LUDUS SATANAE - aka the MIDDLE EAST

Most analysts have got it completely wrong about the Middle East. The Middle East is not going anywhere anytime. 

There are grave dangers facing the Middle East namely the end of oil which has already happened twice - in 2014 oil prices hit US$55.00 per barrel and six years later in 2020 (Covid) oil hit negative US$-40 per barrel.

Now another SIX years later the Iran crisis has basically killed off or severely dented the Gulf economies (UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia).  This is a political crisis. Despite tensions, oil prices are not exactly super high. Oil slipped below US$82 yesterday. The real Middle East crisis - the end of oil, is on its way. Not too far away. 

Along with the Gulf problems, countries like Egypt, Pakistan and Bangladesh which depend on the billions of US Dollars sent home by their workers toiling in the Middle East will also be severely affected. It will be bad news for some time. Because these are largely only-one-item-on-the-menu economies. Oil. They do not produce much else, they cannot compete, you do not see any recognisable brand names coming out of these countries. Meaning they are non productive and non competitive.

This scenario here will happen.

There are two other seriously damaging factors that have actually already destroyed the Middle East (and here we must stretch the Middle East into Afghanistan and Pakistan, both of which share a border with Iran). One is irrational state actors and the other one is of course religion.

Other than Israel there are no democracies in the Middle East. 

• Turkey has democratic systems but Erdogan will most likely remain the Ottoman Caliph for life. He has now been running Turkey for almost 24 years. Is that democracy?  Really? 
• Pakistan can have all the elections it wants but the Army calls all the shots.  
• They are all irrational actors. What makes them irrational? All their actions are designed to keep themselves in power. And of course in money. It is no more complicated than that.  
• And you thought they are committed to a  free Palestine, Islamic brotherhood and other strange ideas like that.  

Religion is a tool to be used to manipulate the masses. Use religion to stir up the mobs on the street, use religion to blacklist your enemies, use religion to fool the supporters,  use religion to collect money, use religion as an excuse to spend money. 

After 13 years in exile in Najaf in Iraq, the Ayatollah Khomeini returned triumphant to Teheran in 1979. Two years later the Iran-Iraq War began. It would last eight years and cost about two million dead. For what?  No territory was won or lost. They did not know what they were fighting over. Nothing was achieved.  Both the Ayatollah Khomeini and Saddam Hussein in Iraq were irrational actors.  In 1990 Saddam invaded Kuwait. Disaster.   That was the period of 'nationalism'.  Mainly Arab nationalism - all of which ended in failure. 

So they turned to religion. Jihad was launched. More irrational behaviour was launched.

• 1994 1st Taliban regime: → captured Kabul 1996 → overthrown 2001.
• Al-Qaeda: founded 1988 → dispersed after U.S. invasion of Afghanistan 2001
• 2021 the 2nd Taliban regime: captured Kabul 15 Aug 2021 → still in power.
• 2013 ISIS emerged → lost last stronghold in Syria March 2019
• 1987 Hamas founded → Israel has severely degraded its military capability 
• Hezbollah : emerged 1982–83 → Israel severely degraded its capability 
• Houthis (Yemen): emerged 1990s → severely degraded its military capability
• Iraqi Shia militias / Kata'ib Hezbollah: emerged 2003–07 → armed Iraqi faction

By 2026 most of these jihadi movements and ideologies have also been soundly defeated. Iran has been completely crippled - both militarily and economically. 

Both nationalism and religion have failed because the Arabs and Persians used both to fight and kill each other.  The ISIS declared a caliphate. Ok and then what? What did they achieve?  The ISIS did not say lets muster our religion and our nationalism to make and sell the best washing machine in the world. Or lets provide clean drinking water to all our people.  No such thing happened.

Turkey is trying to flex their military muscles but Turkey is completely at the mercy of the US and the West. Turkish Bayraktar drones have proven to be completely useless in Ukraine. Turkey has tried to move its military and some weapons into Syria - including anti aircraft systems.  Syria does not even have an airforce. So the Israelis promptly bombed the Turkish equipment sitting in hangars at an airbase inside Syria - the Abu al-Duhur airbase.  What is more relevant is that this airbase is about 32 kilometers from the Turkish border.  The Israelis were making it known to the Turks that another 32 kilometers was just a flip of their wingtips. 

There are no real tensions in the Middle East for Malaysia to worry about. The Middle East is full of clan fighting, sectarian squabbles, ethnic hatreds and such. Tribal behaviours. They are safeguarding their own survival. In the process they can burn down their own countries. These are idiotic and irrational actors. That is all. 

It will be a complete waste of time for Malaysia to get involved with all these murderous regimes in the Middle East.  They are fighting for power and money. They are fighting for their own interests. There is absolutely no higher calling in the entire Middle East.

 LUDUS SATANAE (SATAN'S PLAYGROUND) - TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS

Let us just mind our own business.  

WHEN FAIRY TALES BECOME ACADEMIA. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ANTI HISTERIA KIT?

