Wednesday, November 6, 2024

DONALD TRUMP WINS, 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

 


Trump was at 248 electoral votes. Then he won Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes just before 2:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, according to the Associated Press, giving him a total of 267 electoral votes—three shy of the presidency—and essentially erasing any path to victory for Harris, making him all but certain to win the White House. Alaska’s three votes would clinch his victory—the AP hasn’t called the state for him yet, but he’s favored.

(OSTB : In his victory speech a few minutes ago, Trump says he expects to win up to 315 electoral votes, which is 45 more than the threshold 270 votes needed).

Trump Ahead In All 7 Swing States

After winning North Carolina and Georgia, according to the Associated Press, Trump is ahead by two points in Georgia with 94% of votes counted, three points in Pennsylvania with 94% of votes counted , six points in Michigan with 68% counted, four points in Wisconsin with 89% counted and four points in Nevada with 78% counted.

Dow Jones futures jump 800 points

p.s. Kamala Harris left the Democratic party's campaign headquarters in Washington DC without saying thank you to her supporters who had gathered there the whole night. She just did not say anything at all and left. Her supporters were then told to go home which they did. Kamala was unburdened by what has been.



WITH UPDATES : US ELECTIONS LATEST RESULTS 11:30 AM MALAYSIAN TIME 6TH NOV 2024, TRUMP HAS MASSIVE LEAD.

It is now 10:34 PM yesterday (Wednesday Nov 5th) in New York. 
They are 13 hours behind us. 
The polls closed at 7PM their time (3 1/2 hours ago).
Polls results are now coming in.

The following screenshot is from BBC's live coverage of the US elections results as at 10:30 AM our time (just a few minutes ago).
It shows Trump has won 195 electoral votes versus 95 for Kamala Harris. 
So far this lead by Trump has been prevailing since this morning.  
 
There are a total of 538 electoral votes. 
Trump has to win 270 electoral votes to win the US presidency.
That is 75 more electoral votes to go.

 


More results later.  

Here is a BBC update at 11:52 AM our time. Trump has gone up to 207 electoral votes while Kamala is still at 91. Trump needs 63 more votes to win. Kamala needs 179 electoral votes.



UPDATE at 1PM KL time. Trump has won 230 electoral votes.
40 more to go for Trump.
Kamala Harris has won 165 votes.
She needs another 105 votes.
 

 


INDONESIA : THE GENERAL TAKES CHARGE

 

 

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Prabowo Lines up His Massive Cabinet

Mixed messages emerge of ramrod discipline and appointive overkill

 



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By: Ainur Rohmah




 

Prabowo’s army-style retreat fuels debate on active-duty troops serving in govt

Prabowo’s army-style retreat fuels debate on active-duty troops serving in govt 

Images of newly inducted Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto wearing jungle-green camouflage fatigues and leading cabinet members in drills has raised concern over whether he is reviving the military’s “dual function” role in government, as it was under dictator Suharto.  

Just days after the former army special forces commander took office, the president and similarly dressed members of Team Prabowo were seen marching in formation and pounding the parade ground with their combat boots, during a three-day retreat at a military academy in Central Java. The retreat was touted as a team-building exercise but took place amid plans to revise a law governing the nation’s armed forces.

Analysts said Prabowo’s decision to fly ministers on a C-130 Hercules aircraft, have them stay in barracks and wear army uniforms hints at bringing the military back into a central role in government.

“The retreat symbolizes that Prabowo’s regime is prioritizing a militaristic mindset in governing,” Al Araf, a military analyst and human rights advocate at Centra Initiative, told BenarNews.

Prabowo, Suharto’s former son-in-law, entered office on Oct. 20 with his past military record blemished by allegations that he had committed human rights abuses as an army commander.




If newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto’s intention was to get Indonesia’s attention right off the bat, it was certainly signaled by the arrest last week of the popular former Trade Minister Thomas Trikasih Lembong, considered one of the most efficient members of the previous administration, in a corruption case related to sugar imports at the Ministry of Trade between 2015 and 2016.

Hasto Kristiyanto, the Secretary General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), called the allegations shocking and expressed suspicion of intervention in the case. Hasto also called attention to the sudden appointment of Bahlil Lahadalia, the newly appointed energy minister, as leader of Golkar, the country’s second-biggest party, believed to have been engineered to preserve the interests of outgoing President Joko Widodo.

