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glissantia
glissantia
26 Nov 2018 4.06pm

Alert on B10 biodiesel:

B10 biodiesel raises the minimum bio-content that “local producers” must add in biodiesel from 7% to 10. Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok said the transport industry will be affected “in phases” beginning from Dec 1, with mandatory implementation from Feb 1. – FMT

Adding more than 5-7% ester bio-fuel from palm oil into diesel damages even modified motor vehicles – Alan Harris (BMW Group M’sia) & Roland Folger (Mercedes-Benz AG), press statement to Bloomberg News, 2015-06.

glissantia
glissantia
8 Jul 2018 4.06pm

How Wahhabism serves capitalism:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49513.htm

glissantia
glissantia
12 May 2018 5.27pm
glissantia
glissantia
5 Dec 2017 1.50pm

For the last couple of days, I noticed recent articles on this site not appearing, though I had seen them earlier. After reviewing the list of scripts in the Noscript add-on in Firefox browser, I found many strange scripts authorised. After blocking these, the latest 11 articles reappeared. Someone must be unhappy with these articles.

glissantia
glissantia
25 Apr 2018 12.53pm
Reply to  Anil Netto

Noscript (addon) has been revamped and is now almost unmanageable. There are too many scripts to mention. Some sites such as Disqus now don’t work unless Noscript is disabled. I doubt any of this is accidental, just like the non-stop “updates” for MS. Sorry for the late reply.

glissantia
glissantia
25 Apr 2018 8.05pm
Reply to  Anil Netto

It seems to have cleared up. Thanks.

glissantia
glissantia
21 Oct 2017 5.36pm

Propaganda tells us that pogroms, elimination of alternatives/dissent and regression are typical of Communism, as in the case of the Khmer Rouge. Is this true? Read the bloody history of Indonesia.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47994.htm

glissantia
glissantia
18 Nov 2018 12.15am
Reply to  glissantia

More on the reality of wonderful, progressive Indonesia 🙁
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50607-c.htm

glissantia
glissantia
19 Oct 2017 6.15pm
glissantia
glissantia
20 Oct 2017 3.40pm
Reply to  glissantia

More info:
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/10/20/mh17-investigators-appeal-for-info-on-photo-of-buk-missile/

The Malaysian team is not privy to all info. It is like an observer.

glissantia
glissantia
29 Jun 2018 9.58pm
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glissantia
glissantia
19 Sep 2018 1.50pm
Reply to  glissantia

The miussile came from Ukraine military:
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/09/17/mh17-serial-numbers-prove-missile-belonged-to-ukraine-says-russia/

And you though the Dutch who led the investigation were such sweet, democratic people.

glissantia
glissantia
23 Jan 2019 7.27pm
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glissantia
glissantia
26 Jan 2019 11.56pm
Reply to  glissantia

https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/12/31/mh17-turnabout-ukraine-guilt-now-proven.html Colonialism is alive and well. In Feb. 2014, the Empire (under Obama, the constitutional law professor and Peace Prize winner) installed a new, Nazi regime in Ukraine through a coup. That was not enough; it wanted vengeance for losing Crimea to Russia. On 17 Jul. 2014, 298 people on MH17 were murdered. On 31 Jul. 2014, economic gangsterism on Russia, called “sanctions for aggression” began – with only lukewarm support from EU. On 8 Aug. 2014, 4 Western countries formed the Joint Investigation Team, including suspect Ukraine which even got veto power on findings. Though the plane was M’sian,… Read more »

glissantia
glissantia
28 Sep 2017 7.13pm

Star Sunday column Curious Cook by Chris Chan dated 24/9/17 highlighted this: – Safe, original soya sauce takes months to produce; much of it comes from Japan and China. – Most of the “soya sauce” being sold is HSS (hydrolysed soya sause) produced in a couple of days. It contains 2 very dangerous contaminants, especially capable of destroying the liver. – EU strictly monitors the soya sauce it permits. Other facts: – Bolehland labels do not addess this issue. – Some local varieties do not mention soya as an ingredient; if they are mere flavouring and colour, they may be… Read more »

glissantia
glissantia
13 Sep 2017 4.19pm

Is North Korea an unspeakable, hopeless dictatorship?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47618.htm

I leave it to you to work out why there is mounting interest in and unilateral enforcement (delegated to “tech” businesses) to censor “fake” news.

glissantia
glissantia
27 Oct 2017 2.52pm
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glissantia
glissantia
12 Sep 2017 6.07pm

What sort of “superpower” are our leaders doing the tango with? Syria found chemical weapons from USA and UK within areas it had rid of supposedly “moderate” terrorists.
http://tass.com/politics/960665

glissantia
glissantia
12 Aug 2017 1.57pm

Another case of international disobedience to the Empire, this time on drugs.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/un-calling-worldwide-decriminalization-drug/

At this rate, WHO reps or leaders may suffer “unfortunate” accidents.

