Crisis
Muhyiddin Yassin’s hastily glued alliance – Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) – has defeated incumbent Shafie Apdal in the just concluded Sabah state election. It definitely gives the backdoor prime minister a temporary boost as he faces a leadership challenge that could see his Perikatan Nasional ruling government collapse at the federal level. But the game […]
... written on Sep 27 2020Has the backdoor government of Muhyiddin Yassin really fallen? If it’s true, then Mr. Muhyiddin should be congratulated for being the shortest serving prime minister in the history of the country – a huge humiliation, but he deserves it. People will celebrate because it was the backdoor prime minister who had first betrayed his own […]
... written on Sep 24 2020As proxy war gets ugly between two allies – PPBM and UMNO – in the Perikatan Nasional backdoor government led by lame duck Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, more heavyweights from Peninsular Malaya (as Sabahans like to call the West Malaysia) are being flown to the Borneo state of Sabah. One of them is none other […]
... written on Sep 19 2020For the time being, Donald Trump doesn’t know what to do with TikTok’s counter proposal of making Oracle its “business partner” or “trusted tech partner”. As a trusted tech partner, Oracle will manage TikTok’s U.S. user data. As a business partner, Oracle will own a minority stake that will be less than 20% of the […]
... written on Sep 19 2020The stock market’s performance would certainly determine who wins the White House, but only to a certain extent and under certain circumstances. For example, S&P 500 index has been a great tool when it accurately predicts the winner of the U.S. presidential election – with an accuracy of 87% – since 1928. And since 1984, […]
... written on Sep 08 2020The announcement that about 1.2 million innocent consumers would need to wait for a minimum 4 days before a water supply resume have left many frustrated – and tempers were flaring up on the social media. The water disruption, which began on Sept 3, affected 1,292 areas in Kuala Lumpur, Petaling, Klang, Shah Alam, Kuala […]
... written on Sep 06 2020When China launches normal missiles, even in the South China Sea without destroying any enemy ships, it is bad news. But when the Chinese launch ballistic missiles, especially one that can carry conventional or nuclear warheads, it is very bad news. And Beijing had just fired two such missiles. Bloomberg, however, reported that four ballistic […]
... written on Aug 27 2020Desperate Trump Orders “Emergency Plasma Treatment” For Covid-19, May Fast-Track Vaccine Like Russia
Donald Trump is a very desperate man, and desperate times call for desperate measures. The only way he can win the coming re-election is to present a vaccine – any type of vaccine – to the voters before November. It doesn’t matter if the half-baked vaccine does not really work. The important trick is to […]
... written on Aug 24 2020On Tuesday (August 18), the S&P 500 closed at a record 3,389.78 points – higher than the previous record of 3,386.15 recorded on February 19, 2020. The benchmark plunged from the Feb’s all-time high to a low of 2,237.40 on March 23, effectively losing 33.9% thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. It entered a bear market […]
... written on Aug 19 2020As expected, Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his country has become the first country in the world to approve a Coronavirus vaccine fails to win applause. The Russian president announced the great news on Tuesday – “As far as I know, a vaccine against a new Coronavirus infection has been registered this morning, for the first […]
... written on Aug 13 2020
