L-R: Uncle See Yeok, Mom, Uncle Lock Wee

Well Mom, Dad and my uncles turned out at the candle light vigil in Ipoh to support the abolish ISA movement. As Mom put it, "We just wanted to give those indomitable tireless champions and activists some support and put some 'action' into all our talk". Way to go Mom and Dad! Would have love to have joined you guys to show my support too.

I'm just thankful that this didn't happen in Ipoh. Liar liar pants on fire . Time and time again, the Police force demonstrates how they're not out to protect the public, but their UMNO masters.

p.s. - Any of you think my uncle looks like Sultan Azlan Shah?

Court frees Raja Petra

Raja Petra freed following court ruling

Great news! He's out! Ready to piss more politicians off! Way to go to smack that botak minister in the face. Bloody awesome!!! So now UMNO's Prime-Minister-in-waiting's greatest nemesis is out and about again. There will be no mercy in his blogs! I can't wait to read his first post, post-ISA

Does this verdict imply that the judiciary has regain some independence from the executive in their decisions? Maybe Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad isn't a fan of UMNO or Najib? Will botak just slam him back to Kamunting on some other silly and unfounded charge?

Or is there still an unseen hand still controlling the courts? Now that Najib has won the presidency unopposed, could UMNO be so arrogant and confident that the tide has swung back to their favor that they're willing to let RPK as he's no longer a threat? Or are they just trying to appease the public? Or did Bodowi & KJ let the cat out of the bag to piss Najib off?

More questions than answers in my head, honestly. I'll try not to be the conspiracy theorist and leave that to RPK.

Kinda the same thing I picked up on in my previous post.

Well this is old news by now... Just thought I'd put my thoughts down.

Obama elected president



The first thing that came to mind when I heard the news on radio that Barrack Obama is the first black president of the US of A was - Gee, why's he now the first black president when just before the election they were going on about how he's only half black. It just seemed like the democrats still had to convince white Americans that he's still half white, so it's not a cardinal sin to vote for him or something. Now that he's won, to make it even more historic, he shall be proclaimed the first black president.

Okok, they're still not ready for a full-fledge black president. One step at a time I guess? It just goes to show that even in the US, race is still an issue at back of everyone's head.

But ultimately, I'm happy that Obama won. Enough of the Republicans and their thirst for war. It's been 8 long years with that idiot in the office. Gotta say McCain was incredibly gracious with his defeat. Hat's off to the old man.

So when's Malaysia going to get our own "Obama"? I'm completely disheartened now that it all seems as if this are swinging back to the "old days" of Mahathirism. UMNO cronies get away with everything. Anwar's pretty much going the way of Ku Li - quietly into oblivion. Najib has won the UMNO presidency uncontested and is set to be the next PM of Malaysia...

*sigh*

Yup... they just have to ban everything that they think leads to rape, lesbian sex, homosexuality and sodomy. Aren't there better things to focus resources on? *sigh*

Coming soon: Fatwa on yoga

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"Yoga originated from the Hindu community and it combines spiritual as well as their religious aspects. They believe it brings them closer to their god," he was reported as saying in Berita Harian today. Zakaria was reported to have said that more Muslims were resorting to yoga exercise to find a balance in their hectic lifestyle. He added that they should instead apply the Islamic teachings such as prayers to find peace and good health. "If the Muslims want a healthy body, prayers are the right choice... why must we find alternate ways... a single mistake can deviate our teachings as yoga movements follow the style and tradition of Hinduism," he was reported as saying.

Even Yoga's now a sensitive issue. Sheesh... do some reading up buddy I'm not a fan of Yoga myself, but the last I checked, Yoga is an exercise of the mind and spirit and is no way an act of worship to any of the Hindu Gods. Are you guys so worried and insecure that Muslims are so weak minded that they'll just deviate with all these so called "deviant acts"? So much for Islam Hadhari or being a moderate Muslim country. Guess that's on the way out with Abdullah.

Looks like Fitness First and all the other gyms are gonna lose out if this fatwa is issued.

