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So sayeth Zaida. Did you know that without Singapore, China would not be able to manufacture things like needles or rockets? This is true, according to an article by one Alfatih Ziada, chastising the Sudanese government for un-creative economic thinking. “The current rise of China is due to...

Original Ars Technica article can be found here. Sabotage: postdoc fiddles with graduate student's cells By Chris Lee | Last updated about 12 hours ago I am shocked. No, wait, I am appalled. Hmm, maybe I am shocked and appalled? Nope, neither actually. Nature is running a story about a postdoc...

Over here we can't even get Viet channels on Starhub. ---- Original from NY Times via Gizmodo WHAT IS THIS? <!-- google_ad_section_start --> Hint: It involves South Korea, agriculture, television, and the geopolitics of love. What you see above is the home of one Mr...

Bastard ANA, so typical of big corporations. Pollute our waters, deny animals shelter, and STILL want to bully a fuzzy-wuzzy NGO. Let's start an online petition to kick their big, fat, wealthy arses. After all, we all drink from Kranji Reservoir, and this means it is an issue of national...

Imagine if all the pinoy nurses in Singapore go for boob jobs... Duxton will be darn squeezy at night then. Long-winded article from NY Times here. Short article from AFP found here. Czech clinic lures nurses with free plastic surgery Nurses who sign a three-year contract with an...

Just got forwarded this news from a friend, and I thought it was telling of the current economic climate and how businesses in Singapore are trying to restore confidence in customers. Good lobang too, plus got promotion till end of June that gives this protection totally free. Feel tempted to...

Angie II, I'm just so curious to see that picture.

Church lifts sanctions on Joachim Kang Posted: 18 May 2009 0906 hrs Full article linked from here. SINGAPORE: His redemption is now complete. After his release from jail last year, and the end of his home detention scheme last month, Father Joachim Kang now has been restored fully to his...

Pirate Bay Founder Devises DDo$ Attack original article can be found here. Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm (aka anakata) recieved a bill for the 30 million SEK that he, along with Peter Sunde (aka brokep), Fredrik Neij (aka TiAMO), and Carl Lundstrom, was fined in the verdict of...

Original article from ST linked here. ... Similarly, senior lawyer Thio Su Mien, the self-styled 'feminist mentor' to some of the women on Ms Lau's team, answered the phone with a gruff 'Who's that?' When told she was speaking to The Sunday Times, she declined further comment. When asked...

There have been a lot of buzz online after AWARE went back into the hands of the old guard - and most of it are calls for more blood to be let. There's the matter of the $90,000, and the rude manner in which Thio/Josie & Co have dealt with the predominantly pro-white audience. It seems as if...

"... The atmosphere is ELECTRIFYING!!" And this sums up the passion charged up in every one of those who attended the AWARE EGM held at Suntec today. If our government leaders are watching this right now, of which I am sure they are, a few notes of panic might have crept up amongst the ranks...

I do not have much experience with local forums, this being the second I joined after fuckwarezone. However, from the postings here, it seems that STOMP users dedicate their lives (and latest cellphone cams) to taking blurrycam vigilante shots. Do I have to fear for my reputation the next time...

AWARE's EOGM is just 3 days away. I'm also calling an EOGM (Extra-Ordinary Gambling Madness) in celebration of Singapore's upcoming IRs. Essentially - what do you think will happen at and after the EOGM? Place your bets(votes), ye bastardes, who have argued back and forth, civilly and...

Temasek's outgoing CEO Ho Ching among 55 recipients of May Day awards By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 29 April 2009 2001 hrs <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="260"> <tbody><tr> <td align="right" width="20"> </td> <td align="right"...

Supreme Court warns of scam calls made by people claiming to be its staff By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 29 April 2009 2121 hrs Article linked here. SINGAPORE : Singapore's Supreme Court warned the public of scam calls from individuals falsely claiming to be its staff...

Kenneth Jeyaretnam voted in as secretary-general of Reform Party From CNA, article here. Posted: 27 April 2009 1845 hrs SINGAPORE: Kenneth Jeyaretnam has been voted in as secretary-general of the Reform Party by its central executive committee. The post was left vacant by...

Weird science meets ancient cosmic blobs and Stephen Colbert Full article found here on Ars Technica. Join us as we take a trip back to the dawn of the universe, where we find a galaxy-sized blob of unknown provenance, then zip back to the present to ponder the politics of Stephen Colbert and...

And we pay our ministers beaucoup money for this kind of work. More spam in your mailboxes, everyone, and guess who's paying for it? "Good Neighbour Award", "HDB Guidebook" launched to promote harmonious HDB living By Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 27 April 2009 0003 hrs...

By Loh Chee Kong, TODAY | Posted: 21 April 2009 0632 hrs SINGAPORE: A People's Action Party (PAP) split by internal schisms. Future leaders bereft of the "huge political legitimacy" that could be gained from endorsement by the man with unmatched moral and historical authority. These are...