TRADE OFFS

In Trump's simpleminded world view, a trade deficit is like a budget deficit: you are spending more than you are taking in. Or other nat...

Singapore My Friend

Singapore, you are our sibling. By proximity, by the number of Malaysians working there, by the number of brain drain cases, and many of us ...

This Used To Be My Playground - Not

The new dawn, new era, new government with changes aplenty afoot ... made me reflect on a story/joke which I heard a long time ago. I posted...

THE TRUTH WILL OUT

We have to keep reminding ourselves, THIS IS NOT NORMAL  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1768541 Trump heaping public insults on his attorn...

BROTHERS IN ARMS

The North Korea summit is back on, a "get to know you kind of situation," Trump says. Thrown together too quickly for any real pre...

ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION

I am coming around to the position that we should drop the language of "collusion" to describe what happened between the Trump gan...

Ideas For Harapan Fund

When I heard the formation of Harapan Fund, I thought it must be a joke. It would take a lot from Malaysians to even get to RM1bn, and we ar...

THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE

Trump really thinks the Attorney General is his personal lawyer and should shield him from legal troubles. Now he says picking Jeff Sessions...

Should We Buy "Tainted" Counters

There's basically no better way to describe these counters. Tainted might be least offensive word. To all investors, again many will go ...

Spongebobs, Parasites & Leeches

Senior Corporate / Investment Pros / Company Owners .. I Hate Its funny how many times investment pros get asked to do a deal on a continge...

IL DUCE

Trump is taking over the duties of other White House officials. Their "job" now is to follow the lurches of his whims and false st...

ME ME ME!

Trump celebrates Memorial Day not by honoring the achievements of others, but by bragging about his own  https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livew...

Clair de Lune

If ever there was a song or a piece of music that deserves its own special posting, it has to be Clair de Lune. You cannot even call it a so...

SOB STORIES

Another weekend tweetstorm from Trump about the Mueller probe. All the familiar lies -- 13 angry Democrats, rigged investigation, conflicts ...

Malaysia's Debt - Deconstructed

Nobody is spooking anyone by revealing the level of debt the country is facing. Before we can properly address the debt, we have to be hone...

THE MONSTER

The latest media euphemism is that Trump has challenged the norms of presidential behavior. That's not right. He believes there ARE NO ...

FAIL!

Trump likes to brag that he is the greatest, most accomplished president in history. But the fact is that his list of failures and broken pr...

THE DEAL MAKER

Trump cancels North Korea summit. Bye, bye Peace Prize! https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/north-korea-cancel More: https://thinkprogres...

A MASS HALLUCINATION

Trump has a new name, "SPYGATE!" and a made-up quote he then uses to attack James Clapper https://thinkprogress.org/trump-falsifie...

A THUMB ON THE SCALE

How the FBI "helped" Clinton and "undermined" Trump https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-comey-letter-probably-cost-...