My Anthem

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Sexy Saga -- Doing IT on screen with gf, so WHY fake it?

Desi's gen was not allowed to read DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover -- and my knotty friend DavidY sneaked previews for his circle of friends. including 13-year-old Desi, about Playmate of the Month. No, we couldn't afford that RM15 a kopi, but DavidY was from another realm. I shared with him an artistic streak -- BUT (he and I) would have been banished into the Sahara Desert had we been ever gone nigh Robby boy oh me or mine, what a luxury, to be paid handsomely for doing what cometh naturally at the dawn of youth. :) Too bad DavidY moved to the US some four --(4 is pronounced sei in Cantonese! which means DIE-LAH, whether easy or hard!:) OR :( -- decades too late.

From sun2surf.com -- C NO touch K!:(

Robert Pattinson embarrassed about faking orgasm

ROBERT Pattinson (pix) says faking an orgasm for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 was "embarrassing".

The hunky actor filmed a sex scene with real-life girlfriend Kristen Stewart for the vampire movie, and although he was happy with the result, he admitted having the entire crew watch as they shot the sequence wasn't a pleasant experience.

He told Espectacular TV: "We were staring into the camera doing orgasm faces and stuff and it becomes unbelievably embarrassing. But I think it ended up good at the end I think."

Robert has previously revealed he wanted more "thrusting" in the sex scene.

He explained: "It wasn't me, it was Kristen. I'm still doing the same thing, the general movement. Normally you have problems with ratings like nudity, but this was literally about the movement. Thrusting! They kept telling me not to move.

"They wanted to have a leash so you couldn't thrust past a certain point. Just the tip or something! That doesn't mean anything; it's just a figure of speech. I mean, they want to see thrusting, not probing." – Bang Media

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

WTF***! Sharizat yells: I do not need to explain anything...

BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NFC."

Frontpage in NST print edition today with pic of the protagonist full oif rihghteousness -- DATUK SERI SHAHRIZAT ABDUL JALIL, Wanita Umno Thief-- ooops, errata: change "t" to "c"...

Desi in his almost s'x years of blogging has rarely broken into that "f" word i my writHing hear! But within my four gray walls, Yes, and I did it today loud and Hi-desibelley in Furong, Lobak, where the people are still forgiving if only the culprints are remorseful.

But is the Chairman of NFC (National Feedlot Corporation), husband to the UMNO WANITA Chief, even remotely remorseful? After the Auditor-General in its 20-10 annual report had described the NF as "in a mess", this guy -- his name I won't mention because he's a disgrace to all true Malaysian enterpreneurs, so Desi won't dignify him ...-- allowed loyal supporters including Khairy J (I'l mention his name half, that's what he's worth...) the UMNO Youth counterpart and some UMNO ministerial cohorts, defend the RM250million generously gifted this guy and family. He was equally arrogant when he broke his silence some 4-5weeks after the sandal broke, when he criticised his critics, esp from the Opposition with a rebuttal to the effect: ....You people only know how to criticise, always accuse us of not investing ...AND I'M INVESTING THIS RM250MIL, yet you guys continue to attack me and my family.

Oh yes, he tried to justify spending RM13.8mil on two CONDOS as in the mentime, generating good ROI -- with rentals of RM70,000 on each unit! but avoiding answering the main point: WHF**** are you doing -- YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED IN CATTLE-FARMING, and you buy two units of condo to generate income meantime? Industry insiders in real estate said there is NO WAY to genewrate return on investment of RM70k per month on condo in that area of Bangsar, yet this guy dares to cook up the books.

And the wifey Minister has the gall to yell: "I do not need to explain anything because I have nothing to do with the NFC."

WellA, Desi wants to produce a movie titled ANIMAL FARM MALAYSIA -- anywan out dare wanna invest RM5million? Here's my HP in case you really believe tall stories that I ain't doing it for the oney. National Seivice mah...

God save us from such greedy cows, who after kicking out the first Farmer Jones, now want to live in CONDOS. Yeah, producing premium Kobe beef, izzit? And the udders raining out red, red wine eh?

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29/11/11

NFC dapat kontrak, kerana Shahrizat Menteri Umno





Oleh: Masdar Wahid)



KUALA LUMPUR : National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFC) tidak mungkin mendapat kontrak mengusahakan Pusat Fidlot Kebangsaan jika Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil bukan pemimpin Umno dan menteri kabinet.

Itu reaksi segera Ahli Parlimen Ampang, Zuraida Kamaruddin terhadap penafian Ketua Wanita Umno itu, kononnya tiada kaitan dengan NFC yang dimiliki suami dan anaknya.

“Sebab itu kita mendesak minit mesyuarat mengenai projek itu didedahkan kerana kita mahu tahu kenapa NFC diberi kebenaran mengusahakan projek itu.

“Keengganan mendedahkannya mengukuhkan lagi kenyataan kita bahawa syarikat itu mendapat tender hanya kerana Shahrizat pemimpin Umno dan menteri kabinet,” katanya dihubungi Keadilandaily.com hari ini.

Zuraida turut membidas kenyataan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat itu kononnya skandal NFC dibongkar Pakatan Rakyat untuk kepentingan politik.

“Shahrizat jangan alih isu, persoalan terbesar dalam isu ini ialah penyelewengan RM250 juta wang pembayar cukai dan yang memulakan pembongkaran ini ialah Laporan Ketua Audit Negara (LKAN) 2010.

“Oleh kerana Pakatan komited membanteras penyelewengan dan rasuah, maka kita menuntut penjelasan hasil laporan itu,” tegasnya.

NFC ialah syarikat yang dimiliki keluarga Shahrizat bagi mengusahakan projek ternakan lembu, namun gagal mencapai sasaran ditetapkan meskipun memperoleh dana RM250 juta.

Malah projek yang dilulus Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani sebelum ini, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin itu turut menyalahguna wang untuk membeli dua unit kondominium mewah di Bangsar hampir RM14 juta.

