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What the crystal ball says: A peep into M'sia 2010


Thursday, 31 December 2009 Super Admin

Introduction

This chain of events by chronological order is likely to take place in the coming year. A combination of sophisticated statistical modeling together with the latest advances in probability modeling and reinforced by the latest (pirated) software currently used by the Prime Minister’s KPI and NKRA team have been used to arrive at these predictions. Unlike the PM’s team though, I cannot vouch that these outcomes are guaranteed.

 

A republic of virtue


Thursday, 31 December 2009 Super Admin

Our vice-chancellors are not elected from the pool of experts from other races although our student population is of a multi-racial mix. The concept of ‘affirmative action’  that emphasises policies to promote diversity is almost non-existent. There is no virtue in such a practice in our public universities.

A REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE

Azly Rahman

http://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com/

 

The Future Is Here!


Thursday, 31 December 2009 Super Admin

Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Member of the Central Working Committee of PAS

As the year comes to a close and the curtain of the decade almost drawn down, you may have wondered what the future would be like. And mind you, you’re not alone.

 

Raja Petra aset pihak cuba jejas imej kerajaan


Thursday, 31 December 2009 Super Admin

(Berita Harian) - Pengendali web Malaysia Today, Raja Petra Kamarudin, 59, yang kini dalam buruan polis dipercayai menjadi 'aset amat berharga' kepada individu atau pihak tertentu dalam cubaan menjejaskan imej pemimpin dan negara pada peringkat antarabangsa. 

 

RPK scoffs at police hunt for him


Thursday, 31 December 2009 adminK

(The Malaysian Insider) - Fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, who has been the subject of much speculation recently over his whereabouts, has mocked the police over their unsuccessful effort in locating him so far.

 

RPK should be here for his son, says friend


Thursday, 31 December 2009 admin-s

(The Star) PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin has been advised to leave his life of luxury in London and return home to look after his son who has been charged with theft.

 

MACC is the Malaysian of the Year


Thursday, 31 December 2009 admin-s

(The Malaysian Insider) Today marks the first year of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) which started with promise and is now dismissed as another political tool to earn it being named The Malaysian Insider's Malaysian of the Year for 2009.

 

Konsep ras sudah lapuk ditelan zaman


Thursday, 31 December 2009 admin-s

Sejak kebelakangan ini, isu rasisme atau prasangka perkauman lebih kerap diungkitkan.

By Jayanath Appudurai 

 

The Engine of Political Fraud in Malaysia


Thursday, 31 December 2009 admin-s

A reflection about what the theft of the Malaysian Royal Military Air Force (RMAF) symbolizes of our present political establishment.

By Fahri Azzat

 

Wanted: More help for Malay pupils in Singapore


Thursday, 31 December 2009 admin-s

When Mendaki staff asked parents why they did not want to enrol their children, some said their children were busy on weekends. Others said they took pity on their children, who already had a tough time in school.

By Zakir Hussain (The Straits Times)

 
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Majority and minority

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Politicians need to be very careful in how they talk. Barisan Nasional boasts about the higher number of seats it got and claims it represents the majority. Pakatan Rakyat b...

Time and place decides what’s fair (UPDATED with Chinese translation)

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For all intents and purposes, this article is a purely academic exercise to discuss the issue of fair or fairness. I have attached the issue of election boundaries (in t...

The Sedition Act (1948)

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The Sedition Act started life as the 1351 English Statute of Treasons. Hence sedition is closely associated with treason. In the 1500s, King Henry VIII broke away from Rome a...

And then came CHINRAF

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The absence of Chinese representatives in the Cabinet should it happen will not pose major problems to the government or Chinese community, an academician said today. Selangor DAP chief T...

Tan Sri Wong Foon Meng (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Can you see that long before the 2008/2013 Tsunami, the Malays and Chinese of Kuala Terengganu already set aside their racial/political differences and supported the candidate rather than the r...

Shaping the mind of the Malay

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You can see the Malay swing in 1946. Then they swung back and took another swing in 1959. Then they swung back and took another swing in 1969. Then t...

Zahid Hamidi should be asked to resign (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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So, yes, we too in the UK were not happy with the system. And we ‘sold out’ the ruling party and ‘toppled’ the government because we were not happy w...

Is beer halal or haram? (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Now, what I do not understand is: why emphasise ‘on a Chinese woman’? The Chinese scream that they are not racists. Yet they send me this very racist e-mail. T...

Should I leave Islam if I am not happy?

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Okay, I am also not happy with some Muslims, even some Muftis for that matter. I think they are very intolerant, unreasonable and narrow-minded. What are you going to n...

Citizenship, Bahasa, the Constitution, and the Police Force

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The IGP, Ismail Omar, will be retiring tomorrow. Do you know that many senior police officers do not think highly of him? That is because he is considered too l...

The wheat from the chaff

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Now, just like many of you, I was ecstatic in March 2008 when Pakatan Rakyat won five states and managed to deny Barisan Nasional its two-thirds majority in Parliament b...

