///

Headlines : Sakmongkol News   Page 1    
1/04 9:00 am Religious outrage but TLC on corruption. Tales by an unknown blogger. No 79

1\. I so wished the same intense outrage, disgust and repulsive anger are directed towards corruption as they are towards the building of a Hindu temple. 2. So, we asked why do malays who are Muslims in name and deed behave like this? 3. It seems that malays are ready to call to arms over the jalan masid India Hindu temple. The spirit is applaudable. 4.even Malay ladies who have not even prayed at

28/03 9:00 am The new comfort zone. Part 1. Tales by an unknown blogger. No 78

1\. The old comfort zone in which umno excels consist of 2 main elements - 2. Play the race game Play the zero sum game . 3. The way forward, for parties like UMNO, pas, bersatu the people at the lunatic fringe shouting maniacally, people with brains where the wires are short fused, are to play up racial strife and hostilities and strife. 4. That's why people like mad cow akmal is at the forefront

25/03 9:00 am It's worse than just a slap. Tales by an unknown blogger. No 77

1\. If the malayman who slapped a Chinaman (unlawful )for eating in public(lawful), on account of a badly written charge, the fault is with the state legal advisors office. 2. Investigate the person who wrote the charge. That person may have deliberately written a fuzzy report so as to 'restraint' the judge. 3. Even better, transfer the SLA for not ' proofing ' the charge before it's sent out. 4.

24/03 9:00 am The slapping incident. Some preliminary thoughts. Tales by an unknown ..

1\. When writing "jungle book", Rudyard Kipling said strange things happened in the jungles of India. In our country, stranger things happened in the legal jungle. 2. In the slapping case , the judge ruled that the 65 years old Malay man, fasting, a Muslim wearing a robe be given a DNAA. 3. Then it was reported that the AGC countermanded this ruling by saying ,after a few glitches, the DNAA is

22/03 9:00 am Old vs new comfort zone. Tales by an unknown blogger no 75

1\. Friends asked for my opinion about the outcome of the recent dap elections. I told them I am reluctant to do so . I don't want to because of reasons only I know. But when I heard some people say the Lim dynasty is despatched unceremoniously and the DAP is no longer in a comfort zone, I have to say something after all. 2. All these opinions coming from armchair analysts are simply wrong.

21/03 9:00 am DAPs pledge of loyalty to Anwar. Tales by an unknown blogger. No 74

1\. A few big name political parties were noticeably absent from the DAPs 18th congress. We can assume they were not invited.2. BN, GPS and GRS were not invited. UMNO is considered BN as mic and mca are considered UMNOs minions only . 3. The fact, they were not invited can suggest they were not considered as core parties of PH. 4. They were just mentionables. They were mentioned by the pm in his

20/03 9:00 am Unscrambling the PM's speech at the DAP 18th national Congress. Tales by ..

1\. The PM's speech at the 18th DAP congress was interesting. Of particular interest to me was his admission that it's extremely difficult to rule a country with different races, religions, demands etc .2. Unfortunately, the ramifications and import of the opening remarks were easily lost on many in the audience. 3. That is, as soon as the PM gets into his constipation mode, punctuating and

19/03 9:00 am Najib type of bailout v Anwar type of bailout. Tales by an unknown blogger ..

1\. Try as he may or carry out verbal acrobatics and semantics, the 1.1b extended to Sapura to pay off a phalanx of vendors, it's regarded as a bail out anyway. 2. Let's call it Anwarbailout, a particular product of anwarnomics. this is to differentiate it from najibbailout ,a product of najibnomics. 3. So , it's Anwarbailout v najibbailout. 4. The differentiation is necessary because the mad cow

16/03 9:00 am Cleaning the Sapura Shit. Tales by an unknown blogger. No 71

1\. These are the economic reasons why I think ,bailing out Sapura is wrong as a matter of principle .Nevermind, if it's camouflaged under the pretext of paying vendors. Almost all are bumis . 2. I am not going to wail about the PM pandering about bumi vendors or about helping Sapura vendors but what about Malay farmers? 3. These are not economics reasons but political score points. Only

15/03 9:00 am The Sapura bailout. Tales by an unknown blogger. No 70.

