Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
In the military, the non-Malay is ridden like a horse Written by Major (Rtd) D.Swami Friday, 26 November 2010 - Republishing After Editing And Adding More Today
Thursday, April 25, 2024
My dear late brother, in 1964 , 205375 Trooper Purshotma Dass of C Squadron 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment who answered the call when his relations were trying to "Ganyang" Malaysia - The Indonesian Confrontation
Lim Kit Siang : Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi remarked that non-Malays shun a
military career because they lacked patriotism. His sense of history and
of the contributions of the Chinese, Indians and our brothers from East
Malaysia towards the sovereignty of Malaysia leaves something to be
desired. Zahid’s is a racist and bigoted view, pure and simple.
I’ve previously blogged about the winners of valour awards, not
including those who had laid down their lives, are maimed, and not
forgetting the non-Malay police officers.
I guess when the Chinese and Indians were bleeding and dying for this
country, Zahid might just have been a dirty glint in his father’s eyes.
I am not insulting this dull fellow, just that this shallow-minded
individual needs some input regarding who was the first Malaysian to be
awarded the Pingat Gagah Berani. He was a Chinese! Sergeant Chong Yong Chin PGB of the First Federation Regiment.
Dey Zahid, I suppose you did not know that. Insults have to be politely reciprocated with civility, I am doing just that.
Did you not know who was the first recipient of the Pingat Gagah
Berani in the Congo? That person too was a Chinese, Lieutenant Lee Ah Pow PGB, read about how shoddily he was treated too! It had to take
Brigadier R.S. Noronha of the Indian army (during a UN peacekeeping
mission in Congo) to recommend him for an award. Lt Lee had shown
exemplary courage and tremendous restraint under fire, yet his own
Malaysian high command overlooked his valour.
There was another young Chinese officer, Lt David Fu Chee Meng, who too was awarded the PGB at the Battle of Tanah Hitam.
So those guys were not patriotic enough for you? Here is my
favourite, someone I know personally, Sergeant Choo Woh Soon PGB, my
wife’s uncle. The short guy in the centre of the photo is Sergeant Choo
Woh Soon PGB. This guy, patriotic enough for you. My wife's uncle.
This is my father in law Corporal Choo Woh Hup, the elder brother of Sergeant Choo Woh Soon PGB
How about this where a sorry excuse for an officer caused the death
of 13 Italian airmen in the Congo. The Malay Major had shirked his responsibilities of providing the airmen with protection, placed them in
danger by ordering them to be brought to the mess and allowed them to
be captured by the rebels. The Major then further disgraced himself by
ordering all the officers and men at the mess to surrender their weapons
to the rebels who had surrounded them, which they did sheepishly.
I will not even talk about the vandalising of the Hoba meteorite in Namibia.
Here is another Indian, who after serving a total of 29 years in both
the police force and the army is denied his pension. The reason being
he did not attend the weapons course and tactics course. What weapons
and tactics course, when he and his men wiped out the remnants of the
enemy in Selangor. What would his unshaved instructors teach him? Read
about him, Captain Courageous aka Mukhtiar Singh s/o Sodagar Singh.
In any other army in the world today, they would have cited Mukhtiar
Singh for courage and piled honours on him without any questions asked.
Unfortunately he is an Indian in Malaysia, get that Zahid?
Here is a picture of an all Chinese group of Kinta Valley Homeguards who
fought the Malayan Communist Party. More pics here...
The problem with people like Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is he does not know
about people like these Chinese and Indians who were willing to die for
Malaysia unconditionally. They only wanted to be treated fairly. The
current situation is like “some people are more equal than others”.
East M’sians discriminated against
People like Zahid are wind bags, full of foul air and all empty talk.
If you notice the minorities were significant in numbers in the
forces when Malaysia was in danger, from the Japanese occupation of
Malaya, the Emergency, Confrontation and the subsequent Emergency until
the cessation of hostilities by the Malayan Communist Party.
Remember the Communist Party of Malaya did not surrender. It was a
treaty for the cessation of hostilities. Freeing our Great Leader to
push his agenda of Ketuanan Melayu, subsequently his achievements were …
I shall just cite one, i.e. the amazing statement that Anwar Ibrahim
socked himself in the left eye to gain public sympathy and give the
police a bad name. Mahathir could not do many of the things he has done
if the Malayan Communist Party was on the warpath as it would increase
their numbers. Zahid, being an ardent fan of this old goat, is still
playing to the gallery.