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Chef consumes 20-pound burger in less than 5 hours


"I'm so smug and I'm such a douchebag"

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CLEARFIELD, Pennsylvania (AP) -- It took Brad Sciullo four hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds. The mountain of beef is the product of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Clearfield. Sciullo, 21, of Uniontown, said he was surprised he finished the sandwich Monday. "About three hours into it, things got tough," he said. When asked what possessed him to eat a burger that big, Sciullo said: "I wanted to see if I could." The burger included a bun, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions, mild banana peppers and a cup each of mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and relish, pub owner Dennis Liegey said. For completing the challenge in the under-five-hour time limit, Sciullo won $400, three T-shirts, a certificate "and a burger hangover, as I call it," Liegey said.

That's just... disgusting.... UGH...

Right, so there are idiots... and then there are monumental idiots. Look at the size of that monstrosity!!! You could feed 20 people with that!!! I can't imagine eating that over 1 month let alone within 5 hours. And they say they're going through a recession

Strange that he's not exactly fat or obese. I'm amazed he could fit it all in

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From The Nut Graph

Interesting food for thought. Read the full interview here.

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Do you think it's ethical for MPs to cross over to form a new government? Yes. It is? Because the law allows it. Ya, that makes it legal, but it doesn't make it ethical. But mostly what's legal is ethical, in the context of politics. Because politics, my dear girl, is not about what is ethical or desirable, but what is practical and acceptable. I mean, you can talk about ethics in the classroom. It's different, you know, we can talk about it as a subject or a discourse or as an idea, but I'm talking in the context of political play, of political values. Do you think the Sabah government today is ethical? Because it stems from crossovers as well. The whole Barisan idea, the whole Barisan government, is the product of a crossover. If you view it very strongly that it's bad, then... I earlier suggested anti-hopping legislation because I thought it's not desirable, so you should not allow people to cross. But nobody in the BN wants that, either. So if you don't want this and you don't want that, that means you really want what we have today, which is a system that allows for crossovers. Politicians want it. I'm not sure everybody wants it. No, because we also have a constitutional amendment - that is thanks to Mahathir again - that once an MP resigns, he cannot contest for five years. So that limits his choice. If the constitution has made it so difficult for an MP to resign, then it is only fair for the MP to be allowed to cross over. Another reason why crossing isn't such a bad idea is because the MP has a mandate from the people to do certain things, including crossing over if that's what the people want. One of the justifications is that it's a necessity now because it is impossible to win any other way. But even with all the restrictions that have been in place by the BN government in the last elections, we still saw four new states fall to the opposition; we still saw the BN denied its two-thirds majority in Parliament. So the ballot box is still very powerful. Why justify crossovers if this can still work? To cross over is the right of the MP. You must not assume that the MP doesn't have a duty that he must discharge in a certain way. You must not assume that you know better than him. He is an elected Member of Parliament with the people's mandate. If the people in a particular constituency do not want a particular policy, and they say to the MP: "You must oppose it." What does he do? He can't resign, because he has a duty to the people to oppose the policy. But if the mandate from the constituency is: "We allow you to cross", then the MP has a duty to consider his constituency's demands. You cannot assume that the crossing is done "purely for personal reasons". I mean, you must also be fair that not everybody crosses "purely for personal reasons". It could be because the people in the constituency want the MP to do it, and the MP has his own judgment. Isn't it as legitimate to play a strong opposition? Yes, it is. But it is equally legitimate to cross if the situation dictates it. Of course, you can, say, wait after three years... Ya, I mean, what's the hurry? Ya, but that's substituting your judgment. Why not [cross]? It's different if you jump because of money; it's different if you jump because of some inducement. But there's no way the rakyat will ever know if there was money or any other kind of inducement involved... Then make it (crossing) illegal. And that's what you tried to do, right? Yes, but my point is that if it's not illegal, so why... why are you, you're also making suppositions, you are assuming things. An MP must have his rights. You cannot assume that he's doing it for money. It's not really a supposition. It's more like we don't know, and we don't know how it can be checked... So if you don't know, you must allow it. No, that's too much of a blanket. And you know by the same argument, like you say it's not illegal - the ISA isn't illegal either, but it is there and it is unethical, right? So that's why I'm asking for a repeal [of the ISA]. You see, Parliament is a system, and you cannot just judge by what you see here. In other parliamentary systems, they allow crossovers. So if other countries see it fit... Of course, some countries don't allow it, there are some countries that have anti-hopping [laws], one or two countries. But most mature democracies allow it. So you have to look at the parliamentary system as a whole, so if they allow it and they think it's not so bad... Which other countries, Datuk, allow it? In England you can hop, you can cross, you can resign. That is the mother of all democracies. But also, I think, more importantly, you can take a position that is different from your party's position, which then makes it easier for MPs to vote by their conscience. So there are a lot of other issues. We can't take one model, one piece of... in the context of Malaysia, it's very restrictive.