Prabowo’s onetime military links to Suharto were elicited last week when he got the second-largest cabinet in Indonesia’s democratic history into military fatigues and black combat boots and stood them at attention on a military academy parade ground in Central Java. The military drill is an obvious departure from recent Indonesian history and if anything a throwback to the days when he was the red-beret-wearing commanding general of Kopassus, Indonesia’s army special forces unit, from which he was fired in 1998 for human rights abuses. Prabowo later served as defense minister in the cabinet of President Joko Widodo.

My Comments :

Indonesia is pretty much a Third World country. Like Malaysia. This means rule of law, institutional systems (justice system, law enforcement), policy implementation depends a lot on the "flavour of the day". Also known as the "gomen of the day".

The administration of the country depends almost 100% on the character of the fellow holding the reins of power. If the fellow in charge is ex-military, likes to wear military boots and insists that a civilian Cabinet (which is critical in the concept of separation of powers) wear army fatigues and join him on the parade ground then "they will be following orders". In the military if you do not follow orders you can be court martialled. Or worse. 

Imagine this - the future of an entire country with millions of people depends on the personal characteristics of the fellow who sits in the top job. Ex-military, ex-trapdoor whatever. It is just random.

Lets see what happens to Indonesia. 

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

ORANG MELAYU MESTI FAHAM - KERAJAAN SUDAH BANYAK KALI BERTUKAR TAPI NASIB TUAN-TUAN TIDAK BERUBAH. FAHAMI JUGA CONCESSION PERIOD.

 

Baru sekejap tadi saya bayar dua tol di highway. Tol pertama kurang RM3.00 dari Bangi ke Sg Besi. Tol kedua RM2.30 'intra-city toll' dalam Kuala Lumpur.

Tol yang pertama itu sudah bermula sejak 1986. Ia itu 38 tahun sudah. Pada masa itu negara kita di bawah naungan kerajaan Barisan Nasional. Orang lain akan kata 'di bawah jajahan kerajaan Barisan Nasional'.

Tol jambatan pulau mutiara pula bermula sejak 1985 - ia itu 39 tahun dahulu. Kita boleh round up ke 40 tahun.

  • Bilakah concession period atau tempoh konsesi bayaran tol ini akan berakhir? 
  • Percayalah tuan-tuan, bayaran tol ini tidak akan berakhir dalam hayat tuan-tuan. 
  • Not in your life time. 
  • Anak-anak kita dan cucu kita akan sambung bayar tol ini.

Tetapi kerajaan sudah berubah. Kita tidak lagi berada di bawah 'jajahan' atau 'naungan' Barisan Nasional. Selepas kerajaan BN jatuh pada 2018 kerajaan telah bertukar EMPAT KALI. Sekarang kita berada di bawah jajahan kerajaan lain pula. Tetapi kita kena juga bayar tol.  Kerajaan bertukar tapi nasib tuan-tuan serupa juga. Tak ada beza pun.

Sampai bila agaknya kita kena bayar tol?

The Edge previously reported in May that the government is looking at extending the concession period for all highways in Peninsular Malaysia to avoid toll hikes. The extension could be as long as 30 years, subject to Cabinet approval.

The concession for P--S is set to end in 2058. The government extended the concession period from 2038 to 2058 after reducing toll rates by 18%. The government also waived all outstanding and future toll compensation.  The government can end a concession period at any time, depending on its financial situation.

Jadi tol yang bermula pada tahun 1986 tadi akan berlanjutan sehingga 2058 pula !! Ia itu selama 72 tahun. Dan ini akan termasuk jambatan pulau mutiara sekali. (Sebab ownership sudah lama bertukar).

Kedua anak saya yang sudah dewasa lahir selepas zaman tol sudah bermula. Jadi betul-lah apa yang saya sebut tadi. Kalau tuan-tuan dalam lingkungan umur 60 tahun+ (macam saya) anak cucu kita pun akan membayar tol - sehingga 2058. 

Soalan cepu mas - apakah kutipan tol akan berakhir pada 2058? Kalau tuan-tuan masih lembap akal fikiran, masih sanggup ditipu dan dibuli saya rasa bayaran tol pun boleh dilanjutkan lagi. It all depends on how stupid you are.

