1442H, end of a hiatus, a new beginning
Blessed 1442 Hijrah, dear ReadersPuchong: I've been down with a 'blogger's block'. Obviously. My last posting Why Mukhriz cannot, should not be the next Deputy Prime Minister was published more than a...
View ArticleWith Azmin in, Muhyiddin's Bersatu to "grow up"
FROM MALAY-FIRST TO MALAYSIA-FIRSTPuchong, 22 Aug: A fortnight ago, Anwar Ibrahim said this about Mahathir Mohamad's new political party [Another Malay party? We need to grow up - The Mole, Aug 9]. "I...
View ArticleSo who's behind Syed Saddiq's youth party?
Overheard at the airport, while catching a flight to Kota Kinabalu:Man 1: Syed Saddiq is setting up a party for youthsMan 2: Syed Saddiq should get a real job firstMan 1: I would hire him as a model...
View ArticleSabah's next Chief Minister
Who will be Sabah’s new CM?: (from top left) Shafie, Jeffrey, Hajiji, Bung Mokhtar, Musa or a new candidate?IN Questions rife in Sabah elections, Philip Golingai, otai columnist and journalist of the...
View ArticleFacebook and news: Blackmail of the decade?
Facebook vows to block news stories in Australia rather than pay for themA new proposed law in Australia would require companies such as Facebook and Google to pay for news organisations' content....
View ArticleCovid19 Sabah outbreak: Shouldn't we postpone the 26/9 polls?
Covid-19: New cases still emerging in Sabah, health staff told to be wary"All frontline workers need to take note of this," said Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. COVID-19 | The...
View ArticleWhere politicians play dangerous games
BSC, 25/9: Last night Shafie Afdal said sorry to the Sabah people for the inconvenience he'd caused by calling for the "snap" election, which happens tomorrow and involves over a million voters...
View ArticleWhat now, after Saturday's election?
Bangsar, 29 Sept 20: Got myself this Toughbook CF-SZ6 on Sunday, the day after the Sabah state elections, which voted out Shafie Afdal's Warisan and, effectively, buried Musa Aman's too long and...
View ArticleAnd that's why members of our Royalty should not be in business
Palace and the Menteri Besar Inc in business alliance? TTDI, 2 Oct 20: And so we have to ask again the tired question: should our kings and queens and their princes and princesses be in business and...
View ArticleIf Vinod is a bankrupt (and he's doing so much good for so many people), then...
"Some people just talk about doing good. Vinod Sekhar is living it." - Datuk Afdlin Shauqi TTDI, 5 Oct: You may or may not have read this recent article about Vinod Sekhar, the man who inspired the...
View ArticleIs #muhyiddinOUT merely a hashtag campaign by the "pro-Anwar Ibrahim" group,...
Puchong, 7 Oct 20: I'm not into any of these trending stuff but, all the same, it bugs me that PM Muhyiddin Yasin is taking a beating on popular social media after his latest special public broadcast...
View ArticleWhy not blame Trump - or God - for the spike in our Covid-19 cases?
TTDI, 12 Oct: So, we are back to square one, dear Malaysians. Well, almost. Defence Minister Ismail Sabri said it had to be done in view of the recent spikes in Covid-19 cases. But why is it taking...
View ArticleMuhyiddin Yasin is still the Prime Minister, but for how long?
Umno's threat last night to leave the ruling PN coalition, just hours after Anwar Ibrahim's press conference on his audience with the Agong in the morning, beg the question: Does Muhyiddin still have...
View ArticlePejuang wants Mahathir as PM for the third time, "only till GE15", replacing...
"To save Malaysia", of course .. what did you think?Puchong, 18 Oct: It's not from the comics section, I assure you. Malaysiakini reported it in English (Pejuang nominates Dr M for third stint as PM...
View ArticleThe biggest losers if Umno leaves the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition
A lot of people stand to losePuchong, 18 Oct: Muhyiddin Yassin will probably be the biggest loser. If Umno leaves the PN coalition, his government will fall and he will lose his majority in...
View ArticleCovid-19 news: If the source is not from Ismail Sabri or Noor Hisham, it's...
Malaysia's 2 Guns in the fight against Covid-19. When in doubt, leave them others out!Kuala Lumpur, 21 Oct: I didn't say it, Ismail Sabri Yaakob did and it was widely reported by the mainstream media...
View ArticleGood try, Prime Minister. Good bye, Prime Minister
Tun M, DSAI turn likely allies against "undemocratic", "dictatorial" Muhyiddin over state of emergency planPuchong, 24 October: Never thought Mahathir and Anwar would agree on anything ever again...
View ArticleKe Bawah Duli-Duli Tuanku, condemn us not ...
Ke Bawah Duli-Duli Tuanku,Should your Royal Highnesses visit an Emergency upon us,Pray deliver too a Razak as Hand of the King,And insist the Tunku and his rivals be gone.In place of angry old...
View ArticleKing: Not the time for Emergency, nor a time for politicking
Raja Kita Selamat Bertahta. Ampun Tuanku.
View ArticleThe uproar over the killing of millions of French people (which never...
So, does our Government have an official stand yet on Mahathir's "killing of French people" decree?The offending paras from Respect Others by Mahathir Mohamad Puchong, 30 Nov: Dr Mahathir Mohamad may...
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