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Monday, 30 September 2019

THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION 
OF JOE BIDEN

                                                                                
        If investigating a presidential candidate         
            is  always  wrong and is  assumed              
                to  be   politically  motivated,                 
                   then the investigation of                      
                       candidate    Trump                           
                           must   clearly                               
                              be wrong.                                  
                                   too                                        
                                     !                                          
                                                                                


Both are presidential candidates.
Both are or were political office bearers.
If investigating Candidate Trump is permissible,
Then investigating Candidate Biden is also permissible.
But, if investigating Candidate Biden is permissible, 
Then President Trump would have done no wrong. 
And if President Trump has done no wrong,
Then President Trump should not be investigated.
Vice-President Biden should still be investigated
Because he still has a case to answer.

Thursday, 26 September 2019

THAT UKRAINE PHONE CALL
Trump Exonerated!
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/snippets-from-trumps-conversation-with-ukrainian-president-urging-biden-inquiry

Trump asked for 2 favours:

One is for Ukraine to help provide information to his AG and his personal lawyer, Mr Giuliani, about an alleged incriminating DNC server which the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike failed to seize after their investigations in 2016 and its possible connection to the origins of the Mueller-disproven Russian collusion scam.

The new Ukrainian President, Mr Zelensky, replied that he would investigate, not only as a favour to Mr Trump, but for himself as he expressed the desire to start a new Government that conducts itself openly and candidly and in cooperation with the US.

Trump’s second favour (“the other thing”) is for Ukraine to investigate the truth of the former Vice-President, Mr Biden’s open bragging about himself stopping the prosecution of his son’s alleged corruption, and then to provide information to his AG.

The Ukrainian President replied that indeed he has personal knowledge about Biden’s case. Not only is he going to provide information to Trump’s AG, in turn, he requested Trump to provide any additional information Trump may have to him. He said that investigating this case will help in his own mission to restore honesty in his country by ensuring that justice is administered.

So, this is what the phone call was about. Unlike the Clinton Foundation’s “pay for play” and Mr Biden’s quid pro quo (Quid pro quo is a Latin phrase used in English to mean an exchange of goods or services, in which one transfer is contingent upon the other; "a favour for a favour".), there is absolutely no such nonsense here. It was about two presidents trying to restore political honesty and integrity in their own countries through open cooperation. No money, goods, services or anything of value changed hands.

It is nothing like what the New York Times’ intentional mischaracterisation of Trump of having “repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader” to investigate his Democratic political rival Joe Biden for political gain. Read the transcript yourself.

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

STARING AT ...


Staring at the ceiling,
Devoid of pain or feeling.
Wondering as I tilt my eyes -
Will heaven ever sympathise?

Staring at the wall,
Its blank whiteness says it all.
Not a shadow or a sound, 
Just old familiar ground.

Staring at the floor,
Ants crawling I habitually ignore.
Their blood, sweat and tears,
Recklessly trampled over the years.

Staring at of the window,
Waiting for the next blow.
Yet, any illness or disappointment
Won’t deny this golden moment.


Thursday, 29 August 2019

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY MOTHER
17 June 1930 - 29 August 2012 (7th Anniversary)

Monday, 17 June 2019

Final Demolition Of The Ridiculous Climate Change Scam

For CO2 to be a problem, all three of the following statements must be true:
(1) Temperatures must follow CO2 concentrations; in other words, CO2 must ‘drive’ global temperatures. 

Yet, historical records show the opposite: that it is actually CO2 that follows changes in temperatures.

(2) The ice core record of CO2 must reflect what is in the atmosphere at the time stipulated. 

Yet, the ice core CO2 is wrong because it is not consistent with plant stomata CO2 records.

(3) Most or all of the recent CO2 increase must have been caused by us. 

Yet, the fact is that man-made CO2 emissions is only 38 gigatons per year compared to natural CO2 emissions from rotting vegetation and from the oceans of 770 gigatons per year. That works out that only 4.7% of CO3 emissions comes from humans. This coupled with the actual fact that CO2 residence time in the atmosphere is only 5.3 years, means that human contribution to CO2’s alleged effect on temperature rise must be quite negligible! Further, if CO2’s rise from 280ppm to 415ppm in the industrial period by 135ppm is really all caused by humans and the temperature has risen by only 0.8 degree Celsius, then the climate sensitivity to CO2 must be pretty low anyway.

Conclusion

All three statements are false and therefore this whole vicious Global Warming/Climate Change scam must be exposed for what it is.





Wednesday, 12 June 2019

CLIMATE CHANGE PSYCHOSIS
This is more about the climate of your mind rather than the climate of our planet.

