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Comics defeated by politicians in comedy battle
April 01, 2013APRIL 1 — Politicians have for years now been saying the darndest things, as attested to in resident loyar burok Amir Muhammad’s series of books first published in 2007 called Malaysian Politicians Say The Darndest Things.But little did Amir realise he was compiling the political strategy playbook of the new millennia, post-modern Malaysia’s equivalent of … Read More
Defending 1 Malaysia
September 20, 2012SEPT 20 — Sorry, I’ve been away. You know, it’s been difficult concentrating on work these past two years. I have to confess. I’m addicted to 1 Malaysia.I can’t help it. Everywhere I look, I see 1 Malaysia this or 1 Malaysia that. Clinics, grocers, even mamaks lah wei.And all of it is so cheap! I can get drugs for cheaper than what the fler around the … Read More
Selangor risks voter backlash over flushing policy
November 19, 2010NOV 19 — Growing unhappiness over a state government policy restricting the flushing of toilets is causing voters to raise a stink that could end up becoming an unlikely political threat to the survival of the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) administration.Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s government is already facing a relentless amount of shit-throwing from his … Read More
BN to learn life skills
October 20, 2010OCT 20 — Desperate to stave off the rising tide of opposition reformism, Barisan Nasional (BN) has bet the bank on a complete and utter dismantling of traditional politics by eliminating the entire role of the governing coalition in actual governance.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced today, as part of a string of measures to “depoliticise” … Read More
All Ibrahim’s children
September 21, 2010SEPT 21 — A new study has shown that if your father’s name is Ibrahim, then you are likely to become a top-brass PKR politician.However, the research done by a local think-tank is inconclusive over where in the political spectrum your son will likely reside if your name is Ali.This piece of coincidentally-timed news by the Merdeka Center for Correlative … Read More
Japan-Malaysia ties in jeopardy over whaling
July 26, 2010JULY 26 — The samurai are sharpening their swords, the pahlawans their pedangs and the ninjas their nunchuks (well, polishing anyway) as a literally huge diplomatic squabble between Japan and Malaysia threatens to spill some blubber.What started as symbolic pranks to ruffle some feathers on social networking site Twitter, has resulted in the potential … Read More
Are you communists in disguise?
April 05, 2010APRIL 5 — Expert undercover journalism by The Malaysian Insider has uncovered (undercovered?) the shocking and disturbing truth behind what has up to now been seen as a deluded bunch of crazy extremist Malay rights fanatics.Parkosa, with their silly-looking weapons, skirts and chef hats have for so long been thought of as being so mental that they … Read More
Do you recall?
February 21, 2010FEB 21 – UMW Toyota, the sole distributor of the giant Japanese automaker, is poised to extend its recent spate of recalls to Malaysia as well.This comes after high-profile crashes in Perak, where two former mentri besars have seen their lives flash before their lives in Toyota vehicles.Once the world’s No. 1 car company as it thrived on its image of … Read More
Malaysia files suit against Apple’s iPad for copying patents
February 02, 2010FEB 2 – Malaysia has filed a suit against Apple for infringing patents after its recent launch of the iPad, its latest “what-the-hell-is-it” device.The joint suit by the Federal government and the Penang state administration is related to ideas that were first registered by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng … Read More
This week, in mixed messages
December 16, 2009DEC 16 — Is it just me, or is the world getting more confusing by the day? One day you’re safe in the knowledge that you can have your teh tarik with condensed milk, the next you’re told it's not actually milk!It used to be that you could take certain things for granted, for example, that liberals want to drink, smoke and have sex all the time and … Read More
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