The Lax Kw’alaams Band mayoral elections were held last Wednesday and the incumbent Garry Reece, who had been openly supportive of the Lelu re-occupation ,was defeated by John Helin who is seen by some as a pro-development candidate. He is vice-president of Eagle Spirit Energy Holdings Ltd., which is proposing a pipeline project to transport upgraded oil from Alberta. It is unclear how their project will be affected by the liberal crude oil tanker ban and it equally unclear what his election means for PETRONAS and for LELU Island but investors are getting a little excited out there in cyberspace.

The machinations of a master… he sows the seed… sets the meme!

Arul Kanda’s measured and detailed explication of the 1MDB conundrum. Calm, collected,eloquent… Canggih my  brother! But can you and yours withstand the sustained grind of the old man’s meme!!

PS. Nampaknya ini kisah Koboi Balik Kampung juga!

The protagonist in Michangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up starts making blowups of his photos, pushing the film to it’s grain, examining the blow-ups with a magnifying glass looking for something that may or may not be there.

In a era before ketuanan, this Indian, K. Thanabalasingham served under Tunku, Tun Razak and Hussein Onn (through The Confrontation with Indonesia and May 13th) as the helmsman of the Malaysian Navy. He came out recently with other non-malay ex-servicemen to challenge the notion that non-malays (kaum Pendatang!) were somehow less loyal to the nation.

Speaking about TPPA, USA, China, conquest, trade and the confrontation brewing in the South China Sea in 2013.

China will assume a significant financial market role by purchasing Malaysian treasury bonds and China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN Group) will purchase shares worth RM9.83 billion in 1MDB power assets. Will Malaysia take Chinese patronage and sign the USA’s TPPA as well?! Maybe it’s more like Two Lovers or even Sophie’s Choice.