Military
For the third consecutive year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named the world’s most powerful man by Forbes magazine. The insulting news to American President Barack Obama is not only he didn’t manage to overtake the highly popular Putin; he has actually lost his second place to a woman to settle for a third place this […]
... written on Nov 05 2015When the Russian Airbus A321-200 crashed in the Sinai on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board (including at least 24 children), it immediately brings back the sad memory of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down, allegedly by Russian-made BUK surface to air missile. The MH17 disaster killed all 283 passengers and 15 crew […]
... written on Nov 04 2015Depending on which century you were born, you may see China as a great innovator, or merely a great copycat. Paper, gunpowder, printing and compass are four ancient inventions by Chinese people that have had a huge impact on the entire world. If only they have had put them into good use, they could have […]
... written on Oct 28 2015It’s fourth day in a row that thousands of schools are closed while millions of students couldn’t sit for their year-end examination because of haze. Malaysian parents are grumbling as 4,778 schools and 2,696,110 students are affected. With situation not expected to improve, chances are schools could be (hopefully not) declared close tomorrow (Friday), effectively […]
... written on Oct 22 2015By now, it’s an international knowledge that Prime Minister of Malaysia – Najib son of Razak – is allegedly linked to corruption, money laundering and the murder of Mongolian Altantuya. No previous prime minister has been so popular, not even the evil dictator Mahathir Mohamed. And if everything goes well, Najib could overtake Mahathir as […]
... written on Oct 15 2015American influence in the Middle East is evaporating faster than anyone can imagine. And if the latest horrific twin bomb attacks in Ankara that killed 97 people at a peaceful rally are any indicator, the Islamic State or simply ISIS has successfully penetrated Turkey, a member of NATO alliance, assuming the barbarian militants were the culprit […]
... written on Oct 11 2015Russian military activity in Syria is escalating, and Vladimir Putin was having fun watching the havoc done to US-backed rebels while his boys showing off their military toys, not to mention testing NATO’s capability and response time. When Russia deliberately sent an SU-30 fighter aircraft into Turkish airspace along the border with Syria, all hell […]
... written on Oct 09 2015Democracy, in a nutshell, consists of 3 pillars namely the “Executive”, “Legislative” and “Judiciary”. The Executive is the government of the day (President, Prime Minister, Ministers and so on) while the Legislative consists of the two houses of the Parliament. Meanwhile, the Judiciary comprises Supreme Court and other judicial centres or agencies. However, over time, […]
... written on Oct 07 2015The collapse of the Soviet Union in Dec 1991 was a major geopolitical disaster to the world, at least to supremo Vladimir Putin. For as long as the Russian leader can remember, the memory of the good old days where the Soviet Union rivals United States was enough to make him orgasm. He has been […]
... written on Oct 01 2015Russia and Iran have announced a new coalition to defend Syrian Bashar al-Assad so that they can defeat the ISIS. So, move over America and let the Russian show you how to fight the jihadists. Moscow has already moved fighter jets and tanks into Syria so Putin is dead serious about kicking some butts in […]
... written on Sep 28 2015