SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES SAYS THEY ARE KAPUT

 

OutSyed The Box

Monday, June 1, 2026

SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES SAYS THEY ARE KAPUT

This is edited and adapted from Straits Times Singapore here. 
As usual I have reworded it some.

The self-inflicted loneliness.
MGR risks losing conservatives and reformists who brought him to power.
He is now estranged from his non-Malay voters, progressives and moderates.
finally took office 2022 - after nearly three decades (of talking crap).
His coalition did not win an outright majority 
stitch together unlikely govt with former rivals
after four years cultivating 'hutang budi' 
thrown into jail for abuse of power, sodomy 
less than four years later (2026) mood has shifted markedly

(OSTB: After being duped for 24 years his own supporters can now smell through the chicken sh_t crap in less than four years - since 2022)

• Poor popular support
• Among the Malay-Muslim majority, PN remains dominant. 
• PN huge gains across six states in 2023 state elections 
• DAP (also full of crap)  
• UMNO starting to distance itself from MGR 
• frustration growing within own support base
• estranged from non-Malay minorities (especially Indians).
• Sabah polls Nov 2025 brutal defeat for MGR
• winning just one of 22 seats contested
• DAP lost all eight seats it contested
• huge losses set off alarm bells within DAP
• DAP lost two-thirds of its votes compared to 2020 Sabah polls
• DAP annual congress in July to decide future in coalition
• starting to look very lonely for MGR 
• His own worst enemy
• his loneliness is for the most part self-inflicted
• overpromised but underdelivered 

• Some recent controversies:

1. pig farming ban in Selangor
2. “illegal Hindu temples”
3. UEC –  holders limited to four Chinese studies programmes.
4. repeated expansion of the sales and service tax 
5. stricter tax compliance with e-invoicing
6. R--izi quit Cabinet after losing party position
7. criticism over alleged vote-rigging and nepotism (party polls)
8. daughter's rise within the party
9. MACC “corporate mafia” scandal
10. abuse powers, to intimidate, manipulate, blackmail business figures 
11. forced to let MACC chief go in May
12. MACC investigated former economy minister over RM1.1b govt deal 
13. increasingly picking fights with journalists, civil society, activists 

• party convention in Johor, security personnel scuffled with reporters 
• seeking to question MGR
• growing discomfort with scrutiny
• great leader less tolerant of criticism now
• alienating very constituencies that supported them

• UMNO worst-ever electoral performance in 2022
• yet disproportionately large share of Cabinet positions 
• now UMNO distancing itself from MGR 
• UMNO partnership already fraying
• April UMNO withdrew support for Negeri chief minister 
• In Johor UMNO ended electoral pact  - to contest all 56 seats in Johor
• Sarawak GPS declared to eliminate DAP in S'wak by April 2027

My Comments:

Well folks when you spend so much time playing in the sh_tter, you are bound to end up inside the sh_thole. This is what is happening now. 

My friends and I spent about 38 years (since about 1988) campaigning not only against this dud-speak but also against his entire entourage of not-too-clever beggars. 

It is a complete failure of some sections of our voting public who until today do not know the difference between a sh_tter and a sh_thole. They really liked the fellow's crap.

However I must give due regard to the Malay Muslim voters - in the 80s and 90s they were his largest support base.  But that support base has now vanished - vaporised into thin air. 

If you are a Malay politician and you do not have Malay support you do not have a future in politics.  This has happened to Najib Razak. it happened to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Dr M lost his deposit). And it has happened to MGR.

Najib got kicked out because he stole from the people.

Dr Mahatir got kicked out because he made the Malays (plus others) poorer. (The Malays could only afford to buy the cheapest tin can 'national' cars - but at exhorbitant prices).

Democracy works. Muck around and you will get kicked out. FAFO.

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL WHO IS THE DUMBEST OF THEM ALL?

 

OutSyed The Box

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL WHO IS THE DUMBEST OF THEM ALL?

