THIS VILE VIRUS

TODAY I JUST WANT TO REMEMBER 

A DEAR FRIEND

THE LATE DATUK PATRICK WONG

AND TO SHARE SOME TOSAI 

WITH VISU & THE SPECIAL BUNCH 

for today, let's hold our tongue 

and just listen to some

STRIDENT YOUNG VOICES. 

ROSES FOR ROSIE

A husbandly squeeze for being badminton champion and now a bouquet from the Premier spouse are sufficient to send any wife into multiple…..orgbit….is that the correct word….I know it starts with “or” …..but anyway….. this is not the time for frivolities.

It is always gratifying to read that the PM has finally found the right words after his recent boo-boo FRIVOLOUS frolic with the press at a post-Supreme Council Meeting.  Yesterday, he was reported to have said:

 “Where credit is due, credit should be given and it should be given to my wife. She holds longer meetings than my Cabinet meetings. I don’t know what they discuss in their long meetings but it just shows how passionate she is about the programme,”
He also credited his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor for taking the initiative in starting the programme.

What’s THE programme?

On the premise that in every school-going age group, 3-5% are GIFTED, Mrs PM, despite all the negativities surrounding her, has found inspiration and solace to  initiate the National Permata Pintar. If this will plug the brain-exodus we are now experiencing, I am, as a former pedagogue, all for it. But I have to honestly warn that unless all the prerequisite structures and processes are sustained, it will just be another flavor of the month, another feel-good programme. We have experienced numerous knee-jerk programmes churned out by some government TIN-TANKS….yes, pun intended. The National Service continuing fiasco is one. We will not use this space to enumerate them….that will be for better times like the next General Elections!

But like I said earlier, I am for such programs if Mrs PM takes full ownership and not give it to any of our Universities that are trying desperately to claw their way out of the pits!  Worst still, don’t politicize this brainchild. We don't want anything braindead. And just a word of caution....dont get some Sunshine Something and Isyoda involved in the construction of this school for the girfted,

People, I see this as good stuff. Read how good it is HERE.

FLIPPANTLY FRIVOLOUS! OR IS IT?

"FROM 4 OF US, SIGNING OFF FOR 2009, WITH A STORY FOR U.

IF YOU FIGURE IT IS FRIVOLOUS, SO BE IT.

HAVE A GOOD 70TH BIRTHDAY, GOOD CHRISTMAS AND ALL THAT SEASONAL JAZZ."

thus read the email I just received.

I made a concerted attempt to connect but to no avail.....they really signed off.

Ah well, after it is just their story.......

It is 2.30 am in January 2010. Najib and Rosmah have just reached their official residence in Putrajaya.

Their arrival is met with a letter by the King declaring that Najib has to vacate the residence simply because the King has appointed a new Prime Minister to replace him.

The letter sets out the reason for this act – the Members of Parliament (MPs) from Pakatan Rakyat (PR), together with a few MPs from Barisan Nasional (BN), have expressed their undivided support for Anwar Ibrahim to become the new Prime Minister.

The letter ends with the following ultimatum: Mr Najib, you are hereby ordered to tender your resignation, failing which your premiership will be terminated forthwith.

The bewildered Najib immediately seeks an audience with the King. The audience is duly granted.

Najib expresses dissatisfaction with the King’s decision. He laments that it is unfair for him to be swiftly removed as Prime Minister in the absence of motion of no confidence against him in the Parliament. He confidently cites Article 44 (4) of the Federal Constitution and, in turn, contends that nowhere in the said Article empowering the King to remove him as the Prime Minister.

The King smiles and softly reminds him with this timely advice: “Mr Najib, don’t you remember that on May 22, 2009 at 3.30pm in the case of Dato Zambry v Dato Nizar, the three judges of the court Appeal unanimously held that:

a. A Chief Minister (in the state level) or a Prime Minister (in the federal level) can be impliedly dismissed if the King unilaterally decides that the CM or PM respectively has ceased the command of confidence by a majority of the state assemblymen or MPs.

 b. Article 16 (6) of the Perak Constitution which is equivalent to Article 43 (4) of the Federal Constitution makes no reference as to the mode of determining the CM or PM has lost the confidence. Be that as it may constitutionally speaking there is no explicit requirement of votes of no confidence to be passed before the CM or PM can be removed from his office.

c. The case of Stephen Kalong Ningkan (1966) is no longer a good precedent. In Ningkan, the Sarawak High Court laid down the universally accepted constitutional convention namely the Governor or the King has no power to dismiss the CM unless a motion of no confidence has been passed by a state legislature.

