's a good time to come back - one more time -...
View ArticleThe biggest (or only) challenge re the CIQ toll is ...
For Singaporeans, it's just the cost of a big latte+cheesecake. At Tokoh Wartawan Negara A. Kadir Jasin's open house yesterday, I arrived just in time for a lively discussion with other guests,...
View ArticleBig Cat's 1 millionth
Big CatStill purring ... Like many of us tired and testedbloggers, Big Cat has slowed down quite a bit (with fewer than 20 postings so far in 2014) but she remains on my radar and blogroll. The...
View ArticleSupport your boss or resign, Suaram tells Selangor State exco members
For once, Kua Kia Soong is saying something that not only makes sense but could help Suaram defend itself against claims that it is an Anwar Ibrahim's puppet. He's saying that the Selangor state exco...
View ArticleLawsuits galore as Selangor descends into hell and Guan Eng reaches the...
Quotes for all time: "Could it be because he wants to bully the Penang Chief Minister just because Lim is a Chinese?"I have a feeling that the best lawyers in town are going to have a field day in the...
View ArticleKhalid says sacking flawed, illegal, bias, done by people with vested...
Cacat lagi haram. Lawyers of Khalid Ibrahim, the Selangor Menteri Besar who was sacked from Anwar Ibrahim's PKR on Friday in a reckless, shameless move to replace him with Anwar's wife Wan Azizah...
View ArticleKhazanah can make this man CEO of the new Malaysia Airlines and get itreally...
Got his wishAlias Aziz the MAS Employees Union chief, has gotten what he and his union wished for so I see no reason why he should be whining. In May, merely two months after MH370 vanished, Alias...
View ArticleSurendran to be called in over alleged seditious remarks
Outspoken (or, to some people, just loud) Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer N. Surendran should learn to use his head before opening his mouth. His remarks about judges being puppets for the BN government have...
View ArticleSo, what, the PM can't go on holiday?
The Mole, that news site that seemingly doesn't care, has run an editorial on the whereabouts of PM Najib Razak. Or, rather, on the state of mind of people who equate his going on leave with not doing...
View ArticleSultan wants Khalid, Anwar wants 1Azizah, PAS wants Azmin but who do the...
The Mole and other reports:PAS wants Azmin for MB postSultan wants Khalid to stay on as MBWan Azizah Pakatan's only choice MBIn the final analysis, everybody says he has the rakyat's interest in mind...
View ArticleWhat Najib can and should do to regain Dr Mahathir's backing
In the first place, some may ask, does the Prime Minister need Dr Mahathir's backing?The answer is yes, Najib Razak does. The PM needs everyone's support. These are trying times for his party, for his...
View ArticleUsing us like that is sneaky and cowardly, Khalid
Who says he can speak on behalf of Netizens?Ah, come on Khalid Samad! Read Netizans want Sultan not to be given absolute right to decide on MB position: Khalid Samad [the Malaysian Insider, 21/8/2014)....
View ArticleBlackout Malaysia - An alarming prospect
One which can be averted ... Had dinner with two senior ministers in a quiet(er) corner of Bangsar, KL last night where we discussed a wide range of topics from including the 11th Malaysia Plan, the...
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