Sementara itu, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Awam Negara (PAC), Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid dalam sidang media di Parlimen baru-baru ini mengesahkan pinjaman mudah RM250 juta sudah diberi kepada NFC sejak 2008 hingga 2009 walaupun perjanjian hanya dibuat pada 2010.

Kenyataan itu sekaligus bertentangan dengan kenyataan Datuk Seri Najib Razak yang mendakwa pinjaman kepada NFC setakat 31 Julai lalu hanya RM181.9 juta.

Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani ketika ini pula, Datuk Seri Noh Omar mendakwa pinjaman setakat Disember 2010 kepada NFC hanyalah RM134.72 juta.

Pakatan Rakyat sudah pun mendesak agar semua menteri itu meletak jawatan kerana didakwa berbohong dan mengelirukan rakyat semata-mata mahu menutup penyelewengan wang rakyat oleh keluarga Shahrizat.

cometh the following report:)

29/11/11

NFC dapat kontrak, kerana Shahrizat Menteri Umno





Oleh: Masdar Wahid)



KUALA LUMPUR : National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFC) tidak mungkin mendapat kontrak mengusahakan Pusat Fidlot Kebangsaan jika Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil bukan pemimpin Umno dan menteri kabinet.

Itu reaksi segera Ahli Parlimen Ampang, Zuraida Kamaruddin terhadap penafian Ketua Wanita Umno itu, kononnya tiada kaitan dengan NFC yang dimiliki suami dan anaknya.

“Sebab itu kita mendesak minit mesyuarat mengenai projek itu didedahkan kerana kita mahu tahu kenapa NFC diberi kebenaran mengusahakan projek itu.

“Keengganan mendedahkannya mengukuhkan lagi kenyataan kita bahawa syarikat itu mendapat tender hanya kerana Shahrizat pemimpin Umno dan menteri kabinet,” katanya dihubungi Keadilandaily.com hari ini.

Zuraida turut membidas kenyataan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat itu kononnya skandal NFC dibongkar Pakatan Rakyat untuk kepentingan politik.

“Shahrizat jangan alih isu, persoalan terbesar dalam isu ini ialah penyelewengan RM250 juta wang pembayar cukai dan yang memulakan pembongkaran ini ialah Laporan Ketua Audit Negara (LKAN) 2010.

“Oleh kerana Pakatan komited membanteras penyelewengan dan rasuah, maka kita menuntut penjelasan hasil laporan itu,” tegasnya.

NFC ialah syarikat yang dimiliki keluarga Shahrizat bagi mengusahakan projek ternakan lembu, namun gagal mencapai sasaran ditetapkan meskipun memperoleh dana RM250 juta.

Malah projek yang dilulus Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani sebelum ini, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin itu turut menyalahguna wang untuk membeli dua unit kondominium mewah di Bangsar hampir RM14 juta.

Sementara itu, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Awam Negara (PAC), Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid dalam sidang media di Parlimen baru-baru ini mengesahkan pinjaman mudah RM250 juta sudah diberi kepada NFC sejak 2008 hingga 2009 walaupun perjanjian hanya dibuat pada 2010.

Kenyataan itu sekaligus bertentangan dengan kenyataan Datuk Seri Najib Razak yang mendakwa pinjaman kepada NFC setakat 31 Julai lalu hanya RM181.9 juta.

Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani ketika ini pula, Datuk Seri Noh Omar mendakwa pinjaman setakat Disember 2010 kepada NFC hanyalah RM134.72 juta.

Pakatan Rakyat sudah pun mendesak agar semua menteri itu meletak jawatan kerana didakwa berbohong dan mengelirukan rakyat semata-mata mahu menutup penyelewengan wang rakyat oleh keluarga Shahrizat.

.Miracles do happen II

Ah, to continue to pamper my ER, hear's the English translation of the song Nella Fantasia that the singer and his story and singing has won many hearts, esp the ladies. Desi's steal a lad youngATheart at 46! (mirror mirror on the wishinin'well, who's the loveliest lad of damned awe?

Sung-bong Choi. The Korean Miracle.

Uploaded by on Jun 7, 2011

Watch as Sung Bong-Choi wows the South Korean audience, not only with his voice but his inspirationall story of literally coming from nowhere. He survived by selling gums and energy drinks on the street.

English translation to Nella Fantasia (the Italian song that he sings):

In my imagination I see a fair world,
Everyone lives in peace and in honesty there.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like the clouds that fly,
Full of humanity in the depths of the soul.

In my imagination I see a bright world,
Even the night is less dark there.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like clouds that fly.

In my imagination there exists a warm wind,
That breathes on the cities, like a friend.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like clouds that fly,
Full of humanity in the depths of the soul.

Monday, November 28, 2011

From informationclearinghouse.info...on what OWS is about!

BUMmer Rockybru aka Datuk Ahirudin Attan and Desi -- and that's me!:( -- sit on opposite sides of the political divide. However, as jpurnalists and bloggers in ever-changing orders, we sometimes meet at some unpredictable onfluence, then we say hello, maybe even tending towards a Kruschev bear hug -- yeah, we still remember the Cold War era! -- and after traversing our "common walk", we depart. It's aweways Adieu and Not GOoDbye.

Today in his blog he challenged Bloggers to post something about the US scene which he claims civil society and pro-Change bloggers ignore because it's more CONvenient that way. and somehow a civil society leader famous for leading the BERSIH2.0 protest rally crept into the picture. You go to rockybru's portal to read in full w'ile I reproduce that challenged piece in reply as acceptance of that challenge.......' YL,Desi, knottyaSsusual


The Shocking Truth About the Crackdown on Occupy

The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class's venality

By Naomi Wolf

November 26, 2011 "
The Guardian" - - vUS citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality in a coordinated crackdown against peaceful OWS protesters in cities across the nation this past week. An elderly woman was pepper-sprayed in the face; the scene of unresisting, supine students at UC Davis being pepper-sprayed by phalanxes of riot police went viral online; images proliferated of young women – targeted seemingly for their gender – screaming, dragged by the hair by police in riot gear; and the pictures of a young man, stunned and bleeding profusely from the head, emerged in the record of the middle-of-the-night clearing of Zuccotti Park.

