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Tag Archives: Dr Mahathir Mohamad

The normalization of bigotry & intolerance

September 13, 2020

In the midst of a heated argument in Parliament on amendments to the Road Transport Act to toughen the penalties …

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Where oh where is the Leader of the Opposition?

August 24, 2020

  The country is in the midst of a grave crisis. Political instability has all but paralyzed the government. The …

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Sabah voters must punish the frogs

August 9, 2020

Sabah voters will return to polling stations for the second time in less than two years to elect their government. …

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Mahathir & Anwar: too little, too late

May 11, 2020

To mark the second anniversary of that seminal event in Malaysian history – the May 9th elections that brought Pakatan …

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The Ketuanan Melayu agenda & the end of national unity

April 27, 2020

[Part One of a three-part series on the current political situation in Malaysia] May 9th will mark two years since …

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Government of Malays, by Malays, for Malays

March 14, 2020

Mahathir has finally thrown off the national unity cloak he put on before GE14. It never sat comfortably on him …

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Stop chasing Mahathir & start planning for the future

March 11, 2020

News reports indicate that Amanah and DAP leaders still want Dr Mahathir Mohamad to lead Pakatan Harapan (PH) going forward …

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Everybody to blame but Mahathir

March 9, 2020

Hearing Mahathir talk about how the whole Pakatan Harapan (PH) house of cards came tumbling down can be exasperating. In …

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Which man will Muhyiddin be?

March 8, 2020

He can be the great leader few expect him to be or he can be the duplicitous politician many think …

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A day of infamy

February 28, 2020

Sunday, 23rd February 2020 will long be remembered as our Pearl Harbour, a day of infamy like no other in …

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We will “be forever a sovereign democratic and independent state founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations.” – Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Proclamation of Independence speech, August 31st 1957

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty” ~ John Basil Barnhill

The Short Shrift

Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

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