In the bull’s eye: An influential pro-Israel group targets Malaysia By James M. Dorsey

 

Here is part of an article by Prof James M Dorsey plus some links. It is too long - if you are interested you can look up the links.  I have some comments at the bottom.     

By James M. Dorsey: In the bull’s eye: An influential pro-Israel group targets Malaysia 

Malaysia, unlike other perceived Muslim Brotherhood supporters such as Qatar and Turkey, has remained, by and large, in the shadows of the Middle East's information wars, despite the country’s public support for Hamas.

That may change if a recent report by the Philadelphia-based far-right, pro-Israel Middle East Forum is anything to go by.

 

https://www.meforum.org/mef-reports/georgetown

Beachhead: Georgetown U.  How Foreign and Domestic Radical Actors Captured a U.S. University

Executive Summary

Over the past three decades, malign foreign influence actors from Qatar, Turkey, and Malaysia have entrenched themselves at Georgetown University, using the institution’s campuses in Washington, D.C. and Doha as bases to propagate Islamist ideology, train sympathetic academics and diplomats, and fundamentally reshape Middle East and Islamic studies.

Georgetown’s links to these foreign regimes all trace back to the Safa Network, a Virginia-based web of interlinked charities, businesses, and think tanks run by a small group of powerful Islamist voices tied to violent foreign regimes, extremist movements and terrorist financing networks.

Key Findings

This report focuses on the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), an institution based at Georgetown’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. ACMCU, this report finds, was established, developed, funded, and staffed by the terror-tied Safa Network..

Malaysia

• In Malaysia, P---e M------r is a fellow at ACMCU and a prominent official in the Safa Network. The p---e m------r chairs Safa’s IIIT, the Virginia network’s flagship institution and a key partner of ACMCU. .. also helped build Safa’s presence in the East, including the Int-l I-----c, a Safa Network offshoot founded and operated by Safa officials.The Int-l I-----c claims  ...’s rise is a product of the Int-l I-----c and the IIIT’s partnership, while claiming that “revivalist Islam” across the globe has been advanced by the “works of [ACMCU’s] John Voll or John Esposito…”
• Seven ACMCU faculty or fellows have been involved with the Int-l I-----c.

My Comments:

• John Voll and John Esposito   are both Christians. 
• They are certainly not Muslims. 
• John Esposito is or was a Roman Catholic.

Do you all remember the lebai fellows used to quote this: (  لَّا يَتَّخِذِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ  )  -   "Believers should not take disbelievers as protectors/leaders instead of the believers.."

So why the hell do you say “revivalist Islam” across the globe has been advanced by the “works of John Voll or John Esposito" ? 

The world has to be very afraid and not afraid of these Islamists and jihadists at the same time.

Very afraid because when they tear down the place they burn down their neighbour's houses along with their own houses. 

There was a jihadi, his name was Borhan
Who spread his beliefs from Dhaka to Capetown, 
In his haste to save the world and everyone, 
He burnt the whole place completely down to the ground.

Why the world need not be afraid of these jihadis at all. We need not fear them because they are clowns. Totally incompetent. The more accurate word is stupid. Regardless if they have PhDs from Georgetown or not. I have met many, many of these PhDs. They really are not clever. 

They cannot provide proofs for what they say. 

قل هاتو برهانكم إن كنتم صادقين  -  Say, bring your proofs if indeed you speak the truth.

They cannot.  It just boils down to, 'I said, you said, he said, they said' or 'my opinion, your opinion, his opinion, their opinion'.

• And when they cannot answer they get angry. 
• They are very good at that. 
• When they cannot answer they start raising their voices.
• They start shouting. 
• Before you know it they have gone completely mad. 
• Including the PhDs. 
• It is all part and parcel of their 'intellectual tradition'.   

• And of course the final recourse "Arrest him".  
• What kind of "intellectual" tradition is that? 
• If you do not agree with someone's thought processes, 
• then just have the fellow arrested.
• Problem solved. 
• Because of his thoughts??  
• Wow!! And that is intellectual?  

When the Arabs have access to free money - free oil money from the oil and gas which the kafirs dig  up for them and also buy from them - they use the free oil money to fund their weird activities all around the world. The article above by James M Dorsey is a prime example.

Or when they collect free money from donations and from their supporters - in our country the various Tabung Tin Milo are prime examples.  And the Tabung's frequently get stolen or pilfered away. In our country the Tabung Palestin fellows were arrested for fraud. Then the Tabung Syria fellows were also arrested for fraud. Its all about stealing money. 

No money no religion.

If the money stops they will also stop. 

The Clock Is Ticking: Coalition Silence Will Trigger Regime Change - By Waythamoorthy D Ponnusamy

Here is a Media Statement by Waythamoorthy Ponnusamy, Chairman of the Malaysian Advancement Party. 