When should the next general elections (the 16th) be held? The quick answer is tomorrow. The Indians are abandoning the ruling coalition by the busloads and shiploads. 

Parti Bersama has already launched its Sang Kancil logo. Plus a 12 point action plan.  The Kancil and the action plan may still need more polishing and fine tuning. But the signal is clear - they are getting organised pretty quickly. They say between 20,000 to 70,000 supporters have already switched sides to Parti Bersama. 

Zaid Ibrahim says Bersama can win 40 Parliamentary seats. The more time passes, the more organised Bersama will become. If they have more time they may gather 200,000 new supporters instead of just 20,000.

So the longer  the General Election DOES NOT HAPPEN, the higher the risk for the ruling coalition.

The same goes for Hamzah Zainuddin's RESET.  Hamzah is moving quickly with PAS. The more time they have, the more RESET will get better organised.  So the longer the GE does not happen the higher the risk for the ruling coalition. 

Ok folks, do you remember this clown?

Well perhaps another star has just been born.

• Minister slams ‘deafening silence’ over scrapped Norway missile deal
• minister condemns lack of strong reaction from other countries to 'Norway's unilateral decision' at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
• SINGAPORE: minister criticised “deafening silence” from major powers over collapse of deal with Norway for a naval missile system
• two countries diplomatic dispute this month since Norway revoked export approvals 
• minister condemned lack of strong reaction from other countries to “Norway’s unilateral decision” at a major defence forum in Singapore.
• This deafening silence sends a dangerous message that some countries are simply above scrutiny,” he told the Shangri-La Dialogue.
• was now talking with “real partners” to buy the missile system.
• government had sent a notice to the company involved, Kongsberg demanding compensation for both “direct and indirect costs”.

MY COMMENTS:

1. Firstly you must read the contract carefully.  International contracts, especially weapons contracts will most certainly have termination and illegality clauses. Here are some examples:

• Sovereign acts doctrine (especially in contracts involving governments).
• Regulatory change clause.
• Legislative change clause.
• Government action clause.
• Illegality clause — provides that if performance becomes illegal due to a change in law, obligations may cease.
• Termination for illegality — a specific provision allowing termination when a legal change makes performance unlawful.

Such changes in the laws can only be made by the government of a country  and not by the missile manufacturer. Therefore the commercial weapons suppliers have no say about any restrictions, export bans, security risk classifications their governments may suddenly impose. 

If there are any such illegality or termination clauses in the contract then compensation and financial liability (to be paid by the weapons supplier) can be disputed. They may escape liability. So read the contract again.

2. But what is the purpose of saying such things aloud at a defense conference in Singapore and pointing a finger at other countries for not speaking up? Why should other countries be bothered at all with a commercial contract between a seller and buyer that does not involve them? The minister has made a fool not only of himself but he has embarrassed his country. Malulah.  

3. Then the missile manufacturer in question Kongsberg supplies missile weapons systems to Indonesia.  

Indonesia selected the NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace in 2017. The contract included:

• Air-defense command posts
• Radars
• Launchers
• Communications equipment
• Training and logistics support

The system uses American made AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles.

Indonesia is not a NATO member. But Kongsberg still deals with them. Obviously Indonesia is not a high risk country to sell advanced weapons systems.  

So why did the Norwegian government suddenly cancel the export license for the Kongsberg missiles? The red lights on their 'security risk'  radar began flashing. Why? Something must have gone wrong somewhere. Nobody suddenly cancels a contract worth hundreds of millions of Ringgit for no good reason.

So be careful who you hang out with. If you hang out with known trouble causers and the unsavoury folk, other people will take notice. And since even your underwear is Made in China, you have very little bargaining power.  

Jangan jadi bodoh.

NO IT WAS THE INABILITY OF THE DAP TO EFFECT CHANGE. CHINESE ARE ABOUT 25% OF THE POPULATION. TAK CUKUP VOTES.

 

OutSyed The Box

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

NO IT WAS THE INABILITY OF THE DAP TO EFFECT CHANGE. CHINESE ARE ABOUT 25% OF THE POPULATION. TAK CUKUP VOTES.