But just when Americans thought we had the picture – was this crazy police and mayoral overkill, on a municipal level, in many different cities? – the picture darkened. The National Union of Journalists and the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a Freedom of Information Act request to investigate possible federal involvement with law enforcement practices that appeared to target journalists. The New York Times reported that "New York cops have arrested, punched, whacked, shoved to the ground and tossed a barrier at reporters and photographers" covering protests. Reporters were asked by NYPD to raise their hands to prove they had credentials: when many dutifully did so, they were taken, upon threat of arrest, away from the story they were covering, and penned far from the site in which the news was unfolding. Other reporters wearing press passes were arrested and roughed up by cops, after being – falsely – informed by police that "It is illegal to take pictures on the sidewalk."

In New York, a state supreme court justice and a New York City council member were beaten up; in Berkeley, California, one of our greatest national poets, Robert Hass, was beaten with batons. The picture darkened still further when Wonkette and Washingtonsblog.com reported that the Mayor of Oakland acknowledged that the Department of Homeland Security had participated in an 18-city mayor conference call advising mayors on "how to suppress" Occupy protests.

To Europeans, the enormity of this breach may not be obvious at first. Our system of government prohibits the creation of a federalised police force, and forbids federal or militarised involvement in municipal peacekeeping.

I noticed that rightwing pundits and politicians on the TV shows on which I was appearing were all on-message against OWS. Journalist Chris Hayes reported on a leaked memo that revealed lobbyists vying for an $850,000 contract to smear Occupy. Message coordination of this kind is impossible without a full-court press at the top. This was clearly not simply a case of a freaked-out mayors', city-by-city municipal overreaction against mess in the parks and cranky campers. As the puzzle pieces fit together, they began to show coordination against OWS at the highest national levels.

Why this massive mobilisation against these not-yet-fully-articulated, unarmed, inchoate people? After all, protesters against the war in Iraq, Tea Party rallies and others have all proceeded without this coordinated crackdown. Is it really the camping? As I write, two hundred young people, with sleeping bags, suitcases and even folding chairs, are still camping out all night and day outside of NBC on public sidewalks – under the benevolent eye of an NYPD cop – awaiting Saturday Night Live tickets, so surely the camping is not the issue. I was still deeply puzzled as to why OWS, this hapless, hopeful band, would call out a violent federal response.

That is, until I found out what it was that OWS actually wanted.

The mainstream media was declaring continually "OWS has no message". Frustrated, I simply asked them. I began soliciting online "What is it you want?" answers from Occupy. In the first 15 minutes, I received 100 answers. These were truly eye-opening.

The No 1 agenda item: get the money out of politics. Most often cited was legislation to blunt the effect of the Citizens United ruling, which lets boundless sums enter the campaign process. No 2: reform the banking system to prevent fraud and manipulation, with the most frequent item being to restore the Glass-Steagall Act – the Depression-era law, done away with by President Clinton, that separates investment banks from commercial banks. This law would correct the conditions for the recent crisis, as investment banks could not take risks for profit that create kale derivatives out of thin air, and wipe out the commercial and savings banks.

No 3 was the most clarifying: draft laws against the little-known loophole that currently allows members of Congress to pass legislation affecting Delaware-based corporations in which they themselves are investors.

When I saw this list – and especially the last agenda item – the scales fell from my eyes. Of course, these unarmed people would be having the shit kicked out of them.

For the terrible insight to take away from news that the Department of Homeland Security coordinated a violent crackdown is that the DHS does not freelance. The DHS cannot say, on its own initiative, "we are going after these scruffy hippies". Rather, DHS is answerable up a chain of command: first, to New York Representative Peter King, head of the House homeland security subcommittee, who naturally is influenced by his fellow congressmen and women's wishes and interests. And the DHS answers directly, above King, to the president (who was conveniently in Australia at the time).

In other words, for the DHS to be on a call with mayors, the logic of its chain of command and accountability implies that congressional overseers, with the blessing of the White House, told the DHS to authorise mayors to order their police forces – pumped up with millions of dollars of hardware and training from the DHS – to make war on peaceful citizens.

But wait: why on earth would Congress advise violent militarised reactions against its own peaceful constituents? The answer is straightforward: in recent years, members of Congress have started entering the system as members of the middle class (or upper middle class) – but they are leaving DC privy to vast personal wealth, as we see from the "scandal" of presidential contender Newt Gingrich's having been paid $1.8m for a few hours' "consulting" to special interests. The inflated fees to lawmakers who turn lobbyists are common knowledge, but the notion that congressmen and women are legislating their own companies' profitsis less widely known – and if the books were to be opened, they would surely reveal corruption on a Wall Street spectrum. Indeed, we do already know that congresspeople are massively profiting from trading on non-public information they have on companies about which they are legislating – a form of insider trading that sent Martha Stewart to jail.

Since Occupy is heavily surveilled and infiltrated, it is likely that the DHS and police informers are aware, before Occupy itself is, what its emerging agenda is going to look like. If legislating away lobbyists' privileges to earn boundless fees once they are close to the legislative process, reforming the banks so they can't suck money out of fake derivatives products, and, most critically, opening the books on a system that allowed members of Congress to profit personally – and immensely – from their own legislation, are two beats away from the grasp of an electorally organised Occupy movement … well, you will call out the troops on stopping that advance.

So, when you connect the dots, properly understood, what happened this week is the first battle in a civil war; a civil war in which, for now, only one side is choosing violence. It is a battle in which members of Congress, with the collusion of the American president, sent violent, organised suppression against the people they are supposed to represent. Occupy has touched the third rail: personal congressional profits streams. Even though they are, as yet, unaware of what the implications of their movement are, those threatened by the stirrings of their dreams of reform are not.

