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China And US Cut Fuel Prices. Petronas Pula Bila?

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 03:34 AM PST

Thank Allah we have the Internet. We get instant news from all over the world. Here is the latest news about falling fuel prices in America and China, which are the No. 1 and No. 2 economies in the world.

1. In the US:  
  • Average Retail Gas Prices Fall Seven Cents In 2 Weeks
  • CBS 12 News
  • NEW YORK, NY.-- (Reuters) - The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States fell during the past two weeks.., according to a widely followed survey released on Sunday.
  • Gasoline prices averaged $3.4728 per gallon on November 16, down 7.26 cents from November 2, said Trilby Lundberg, editor of the Lundberg Survey. With the most recent decline, the overall drop in gasoline prices for the past six weeks is 36.47 cents per gallon.
In the US, fuel prices have decreased about RM1.10 per gallon over the past six weeks. That is a huge drop in fuel prices. How come there have not been any drop in fuel prices in Malaysia? Petronas please wake up and explain.   

Dont just blame it on Hurricane Sandy because even China is cutting their price of fuel at the pumps:

China May Cut Retail Fuel Prices as Early as Wednesday
  • BEIJING--China will likely cut retail fuel prices by at least 2.6% as early as Wednesday to reflect falling global crude-oil prices, which have declined due to concern over the economic outlook for the euro zone and the U.S.
  • Lower fuel input costs will provide further support to the world's second-largest economy
  • The cuts may contribute to China's easing inflation, which is already at its lowest rate in nearly three years.
World crude oil prices have gone down to around USD86 per barrel (from over USD100 per barrel not too long ago). Even authoritarian China is passing on the savings from lower world oil prices to their consumers.  

Not in Malaysia though. While world oil prices have dropped, the pump prices in Malaysia have not decreased. This means that Petronas is making even bigger profits at the expense of the Malaysian consumer. 

I hope the boys and girls in charge of the oil price arithmetic in Petronas will turn on their calculators. Kasi lah harga minyak turun sikit.  Lower fuel prices will ease inflation in the country. Didnt your mummy ever tell you that lower prices is a very good thing?  

Here is Rule No. 1 : The people come first.  Please pass on any savings to the consumer - in double quick time. We will be visiting this issue again.

Unbelievable : Harakah Kata Lebih Baik Hadi Jadi Nelayan !!

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 11:46 PM PST



I first saw this at Zamkata's Blog here just a few minutes ago.  This picture above is taken from Harakah Daily.

Then I followed the link to the Harakah Daily. Here is the article in Harakah Daily : Apa sebenar kata Presiden PAS tentang isu jadi PM.  Harakah says Hadi never said that he wanted to be PM.  

It is quite certain that Harakah DOES NOT want Hadi, the president of PAS, to become PM.  Harakah even says it is a fitnah to say that Hadi wants to be the PM.
  • Harakahdaily,  19 Nov 2012

  • KUALA LUMPUR: 

  • apakah sebenarnya yang beliau kata dan maksud.
  • laporan ini membayangkan seolah Presiden PAS mahu menjadi perdana menteri.
  • timbul fitnah kepada Presiden beliau 'setuju dan bersedia' menjadi perdana menteri.
  • Apakah yang dikatakan sebenarnya oleh Hadi 
  • Hadi dengan jelas menolak cadangan itu.

  • Beliau lebih rela kembali menjadi nelayan.

  • Berikut adalah penyataan Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi semasa penggulungan itu secara verbatim.
  • Saya tak mahu macam cerita saya dengan Ustaz Azizan. Ustaz Azizan tahu saya minat memancing. Saya pergi Kedah, dia ajak saya memancing di laut Yan.
Harakah says it is a fitnah to say that their party president wants to be the PM. Ertikata lain, Harakah is saying their own party president is not fit to be the PM.  Saya tak tahu nak kata siapa lagi bodoh. Harakah lagi bodoh sebab tak yakin dengan presiden sendiri atau memang Hadi yang bodoh sampai Harakah pun sudah tak yakin dengan kebolehan Hadi.