To add salt to the wound, the King further says:

“Is it not you who badly wanted such a perverse ruling in order to gain a short term political victory? 

Is it not you who failed to hear the public outcry demanding the dissolution of the Perak Assembly in order to solve the constitutional impasse in Perak? 

Is it not you who refused to solve the Perak crisis via democratic means, namely, by going back to the voters to decide which party they want to represent them in governing Perak?

“Sorry  Najib, the problem you are facing now is of your own making. You are to blame yourself.  You are hereby ordered to vacate your residence with an immediate effect.”

The above scenario is, in my view, the appropriate illustration to depict the impact of the court of appeal’s decision overturning the landmark decision of the learned High Court Judge Dato Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim given on May 11, 2009.

When Dato Abdul Aziz made a decision allowing all the prayers sought by Nizar in his judicial review application, the learned high court judge, to his credit, gave a reasoned judgment. Therein, he discussed in great detail all the points raised by all parties in their respective submissions.

On the other hand, when the court of appeal allowed Zambry’s appeal, only cursory grounds were given. To date, a detailed, reasoned judgment has not been made available.

Despite the profound submissions made by respective parties, and given the fact that the appeal dealt with very crucial constitutional points, the unholy haste in making the ruling makes one wonders whether the judges really read or appreciated the arguments put forward by the opposing parties.

The lawyers in Nizar’s legal team have no other choice but to accept the court’s decision. But, frankly, we wonder if the man on the street also shares the same sentiment – accepting and respecting the court’s decision without question.

Whilst the people’s views of our dented judiciary remains unabated, the latest perverse decision of the court of appeal aggravates the state of affairs. This is what happens when our machinery of justice has lost its legitimacy.

When BN overstays in the political arena, the people start questioning its legitimacy to rule the country.

Unfortunately, the government’s agencies – in particular, those entrusted with the administration of justice such as the judiciary, the police force and the Attorney General’s office – have also been duly affected when BN lost the legitimacy to rule. In other words these administrations unnecessarily carry the BN’s burden of legitimacy, or lack thereof.

The Perak’s legal and political turmoil reinforces what Raja Azlan J. (as he then was) said in Pengarah Tanah dan Galian , Wilayah Persekutuan v Sri Lempah Enterprise Sdn Bhd (1979) 1 MLJ 135 :-

“Every legal power must have legal limits, otherwise there is dictatorship ... Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Since Day One, BN has indulged in unlawful acts as far as the Perak crisis is concerned. To cover its unlawful acts it has to resort to other unlawful measures.

Perhaps the following illustration would be the best way to describe what B has done in Perak.

When A, being a Muslim commits a sinful act by drinking liquor , the intoxication leads him to commit an adultery which is another sinful act. In order to hide his sinful act, he subsequently kills the woman, fearing she may become a real threat to him.

The same happens to BN in Perak. Intoxicated with power, BN committed a series of unlawful acts, the most glaring one of which is”sodomising”the Perak constitution.

Using (read “abusing”) the courts to hide its unlawful acts the former was then asked to kill the constitutional doctrines and conventions. To its discredit, the court willingly submitted to BN’s nefarious scheme.

Thus, for the first time the apex court demolished the doctrine of trias politica (the French term for “separation of powers”) when it, without any sense of guilt, nullified the decision of another branch of the government’s arms i.e., the legislative body.

The doctrine of separation of powers recognises that the speaker of legislative body is the final arbiter as far as the internal affairs of the State Legislative Assembly are concerned.  There are at least five judgments of the Malaysian courts, given by judges of impeccable integrity, which in unison held that any decision by the speaker or legislative body would not be amenable to judicial intervention. Legally speaking, the decision of the speaker is unjusticiable.

But to keep such a well entrenched doctrine would definitely frustrate BN’s illegal plan to remain in power in Perak illegally. Thus the doctrine needed to be buried once and for all.