Di negara Thailand mereka telah membina rangkaian highway dari utara ke selatan negeri itu. Sedikit lebih 1,000 batu atau 1,700 kilometer. Tanpa tol. Macam mana pula Thailand tak payah bayar tol?

  • Pendapatan per capita GDP Thailand 2023 adalah US7000. (RM30,000)
  • Pendapatan per capita GDP Malaysia 2023 pula US11,600. (RM50,000)

Thailand lebih 'miskin' dari kita. Habis macam mana pula mereka mampu membina highway 1,700 km tanpa perlu bayar tol? Siapa yang kurang "bukan cerdik"? Thailand atau Malaysia?


             Highway Thailand menyerupai American standard, lebih luas dan lebar.


Itu cerita jalanraya tol. Masyarakat kita yang sangat lembap akal fikiran (seperti tuan-tuan lah) menjadi mangsa buli dalam banyak perkara lain. Semuanya melibatkan duit tuan-tuan. Tuan-tuan jadi miskin sebab masih terdapat pelbagai Concession Period lain (tempoh konsesi) yang memiskinkan tuan-tuan.

Yang famous sekarang adalah masalah bekalan beras dan harga beras. Jom kita main Sherlock Holmes sekejap. Kita buat hipotesis saja ok. Katakanlah ada tokeh beras masukkan beras tempatan ke dalam kampit  beras impot boleh ke tuan-tuan dapat bezakannya? Kalaulah ada kes tokeh beras jual beras tempatan dengan guna cap beras impot (yang jauh lebih mahal) bolehkah tuan-tuan dapat mengesan penipuan itu? I dont think so. Tuan-tuan tidak akan dapat bezakannya. 

Soalan cepu mas - sejak bilakah dan sampai bilakah tempoh konsesi (Concession Period) lesen monopoli beras itu? 

The B----S concession agreement, which commenced in 1996 and originally expired in 2011, has been extended twice and will now conclude in 2031. This concession agreement will span a period of 35 years.

Bermula tahun 1996, di bawah jajahan kerajaan BN Dr Mahathir. 
Kemudian disambung pada tahun 2011 di bawah jajahan kerajaan BN Bossku.
Sekarang disambung lagi di bawah jajahan kerajaan sehingga tahun 2035.
Tempoh konsesi selama 35 tahun - 1996 sampai ke 2031.

Dan yang latest pula adalah berita panas pasal konsesi yang terkini lagi. Rupanya akan wujud satu lagi monopoli gergasi dalam negara kita. Saya tak jumpa info pasal tempoh konsesinya tetapi tidak kurang daripada 10 tahun.

  • Maksudnya tuan-tuan akan kena buli lagi lah, entah sampai mati kut. 
  • Bayar sajalah.
  • Bayar tol? Bayarlah sampai mati.
  • Bayar harga beras mahal? Bayarlah sampai mati.
  • Bayar monopoli terbaru? Bayarlah sampai mati.

What is the solution tuan-tuan? Solution dia paling mudah. 

  • Negara kita demokrasi. 
  • Tiap lima tahun kita mengundi. 
  • Tiap lima tahun kita berpeluang memilih kerajaan baru,

Saya cadangkan kita tongsampahkan saja kerajaan yang tidak membawa perubahan yang baik bagi kita. 

Kita tongsampahkan saja kerajaan yang menjaga kepentingan golongan elit dan atasan.

Kalau tuan-tuan adalah Penjawat Awam anda tidak dibenarkan terlibat dalam bisnes. Inilah syarat bekerja sebagai Penjawat Awam (atau kakitangan sebarang kerajaan atau pihak berkuasa tempatan).  Sebabnya jika Penjawat Awam dibenarkan membuka bisnes perniagaan sendiri ia akan menimbulkan conflict of interest. 

For example kalau pegawai Kementerian Pengangkutan terlibat bisnes lorry transport maka 'vehicle inspection' untuk lori kepunyaan syarikat dia bukan saja 'boleh lulus' tetapi juga 'boleh lolos'. Seba dia adalah pegawai kementerian yang ada kuasa, yang berpengaruh dsbnya. Itulah maksudnya terjadi conflict of interest.

