Archive for January, 2026
The louder Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim screams about anti-corruption, the smellier the stench of corruption becomes under his administration. That was the joke on the street. While he tries very hard to convince the public that corruption is being eliminated, the perception is that corruption remains business as usual. Worse, Anwar’s own circle was […]
... written on Jan 29 2026Even if Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Islamisation, anti-Chinese, e-invoice, delayed tax refunds, SST tax regime, racism, and fake anti-corruption policies do not kill him, the clueless and incompetent Education Ministry would definitely destroy his ambition for a second term. His refusal to drop the incredibly useless Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek is a God-sent gift to […]
... written on Jan 28 2026China’s highest-ranking general has been fired for not only selling information about the country’s nuclear-weapons program to the U.S. but also for accepting bribes, including the promotion of an officer to defense minister, said people familiar with a high-level briefing on the allegations. China’s defence ministry has opened an investigation into the country’s senior-most general […]
... written on Jan 26 2026He came, he saw, he mocked the European Union’s flagship Green New Deal climate policies as the “Green New Scam”. He then ridiculed Britain for failing to tap more North Sea oil, before laughing at the “catastrophic energy collapse which befell every European nation” in recent years. It was a wild day, with Trump berating […]
... written on Jan 25 2026Corruption was not born yesterday and it is as old as human civilization. The First Dynasty (3100–2700 BC) of Ancient Egypt noted corruption in its judiciary. In fact, the World Bank estimates international bribery exceeds US$1.5 trillion annually. Corruption permeates all levels of society from low-level public servants accepting petty bribes to national leaders stealing millions of […]
... written on Jan 23 2026Donald Trump has flown to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his opening address, not only the U.S. president bragged about the U.S. economy – citing reduced inflation, high economic growth and a record-setting stock market – but also happily mocking and ridiculing Europe, while repeating his claim that only the […]
... written on Jan 22 2026For as long as one can remember, Harvard, one of the eight prestigious, private universities that comprise the Ivy League, an elite group known for academic excellence, selective admissions, and rich history, was the most productive research university in the world – until now. The Harvard University’s position is under threat, and the trend is […]
... written on Jan 20 2026When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949 as a collective defence alliance to counter the perceived threat of Soviet expansionism in post-World War II, little did the Western European and Canada realize that 77 years later, the enemy that would attack or colonize one of their own kind would be the United […]
... written on Jan 19 2026Ahmad Zahid Hamidi might not be a very clever UMNO president, but handling a small kid like Akmal Saleh is easy meat. Zahid, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, could easily take away not only the boy’s food, but also steal his girlfriend without the UMNO Youth Chief knowing what hit him. After all, […]
... written on Jan 15 2026Before Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of Iran’s last Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, called on Iranians to rally against the regime at 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday (January 8 and 9), things were already falling apart in Iran. The current nationwide protest was not caused by a sudden economic meltdown or currency collapse. It […]
... written on Jan 14 2026
