Germany Is Dead, Mercedes Benz Is Dying, The British Win.

Mercedes-Benz halts German investments, weighs plant closures

Investment freeze: Mercedes-Benz has stopped all new spending at German plants due to high costs and failed labor negotiations.

Closure threat: One assembly plant and one powertrain facility could shut if cost-cutting targets are not met.

Union resistance: IG Metall rejects longer hours without pay and plans strikes amid stalled talks.

Mercedes-Benz halts German investments, considers plant closures

Mercedes-Benz has officially suspended all further investment in its German facilities, citing high domestic labor costs and stalled negotiations with unions and works councils. Production chief Michael Schiebe warned that without cost reductions, one vehicle assembly plant and one powertrain facility could close. Board member Britta Seeger emphasized that while closures are not preferred, the company must now examine which sites can remain viable, with production potentially shifting abroad if costs stay high. 

My Comments: This is exactly what the British wanted - to cut Germany down to size. Ever since the Ukraine War began the Germans have lost their cheap Russian gas, they have lost supply chains and markets. Now they are closing Mercedes factories.

And assisting Germany in this assisted suicide is Reichskanzellor Merz von Quisling. 

The Alice Huang and Nvidia Bullshit.

When I first heard about the Alice Huang story I knew it was bullshit.  But a bullshit story has made Nvidia lose US$1.8 TRILLION in market value since October 2026. 

You only have to remember this one thing : Nvidia still is the world's leading AI chipmaker. Period.

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And Jensen Huang is still the largest individual shareholder in Nvidia. Huang owns 871 million shares (3.58%) in Nvidia. The controversy involving Alice Huang and Nvidia is a combination of alleged espionage (aka bullshit), a personal relationship, Chinese chip-smuggling allegations (more bullshit) and a major corporate governance crisis.

1. Who is Alice Huang?

Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese businesswoman with a background in banking, investment management and television journalism. She became a senior executive and controlling shareholder of Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based cloud-computing company connected to Nvidia's business in Asia.

She is not related to Jensen Huang, Nvidia's Taiwanese-American co-founder and chief executive.

US intelligence authorities reportedly suspected Alice of having links to China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), China's intelligence agency. However, these allegations have not been independently established. Beijing has rejected them. 

Note the words reportedly, suspected, allegations. Meaning unproven bullshit.

2. What happened between Alice and Jensen Huang?

The controversy intensified after reports emerged that Jensen Huang had an extramarital relationship with Alice.

On 8 November 2026, Jensen acknowledged in an internal message to Nvidia employees that he had been unfaithful to his wife and apologised to his family and colleagues.

The more serious allegation was that Alice had used her relationship with Jensen and her business connections to facilitate access to Nvidia's advanced AI chips.

According to reports by The Information, approximately 240,000 Nvidia chips, including H100, H200 and A100 models, were moved into China through a network of companies. Some of these chips were subject to US export restrictions.

The reported value of shipments facilitated through these connections was at least US$7.5 billion.

These claims have not been independently verified. 

(OSTB:  They were subjected to US export restrictions. Big deal. The Chinese can buy Nvidia chips at any time. Just set up a trading firm in Malaysia, Australia, United Kingdom or Tel Aviv, import the chips and then re export them to China. As though it has not been done before. 

3. Why did this become a national security issue?

The United States restricts exports of advanced Nvidia chips to China because of concerns that they could strengthen China's military and artificial intelligence capabilities.  If the allegations are substantiated, the affair could expose weaknesses in Nvidia's export-control compliance and potentially compromise US national security interests.

(OSTB: Such bullshit. Chinese technology is already more advanced than the United States. Chinese weapons technology is so far superior to the US that the Americans do not even know how far ahead the Chinese have advanced.  No one even knows the name of that three engined Chinese stealth fighter. It is a gigantic machine - as big as a tennis court. No new American jet has been introduced since 2006 - twenty years ago).

4. What happened to Nvidia's share price?

The market reaction was severe.