Being a “serial constitutional killer” BN craved to kill another constitutional tenet enshrined in our constitution, namely, the doctrine of constitutional monarchy. Again BN was able to accomplish its malicious mission.

Hence on May 22 at 3.30pm the three judges of the court of appeal officially pronounced and declared the demise of constitutional monarchy in Malaysia.

 When constitutional monarchy ends, 

constitutional anarchy definitely begins.

MAD WITH ASTRO.....HERE IS SOMETHING FREEVOLOUS.

I RECEIVED THIS EMAIL FROM HANTU:

HOI Z! If you reckon this is FRIVILOUS stuff, what I am sending you is a FREEVOLOUS breakthrough. This is especially for the legions of you who are mad at ASTRO. What follows is from one of my girl-friends who, until you guys can say that it works, will remain anonymous:

For those of you sick and tired of Astro and their nonsense, here is how you can watch TV programmes that you like when you like; with repeats only if you want a repeat; up to the latest season (sometimes within minutes of broadcast in the US) and most importantly, FREE.

Of course you need broadband internet services but that's less of a monopoly now so save your Astro subscription money and put it into higher speed internet services.

I cancelled my Astro subscription 3 months ago after I found out that TV shows on Star World and AXN like House, Prison Break and Dirty, Sexy Money were available online for free.

I was missing a lot of TV shows because of their broadcast time slot. Star World was not repeating prime time programmes in the after-midnight slot but instead from 11am the following morning and over the weekend. All during times when I was not going to be able to watch them. The Astro programme promos also made me cringe. I was resenting the fact that I was paying good money for rubbish while Astro was bragging incredible profits. Also, there Astro View only listed programmes from 7am to midnight. 24hour TV but no 24hour programme guide. The electronic guide was useless too, as was the online programme guide. Just not possible to check when a TV show I wanted to watch would be on.

Then I accidentally stumbled upon streaming videos online for free. I finally got to watch the TV programmes that I want, when I wanted. I'm currently watching the 2nd season of Chuck (re-runs ad nauseum of Season 1 on AXN). Everything that I want is available, up to the current season - Bones, Criminal Minds, Numbers, The Closer, Psych, Grey's Anatomy, the CSIs, House, Desperate Housewives, Reaper......

Surf The Channel, OVGuide and Cucirca as good sources of free streaming videos of TV episodes. Easiest way is to Google something like 'Bones, Surf The Channel' (rather than go to STC/ OVG to look for it). There will be a variety of sources for the streaming video eg Tudou, Youku, Megavideo.

Megavideo offers the best quality. There is a 72min limit per viewing for Megavideo (unless you subscribe to the premium service) but that is easily overcome by switching off your modem then switching it back on again. That will get you a new IP address which is how they track viewer's minutes. Once back online, refresh the page, cue it to the moment where it was cut off and resume viewing. Or just do it everytime before you begin watching an episode of a show.

These are all light viewing programmes but I've watched a couple of documentaries online too like the one about the tree man of Indonesia and also something about conjoined twins.

Google under "free streaming video". Some say free but there are still membership fees (pay fees then watch shows for free) - just ignore those. There are free TV shows available online. I found this out purely by accident while looking up info on how to download free music!!

Try it for a couple of weeks and if you don't find that it's better than Astro, I'd be surprised. At least it was free to try out!

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continue with Astro if you think this is freevolous

LEARN A WORD A DAY: FRIVOLOUS

READ THE FRIVILOUS STORY/COMMENTS HERE

HE WILL BE JUDGED BY HIS FIRST TASK.

"Alhamdulillah, I've never had that problem since the MACC was set up. As far as I know, there had been no calls at all to tell us to investigate someone or not to. It's important that we don't have to face such a problem," Abu Kassim told reporters recently, after delivering a speech on 'The Role and Responsibilities of the Business Sector in Combating Corruption' at the Prevention of Corruption in Corporate Sector Management seminar. “ “The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has never received a call from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak on corruption cases being investigated by the commission,” he continued.

 

Datuk Abu Kassim succeeds Ahmad Said as MACC numero uno. There has been calls for him to do some damage control. He doesn’t have to. With one act he will be vindicate MACC. Find out   how this former cabinet minister came to own these wheels.

IF HE SUCCEEDS WITHOUT TAKING TOO LONG,

TOYO WILL BE KACHANG PUTIH......OR PIECE OF CAKE. 