Sadly, Americans this week have come one step closer to being true brothers and sisters of the protesters in Tahrir Square. Like them, our own national leaders, who likely see their own personal wealth under threat from transparency and reform, are now making war upon us.


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And a news report from Reuters via the Malaysian Insider:)~~


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Occupy LA camp grows as eviction threat looms

November 28, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Nov 28 ― Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters who have camped outside Los Angeles City Hall for weeks braced yesterday for a midnight eviction deadline as supporters rallied to the scene in a show of solidarity.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has said that Occupy LA protesters would be given until just after midnight to dismantle their tents, pack up their belongings and clear out of the City Hall park, or face forcible removal.

Police, who had kept mostly out of sight during the day, began to make their presence known as the eviction deadline neared, and the mood of the protesters, which had remained calm and celebratory through the night, turned edgy and intense.

While throngs of campers continued to mill about, carrying signs, dancing, playing drums and chanting, “Whose street? Our Street!”, a group of demonstrators briefly blocked three lanes of traffic along a street running between City Hall and the Los Angeles Police Department across the street.

Most quickly retreated as police ordered them out of the street, but some protesters surged back into the road again.

Police Commander Andrew Smith said LAPD officers were prepared to make arrests if necessary but declined to disclose their tactical plans to reporters. Police estimated the overall crowd had grown to at least 2,000 by about 11:30pm.

Hours earlier, the mayor issued a statement saying the park “will officially close tonight” but said police would allow campers ample time to remove their belongings peacefully.

Exactly how much leeway the protesters would be given, and how much resistance they would offer, remained unclear. Many demonstrators spent the day in ad-hoc training sessions on civil disobedience.

Mood growing tense

“I wouldn’t leave if they tell me to leave,” said Jennifer Mawias, 24, who identified herself as a two-month veteran of the camp. Dressed in a black leather jacket with a black bandanna over her nose and mouth, Mawias said she was ready to be arrested even though she is due at work in the morning.

Another protester who identified himself only as David, 23, said, “I’m not a pacifist, I don’t believe in peace.” He added, “I have a gas mask.” Asked if he were willing to be arrested, he replied, “They have to catch me first.”

The Los Angeles encampment is among the oldest and largest on the US West Coast aligned with a national Occupy Wall Street movement protesting economic inequality, high unemployment and the excesses of the US financial system.

Staking its place since October 1 on the grounds surrounding City Hall, the compound had grown to roughly 400 tents and 700 to 800 people, organisers and municipal officials said. At least a third was believed to be homeless people.

By last night, the size of the crowd outside City Hall had swelled further as supporters from organised labor, clergy, civil rights and other groups streamed into the area, answering a call for an 11th-hour show of support with the campers.

“We owe it all to the people who have slept, often in the rain, often in the cold, often without adequate food, and all they have done in cities across this country,” said attorney Jim Lafferty, an advocate for the group and executive director of the National Lawyers Guild’s Los Angeles chapter.

Occupy LA campers spent much of the weekend removing and placing into storage their more valuable equipment to keep it from being damaged or confiscated, including an array of solar panels, power generators, computers and a makeshift library.

‘Come get us’

Organisers said they had also been on the phone to various community groups seeking alternate sites where protesters could relocate, at least temporarily.

Los Angeles has been relatively accommodating to its Occupy group compared to other major cities, with Villaraigosa at one point providing rain ponchos to campers. But after the collapse of negotiations aimed a voluntary relocation, the mayor said last week the encampment would have to go.

“It is time for Occupy LA to move from focusing their efforts to hold a particular patch of parkland to spreading the message of economic justice and restoration of balance to American society,” the mayor said yesterday.

Villaraigosa has ordered police to enforce an eviction if necessary but said he hoped to avoid violence that has erupted in other cities when officers used night sticks and tear gas to drive protesters from camps or keep them from returning.

Former US Marine Scott Olsen was critically injured in one such confrontation last month in Oakland, California, a clash that helped rally Occupy protests nationwide.

Tim Trepanier, 43, a welcome tent volunteer from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, said decisions on whether to obey the Los Angeles eviction order were being left to individuals, and that instructions in nonviolent civil disobedience were offered to those considering risking arrest.

An activity sign posted at the entrance to the camp’s media tent listed a final round of workshops on Saturday, with sessions titled: “Know your rights,” “LAPD spying and surveillance” and “Nonviolent tactical training.”

Diana Vance, 55, from Los Angeles, said protesters hoped to attract enough outside supporters to the site, perhaps in the thousands, to forestall attempts to forcibly close the camp.

While some occupiers were expected to invite arrest through tactics such as sitting on the ground and linking arms when police arrive, Trepanier said: “There are going to be a lot of people who are not going to be arrested.”

Vance said Occupy campers were committed to nonviolence but added: “I’m thinking the general mood is, ‘come get us.’” ― Reuters

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Rumination -- False Spring A-going, When Cometh...The Real Spring?

