Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
If one has read comments on Jeff Ooi’s posts leading up to the apology from NST [()], you’d see that most have a single question in mind: if the Sarawak Tribune and Guangming Daily suffered the heavy hand of the government for ...Continue
Monday, February 27th, 2006
I see the dark occult in everything these days. You can check out anytime, baby, but you can never leave. We have secret hand-shakes and stock stories we tell each other in our more socially-acceptable “camp firesâ€; a heady mix of alcohol, thick choking cigarette smoke and bleary eyes in some rundown pub here in JB.
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
Well, whoopie. NST’s provided the teeming mob with the requisite apology it doesn’t deserve. If there’s anything to apologize for, it’s for NST to apologize for not sticking it to people who have lodged large, expansive police reports. Mind you, I have a feeling these police reports detail nothing less than the underw ...Continue
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
I’ve been watching the NST witch-hunt from the sidelines, wondering where it was going. I was shocked into full-blown anger when I read the NST’s front page today when it announced it was presented with a show-cause letter. It’s pretty funny how Jeff Ooi has capitalized on this mess, and how those calling for a ban on NST for re ...Continue
Monday, February 20th, 2006
I began cataloguing this today, after I received news that Israel would, similarly, refuse to acknowledge Palestine. What does God have to do with that, you say? Well, precisely that: nothing. I imagined Palestinians frowning in consternation, or weeping in despair, going “God, dear God, why?”.
The Palestinian Authority - or ...Continue