Habis macam mana pula orang lain, yang juga tidak dibenarkan terlibat bisnes (ikut undang-undang pula tu), tetapi mereka boleh juga terlibat bisnes gergasi?  Bisnes monopoli pula tu, dengan tempoh konsesi lagi. (Maksudnya akan jadi satu lagi kes tempoh konsesi di mana kemungkinanya tuan-tuan akan bayar sampai mati-lah).

Wa akhirul kalam, walaupun kerajaan sudah banyak kali berubah tetapi nasib kita masih tidak berubah. Golongan atasan, kaum elit, orang kaya, orang politik semuanya happy-happy dengan dasar-dasar lama sejak tahun 1990an dan 2000an yang lebih memiskinkan orang biasa (rakyat marhaen) dan hanya menguntungkan kaum politik, kaum elit dan golongan atasan. 

Dan kita pula terpaksa menggendong monopoli lama, monopoli baru, konsesi lama, konsesi baru dan bayar sampai mati. Anak cucu kita pun akan terpaksa bebani bayar kos sara hidup monopoli dan konsesi. Hidup kita makin susah. Everyday susah. Tak nampak pun light at the end of the tunnel.

The solution is simple - bila datang hari mengundi tongsampahkan mereka.

Dont worry siapa akan mengganti mereka. Sesiapa pun yang mengganti mereka mesti membawa pembaharuan yang menguntungkan rakyat kita. Jika mereka boleh hapuskan sistem kroni dan kaum elit, batalkan tol, batalkan monopoli, batalkan AP impot kereta, batalkan cukai impot kereta yang tinggi gila, batalkan monopoli dan oligopoli sistem perbankan, membawa perubahan ketara sistem pendidikan - maka undilah mereka.

Sesiapa yang tidak boleh membawa perubahan yang positif seperti itu maka tongsampahkan mereka sahaja. Bossku, Dr Mahathir, Muhyiddin, Sabri dan sesiapa pun yang lebih pedulikan kaum elit jutawan dan kroni monopoli, maka tongsampahkan saja mereka.

Keep repeating it. 
Tongsampahkan mereka berulang kali. 
Sehingga mereka perbetulkan formula mereka.

Apa yang saya nampak, walaupun ENAM tahun sudah berlalu sejak BN di tongsampahkan, Bossku pun duduk dalam penjara, perdana menteri telah bertukar empat kali, tetapi nasib rakyat orang kebanyakan, rakyat marhaen tidak berubah. 

Mereka masih buat dasar yang mengemiskan kita. Kita jadi pengemis - tunggu bantuan ini dan itu. Itulah program mereka untuk bantu masa depan kita - mereka akan beri bantuan kepada kita. Mereka tidak mahu kita independent dan berdikari, mereka tidak mahu kita boleh hidup tanpa perlu kepada mereka. Mula kita bayar monopoli dan konsesi sampai mati. Lepas itu kita jadi pengemis tunggu bantuan mereka. Banyak cantik.

Monday, November 4, 2024

1984 US ELECTIONS - WALTER MONDALE AND THE PARTY OF DOOM

 

In about 33 hours the 2024 Presidential polls will open on the East Coast of the United States (13 hours behind us). Then another three hours later the polls will open on the West Coast. 

In the 1984 race (40 years ago) incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan defeated Democrat challenger Walter Mondale the former Vice-President under Jimmy Carter. I was in the US at that time.

Reagan won a landslide victory defeating Mondale in 49 out of 50 States. Mondale also carried the exactly 10 square mile federal territory of Washington DC. Here is an electoral map of that 1984 polls.

 



1984 United States elections - Wikipedia

Republican incumbent President Ronald Reagan won re-election, defeating Democratic former Vice President Walter Mondale. Reagan carried every state except for Washington, D.C., and Mondale's home state of Minnesota; won 58.8 percent of the popular vote; and defeated Mondale by a popular vote margin of eighteen points.

Reagan (Republican) remains the only presidential candidate since Richard Nixon (Republican) in 1972 to win at least 55 percent of the popular vote and win by a margin greater than 10 points.

Mondale selected New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, making Ferraro the first woman to appear on a major party presidential ticket.

The 1984 United States elections were held on November 6.

My Comments : The US presidential elections are held every four years on the first Tuesday in November (which is tomorrow). So there is no guessing game when the elections will be held. 