The hands behind Malaysia’s false spring

Commentary
najib
To most of the country’s independent political observers, it is very clear now. With the unveiling of the new proposed law restricting our right to peaceful assembly and protest, the Malaysian public has been taken for a ride on the promise of political liberalization and reform made by the Prime Minister on the eve of Malaysia Day this year.
What is the explanation for the apparent turnaround in Najib Razak’s initial plan unveiled on 15 September this year to abandon earlier draconian and repressive legislation and to improve our civil liberties?
Is it that there was really no enlightened plan but in fact a calculated and cynical move aimed at strangling the right to peaceful assembly – a potential game changer in the country’s political dynamics – whilst holding out crumbs of comfort that the government is being sincere about political liberalization on less important fronts?
If so, the Prime Minister must be congratulated on producing academy award performances not on just one occasion but for an entire two-month period in which he consistently extolled the merit of the Barisan Nasional moves to advance civil liberties and good governance in the country when plotting the exact opposite.
Even as late as today the Prime Minister continues to praise the new bill on Peaceful Assembly as a “revolutionary” law and a “giant leap” towards improving individual freedom. He must be the only person in the country to believe that the country will experience a quantum improvement in our basic freedom of assembly with the passing of the new law.
If he is deaf to the overwhelming opposition to the proposed new law coming from all quarters, this coming year’s international assessments on the country’s civil liberties record will be salutary in reminding the Prime Minister that the country’s ranking on civil liberties and his own reputation for honesty have taken an enormous beating from this cynical attempt to kill off political dissent under the guise of improving the law pertaining to the right to assembly.
Were there other forces at work that may have compelled the Prime Minister to engage in this astonishing political turnaround?
If the Prime Minister is not the main actor of this political deception, is it the work of right wing Umno leaders such as Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his son Mukhriz, the Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Ibrahim Ali as well as Najib’s ambitious cousin, the Home Affairs Minister who have pushed him to this unprecedented flip- flopping on political liberalization?
Whichever hands finally prevailed on this obnoxious bill now being debated in Parliament, their mission is clear: to prevent the same exercise of the freedom of peaceful assembly and dissent that are toppling similar authoritarian regimes elsewhere in the world in the hope that they can buy for themselves a longer lease of authoritarian rule and unchecked power in Malaysia.

DESIDERATA:
Worldwide we learn a few lessons from the Spring time that galvanised a regime change -- or in some countries, still in the process of regime change -- in the African continent -- Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and in their train, several other neighbouring countries like Syria and Yemen ripe for spring-cleaning.
Even in the normally stable developed countries like the United States, Greece and Germany, there's some gathering of stormy clouds crying out for reforms, leading to the Occupy Wall Street campaign and similar infant movements in other countries. It's really early days yet to talk about Springtime in emerging Asian democracies like Singapore and Malaysia.

You get a few hundred demostrators gathering for a peaceful assembly in front of the landmarks like KLCC as a symbol fronting for the Stock Exchange ala Wall Street, it doesn't translate into the dying days of winter cold.

Until the days when Malaysians still can eke out a daily living working their hearts out on more than one job for the main breadwinner, NegaraKu is safe from any Springtime dawning soon. Not in the forseeable future like the next five years.

Until the Government bankrupts the country by doubling their voracious appetite for the country's wealth created by the Black gold, until the UMNO Wanita chief past and present, and also the UMNO Youth past and present, creates more clones and cronies, the Rakyat will remain passive, just watchng the daylight robbery going one with disbelief.

Okay, just mention one example: If there is a Malaysian spring, Minister Sharizat Jalil and her husband now chief of Animal Farm Malaysia helping hiself and family to the nation's coffer like it's a birthright, would have been besieged at their residence -- bungalow, condos -- and they would have been driven out of their animal farm consisting of humble cowsheds ala Port Klang's late Zakaria-style palatial "small" house that in big part caused the Selangor state government to change hands from BN-UMNO to PR-PKR to GE12.


Malaysians must be smart and vote ABU cometh GE13 because we really don't deserve any spingtime to do spring-cleaning of the UMNO mess. Yes, just vote Anyone But UMNO, mates. Terima Kasih for being so obedient. Thank you. Xie xie. God bless Malaysia, land of plenty and we really don't need a spring, we continue to ENJOY summer awe-year-long. Amen.

Friday, November 25, 2011

.Miracles Do Happen...

Sung-bong Choi. The Korean miracle

May I request you do some homework to truly experience a MIRACLE. Go to YOUTUBE and seek out Sung-bong Choi. No, this lad won't cure your terminal illness. It won't feed your empty stomach either sitting on your sofa in self-pity for not getting that promotion.

If you are in between jobs and have not enough ten-sen coins to buy a packet of 70-sen nasi lemak, this one may jest LIFT YOUR HEART. There is life out there if you just seize the day. Or size up the night. This Korean miracle lifted Desi's heart which recently underwent an over (under?) haul with five pints of blood PUMped(BUMped?) into my veins, and I became less vain and so live it up. Even in down times/dimes.

So we do have very humane judges in Korea's Got Talent shows -- one of the luv'ly ones said on first reaction to Choi's singing: "I just wanna give you a hug!"

And towards the end, an assuring second angelic voice said: (To the effect K!...) Whatever the outcome of this competition, Choi, I would want to give a hand to you to continue your vocal training...

If you do not shed a few tears after viewing this, then you aren't a romantic...I wanted to say "You aren't human'''" but I restrained. God bless the world we still have talents amidst the challenging slums and mist -- and some himanistic souls who truly extenbd a helping hand. ~~ "Amen", and Desi seldom these days says "Amen"...


UPDATEd by Desi on 27 Nov 2011 @400PM because I "pamper" my esteemed readers!:(
Surf to Homeless boy steals talent show, compliments of:)

inspirationbygod

Uploaded by on Jun 12, 2011

One cannot help but be moved to tears by this amazing young man; Sung-bong Choi.

When Sung-bong decided to sing on the Talent Show "Korea's Got Talent" he had no idea that he would win the hearts of millions all over the world!

His story of his childhood is so moving that even the judges had a hard time keeping their composure.

He told the judges that even though he didn't think he could sing very well, he sang because it made him happy.

They couldn't have been more surprised.


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OR try this LINK:)

From today I call meself EGALITARAIN...can?

Cos some writer's column pricked my socialist memories. Remember I have prided myself as a Socialist on weak days? But Desi's been labelled a "commie" by some less than kind souls -- from you no w'ear! Hence, my "ABU" campaign for next general elections GE13. If you don't know what ABU means, I repeat I'm gonna be "mean" and holler like a koboi: "Blar lah dari sini bukan neraka", is that close enough to "Get the Here out of Hell!"?


