Sorry for the holiday absence, hope your new year has been great! More on Kugan, race and criminality to come I hope, but for now some words on mainstream politics.
Imagine for a moment, that you were a BN elected representative. You’ve perhaps been a loyal servant to the party, well-behaved and such, but not [...]
It took me a while to find the cute image I wanted (i’ve now downloaded the entire set, for future use :), consistent with last year’s (such a different time though…… I can’t wish all the people I wish I could, save through here).
Anyways, to friends – new, old, faraway, and to come – have [...]
The Star:
Kugan, who was detained on Jan 15 on suspicion of being involved in stealing luxury cars in Sungai Chua, Kajang, and was brought to the Taipan police station on Tuesday where he suddenly collapsed and died while being questioned.
He had asked for a glass of water and threw up after drinking, then collapsed. The [...]
Remember when the police charged into a peaceful, Negaraku-singing crowd? When Tony Pua and others got beaten and arrested?
Instead of police being investigated for brutality, the peaceful gatherers are going to be charged in court tomorrow. I’m planning to be there to show support, and hope you’ll be able to make it too!
The arrestees were [...]
There’s an orgy of blame out there.
Pro-Najib gang = KT’s defeat is all because of Abdullah (and his dumb candidate), no reflection whatsoever of the rakyat’s confidence in him
Anti-Najib gang = KT’s defeat is all because of Najib.
You know what the funny thing is? Can you imagine what would have happened if BN won KT? [...]
I talked to one of the (kind) PJ councillors, and he described the sequence vis a vis the permit as something like:
- first five weeks applied and got
- next three weeks applied, denied, but uninterrupted
- decided not to bother to apply, then interruptions soon thereafter
Word is that they might try to pursue a court action, [...]
Firstly, hearty congrats and thanks once again to all those who worked so hard for the victory.
Let’s try to put our analytical hats back on.
One of the many beauties of numbers = they can mean anything.
I don’t think we have the data collecting capability to really determine what any single factor caused the election results [...]