Archive for September, 2024
When reporters of BBC and Al-Jazeera, arguably two of the loudest cheerleaders of Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups, appeared sombre and sad while reading (unconfirmed) news that Israel has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, you know that the cleric is indeed dead. Besides, the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) rarely announce something which it isn’t sure or […]
... written on Sep 29 2024Crude oil prices hit its lowest since December 2021 early this month. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for October contract was trading at US$65.75 per barrel, whilst the Brent crude oil for November contract was US$69.19 per barrel. Meaning since the beginning of the year, both WTI and Brent had declined 8.2% and […]
... written on Sep 26 2024Chinese voter turnout in the upcoming Mahkota by-election definitely will be low. The burning question is whether it will be lower than the July’s Sungai Bakap polls, which saw only 47% of the Chinese electorate turning out to vote. As a result of the protest votes, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s own party PKR suffered a […]
... written on Sep 24 2024At approximately 3:25 p.m. Tuesday (Sept 17), two members of Hezbollah terror group were having lunch at a shopping mall in Beirut. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, which is considered an obsolete one-way communication device that can only receive messages, carried by one of the men suddenly exploded. Severely injured, he […]
... written on Sep 21 2024As expected, Perikatan Nasional (PN) has rejected the draft MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) on constituency allocations for opposition MPs. Interestingly, while leaders of ultra-Malay Bersatu and Islamist party PAS were screaming their lungs out, they didn’t realize how their rejection has exposed their racism, extremism, hypocrisy and double-standard for all and sundry. In fact, […]
... written on Sep 19 2024Europe’s Tariffs On China’s EV Backfires – Volkswagen Closing Factories Before Even Trade War Begins
When China officially connected to the internet on April 20, 1994, it was a huge milestone despite the 64-kilobit special line, which was made possible thanks to the service of U.S. telecommunication company Sprint. Back then, it would be a challenge for tourists to find a decent public toilet. The country was so poor that […]
... written on Sep 16 2024Does anyone get a feeling the current Anwar administration, despite less than 2 years old, actually feels extremely familiar as if it has been six decades? Yes, it feels and smells like the previous ruling Barisan Nasional government is running the show even though the driver is Pakatan Harapan chairman Anwar Ibrahim, whose job security […]
... written on Sep 12 2024When was the last time you see a restaurant with a sign saying “No Pork, No Lard” doing a roaring business with Malay-Muslim customers in Peninsular Malaysia? Chances are, no Malays would step their foot into such shops. If it was halal in the first place, the restaurant would put “Halal” instead of “No Pork, […]
... written on Sep 10 2024Former backdoor Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has sworn in the name of God that he did not take a single penny from the scandalous RM4 billion 1BestariNet project during his tenure as Education Minister in 2011. Well, his former boss, disgraced ex-prime minister Najib Razak, too, had misused God’s name in denial of corruption, only […]
... written on Sep 08 2024Artificial Intelligence (AI) chip maker Nvidia has been minting tonnes of millionaires among its 30,000 employees. The nearly US$3 trillion company generated US$27 billion in revenue in its fiscal 2023. Then, something spectacular happened. Nvidia revenue for the 12 months ending July 31, 2024 skyrocketed to US$96.31 billion – a 194.69% increase year-over-year. The […]
... written on Sep 06 2024