EGALITARIA

The paradox of plenty

THE paradox of plenty refers to resource-rich countries with slower economic growth and worse development outcomes than those without. At first glance, it does not look like we have been hit with this “resource curse”. But a deeper analysis might show otherwise.

The Malaysian story of growth and development has been romanticised over the years, having successfully reduced poverty to low levels. Malaysia’s economic growth surpassed many Southeast Asian neighbours in the 1980s and 1990s (except our island neighbour down south, of course). Malaysia scores fairly decently on international indices measuring the ease of doing business, human development and competitiveness, moving up or down several notches each year.

But an alternative take is: Given our geographic advantage, abundance of resources, language and cultural diversity, we could have achieved a great deal more – a problem acknowledged over the past few years, and coined into catchy phrases such as stuck in the “middle-income trap” and the need to “move up the value chain”. A culture of mediocrity has led to this rather dull mode of stagnation.

But it is not just by chance that we are sluggish. One of the most important factors to consider is Malaysia’s unhealthy dependence on oil and gas resources. Almost 40% of national revenue comes from oil and gas.

The World Bank’s recently released Malaysia Economic Monitor states that although higher oil prices have driven revenues, this also means dependence on oil has increased. Over the past five years, petroleum-related revenues “averaged 38% of all revenues”.

There are several implications for this. First, our fiscal position is exposed to volatile global oil prices. Government developmental expenditure would be highly dependent on this.

Second, Malaysia is falsely lulled into believing that our balance sheet looks fairly healthy. It is crucial to look into non-oil growth, where “the non-oil primary deficit has roughly doubled over the past five years to almost 20% of GDP in 2009” (World Bank, 2011). Is our non-oil sector growing at a much slower pace, having gone unnoticed because of the oil sector’s growth?

Third, there is a risk these plentiful funds are made use of with less stringent oversight. It is impossible to tell what our oil money is used for specifically, because all revenues are pooled into a consolidated fund, which contributes to all government spending. For example, would government embark on mega-projects if we did not have oil money to fund them?

Petronas controls 84% of Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd. Petronas also financed and built private healthcare facility Prince Court Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur, with costs estimated at RM544 million. Although one argument is that resources ought to be used for national development, these commitments must be prioritised. Such investments must add value to the core petroleum business and not burden Petronas (and the country) with additional costs.

Talking about oversight, the Petroleum Development Act 1974 actually gives the prime minister sole discretionary power over the management of Petronas, Section 3 (2) reading, “The corporation shall be subject to the control and direction of the prime minister who may from time to time issue such direction as he may deem fit”.

Many countries plan for the unpredictability of oil prices by having sovereign wealth funds (SWF), or oil stabilisation funds, which compensate for revenue shortfalls, save for future generations, and invest in physical or human capital for future economic growth. Norway’s is probably the best example of a successful SWF, whose operations are strictly monitored by parliament, to which it reports three times a year. On the flipside, Nigeria is an example of a country whose Excess Crude Account “will soon be empty of sizeable windfall profits collected during the recent period of high oil prices” (Gillies, 2010), mainly because the fund was not protected from short-term political pressures to spend.

The closest Malaysia has to this is the “Kumpulan Wang Amanah Negara”, or National Trust Fund, which had RM5.43 billion as at June. But for it to fulfil its purpose, Malaysia must resist using the windfall profits by politicians for short-term gains. Depleting resources should be used for both current and future generations.

Transparency is crucial. A Revenue Watch Index placed Malaysia in the “Partial Revenue Transparency” category, scoring only 48.4 out of 100 points. This index measures public accountability by government and oil companies, in the extraction of oil and gas resources. The score was reportedly due to an absence of legislation providing for disclosure of information. Relatively little is publicly disclosed such as contracts and agreements. Also, parliament does not have the authority to ratify contracts.

There must be better monitoring of natural resource accounts and the National Trust Fund by government together with civil society. With steadily depleting oil and gas reserves, non-oil sectors must play the more important role in contributing to national income. Responsible resource management is the only way to ensure a sustainable future for Malaysians in the long run.

Tricia Yeoh is director at a market research consultancy, having worked in the think-tank and public sectors previously. She writes on national and socio-economic issues. Feedback: letters@thesundaily.com


DESIDERATA: became acquainted with a fine lady named Tricia only a few tears ago -- though I have read many of her writes for some time before that! -- wqhen working at CPI and promoting my BUMmer activities. If U2 have to aRsEk what BUM is, get the hear2 out of hell!

Anyway, back from digression, which is always a BUMmer's privilege to abuse -- that's WHY you must start a blog immediately after this! -- as I was saying, I enjoyed several of Tricia's articles, penned in her quite with-the-masses and down-to-earth style enhanced with GOoD research, for a while I BELIEVE she became a comrade of sorts when she joined PKR, more specifically, the Selangor MB';s office, as a researcher -- (? correct Desi if I am wlong!:( -- and I see now through her column in theSun she's into the private sector.

I said "acquainted" earlier because I can't claim friendship, nyet, as we had had only a few brief encounters, as I did refer to, at CPI's favourite venue -- the KLSCAH.


So Egalitarianist attire, hear I cometh! -- with heads held up high to the sky. We drink skyjuice and eat roti canai by the roadside, OK, Tricia, when we next meet. Okay, tehtarik if tou prefer over plain H2O.


From the online dictionary cometh this definining moment:


[ih-gal-i-tair-ee-uhn] Example Sentences Origin

e·gal·i·tar·i·an

[ih-gal-i-tair-ee-uhn] Show IPA
adjective
1.
asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.
noun
2.
a person who adheres to egalitarian beliefs.






Now you understand WHY I now prefer to describe meself as "egalitarian"? GOoD handle, and hopefully, those goons won't label egalitarian = socialist = communist and come after us using the ISA, or its more repressive "Terror" acts. YL, Desi

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Some World Political Haps, Subtly...

From the NST Online:

A busy week for the world’s politicians

There is plenty of news as America re-engages Asia

WHEN politicians go around with sourpuss faces, because they screwed things up and technocrats lead new governments, it’s a great week. In fact, whenever politicians are unhappy, it’s a sign that things are better.

