These hacktivists are pretty good in what they do. So when they announce that they're going to hack into some site, I fully believe them.
After all, these guys have done in Mastercard, PayPal and the rest of the big leagues for refusing service to whistle-blower site Wikileaks.
Speaking of Wikileaks, I was shocked to note that I no longer can access their archives. Only a couple of weeks ago, I was happily browsing for new bits of information about our idiotic government.
Then, work started picking up and I didn't have the time to look through Wikileaks. Before I knew it - BANG!!! It was banned by the ruling coalition that calls itself our government.
So I support the effort by Anonymous in hacking into the official portal and dishing out a denial of service (meaning that no one can access that site) in revenge of the government censorship of WikiLeaks.
However, I can't see it being a big deal (except for humiliation and bad publicity for the government). I don't think many people log on to that site anyway!
If you're curious about whether it will really happen, feel free to check it out yourself.
Date/Time: 15 June 2011 at 1930 GMT (or 3:30am Malaysian time on Thurs, 16 June 2011)
Site: www.malaysia.gov.my
And let me know! :-)
Related: Malaysia prepares to fight Anonymous' 'Operation Malaysia' eclipse
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Waste Of Taxpayer Funds - RM1.8m Worth Of FB Pages???
At this point, why am I surprised? UMNO has shown itself incapable of making any legitimate investments.
All they are interested in is how to line their pockets, and that of their cronies.
The RM1.8 million Tourism Malaysia Facebook applications are no exception. Everyone who is semi-retarded knows that Facebook (bless Mark Zuckerberg's little black heart) is FREE.
The applications on that page were not complicated. After all, DAP did them without costing the taxpayer or even their members anything.
What bugs me is that they don't even make a serious attempt at hiding something like that. Either they don't care, or they think the average citizen (read: voter) is really stupid.
Take this minister's explanation on why it cost so much, for example:
Would these applications really draw in the crowds to holiday in Malaysia?
I think the government's high-handed ways of treating its citizens would repel the average foreign holiday-maker far more than the Facebook application would attract them.
As usual, this government has got all its priorities wrong.
All they are interested in is how to line their pockets, and that of their cronies.
The RM1.8 million Tourism Malaysia Facebook applications are no exception. Everyone who is semi-retarded knows that Facebook (bless Mark Zuckerberg's little black heart) is FREE.
The applications on that page were not complicated. After all, DAP did them without costing the taxpayer or even their members anything.
What bugs me is that they don't even make a serious attempt at hiding something like that. Either they don't care, or they think the average citizen (read: voter) is really stupid.
Take this minister's explanation on why it cost so much, for example:
"These cover creative works, concepts and ideas, design, flash programming and coding, testing and debugging, uploading and launching of application, system server development and maintenance, development of database from the contest, campaign management and monitoring as well as online advertisements and fan recruitment in Facebook and Google," the deputy minister said.
Would these applications really draw in the crowds to holiday in Malaysia?
I think the government's high-handed ways of treating its citizens would repel the average foreign holiday-maker far more than the Facebook application would attract them.
As usual, this government has got all its priorities wrong.
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Does Milner Know What He's Talking About?
Prof. Anthony Milner, who is with UKM’s International Studies department, categorizes Interlok as being “a bit of a historical novel” that provides an insight into the lives of the Chinese and Indian communities and their relationship with the Malay community.
The Australian academic is likely unaware that his proposal is every bit as controversial as Abdullah Hussain’s contentious novel. Interlok has elicited the firestorm it did precisely because its sympathy quotient is no more than if a third-rate author were to attempt to copy Alex Haley’s acclaimed Roots (about the origins of the African-Americans) but narrating from a white slave owner’s supremacist point of view.
An analogy would be if Milner – who incidentally has admitted to reading Interlok only in its truncated English translation – were to put forward the idea of including The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in the German school syllabus as a model to teach sympathetic history.
If one were to take Milner at his word, what would a reader derive from the novel regarding the portrayal of Indian and Chinese immigrants historically?
Read the whole article HERE.
The Australian academic is likely unaware that his proposal is every bit as controversial as Abdullah Hussain’s contentious novel. Interlok has elicited the firestorm it did precisely because its sympathy quotient is no more than if a third-rate author were to attempt to copy Alex Haley’s acclaimed Roots (about the origins of the African-Americans) but narrating from a white slave owner’s supremacist point of view.
An analogy would be if Milner – who incidentally has admitted to reading Interlok only in its truncated English translation – were to put forward the idea of including The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in the German school syllabus as a model to teach sympathetic history.
