"It is a real struggle to understand why the Indian government would shut down large parts of the Indian economy and put potentially hundreds of millions of poor people’s lives at risk of starvation by locking them in their houses because a tiny fraction of the population has caught a flu virus."
Original text:
India’s lockdown may already have killed more people than “Covid”, and it will only get worse by Chase Reed; published on OffGuardian (18th June 2021)
Produced by:
Contains samples from:
1. Gens de la nuit (Single); performed by Clea Vincent; written by Clea Vincent, Raphael Leger; produced by Midnight Special Records
2. Who Cares?; performed by Gnarls Barkley; written by CeeLo Green, Danger Mouse, Keith Mansfield; produced by Danger Mouse; from the album St. Elsewhere (2006)
"If you repeated that process long enough, eventually, nothing would mean anything anymore, because everything could potentially mean anything - at which point, you could basically tell people anything you wanted and they would go along with it, because what the hell difference would it make?"
Original text:
The War on Reality by CJ Hopkins; published in Consent Factory, Inc (29th June 2021)
Contains samples from:
1. Keep Your Head; performed by David O'Dowda; from the album Velvet Ears: David O'Dowda (2016)
2. Who Cares?; performed by Gnarls Barkley; written by CeeLo Green, Danger Mouse, Keith Mansfield; produced by Danger Mouse; from the album St. Elsewhere (2006)
Produced by Affiq B.
"MY berfikir, betul juga. Mati itu kemudahan di saat bencana begini. Kalau MY mati tak ada siapa akan menangisi. Dia dikira sebatang kara."
Pautan artikel asal:
1. "Bukan bunuh diri" oleh Faisal Tehrani terbitan malaysiakini.com
Kredit runut bunyi:
1. "The Magician" oleh Andy Shauf dipetik dari album The Party (2016)
"Perlakuan Sisyphean ini adalah apa sahaja yang dilakukan berulang kali yang hasilnya sama, tapi kerana bodoh, tetap diulang lagi tanpa sebab-musabab kukuh.
Diulang sampai mampus."
Pautan artikel asal:
1. "Pelan bergolek sampai mampus" oleh Faisal Tehrani, terbitan FMT
Kredit runut bunyi:
1. "Sysiphus" oleh Andrew Bird, dipetik dari album "My Finest Work Yet" (Loma Vista Recordings, 2019)
"Eloklah para raja di dunia ini merenungkan kejadian yang dihadapi oleh seorang manusia yang terpaling raja sekali dalam sejarah umat manusia."
Pautan tulisan asal:
1. "Seagung Sulaiman pun dengar teguran semut" oleh Faisal Tehrani
Sampel runut bunyi:
1. From The Back of a Cab oleh Rostam (From The Back of a Cab, Matsor Projects, 2021)
"OB selalu sebut-sebut yang Islam-Islam. Orang percaya OB sebab dia pernah naik haji tiga kali. Satu kali masa belum sunat, iaitu masa masih kanak-kanak lagi dibawa sama ke Mekah oleh ibu bapa. Baru darjah enam tatkala itu sudah dapat tengok Kaabah. Sungguh suci."
Jeng jeng jeng...
Pautan artikel asal:
1. "Hikayat Ketua Jabatan" oleh Faisal Tehrani, terbitan portal Free Malaysia Today (https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/pandangan/2021/04/08/hikayat-ketua-jabatan/)
Kredit sampel lagu:
"Vantablack" daripada album Vantablack oleh LUST (2020, Sanctuary)
".. but winning isn't always enough."
@SelimSeesYou commented on @mtracey's observation about the lack of credit given to Joe Biden for winning the recent US Presidential Election despite towering challenges against him since the primaries.
Link to original tweet:
1. https://twitter.com/SelimSeesYou/status/1352083973418217477
"Hari ini demokrasi putih yang kita sandarkan harapan itu sudah menjadi gelap, hitam, bukat, juga kesia-siaan. Ia bukan lagi demokrasi. Bukan lagi. Kita tidak tahu apa ia, tetapi yang pasti ia bukan demokrasi. Jika kita hujahkan ia sebagai demi-kerusi ia malah tidak memadai. Ia jauh lebih menjengkelkan."