 

PRESS STATEMENT
10TH JULY 2025
 

The Clock Is Ticking: Coalition Silence Will Trigger Regime Change"

A coup is no longer a matter of speculation—it is taking shape within the very heart of the Unity Government. Hassan Karim has fired the warning shot, joined by nine other Members of Parliament, signalling a sharp and growing loss of confidence in the P---e M----ter's leadership.

This is not mere dissent—it is a coordinated prelude to regime change. The Unity Government partners—DAP, BN, and Amanah, GPS and GRS—must wake up to this political reality. If they fail to act swiftly and decisively to demand a resignation, they will be complicit in the implosion of the very government they helped build.

Public confidence is in free fall. Social media platforms are inundated with criticism, satire, and mockery directed at the leadership. More dangerously, discontent is brewing within the Unity Government itself. The warning issued by Hassan Karim is not isolated—it is a harbinger of internal revolt. Rafizi and the 9 MPs may themselves initiate a vote of no confidence that the Opposition would support. Who knows. In politics everything is possible.

Just do the math. The Unity Government had exactly 112 MPs on the eve of 20th November 2022 post GE15, while 10 UMNO MPs were reportedly backing PN. However they were managed by UMNO President which saw -- taking helm. Recent events have exposed severe and systemic breaches of judicial independence and constitutional ethics. The blatant interference -- - in the judiciary, exemplified by the unprecedented move of the current JAC Chairman—a sitting acting Chief Justice—circumventing the legally required 10-day notice for a meeting, is nothing short of an institutional hijack. This constitutes an alarming abuse of power.

The deliberate delay in appointing judicial officers to bypass recommendations by former JAC Chair Tengku Maimun reveals a calculated political manoeuvre. It is now an open secret that the current JAC has been coerced into submitting a new list of judicial candidates for the upcoming Conference of Rulers, while the original list, prepared with constitutional propriety, has been concealed.

The conflict of interest surrounding P---e M----ter is untenable. His sexual harassment case, initiated by Yusoff Rawther, is now being legally entangled with an immunity bid before the Federal Court—ironically, a court reshaped by judges handpicked under his directive.

The fast-tracking of former Attorney General T-------din into the Federal Court without going through JAC only amplifies concerns about judicial engineering. T-------din himself is possibly facing a tribunal to remove him. 

Let this be made clear: if DAP, BN, AMANAH, GRS and GPS continue their complicit silence and fail to persuade P---e M----ter to step down urgently, they risk overseeing the collapse of this government. SD’s to withdraw support are likely to trigger parliamentary coup if this crisis is not arrested swiftly.

Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy
President/Chair
Malaysian Advancement Party

 

My Comments:  

How about a seven day visit to Timbuktu? By the time they come back, maybe the name of the place may have changed.

Chickens are becoming headless. They really do not know what to do. The projects have been divided out, the contracts have been awarded, the moneys have been split here and there. What more can they do? 

Until the next Budget. But even when the next Budget comes the projects will be divided out, the contracts will be awarded, the moneys will be split here and there. Same old same old. What else can they do?

The money is always short. The lines for free money, projects and contracts are getting super longer.  The 'dishing out' policies just do not work anymore.

They really need to push the 'go and create new wealth' policies  but to do that there is a FOUR letter word involved - WORK. That could be a real bummer. Who wants to work. They just want to TAKE. Or steal.

Long story short - they are doomed. 

• Folks, you can start placing bets. 
• Or if you are enterprising you can start taking bets. 
• How much longer will these clowns last?
• One month? Two months? Six months? One year?  

There is no conspiracy. Those NINE Members of Parliament are from THEIR OWN PARTY.  They do not have confidence in their leader anymore.

So how do you expect their coalition partners to have confidence in them?

Hello Abang Jo? Abang Jo ada confident lagi kah? 

Abang Jo jangan marah. Gambar ini saya susun - guna AI.

 

Conclusion: 

DAP go and talk to Bersatu and PN. Bersatu go and talk to Sarawak and Sabah now. Lagi cepat cakap lagi bagus.  

A THIRD WORLD, BANANA REPUBLIC MOVIE SCRIPT. TAN SRI LIM THIS IS YOUR FAULT TOO

 

RULE NO 1 AGAIN - NO NAMES. 
IT IS THE TIMES WE LIVE IN.

This is a part fictional story. My memory fails me on the exact details but the run of the story is not too far off from what happened. Hollywood would say 'Based on a true story, names, places and certain events have been altered'. The same goes here.  

Ever since Mr Clean became Great Leader the country has become a Third World banana republic. That was since 22 long years ago.

To his credit throughout 22 years and 22 months of the Doctor's leadership we did not have this type of really low grade, third class behaviour. 

(Perhaps this is not related - but I think it is) I once attended a dinner at Bossku's official residence where they served canned fish (ikan sadin dalam tin) for dinner. At the official residence of the Great Leader. That was how Third World it had become.  (Its like serving instant noodles at a State dinner lah).  Then there were billions of Ringgits stolen, fat Chinese boys buying yachts with stolen public funds, ghastly murders, people disappearing, the works. Real Third World banana republic stuff. They still walk among us.

