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Why Mahathir is mad
Puchong, 1 Muharram 1438: You can tell that the Old Man was fuming mad when he wrote Propaganda (28 Sept). This blog was mentioned in the posting, rather unkindly. References to Goebbels and of being...
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Why Mahathir is Mad Part 2: Najib's "real" Goebbels that the Old Man refuses...
"The problem is Mahathir’s propaganda team is a bunch of dimwits." - Raja Petra Kamaruddin, MAD: Acronym for Mahathir Accedes Defeat, Malaysia Today 3/10/16Bangsar, 4/10/16:A. Kadir Jasin, Jebat Must...
View ArticleIn Malaysia, another blackmailing blog exposed
Updated 7/10: The politician who is subject of a lawsuit by MRCB (see story below) did not enter his defence at the court yesterday. Not even his lawyer was present. The alleged blackmailer...
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A mid-day in XiaMen University, Sepang
Is Blogging Dead in Malaysia? It's not what it used to be but blogging is far from dead, or so this social media journalist told a group of journalism students at the XiaMen University yesterday. If...
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Tun's U-turn, Cont'd
"Back then I was thinking, what did the Opposition know about administration? They were just wasting public money. But now it's the opposite: they do good things, especially for the poor. "- Tun M:...
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Trump to call in BERSIH over rigged US election
Important Notice: The article below, lifted from Reuters by The Mole, is news but the headline I'm using for this posting is irony. Or wishful thinking ...:-) Updated: The Mole also has a story about...
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The integrity of our system
The State of the Nation's Integrity Today: Who is Responsible? At a seminar on integrity yesterday, I told the audience and my fellow panel members that we have the tendency to look at things...
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NOT a Budget for "monkeys"
But a big, tacit NOD for KJKuala Lumpur, 24 Oct: 16 YEARS at the Business Times, I think I've covered my fair share of the Federal government's annual Budget sessions in Parliament. One chore was to...
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Who does WHO think it is?
Does WHO think it can override the sovereignty of member countries? Puchong, 26 Oct: NOT all is well at the World Health Organisation, it would seem. The public health arm of the United Nations has...
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Hurting them big cooking oil smugglers, at last!
No increase in price for 1kg cooking oil!In "What's Cooking, Doc?", seasoned crime-watcher Dave Avran wrote:Currently 85,000 metric tonnes of controlled cooking oil is subsidized by the government...
View ArticleAbang Din the Opposition Leader
Exactly today last year, I wrote the posting Should Muhyiddin Quit Umno?On hindsight, maybe I should have asked if Muhyiddin Yassin shouldn't quit politics altogether, while he still could. Because...
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Ah, Kadir Jasin ...
"Demokrasi tidak diamal dalam pemerintahan sekarang dan rakyat hidup dalam ketakutan ... [Democracy is not practised in the government and the people live in fear...]' - Dr M, here, after the...
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How Mahathir tried and failed to get China's RM144 billion
Really Nazri, Mahathir jealous of Najib's China success? Sunday, 6 Nov: I don't often agree with Nazri Aziz but the point he underscored in Jealousy prompted Dr M's comments (Malaysian Digest, 3 Nov)...
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"We'll do a Trump on Najib!"
KL, Thurs: Malaysians probably followed the Trump vs Clinton race more intimately than any other US presidential elections and more than any presidential or general election in other countries, except...
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Muhyiddin (and Mahathir), publicly reformed
Puchong, Nov 12: I try not to post too often about Abang Din. But this one is heartbreaking. Or laughable. Depending on how you choose to see Malaysian politics (and politicians).Today: Muhyiddin,...
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Aw, Rafizi!
LATESTRafizi out of GE14 unless OSA conviction cleared - Malay Mail OnlineKL, Mon:YB Rafizi Ramli is an example of a young, reckless politician. A legend in his own mind who rose too fast for his own...
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When Down Under, beware some Kangaroos
Seeking justice in Malaysia. Wikipedia insists that kangaroo courts did not have its origins in Australia, where kangaroos come from. If that's baffling to me I can't imagine what Sarawak-born...
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The day Dr Mahathir hijacked Bersih
No caption required ... Pic by Jahabar SadiqPuchong, 20 Nov: Someone asked me why Lim Kit Siang and I were not there at yesterday's Opposition rally Bersih 5. I was stumped: the DAP strongman wasn't at...
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Who is the real Maria Chin?
A: "People know jamal is an umno man, ambiga a lawyer but what (sic) is maria chin? i don't know anything about her except that she heads Bersih.."B: "I think her family is rich. She studied urban...
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Does Mahathir really want a DAP-led government?
The question is, who'll strike the other first ..."In the next general election the voters are going to be presented with two choices: either an Umno led Barisan Nasional or a DAP-led Pakatan Harapan....
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