Soldiers who have served, the non-Malays, know what it is to be
discriminated against because of their race and religion. Even the
Bumiputras of Sabah and Sarawak are discriminated against, as most of
them are Christians.
While at this, being an ex-soldier and all, I have seen many East
Malaysian officers serving in combat units. Why did not any one of them
make it to General? Not good enough?
Look at how brave, loyal and patriotic they are. See in the archives
for the records I’ve compiled. After seeing the results of the Sibu ‘buy
elections’, where the BN lost, I guess they saw the writing on the wall
and recently promoted an Iban officer to become the first Iban who made
it to General, Stephen Mundaw, in September this year.
Anyway that is peanuts, East Malaysians should demand and expect at
least a 4-star General from amongst the Ibans, whose bodies have been
littered across the battle fields in Malaysia. Their courage and
ferocity in battle is unmatched.
Treat everyone equally on a level playing field and you will not need
to ask for the non-Malays to defend this country. The numbers would be
so huge that you would have to send most of them back.
In the military, the non-Malay is ridden like a horse, for the
greater benefit of the majority. No rewards, when it comes to promotions
and benefits … they forget you. You know about the old race horse, that
it runs until it drops dead or is put out to pasture. Most non-Malays
make it to the rank of Major, I am sure you have heard this before,
about the infamous glass ceiling. That is the rank you have to be happy
with.
You are not promoted on merit. I know of guys who can barely speak
English but become Generals. During my time all the courses were in
English. Ask the ex and serving non-Malays about the subtle hints to
convert. They do not even respect your faith by suggesting that. If
they’re always hinting to you that you should convert, it means they
look down on you.
Religious and racial discrimination go hand in hand.
I have also had the privilege of seeing a General’s knees tremble,
when he stepped out of my Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) as I helped
him down. This was after an exchange of fire. I was the escort commander
and he was riding in my IFV in Somalia.
A hundred non-Malays would, without hesitation and asking questions,
charge a hill of 10,000 enemies to defend their country, Malaysia, if
you treated them and their offspring as Malaysians and not as dhimmis
and second-class citizens.
I could continue shellacking Ahmad Zahid until the cows come home but
it is us who are to be blamed. He is the MP for Bagan Datuk, Perak.
Those of us who continue supporting MCA and the MIC, are actually
getting him elected year in, year out. Your votes have made him
arrogant. If you notice his majority is actually shrinking. So the
strongest message for the Defence Minister would be to boot this racist
Umno supremacist out of Parliament in the next general elections.
Never forget.
For all comments go here.......
————————————————————————– This article, first published Nov 12, is taken from the blog Seventh
Rangers (Mech) and reproduced here with the author’s permission and
some minor editing by CPI.
X : The priest says the video of his attack should stay up on X because that’s the freedom of religion and speech our brave Anzacs fought for, declaring himself a ‘proud Aussie’. Praying for Israel and Palestine was a nice touch after so many bad-faith actors tried to paint the Christian leader as something he doesn’t seem to be.
This is why Bishop Mar Mari is so loved.
The priest says the video of his attack should stay up on X because that’s the freedom of religion and speech our brave Anzacs fought for, declaring himself a ‘proud Aussie’.
I’m a new fan of his despite not being orthodox. He’s a great man tethered to truth. I enjoy his passionate lectures. He is a good leader and an open thinker. God bless him. The govt are making out that it's about the video. But it's not about the video though. Once they can censor a video, they'll censor everything & anything they disagree with. They won't allow us to talk about the corruption within the government.
I’m still wondering why some people were determined to remove posted photos of hostages. Our boys didnt die for multiculturalism, that's false. They SERVED King, Country and a Christian God and our Australian way of life, which by the way is seriously being undermined by unfettered immigration over the last 20 years.
Australia for 200 years was a homogeneous society, and the immigration policy ensured racial homogeneity of British Celt persons. Multiculturalism has been engineered and forced onto Australians, so much so, that we are at a tipping point and that we are fast becoming a minority in the country that our ancestors built, defended and died for. Where is the open discussion about multiculturalism? There is none.