But one Psycho stands out. His antics have been plaguing the country for 30 years. And it is still continuing. The fact that he can keep this up for 30 years is a terrible, horrible and really stinky reflection upon us. Or rather upon you - because I have been calling out this super clown from before 30 years.  

Just ponder these:

1. THE LETTER WRITING SCRIPT - About 30 years ago, a young woman exposed to the whole world that he was having an adulterous affair with a married woman. And that he was also a homo sexual. It was a bold statement because the young woman signed her name, gave her address and her IC number in that explosive letter that she wrote. It was not an Anonymous letter.

The fellow panicked.  And he made mistakes. He got the police to arrest the young woman and torture her into making a retraction. They called it a 'turnover' operation. Then the script became really Third World stupid. The police typed up her forced retraction and placed it  inside an envelope and addressed it to the Doctor, who was the Great Leader at that time. 

Then the police took the envelope, stuck a postage stamp on it and went to the Post Office. There they asked the Postal Clerk to 'chop' the postage stamp - as though the letter had been posted normally through the post office. 

After that the cops took possession of the letter (interfering with the mail is indeed a criminal offense). Then the cops became the postman -  they delivered the letter by themselves to the office of the Great Leader at that time. The Mailing Clerk at the Great Leaders office duly recorded 'today the mail was delivered by a policeman, not by the postman'. 

So when the fellow was charged in Court for abuse of power the Postal Clerk from the Post Office, the Mailing Clerk at the Great Leaders office all came and testified what had transpired. The trail of bread crumbs was wider than the N-S Hiway. So he went to jail for many years for serious abuse of power.

 

2. RAN AWAY TO THE TURKISH EMBASSY SCRIPT - Then after serving sentence he was released from jail. Pretty soon he made the headlines again. A young man went to a Police Station and made a Police Report that he had been sodomised by the Psycho. By this time Mr Clean was the Great Leader. The fellow panicked again.  He ran away to the Turkish Embassy seeking political asylum !! What? And he stayed at the Turkish Embassy for FOUR DAYS!! The joke was he stayed so long because he was enjoying the Turkish Delights. He was charged, found guilty and sent to jail again.

 

3.  FAKE WEAPONS SCRIPT - Years went by and he was sitting in jail. After years being in jail, in May of one particular year he was released.  They had arranged a pardon. Then listen to this, hardly five months later in October - he was once again embroiled in another backside grabbing case involving a young man.  Obviously he has some type of Freudian compulsion towards the male anatomy.

'In Freudian theory, a repetition compulsion is an unconscious drive to repeat past traumatic or painful experiences, even when they lead to negative outcomes. This compulsion is seen as a way for the individual to try and master or work through these unresolved conflicts, even if the attempts are ultimately self-destructive or maladaptive'

Well perhaps it was not traumatic enough. The compulsion was far greater than the pain.

Again the young man made a Police Report. Again he panicked.  But to his relief the case could not progress - not enough evidence. The young man then decided to sue in civil court. Suddenly the young man was arrested - for possession of fake weapons and drugs. The young man was locked up in jail and then after many months, he was finally brought to Court. The Court summarily dismissed the case as being too stupid and released the young man from all charges. 

Now the suit is up for hearing in the Civil Court. 

4.  THE HOP SKIP AND JUMP SCRIPT -   Then there are the partners in crime. The aiders and abetters. From nowhere another shrimp was promoted into an influential  position. He immediately applied for a 'dismissal' for another partner in crime. That done the shrimp got promoted again. HOP SKIP AND JUMP. In his even higher position he aided in some addendums. Done. Again he got promoted. Now the shrimp is at the cusp of being promoted once more. HOP SKIP AND JUMP all within less than three years. To a high position where he can potentially influence the case involving the young man again.

Something incredibly stupid like this is only possible in the Third World. In the Banana Republics.  This is what they have made this country. 

They treat Public Funds like their personal funds.
They treat the Police like their personal mafia.
They treat the Civil Service like their personal 'admin clerks'.
They treat the Your Honour like their office boys.

So Tan Sri Lim I hope you are happy with what you have done. Because it was 27 years ago that you hoisted this Psycho upon your shoulders. When he was already charged for criminal abuse of power. You wanted to break their political dominance so you decided to sacrifice the law, justice and decency and hoisted this fellow on your shoulders. 

This fellow cannot sustain. He will exit the scene permanently. The people who shook his hands will want to wash their hands with industrial strength Sabun Cap Kapak. Because you dont know whose backside he has grabbed today. 

You and your party benefited tremendously - actually since 2008. But the good times have come to an end. Now your coalition is actually in serious threat of breaking up. The fellow's own party has fractured seriously.  Only the NINE dissenting MPs showed their faces to the public but there are actually more than NINE MPs who have dumped the fellow. Their party will collapse upon itself. Break up or no you will probably lose in the next round. And you will not be able to recover - not for a very long time. You will sink along with them. 