This is taken from here.

Everyone in this country — Malays and non-Malays alike — came away from GE15 believing that it was the non-Malays who had won the election.

Why?

Because it was the non-Malays who stood almost en masse behind Pakatan Harapan.

After a nail-biting election, PH emerged as the largest coalition and eventually formed the government. Naturally, non-Malays assumed that they were the victors of GE15.

It was not only the non-Malays who thought so. The Malays believed it too.

It was precisely because many Malays believed that the non-Malays had “won” GE15 that the Malays formed the “green wave” after GE 15, to turn things around.

So naturally, after GE15, non-Malays assumed that the government formed by the coalition they overwhelmingly backed would be more favourable towards them.

After all, that is what victory means, isn't it?

If you win, you expect that you will be better off after your victory than before your victory.

But boy were the non-Malays wrong.

Four years after their supposed “victory”, many non-Malays have come to a shocking realization: they have come to realise their victory in GE 15 was so catastrophic, that if they win again in GE 16 , they will surely be doomed.

Why?

Because under the government they helped bring to power, many non-Malays now feel they are worse off than they were under previous governments backed by the Malays.

Why?

Because no prime minister under the previous Malay-backed government ever publicly referred to Indians using the K-word.

Under the previous government, Hindu temples were not facing the kinds of threats they are facing today.

Old Chinese uncles did not have to fear arrest for accidentally flying the Jalur Gemilang upside down for a few minutes under the previous government.

Yes, the previous government would probably never have recognised the UEC either — but at least it did not make Bahasa Malaysia and History compulsory subjects in vernacular schools either.

The previous government also did not shut down pig farming in Selangor.

It also did not attempt to prevent non-Islamic houses of worship from being built in commercial areas.

And under the previous government, buyers of GLC and GLIC properties worth RM20 million and above only needed 30 percent Bumiputera equity participation — not 50 percent.

The previous government might might have been formed primarily by the Malays, but they were better to the non-Malays than the PH goverment that the non-Malays themselves had primarily formed after GE 15.

If the PH goverment that was formed after GE 15 is a friend to the non-Malays, then with a friend like the PH goverment, who needs enemies ?

It is hard to know what exactly the non-Malays did to anger the gods.

But anger the gods they must have — because they have been cursed with a victory that is worse than a defeat.

And considering how badly this “victory” has turned out for non-Malays, it is difficult to see how PH can go back to non-Malays in GE16 and ask for the same level of support again.

Because if PH tells the non-Malays, “Help us win again,” many non-Malays may very well respond:

“Are you kidding?

We are already half dead because we helped you win in GE15.

If we help you win again in GE16, we will be completely finished.”

MY COMMENTS

Here is a quick table. After the 2022 elections some of the patched together parties and their Parliamentary seats were as follows:

• DAP 40,  PKR  31,  AMANAH  8
• UMNO 26, MCA 2, MIC 1
• PESAKA BUMI SWAK 14, SUPP 2, PDP 2, PRS 5
• GABUNGAN SABAH 6

Final tally, the parties that made up the gomen had 147 Parliamentary seats. 
That was 69% or more than 2/3 majority in a 212 seat Parliament. 

• But look at the number of Parliamentary seats again. 
• Although they are the largest party in Parliament with 40 seats, the DAP is outnumbered by the other 147 - 40 = 107 seats 
• (PKR, Amanah, BN, Sarawak and Sabah).  
• Here is the catch. 
• Those 107 other seats are basically old Barisan Nasional DNA. 

All these parties are quite happy with the status quo in the country - the status quo that is making us poorer and including the 'stand on your shoulder and piss on your head' policies which the writer is complaining about.

So to say that the  'it was the non-Malays who had won the election'  you are basically referring to the 40 DAP seats.   Because the remaining 107 seats (including MCA, SUPP) are quite happy with the status quo. So no the non-Malays did not win the elections in 2022. There are simply not enough non Malay votes.