Spot on. Brave Anzacs fought for freedom and freedom of speech!!
Akmal: Make BM mastery a prerequisite for citizenship
Malaysiakini : Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh has proposed making the mastery of Bahasa Melayu a prerequisite to getting citizenship. He
was responding to a recent case where an immigration officer refused to
renew a local woman’s passport in Penang, as she could not speak the
national language.
“Umno Youth would like to propose that either
the government or the opposition file a parliamentary motion to amend
the law, to make it a must for one to be able to converse in Bahasa
Melayu in order to be considered a citizen.
“If Bangladeshis who
come to Malaysia can speak Bahasa Melayu, how can one call themselves
citizens but not speak the language?” Akmal (above) asked in a video uploaded on his Facebook today.
“Umno Youth will use channels available to ensure this motion is presented and made into a law in this country,” he added.
Yesterday, immigration director-general Ruslin Jusoh said the department’s officers are not allowed to reject passport renewals or first-time applications solely because the applicant failed to master the national language.
On the Other Hand : Has Zakir Nair learnt how to speak BM?
The man whom the MMs worship cannot speak BM.
So what should be done with the fugitive?
PinkGiraffe0003 : Why don't we just go back in time and give your dad a condom. The world will be better of without "geniuses" like you
Gerard Lourdesamy : Are you daft Akmal? Passing the BM test is a requirement for citizenship by naturalisation and registration as provided for under the FC. It does not apply to citizenship by operation of law. Go read the FC before commenting.
If you want to re-write the FC on the citizenship issue that was agreed upon in 1957, can we also abrogate our Independence and ask the British to come back? Incidentally, I got a C3 in SPM for BM but I am still treated as an outsider in my own country.
Proud Infidel : Mr Tub of Lard, you are only the Kleptocracy Youth Leader. You cannot bastardize the laws of Malaysia, to suit your whims and fancies.
KKB polls: It doesn’t matter if PSM or Muda loses By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Malaysiakini : “Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous
consequences.” - Noam Chomsky [Source: Al Jazeera “Upfront” interview]
COMMENT
| PSM and Muda are in talks to see if they will field a candidate in
the upcoming Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. If they do field a
candidate, it would be an uphill task for an electoral victory.
Partisan
interests are entrenched and no doubt even if Muda or PSM wins, they
will find their candidate in a hostile environment with establishment
parties undermining their every move, even if it means going against the
will of the people.
The existential crisis facing the
non-Malay/Muslim polity is not that they have no choices but the reality
that this polity is not committed to a secular and egalitarian agenda.
This
is not only demonstrated in the polity’s allegiance to a political
party that arrogantly assumes that it is the gatekeeper to the
definition of what it means to be Malaysian but also the so-called
adherence to realpolitik when it suits the purposes of this party and
its hardcore base.
Partisan
echo chambers are not reverberating with calls for equality and justice
for all but rather crypto-racism and a disdain for anything that would
jeopardise the status quo of establishment coalitions. It has gotten
worse with the ascension of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to the hot seat
in Putrajaya.
Moderate Malays are left to their own devises. If
they speak up against religious extremism, there is a good chance they
would be sanctioned with Pakatan Harapan in power or disavowed if
Harapan was in the opposition.
Maybe if DAP had remained strictly
secular instead of attempting to use religion - donning the headscarf,
wandering around mosques, remaining silent when moderate Malays were
speaking out against the injustice they experienced and enabling
religious policies - things would be different. They would have been a
foundation to build an alternative. But that time has passed.
All
of this does not mean that the base is willing to give up on DAP and
Harapan. Keep in mind that the fear of the Green Wave is an extremely
potent distraction meant to lull non-Muslims into believing that our
secular fundamentals are still strong. It is not.
Why PSM?
I
have seen opposition politicians attack PSM while making excuses for
other opposition political parties and their own parties who have
engaged in behaviour that is corrupt, mendacious, and betrays the
principles that the opposition insists they have.
While
the mainstream political coalitions are busy finding easily
identifiable “enemies”, what PSM identifies are deficiencies in the
system and misguided policies that essentially encourage the
working-class Malay base to vote against their long-term interests.