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I'm very disappointed with who was once one of the voices of reason in the blogosphere, Rocky:

• In Defense of Utusan Malaysia
  
• Not in support of Utusan Malaysia
  

Haris Ibrahim put things into perspective with his piece here:

• Easy to say 'Don't sue' when the shit's not on your head!
  

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Well, Rocky, if one of the Tamil dailies falsely accused you of calling for the demolition of Hindu temples, and that daily then refused to apologise despite your demands that they do so, and your home was then turned into a war zone where molotovs were tossed into, would you sue to clear your name and to prevent any further trauma for those near and dear to you? Or would you, Rocky, champion the right of that daily, in the name of freedom of expression and opinion, to continue to lie about you, and therefore refrain from taking the matter to court?

Freedom of the press is one thing, but Utusan Malaysia is clearly a seditious UMNO tool, and they have been inciting racial hatred, inciting assasination attempts at Teresa Kok, and clearly playing with fire while trying to regain support for UMNO. This has nothing to do with freedom of expression. This is an all-out desperate attack to deny a big fuck-up, backed by UMNO of course.

Teresa has had threats against her life and now has to resort to employing bodyguards. Molotov cocktails were thrown at her house with a threatening letter. False allegations were made against her by Utusan on the whole Azan issue. Despite being cleared by the Mosque authorities, she was locked up in the ISA for a week based on that lie, while the reporter walked off scott-free (there's your press "freedom", Rocky). What other legal means does she have to clear her name but by filing a defamation suit against Utusan? And how does Utusan react? With a fictional, insipid and tasteless cerpen depicting the assasination of a female MP. Read this commentary on Malaysian Insider which puts the cerpen into perspective.

I am boycotting Rocky's blog as I do not care to read what he has to say anymore. He has clearly demonstrated that he's an advocate of racism and violence with his feeble excuse of "press freedom" by coming to Utusan Malaysia's defense.

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Najib denies allegations of abuse, says SMS was private

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 - Datuk Seri Najib Razak has denied any abuse of power in relation to the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder investigations and the government's acquisition of 12 Eurocopter helicopters. But he did not deny the text message exchanges between him and a lawyer at the heart of the allegations were genuine. He said the SMS exchanges were a private matter. "Why do I need to comment? There is no abuse of power," the deputy prime minister said. Malaysia Today carried a report detailing what it alleged was an exchange of text messages between Najib and Datuk Shafee Abdullah, the prominent lawyer who represented Abdul Razak Baginda, the close associate of Najib who was eventually charged with abetting two police officers in the murder of Altantuya in 2006. In one SMS, Najib allegedly tells the lawyer that Razak - his advisor - "will face a tentative charge but all is not lost". Malaysia Today said this message raises some questions about Najib's role in the case. "Why did he mention "tentative" charge and that "all is not lost" for RB (Razak Baginda)? How would Najib know this before Razak was charged? These are important questions which will have ramifications, not just on this case but far beyond," a posting on the website said.

Preview of things that are in store if Najib becomes PM, eh? There's no accountability and he's still treating the Malaysian public like they're weak-minded drones. Matters of national importance can be swept under the carpet with mere denials that they're private matters and everyone is expected to just eat out of his hands. Actually, come to think of it, that's been the way things have always been for the past 51 years of independence.

At least have the balls to address the issue upfront and take the bull by the horns. This isn't even a proper attempt to shore up the confidence of the public. Just vague and feeble dismissive denials.

Evidence he treats the Malaysian public as fools and thinks he knows better:

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"Why do I need to comment? There is no abuse of power,"

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"It doesn't really matter. The important thing is there is no abuse of power,"

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"No need, no need, it is private. Whatever it is, the prime minister has said enough,"

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"Why should it be of major concern? The important thing is if there is abuse of power and, if you read it carefully, there is no abuse of power, period,"

Yes, I'm reading it very carefully, and it's very clear that there's abuse and manipulation. You're not answering any of the questions.

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