It’s a greater week when the ultimate political nation, Italy, has a government composed in entirety of technocrats. Burlesquoni (former premier Silvio Berlusconi) now has only his billions to protect him. He can bribe and hold orgies, but he can’t scare people out of government jobs, let alone fire them. The condottieri no longer guard his compounds and palaces. Politicians will continue to play their games but there’s a layer of competence between them and policy.

It’s a great week when an allegedly kleptocratic ex-president of a would-be major Asian player is shown with a wire cage around her head and shoulders, only the supreme court (all of whose members she appointed) trying fruitlessly to protect her. So she, Gloria Arroyo, and her bulky husband hovered at the airport to get on the first plane out, barred by the president of the republic’s orders.

Funny, isn’t it, that most of the countries she’s listed as her destinations lack extradition treaties with the Philippines. And that she’d allegedly switched huge assets to those countries as the net started to ensnare her during her last two years in office.

I just returned from our mutual hospital to find hundreds of reporters and photographers awaiting word on the latest round.

Inside St Luke’s Medical Centre, Gloria seems to have lost her will to live (why didn’t these ailments bother her for any of her nine years of mostly stolen leadership?)
It’s always a great week when something has become so obvious that mention of it is forbidden.

Funny isn’t it, that the Australian prime minister announced the movement of United States marine forces to the northern-most and least populous part of the long Oz coastline, barely holding back her smirk. Do people remember
what the multiplier of 2,500 US marines is?

And a general diplomatic realignment in Southeast Asia progresses, with the five-letter word ever a no-no. The presidents exchange visits and their ambassadors think of nothing except that South C-- Sea problems (sorry, I got close to using the C-word) are looming bigger and bigger. And the Philippines has renamed part of its contiguous waters. You could actually feel the hearts of (US President) Barack Obama and (Australian Prime Minister) Julia Gillard beating as one, as our joint manifest destinies once again are renewed by common values, an amazing ability to work together, just because of that problem
about C--.

It’s a wonderful week when Occupy Wall Street pushes Tea Party out of the news, even if the police push them off New York encampments. And wonders never cease — the Republicans begin to get serious! There are actual stakes in next year’s elections, primaries start in less than two months.

But the biggest news (at least for me) is that Washington finally woke up: Asia is where it’s at. I used to tell students that they couldn’t read everything. If they just learned the basics about the Middle East, then they could tune it out permanently, since everything is always the same (coups, counter-coups and Israeli incursions) and when a sea-change came they could again tune in. It’s frankly not a very big region economically (other than Saudi Arabian oil), but even before the Arab Spring, the West was riveted by it. Now, we’ve figured it out. And guess what, so has everyone else.

The only really interesting thing there is the real intra-regional war: Sunni against Shia. If you think Israel hates Iran, talk to my Saudi friends. So the Syrian battle’s seriousness for non-Syrians is whether a Shia surrogate (the Alawites are Shia offshoots) can remain in power, thus playing the Iranian card. Whether Iraq, Shia-ruled for the first time in eight centuries, will ally with Teheran is a tough one to call.

Meantime, the Japanese are beginning military exercises throughout the region. Everyone south and east of C-- was making love in Bali last week, in Asean capitals, and through enhanced military cooperation at all levels. The greatest of all was that instead of C--’s ability to pick off cherries one by one, we witnessed most of Asean lining up with Obama and in one medium-sized room to all but confront Beijing’s leader on its bullying behaviour in their shared waters.

Welcome to the new reality.


Read more: A busy week for the world’s politicians - Columnist - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnist/a-busy-week-for-the-world-s-politicians-1.9685#ixzz1ebChOlzt

DESIDERATA: Being an overseas-born C...., Desi's blood comprises both Malaysian and Chinese colour, and surprise of awe surprises, both are RED> But I know not why while our Malaysian leaders have travelled to mainland C... to "embrace" commie leaders, at home they even label socialists as commies, esp when the UMNO b..... want to kill off a political rival and cll him/her a C.....

Me, I think recently I lost contact with my C...comrades, suffered anaemia and low red blood cells. Ah, thanks to Chua Soiled Leg's legacy, I received hospitalABLE reception at the five-star -- red maybe? -- at the Seremban General, who pumped Desi up with FIVE pints of redcoloured blodd. So hey, I am steal around to write knotty peaces, though quite confused with my vocab. Mayhaps I should go back to school and start with Mandarin studies. God to understand why they wanna shoot their CORRUPT leaders who syphoned off the country's public coffer -- C sets a dangerous precedent for ASEAN nations, NO?

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

from links2love.com Cos Teluk Kemang remembers desi:)

Whenever I recall the seas, and Mohd Kamal's borrowed post earlier mentioned PORT DICKSON, my mind inevitably links to this evergreen:) Wanna join Desi&Co at K Ra OK Valley nigh Temiang Corner, fplks? I bye ye tehtarik, you bling the kambing K! OK!:):)

Unchained Melody
~ The Righteous Brothers

Video
Oh, my love
my darling
I've hungered for your touch
a long lonely time
and time goes by so slowly
and time can do so much
are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
Godspeed your love to me

Lonely rivers flow to the sea,
to the sea
to the open arms of the sea
lonely rivers sigh 'wait for me, wait for me'
I'll be coming home wait for me

Oh, my love
my darling
I've hungered for your touch
a long lonely time
and time goes by so slowly
and time can do so much
are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
Godspeed your love to me




Unchained Melody Lyrics



Copy the above code to add Unchained Melody from The Righteous Brothers -- music video to your own page ...
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Negri Sembilan is making headlines, mostly for the wlong reasons!

First, it's the RM250million NFC, news making for almost four to five weeks now.

Now one of my most memorable youth haunts, Teluk Kemang, Port Dickson, is hearing strains fo laments familiar to Desi. Soulful, woeful -- damn, damn, damn, we must change the UMNO regime with its mainly help myself to the goodies Menteri Besar, term after term!