- 6 October 2026: Nvidia reached an all-time high of approximately US$243.37 per share.
- 9 November: Shares fell 4.3%.
- 10 November: Shares declined another 5.5%, wiping approximately US$430 billion off Nvidia's market capitalisation over two sessions.
- 11 November: Shares fell further in after-hours trading, reaching approximately US$159–160 following reports that the board was considering removing Jensen Huang.
- 12 November: Jensen Huang resigned as CEO. Nvidia shares initially plunged more than 13% but recovered some losses, eventually closing down 4.3%.
By 14 November, Reuters reported that Nvidia shares had fallen more than 30% from their October peak, erasing over US$1.8 trillion in market value. 

The share price lost US$1.8 trillion in market value because the Boss slept with a lady friend?  What about the value of their manufacturing plants? What about the combined value of their thousands of highly skilled engineers and workers?  What about their miraculous computer chips, without which you may not be able to read this (I use the AI everyday). What about their annual sales of US$130 billion and profits of US$73 billion?

All that has less value than a tryst with a muy guapa Chinese woman? 

5. What happens next?

Nvidia's CFO, Colette Kress, has taken over as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent replacement.

The company faces three major challenges:

1. Leadership: Jensen Huang founded Nvidia in 1993 and has been the public face of its extraordinary growth. Finding a successor will not be easy.

2. US national security investigation: Authorities must establish whether export restrictions were circumvented and whether sensitive information was compromised.

(OSTB: Just give them a carve out. If they can reverse the sanctions against Russia, whats the big deal about selling some chips to China?)

3. Investor confidence: Investors are concerned about corporate governance, possible regulatory consequences and Nvidia's dependence on its founder.

It is important to distinguish allegations from established facts. There is not yet conclusive public evidence that Alice Huang was a Chinese spy or that Nvidia's confidential technology was compromised.

The biggest immediate damage is the departure of the man who built Nvidia into a multi-trillion-dollar company. But Jensen Huang still holds 871 million shares in Nvidia. So it is far, far from game over.

Its a good time to buy Nvidia.

"Seburuk-buruk Islam tidak sezalim bukan Islam" : Memutarbalikkan Sejarah - Jika Yahudi Banu Qurayza Pula Menang

Sewaktu kempen memancing undi duniawi di Melaka,  Hadi Awang mendakwa “sejahat-jahat orang Islam, seburuk-buruk orang Islam memerintah negara, mereka tidak sezalim orang bukan Islam”.  PAS sudah pun menjawab kenyataan Hadi telah dipetik di luar konteks.  (Mungkin ada unsur nyanyuk).

Soalannya apakah kezaliman TIDAK boleh diterima apabila dilakukan oleh pihak yang berlainan agama? 

Hari ini kita buat cerita hipotesis sahaja. Hipotesis sejarah. Bayangkan satu sejarah yang berbeza. Bayangkan kaum Yahudi Banu Qurayza yang telah menewaskan tentera Islam, kemudian mereka tawan pejuang Islam yang kalah, apakah tindakan Yahudi terhadap tawanan Islam itu? 

Katakan Yahudi Banu Qurayza pula yang membunuh lelaki Islam yang ditawan, mereka pula yang menjadikan wanita dan anak-anak orang Islam sebagai hamba, merampas harta benda orang Islam, serta menyeksa tawanan Islam untuk mendapatkan maklumat tentang harta yang disembunyikan. Contoh sajalah - ini cuma hipotesis. 

Dalam 'alternative history' seperti ini apakah umat Islam boleh terima kekejaman Yahudi Banu Qurayza sedemikian sebagai wajar hanya kerana pihak yang melakukannya ialah pihak yang menang? Adakah orang Islam sanggup menerima alasan bahawa tindakan itu dibenarkan oleh keadaan perang, atau bahawa tawanan Islam tersebut telah melakukan kesalahan?

Al-Quran menyebut tentang layanan terhadap tawanan perang. Surah Muhammad, 47:4, menyebut pilihan membebaskan tawanan tanpa tebusan atau membebaskan mereka dengan tebusan. 

