This is breaking news.
The war situation is becoming more critical by the day for Ukraine. Russian forces are taking territory, villages and townships every day. There is no air defense over Ukraine and it is open skies for the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The war is being prosecuted on a daily basis by British generals located at GCHQ Cheltenham (Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England). As I have repeated many times before this is a war being waged by Britain against Russia (directly) and against Germany (indirectly). The German economy has been wrecked as a result of this war.
The latest news is that Russia has threatened that they will retaliate directly against Britain. And today the Russians announced that they are removing their ambassador in London (HEADLINE ABOVE). Russia has continuously had an ambassador in London for the past 102 years since 1924. This is the first time in 102 years that the Russian Embassy in London will be vacant. I think the Russians are going to hit the Brits. Exactly where and how is to be seen.
Russia has been tolerating British commandos getting shot and killed in Ukraine. A few of them have been blown up. The British were also involved in the Nordstream gas pipeline explosion, the attack against the Kerch bridge (using drones), the sinking of the Moskva battle cruiser (the Brits provided targeting info), the attack against the Russian airbases and much more.
Lately the Brits have begun supplying the Storm Shadow missile to Ukraine. The British Storm Shadow has a range of about 400 km and carries a payload of about 450 kg of high explosives. It is a subsonic missile - below the speed of sound. It flies very low and can avoid radar detection but not always. The Russians are still able to detect these missiles and shoot them down. As I said before Russia is the largest country in the world, sitting on about 1/8th of the earth's land area and it has EIGHT time zones from Kaliningrad in the west to Vladivostok in Siberia. There is no way they are going to prosecute the war against Russia to any degree of success with an extremely limited quantity of missiles having a 400 km range.
N'theless Londonistan is determined to poke the Russian bear. The Iranians fired just one missile at a British base in Cyprus and the Brits withdrew their air and naval assets west.
There are many other sitting ducks in the pond.
Do listen to this video first.
We discovered Pinduoduo just a few weeks back. Since then we have been buying quite a few of our regular items from Pinduoduo. Regular items means detergents, tissues, utensils, multi use plastic bags (with good quality tie string), aluminium foil, baking paper, Bluetooth ear piece for my phone, stainless steel pastry cutter, stainless steel pouring funnel, mops, phone charger, coat hangers, computer tablet stand, large glass jars, glass bottles and some more.
You will not believe this but most of these items cost below RM4.00 (FOUR RINGGIT). The phone charger was RM15.00. The Bluetooth phone ear piece was by Lenovo which they sold for RM1.00 (special discount).
Before this we used to buy stuff online from Lazada and Shoppee. Some things I still buy from Amazon. But now we buy from Taobao and Pinduoduo. As the video says the prices are super cheap.
Here is an example. I bought a glass food jar from Shoppee for about RM24.00. The price at the shops would be around RM100.00 but I could not find a shop selling the particular type jar. Now Pinduoduo sells the same item for RM6.50. One quarter the price at Shoppee. And maybe 1/15th the retail price at the shops.
So Lazada and Shoppee have been outselling the wholesale and retail shops for a few years already. Now Pinduoduo and TaoBao are causing another massive massacre in the retail and wholesale industry in Malaysia. Market talk says Pinduoduo brings in over 150 containers of goods each month. If you order via sea delivery there are no delivery charges.
TaoBao sells furniture sets like sofas for under RM50.00 a piece.
Not only Malaysian and Singaporean retailers but the global retail and wholesale industry is going to take a huge hit. It began with Amazon, Ali Baba, Shoppee, Lazada and now the new players are TaoBao and Pinduoduo.
The guy in the video says that after a year or two things will stabilise. It will. But online retail now saves the global consumer huge chunks of change in their pockets. Plus it is delivered directly to your home.
The world is changing. To the benefit of the consumers.
So what is cooking between Mr Trump and Mr Putin? The two have a good personal relationship. This short video below says the US CIA Chief (some Ratcliff) has landed in Moscow yesterday. At the same time a giant US Airforce C17 Globemaster military transport plane also landed in Moscow. The Globemaster has a 70 ton cargo capacity. What happened to the sanctions?