1\. As details about the 1b bailout of Sapura comes slowly, I will come up with the appropriate response. 2. A bailout by any other name is a bailout . Saying it's for paying vendors, insults our intelligence. 3. Now, call me a neo classical dude, a Friedmanite, Austrian school Hayek stooge or just a pain in the ass confused economist, be my guest. Stepping in to save Sapura on account of saving

14/03 9:00 am Saving sapura, the orang minyak. Tales by an unknown blogger no 69

1\. I am speaking as an economist. The question I am asking is where is the economics logic behind the 1 billion bailout of sapura energy? 2. Thats taxpayers money being used to save an inefficiently run company. 3. Because it's innefficiently and incompetently run company, is the reason why it was making losses in the beginning. 4. And yes, before some jokers say, sapura must be saved because

12/03 9:00 am The height of hypocrisy. Tales by an unknown blogger 68

1\. It's nauseating when hearing that Zahid hopes justice will prevail in the case of Ismail sabri. 2. Is that UMNO justice?. Reading in between the lines, the kind of justice he hopes for, is for Ismail to be exonerated. 3. Don't you feel like throwing up? That pompous humility couched in terms of pious hope, prayers , wish and so on? 4. Said during the holy month of ramadhan some more. Doesn't

11/03 9:00 am Hoist by their own petard. UMNO caught in its own web. Tales by an unknown ..

1\. In the Ismail Sabri issue, why do we humor ourselves by asking what's zahids or UMNOs response? 2. As though UMNOs response is that important. Or that of Zahid who still has a dnaa hanging over his head matters. 3. We already know the answer. The answer is, we hope that justice will.prevail. 4 . UMNO talks about justice? Fuyooh! I say man. 5. Who's we? The potential crooks or actual crooks not

10/03 9:00 am Some Inconvenient Questions around the Ismail issue. Tales by an unknown ..

1\. UMNO says it has nothing to do with the SPRM investigating Ismail sabri and his gang. By extension, it has nothing to do with Ismail. We will accept that at face value. Now it's true unless the relevant authorities say otherwise. 2. Now, it's true. Later maybe lain cerita. 3. Let's assume the Ismail sabri administration needs expenditure outlay to promote the keluarga Malaysia program. Say,

9/03 9:00 am Beware, the wolf at the door. Tales by an unknown blogger no 65

1\. There's a bizarre twist in the Ismail sabri issue. The issue being , Ismail is now a suspect in the 170m heist. 2. The bizarre twist being the declaration that UMNO has nothing to do with the SPRM investigations. By the same token, nothing to do with Ismail sabri. 3. If UMNO central has nothing to do with the Ismail issue and the 170m heist, why should pahang UMNO has anything to do with

7/03 9:00 am UMNO shoots itself on the foot. Part 2 of 2. Tales by an unknown blogger. ..

1\. Don't be suckered into believing the web of lies spun by the UMNO 5th columnists. They will sell their own mothers to exonerate Ismail 16kg by any means necessary. 2. The date on the plastic coverings can mean investigations were done over a long time. The reports can come from anywhere because the seized items were hidden all over. Have the ceilings been checked? 3. Don't claim ownership over

5/03 9:00 am UMNO shoots itself in the foot. Part 1. Tales by an unknown blogger no 63.

1\. After Ismail sabri was questioned by sprm and his gang of 4 remanded by sprm, a group of UMNO foot soldiers held a PC and stated arrogantly . 2. They said the pahang UMNO did nothing after what happened to Najib and Ismail. UMNO pahang sat idle, it's people scratched their balls and became open mouthed spectators. 3. How not to be opened mouth, the pahang UMNO people were shocked that so

4/03 9:00 am Some irritating thoughts on EPF. Tales by an unknown blogger, no. 62

1\. Just a short one. Can't help but be an irritant and a nuisance. What to do? A Dr Mahathir would say , I am a congenital cynic. 2. The EPF has announced a dividend of 6. 3%. the bestest thus far. Hurrah! Life is a scream , yeah? 3. But I just want to ask. 6.3% against whose percentage? 4. If it's against its own previous %age points, then EFF is behaving like a JCB excavator. Scratching its own



Reformasi     >>



CIDB issues apology, retracts statement on gas .. - Mkini
Decision made to avoid pre-empting ongoing investigations, it adds.
Kroni     >>



Putra Heights fire: Prasarana to provide free van .. - NST
KUALA LUMPUR: In the wake of the recent gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights, Prasarana Malaysia Bhd (Prasarana) is providing free, door-to-door van services for victims to commute between the temporary shelter at Dewan Masjid Putra Heights and affected residential areas. New Straits Times Press ..