IN FACT, I was once a scout and spent many happy hplidays at se7enth mile, Port Dickson -- but many DICKS have turned the beach fronts into private properties in cahoots with the uncaring state government.


So Negri folks, how about voting ****ABU when cometh the general elections, GE13?

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From malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com:

Monday, November 21, 2011

Beautiful Teluk Kemang takes a beating

A fisherman living in the Port Dickson's oldest village laments that the 'big people' have even taken away their sea.

The oldest fishing village in Port Dickson is aptly called Kampung Nelayan Teluk Kemang. Here the reek of fish mixed with brine and sewage make for a heady encounter for visitors.

But the bunch of boys lounging on the crudely fashioned plywood verandah strumming a peeling guitar and singing Malay rock songs from the 80s and 90s don’t seem to mind. It’s a smell they are accustomed to.

The boys, who look to be barely out-of-their teens, are fishermen. They’ve mostly inherited the trade by default and have been living off the sea like their fathers.

But life is getting increasingly difficult all around, says village patriach Pak Long, unconsciously tapping his feet to the strumming from the guitar.

“About two decades ago, a police or army corporal could comfortably provide for his family of five on his salary.

“Now? Forget it. The wife will have to work cleaning apartments, or some other kind of supplementary income to help her husband provide,” he laments, adding that fishing for some of their youths has become a supplementary income.

“It makes me sad that such a beautiful place like Teluk Kemang has taken such a beating.

“They (the government) build things like the aquaria and then leave it to languish – there is no respect for the earth and its resources. The greed is astounding and the laziness is terrible to witness.

“There was once a small piece of land that was given to Puteri Umno by former Negri Sembilan menteri besar Mohd Isa Abdul Samad in the 90s.

“In return, Puteri Umno sold that piece of land to someone named Dr Goh, who later sold it to the Genting Group.

“It never fails to amaze me what these so-called big people can so conveniently claim as their own,” he said wryly, adding that the “big people” have even taken away their sea.

‘They sold the sea’

Pak Long said there are days, he wakes up expecting to find the entire seabed gone.

“I never knew that it was possible to sell a portion of the sea until I one day saw a sign outside a hotel which read: ‘Legend Water Chalet – The one, only and first freehold water chalet.’

“For the hotel to claim such a thing, doesn’t it mean that they are also saying that they own part of the ocean?” he asked.

Pak Long also shared the incident of the village’s marine research centre that never was.

He was referring to what was supposed to be the first such centre in Malaysia initiated in 2006.

Initially scheduled to be ready in six months, it was only completed two years later in 2008 and named Pusat Ikan Hiasan Port Dickson Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia.

“After that, nothing happened and it remained abandoned for a year and a half until some French people came and told us that they were now going to take care of the marine centre.

“I’m not sure myself how these Frenchmen got to know about the project. All I know is that they were commissioned by a private contractor to run and manage the aquaria,” said Pak Long.

According to Pak Long, the contractor had apparently allowed the Frenchmen to use the area without charge for two years for any personal research, on top of being commissioned to manage and set up the aquaria.

Selling salt water

Pak Long did not seem to know who this “mysterious private contractor” was or the nature of his business.

But what he did know was that they are involved in selling salt water from the sea at RM700 per lorry.

There are no less than six lorries that come in and out daily to collect seawater which is pumped with makeshift pipes running through the sand which is littered with rubbish.

Recalling the “birth” of the aquaria, Pak Long said it was initially built as a joint venture between Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and another university in The Czech Republic in early 2009.

“But the entire premises was left unattended (after the Czechs left) and when the people from the foreign university came back in March, they found that all the fish had died.

“Eight months after this, they (Czechs) packed up and left Teluk Kemang.

“After that, the Frenchmen came here and started to work the place last year, Noh Omar launched it officially in March 2011,” said Pak Long referring to the current Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister.

The saga of the neglected aquaria continues in the next thing that Pak Long shared concerning students from UPM’s Fishery Studies faculty.

“The students come here for their practical credits and do nothing but sit down, laze about, shake their legs and will be given a certification for this later upon graduation.

“This is another reason why our universities are nowhere to be found on the list of notable education institutions in the world.

“This is what happens when education is turned into business, when all they care about is making money… with little or no emphasis on quality,” says Pak Long.

‘No progress at all’

He shakes his head in exasperation when sharing the story of a student who couldn’t even do a simple mathematical equation.

“I asked him if a kilo of fish were sold at RM6, how much would eight kilos cost? The boy turned to look at someone else for the answer,” he said in audible disbelief.

A visit to the aquaria can leave one feeling a little high and dry. There isn’t much to see save for six humungous water catchments tanks, unassembled smaller aquariums, some run-of-the mill posters about fish and a couple of largish water pipes. A well is thrown in for good measure.

According to Pak Long, another project that never came to fruition was a lobster-rearing project in Teluk Kemang.

Pak Long said it was initiated in the 80s and would have been a very good project but due to inexperienced people helming it, the initiative never quite took off.

The 59-year-old Pak Long added this as an afterthought: “We are so proud of our achievements but if we look closely at what is around us, what are the things that we can truly be proud of?

“Is it the tall buildings? We have stopped looking at what it means to have real quality of life.”

“Our ‘progress’, said Pak Long “has slowed us down in so many ways.

“When we really look at what we’re chasing after, there is no progress at all.

“So many people have this attitude: ‘It doesn’t matter. I’ll just do what I can and I’ll still get paid at the end of the month.’

“Isn’t this something like someone saying, ‘it doesn’t matter what I do, I’ll still be in power? Doesn’t it sound familiar?” he asks, with a rueful smile.




**** If thou knoweth knot what ABU means after I have spelt it out as many times as the number of sand grains along Teluk Kemang beach front, Desi will be mean to you:( -- Get The Here Out of Hell!