In case you’ve not read the Bernama reports, you’ll have a good run-down of the situation off the Malaysian’s blog over here. The post features Bernama reports on comments by ...Continue
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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Syed Akbar Ali’s ‘Malaysia and the Club of Doom’: first impressions
Friday, November 17th, 2006
I put off reading En Syed Akbar Ali’s second book, and when I did start reading, I found that I should’ve done it earlier. I’m about half-way through the book now, and I’ll start over again once I’m done reading it, just to let some ideas percolate a little. What’s brought me out to write my first impressions a ...Continue
an aside: badawi so eloquent. i am shamed.
Friday, November 17th, 2006
You know, I’ve just finished reading Badawi’s 90 minute speech off of the Prime Minister’s Office website over here. You should read it too. It’s a glorious speech, with impassioned pleas and stern warnings. It’s a speech designed to show off Lord Badawi as the enlightened soverei ...Continue
holy shit, khairy! we’re screwed!
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
I’m having a hard time trying to make sense of comments by UMNO delegates today. My dad, an avid fan of the news reminded me: “Eh, they are showing the UMNO General Assembly live on Astro!â€. I expect my dad will be in a right fit today after the recent statements by Hishamuddin and Khairy yesterday. My colleagues today shared t ...Continue
against the moral police
Sunday, November 12th, 2006
I stumble across the_earthinc’s blog and saw a lively back and forth about moral policing. Yesterday, it appeared someone posted a defense for moral policing. I found the post strange, because I rarely see posts providing argu ...Continue