Once elected the American president cannot be removed by any means of No Confidence or losing popularity. The president can only be removed at the conclusion of the four year term in office, or by criminal impeachment (if he committed a crime while in office) or if he resigns, or he dies in office.  

Why Donald Trump will be assassinated if he is elected again.

Since 1779, no American president has been successfully removed from office through impeachment. Richard Nixon resigned from office in 1973. In the past 245 years there have been a total of FOUR attempted impeachments against presidents Andrew Johnson in 1868, (Bill) Clinton in 1998 and TWICE against Donald Trump, in 2019 and 2020. None were successful.

In the past 245 years, 50% of the impeachment proceedings against a sitting US president have been against Donald Trump (1919 and 2020).  There are some bad people who really hate him.

In his re-election campaign in 2024, President Trump has already survived TWO assassination attempts. He was wounded by rifle fire in the first attempt and shots were fired in the second attempt. 

If Trump wins the presidential elections tomorrow there will be more assassination attempts against him.  

There was an assassination attempt against Republican president Ronald Reagan in 1982. President Reagan survived being shot in the chest. Reagan was focussed on ending the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union. Largely because of his efforts the Berlin Wall collapsed in November 1989, just ten months after Reagan's second term ended in January 1989. The end of the Cold War meant huge cuts in military spending and losses for the weapons manufacturers.

In 1973 Republican President Nixon was forced to resign because of the Watergate Scandal. Nixon was strongly committed to ending the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War did end two years later in 1975. Again peace meant huge cuts in military spending and losses for weapons manufacturers.

Donald Trump is strongly anti-war. In his first term as president (2016-2020) the US did not embark on any new wars. Trump ended the ISIS troubles in the Middle East and negotiated peace directly with the Taliban. 

Trump hails Afghanistan deal, plans to meet Taliban leaders soon
By Steve Holland

March 1, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would be personally meeting leaders of the Taliban in the near future.   He spoke hours after U.S. and Taliban representatives signed a deal toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers and move closer to ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan.

Donald Trump also became the first American President to meet a North Korean leader (Kim Jong Un) THREE TIMES and also became the first American president to set foot into North Korea (Panmunjom). 


Again peace in Afghanistan and the thaw with North Korea meant huge cuts in military spending and losses for weapons manufacturers. 

Trump has now promised to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.

If Trump wins they will shoot him again. Or blow him up.

Wah!! Gaji Penjawat Awam naik tinggi gila sampai boleh cuti ke Thailand dengan satu famili naik Business Class!! Atau dia guna duit tabung dia sendiri?


Saya pernah naik Business Class dan First Class tetapi masa saya bertugas dengan majikan saya dulu. Company bayar. Saya suka duduk di Business Class dari KL ke Amerika Syarikat. Memang selesa memandangkan waktu penerbangannya begitu lama sekali (up to 20 hours termasuk transit).

Tambang tiket kapalterbang Business Class dan First Class adalah sangat mahal berbanding tiket Ekonomi.

Contohnya tambang penerbangan Emirates KL to London: 

  • Economy class return tickets start from MYR 2,869
  • Business class return tickets start from MYR 14,589
  • First class return tickets start from MYR 31,219
Business Class LIMA kali lagi mahal berbanding tiket Ekonomi.
First Class pula SEPULUH KALI lebih mahal berbanding Ekonomi.

Kalau beli tiket sendiri saya beli Ekonomi saja. Tak berani bayar Business Class dengan duit sendiri. Mahal sangat. Tetapi make sure tiap 4-6  jam ada transit. Contohnya transit di Taipei, Tokyo, Dubai dsbnya. Saya kurang selesa direct flight 10 jam atau 12 jam ke mana pun. 

Anyway ikut berita berikut ada pula Penjawat Awam boleh holiday dengan famili dia ke Thailand naik Business Class. Boleh tahan juga. Dia kata dia guna duit sendiri. Duit tabung kut. 

Boleh baca di sini (click) 


 

Saturday, November 2, 2024

The future of Malay politics and the shifting dynamics of political alliance - By Tok Nujum

 

I received this from someone (thank you). A brief commentary written by a Tok Nujum. I do not know who is Tok Nujum. I have some comments at the end. I have slightly adapted the piece.