If one were to take Milner at his word, what would a reader derive from the novel regarding the portrayal of Indian and Chinese immigrants historically?
Read the whole article HERE.
Friday, 10 June 2011
Bangsa: Malaysia
Or perhaps not just yet.
The Malaysian government claimed that it was going to review the need to enter the ethnicity in all official forms.
It is one thing to mention one's race in a census, but another when you apply for a savings account in the bank or sit for an examination in school.
Race and ethnicity are irrelevant.
Hannah Yeoh and Ramachandran Muniandy would have set a precedent were they allowed to register their child as bangsa Malaysia instead of bangsa India (as Ram is of Indian descent) or Cina (as Hannah is Chinese).
We need to consciously reject the ethnocentric obsession of the politicians and bureaucrats in Malaysia.
RELATED: SABM Supports Parents' Right to Register Child as 'Anak Malaysia'
The Malaysian government claimed that it was going to review the need to enter the ethnicity in all official forms.
It is one thing to mention one's race in a census, but another when you apply for a savings account in the bank or sit for an examination in school.
Race and ethnicity are irrelevant.
Hannah Yeoh and Ramachandran Muniandy would have set a precedent were they allowed to register their child as bangsa Malaysia instead of bangsa India (as Ram is of Indian descent) or Cina (as Hannah is Chinese).
We need to consciously reject the ethnocentric obsession of the politicians and bureaucrats in Malaysia.
RELATED: SABM Supports Parents' Right to Register Child as 'Anak Malaysia'
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
The Age Exposes Malaysian Money Trail
This is the first time I'm hearing of a firm called Securency. Apparently, it is the Australian Reserve Bank.
It's being investigated for bribery. What does it have to do with Malaysia?
Well, it's connected to a company - a Kuala Lumpur firm - called Liberal Technology. So who are they?
Find out who the biggest individual shareholder is, and you will figure out what this is all about.
From The Age: Securency money trail nudges Malaysia's political royalty
It's being investigated for bribery. What does it have to do with Malaysia?
Well, it's connected to a company - a Kuala Lumpur firm - called Liberal Technology. So who are they?
Find out who the biggest individual shareholder is, and you will figure out what this is all about.
From The Age: Securency money trail nudges Malaysia's political royalty
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Losing Ground
PAS deputy president Mat Sabu may be right when he thinks that Pakatan may not gain victory in Selangor again.
Don't get me wrong, in spite of their limitations, Pakatan has done a bit - brought prosperity to the state, high wages for teachers etc.
The problem is that UMNO has been forewarned of Pakatan's might and potential. Before March 8, 2008, UMNO thought that Pakatan Rakyat was a silly bit of joke. Heck, even the Pakatan Rakyat leadership didn't think they could sweep that many seats.
But they did. And now UMNO is wary. Every single dirty machinery that can be employed, WILL be employed.
The truth is that we do not have free and fair elections. We badly need reforms, but the ruling coalition, led by UMNO, has absolutely no intention of playing by the rules. They have resorted to stirring up racial sentiment, playing the religious card and nothing has materialised yet.
The real issues have been swept under the carpet, and the fabricated ones are growing old and/or fast becoming non-issues. Very few people believe that Anwar Ibrahim is guilty of sodomy or soliciting favours from prostitutes.
People's opinions are not going to change the election outcome. Nor are their votes, for the most part, if UMNO is allowed to play dirty.
Which is why the Bersih 2.0 rally scheduled for July 9, is so important. We collectively need to force the government to make elections fairer, cleaner and more transparent.
Don't get me wrong, in spite of their limitations, Pakatan has done a bit - brought prosperity to the state, high wages for teachers etc.
The problem is that UMNO has been forewarned of Pakatan's might and potential. Before March 8, 2008, UMNO thought that Pakatan Rakyat was a silly bit of joke. Heck, even the Pakatan Rakyat leadership didn't think they could sweep that many seats.
But they did. And now UMNO is wary. Every single dirty machinery that can be employed, WILL be employed.
The truth is that we do not have free and fair elections. We badly need reforms, but the ruling coalition, led by UMNO, has absolutely no intention of playing by the rules. They have resorted to stirring up racial sentiment, playing the religious card and nothing has materialised yet.
The real issues have been swept under the carpet, and the fabricated ones are growing old and/or fast becoming non-issues. Very few people believe that Anwar Ibrahim is guilty of sodomy or soliciting favours from prostitutes.