Migration, the far-left and Israel: Attila Somfalvi
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Here in the UK the bias of the BBC and SKY in favour of Hamas and against Israel has been disgraceful. We are not all of that mind. I stand with Israel. I pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
You need to really realize that this is not just a problem of ignorance or a perception gap/problem. This is a perception war. A lot of the misinformation is deliberate and designed, the rest the result of the design. You’ve known about Pallywood anyway for a while. Letting people know and provide the facts and data is absolutely important.
But what is more important is to understand that the knowledge gap is a lesser problem than the indoctrination's, the interests, the habits, the fears, the aspirations of the sources of the misinformation. Basically, bet on people being evil, not ignorant. But let’s push through with confidence.
Where did you find this guy? I have never heard about him and I am following Israel-Palestine conflict. The guy is excellent!
Australian prime minister labels Elon Musk ‘an arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law’
Anthony Albanese responds to X owner who criticised Australian authorities demanding videos of a Sydney church stabbing be removed. This Aussie Turd who call himself the PM of Australia wants to censor.
BREAKING: Bishop Mar Mari has taken the side of Elon Musk and called for the video of his attack to remain online.
"He's strongly of the view that the material should be available," X lawyer Marcus Hoyne said.
🚨BREAKING: Bishop Mar Mari has taken the side of Elon Musk and called for the video of his attack to remain online.
"He's strongly of the view that the material should be available," X lawyer Marcus Hoyne said.
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, the victim of the alleged terror attack, has no objection to the footage being available on X. We all know why the Albanese govt is cynically using this incident to whip up hysteria & push more censorship. The PM wants to ban memes now.
How dare we make fun of our exalted leaders!Just imagine calling Elon Musk an ‘egotistical arrogant billionaire’ to then have the victim come out and say that he wants the video visible for all to see…. So who’s ‘out of touch’ now?
What a PR Nightmare this has now become for not only the government but also the opposition and all those who endorsed the PMs position here.
Our guest today: Shadi Khalloul is the President of the Israel Christian Aramaic Association (ICAA). He served as a lieutenant in a paratrooper division in the Israeli Army and is the former spokesman for the IDF Christian Soldiers forum.
This is how countries become Muslim. People often don’t know about the role the Palestinians played in starting the Lebanese Civil War. I remember stories from old Lebanon friends telling me that Lebanon back in the 70 was the reviria of the Middle East, all the rich and famous people came to Lebanon.
Bought houses and made Lebanon rich, since PLO kicked out from Jordan and went to Lebanon, all hell break loose, civil war for years, Lebanon been destroyed and still been rampage by terror and low economy because the terror make them poor.
Speaking truth, Bangaldesh, Pakistan went the same way. Afghan was once buddhist, though almost 500 years ago. They have removed every single minority. The islamic ummah calls for world domination through eternal grievance culture.
Europe is seeing this and if they do nothing they will become a shithole like Pakistan!!!
When I said the people in MAT are stupid and ignorant of the law many people ( general and senior officers) are angry with me - Major Meor Rosli
Latest update from Maj Mior Rosli.
Above : Old Video 14 March 2024
We have won. The government ( including MAT) wants to appeal. I notice they have no substantive nor affirmative factual or legal grounds for appealing.
They are beating round the Bush with unreasonable and untrue facts to disagree with our claim.
During the open court hearing they gave reason that the vast difference of pension is because of basic academic qualifications
When they register for appeal they said they do not agree with all the judgement and order made by the High Court judge
When they submit their supporting affidavit they said inter alia :
a. We claim for "additional pension" and they refuse to give us additional pension. What we claimed was pension adjustment
b. They said that they cannot pay us because if they win the appeal, we will owe them and it would be difficult for them to collect back the money.
I replied that we are not beggers on the street.. we have monthly pension and they can always deduct from our monthly pensions.
c. This time they said they disagree partially with the judgment.
The supporting affidavit was signed under oath by mindef KSU on behalf of MAT and other defendents.
I have replied their affidavit and denied all their statements
In Parliament, menhan said (from the AG), in article 137(1) the wording which says the YDPA gave his general powers to MAT is wrong. And he goes on and says that article 41 must be read in harmony with article 132. To me all these are rubbish!