*The future of Malay politics and the shifting dynamics of political alliance.*

*By Tok Nujum*

With gossip within the political circle that Backdoor is trying to cut a deal with PAS in preparation for GE 16, DAP's future looks bleak within the Chinese community and same goes with UMNO amongst the Malay community.

The Chinese community ditched MCA after the HINDRAF rally in 2007, seeing the bold Indian voters taking on the might of the then UMNO BN hegemony. MCA was then seen as beyond repair by the Chinese, just like the Indians saw MIC.

The Chinese electorate backed DAP and by extension PKR and PAS (eventually Amanah) in 2008 in the hope that Backdoor who portrayed himself as the “KING OF REFORM” would really overhaul the country which is sinking into extreme ideas of religious politics. Creeping Islamisation in the lives of non-Muslims, interference in the ju----ary, M--C, and Parliamentary democracy were instances seen as a threat to our democratic institution. Backdoor presented himself as a true Islamic reformist who would uphold Islam as well as ensure the rights of the minorities are protected. This moderate Islam approach was acceptable to most Non-Muslims.

However, Backdoor has since disappointed many who believed in him. "He has lost the plot', many would say. He is not bothered about the need to ensure the country progresses, modernize businesses, and move Malaysia to be a competitive player in the international market. Instead, he is busy visiting his colleagues from the Muslim Brotherhood, portraying himself as a true champion of the Islamic faith, bending backwards to please the religious politicians who he thinks would shift their support towards him. Unfortunately his gestures to please the Islamists are not successful. It simply isn’t happening, and realizing this, he has made bold moves to strike a deal with PAS and, in the process, ditching the man who made him in the first place, Z---d. Z---d ensured the 30 BN MPs backed him and secured the minimum 112 required in the early hours of 20th November 2022. For this Z---d almost faced a revolt within but he did what he did to ensure Malaysia would be ruled by a Unity government that would bring new hope to Malaysia.

In the next GE, Backdoor will most likely be ditching UMNO. He is likely to cut a separate arrangement with DAP. He does not care about Amanah. Backdoor thinks the Chinese and Indians have no choice but to be with him, as should the country have a PAS PM, then the plight of the Chinese and Indians would be worse.

There is a palpable sense of uncertainty among the Chinese and Indian communities. 
The Indians, in particular, have lost faith in Backdoor. 
His attempts to win back support through last minute dramatic gestures and concessions would no longer be effective. The Indians realize his MGR antics was just a con.  
The Chinese, too, are beginning to question the direction of his leadership and its implications for the country.

If DAP insists on being part of Pakatan, with Backdoor entering into an electoral pact with PAS, the Chinese would probably leave DAP and support MCA, which is likely to team up with Bersatu in GE 16.

  • Hence, DAP, Amanah, MAP, and UMNO and other smaller parties would prove to be a potent force to take on other coalitions and political pacts. 
  • The people are more politically mature and look for principled leadership rather than leadership of convenience for the sake of remaining in power.

My Comments : 

DAP is losing support in the Chinese community. The DAP's own 'bedmates' can also see this. No one wants to sleep with a loser. The DAPs increasing unpopularity is within and beyond its control. Beyond its control because the Chinese do not like DAP sleeping with the highly unpopular UMNO. And of course lately the Chinese are none too crazy over PKR either. The DAP can decide to ditch UMNO and Pakatan altogether.  This is within their control. If they want to be practical. Worse case go it alone. Or the DAP can stay in Pakatan and be prepared to lose more seats. If the DAP loses say 10 seats (from 40 down to 30) then the DAP will become insignificant again. I dont think the DAP can win 40 seats.

The Indians - I think if he sings another MGR song, the Indians can be conned again. Or he can sing Vaaluge Tamil Eelam. 

Before I forget, I believe the voters in Lembah Pantai and Tambun are fed up. These two seats will be easy pickings for a strong contender from another party. Never before has an incumbent prime minister lost his parliamentary seat in Malaysia. But there can always be a first time. 

Hello readers, hello DAP ponder this, what if Backdoor loses his parliamentary seat? Have you thought about that?  Or maybe the DAP can recommend another "safe seat"? Sungai Siput has two toll gates Utara and Selatan.

