Pakatan’s porn argument a bad idea

There’s a saying — Be careful what you wish for. Rather shortsightedly, the Pakatan politicians and their supporters are complaining that the video featuring “a man closely resembling a senior Malay opposition leader” is a criminal act of screening pornography in public. They have called for ‘Datuk T’ to be charged for showing porn. Several … Continue reading

Interlok: Pakatan’s sabotage

In Insider today, ‘Indian leaders see silver lining in Hindraf washout‘ We’ve reproduced the article in its entirety below, and highlighted several passages in bold that we will comment on at the bottom — ‘Illegal to be Indian’. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Quote / ANALYSIS (in Insider), Feb 28 — Hindraf’s failure yesterday to muster support in the … Continue reading

Anwar’s suspension may be undeserved but still …

… it is a black day when the motion to suspend three opposition MPs for contempt when they criticised the parliamentary disciplinary probe against Anwar is passed by a brute majority in the Dewan. The six-month suspension on Karpal, Sivarasa and Azmin is a big blow and BN bullying at its worst. A side issue … Continue reading

DAP people becoming just like Umno

By Hartal MSM Part 1 (this segment) is a prelude that explains why we believe the third force is now necessary. The rise of PR is in tandem with the sinking of the country’s political culture to an all-time low. Whoever wins the next general election, be it BN or PR, Malaysians are living in … Continue reading

Why the third force is now necessary

By Hartal MSM Below is Part 2, a continuation of our earlier posting ‘DAP people becoming just like Umno‘. PR supporters are Umno-ish when attacking their critics, even those in civil society. Aren’t the personal putdowns of Helen Ang as “menopausal” and “smelly” under her skirt reminiscent of Umno’s Bung Mokhtar? He had mocked DAP’s … Continue reading

PKR infighting spills over into out-fighting

Pix: One Pakatan party is bending over backwards to appease and it ain’t PKR. Hartal has previously called Malaysia’s richest paper The Sniveling Star. We’d like to think that we had adequately deconstructed its articles to convince our blog readers as to in what way Star snivelled. Recently, there has been some name-calling of Free … Continue reading

Gaps in MSM coverage of flotilla to Gaza

Anti-Israel protests followed Friday prayers today, with the Pakatan rally marching from Kg Baru (the Malay bastion, topic of our earlier posting) to the American embassy. The Umno Youth rally led by KJ was held at the National Mosque. Both venues – Kg Baru and National Mosque – are significant; Pakatan plays on race and … Continue reading

Kesian the cows …

By Sharifuddin A. Latiff

Using the fate of homeless cows to spin for Barisan? Isn’t that like milking it to the laaassst drop ….

A Dr’s view of Dr Pornthip’s CSI

By Eyes Wide Open Thailand’s foremost forensic pathologist, Dr Pornthip’s testimony today seriously puts paid the suicide theory already pre-formulated by the government and MACC and vigorously being sold to the judge and the public. The blatant manipulation of testimony and evidence, and shadowy shenanigans such as the sudden discovery of a dead man’s DNA … Continue reading

Stop pretending to be the people’s paper

By Reina On Monday, The Star published a commentary ‘Stop pretending to be in power’ by Baradan Kuppusamy saying the Pakatan Rakyat should stop living an illusion by pretending to be the Perak government when Pakatan is actually the opposition. It’s amazing that a commentary that lacks depth and hardly a whiff of an attempt … Continue reading