A41 states that the YDPA is the supreme commander of the Federation Armed Forces and A132 explain the types of public services.
When I said the people in MAT are stupid and ignorant of the law many people ( general and senior officers) are angry with me.. but it is true.
The case management will be on the 9th of May 2024. I hope the court will reject their appeal application.
I am going for roadshows after Raya to explain the situation and at the same time to explain to the non pensioners on how I am going to fight for them.
"Indian nationalism is not like European nationalism. The West doesn’t get this."
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
A few decades ago, when globalisation theories like ‘the Golden Arches theory’ and ‘the world is flat’ were fashionable, S. Gurumurthy, nationalist ideologue, journalist, magazine editor, and chartered accountant, argued differently.
He saw that national culture and its idiosyncrasies could not be forcefully wiped out by the power of trade and finance especially since globalisation does not only have winners, it also has people who lose. Today when economic nationalism, supply chain resilience and guardrailing critical technologies is making headlines, Gurumurthy’s ideas seem to have won the debate. His role as the chairman of India’s most important nationalist think tank the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) gives him an advisory role to the Narendra Modi government.
In this conversation with Hindol Sengupta, Gurumurthy discusses,
Christians live with intense pressure from the authorities. Despite this, Muslims are becoming Christians. This video highlights their stories of struggle and triumph. Through this YouTube channel, Impact Evangelism seeks to share the gospel with Muslims through the world.
'Didn’t even ask for…', Annamalai recalls how Cong didn’t support Tharoor’s UN Secy-Gen candidature
BJP’s Coimbatore Lok Sabha Candidate K Annamalai hit out at the Congress Party and Congress Coimbatore Lok Sabha Candidate Shashi Tharoor on April 21. Annamalai narrated a series of events alleging that the Congress didn’t support Shashi Tharoor in 2006 when he ran for the United Nations General Secretary.
How much more must we bend for Najib? By P Gunasegaram
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | How many more times is
the judicial process going to be stretched, bent over, malformed,
manipulated and otherwise circumvented to get a convicted criminal - the
biggest kleptocrat the world has ever seen and who faces a multitude of
other serious charges in the billions of ringgit - released from jail
and to the comfort of his own house?
This person, former prime
minister Najib Abdul Razak, abused the trust placed in him to
systematically and wilfully conspire with Low Taek Jho (also known as
Jho Low), then not even out of his thirties, to pilfer billions from the
nation’s coffers. What has he done to deserve such treatment?
If
we had triable treason laws in the country, he could have been found
guilty on many counts and faced the most serious sentences possible for
causing so much damage to the country.
The irony is that Umno
Baru, the most corrupt party in the country, headed by a person who
himself faces multiple corruption charges, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, and part
of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Madani government, is leading this
ridiculous charge to get the nation to bend backwards for Najib yet
again.
ScarletShark1551 : I totally agree Anwar is totally unfit to be our PM
Dummies Dhimmi : The home minister and the prison DG denied that this mega fraudster is given a king's status in the prison even though a inmate witness saw it as such. It's a joke that the public will swallow this blatant denial.
A house detention simply will mean he is a free man. He may even wear a 'pretend' ankle brace, in Malay Malaysia where stealing the raykat's money wins a hero status, he will be for all intended purposes be a super rich free man.
Commenting has been disabled for this story : "he is driving a political nail into PKR’s coffin."
Guna,
We are well past the coffin nails.
The coffin is already 6 feet under and the corpse is already rotting.
All this and for what?
Just for Anwar to keep living his dream of being PM
TheSidth : Strange PMX cannot find 5000 matriculation seats for NM nor 1billion for chinese and 500 million for indian B40
No low cost house quota for NM
But for NR billions kena sakau pun takper
Never vote UG again !
Kroni diutamakan rakyat NM di pinggirkan
UMNO will pull down PKR with it in the next GE The Madani government is really an UMNO government in disguise By Murray Hunter
Monday, April 22, 2024
Murray Hunter : The rapidly decreasing popularity of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)
within its traditional support base, was dealt another blow at the
Silver Jubilee PKR Convention, where it failed to rejuvenate party
support. Being told the party’s future in government is with UMNO is not
a narrative that creates any excitement among party members.