Looks like the Ukraine War will likely come to a conclusion soon.
Oil prices (WTI) dropped US$2.00 today (down 2.4%). Oil is now at US$80 per barrel.
“So you see, my dear Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.”
— Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, Book IV, Chapter 15 (1844).
Mula sekali terima kasih dan tahniah kepada pengundi Johor yang telah tendang keluar penipu dan otak lembu Pakatan Harapan.
I see a split in the vote. UMNO won big - they won 36 out of the 37 State seats they contested or 97% because of local Johor sentiment. I dont think UMNO can repeat this outside Johor. Lets see what happens in Negeri Sembilan.
The PH on the other hand got wiped out because of national sentiment. People do not like them for all their rubbish and bullshit in Putrajaya. The same sentiment that got them kicked out in Sabah.
PKR - PKR contested 20 seats but only won 1 seat. Or 5% of the grade. Total failure. This party is now officially dead. All the good people including Wan Azizah Wan Ismail have left the scene. Only the idiots remain.
DAP - DAP got kicked out 8-0 in Sabah. Complete shutout. Before that the PH got their asses kicked in the SIX state elections. Now they got kicked out again in Johor. They contested 16 seats and won only 6 seats or 35% of the marks. That is a FAIL grade - below 50%. This is the THIRD TIME they got kicked out. Believe me the PH are going to get kicked out in the General Elections.
This is the SECOND TIME the DAP has screwed up. They made it into the Federal gomen in 2018. But they screwed up big time. Then they got their second chance in 2022. Tell me, how many political parties get a second chance in under FOUR years to form the Federal gomen? But they have screwed up again. I must say the Chinese politicians and their supporters are only good at talking big. And of course helping the property developers. Developers Action Party or DAP. As a political movement to move an entire society forward they fail. To put it mildly these folks are quite stupid. There is no need to say much else about this bunch of idiots.
PARTY WON VS CONTESTED %
UMNO 36 of 37 97%
MCA 8 of 15 53%
MIC 4 of 4 100%
PKR 1 of 20 5%
DAP 6 of 17 35%
PAS 0 of 11
BERSATU 0 of 16
BERSAMA 0 of 15
MUDA 0 of 4
Notes: BN fielded 37 UMNO, 15 MCA and 4 MIC candidates, covering all 56 seats.
PH allocated its seats as 20 PKR, 19 Amanah and 17 DAP.
PN's allocation was 22 Bersatu and 12 PAS.
PAS, Bersatu and Bersama failed to win any seats.
Bersatu got totally wiped out. They contested 16 seats and lost all. This is the result of Bersatu splitting and throwing out Hamzah Zainuddin from the party. Hamzah has substantial support and ability. It was a mistake for Bersatu to have thrown him out. Tan Sri Muhyiddin should just quit from leading the party but its too late now. There is no one capable to take over the party. Plus in Malaysia party leaders simply do not quit their party posts even when they get kicked out by the voters. (Except for Najib in 2018).
Bersama - Rafizi Ramli's first outing in Johor was a disaster. They contested 15 seats and won 0. Rafizi does not fully understand the right 'formuler'. Rafizi's economic ideas (that nasi lemak machine, his retail business program) are nightmares. The guy does not quite understand business or economics. In Johor they fielded candidates who 'applied for the job' online. This was a first - and disastrous.
Here is the formuler : the party must develop a solid national agenda. That shall be its national identity. All Malaysians should be made aware of the party's national agenda. Even in State elections. But down at the State level, you always pick candidates from the State level. They must know the local terrain and the local people must know them. You cannot pick candidates from Online applications.
But what is Bersama's national agenda? Well even if they have one - they got kicked out 15 - 0. And please stop talking big. Tak ada apa pun cakap besar pasal apa? Friday podcasts for three hours?? Even the unemployed jobless guys do not have three hours to listen to you lah. Formuler tak betul. Where is your agenda for the people? Abolish the tolls, abolish the Sedition Act, abolish the APs, get rid of the gila babi import duties and taxes on motor vehicles. Liberalise the banking industry fully. 100%. Abolish that rice import monopoly. Abolish all monopolies and oligopolies. Can or cannot? Please answer yes or no.