 

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

Published: 24 Aug 2026

A Malaysian Islamic university has formally distanced itself from an academic whose viral claims about ancient Malay civilisation – including that Malays could fly and taught the Chinese “flying kung fu” – have drawn ridicule from historians.

In a statement on Sunday, the Islamic University said S----ah Y----b, a former linguistics professor, had been terminated from academic service on April 27 and was no longer entitled to claim any affiliation with the institution.

The university’s Office for Communication, Advocacy and Promotion said S-----h was now barred from using any official title, position or association with the univ. 

MY COMMENTS:

The Quran says in Surah An-Nur (24:45):  

وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَابَّةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَىٰ أَرْبَعٍ ۚ يَخْلُقُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

“And Allah has created every living creature from water. Some of them walk on their stomach, some walk on two legs, and some walk on four. Allah creates whatever He wills. Surely Allah is Most Capable of everything.”

Some creatures like snakes crawl on their bellies. Some creatures like us humans walk on two legs. Some animals walk on four legs.  This has been fixed. Past tense. Humans walk on two legs. Humans cannot fly. 

I am not surprised at all that the university took some time to arrive at their decision. Why so long? I seriously hope they were not debating the issue. Some creatures like snakes crawl on their bellies. Some creatures like us humans walk on two legs. Some animals walk on four legs. What is there to debate about?

It also has to be noted that this issue came to light only AFTER it was highlighted in the media especially Social Media. The public is not aware of the university making any statements, issuing advisories or notices BEFORE this issue was highlighted in the media. 

To safeguard its own credibility the university should have had mechanisms to detect and deter its academics from “flying kung fu”   before they can take flight. This episode does not reflect too well on the university in general.

It is not too late for the university to relook its hiring procedures to ensure that the “flying kung fu” types are not taken under its wings. Otherwise things can fly off on a broomstick. 

3 PM KITA JUMPA DI MAHKAMAH OK? 4 PM MACAM MANA?

 

Kompleks Mahkamah KL tumpuan tiga bekas perdana menteri
Najib, Muhyiddin, Ismail Sabri hadapi prosiding mahkamah kes berasingan
Najib perbicaraan AS$5.64 bilion 1MDB
Muhyiddin tujuh tuduhan salahguna kedudukan, pengubahan wang haram 
Ismail Sabri didakwa pengisytiharan harta.
RM170 juta serta 16 kilogram emas tulen RM7 juta 
- Bernama

MY COMMENTS: 

Malulah. Malu. Sila catit dalam Guinness Book of Records.
Tak tahulah apa yang akan jadi kepada kes-kes ini. 

Ikut putar belit sejarah negara kita seorang bekas PM dan DPM boleh:
1. didapati bersalah atas tuduhan dan dipenjarakan
2. didapati bersalah, dipenjara kemudian di beri pengampunan. Bersih suci.
3. didapati bersalah, dipenjara kemudian dapat diskaun 50% hukuman. 
4. didakwa di mahkamah kemudian tiba-tiba tuduhan dibatalkan (DNAA).
5. prosiding bermula tiba-tiba orang yang menuduh pula dipenjarakan. 

3 PM KITA JUMPA DI MAHKAMAH OK? 
4 PM MACAM MANA? 

CHINA-NEPAL FLASH FLOOD DISASTER. OVER 400 MISSING INCLUDING 17 MALAYSIANS.

 

This is breaking news.

Situation Critical For Ukraine and Britain.

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.  

Shoppee, Lazada Now Taobao, Pinduoduo

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.

WHY NOT DECLARE THE WHOLE OF SEPTEMBER A PUBLIC HOLIDAY? 30 DAYS HOLIDAY?

 

declares S--t 1 public holiday

declared S--t 1 as a special holiday to commemorate success in winning the Games 

The State's GDP is about RM460 billion per annum. That is about RM1.26 Billion a day of production. So you declare a public holiday and you potentially lose RM1.26 Billion worth of economic output for one day. 

This is a low IQ decision by politicians to seek cheap publicity and cheap popularity. At the expense of the State's economy. Millions of Ringgit will be rugi because delivery schedules must be postponed, appointments must be cancelled, construction work will have to stop. 

This type of cheap popularity seeking behaviour is aimed at the working classes. The people who earn salaries or makan gaji. Give them a free holiday and hopefully they will vote for you.

They do not have a real stake in the economy. They do not own the businesses they just work for salaries. So the more free holidays they get the more they will like it. 

Why not declare the whole month a public holiday? 30 days. The working classes will love it better. Tapi gaji mesti jalan lah. Tak payah kerja tapi gaji jalan. Isnt that cool. 

CIA CHIEF IN MOSCOW. GIANT US AIR FORCE C17 TRANSPORT FLIES INTO MOSCOW

 

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). 

