Taxes
Pro-Najib bloggers have been burning midnight oil trying to project Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak as a clever and cunning politician who can rival and even outsmart his mentor, Mahathir Mohamad. Apparently, Najib was scripted in such a way that he isn’t afraid of a vote of no confidence, and in fact was excited and […]
... written on Aug 29 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 2015Lee Hsien Loong administration is seeking a fresh mandate from voters, after President Tony Tan Keng Yam agreed to a request and dissolved the 12th Parliament of Singapore today (Aug 25, 2015). Nomination Day has been set on September 1 and Polling Day will be on September 11 (Friday), which will be a public holiday. […]
... written on Aug 26 2015U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropping to an 18-month closing low that saw the blue-chip benchmark briefly plummet more than 1,000 points. It closed down 588 points, but not before it created a moment of panic when it went down as much as 1,114 points during the early […]
... written on Aug 25 2015Flashback: From a record low of RM2.10 to US$1 in October 1978, the Malaysian Ringgit hit its all time high of RM4.73 to US$1 in January 1998. Prior to the infamous Asian Financial Crisis, the ringgit was trading at about RM2.40 to a US dollar in 1997. Nobody could have predicted the type of economic […]
... written on Aug 17 2015The U.S. federal government is reportedly hit another record in tax collection. The first 10-months of United States fiscal year 2015 (Oct 1, 2014 through the end of July 2015) saw a mind-boggling tax revenues of US$2,672,414,000,000. The figure released by Treasury means a new record in federal taxes. In case you still couldn’t […]
... written on Aug 13 2015Will Donald Trump emerge “unexpectedly” as the next President of the United States? Perhaps “The Simpsons” has the answer. The Simpsons have a great track record of making predictions that come true years later. The popular American animated sitcom has predicted the future accurately for at least 14-times. There were predictions about Ebola Virus, […]
... written on Aug 10 2015Before the currency stop trading for the weekend, the Malaysian Ringgit was trading as high as RM3.9530 to a U.S. dollar. After the closing bell, it settled at RM3.9220 to a buck. So, does this mean RM3.90 is a new support level and the ringgit can never strengthen to RM3.80 anymore, at least for the […]
... written on Aug 10 2015Saudi Arabia is starting to learn the real meaning of “what goes around, comes around”. It’s a public knowledge that Saudi Arabia had funded the 9/11 attacks, and they were pretty happy about their ability in creating havoc against the world’s superpower. Unfortunately they couldn’t control and contain the monster that they’ve created. What did […]
... written on Aug 06 2015The 1969 bloody racial riots were started by Tun Abdul Razak, together with Selangor Chief Minister Harun Idris, in a coup d’état against the first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. This year, 46-years later, the same mastermind’s son – Najib son of Razak – is not only tainted with multi-billion dollar corruption, but also hit […]
... written on Jul 16 2015