Muda - They won one seat. Youth does not sell well. In the United States of America the most liberal and perhaps most egalitarian society in the world it is rare for youth to get elected. Even in super liberal California, even the youngest voters respect experience, achievement and solid platforms. This means older candidates. Generally a 50 or even 60 year old with a good track record, experience and knowledge stands a better chance than a novice 25 year old. There are exceptions but maturity and experience are extremely important. In Malaysia the age factor in candidates is even more important. The voters want to see experienced and generally older candidates. If they are well educated all the better. It is difficult to go against this trend.
Here is the oil price chart (West Texas) for the past 30 days.
Despite all the ongoing Hormuz bullshit, in the past 30 days West Texas crude has gone from US$90 per barrel down to US$68 per barrel to yesterday's US$71 per barrel. These prices are relatively low. Oil is not likely to hit US$100 - maybe never.
In 2024 Saudi Arabia cancelled capacity expansion to 13 million barrels per day.
1 million bpd of future capacity was cancelled. Saudi's present capacity ≈ 12 million bpd. But actual production ≈ 9 million bpd. Shortfall ≈ 3 million bpd
But here is the real threat on the horizon. It is called Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR) and it is Made in China. It does not need cooling water, no danger of Fukushima or Chernobyl accidents, it can be built small and modular (possibly in 12-18 months by the Chinese) and it runs on super abundant thorium - which is a waste product from many mining operations. China has enough Thorium to last them 20,000 years or more.
Here are two videos you must watch. Maximum 15 minutes. You can double the speed on YouTube.
The Chinese are planning to build ultra large container ships powered by thorium molten salt reactors.
It will be the end of bunker fuel for Chinese container ships. And 250,000 tonne giants will lower transport costs from the Port of Shanghai to Los Angeles. Pinduoduo will give 50% discounts.
The Chinese already have a prototype TMSR up and running since 2023. It is rated at 2MW thermal and is located in Gansu in the Gobi Desert. See picture.
They are already planning a 10 MW or larger TMSR plant by 2030 - only FOUR years away. I estimate that in another six years after that (2036) the Chinese will have these TMSR plants popping up all over China.
Now here comes the scary part. Below here is the projection for Chinese consumption of fossil fuels over the next FIVE years. I have shown this chart not too long ago. Even without TMSR reactors, Chinese oil consumption is already slowing down. The chart shows that from 2027 - 28 onwards Chinese consumption of fossil fuels will start decreasing. China has invested heavily in solar energy, wind energy, hydro and other renewables. Plus their entire motor vehicle industry is switching to EV - which is more energy efficient.
So guess what is going to happen when the Chinese begin building TMSR reactors on a larger scale throughout China - after 2030.
This picture should give you an idea.
Non Muslims can read this. Some general knowledge. Out of the 114 surahs or chapters in the Quran, chapter 36 is called Surah Yasin. This chapter has much significance because it is often recited during special occasions especially at funerals and when people visit the graves of their dearly departed. It is often recited as a prayer at the graves of the dead people.
However with the appearance of Salafism there is debate because the Salafis do not practise the reciting of the Surah Yasin at funerals or at the graves of dead people.
Of course the vast majority of non-Arab Muslims do not understand Arabic and so they do not understand what they are reciting in Arabic.
Here are a few verses from Surah Yasin (36:60-64) with English translation.
Surah Yasin (36:60-64)
60 وَأَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ
61 وَأَنِ ٱعْبُدُونِى ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ
62 وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّۭا كَثِيرًا ۖ أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ
63 هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ
64 ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
Here is the English translation (36:60-64)
60 Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan—indeed, he is to you a clear enemy?
61 And that you worship only Me? This is a straight path.
52 And he had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason?
63 This is the Hellfire which you were promised.
64 Enter it today because you disbelieved.
This is part of the recitation at funerals and at the graves of the dearly departed.