Labuan handover suit needs serious re-think

By Joe Fernandez

Everyone involved should perhaps seriously rethink -- from all angles and sides -- the suit pending in Court on the legality of the handover of Labuan to the Federal Government. They should consider leaving the matter in the hands of the politicians. They are the right party to take the issue to the people and the Court of Public Opinion to help resolve it.

Or do we want to merely flog the issue in Court for all it's worth and then deftly restrain the Court from ruling against the people? That will be like spinning a sob-story in Court and running away bawling loudly for all to hear.

If so, perhaps there are some who just want to make political capital out of it.

However, people always remember winners and heroes.

Star says no Malaysia without 20 Points

By Daniel John Jambun

Daniel John Jambun

KOTA KINABALU: The State Reform Party (Star) is taking the position that there's no Malaysia without four important constitutional documents and/or conventions viz. the 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63), the 20/18 Points, the Inter Governmental Committee Report (IGCR) and the Cobbold Commission Report (CCR).

It's not possible to ever ignore, drop, do away, annul and/or amend these documents or claim that they have already been incorporated in the Malaysian Constitution and/or alternatively overtaken by events, whatever that means, said the party in a statement.

Perjanjian Malaysia Dan 20 Perkara Masih Relevan Disabah

Oleh: Mail Mathew

Datuk Yong Teck Lee berucap pada sambutan Pesta Kaamatan
di Kg Pulong, Tenom.

TENOM: Presiden Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee menyifatkan kenyataan Speaker DUN Sabah Datuk Seri Salleh Tun Said mengenai isu 20 Perkara  sebagai tidak menghormati kedaulatan serta menyisihkan hak asasi rakyat negeri ini dan menganggap isu tersebut tidak sah kerana kononnya sudah menjadi sebahagian daripada Perlembagaan Malaysia.

Beliau berkata, kenyataan Datuk Salleh itu amat mengecewakan segenap lapisan rakyat kerana sikapnya yang tidak patriotik untuk mempertahankan hak asasi rakyat negeri ini malah sanggup memperlekehkan perjanjian 20 perkara sebagai tidak wujud lagi.

10 Easy Ways to Master the Grill

Spicy Thai SteakSteven Raichlen, host of TV's Barbecue University, has written dozens of books on grilling. Here, he distills a library of advice into 10 simple tips to mastering the grill. 

Plus: Quick Grilling Recipes 

1. Grill over wood 
Forget about the gas-versus-charcoal debate: Wood is the only fuel that adds real flavor to food. If possible, use whole hardwood logs in a wood-burning grill. The next best option is to burn hardwood chunks in a regular grill. (Light them in a chimney starter as you would charcoal.) As a last resort, toss some wood chips onto the coals of your charcoal grill--you use hardwood charcoal, right?--or in the smoker box of your gas grill just before you begin grilling.

Nik Aziz, Karpal spat on PM's post the pits

By Joe Fernandez
Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Aziz is not the last word on the Constitution or Islam, a religion which invariably gets a bad press for no rhyme or reason. Blame all the Nik Aziz in the world!

Is it any wonder therefore that a US Army training manual recently -- surely it went through the usual screening process! -- spoke of destroying Mecca and Medina and reducing the religion to a sub-culture, presumably for no other reason than the insane fact that it can be done, or must be done, in the wake of various justifications bordering on paranoia.