Racism (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Racism is usually defined as views, practices and actions reflecting the belief that humanity is divided into distinct biological groups called races and that members of a certain race s...

Another well laid trap, maybe?

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But since March 2008 many of you have become very arrogant. You no longer care about what you say. And you no longer care whether anyone gets hurt by w...

So what is it then?

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In the run-up to the 13th General Election, the Chinese were boldly and proudly screaming that this time around the Chinese are going to unite and vote against Barisan N...

Understanding the “first past the post” voting system

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Professor John Curtice, of Strathclyde University, said: “The Lib Dem vote is more concentrated than it was, because they have targeted certain seats. But it is still more evenly d...

GE13 and the 13 predictions that came true (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Many are waiting for my ‘I told you so’ article. No, I am not...

What it all boils down to (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Now, if I were to bet RM100,000 on Pakatan Rakyat winning more than 100 seats, I might most likely win RM100,000. However, if I were to bet R...

Fallacies are not truths (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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However, I have monitored the news reports from both the mainstream media and alternative media over the last week since Nomination Day and what are the issues they are t...

Now do you understand? (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Say Pakatan Rakyat does win the general election in two weeks time. How many of those pro-Umno or pro-Barisan Nasional people will remain pro-Umno or pro-Barisan Nasional? Would they n...

When we have to lick back our spit

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Can we Malaysians ever play the game with sportsmanship? Can we ever fight using Queensberry rules? Unfortunately when we Malaysians play or fight there are no rules or sportsmanship. E...

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

We are what we are today because of what happened in the past (part 1)

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This was a complication that the British did not need. More than 80% of the businesses, tin mines, estates, and so on, in Malaya belonged to the British and 30% ...

It’s all about strategy (UPDATED with Chinese translation)

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Then came the 2008 general election and the impressive results gave everyone a lot of hope. So everything that was said earlier was now forgotten. But what they forgot is ...

The day ‘they’ sold out Sarawak (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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The Chinese who kept Taib in power were rewarded for their support and all the transgressions, abuse of power and corruption that is being perpetuated by Taib and his family, ...

The rats leaving the sinking ship

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So they are now embarking on an asset-stripping exercise. Chua Soi Lek, Tan Chai Ho, Vincent Lee Fook Long, Kat Swee Sang, and a few other MCA taikos are shifting ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 13) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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While Barisan Nasional was confident it is guaranteed no less than 130 parliamentary seats -- with 145 as an achievable target -- Pakatan Rakyat, in turn, was equally confident it ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 12) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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If I were to hazard a guess I would say that Khairy is the man to watch. He is going to be the ‘face’ of the reformed Umno who will ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 11) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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They recently did a poll in Pakistan and 11% voted in favour of a democracy, 22% in favour of military rule, and 53% in favour of the Khalifah system. The ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 10) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Out of the 89 parliamentary seats that Pakatan Rakyat won, 53 are non-Malay/Muslim seats while only 36 can be said to be Malay/Muslim-majority seats. Umno, however, won 88 seats just ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 9) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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You may argue that the Chinese voters have rejected the Chinese from Barisan Nasional and hence the Chinese should not be in the government. But if the Sultan ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 8) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Hence the percentage in votes has never matched the percentage in seats. This has always been the case since Merdeka and is called gerrymandering, perfectly legal all over the world ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 7) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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The problem is not so much what to do with Najib. If Najib were to be ousted, just like Pak Lah was soon after the 2008 general election, then Deputy ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 6) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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We once found a few names registered at a cemetery (now that is what I would call real phantom voters). In fact, Azmin Ali’s dead father was still a registered ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 5) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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And that would mean Umno’s days are numbered when more Malays move away from Umno and swing over to PAS and PKR in the spirit of Pakatan Rakyat. And this ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 4)

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Anwar’s knee-jerk reaction when the results were announced on Sunday night was that Pakatan Rakyat won 51% of the votes so this means Pakatan Rakyat won the election. In 1933, ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 3) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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What Najib did not suspect was that some other Barisan Nasional leaders from Sabah and Sarawak wanted to follow Lajim Ukin and Wilfred Bumburing when they crossed over. However, Anwar ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 2) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Umno has still not recovered from this shock and even Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is pissed big time. He is blaming Najib for wasting his time and the government’s resources ...

In the aftermath of May 5th (part 1) (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Once the election results are officially gazetted, Pakatan Rakyat should immediately file Election Petitions in court. In the meantime they should gather the evidence in preparation. Umno and Barisan Nasional ...

The expected happened

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Now do you understand the reason behind all this talk regarding the Chinese Tsunami? You may hate Umno but you have to take your hat off to them ...

Have you heard of Catch 22?

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The problem is we are in a Catch 22 situation. We need a two-thirds majority in Parliament to be able to change the system. But the system will ...

Towards the 14th General Election (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

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Would PAS agree to separate religion from politics when religion is what puts them in power? Would Umno, MCA or MIC agree to separate race from politics when race is ...



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