Military
I smell a rat, a 90-year-old rat that will not kick the bucket until he successfully brings down his protégé, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Of course, this rat is none other than former premier Mahathir Mohamad. For those who’ve been following our whining and bitching, can you remember what we wrote early July before […]
... written on Sep 12 2015Pro-UMNO Red Shirts want to rally despite police saying “No”. Apparently, these supposedly very influential and million-members-club thugs wanted to show off that they can also mobilise at least 300,000 to the street, in retaliation to the Bersih 4.0 yellow-shirts mega rally, which itself claimed had attracted 500,000 people during a 34-hour rally recently. […]
... written on Sep 07 2015Syria is in a mess and with Vladimir Putin’s latest admission that Russian military are putting boots on the ground in Syria, things could get really ugly. For the first time, Putin isn’t shy about telling all and sundry that the Russia is providing “serious” training and logistical support to the Syrian army under the […]
... written on Sep 06 2015President Xi Jinping proudly displays the China’s military might – 12,000 Chinese soldiers, 500 pieces of hardware and almost 200 aircraft – in a huge military parade at Tiananmen Square on Thursday as Beijing commemorates the 70th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat. As the China’s commander-in-chief by virtue of him as the chairman […]
... written on Sep 03 2015Technical analysis says the U.S. stock market is about to melt, thanks to China. Unlike fundamental studies, investors who believe in technical studies have everything to worry because of “Death Cross”. It seems the epidemic of bearish “death cross” is spreading and affecting every single market segment, even to those supposedly insulated from foreign factors. […]
... written on Sep 02 2015In June 2002, the Malaysian government signed a €1 billion (US$961 million; RM3.4 billion) contract with Armaris (now DCNS) and Spanish naval shipbuilder Izar (now Navantia) for 2 SSK Scorpenes submarines. Soon after delivery, embarrassingly, one of the submarines couldn’t dive. However, the humiliation pale in comparison to the deal’s other scandals. A Mongolian […]
... written on Sep 01 2015The 34-hour marathon is finally over. This is the first time a Bersih rally lasted such a long hour, and easily the most peaceful of all the four rallies ever held, an impressive milestone. Well, there were some provocateurs who tried their luck with “firecrackers” even after the rally was over but was subsequently apprehended […]
... written on Aug 31 2015Based on feedback from highway travelers, the notorious FRU were moving fast and furious into the city. Although nobody expects the latest rally – Bersih 4.0 – can pressure Prime Minister Najib Razak to resign with dignity, the regime is getting desperate about “losing face” if the rally could balloon to become the biggest rally […]
... written on Aug 27 2015Formed in 2006, Bersih had organised 3 rallies in the past – Bersih 1.0 (2007), 2.0 (2011) and 3.0 (2012). The fourth rally, Bersih 4.0, is just days away. The first rally (Bersih 1.0) was instrumental in sending former Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi into retirement, so that the sleeping beauty can sleep for as long […]
... written on Aug 26 2015Going by everything that we know so far about the Bangkok deadly bombing, Thai junta Chief Prayuth Chan-ocha seems to be as clueless as everyone on the street about what has hit the city. The Chinese embassy in Bangkok has slammed the local media for blaming the attack on Thai government’s deportation of 109 Uyghur […]
... written on Aug 20 2015
