ON FOOLS SUFFERING GLADLY, TESTING OF LIVE WIRES AND A SITE TO CHECK ON YOUR HEARING LOSS.

Once again, the gathering at the Perdana Global Peace Forum of "has been" and "wannabes" came out with another half-baked declaration. Our ex PM who has been suffering from another form of PMS (Post Prime Minister Syndrome) led the participants by their noses to declare that killings in war are criminal acts. Allaaaaaaaahhh Akbar! War is banned.
In order to celebrate this historic landmark declaration, the Warong Kopi would like to propose that Dr M be sent as the forum emissary to the war zone of Afghanistan and Pakistan to relay this declaration to Osama bin Laden.

Killings in war are criminal acts’
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The Perdana Global Peace Organisation yesterday declared war as abhorrent and criminal. Known as the ‘Kuala Lumpur Initiative to Criminalise War’, the declaration said killings in war were as criminal as killings within societies in times of peace and must be subject to the international law on crimes.
It also sought for all national leaders who initiated aggression to be subject to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and that all nations must strengthen the resolve to accept the purposes and principles of the United Nations

In order to get some desperately needed attention that he has not been getting of late, Dr M on June 1st, urged fellow Muslims globally to build weapons of war and to ready themselves. He changed his tune last week and asserted that killings in war should be criminalise. This Si-Fu of spin certainly has the amazing ability to make fools of some "educated" people all of the time.
The Warong kopi is not surprised with his "today this, tomorrow that" approach of issuing statements - after all he did declare to all and sundry that "After the 31st October I (will) have no right to decide on anything. I will step back and not meddle with the administration of our country,"
Gee, Dr M your inventory of credibility is dipping even lower than your "good friend" W Bush.

Mahathir urges Muslims to build weapons”
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.....In a sense the conference was preaching to the converted. All the more curious that the Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad should close the event with a bellicose call to arms.
For Dr Mahathir Muslims should master science so the world of Islam can stand up to the West.
"We need modern weapons. We need tanks, battleships, fighter planes, knowledge of rockets," he told the delegates. "These are the weapons that can strike fear into the hearts of our enemies and defend us."
It was a discordant note in a gathering that had focused on constructive solutions to the problems Muslim communities face.

This hero placed his hand in front of the barrel of the gun to test if it is loaded - he then pulled the trigger and shot a hole in his hand. This reminds the Warong kopi of an electrician friend of ours, instead of using an electrical test pen to ensure that the wire is not live he will test it by sliding his index finger across the wire. So far he is still alive.

Man shoots hole in hand while testing gun.
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WICHITA, Kan., June 21 (UPI) -- A 28-year-old man blew a hole in his left hand while checking to see if his girlfriend's handgun was loaded.
Police say the man had placed his hand in front of the barrel as he pulled the trigger on Monday in east Wichita, the Wichita Eagle reported.The man was treated at Wesley Medical Center.

Having problem with your hearing? This is a useful site to check the level of your hearing loss. After being assaulted by very loud rock music for years, most of us at the Warong kopi are still able to hear the 17,000Hz sound.

ON BEING CALLED AN ISLAMOPHOBE; CIRCUMCISION; A SICKNESS CALL DEPRESSION AND REWARD MONEY.

The warong kopi has been accused of being an Islamophobe. We are no Islamophobes. We seek only to bring the fears of the silent majority to the fore. Today, we are even more convince of their intolerance to any freedom of expression. Sans real political power in their hands Islamists purrs as kittens, once in power they are prowling lions looking to extend their territorial limits. Witness the demands of their Islamists compatriots in Aceh, Indonesia and in Sudan where they have called for the implementation of Sharia laws for all regardless of their faith.
This week in Malaysia, Islamists and their powerful allies have bared their fangs against liberalism, pluralism and the celebration of festive harmony. Our founding fathers have given us a democratic system based on pluralism where each distinct ethnic, religious, and cultural groups coexist harmoniously despite their different interests, convictions and lifestyles. Now unelected officials are demanding that Muslim pluralism be put away and are herding their community into their gates of exclusivity. “Negara Ku” is inching closer to a theocratic country controlled by a radical minority.

CRISIS PROFILE : Draft law on Indonesia's Aceh province to impose Islamic law on all residents.
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Jakarta, Indonesia - A bill proposed by lawmakers on the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh would impose Shariah, or Islamic law, on all non-Muslims, the military and police, a local law enforcement official said.
Sharia took effect last year in Aceh, a predominantly Muslim region on the northernmost tip of Sumatra island. It banned drinking, gambling, adultery and other behavior deemed immoral under Islam. But it had only applied to Muslims.
The latest bill, submitted to the national parliament for debate, is expected to be adopted by the 550-seat house by the summer after facing initial resistance.....
Although around 97 percent of the population is Muslim, Aceh is also home to Hindus, Buddhists and Christians.