glissantia
glissantia
11 Aug 2017 3.15pm

Making money from misery (ill health): Now there is a scare over poisoned eggs in Europe. China rejected our birds nest. Before that, Singapore rejected out veg. Yet, we rarely hear of domestic crackdowns on local or imported food. What about the tainted beef from Brazil. Is US beef any better – free from mad cow disease? A few years ago, Bolehland legalised imports of propretary, GMO soya. Despite the resistance of Codex Alimentarius, WHO condemned GMO as a strong carcinogen about a year ago. The dangers include not just the food molecules but unidentified microbes and especially the proprietary… Read more »

glissantia
glissantia
5 Aug 2017 2.42pm

The next target for destabilisation: Philippines
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47527.htm

glissantia
glissantia
24 Aug 2017 3.22pm
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glissantia
glissantia
28 Jul 2017 3.36pm

Imperial propaganda tells us that Russia is a tyranny run by the world’s richest despot, and that it “intervenes” in other countries. Check out the latest of the annual sessions for public questions this “dictator” held, and decide for yourself:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47256.htm

glissantia
glissantia
8 Jul 2017 7.21pm

18 moths ago, the authorities declared a “moratorium” on (completely illegal) bauxite mining in Kuantan. Since then, Bolehland has exported 9 million tonnes to China, supposedly from stock at the port, but the stock has not been reduced.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/07/06/malaysias-bauxite-exports-rise-despite-mining-ban/

glissantia
glissantia
4 Jul 2017 8.37pm

Why is Qatar suddenly labelled a bad boy?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47329.htm

Note: Being by a US person, this article is ignorant of regional rivalry.

Note: Reader’s Alert would be a lot simpler if loading other (past) comments was optional or done in segments (on multiple pages).

glissantia
glissantia
5 Jul 2017 4.30pm
Reply to  glissantia

A broader, more ominous view of the same issue: Qatar.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47333.htm

tunglang
tunglang
21 May 2017 12.31am

A slap is never ‘just a slap’
Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/20/a-slap-is-never-just-a-slap/#dCy31sgYeOs2s7UB.99

There is no excuse to slap even if one likes to think he can slap like The 3 Stooges.
The Three Stooges 100 Slaps

tunglang
tunglang
7 Mar 2017 8.04am

The ugly truth of an open immigration policy in Sweden:
What Is Sweden Trying to Hide?
http://www.conservativezone.com/articles/what-is-sweden-trying-to-hide/
Donald Trump recently cited Sweden as an example of the dangers of open borders. While the media did their best to paint him as an idiot and maniac, widespread riots seemed to verify the President’s statement. Sweden repeatedly states that everything is fine internally, but riots and the burning of property don’t usually happen with content populations.

What is really happening?

glissantia
glissantia
2 Sep 2017 1.54pm
Reply to  tunglang

Germany and Sweden are cold countries – very cold for people from hot countries. Is the mass migration across mulriple seas and borders to these specific destinations accidental or casual? For the last stretch into Sweden from Finland, enterpreneurs even provided bicycles for hire; the immigrants left them at the destination. As for the riots, though Sweden followed EU rules in accepting the immigrants, they could only provide minimum help – very expensive in a cold country. Moreover, the later are culturally alien, abrasive and unused to the independent lifestyle. So, just as in Germany, some of them realised they… Read more »

tunglang
tunglang
5 Mar 2017 11.04pm

Viral video shows pastor’s abduction took just under a minute
Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/03/05/viral-video-shows-pastor-abduction-took-just-under-a-minute/#SqxQsiJlRBc2yqiT.99
GOD IS WATCHING & RECORDING THE WHOLE CRIME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.

tunglang
tunglang
3 Mar 2017 7.34am

Climate change threatens to wash away couple’s history
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/02/us/heart-of-the-matter-climate-change-louisiana/index.html
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $48 million to the state of Louisiana in 2016 to relocate the community to higher ground, off the island — making the residents of Isle de Jean Charles the country’s first-ever climate refugees.

ktwong87
26 Feb 2017 10.09am

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tunglang
tunglang
25 Feb 2017 8.53am

Pastor’s disappearance raises concern over ‘moderate’ M’sia
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/373689
Where now is religious tolerance? Or is it the fear of another religion to commit a crime?

tunglang
tunglang
18 Feb 2017 10.18am

The simmering disquiet in Gua Musang
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/372893
Does the God of Kelantan want this to happen to Gua Musang forests?

tunglang
tunglang
9 Feb 2017 12.18pm

Fighting for land and a future in the forests of Gua Musang
http://www.kinitv.com/video/44486O8
Man thirst for massive money-making is bringing death to Nature.
This is exactly what the Kelantan gomen to doing to its pristine rainforest & Temiar tribes.
Go to Gua Musang & see the ravages still going on.

tunglang
tunglang
6 Feb 2017 8.11am

Penang gov’t told to be more open-minded on federal territory proposal
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/penang-govt-told-more-open-050141844.html
Is this the greatest threat to DAP (or more precisely Niao Kong), more than any threat of flooding in P.Ramlee & Farlim? It’s time for a wake-up call!