People's opinions are not going to change the election outcome. Nor are their votes, for the most part, if UMNO is allowed to play dirty.
Which is why the Bersih 2.0 rally scheduled for July 9, is so important. We collectively need to force the government to make elections fairer, cleaner and more transparent.
Monday, 6 June 2011
Mainstream Media Dizzy About Crime Rate
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Bernama and The Star cannot agree.
Both claim that the crime rate has dropped, but they cannot agree with each other on whether the public perception of the police force has improved or not.
Bernama has Muhyiddin complaining that the public is still not convinced.
Meanwhile, The Star, in a fit of optimism thinks that public perception of the police force has improved.
Seriously, how could public perception of the police force improve when
a) kidnapped children have not been found?
b) police stations in dodgy parts of town are closed down because it is deemed "too dangerous for the policemen"
c) there are so many deaths in custody
d) even the acid-splasher who made numerous visits hasn't been caught
How could people take the police force seriously when it busies itself instead with investigating the personal life of Opposition politicians?
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Another 'Malaysia Boleh' Moment
Malaysian women launch 'The Obedient Wife Club'
KUALA LUMPUR — A group of Malaysian Muslim women say they will fight divorce, domestic violence and other problems -- by appealing to wives to be more obedient, according to one of the organisers.
Maznah Taufik said "The Obedient Wife Club" being launched Saturday is aimed at drawing women who will be taught how to please their husbands better to prevent them from straying or misbehaving.
"We just want to ask all the wives to be obedient wives so that there will be fewer problems in our society," such as infidelity, divorce and domestic violence, she told AFP.
KUALA LUMPUR — A group of Malaysian Muslim women say they will fight divorce, domestic violence and other problems -- by appealing to wives to be more obedient, according to one of the organisers.
Maznah Taufik said "The Obedient Wife Club" being launched Saturday is aimed at drawing women who will be taught how to please their husbands better to prevent them from straying or misbehaving.
"We just want to ask all the wives to be obedient wives so that there will be fewer problems in our society," such as infidelity, divorce and domestic violence, she told AFP.
Friday, 3 June 2011
Dealing With Organised Crime
Do you know why the Malaysian government loves the defence and aerospace sector?
It's certainly not because of the desire to progress or upgrade one's technology. One must be truly gullible to believe that.
It's all about doing dealings that are classified information. This way, under the Official Secrets Act, the public has no privy to the underhanded dealings and corruption of the government.
This was precisely how the Malaysian Government signed an agreement with French DCNS and Spainish Navantia for the procurement of two Scorpene class submarines.
The procurement contract was through direct negotiation with the manufacturing companies, said to be with the service of Perimekar Sdn Bhd.
SUARAM is pursuing the government by linking up with leading human rights lawyers in France, to file a complaint with the French judicial system.
A preliminary investigation was initiated to enable access to information, to the government contracts signed with Perimekar and other information classified as government secrets in Malaysia.
The French courts accepted the request to investigate the claim of corruption for a payment amounting to Euro 114 million made as commissions from DCNS to Perimekar.
It's good news so far. But SUARAM need help, so go to their website to see how you can be of use.
It's certainly not because of the desire to progress or upgrade one's technology. One must be truly gullible to believe that.
It's all about doing dealings that are classified information. This way, under the Official Secrets Act, the public has no privy to the underhanded dealings and corruption of the government.
This was precisely how the Malaysian Government signed an agreement with French DCNS and Spainish Navantia for the procurement of two Scorpene class submarines.
The procurement contract was through direct negotiation with the manufacturing companies, said to be with the service of Perimekar Sdn Bhd.
SUARAM is pursuing the government by linking up with leading human rights lawyers in France, to file a complaint with the French judicial system.
A preliminary investigation was initiated to enable access to information, to the government contracts signed with Perimekar and other information classified as government secrets in Malaysia.
The French courts accepted the request to investigate the claim of corruption for a payment amounting to Euro 114 million made as commissions from DCNS to Perimekar.
It's good news so far. But SUARAM need help, so go to their website to see how you can be of use.
Thursday, 2 June 2011
I believe in us — Phua Kai Lit
In spite of the many things that are wrong with Malaysia today — e.g. the decay of our political institutions and the greatly coarsened state of our political discourse and deplorable public policies which are threatening to turn us into a Nigeria-type “failed state” — there is still hope that Malaysia can change for the better.
Read the whole piece HERE.
Read the whole piece HERE.
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