Lembah Pantai (where I vote) is super notorious for throwing its MPs into the tong sampah. Shahrizat served more than one term as our MP. Then under Badawi the Lembah Pantai voters kicked her out. Shahrizat was replaced by Nurul. But for only one term. She was not popular. She would not have won again. And true enough for the next round she did not defend her Lembah Pantai seat. She balik kampong. 

The same vibes are being felt about the incumbent now. There is no guarantee he can win again. There is a strong chance that the voters will vote out the fellow as well. Lembah Pantai is notorious for doing just that.  

But going back to Tok Nujum's comments above, can you notice that something really absolutely huge is missing? What about the people? What about the voters?

'strike a deal with PAS, ditching the man who made him,  likely be ditching UMNO,  cut a separate arrangement with DAP,  being part of Pakatan, leave DAP and support MCA' bla bla bla.

Ok but what about the people? 
What about the voters? 
What about us? 
What do we get?
 

Najib and BN crapped all over the people. We kicked them out.
Dr M 2.0 crapped all over the people. He got kicked out.
Muhyiddin did not do any better. Out he went.
Sabri did not do any better either, He was put in the bin.
Now these jokers are continuing with the same plot. 
They will get booted as well.

The local rice is still missing from the shops and the supermarkets. 
Egg prices have come down. That is because the price control on eggs was removed. 
There is enough chicken in the market. Because the price control on chicken was abolished.

Local rice (beras tempatan) is still a problem.
Car prices are still too expensive.
Banking services are expensive - it is an oligopoly.
Education is a huge problem.
The Ringgit is going down.
The list is much longer. 
What is being done to help the people? 
All the people.
 
RM25 million has been promised to rehab the 400 'madrassah liwat' kids. 
That works out to RM62,500 per child. That is our money.
Another way of saying it 'If they get liwatted the gomen helps them'.
Another way of saying it, 'If you want the gomen to help you, then get . . . ??
Even the Palestinians are being helped.
They were flown here using our money. Banyak cantik.
 
MY SUGGESTION
 
Let me repeat my 100% guaranteed formula for the Pakatan Harapan to win a 2/3 majority in the 16th General Elections in 2027.

My suggestion will give millions of hardworking Malaysians a salary increment of hundreds of Ringgit or thousands of Ringgit WITHOUT having to increase the Minimum Wages. 

It will reduce transportation and logistics costs throughout the country.
Transportation expenses will become cheaper.
Taxi fares and bus fares will become cheaper.
The costs in the construction industry will become cheaper.
Houses will become cheaper.
Manufacturing costs will become cheaper.
Our exports will become cheaper.

construction contributed 3.6% to (GDP) in 2023
manufacturing contributed 23% to (GDP) in 2023

  • All you have to do is abolish the APs to import all types of motorised vehicles.
  • Abolish the entire regime of import duties, taxes, levies, excise or whatever on imported motor vehicles.
  • Replace all that with one standard import tax of 15% only.

This will greatly reduce the insanely expensive motor vehicles prices in the country - both imported and locally manufactured.

In California  the starting price for a 2024 Toyota Camry is RM 115,000  (US$26,420). This is the real price of a Toyota Camry in the world markets.



Business and industry will benefit tremendously. Whatever the gomen loses in import duties will be regained from a much higher economic performance in the economy. When motor vehicles and transportation costs are cheaper the economy will become more active.  Business will move forward. The gomen will collect even more taxes. 

If a Toyota Camry sells for RM115,000 the monthly instalment payments will be much cheaper. Hundreds of Ringgit cheaper. People will have more savings in the pocket. The people will get an automatic salary increment. 

And the prices of all motor vehicles will come down.

Plus the PH will win a 2/3 majority in Parliament.

DAP, PKR, UMNO can all sleep together. No need to break up. ditch your coalition partners etc.

All you need to do is to do something for the people. 
So far you have done nothing much for the people.  

The Malays have little stake in the real economy. The Malay economy is still government procurement, bumiputra quotas, GLC jobs, licenses, permits, Ali Baba, gomen handouts. It is going to be extremely difficult for any one Malay party (PKR, Umno, Bersatu, Pas, Amanah) to create new wealth among the Malays by giving them handouts.   Because you are not creating new wealth. You are merely redistributing (AGIH = a four letter word) tax collections from other hard working taxpayers. For example if you AGIH RM100 million to Tan Sri XY, then that is RM100 million less to be AGIH for ALL the other Malays combined.  Tax collections are a limited resource. On the other hand new wealth creation is unlimited.