So Tan Sri Lim you better take stock of the situation very carefully. Even that auta pollster fellow who said '55% support' is now saying 'maybe only 45%' support. 

I think the support is around 5%. They are going to lose their deposits.  

NEW MOVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

 

 

Perhaps the biggest news coming out of the Middle East today is that the Kurdish Peshmerga or PKK is negotiating an end to armed conflict (with Turkey).

The PKK was formally established by Abdullah Ocalan in 1978. The organisation was primarily committed to the creation of an independent Kurdish state in south-eastern Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Their base is in the border areas between Iran and Iraq.

There already is an Iraqi Kurdistan (Kurdish Autonomous Region) inside Iraq.

The Kurdistan Region, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan, is a semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq. It is officially governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and is recognized as a federal entity within Iraq. The region borders Turkey, Iran, and Syria, and its capital is Erbil.

The PKK is negotiating peace with Turkey.

The PKK is currently negotiating peace with the Turkish government. These negotiations are part of a broader peace process aimed at resolving the decades-long conflict between the PKK and Turkey. 

There are 45 million Kurdish people in this part of the world - all located in adjacent regions in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Here is the catch - in Iraq and Syria the Kurdish regions are also "occupied" by the United States troops. The Kurdish are allies with the US and Israel. And the Israelis are also strongly behind the Kurds who are Sunni Muslims.  The Kurds are neither Arab nor Persian. They have their own language. Plus Saladin the Great was a Kurdish general. The Kurds are none too crazy about Arabs, Persians, jihadism or religious fanaticism. 

The Israelis and Americans favour a brand new Sunni Kurdish country (or united Kurdish autonomous region) as a buffer zone between them and Shia Iran. If it happens the Kurds will likely recognise Israel and enter the Abrahamic Accords as well.  All this has been possible with the overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria and the rise of Ahmad Jolani as the head honcho in Damascus.  However Jolani has control of Damascus only and a portion of Syria. The Kurdish parts are quite independent of Jolani. Jolani is fully supported by the EU, the US, the Saudis and Israel.  Putting it another way Jolani is fully dependent on the EU, the US, the Saudis and Israel. 

Here is an interesting picture. The Iranian Foreign Minister Aragchi stopped in Jeddah yesterday for a meeting with MBS, the Saudi Crown Prince. This is the first meeting between an Iranian representative and the Arab world since the Israeli air strikes that began on 13 June 2025 (Qatar does not count).

 

You can see the body language in the picture. Like MBS is confidently saying, 'You got your ass kicked'. And the Iranian replying, 'Yes we did get our ass kicked'. Then MBS says, 'And your pants are too tight. Did you get them made in Malaysia?'   

Here is a flightradar24.com mapping of flights in the Middle East (this is a screen shot from today 9 July).  As you can clearly see flights are being diverted AROUND Iran.The blue lines. Very few flights are seen inside Iranian airspace. Those few flights inside Iranian airspace are overflights (Moscow-Dubai etc) or the Iranian football team returning from Turkey on a special chartered flight.  

 

Iranian airspace is actually closed. Teheran Airport is shut down or operating at minimum levels. Obviously it is not the Iranians who have shut down their own airspace. Whatever for?  Considering that the Israeli airstrikes first took place on June 13, it has been almost a month since Iranian airspace has been effectively closed. This will become a great embarrassment for the ayatollahs. Iranian airspace is still closed. 

Yesterday the Israeli PM visited Washington for the THIRD time in just a few weeks.  Either to concur or to convince. But it looks like the chess pieces are being moved around in the Middle East. 

Here is a brief video: 

https://youtu.be/4TedS1FesiU?si=ALT3-fslEJEsv4Qg

Push Comes To Shove: Dasar Ekonomi Bebal Mesti Kekal.

halal rules and Bumi barriers contributed to the 25% tariff 
 

• Ex-US trade official urges Malaysia to review strategy as 25% tariff looms
• Stephen Olson says M'sia offered insufficient concessions
• former US trade negotiator called on M'sia to modify strategy 
• 25% tariff on imports from the country from Aug 1.
• up from 24% tariff US originally proposed 
• Stephen Olson said concessions M'sia offered insufficient
• “M'sia should review specific complaints raised by US
• Malaysia’s long-standing tariff and non-tariff barriers.
• halal rules and Bumi barriers contributed to the 24% tariff 
• Msia’s halal standards exceed international norms
• halal-only facilities, complex processes, increase costs, delay exports
• investment barriers, 30% Bumi ownership 
• restrictions in oil and gas, media, public procurement.
• Bumi policy, local vendor requirements, strategic sectors — remain unchanged 
• Economist Geoffrey Williams proposed pragmatic easing of restrictions
• may not necessarily shift demand away from local products
• Malaysia could remove tariffs and non-tariff barriers 
• leave the choice to consumers and businesses

 

My Comments: Here is a five year old news story.