MY FRIDAY GUEST BLOGGER; THE ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA BLOG

On 24 November 2007, the eve of the Hindraf March I put up a post on why I was participating in this March.

“My participation in this walk has got nothing, absolutely nothing to do with claiming compensation from the British Queen. It has got nothing to do with Hindraf. It has got nothing to do with being against the incumbent government. But it has everything to do with the marginalised Indians, Malays, and Chinese, especially the destitute and abject poor. The government has paid a lot of lip-service but done little to elevate our disadvantaged from the throes of poverty. And this, after 50 years of boasted prosperity. I am just an angry Malaysians who sees our priorities dissipated to sending people into space and pandering to the rich and famous under the guise of attracting tourist dollars, whilst the Malaysian poor grovel in stark poverty' I question how much of these earned money is channeled to the poor. I have always been an advocate of the NEP, in as long as the poor are in this loop. I still believe in this although the NEP has been hijacked to enrich the already bloated and corrupted rich elite, who under the guise of party politics, will wield keris and draw blood, all for a race. A hypocritical gimmick that works though.”

You can revisit the post HERE. 

My Friday Guest Blogger is THE ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA BLOGSITE. 

I Iived and taught school for ten years in Sentul. 

Images from this blog says all that is left to be said about greed swallowing what is left of the ravished Sentul poor.

 

  GET THE FACTS HERE

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA "SILENCED" HUSNI

IN my post on Tuesday "Three Down.....and Counting" about 3 Justices who are on the transfer list probably for not toeing UMNO line, I also made mention of Second Finance Minister:

AND FOR GOOD MEASURE THEY MAY EVEN GO FOR 

Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah when he called for  “sweeping measures including an emphasis on meritocracy and ensuring all Malaysians are given equal opportunity to participate in the economy.”

For many of us this was a breath of fresh air, but an uncomfortably hot blast for others.  As such, was the word passed around that the MSM should not see his full speech in print?

We can hide something from the people sometimes

But we can't hide everything from everybody all the time.

So READ the unexpurgated text at Aisehman's Blog

MANUFACTURED SHAME

Malaysiakini has this story of one Mohammed Fazdil bin Bahari, a pre-operative transsexual known as Fatine, who upon marrying  a British man in a civil ceremony, was  refused a permanent visa on technical grounds. 

Immigration Department director-general Abdul Rahman Othman said that once deported to Malaysia, Fatine could be banned from travelling overseas for at least two years.


"The penalty imposed on Fatine may be more severe than the two-year passport issuance deferment as he has brought great shame upon us," he said.

Instead of being sympathetic with a distraught Malaysian in an immigration tangle, Abdul Rahman played god and maufactured this shame.


Abdul Rahman, you really want to know what SHAME is?

We should be ashamed that:

That 114 cases involving illegal funds transfer were detected from 2006 to 2009.

In March 2008, a wife of a senior minister transferred funds amounting to RM600,000 to Dubai. Between June and August 2008, a 'Tan Sri' transferred 3.5 million pounds sterling (RM22.2 million) to the United Kingdom.

Last week, Bank Negara confirmed that it is investigating Negeri’s MD Mohamad's alleged transfer of RM10 million to London.

Last week billions were siphoned off in Sarawak!

Shouldn't we be ashamed that: 

630 Malaysians leave the country everyday!

304,358 Malaysians were reported to have migrated from March 2008 to August 2009.

You not ashamed of: 

our shambled judiciary

our mounting crime rates

illegal immigrants galore in our midst

2000 over deaths in custody

There are too many things for us to be ashamed of, I am ashamed of these, are you?

The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit) wasted;

The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million (RM1.6 billion);

Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s;

Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion). (Eric Chia was charged with corruption for allegedly steering US$20 million (RM64 million) to a Hong Kong-based company.) but was acquitted.

Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd.  operation to shore up the stock market;

Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam;

The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM 348 million);

Wang Ehsan from oil royalty in Terengganu amounting to RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007;

For the past 10 years since the Philharmonic Orchestra was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million;

OK, that was sometime back, these are recent:

The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the years. Out of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipment of which the breakdown of costs is unknown;

The commission paid for the purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies, Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted to RM910 million;

 RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion "Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge";

 RM1.3 billion has been wasted building the white elephant Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge;

RM100 million spent on the Parliament building for renovations and to patch up leaks;

National Astronaut Programme - RM 40 million…and we still await the results of some scientific experiments that was carried out by Datuk Space Tourist.