Pautan artikel asal:
1. "Demokrasi yang dijahatkan" oleh Faisal Tehrani (https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/559527)
"Kalian tahu, amat tahu dan lebih tahu waktu Dewata tiada mengganggu, kalian mudah berurusan dan bekerja sesama kalian. Kalian tahu serba itu, tetapi kalian memilih jalan untuk disumpah."
@MohdFaizalMusa1 menelah lagak semasa pembangkang di Parlimen dan alam maya selepas angin tentangan mereka terhadap Belanjawan 2020 bertukar arah.
Pautan artikel asal:
1. YB pembangkang FB & Twitter oleh Faisal Tehrani (https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/pandangan/2020/12/03/yb-pembangkang-fb-twitter/)
The death of an employee who rammed his car into the office of a multinational manufacturing company where he was employed for more than 2 decades was absolutely shocking. In a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Y8Yp5ikw0), which he recorded at 4:30 am, he spoke about the depression and sleepless nights he suffered from what he deemed as blatant sabotage and conspiracy by a group of other employees against him.
Yet a quick Google search of "Kathiresan Kumaresan accident" returned virtually no news about it, at all. How sad.
A Zeidgeist listener, who wishes to remain anonymous, empathised with Kumaresan's plight and shared with us his/her own personal workplace depression story. He/she reckons that the first critical step to handle the problem as a society is to acknowledge the situation and create stronger empathy towards those who suffer from mental conditions.
RIP Kathiresan.
Perhaps the most controversial decision taken by many states worldwide in order to curb the spread of this bloody virus was shutting schools down. In less than a year, the lives of our kids (and the adults!) globally were disrupted at an unforeseeable scale. Many have been skeptical about the real benefit of such draconian and over-the-top measure, amongst others, yet many were also too scared of the possible catastrophe of not doing it.
@jeffreyatucker wrote about a study recently published in the United Kingdom on whether scarring the learning experience of our kids was worth the trouble. (Hint: nope)
Link to original article:
1. It Was a Mistake to Close Schools, UK Study Concedes by Jeffrey A. Tucker (https://www.aier.org/article/it-was-a-mistake-to-close-schools-uk-study-concedes/)
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Apa bahananya bila ketua kera-jaan pekak DAN bisu? Bila dia sama sekali tidak boleh lagi mendengar dan tidak boleh pula berbicara?
Tentulah genting ceritanya bila pembesar-pembesar keliling juga mengidam menuju puncak gemilang cahaya.
@MohdFaizalMusa1 mengasah hujung pena dan mengacah kemungkinan-kemungkinannya dalam satira pendek ini.
Pautan artikel asal:
1. Bicara pekak dan bisu oleh Faisal Tehrani (https://www.malaysianow.com/wacana/2020/11/10/bicara-pekak-dan-bisu/)
Penaja:
TrueStart Coffee SEA (https://cutt.ly/truestartshopee)
While everyone was glued on the development around the US Presidential Election this week, Israel took the opportunity to cleanup another Palestinian community for their illegal settlements project.
@yumna_patel wrote about the destruction and humiliation that took place, which serves to remind us of how we have neglected Palestine to rot and die on their own.
Link to original posting:
1. Under cover of US elections, Israel wipes entire Palestinian community off the map by Yumna Patel (https://mondoweiss.net/2020/11/under-cover-of-us-elections-israel-wipes-entire-palestinian-community-off-the-map/)
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It's already November and the months since March had gone by almost unnoticed. Obviously it was not due to all the sufferings and depressions the totalitarian actions taken by the authorities to address this so-called 'pandemic' to individuals and businesses.
But one can argue that the tune that we, as citizens and marhaen, have been forced to dance to by the powers-that-be has been somewhat hypnotic. We sleepwalked into it and let others take control of our personal liberties and livelihood.
Something's fishy. Fear certainly works.
@tcp_dr tells the story as he experienced over the whole corona episode. He touched on how the system changed the scientific and medical ethics and practices, how the virus was inaccurately named to maximise the fear factor, how it enriches certain quarters, and what he foresees will be the optics at the other side of the pandemic narrative.