Former finance minister Daim Zainuddin today said he was unsure where the 30% figure for Bumiputeras under the New Economic Policy (NEP) came from.  “I am not sure if there was a proper study done,” Daim, who is Putrajaya’s chief adviser, said at a talk on poverty here

My Comments: So now we are getting hit by a 25% tariff by the United States for reasons which include the 30% Bumi equity policy.  But the late Tun Daim who was our Finance Minister has said that even he did not know where this 30% number came from.  

So how? An inexplicable and mystery number became "economic policy" and now the economy is going to suffer even more because some unthinking people wish to defend a policy for which there are no explanations, justifications or evidence.  

I will not waste your time. I have already said this multiple times. The rich will be protected. The ordinary you and me will have to pay more. 

The American fellow said:  leave the choice to consumers and businesses.

Not in Malaysia. There is no free market in Malaysia. In Malaysia much of the tariff and non-tariff barriers against imports benefits the rich. The rich are the ones who own equity in anything. The poor, the B40, the makcik and pakcik do not own equity in anything. 

The monopoly licenses, the import permits, quotas are the domain of the rich. 

When imports become expensive the prices of local products will also increase. Because the Malaysian consumer has little or no choice to buy a substitute imported product at a competitive price. So the local producers will also raise their prices. This is how things work.

So for the past 50 years it is the ordinary citizen who has been subsidising our very foolish import-restriction policies. When you restrict imports the people become poorer. There are no free lunches. Whenever the politicians dream up 'new economic policies'  someone has to pay for it. YOU pay for it. 

CARNAVAL MASKS IN RIO

 

I received this today. It is signed Badrul Hisham. 
I have adapted it. Rule No 1 No Names. 
It is the times we live in.

 

THE LEADER WHO LEFT FOR RIO WHILE HIS PARTY BECAME A GHOST TOWN

A Reflection on the Rise and Fall of Riforma in a Cup of Stale Kopi Tarik

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I. WHEN IN RIO, PRETEND YOUR KITCHEN ISN’T ON FIRE

Let us begin, as most tragedies do, with a postcard.

Somewhere in Rio, a man once hailed as the voice of the oppressed is sipping something weird in a €600 suit while listening to a translator explain BRICS policy frameworks. Meanwhile, back home, his party is vanishing faster than cold cendol under the midday sun. Once a rallying cry for the reform-hungry rakyat, his party is now best described as an “ongoing rumour with legacy stationery.”

More than 200 twigs (branches?) have either resigned, dissolved, or spontaneously evaporated into the WhatsApp ether. The remaining ones appear to be operating out of nostalgia and group photos from 2008.

We are told this is not a collapse. It is, apparently, a realignment of aspirations. And if you believe that, you probably also believe your neighbour’s cat can be a senator.

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II. VOTER APATHY OR MASS NAP SYNDROME?

Let’s examine the numbers, shall we?

30,000 members were eligible to vote in the deputy president showdown between (Daughter of Destiny) and Okonomi (Spreadsheet Casanova). But only 14,000 showed up. That’s not democracy — that’s an RSVP to a forgotten birthday party.

It’s not even boycott. It’s indifference. And indifference, my dear reader, is not the opposite of love. It is the absence of belief.

Which is worse.

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III. THE LONG ROAD TO POWER (WHICH ENDED OVER A CLIFF) 

Once upon a monsoon, Homo Sapien stood shirt-sleeved in the rain, fists clenched, shouting “RIFORMA!” into the collective ache of a nation. People believed. Not just in his message, but in his martyrdom. He was the human symbol of resistance: jailed, betrayed, resurrected.

Then, he became leader — through the behest of a 'Constitutional', in a musical chairs coalition arranged by decree. It was his grand Crescendo. Twenty-seven years of struggle, climaxing in one solemn oath and a photo op.

And what did the man who promised to fight corruption do as one of his first acts?

He made DNAA-man, who had enough charges to host a courtroom musical, his deputy. 

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IV. THE RENAISSANCE THAT NEVER CAME

We were promised a Renaissance.

What we got was a badly rehearsed school play about Renaissance values performed on a floating stage in Paya Lintah with a malfunctioning smoke machine.

The Hakim-ery is now a whisper of what it once was. Corrupt politicians are receiving DNAA faster than we get our Shopee parcels. Cronies — the exact species Riforma once sought to exterminate — are thriving like mushrooms after rain, enjoying plush seats on GLC boards and gentle pats on the back.

Reform? No, thank you. We’re on a Madinah diet now. All slogans, no substance.

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V. OKONOMI'S EXIT INTERVIEW AND OTHER POLITICAL TUMBLES

Okonomi and one other resigning was less a resignation and more a slow clap in the face of political theatre. Okonomi, the man who could memorise inflation data for a history quiz, has now become the ghost of better policy.