UMNO issues are dominating Madani
Most
Malaysians have forgotten the non-stop Pakatan Harapan attack on UMNO
president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi during the last general election. There was
a serious attempt to defeat Zahid in his seat of Bagan Datuk, where he
just scaped in by a slender margin of 350 votes.
Zahid was the
symbol of everything that was wrong within UMNO. His skilful moves after
the election allowed Zahid to become the deputy prime minister of
Anwar’s ‘unity government’. Zahid is the ‘Rasputin’ of Madani. He
suspended or expelled any internal party opposition. Zahid was assisted
by home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to cancel UMNO party
elections for the top two positions in the party.
Zahid’s
dismissal without amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in court last year,
the instability created, and finally his affidavit supporting home
detention for the former prime minister Najib Razak, all angered the
public.
The above antics have helped many Pakatan Harapan
supporters make up their minds to just stay home during the next
election and not vote for anyone.
UMNO ‘baggage’ is killing PKR
Zahid
is not the true ‘evil’ within UMNO. This comes from present and former
UMNO politicians who are board members and chairpersons of government
agencies and GLCs. They are there not to serve the people, but utilize
the position for personal advantage. Many UMNO politicians have no
qualms about entering politics to further their own business interests,
rather than unselfishly serving the nation.
Its UMNO people that controls the bureaucracy, government agencies and CLGs. This is why the Madani government is really an UMNO government in disguise.
Whenever I am around Indians, I always whisper the word whiskey. They can catch that word from afar!!!
Hindustan Times : Indian whiskey clinches top spot as world's best single malt at 2024 London Spirits Competition. Godawan Single Malt Whisky achieves an outstanding score of 96 points, claiming the title of Best Indian Product at the esteemed London Spirits Competition.
Godawan Century, a single malt whiskey
from India, claimed the highest score in the single malt whiskey
category at the 2024 London Spirits Competition, also earning
recognition as the top-scoring product from India. Once again, the
results of the 2024 London Spirits Competition highlight the finest spirits
worldwide, evaluated based on criteria such as quality, value, and
packaging. Godawan 100 secured an impressive score of 96 points,
solidifying its position as the premier single malt whiskey globally.
According to the
tasting notes provided by the London Spirits Competition, Godawan
Century offers pronounced tropical notes, a lighter palate, and a short
finish. It presents a delightful sweetness on the palate, with subtle hints of caramel, charcoal, cinnamon, and anise, culminating in a long dry finish.
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the War of Independence by Israelis and the Nakba (Catastrophe) by Palestinians, was a pivotal and complex conflict that resulted in the establishment of the state of Israel and had lasting repercussions for the entire Middle East.
The war began following the end of British Mandate in Palestine and the United Nations' partition plan, which proposed dividing Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. Throughout the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, Palestine’s Arabs consistently rejected all proposals for a political compromise and flatly demanded all of Palestine, “from the river to the sea.”
And they did not restrict their activities to roundtable discussions. In April 1920, May 1921, and August 1929, Arab mobs, whose passions had been whipped up by religious and political leaders, attacked their Jewish neighbours and passers-by in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Hebron, and Safad, killing dozens in what amounted to a succession of pogroms.
(The New York Times studiously avoids this word, referring to them only as “assaults.”)
Emily Bazelon informs readers that the first bout of violence took place when the 1920 Muslim Nebi Musa festivities in Jerusalem “turned into a deadly riot,” in which “five Jews and four Arabs [were] killed.”
Neither she nor any of the panellists mention that an Arab mob attacked, murdered, and wounded Jews or that the crowd of perpetrators chanted “nashrab dam al-yahud” (‘we will drink the blood of the Jews’). Nor does she tell us that the crowd shouted, “Muhammad’s religion was born with the sword,” according to eyewitness Khalil al Sakakini, a Christian Arab educator.
After three days of rampage and despoliation, British mandate security forces finally restored order, killing all or most of the four Arabs Bazelon mentions in the process. The findings of the subsequent British investigation are included in the July 1920 Palin Report, which states:
“All the evidence goes to show that these [Arab] attacks were of a cowardly and treacherous description, mostly against old men, women and children—frequently in the back.”
