Penang angkat bakul sendiri with Ning concert

Tomorrow night Penang will host a free Ning Baizura concert to celebrate its self-touted ‘achievement in drawing the highest investment figure in the country for 2010’. A stroke of genius it is for the Penang government to dabik dada jamu selera sendiri like this. The DAP-led state is fond of claiming that it has saved … Continue reading

Tee Beng quit due to Guan Eng’s arrogance

Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng was recently in the news when he joined Kita. He’s been accused of being a ‘frog’ for leaving PKR. However, with the benefit of hindsight, it’s difficult to totally fault Tan’s decision given what we’ve been witnessing since March 8, 2008. Tan was among PKR MPs from Penang who … Continue reading

Pakatan ban critical press, supporters jeer articles

Hat-tip to blogger Scott Thong for the image above. By Hartal MSM 2×5 or dua kali lima: Like Pakatan, like blind followers. Erna Mahyuni writing in Insider explains why she has “mostly given up on Pakatan Rakyat”. In her article ‘Press freedom is not selective, Pakatan‘, she writes: “Once I believed DAP could be the … Continue reading

‘Are your parents pariahs?’ — Pg headmaster

RELATED: Interlok: Pakatan’s sabotage Two police reports have been lodged against SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman headmaster Ng Tong Koang, 56. Hindraf Makkal Sakti’s Nibong Tebal deputy chief P Murugan claimed that Ng had told off the parents of some Indian students during assembly for making a  prohibited U-turn just outside the school. “Why are your parents … Continue reading

Interlok: Chinese will happily sell their mothers too

Here’s our prediction. The rally later this morning at KLCC will be an all-Indian affair. Let’s wait and see, shall we? Now, why is it we don’t think that the Chinese will turn up? Because they see nothing objectionable about Interlok lah. After all it’s a historical book — even Chua Soi Lek said so. … Continue reading

Interlok: Ya lor, DAP pun nampak pada Melayu saja

By Sharifuddin A Latiff Thanks Greg Lopez for your comment on our posting Interlok: Could Ridhuan Tee be right after all? Our view is that DAP is just like Ridhuan in the way the party top leadership and certain segments of its second echelon are obsessed with the Malays and neglecting the minorities. Malaysiakini carried this … Continue reading

Interlok: Could Ridhuan Tee be right after all?

When a white novelist writes the dialogue of a black character, the condescension can make his reader cringe. Take the sample below: “I looks like gwine to heaven, an’t thar where white folks is gwine? S’pose they’d have me thar? I’d rather go to torment, and get away from Mas’r and Missis. I had so.” … Continue reading

Dhummies wishing upon the moon

By Peter Masry Also by Peter: Understanding why DAP is so dhimmi A commentator calling himself Fabian Sim replies to my write-up above, saying: “Having Islamic principles would not mean bad governance. If we were to adhere to what is in the Constitution, we ALL have our rights…” My response to Fabian, as below. Several comments … Continue reading

Understanding why DAP is so dhimmi

UPDATED: Dhummies wishing upon the moon (Peter Masry responds to reader) _______________________________________________________________________________________ By Peter Masry To understand why the leftist parties can be blissfully hand in glove with the Islamist parties, the adage ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’ is a handy pointer. You see it today (and also in the past) in Egypt, Turkey, … Continue reading

Guan Eng’s cybertroopers and two-faced politicians

Over at FMT, ‘Guan Eng in a spin over media hounds‘ The news portal observes that the Penang chief minister has “a love-hate relationship with the press”. So true, LGE sure gets his tongue all Touretted over Utusan. ‘… [Lim] has reacted with a flurry of libel suits against the media, chiefly publishers linked to … Continue reading