And the Princess of Riforma, she is currently performing interpretive dances on indigenous rights in Sarawak, while her political living room catches fire. Her father is busy jetting between continents, but the kettle in the kitchen has boiled dry. Next the kitchen will catch fire.

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VI. THE ODD SILENCE OF UNMO (ALSO: WHERE ARE THEY?)

UNMO, the ghost of regimes past, now stares blankly at the nation like a man who arrived late to his own funeral. Once roaring with populist thunder, now they mumble nothing as SST rises, subsidies vanish, and petrol prices make Grab drivers cry in lowercase.

They know the ship is sinking. They are praying the captain drowns first.

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VII. TIKTOK DIKTATORSHIP AND NASI LEMAK ECONOMICS

Makcik Siti’s nasi lemak costs RM8.30 now. She blames “Madinah”.

On TikTok, Gen Z is remixing Homo Sapien's speeches into sad clown music. In pasar malam stalls, “Homo Sapien” is a punchline. “Riforma” has been reclaimed by students, not in support but in satire. The very cry that once rallied a movement has now been reduced to a meme.

“Homo Sapien” no longer inspires reverence. It triggers price comparisons, gasps over utility bills, and bitter WhatsApp chain messages from uncles who never studied economics but now feel qualified to conduct monetary policy.

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VIII. THE BETRAYAL OF BELIEF

This isn’t just a leadership failure.

It’s the betrayal of belief. The quiet unraveling of an emotional contract. The supporters did not expect miracles. They expected moral compass. Instead, they got roadshows and tax hikes. They wanted a non-Homo Sapien; they got a mediocre Homo Sapien with frequent flyer miles.

Hope is not infinite. It is fragile. And when squandered, it does not return as easily as it was given.

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IX. WHEN THE RAIN COMES

And so, the storm is coming.

Not the type that arrives with loud thunder and visible lightning, but the slow, punishing drizzle that warps wood and ruins foundations. When the next election comes, it won’t be with fireworks but with silences at the ballot box. Volunteers won’t come. Posters won’t be printed. Makciks won’t answer the call to ceramah. Riforma, like a vinyl record played too many times, will skip.

And those who stood silent in sunshine?

They should not expect umbrellas when the rain begins.

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X. EPILOGUE: CARNAVAL MASKS IN RIO

If you look closely, you’ll find that carnival masks are beautiful because they hide disappointment with art. Behind the glitter, nothing is real. Just papier-mâché, glue, and theatre.

Kind of like what’s happening now.

A leader far from home. A party crumbling like overbaked biskut raya. A movement that mistook itself for a destiny.

And the people?

They are watching.

They always have been.

Adapted from Badrul Hisham

BUKAN SAJA KALAH TERUK TAPI PAPA DAN DAUGHTER AKAN HILANG DEPOSIT

 

PKR AKAN KALAH TERUK KATA RAFIZI

 

Klik di sini:    https://youtu.be/oODVszcKFbQ?si=_uoYN7TbQI8hN7ds

 

My Comments:

Sorry bagi awak lah tapi perbincangan ini sangat low quality, tak ada intellectual content. Tak ada formuler apa pun.

The tukang tanya soalan cakap pasal rumah kena aman dulu or something like that. Ok brader - saya ada soalan hypothetical - kalau lah dalam rumah itu ada orang liw@t bunt*t lelaki lain - rumah itu boleh aman ke atau jadi kecoh?

The correct answer is kecoh lah. Rumah jadi kecoh. Bila kecoh pula, si peliw@t itu (hypothetical only ok) buat lakonan psycho dan aneh untuk tutup cerita @$$hole dia itu. 

Dia suruh tangkap mangsa dia, dia buat dakwaan tak senonoh, bila tok penghulu kawasan tak setuju salahguna kuasa, tok penghulu pula ditukar ke kawasan lain. Dia ambil anak dia pula jadi tok penghulu baru yang lebih user friendly. Semua ini hypothetical saja tapi kampong itu akan kecoh lah, kalau orang pentingkan 'kestabilan' walaupun berlaku pelbagai perbuatan luar tabii dalam rumah itu.  Mereka gunakan 'kestabilan' sebagai camouflage untuk kelakuan tak senonoh.

Macam G_SB lah. Rasa-rasa G_SB bukan aman ke? Tempat itu memang sunyi tapi depa pecah bunt*t semua orang. 

At the end of the day, kalau lah bunt*t orang tak jadi pecah, most likely rumah pun stabil. Jangan confuse antara putting the cart before the horse (kuda di belakang kereta) and putting the horse before the cart (kuda di depan kereta). 

Walaupun perbincangan ini berkenaan parti dan masa depan parti tapi parti tidak boleh dipisahkan daripada satu perkara yang sangat-sangat besar : PENGUNDI. Atau rakyat atau penduduk negara. 

As a political party, memang siang dan malam perjuangan dia 150% mestilah untuk memperjuangkan hak rakyat. 