Malaysiakini : Former PKR
vice-president N Surendran did not mince words when sharing his feelings
about the party’s 25th anniversary over the weekend.
Pouring cold water on the milestone, he described the Anwar Ibrahim-led party as “morally dead”. After
promising reforms for more than two decades since its inception, the
former Padang Serai MP accused PKR of dishing out “excuses” after coming
into power.
“What’s to celebrate?” he said on the social media platform X. “For 25 years, they promised reform. In power - no reforms, only excuses,” he added.
Surendran,
who was one of PKR’s most vocal leaders in the past, said those who
“fought and risked jail to bring PKR to power, fought for nothing”. “It is a morally dead party, propped up by the trappings of power, focused only on staying in power,” he added.
‘Shameful silence’
Surendran
had quit PKR in February this year after expressing disappointment with
Pakatan Harapan’s “shameful silence” on the sedition probe against
former DAP lawmaker Tony Pua over his remarks about the commutation of
ex-premier Najib Abdul Razak’s prison sentence and fine.
He
announced his resignation on X after crossing swords with Harapan
communications director Fahmi Fadzil, who told him to adhere to party
discipline when airing his grievances. “Fahmi, never mind party discipline. I’ve not been an active party member for a long time anyway.
“I
asked about the reforms PKR once promised. No decent answer to that.
There is no point in being a member of a party that no longer represents
change and reform. Take this as my resignation,” Surendran responded. Prior
to this, he posted a photograph of himself with Anwar at a press
conference in 2014 to condemn the Sedition Act with the caption: “How
low my old comrades have sunk…”
BrownDove7179 : Many of the rakyat, both the educated and the ordinary ones have lost faith in both PKR and DSAI.
Kilimanjaro : The DAP has to make a fundamental choice - whether to stand up for the NMs or for all Malaysians. Lately it seems to be fishing for Malay votes too, something that Amanah, PKR and even UMNO had failed miserably.
Of course, it cannot be mistaken that the DAP's cynical attempt to fight for all Malaysians is nothing more than to attract the Malay voters who had consistently shown their contempt towards the DAP. What else can it be other than its foolish foray into their politics. With the NM votes already in its pocket its dream and attempt and going out of its way to please the Malays is going to be a mischievous misadventure.
That is what seems to be bedeviling the DAP Ministers in the Cabinet.
The Malays have had given a clear choice - that their mind and soul is with the very Malay parties. While MCA and the MIC may not be in the same measure as UMNO within the BN configuration, their stand in the BN Council is all the same with veto powers on the admission of new parties into their fold.
But Bersatu and PAS will only allow NM to be second-class members - the Malays want to be in supreme control and though the PKR top leadership are Malays, it has been chastised as a multiracial party.
It is an established fact now that NM parties wishing to stand for the rights of the NM parties cannot and should not be sucked into coalitions dominated by Malays.
The MCA and the MIC suffered this setback during the BN days and who can doubt that the DAP is facing the same dilemma now. For all it wants it can provide support from the outside like the GPS of Sarawak. The GPS supporters will roast their leaders alive had they joined BN, PN or even PH.
The adamant attitude of the DAP and PH will affect current and future chances for both.
The indecisive DAP dragged us all along to the demise of a PH Govt. The Govt may have fell had the DAP pulled out then but what did the DAP achieve by going along with a PH Govt - it eventually fell anyway.
For now, the DAP should not get too greedy in having the whole of this country under its thumb. It simply cannot.
May be in 100, 200 or 500 years, there could be a remote possibility where we can all hold hands together. Or may be that will never happen at all. If the DAP wants to survive it has no choice - it has to get out of PH and only provide support to any Malay party from the outside that will consider NM as equals.
Otherwise it will ruin itself. It has to stop the pretense of enjoying cabinet positions.
Let me say this loud and clear. Today Zahid and other Malay leaders are appealing to the MCA and MIC to help out in the campaigning in KKB. That is so mean of Zahid and UMNO. They were offered seven Ministers; posts but it didn't occur to Zahid to offer one each to MCA and MIC in the spirit of BN.