Then the Harakah says their president "lebih rela kembali menjadi nelayan"

Here Harakah is also twisting the story. They say theirs is a verbatim report "secara verbatim". 

I read their verbatim report. No where does Hadi say that 'saya lebih rela menjadi nelayan'. It is Harakah that is making this accusation against Hadi Awang. It is Harakah that is saying 'beliau lebih rela kembali menjadi nelayan'.

Hadi said no such thing. He merely said that he likes to go fishing. He never said that he wants to "kembali menjadi nelayan". 

Folks, I didnt know that Hadi was a nelayan.  But it looks like Harakah is going out of its way to remind the whole world that Hadi was indeed once a nelayan. 

It is actually Harakah that is telling Hadi not to have too grand ambitions. Jangan lah bercita-cita tinggi sangat. Kalau nelayan, nelayanlah. Boleh kembali menjadi nelayan.

I think there are more serious issues inside PAS.  There are people who really dont like their president.

Breaking News From Saudi Arabia

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 06:35 PM PST

After much deliberation, the Saudi Arabian society has decided that it is time for them to catch up with the 20th century (never mind the fact that it is now the 2st century).  At last women in Saudi Arabia have been allowed to drive.  Here is a picture :


Ha ha ha !  Jangan marah ye. Bergurau saja.

Gaza Ceasefire Issues

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 02:27 PM PST

Some background on Gaza. 

1. Gaza is ruled by Hamas whose leader is Khaled Mashaal. There is also a Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza called Ismail Haniyeh.  

2. The West Bank is ruled by the old Fatah thru the Palestinian Authority whose leader is Mahmoud Abbas. The Hamas and the Fatah are not good friends. 

3. There is also another outfit in Gaza known as Islamic Jihad. Islamic Jihad listens to neither Hamas nor Fatah.

The following has been taken from Middle East news sources :
  • ceasefire between Israel and Hamas - negotiators made some progress, PLO said
  • Hamas announced efforts to achieve cease-fire failed.
  • Hamas did not rule out possibility Egyptians would succeed  

  • Khaled Mashaal (Hamas leader) met Morsi and discussed ending fighting 
  • Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh phoned Morsi Sunday 
  • Morsi met Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shallah 
  • Mahmoud Abbas in contact with Khaled Mashaal 

  • Hamas prepared to resume unity negotiations with Abbas's Fatah faction 
  • Abbas to find a way to end the Hamas-Fatah dispute.

  • Israeli official in Cairo for talks on cease-fire. 
  • Hamas two conditions : lifting military blockade and stop assassinations 
  • Israeli demand : stop weapons and refrain from approaching security zone.

  • Hamas looking to end hostilities
  • Israel wants to end threat of rockets 

  • Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said no firing rockets at Israel.
  • "..first and most important condition must stop firing.
  • ".soon as they commit to stop firing, we are prepared to consider all proposals"

  • Hamas and Islamic Jihad - differences over cease-fire with Israel.
  • Islamic Jihad strongly opposed to a cease-fire with Israel 

  • Hamas asked Egyptians and Qataris to help end the fighting.

  • Arab League Secretary- General Nabil Elarabi expected to visit Gaza City 
  • Elarabi will be accompanied by the foreign ministers of Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt 
  • not clear whether Hamas would allow PA Foreign Minister Riad Malki to enter Gaza 
  • Hamas activists expressed opposition to Malki's visit.

This is a nutshell. It is not too complicated. 

If a ceasefire holds : 

Fatah (PA's Abbas) will gain major points. 
Hamas will also win the peace but will lose some face to Abbas. 
Islamic Jihad will face serious objections from its supporters 
Egypt's Morsi will look good 
Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt will exploit any ceasefire as capitulation. 
Israel may not lift blockade 
Israel may ask Egypt to fully open border with Gaza subject to no weapons. 

To make the ceasefire happen thousands of Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters and logistics providers must be taken care of.  Saudi Arabia may have a role to play after all. 
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