National Service Training Programme - yearly an estimate of RM 500 million and some 17 deaths of trainees and still counting.

Eye on Malaysia - RM30 million and another RM5.7 million of free tickets;

RM4.63 billion 'soft-loan' to PKFZ;

RM2.4 million on indelible ink;

SAMY Velu announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM38.5 billion to 20 highway companies.   A RM380 million windfall for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hikes in 2008 alone;

RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to  theSarawak Chief Minister and his family.

I can continue, but I am too ashamed that the Prime Minister was snubbed in Washington!

  Apologies for erratic paragraphing and spacing.....Pushy's PC is acting up. Probably ashamed too of these shameful shits!

THREE DOWN.......AND COUNTING

The three, named, for now, are

Justice Datuk Alizatul Kair Osman Khairuddin,

Justice Lau Bee Lan and

Justice Mohamad Ariff Md Yusoff.

Apparently, they did not toe the UMNO line.  

Let me make a declaration NOW.

From today I will never make reference to BN (Barisan Nasional) because except for UMNO, the other coalition members MCA, MIC, Gerakan (it’s a wonder I still remember this one) are about to doom themselves into history.

UMNO is in a better position (sans the above) and have better compliant coalition partners like the PDRM, MACC, JUDICIARY, ROS, ELECTION COMMISSION,  I just hope the Armed Forces and the Monarchy are above the above. No, not as referees, because referees can be bought. We rather they play the role as PROTECTORS of the rakyat.

OK, let’s get back to the three Justices who will be transferred out.

THREE DOWN…..

These could be the occasions they did not toe the UMNO line:

The Honourable Tuan Mohamad Ariff bin Md Yusof
Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur (Bhg. Rayuan dan Kuasa-Kuasa Khas)

Justice Mohd Ariff Md Yusof ruled that it was illegal for the MACC to question its witnesses at night as such questioning must be done during the daytime.

"The term day to day as stipulated in the MACC Act cannot mean round the clock."

He also ordered costs to be paid to the plaintiff, Kajang councillor Tan Boon Hwa

The Honourable Puan Lau Bee Lan
BCM
Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur (Bhg. Rayuan dan Kuasa-Kuasa Khas)

High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) allowed the application Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop Kuala Lumpur for judicial review regarding the use of the name 'Allah' in the The Herald-Catholic Weekly.

 The Kuala Lumpur High Court today gave the green light to former Perak Speaker V Sivakumar and six others to pursue its judicial review aimed at compelling the Election Commission (EC) to hold by-elections in three Perak state constituencies.

Judge Lau Bee Lan, sitting at the High Court's Appellate and Special Powers division, granted the leave in chambers today.

The Honourable Dato' Alizatul Khair bt. Osman Khairuddin
DSPN
Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur (Bhg. Rayuan Dan Kuasa-Kuasa Khas)

In what amounts to a big blow for UMNO, the Kuala Lumpur High Court has rejected an application by the Election Commission (EC) for stay of an order to hold a by-election in Kota Siputeh, Kedah.

…..AND I JUST PRAY THEY WILL NOT COUNT THESE IN…..

The Honourable Dato' Abdul Aziz bin Abd.Rahim
DPTJ, DNS, AMN
Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur (Bhg. Dagang)

He declared Nizar as rightful MB of Perak.

The Honourable Tuan Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal
Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur (Bhg. Sivil)

The High Court today ordered New Straits Times Press (M) to pay         RM100,000 in damages to Anwar Ibrahim over a defamatory article published in 2002.

‘TIS THE SEASON FOR A LONG OVERDUE WALK FOR JUSTICE, YES RAGUNATH?

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AND FOR GOOD MEASURE THEY MAY EVEN GO FOR 

Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah when he called for  “sweeping measures including an emphasis on meritocracy and ensuring all Malaysians are given equal opportunity to participate in the economy.”

 

"You can't. in sound morals, condemn a man for taking cae of his own integrity.

It is his clear duty."

Joseph Conrad