Where is the magnanimity supposed to be existent in coalition politics. Neither did it occur to Anwar that when a losing PKR candidate can be made a senator and a Minister, why did he fail to see the larger picture of inviting the MCA and MIC into the Cabinet. The point is, Anwar's idea of trimming his Cabinet applies only to the NM, not the Malays.
Perhaps now one can understand why there are two Malay Ministers from Amanah.
The total reliance on NM parties to voice out their frustrations has been a pathetic failure. The time has come for voters to send a strong message that they (the voters) matter.
My position is clear - I will boycott the election. Delineations and gerrymandering has made a mockery of elections in this country. Are they following the Constitution in respecting the rights of all voting citizens? It is a sham really.
Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election: Protest vote or boycott? By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Madani, keep your promise about petrol, NOT Satay!!
Malaysiakini : “If you’re angry, don’t boycott. Show your anger towards Umno by voting for the Muda candidate.” Hannah Yeoh during a campaign speech in Tanjong Karang, Selangor, when
Muda and Pakatan Harapan were in an electoral pact, November 2022.
COMMENT |
Two years ago, when Hannah Yeoh was stumping for Muda in the run-up to
the 15th general election (GE15), she told Umno voters in Tanjong Karang
not to boycott the election after their six-term MP Noh Omar was
dropped by the party. She advised them not to waste their votes but rather to vote for Pakatan Harapan to turn something negative into a positive.
Of
course, the reason why she told voters dissatisfied with what Umno had
done in switching candidates was craven, in that she was hoping to
exploit their dissatisfaction, not in policy, but rather personality,
which is the major problem with politics here and everywhere else.
So, my question is, what about the voters of the upcoming Kuala Kubu Baharu
by-election? Who do they vote for if they are angry with Harapan? Would
voting for Perikatan Nasional turn their anger into something positive?
Would continuing to vote for a coalition they are angry with be
positive or merely enable the coalition?
Apparently, there is a movement to galvanise the Indian vote to boycott the election. Yeoh’s response is not to attempt to entice Indians to vote for Harapan but rather just to ignore “negative” voices.
Commenting has been disabled for this story : The NMs are caught between a rock and a hard place
There are no good choices.
That is why i would rather not vote.
If i give you a choice: drink urine, eat faeces, or do nothing, then the most logical choice is to do nothing.
To me, i must vote out of conviction and principle. Not out of fear.
Voting for DAP is voting out of fear. Fear of PAS.
Yes, if enough people think like me, then that could mean PN will win.
But that is Anwar's fault and DAP's fault.
Not the Chinese voters' fault.
Anwar and DAP ignored the Chinese voters, took them for granted.
They think they can do whatever they want to win the Melayus, and the Chinese will still vote for them, out of fear.
Anwar and DAP are telling the Chinese: If you dont vote for us, PAS will come into power.
Well, I for one refuse to be blackmailed or threatened by Anwar or anyone else.
Anwar and DAP thinks the Chinese will always vote for them regardless of what they do.
Well, I am nobody's "fixed deposit". I will not be cowed by Anwar and DAP or let them take me for a ride.
You cannot step on me repeatedly and expect me to still support you.
I hope DAP loses KKB ...or at least wins with a massively reduced margin.
Steven Ong : Mr S. Thayaparan ,
I suggest that you lead a group to support a Muda or a PSM candidate in the KKB by election. This is the time to prove your valuable contribution to Malaysia and Malaysians. You spoke very well but whether you can convince the crucial voters is yet to be seen .
Now its the opportunity for you. Enough of commenting.
Gather all the likes like you, Mariam Mokhtat, Prof. Tajuddin Rasdi, G20 and all the sensible Malaysians who wants a better Malaysia for all. Do it now before its too late for a transformation . Viral this , you Malaysians who love the country.
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The religion of Peace reminds us how peaceful they really are.
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No criticism of islam, that it should be punished, but its ok to criticise Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism etc. its perfectly fine. The weasel looked furious when protection of the Jews were mentioned. Just by looking at faces and tone why you can easily make who is muslim and who’s not.
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Turkish Hitler
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Iran had already told the Americans and Israelis that they are going to send these drones and missiles.
The intent was designed not to cause damage but simply to satisfy the local population. You missed a crucial part of the story.
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