The Heat Is On
Not one for mincing words, Mahathir said Najib's tall tale of a Middle East donor is pure bull. We have our own load of crap on his side of the Causeway too, specifically in the Bishan-Toa Payoh...
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Their Dream Team
Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC Ellen Lee has been given the boot to make way for new candidate Amrin Amin and former Aljunied GRC candidate Ong Ye Kung. The lady voters may not take this too...
View ArticleA House In Disarray
You know this election is not exactly running according to script when the big guns seem to contradict each other.At the "Singapore at 50: What lies ahead?" dialogue with American journalist and author...
View ArticleThe Looming Clash Of Egos
Earlier this month (4 August), Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, 74, was pondering (on Facebook) whether to run in the sweepstakes. Friends asked him to call it a day, while he also claimed some...
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One Nation, Two Standards
The Speaker of the House is an important appointment, the second most powerful after the prime minister. Halimah Jacob has no excuse not to know the rules and regulations. Although she outranks the...
View ArticlePutting The House In Order
Tharman Shamugaratnam referred to the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) accounts as "a house in danger of collapsing" even though the town council has tightened financial and...
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Tall Tales
It's the kind of one upmanship that is best suited for a men's locker room. Seriously, comparing lengths at a public kopi-tiam?Former public servant Joan Pereira started it off by boasting about her...
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A Story Of Singapore
The story of Tanjong Pagar is the story of Singapore, so sang Chan Chun Sing. But when one reporter asked who will be taking over the horrible person's Tanjong Pagar division, the ex-major general said...
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Sorry, Mr President
"Teach less, learn more" has to be the ultimate oxymoron. The idiots who implemented the policy in 2005 cut up to 20 percent of content in the syllabuses at primary, secondary and pre-university...
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Please Let Them Go
You know the National Day Rally Speech (NDRS) has hit a new low when viewership has to be boosted with a "getai" introduction. Did anyone count how many times the horrible person's name was mentioned?...
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Same Old, Same Old
The Elections Department (ELD) is tweaking the rules again, raising maximum spending limit from $3.50 to $4.00 per voter, tilting the "level playing" field to political parties with deeper pockets....
View ArticleThe Day Of Infamy
It's the final pork barrel giveaway - an extra day off. Never mind about the loss of productive man-hours, the incumbents are still relying on the easier method of productivity growth, shipping in more...
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Paying The Price
New faces on the blockAccording to official spiel, this general election is supposed to decide on the team which will set the direction for Singapore for the next 50 years. Yet only 9 days - the...
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Price Of Honesty
The practitioner on the art of seductionThe question from the floor at a National Day Rally public forum organised by government feedback arm REACH (Reaching Everyone for Active Citizenry @ Home) was...
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No Personal Animosity Intended
Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam claims that his key points made at a Singapore Press Club forum on Thursday (Aug 27) were:1) The Chinese leadership in various local areas in Malaysia want...
View ArticleGross Profiteering
Poor Ng Eng Hen, nobody seems to heed his no-negative-campaigning directive. Teo Chee Hean bared his fangs at a fair damsel just because she paid compliments to the Fengshan hawkerfare. Goh Chok Tong...
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When Viswa Met Catherine
Everybody knows Meg Ryan was faking it in "When Sally Met Harry". But there's nothing fake about the frank exchange of views in this Inconvenient Questions video. Viswa Sadasivan, a veteran news and...
View ArticleToday Is Nomination Day
It is Nomination Day today (Sept 1), the day when official campaigning is permitted by law to start: "Candidates can start campaigning after the notice of contested election is issued, up to the start...
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Painted Target On His Back
Wow, if looks could kill, Chee Soon Juan would be a dead man by now. It is not exactly clear what set off Lawrence Wong, but it was written all over his face and body language - pugnacity,...
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Hail victory! Hail victory!
Teo Soh Lung once wrote that her mother would walk away from the television set whenever the ghastly image of the horrible person appeared onscreen. If you had gone into the kitchen for a drink of...
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