April 13, 2011 One Man’s Recalcitrance costly for Barisan Nasional The Malaysian Insider reports: With three days before polling, all is not well within the Barisan Nasional (BN) camp in Sarawak — and it is down to one man’s stubbornness. BN officials on the campaign trail say that Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s [...]
Archive for April 2011
One Man’s Recalcitrance costly for Barisan Nasional
April 13, 2011A Sarawak Spring?
April 12, 2011April 13, 2011 Comment: Watch this Youtube clip (below), brought to you with the courtesy of my New Yorker friend and blogger, Mongkut Bean. Think about what the activist in this clip has to say about politics, hypocrisy, and arrogance of power. Earlier I wrote a short note (Believe It or NOT?) on Taib Mahmud’s [...]
A Malaysian “Public Intellectual” and the Sex Video Farce
April 11, 2011April 11, 2011 A Malaysian “Public Intellectual” as Deus ex machina and the Sex Video Farce by Dr Kua Kia Soong@www.malaysiakini.com Watching toads jump from one political party to another has become a sport Malaysians are quite used to. But when it comes to “public intellectuals”, their shift from staunch critic to apologist of the [...]
Believe It or Not?
April 11, 2011April 11, 2011 Believe It OR Not? When I was a boy many, many years ago, growing up in Alor Setar, I used to buy Beano in addition to Captain Marvel, Superman, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse comics. In BEANO, I remember looking and laughing at the Believe It or NOT cartoons. I thought that [...]
Isu Taib Mahmud di Sarawak beban bagi Barisan Nasional
April 11, 201111hb April, 2011 Isu Taib – Tiada beban batu digalas oleh Aspan Alias Seperti apa yang telah dikatakan oleh blog ini dan banyak blog yang lain serta pandangan dari banyak pihak, Taib Mahmud ini lebih banyak membawa masalah kepada BN dari membawa kebaikan dalam pilihanraya di bumi kenyalang ini. PM Najib terpaksa berkerja keras untuk [...]
Resign now, Taib, says Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng
April 11, 2011April 11, 2011 www.malaysianinsider.com DAP‘s Lim Guan Eng, Penang Chief Minister, dares Taib Mahmud: Resign Now by Clara Chooi in Kuching The DAP upped the ante on Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s promise to voters last night that Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s Sarawak reign will end soon, saying today the chief minister instead “must resign [...]
Gambling with the Planet
April 11, 2011April 11, 2011 Gambling with the Planet by Joseph E. Stiglitz* DUBAI–The consequences of the Japanese earthquake – especially the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant – resonate grimly for observers of the American financial crash that precipitated the Great Recession. Both events provide stark lessons about risks, and about how badly markets [...]
Sarawak Elections: Wooing Votes
April 11, 2011April 11, 2011 Sarawak Elections: Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat in a frentic chase for Votes www.malaysiakini.com Anwar Ibrahim rarely seen live in Sarawak is a crowd puller. “Great minds discuss ideas; Modest minds discuss events Small minds discuss persons.”–Eleanor Roosevelt The mercury in Sarawak rose a couple of notches on a usually quiet Sunday [...]
South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel wins at Augusta
April 11, 2011April 11, 2011 South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel wins the Green Jacket at Augusta with a Final Score of 274 (-14) by Lynn Ziner @www.nytimes.com-sports 2011 Masters Champion Charl Schwartzel The final round of the Masters on Sunday started as a referendum on 21-year-old Rory McIlroy’s ability to hold his nerves together with a four-shot lead [...]
Sarawak Elections: Shift into Politics of Development
April 10, 2011April 10, 2011 Sarawak Elections: Shift into Politics of Development by Kuek Ser Kuang Keng@www.malaysiakini.com Despite having the apparent upper hand in the urban cities, Pakatan Rakyat is fighting a tough battle in the rural areas with BN‘s most powerful campaign weapon – ‘development politics’. This is a term coined by Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul [...]
Sarawak Elections: Watch this Video and Understand what is at stake on April 16, 2011
April 10, 2011April 1o, 2011 Sarawak Elections: Do You, Sarawakians, want to this continue?
Anwar Ibrahim in Miri, April 8
April 10, 2011Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Sarawak Election Enters a Critical Phase
April 10, 2011April 10, 2011 Sibu, Sarawak Sarawak Elections: People versus Barisan Nasional Today marks the fifth day of the Sarawak election campaign, with another five more days to go before polling takes place on 16th April 2011. Over the past four days of campaigning, the DAP and Pakatan Rakyat were received with enthusiasm and unprecedented crowds. [...]
Winds of Change warrant Najib’s presence in Sarawak
April 10, 2011April 10, 2011 PM Najib in Sarawak as Winds of Change threaten Taib Mahmud’s Regime by Andrew Ong@www.malaysiakini.com In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be embarking on a rare tour of Sarawak beginning tonight, the fifth day of campaigning, until the eve of polling. Soon after Najib Razak‘s six-day [...]
Get Our Priorities Right: Remember the Fate of Donni John Duin
April 10, 2011April 10, 2011 Get Our Priorities Right Comment: We spend billions on submarines, new rifles and on developing geniuses and lots of money are being laundered and more are gone via corruption and reckless spending. Millions are expended on promoting 1Malaysia. But we can’t spare 20 sen for this boy who committed suicide in order [...]
4 Stroke Advantage to McIlroy after Round 3
April 10, 2011April 10, 2011 Patient Rory stays ahead after Round 3 (April 9) of the 75th US Masters: 4 Stroke Advantage into Sunday’s Final Round www.cnn.com Augusta GA (CNN) — Rory McIlroy will take a four-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Masters at Augusta National after posting a two-under par round of 70 [...]
From The Masters to Sarawak Politics
April 9, 2011April 9, 2011 Writing on the wall for Proxy Politics by Joe Fernandez@www.freemalaysiatoday.com More than at anytime since the “Ming Court Affair” of 1987, the Sarawak state election this time will be the clearest ever indication that the writing is on the wall for the proxy politics foisted on the state by first Malaysian prime [...]
