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Those who had called Donald Trump “stupid”, “clown”, “narcissist”, “pathetic” and whatnot are slowly making a U-turn. The Republicans establishment are throwing their support behind the clown Trump – quietly – in order not to look like a clown themselves. They have stopped laughing now, when they were laughing the loudest for roughly 11 months. […]
... written on May 06 2016When Ted Cruz, a Republican U.S. presidential hopeful, nabbed all 34 of the delegates in Colorado, he was on fire. And when he later snatched up all 14 delegates in Wyoming, he was practically orgasm with his mini victory, calling it the “grassroots victory”. But both were won in voter-less contests, something that critics have […]
... written on May 04 2016We’re not sure why our server had gone bonkers 3 days ago. What we know is it happened right after we published our article about GST hike to 8%, planned to be effective next year on 1 April. We also know it wasn’t due to traffic simply because we had experienced 3-time more traffic on […]
... written on May 02 2016Muhammad Ibrahim should send a postcard thanking The Wall Street Journal for exposing an initial decision by Najib administration, allegedly to appoint bootlicker Irwan Serigar Abdullah as the next Bank Negara (Central Bank) Governor. Muhammad, presently the Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia will take over from Zeti Akhtar Aziz effective from May 1, for […]
... written on Apr 28 2016Days after the Panama Papers were leaked and shocked the world; people are still arguing and debating why the lack of Americans being named. Preliminary reports indicate that more than 200 people with U.S. addresses are named in the Panama Papers, a pathetic number considering that the leak implicates 214,488 companies involving 11.5 million documents. […]
... written on Apr 15 2016After the explosive “Panama Papers” bombshell released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) over the weekend – the biggest leak in history – some world leaders could be brought down. Before we start bitching, here’s how massive this project was to the ICIJ and those involved during their 12 months of hard work. […]
... written on Apr 05 2016There 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 2016There’s nothing much to elaborate here. The title of this article is self-explanatory. The Wall Street Journal’s latest bombshell is to tell all and sundry two things. First, someone from the Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia Central Bank) is super pissed that a “wolf” is about to be appointed as the most powerful person in the […]
... written on Mar 13 2016Effective Dec 2014, Malaysia scrapped decades-old fuel subsidy and the prices of RON-95, RON-97 petrol and diesel have been based on a “managed float system”. It’s been 15 months now since the implementation and so far so good. Malaysians can proudly say they can survive without subsidy, even though the (subsidy) money came from taxpayers […]
... written on Mar 02 2016Malaysia, under Najib Razak administration, is a cowboy town now with very little respect for law and order. If this can be made into a film, Sheriff Najib, caught with US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) in his personal bank account, is being questioned by everyone in town as to the source and purpose of the money. […]
... written on Feb 27 2016