Contohnya di UK sekarang berlaku pergolakan politik yang sangat kritikal. Conservatives yang baru kalah (Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson, Lizz Truss). Di ganti oleh Labour Party di bawah Keir Starmer. Keir Starmer pula begitu bermasalah dengan hubungan seks luar tabii dengan beberapa lelaki Ukraine, masalah isteri dia dsbnya. Dan kemunculan Nigel Farage Reform Party sebagai pencabar No 1 dalam politik UK. 

Yang mereka semua bincang hari-hari adalah dasar parti masing-masing yang bakal menguntungkan pengundi dan rakyat UK. Conservative bentangkan dasar dia, Labour akan kritik. Labour akan bentangkan dasar dia pula yang lebih menguntungkan rakyat. Reform akan kritik. Media, para intelek, pemerhati semuanya akan bincangkan dasar kesemua parti politik. Maka orang yang mendengar pun akan menjadi better informed dan masyarakat jadi lebih matang atau mature sebab boleh faham isu-isu negara yang penting.

Tapi dalam perbincangan ini pula yang saya dengar: PKR akan hiruk pikuk, kesan pada PH, soalan hipotesis - katakan ROS batalkan pemilihan bla bla.  Itu saja. Buang masa.

Not a single word about isu-isu negara. Yang menjadi panas sekarang adalah isu tariff oleh Amerika Syarikat. Tariff Amerika itu akan memberi kesan yang besar juga kepada ekonomi negara kita. Tapi tak ada sepatah perbincangan pun berkenaan tariff Amerika Syarikat.  

Ataupun mereka kurang faham apa benda itu tariff dan apa kena mengena dengan politik apa pun. 

Inilah low standard politik negara kita dan juga perbincangan politik dalam negara kita. Isu besar yang membawa kesan besar kepada rakyat diremehkan dan isu yang remeh-temeh dibesarkan.  Apa pula nak hairan akan kalah teruk?   

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I TOLD YOU SO. THEY DID NOT DO ANYTHING. TARIFF IS 25%, AN INCREASE OF 1%.

 

If you wish to open your heretofore closed Trading Markets to the United States and eliminate your Tariff and Non Tariff Policies and Trade Barriers we will perhaps consider an adjustment to this letter.  

We have had years to discuss our Trading Relationship with Malaysia, and have concluded that we must move away from these longterm, and very persistent, Trade Deficits engendered by Malaysia’s Tariff and Non Tariff Policies and Trade Barriers. Our relationship has been unfortunately, far from Reciprocal. 

 

Please understand that these Tariffs are necessary to correct the many years of Malaysia’s Tariff and Non Tariff Policies and Trade Barriers causing these unsustainable Trade Deficits against the United States.  

- Donald J Trump

 

 

 

 

 

Well folks, President Donald Trump has written a letter to us. Here is Trump's letter, slightly adapted. 

the United States of America has agreed to continue working with Malaysia, despite having a significant Trade Deficit with your great Country. 

we have decided to move forward with you, but only with more balanced, and fair, TRADE. 

Therefore, we invite you to participate in the extraordinary Economy of the United States, the Number One Market in the World, by far. 

We have had years to discuss our Trading Relationship with Malaysia, and have concluded that we must move away from these longterm, and very persistent, Trade Deficits engendered by Malaysia’s Tariff, and Non Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers. Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from Reciprocal. 

Starting Aug 1, 2025, we will charge a Tariff of only 25% on any and all Malaysian products sent into the United States, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs. Goods transshipped to evade a higher Tariff will be subject to that higher Tariff.  Please understand that the 25% number is far less than what is needed to eliminate the Trade Deficit disparity we have with your Country. 

As you are aware, there will be no Tariff if Malaysia, or companies within your Country, decide to build or manufacture product within the United States and, in fact, we will do everything possible to get approvals quickly, professionally, and routinely — In other words, in a matter of weeks.

If for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto the 25% that we charge. 

Please understand that these Tariffs are necessary to correct the many years of Malaysia’s Tariff, and Non Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers, causing these unsustainable Trade Deficits against the United States. This Deficit is a major threat to our Economy and, indeed, our National Security!

If you wish to open your heretofore closed Trading Markets to the United States, and eliminate your Tariff, and Non Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter. These Tariffs may be modified, upward or downward, depending on our relationship with your Country. You will never be disappointed with The United States of America.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

With best wishes, I am,
Sincerely,

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MY COMMENTS: TUAN-TUAN I TOLD YOU SO. THEY DID NOT DO ANYTHING. TARIFF INCREASED BY 1% TO 25%. 

 

From April until now they did not achieve anything with the United States.  Donald Trump says,   If you wish to open your heretofore closed Trading Markets to the United States and eliminate your Tariff and Non Tariff Policies and Trade Barriers we will perhaps consider an adjustment to this letter

 

This is is referring to the many, many, many non-tariff barriers like the APs, the highly restricted monopoly import licenses (for example rice imports), the quota restricted industries, the license restricted oligopolies and then the tariff barriers like the more than 100% duties, levies, excises etc on imported motor vehicles etc. 