Surah 47:4    فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَ فَإِمَّا مَنًّا بَعْدُ وَإِمَّا فِدَاءً حَتَّىٰ تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ لَانتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَ بَعْضَكُم بِبَعْضٍ ۗ وَالَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَلَن يُضِلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ

"Maka apabila kamu bertemu dengan orang-orang kafir, maka pancunglah batang leher mereka sehingga apabila kamu telah dapat mengalahkan mereka, maka tawanlah mereka serta kuatkanlah ikatan (tawanan) mereka. Setelah itu, sama ada kamu memberi mereka kebebasan ataupun membebaskan mereka dengan mengambil tebusan, sehingga perang itu selesai. Demikianlah (perintah Allah). Dan sekiranya Allah menghendaki, tentulah Dia membinasakan mereka, tetapi (Dia memerintahkan kamu berbuat demikian) kerana hendak menguji sebahagian daripada kamu dengan sebahagian yang lain. Dan orang-orang yang terbunuh pada jalan Allah, maka Allah tidak sekali-kali akan mensia-siakan amal-amal mereka."

Surah 9:6 pula memerintahkan supaya seorang musyrik yang meminta perlindungan diberikan perlindungan dan dihantar ke tempat yang selamat.

Surah al-Tawbah (9:6)    وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ اسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمَنَهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

"Dan jika seseorang daripada kaum musyrik meminta perlindungan kepadamu, maka berilah perlindungan kepadanya sehingga dia sempat mendengar firman Allah. Kemudian hantarkanlah dia ke tempat yang aman baginya. Perintah yang demikian itu adalah kerana mereka kaum yang tidak mengetahui".

Ayat Quran bukan hipotesis. Surah 47:4 membincangkan tawanan perang, manakala Surah 9:6 secara khusus menyebut orang musyrik yang meminta perlindungan. 

Persoalannya bukan sama ada orang Islam atau bukan Islam yang menang atau kalah. Persoalannya ialah sama ada keadilan dan kemanusiaan mesti terpakai kepada semua pihak. Jika sesuatu tindakan dianggap kejam apabila dilakukan terhadap tawanan Islam, tindakan yang sama tidak sepatutnya dianggap mulia atau dibenarkan apabila dilakukan oleh pihak Islam terhadap tawanan bukan Islam. Keadilan tidak boleh mempunyai dua ukuran. Agama tidak sepatutnya dijadikan alasan untuk menghalalkan kekejaman.

KEPADA PENGUNDI MELAKA - KICK THEM OUT. TENDANG MEREKA KELUAR.

 

DASAR MEMPERBODOHKAN MANUSIA KEKAL SAMPAI KIAMAT.

Hi folks I have been making road trips the past few days. So I could not update the blog. We visited Johore last week. Then again to Melaka to recce the state. We just came back last nite from a three day road trip up north. We drove all the way to the Andaman Island - using Waze and Google Maps. Would you believe that? Wonderful Malaysian food all the way. More of that later.

Today is doomsday in Melaka. Some dummies are going to get kicked out. The Dasar Memperbodohkan Manusia is still going on. It is picking up speed.

Si b*nt*t lembu kata dia boleh buat peruntukan tambahan sebanyak RM18 bilion bagi menampung kenaikan gaji penjawat awam. Dia kata dia pandai mengawal pengurusan kewangan, penyasaran semula subsidi, serta penjimatan ketirisan belanjawan. 

Tapi dia tak mahu cerita  tiap tahun dia pinjam hutang baru RM80 billion. Hutang yang terkumpul pula sekarang sedah melebihi RM1.38  T R I L I O N!    

Bukan bilion tetapi T R I L I O N !  So dia pinjam duit, kita pula tanggung hutang itu, lepas itu dia guna duit hutang untuk naikkan gaji dan bonus penjawat awam. Lepas itu dia kata dia pandai pula. B*nt*t lembu first class seantero dunia. Dia ingat orang lain pun b*d*h macam dia juga.

And then this morning I saw the news about that overfed banduan making an eight hour trip to pray to his god. Banyak dosa ke brader?

They are making fun and making fools of the people.

Kepada pengundi di Melaka fikir baik-baik masa depan tuan-tuan. Sandiwara dan wayang seperti ini boleh kekal tetapi dengan cara mencekik  darah dan dengan memperbodohkan tuan-tuan. 

Kita kena tipu sebab kita tidak mahu buka mata dan telinga.