So dont look up into the sky with your mouth open.  
Otherwise they might piss into your mouth as well. 

• Bottom line: the DAP cannot do much with their 40 seats.
• What other options do we have? Plenty. 
• Let me repeat - we have plenty of options. 
• We means you and me, the voting public.

JUST KICK THEM OUT. 
KEEP KICKING THEM OUT.
USE YOUR VOTE WISELY.

Military Watch:

Hezbollah Strikes Are Gradually Dismantling Israel’s Iron Dome Air Defence Network

Middle East , Missile and Space

Military Watch Magazine Editorial Staff

June-4th-2026

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Moments Before Hezbollah Drone Hits Iron Dome Battery (left) and Iron Dome Launch

The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah has achieved significant successes in weakening the network of Israeli Iron Dome short range air defence systems through effective precision strikes on associated launchers and radars, marking one of a number of serious setbacks which Israel has faced in its invasion of Southern Lebanon. The Iron Dome network consisting of multiple radars, command systems, and surface-to-air missile launchers spread across Israel, which are particularly concentrated in the northern regions facing Hezbollah. The systems are optimised to shoot down short range attacks from rocket artillery, and drones. Although Hezbollah has on some occasions launched ballistic missiles against Israeli targets, which Israel’s David’s Sling system is responsible for shooting down, the largest majority of its arsenal is represented by the kind of assets the Iron Dome is optimised to neutralise. 

Launch of Surface-to-Air Interceptors From Iron Dome System

Hezbollah has during the month of May destroyed four or five units of Iron Dome systems, with reports varying. This represents an unsusaintable rate of losses for Israel, which fields an estimated 30 to 40 units. One means of targeting has been to use long range anti-tank missiles, which Hezbollah first did in 2024 using what is believed to be an Almas missile - an Iranian counterpart to the U.S. Javelin with similar non-line of sight targeting capabilities. A further means has been to use drones and loitering munitions, which have formed a modern reconnaissance-strike complex to destroy multiple Israeli targets both on Lebanese soil, and inside Israel. Drones can identify launcher and radar positions, while guided rockets, anti-tank missiles or loitering munitions can then be directed against those positions. Even if only a few launchers are damaged, this can force Israeli forces to relocate batteries, disperse assets, and devote additional resources to protecting the air-defence network itself.  

Although Hezbollah’s strikes have caused considerable setbacks for Israeli air defences, a greater challenge faced by the Israel Defence Forces is that saturation attacks using rocket systems can relatively easily overwhelm Iron Dome systems, with the cost of an interception by the system being well over an order of magnitude greater than that of a rocket launch. Thus even if Iron Dome remains intact and continues to achieve high interception rates, enough incoming threats could penetrate defences simply through volume. This is a primary reason why few countries have invested in air defence systems aimed at intercepting very low value munitions such as rocket artillery, as it is far more cost effective to seek and destroy hostile launchers on the ground. Hezbollah’s fortification of its launchers in a vast underground network of tunnels and bunkers, which was developed by North Korean specialists in the early 2000s, has prevented Israel from using its air power to neutralise its artillery.

Hezbollah Radwan Force Personnel

The destruction of components of the Iron Dome system may pave the way for Hezbollah to increase the targeting of higher value components of Israel’s multi-layered air defence network, most notably its David’s Sling and Barak systems, which have already been heavily depleted by Iranian ballistic missile attacks. Their destruction can potentially serve as a force multiplier for future Iranian strikes. Ihe Israeli Ministry of Defence in November 2025 finalised plans to expand serial production of the Iron Dome with a multi-billion-dollar contract with the defence manufacturer Rafael, following months of hostilities between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in 2024. This was reported be fully funded by an $8.7 billion aid package from the United States, which specifically allocated $5.2 billion dollars for air and missile defence systems. Iron Dome units in 2024 took losses to multiple successful strikes by Hezbollah, leaving it uncertain to what extent the network had been replenished by the time of the resumption of hostilities in March 2026.