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A leopard never changes its spots?
Malaysia-Today (M2D) - Power vs Authority, a letter to M2D on alleged corruption in Selangor by Hakim Joe. Selected extracts as follows:It is a sad day for the Selangor State Government after the Menteri Besar was “persuaded” to abandon the investigations of impropriety and misconduct into the organization and management of the Pasar Larut Malam @ Jelatek where an undisclosed…
MCA, for want of a nail
For Want of a NailFor want of a nail the shoe was lost.For want of a shoe the horse was lost.For want of a horse the rider was lost.For want of a rider the message was lost.For want of a message the battle was lost.For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.And all for the want of a horseshoe…
Penang's Chap Goh Meh
OK, tonight is special in Penang, the final hours of the Chinese New Year celebrations, so I have posted for you Chap Goh Meh in Penang over at my other blog, KTemoc Kongsamkok . I hope you'll enjoy reading it ;-)
Chinese dogs and prostitutes
Yesterday, Malaysiakini published Tiew: Ibrahim Ali did it on purpose.Tiew disgusts me kau kau. It’s not as if he doesn’t know what Perkasa stands for and what Ibrahim Ali had said against Chinese Malaysians. And for him to deny that he was clueless about Perkasa’s Chinese New Year Open House has been the absolute pits, unless he's an idiot of…
Much ado about a 'shitty little country'
Israel.On the surface it seems to be a silly issue for UMNO (in the person of either Najib or more prominently, Dr M) and Anwar Ibrahim to be quarrelling over. In the acrimonious circumstances which always surround the question of Israel, it’s not a case of “Anything you can do, I can do better” but rather “Anything you did, I…
A letter to Hasan Hau Siau
Malaysiakini - Hasan: DAP will merge M'sia, S'pore into republic.Dear Hasan matey,I don’t mean to rebut your holiness wakakaka, but when if (wakakaka) DAP takes over Putrajaya, I’ve been reliably informed (wakakaka) it’ll do the following:(a) It will remove graft, making this national ailment its No 1 priority task, which, I have been warned, may cause a number of cardiac…
Bangsa Ber-Pancawarna
In Australia whenever I met someone new who is a fellow SE Asian, or even from the Far East, and reveal myself as a Malaysian, he/she would invariably exclaim in delightful admiration: “Oh, you guys can speak several languages!”Though I’d smile, and not without some considerable pride at our Boleh-ness, perhaps the one sole qualification worthy of being proud about,…
The price of race
The Malaysian Insider - ‘Racist price list’ for golf membership sparks backlash.On the surface of it, there is overt racism and thus discrimination on the basis of skin colour. But if we read more carefully, the Notice says “Membership for sale”.As Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas, president of the KGNS said, the membership by racial quota has been fixed at 45%…
Hokkiens' most important day of the year
Tomorrow 31 January 2012, the 9th Day of the 1st Moon in the Lunar-Solar Calender (used by Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and Vietnamese), is the MOST important day of the year for Hokkiens. Indeed, it's far more important than even Chinese New Year's Day or any other day.The Hokkiens believe it’s the day their ancestors were saved by the Lord of…
We both support Evil but .....
The Malaysian Insider - Anifah: Malaysia does not support ‘all efforts to protect Israel’.KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Datuk Seri Anifah Aman insisted tonight that despite supporting a “two-state solution,” Malaysia has never supported Israel in its conflict with Palestine.The foreign minister said this differed from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal…
UMNO sinking feeling about unsinkable NFC
Free Malaysia Today - Forget NFC, go for Mindef, says Zaid.Zaid Ibrahim is of course absolutely correct, that the snout in the Defence trough is slurping up greedily by frightening billionS of ringgits, not just mere millions, as compared to mere cow feed.However, as many, especially RPK, often said, politics is all about perception, and the NFC mess is certainly…
Is there political life for retired Hadi Awang?
The Malaysian Insider - Hadi says may not contest GE13.Of course Pak Haji has also voiced an alternative option, which is to contest either a federal or state constituency but not both as he currently represents.So whether he completely stands down, voluntarily as he has declared, or takes up the election challenge to represent only a federal or state constituency,…
New Quakers in Malaysia
I am sure you have heard of The Renaissance Man of Asia, wakakaka.But there is a real renaissance developing in DAP, a renaissance of awareness by independent minded Malaysians of all ethnic groups, but specifically and specially Malays.The word ‘renaissance’ in this post means a renewal of interest, rebirth, revival and even vigor in the politics of DAP, in other…
Kiwi thanks
Dearest Shahrizat, thank you sweetheart, Your adoring supporters,The New Zealand Cattle FarmersHmmm, does Daisy need a RM26,000 bra?
Hang Tuah
Hang Tuah may be a myth but Rosmah Mansor is certainly a legend!- Docs, a Malaysiakini readerThe concept of, and desire for heroes represent universal values. Heroes may of course be mythical or actual historical personalities.The female equivalent of a hero is heroine, though for some moronic perception of equality, some Americans don’t like such feminine equivalents, for example, 'actress'.…
Next MB of Kedah
Today is ‘Thinking-out-of-the-Box’ Day, otherwise known as ‘Big Spoon’* Day.* Big Spoon = sh*t stirring – one needs a big spoon to stir well wakakakaThe ‘spoon’ for today is "Mukhriz Mahathir for MB Kedah" wakakaka.And why not?After all, Daddy was from there, though admittedly in 1969 Dr M lost his federal seat or Kota Setar Selatan to Yusof Rawa of…
A Hindu view - Rama from Buddha, or Buddha from Rama?
Uthaya Sankar SB wrote an interesting article about the Ramayana in Free Malaysia Today titled Ramayana: Valmiki vs Hanuman, and in Bahasa too.I enjoyed reading it but I need to correct him on one point, to wit, the 2nd of the following 2 paragraphs:Sesungguhnya, Ramayana adalah epik India yang tersebar luas ke seluruh dunia, khususnya sebagai tindak balas terhadap penyebaran…
UMNO fears DAP beachhead
Lim Guan Eng and his Penang government, and not Khalid Ibrahim and the Selangor government, represent the greatest threat to Najib and UMNO, and therefore every attempt must be launched to destroy it, impossible as this task may seem.In the immortal words of Cato the Elder, a Roman statesman, "Ceterum autem censeo, Carthaginem esse delendam" (Furthermore, I think Carthage must…
Hear, See and Say No Evil
Malaysiakini's article 'Anything But Umno' rally disrupted, one injured reported:According to Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) executive director E Nalini (right), the ceramah was disrupted by several youths sporting T-shirts with BN and Umno logos."The ceramah was to start about 9pm last night. As we were driving to the hall, there were about six or seven men beating up a boy…
AG's Appeal - "black as hell, dark as night"?
RPK borrowed and paraphrased the opening phrase of a soliloquy in Shakespeare's Hamlet for the title of his latest post in his Corridors of Power column.In To file or not to file, that’s the question, he reckoned the AG’s appeal against the dismissal of charges in the infamous Sodomy II case has to do with Najib’s kowtowing to pressure from…