Link to original article:
1. The Covid Physician's true coronavirus timeline by The Covid Physician (https://thecritic.co.uk/the-covid-physicians-true-coronavirus-timeline/)
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Zalim itu ialah meletakkan sesuatu bukan pada tempatnya. Bila disuaikan definisi tersebut dengan aktiviti politicking yang rancak berlaku dalam masa rakyat kegerunan menghadam siri angka-angka jangkitan pandemik semasa dan kebejatan ekonomi susulannya, tindakan tak berfaedah tersebut memang zalim.
@MohdFaizalMusa1 menghidangkan beberapa contoh daripada sejarah Nabi Muhammad yang terlibat secara langsung dalam usaha meletakkan jeda dalam lagu politik jahiliyah Mekah, lama sebelum baginda diangkat menjadi pesuruh Tuhan.
Pautan artikel asal:
1. Nabi Muhammad, muda oleh Faisal Tehrani (https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/549275)
Penaja:
TrueStart Coffee SEA (https://cutt.ly/truestartshopee)
Tidak dapat dinafikan, kocak yang berlaku di Amerika riaknya sampai hampir ke seluruh dunia.
@IshamRais merumuskan isi-isi penting kempen pilihanraya presiden Amerika Syarikat 2020 yang akan berlangsung Selasa 3 Oktober ini yang sejak sebulan lepas meletup dek kerana skandal Laptop From Hell kepunyaan Hunter Biden, anak lelaki calon Demokrat Joe Biden. Lebih memeranjatkan, cerita korupsi melibatkan beliau seakan sama dengan hal Riza Razak dan Jho Low.
Pautan artikel asal:
1. Siapa Akan Menang? oleh Hishamuddin Rais (https://tukartiub.blogspot.com/2020/11/siapa-akan-menang.html)
Penaja:
TrueStart Coffee SEA (https://cutt.ly/truestartshopee)
An alleged comment made by a Malaysian immunologist at St George's Hospital, University of London in a magazine regarding the state of Malaysia's public health has received a strong backlash from the public health community and the general public.
In his open letter to the magazine editorials, @DGHisham laid out his fact-backed arguments on the fallacy of her comments or the perceptive takes by the magazine towards her comments.
Link to original article:
1. Wrong trespassing information on Malaysian Health Care System by molecular immunologist at University College London by Datuk Dr Noor HIsham Abdullah (https://kpkesihatan.com/2020/11/01/wrong-trespassing-information-on-malaysian-health-care-system-by-molecular-immunologist-at-university-college-london/)
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3 days from now the United States electorates will cast their votes in what is arguably one of the most, if not the most, critical presidential elections in the country's history.
@ollywiseman spoke to @VDHanson and asked about his observations which led him into believing that it'll be a repeat of 2016.
Link to original article:
1. Why Victor Davis Hanson thinks Trump will win by Oliver Wiseman (https://thecritic.co.uk/why-victor-davis-hanson-thinks-trump-will-win/)
Sponsor:
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Another Charlie Hebdo cartoon. Another violent response.
Where and when does this end, one wonders?
@chedetofficial chose to keep it real and called a spade a spade in this controversial thread. He asserted that a fruitful reconciliation will only begin when countries, organisations, or individuals learn to not impose their value systems on others.
Link to original thread:
1. Respect Others by Mahathir Mohamad (https://twitter.com/chedetofficial/status/1321765592433520641)
Sponsor:
TrueStart Coffee SEA
Kita seperti dihadapkan dengan pilihan yang sama sahaja, selama-lamanya. Hingga ada di antara kita yang seumur hidupnya tak pernah dihidangkan atau terfikir alternatif selain mereka. Adakah kita kekurangan pilihan jawapan lain?
@MohdFaizalMusa1 membincangkan krisis masa dan kredibiliti tokoh-tokoh tersebut dan menampilkan senarai pendek calon-calon Perdana Menteri yang boleh dipertimbangkan sebagai alternatif semasa untuk rakyat Malaysia.
Pautan artikel asal:
1. Selain Anwar, Ku Li, Mahathir, dan juga Hadi oleh Faisal Tehrani (https://solidaritas.my/selain-anwar-ku-li-mahathir-dan-juga-hadi/)
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TrueStart Coffee SEA (https://cutt.ly/truestartshopee)