And do remember this:

Najib and BN crapped all over the people. We kicked them out.
Dr M 2.0 crapped all over the people. He got kicked out.
Muhyiddin did not do any better. Out he went.
Sabri did not do any better either. He was put in the bin.
Now these PH jokers are continuing with the same plot. 
They will get booted as well. 

MUST READ, MESTI BACA : CHINA'S NEXT GREAT LEAP FORWARD

"define China’s economic trajectory for years to come"
 

(Oct 29): China approving US$1.4 trillion or RM6.1 trillion economic stimulus
fiscal package expected to be further bolstered if Trump wins
top legislative body, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC)
to approve fresh fiscal package, meeting on Nov 4-8 (US elections on 5th Nov).

OSTB : Our entire GDP is about RM1.5 trillion. So the Chinese fiscal stimulus of RM6.1 trillion is FOUR TIMES the size of the Malaysian GDP. That is a lot of spending. 

Why is China spending so much on fiscal stimulus? Here is the reason:

  • China's Next 'Great Leap Forward'
  • Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and State Council, Beijing
  • new directive to develop an advanced industrial workforce aimed at driving Chinese-style modernization.


OSTB :  Chinese industry is already super modern and far advanced than industry in Germany, Japan or the United States. For example Chinese Electric Vehicle manufacturing (EVs) are so advanced that they are shutting down EV industries in Europe, Japan and in the US. Yet the Chinese are spending big to make their super modern industries even more advanced.

In today’s China, self-reliance has reemerged as a slogan
broader goals of economic, industrial security amid “hostile” global environment

OSTB : Most certainly a Trump presidency will see tariffs against imports particularly imports from China. Short term benefits for the US but long term disaster. China wants to develop local demand and local technology to circumvent US tariffs.

The central government wants to boost internal production and limit vulnerabilities while still engaging in foreign trade – but on terms that reduce its exposure to Western pressures. Facing restrictions to its access to the latest technologies by U.S.-led alliances, Beijing sees self-sufficiency as essential to sustaining and expanding its influence in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. 

OSTB : If Chinese EVs keep getting cheaper, if they can go say 1000 km on one charge they will break through AND breakdown tariff barriers. American consumers will not agree to pay higher prices (because of higher tariffs) for lower quality Electric Vehicles. (Only the "tak reti kira, tak faham apa pun" Malaysian consumer is willing to do that). This is where some of that US$1.4 Trillion fiscal stimulus will also be spent - to create the next gen EV cars.

  • increase training, support for workers to improve quality, quantity of production 
  • support for career development, labor rights, skill development, job security
  • to make manufacturing jobs more attractive
  • boosting industrial production, especially high-tech innovation 
  • essential for economic recovery and modernization
  • Chinese committed to self-sufficiency, innovation, self-reliance
  • self-reliance has reemerged as a slogan
  • broader goals of economic and industrial security 
  • boost internal production and limit vulnerabilities 
  • reduce exposure to Western pressures
  • to engage with foreign markets from secure, competitive stance 
  • improved economic ties with the West
  • define China’s economic trajectory for years to come.

OSTB : Wars will not start if China develops a 1000 km on one charge EV costing less than US10,000. 

Wars will start if the West tries to cut off China's access to commodities and raw materials. The US cut off Japan's access to petroleum and other raw materials. So on December 7th 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour.

For 70 years from 1945 until 2015 the US wiped out any Arab or Persian regime which threatened its access to Middle East oil. 

The US and the West are provoking China into a conflict not as an excuse for them to invade Chinese territory. US troops will never be able to wade ashore in China. But to use conflict as an excuse to cut off China's access to raw materials and commodities from around the globe. A total trade embargo. This is why China is building all those aircraft carriers in such a hurry.

And China is already taking the offensive. This is already war. The Chinese strategy is to outpace, out-tech, out-develop, out-manufacture, out-produce the rest of the world combined. If you dont drive a super-duper, super cheap Chinese EV, then you walk to work.  (Why would you want to do that? Are you a Malaysian?)

The Chinese have done this already. 
Have you shopped online lately? 
Or been to the supermarket?