From problem to profit: The day the "notorious" 1MDB moves markets
The BBC reportThe anti-Arul movers and shakers will be shaking their hands in anger reading this BBC article but I hope they can calm down and accept the facts as just that - facts. The fact is, the...
View ArticleSultan and the Vape and why some things are best left to the relevant...
Banned in Johor by royal decree? No, not this Vape!Ok, so I was having a bit of fun on Twitter yesterday after reading the news that HRH the Sultan of Johor had willed that vape to be banned in the...
View ArticleWhy Pua not satisfied that his own PAC boss is satisfied?
TONY PUA: PAC CHAIR'S SATISFACTION WITH 1MDB BOSS' TESTIMONY ONLY PERSONAL OPINION KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member Tony Pua disputes committee chairman Datuk Hasan...
View ArticleSmart people rode the train ... before Dec 2: Is SPAD's fare increase justified?
"Smart people ride the train." - AnonymousFor a million or so Komuter, Monorail and LRT daily users, December brings a crappy end to a year that hasn't offered them much to be happy about in the first...
View ArticleWhy EAIC's "offer" to oversee MACC is not clever, sinister even
"Where is our grey matter when we now suddenly opine that MACC should be under the EAICís watch?"EAIC should uphold MACC modelBy Walter SandosamTHE Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) was...
View Article"Privilege, my foot, Americk!"
"This is the result of lawyers engaging in politics alongside their practice as lawyers and not knowing where to draw the line."- Gopal Raj Kumar in SD's and the Siddhu Factor, Dec 1IGP vs Morais and...
View ArticleNajib gives statement to MACC
KENYATAAN MEDIASURUHANJAYA PENCEGAHAN RASUAH MALAYSIAPERKEMBANGAN SIASATAN KES SRC INTERNATIONAL DAN DANA RM2.6 BILIONSuruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) telah mengambil keterangan daripada...
View ArticleRPK and OutSyed The Box: Permanent friends or enemies?
Happier days: Bloggers' 100-day party post-GE 13, 6/7/2008I haven't spoken with Syed Akbar Ali in three years, at least, and with Raja Petra Kamaruddin a while longer. About a decade ago, when blogs...
View ArticleSulking bloggers suck (Blogger merajuk)
So, someone asked me last night if I was attending PAU, the Malay abbr for the annual Umno General Assembly. I said I've given PAU a miss for several years now and I'm likely to skip it this year as...
View ArticleIf you have just ONE word to describe Umno, what would it be?
CALM.Met a young talk host from a radio station at a media night recently who asked me a question that he'd been asked earlier by a co-host: "If you are limited to just one word to sum up the current...
View ArticleBENGAP? I didn't say it was Zahid: Mukhriz (and LSS vs JMD)
Stupid ... If you haven't read TMI's report on Mukhriz Mahathir calling Zahid Hamidi "bengap" over the Deputy Prime Minister's answers on the RM2.6 b issue, do it while you can. Becauase Mukhriz has...
View ArticleAnnie, LSS, Jebat Must Die, Grandmarquis and other Anon Bloggers
Not all Anon Bloggers crap all the time ...Respecting anonymity in Blogosphere. I have been receiving quite a number of comments from people who seem to think they need to "expose" the real identities...
View ArticleMerajuk Bloggers Part 2: So now it's PR1MA?
The 1MDB issue is as good as dead. I mean, the idea of using 1MDB and the lost RM42 billion to bring down Najib Razak as Prime Minister has clearly failed. Just read the latest edition of The Edge,...
View Article"Reckless" Gambero: Who's Italian connection?
“PR1MA is a total failure. It is not delivering homes at the right value in the right place. The government is not happy about it, developers are not happy about it, the market is not happy about it."...
View ArticleDrones
Well, no drone in Malaysia is likely to be as lucky as the drone in the video above, but you'll get my drift when I say that, yes, drones should be regulated. Or, rather, the guys operating the drone...
View ArticlePAC member slams his colleagues for misleading public, defends Arul Kanda
"[What they did] is dangerous as it will cast doubts on the integrity of the PAC commitee and our current and future investigations whether on 1MDB or on other inquiries." - YB Liang Teck MengThank...
View ArticleSultan of Johor
"Every PM has made his mistakes." - Tuanku Yem in Give Najib A Chance, Says Sultan Johor, MMO 27 Dec 2015AsH called from Leicester, enquiring as to why I hadn't been blogging as regularly of late, if I...
View ArticleOne of the best news of 2015 and we almost missed it!
Common sense prevails in TH's TRX parcel. Just read the good news that, in effect, implies that Tabung Haji would not be selling off the TRX parcel that it bought from 1MDB, after all. The pilgrims...
View ArticleSweeet Sixteen
"Get up Get up Get upWake up Wake up Wake upIt's a brand new day". - Bryan AdamsA brand new year. May 2016 bring happiness and prosperity to all my dear Readers.p.s. Not sure about Bryan Adams latest...
View ArticleMalaysian of the Year 2015
Friday, Jan 1 2016A year ago today, they confidently predicted that he would be thrown out of office before the first quarter. The Opposition ganged up with his enemies within the party, and later from...
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