The Dude abides.

Family loses battle in ‘bodysnatching’ dispute

The line that best sums the story below comes from the Animal Farm: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”. From MalaysiaKini:
A Hindu family today lost a court battle with Islamic authorities over the rights to the body of their relative who a religious syariah court declared to be Muslim.
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Barisan National suffers worst defeat ever

It’s 2 am and the counting is ongoing but one thing is clear to me: the Barison National has suffered its worst ever defeat in the electoral polls. The opposition has gained control of Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, Selangor and possibly Perak and Wilayah Perseketuan. We may see Badawi resigning in the near future, paving way [...]

Suggestions for a Better Malaysia

An excellent list of suggestions for a better Malaysia, some that caught my eye:

Fix the minimum Salary to RM950
Implement an objective based evaluation and appraisal system for the government sector.
All the existing reservation for Malays will remain with a change that these reservations are valid for ONLY the Malays, who’s [...]

Beijing Olympics 2008

Before supporting the Beijing 2008 Olympics, remember that the Chinese government has severely violated basic human right pledges:
“Thousands of people who pursued their faith outside officially sanctioned churches were subjected to harassment and many to detention and imprisonment. Thousands of people were sentenced to death or executed. Migrants from rural areas were deprived of basic [...]

Happy Merdeka!

It’s Malaysia’s 50th year of independence from the British Empire. We gained our independence on the 31st August 1957 andas a nation, we have made substantial progress in various spheres.
Yet there is deep unhappiness over the status quo. It took an Economist article titled “Tall buildings, narrow minds” to eloquently sum up Malaysia at its [...]