JOHOR POLLS WIPEOUT (DWI BAHASA, ENGLISH AND MALAY)

Mula sekali terima kasih dan tahniah kepada pengundi Johor yang telah tendang keluar penipu dan otak lembu Pakatan Harapan. 

Lets analyse the results. Lets do the easy ones first. In 2022 the PH won only 11 seats in Johor. DAP won 10 and PKR won 1 seat. Yesterday the PH was wiped out - the DAP won only 6 seats and PKR kept its single seat. (Did Amanah win 1 seat?).

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.

PAS : PAS bertanding 11 kerusi dan kalah semua. Kepada sahabat di PAS,  sila ambil maklum. Semua orang sudah tahu cara nak sembahyang lima waktu, cara nak ambil air sembahyang, cara naik haji. Pada zaman sekarang anak-anak kita berumur 17 tahun boleh tahu hukum-hakam naik haji secara detail. Ramai pula pernah berkursus mengurus jenazah sekali. 

PAS mula ditubuhkan pada 1951 dulu (apabila keluar dari UMNO). 

23 August 1951 – Persatuan Ulama Se-Malaya 

24 November 1951 – Persatuan Islam Se-Malaya (PAS). 

1972 - Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).

Zaman itu masjid sikit saja, sekolah agama, kolej dan universiti Islam tak ada atau paling sikit. TV Hijrah tak ada. Di sekolah kebangsaan pun tak ada kelas agama. Jadi bila PAS mula perjuangkan agama pada tahun 1950an maka ada juga orang kampong tertarik. PAS jadi parti orang kampong. Ini bukan sindiran tapi realiti yang mempunyai kesan yang sangat besar yang PAS harus faham.  

Sekarang keadaan sudah berubah. Hari ini pula setiap anak Melayu pelajari pendidikan agama mula dari tadika sampai ke universiti. Pengajian agama di peringkat sekolah menengah saja (SPM) sudah hampiri diploma di negara lain.  Sekarang agama sudah menjadi industri skala besar. Agama sudah jadi bisnes.  Artis jual agama (lagu dan musik). Perbankan Islam jual agama. Sijil halal, makanan halal semua adalah bisnes yang lumayan. Ustaz glamour kaya melalui podcast, YouTube, ceramah agama dsbnya. Ustaz kepala umrah, rombongan haji semuanya kaya. Lepas tu gerombolan Salafi (dulu Wahabi) bertembung dengan golongan Asam Jawa. Hari-hari makin gaduh.  

Maksudnya agama sudah tidak lagi exclusive kepada perjuangan PAS. Dari stesen bas sampai ke stesen angkasa lepas (angkasawan Malaysia) orang Melayu boleh jumpa agama.  And then kampong pula makin kurang penghuninya.  Ramai generasi muda sudah berhijrah ke kawasan bandar.  Lebih 70% penduduk negara kita sekarang dianggap urban population. Orang bandar. Orang bandar menghadapi masalah yang berbeza daripada orang kampong. Peluang pekerjaan, sekolah yang elok, perumahan yang mampu dibeli atau di sewa, kos sara hidup yang tinggi, harga minyak, kualiti hospital (dibiayai dengan dana awam), sistem pengangkutan, harga kereta mahal, bayaran tol dan pelbagai lagi cabaran hidup di bandar. 

Jadi dalam realiti seperti ini di mana pula peranan PAS untuk membantu masyarakat kita? Hudud dah tak ada dah. Itu bagus. RUU355 pun entah ke mana. Bagus juga.  Lepas itu pengundi Islam di seluruh negara kurang daripada 60%. Baki penduduk negara adalah bukan Islam. Cina, India, Dayak, Dusun itu berbelas juta orang. Takkan PAS tidak mahu berurusan dengan bukan Islam? Atau tidak tahu? Ahli Parlimen itu wakil rakyat. Bukan wakil agama. 

Jadi apa pula perjuangan PAS pada abad ke 21 ini? Ini adalah tahun 2026. Bukan 1951. Semua orang sudah tahu sembahyang. Bebudak umur 17 tahun pun boleh belajar urus jenazah. Orang Melayu dah tak heran dengan perjuangan PAS. PAS perlu overhaul dengan serius.

MUST READ. ORANG MELAYU MESTI BACA. OIL INDUSTRY WILL CRASH PERMANENTLY IN 10 YEARS MAX. HERE IS WHY.

 

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

• World oil supply is now about 105 million bpd. 
• World oil demand is just below 104 million bpd.  
• Despite the ayatollah monkeys, world oil supply exceeds demand. 
• China consumes 16 million bpd of oil (about 15%). This is disappearing.
• Please take note.

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.

• Thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR) powered container ships
• Producing roughly 50 MW electrical power
• Extraordinary endurance - decades without conventional refuelling
• Ship size:   about 230,000–250,000 tonnes carrying 24,000 containers  

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.

 No ventilation chimneys, no cooling towers, no cooling ponds. No need for water.

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.

FRIDAY NOTES (12/06/26) FROM THE QURAN - SURAH YASIN

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.