This “climate change” psychosis has reached epic and epidemic proportions. Does anyone with 2 brain cells even stop to think that all this doomsday hysteria is about the alleged elevation of average global temperature of only 0.74 degree Celsius over the last 100 years (https://globalclimate.ucr.edu/resources.html)? Just pause for 2 seconds. Remember that this is global AVERAGE temperature, not a real temperature anywhere on Earth. So, since we are talking about averages, it means, on average, generally, the Earth is warmer by 0.0074 degree Celsius per year. But why look at only the last 100 years? Why don’t we look at the last thousand years, million years or billion years? Over such a long timescale, “average” global temperature would have zigzagged wildly. 

People with political agendas will use data selectively to con the unthinking masses.

Wednesday, 5 June 2019

HOW TO WIN THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION IN SINGAPORE FROM SCRATCH

According to a report by the Today Newspaper on 15 April 2019, nearly 2.6 million Singaporeans (2,594,740 in exact numbers) are eligible to vote in the next General Election which must be held by early 2021.
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nearly-26-million-singaporeans-eligible-vote-next-general-election

This article is to instruct anyone who is interested in winning the next General Election how he or she could achieve that in 3 easy steps:

(1) Set up a  new political party called the Pure and Free Party.

(2) Recruit by whatever legal and ethical method at least 1.3 million members with a token membership fee of $1 per annum.

(3) Issue a simple 3-point manifesto:

(a) The Pure and Free Party is not founded on any particular ideology, philosophy, political, economic, social, cultural, racial or religious belief; but on the principles of having a purity of purpose towards the maximal well-being of all Singaporeans in every aspect of life on our island-state and of the freedom of all members to contribute their mental and physical energies to the fulfillment of that purpose without any constraints from any of the aforementioned particular ideology, philosophy or belief, except for a consistency with Mr Lee Kuan Yew's idea of affirming only "what works". This is to ensure that the Party will not be hampered by dogmatic ideas and ideals, but will be guided by common sense and the ability to change and adapt to new or changing national or global circumstances.

(b) The Party do not have a hierarchical leadership structure, but is ruled by a committee of equals consisting of 11 people directly voted in by its members in an annual party election. Leadership decisions are made based on consensus by majority after they are kept well-informed by all ordinary members who may be in possession of deep insight or expertise in any area of human knowledge. Any of the 11 leaders can represent the Party provided he or she is guided by that consensus on any national or international issue. This form of leadership is to prevent a cult of personality and to make leadership positions dispensable in contrast to its focus on national interest and welfare of the people. Leadership changes are kept frequent to ensure that party policies do not become dogmatic or stagnant, but are always fresh and responsive.

(c) In a General Election, every member of the Party is obligated to vote for representatives of the Pure and Free Party. This, of course, is to ensure that Party will have at least 50% of the popular vote and the Party wants its victory and its margin to depend on votes from non-members so as to reflect its wider support.

If you can control your disbelief and/or laughter, and wish to give this simple idea a try, you are welcomed to do so without any attribution or acknowledgement of credit to this author at any time when you secured political power in Singapore. My only request, in the event of success, is that you should be true to the principles of the Pure and Free Party. I thank you in advance!

Friday, 31 May 2019

OUR SINGAPORE

Singapore’s economic miracle is predicated on 3 factors:
(1) An ideal location between Asia and Europe,
(2) Its decision to take advantage of its colonial links to open itself to the world, and
(3) An unapologetic readiness of its enlightened early leaders to intervene in every aspect of Singaporean life. So, Singapore’s success is no accident; it is the result of meticulous political planning, a populace that trust their political leaders and its ability to continuously reinvent itself in response to external changes.

That formula cannot be easily replicated and our younger leaders should keep that in mind as they take over the reins of power. They must think of new solutions to tackle the challenges of social and economic inequalities and the erosion of purchasing power by the high cost of living as experienced by the majority of its citizens.



Friday, 24 May 2019

TAKING THE HEAT

There’s a hole in my head, 
Tho’ my mind’s far from dead.
There’s a stain in my heart
Asking me to forget my part.

Never we find, no contradiction.
So, no doubt, no persuasion.
Everyone dances to the beat,
Or be ready to take the heat.

Someone turned on the big light.
Oh wow, what a sight!
It’s right here, no surprise.
So, let’s stop rubbing our eyes.

When the poison gas is a flop,
Theft and robbery need to stop.
Having unwisely taken the bait,
We can only sit in perpetual wait.


Sunday, 24 March 2019

NO COLLUSION


Independent Special Counsel Mr Robert Mueller’s confidential report, "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election" is out.

Attorney General William Barr stated in his Justice Department summary that “the Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”

Or, in Mueller’s own words: "[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities."

So, it must be noted that in the nearly 2 years of independent investigations (almost as long as Trump’s administration so far), the Special Counsel “employed 19 lawyers who were assisted by a team of approximately 40 FBI agents, intelligence forensic accountants, and other professional staff. The Special Counsel issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants, obtained more than 230 orders for communication records, issued almost 50 orders authorizing use of pen registers, made 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence, and interviewed approximately 500 witnesses.” It is obviously a very thorough job.


If the Democrats want more investigations, you know that they are merely playing politics and they cannot be taken seriously.