Trump says "if you eliminate your tariff and non tariff barriers" then the United States will also consider an adjustment to their tariffs.

Tuan-Tuan this will kick in beginning August 1st. But believe me the negative effects of these tariffs start TODAY.

Yesterday I was researching Malaysian exports to the US. There are many, many exports. For example we export specially manufactured wooden floorboards which are used to make those huge American trailer trucks (the Americans call them 18 wheeler semis, picture below). 

Now those wooden floorboards will be subject to a 25% US tariff. For every US$1000 of product they will now have to pay US$1250. Its that simple.

So now, compared to Malaysia, other countries which make wooden floorboards for 18 wheeler semi trucks who suffer less US tariff will get more orders from the US. Plus also domestic American manufacturers who can deliver for under US$1250 equivalent will get more orders. Say an American manufacturer can deliver floorboards for US$1150 of product equivalent will get more orders than a Malaysian exporter who now must sell at US$1250. 

Meaning the American orders for 18 wheeler truck hardwood floorboards from Malaysia will take a hit. Now multiply this across the thousands of products exported from Malaysia to the United States. Our economy will get hit.

Now here is where this analysis gets interesting. 

So when will all this kick in? It starts today. Malaysian exporters will already see a cancellation or reduction of their export orders to the United States. Especially manufacturing companies who export to the US will be hit. The stock market will possibly remain sideways.

Here is today's KL Stock Exchange. Sudah pengsan. Market has fallen 7 points by 12 PM.

 

Now who are the people who are not really worried?  

1.  The super rich elites who control import licenses and permits, who control APs, monopoly import licenses, oligopoly licensed businesses, the kartel daging types etc  do not have much to worry about.  Their yachts, private jets, houses in London, luxury cars, Mercedes and Rolls Royces will not be affected as much.  Why? Because what Donald Trump says "If you wish to open your heretofore closed Trading Markets to the United States, and eliminate your Tariff and Non Tariff Policies and Trade Barriers, we will, perhaps, consider"  is just not going to happen.

 

2. So now we come to the soalan bodoh: 

• Who are the  people who will suffer most? 
• Or who will pay most? 
• Or will continue to pay more? 
• Every morning when they wake up they will still be pokai 
• - not enough money in the pocket. 
• The answer is, Jeng Jeng Jeng: YOU !!
• YOU will continue to pay more. 

 

 

3.   What about the politicians? Are the politicians worried? It depends on whether they are Malay or non-Malay politicians.  It depends on whether they depend on the Malay votes or non-Malay votes.  If they are from Kedai Lalat or Kampong Seluar Terbakar (these are real places) you can guess their voter profile.

Are Malays involved in exporting much to the US market? Is there any Malay manufacturer of engineered floorboards for semi trucks  exporting to the US market? Your guess is as good as mine. 

But plenty of Chinese are involved in the manufacturing and export industries. So which voter is more important for which politician?

4. What about factory workers? What if US export orders dry up and Malaysian factories start closing down? Who will lose their jobs first? Well there are thousands upon thousands of Bangla factory workers.  The Banglas will lose their jobs first. Banglas are not voters. Not yet.

5. The largest importers of motor vehicles in the country are the GLC owned companies. The biggest government linked trust fund in the country pays its 4.5% annual dividend from selling imported cars at the super inflated prices.  If we listen to Donald Trump and cut our import tariffs, then car prices will drop and these foreign car importers will end up making less profits. That 4.5% annual dividend can be adversely affected. Nanti malu lah kalau dividen jatuh lagi. It can become a political embarrasment.  So they are safe - for the moment. Car prices will remain as they are.

Donald Trump is saying 'Let us both cut our tariffs. Lets engage in free and open trade'.  Dulu-dulu Hadi Awang's ancestors pun pakai cawat. At that time we may have needed the tariffs and closed markets. But I do not agree with that. We do not need them anymore. Tariffs, permits, licenses, APs, quotas only increases the cost of living for the people. And makes the rich richer.

• Lets say the Majlis Daerah Tanjong Malam has a weekly pasar malam. 
• Traders from Tanjong Malam are allowed to trade normally. 
• ALL other traders from outside Tanjong Malam must pay a special tariff of 25% to the Majlis Daerah. 
• It means instead of RM10 per kilo of rambutan, they must now sell at RM12.50 per kilo. 
• But their rambutan is good quality so it can still sell. 
• Then the other Tanjong Malam traders will also increase their selling price from RM10 per kilo to say RM11 per kilo. Still can sell. 
• If their rambutan is of slightly better quality they will sell it at RM12 per kilo. Still can sell. 
• So the price of all rambutans will go up. 
• WHY? Because of that 25% tariff by the Majlis Daerah. 

Who will end up paying more?