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Mammoth pro-Palestine rally planned on Chap Goh Meh

The coming 2024 lunar year is the Year of the Dragon in Chinese zodiac.

Chinese New Year falls on 10 Feb 2024. The Chap Goh Meh festival – marking the 15th day of CNY – will be celebrated on Feb 24. Continue reading “Mammoth pro-Palestine rally planned on Chap Goh Meh”

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Umdap: 40 MP party bitchslapped by 26 MP party

‘Bitchslap’ is a word often used figuratively, as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

It’s therefore fair to say that DAP (which has 40 MPs) is being bitchslapped by Umno (which has 26 MPs), and kuai-kuai acquiescing to the dog muzzle-and-leash treatment given it. Continue reading “Umdap: 40 MP party bitchslapped by 26 MP party”

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Omerta: Great Wall of Cina silence

Malaysian public opinion on the Israel-Palestine conflict is divided, with non Muslims arrayed on one side and Malay Muslims on the other.

A few years ago, Penang public opinion was similarly split over the condo cross controversy. There, the Nons (Chinese) ‘silently’ sided with their fellow Nons (Christians) against the Malay Muslims. Continue reading “Omerta: Great Wall of Cina silence”

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Or maybe ZUS is named after somebody’s grandpa?

ZUS Coffee told reporters their beverage is not named after the great Greek god.

Its chief operating officer Tian Zhenhui explained that the word ‘ZUS’ is an abbreviation of “Zeal + Us’, which “aims to convey the company’s zealous efforts to deliver the best coffee to its customers”. Continue reading “Or maybe ZUS is named after somebody’s grandpa?”

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Harapan chairman (2018–2020) one hundred percent supporting Hamas

Tun Mahathir is a foremost and longtime proponent of the Palestinian cause, both locally and internationally.

Our former premier told Malay newspaper Sinar Harian that he is fully behind Hamas, the political organization ruling Gaza since 2006 — see yesterday’s news headline, below. Continue reading “Harapan chairman (2018–2020) one hundred percent supporting Hamas”

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mKini disabling comments for its ‘solidarity-with-Gaza’ stories

UPDATE: Oct 10

Yesterday I blogged that Malaysiakini disabled reader comments on two of its ‘solidarity-with-Gaza’ stories. This morning, Malaysiakini again slapped on its infamous “Commenting has been disabled for this story” notice on yet another pro-Palestinian article — see screengrab below. Continue reading “mKini disabling comments for its ‘solidarity-with-Gaza’ stories”