Crisis
There were some cheers when crude oil prices started moving north from below US$30 a barrel. It didn’t go any further than US$40 a barrel and has now retreated to below the figure. Nevertheless, nobody believes it could skyrocket at the same momentum it had tumbled though. And Moody’s isn’t impressed despite the jump from […]
... written on Mar 16 2016Out of the blue on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the withdrawing of the “main part” of its forces in Syria – starting from Tuesday. It was roughly 5-month ago when he sent his military hardware and soldiers into the country in what seemed to be a long-term commitment in a war that has […]
... written on Mar 15 2016When Donald Trump announced his candidacy last year, there were only a handful of people who gave him any chance of survival. But we think the Americans should vote the clown anyway as the next President of the United States. Why can’t the Apprentice hero be given a chance after they had given a loser […]
... written on Mar 14 2016For a couple of years Russia has been warning Finland and Sweden from joining NATO. Moscow’s message to them was simple – join NATO and the Russian will attack. Why? Prior to the Soviet Union’s collapse, Moscow agreed to dismantle the Warsaw Pact (a pact similar to NATO) and destroy the Berlin Wall in exchange […]
... written on Mar 12 2016Mahathir Mohamad has quit (*yawn*) UMNO, the political party he formed 28 years ago after the 1988 Judicial Crisis when the (old) UMNO was declared “an unlawful society”. In short, the original UMNO party formed by Onn Jaafar had already died since 1988. Today, Mahathir has merely quit from his own party – UMNO Baru […]
... written on Mar 01 2016On the surface, it looks like any innocent military exercises which the proven Malaysian soldiers had engaged in the past. Apparently, Malaysia’s involvement in a Saudi Arabia’s sponsored military exercise – Northern Thunder – raises concern as to the actual reason why Malaysian military personnel were sent thousands of miles into the kingdom. The training […]
... written on Feb 24 2016Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis were often associated as Asia’s pariah people due primarily to their poverty. They form a huge pool of cheap labours or slaves ready to do 3D jobs – dirty, dangerous and difficult. They were cheated by agents before they could be exported and were mistreated by employers while doing their 3D […]
... written on Feb 22 2016Does China own South China Sea so much so that nobody, including the supposedly superpower United States, dares to retaliate – militarily – when Beijing happily parked some HQ-9 air defence missile system on Woody Island, the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, which is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam? […]
... written on Feb 19 2016SJKC, also known as “vernacular schools” in Malaysia for the Chinese have existed since independence and the vernacular education is protected by the Federal Constitution, despite disagreement by some former judges. The fact that these judges chose to read the constitution to their liking only “after” retirement speaks volumes about their desire to impress and […]
... written on Feb 17 2016If Najib’s father – Abdul Razak Hussein – is still alive today, he would be 94-year-old. Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad who was indebted to Najib’s father is today 90-year-old. Najib himself is 62-year-old while Mukhriz, Mahathir’s son who is now jobless after lost his Kedah state Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) post, is 51-year-old. […]
... written on Feb 04 2016