CRISIS PROFILE: Hope and horror in southern Sudan
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What was the fighting all about? Khartoum's countrywide imposition of Sharia - Islamic law - in 1983 was one of the main factors leading to insurrection in the south by groups including the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Often depicted as a conflict between the Arab, Muslim north - where the country's capital is located - and the black animist or Christian south, war was fuelled by divisions over control of oilfields and political power as well as religious issues.
Note: Under the Comprehensive Peace agreement signed on 9th January 2005 Northern Sudan will continue to be under Sharia laws but this will cease to apply to Sourthern Sudan.

To court, to court for a piece of skin.

Parents take circumcision feud to court
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A divorced couple are fighting each other in a US court over whether their eight-year-old son should be circumcised.
The mother wants it to remedy a recurring and painful inflammation she says the boy has endured during the past year. But the father says the child is healthy and unnecessary circumcision could cause him long-term physical and psychological harm.
In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics reversed its support for routine infant circumcision, citing questionable benefits and evidence that circumcised men have less penile sensitivity.
The percentage of male babies circumcised has fallen from an estimated 90 per cent in 1970 to about 60 per cent today.

The Warong Kopi is surprised that the Star paper has found it appropriate to reinforce the common held notion that depression sufferers are violent. That could not be further from the truth. Take a look at any daily news and you will see that ..... the “normal folks” are the real violent ones.
In Malaysia, 10% of the population suffers from depression. As it is no respecter of status, creed or race - almost everybody will know of someone who is suffering or has suffered from depression. Depression is a sickness like the common cold or even cancer. No one in their right mind will ask the sick person to be strong and to snap out it "on demand". Likewise no one should ever condescendingly suggest to a depressed person to "be more strong mentally" and to snap out from it. The causes of depression are many. Some may be due to genetics and some because of chemical inbalances in the brain.
Unfortunately in Malaysia, depression has been in the past and still is – stigmatised with violence, mental weakness and the mental institutions at Tampoi and Tanjung Rambutan. The government must do much more to erase such misconception. The newspaper's should even be more circumspect in their portrayal of mental health issues and the sufferer's continual shadow - their “black dog”.

Links : General - Some famous people; More famous personalities: A Malaysian blog on - My Battle with Depression; From the medical angle - Psychological Perspectives; Discussion on Depression

Blows that break the heart
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KUALA LUMPUR: Retired tea lady Pang Kwai Fong, 69, has been regularly beaten up for the past three years but it is not the blows that really hurt her.
What breaks her heart is her 38-year-old mentally ill son. He is the one who delivered the blows.
She has been hit on her head and various parts of her body, and each time, she feared for her life because her son is bigger. They are the only members of the family.....
(The) Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek’s statement that the number of mental health patients had increased and that there was a lack of interest in mental health among local doctors, which did not help improve the situation.

What US$25,000,000 can do...........Hello Astro ah!...I mean USA.

ON THE LATEST PAS IDOL, EX PRIME MINISTER AND EVIL MEN.

Last month, PAS youth chief, Salahuddin Ayub demanded that the road shows relating to Article 11 should be stopped as it was better to discuss it directly with the government. Yesterday, PAS vice president Mohamad Sabu urged ulamaks to adopt the methods used by their latest idol, the terrorist organizations of Hamas and Hisbollah - to lead their faithful into the street to protest. He also castigated the men of PAS, "to put it delicately", as men without balls for failing to be ready to demonstrate.
Once again, the warong kopi has been proven right and we are not surprised with their double talk. After all it has become a way of their life.
Whilst the warong kopi fully believes in the freedom of speech, it does not subscribe per se to any street demonstration, more so when there is a convergence of Islamist religious emotions and political power play.
The public must remain very wary when these Islamists latch on to the current populist issue of price increases. To these Islamists their interest in the welfare of the masses is only secondary. Their primary goal remains the same - total political domination and the establishment of their brand of Shar'ia laws over each one of us.

Link : "Can Sharia work in the 21st century?" and "Why Sharia Law must be opposed."

Ulamak urged to lead protests.
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Ulamak have been urged to lead the crowd during street demonstrations.
PAS vice-president Mohamad Sabu said attention would be garnered should something happen to the ulamak or other respected figures.
“This is how the Hamas (Palestine) and Hisbollah (Lebanon) movements gain massive public support,” he said in his winding up speech at the 52nd PAS Muktamar (general assembly) at the PAS Complex in Kota Sarang Semut here yesterday.
“The public is not bothered when unknown youths get beaten up during the demonstrations. “If Mat Sabu or Salehuddin Ayub are harmed, people will say depa to memang lok lak (they are looney).”.
Mohamad said if the men were afraid to take matters to the streets, then Muslimat (Muslim women) in PAS would be ready for jihad (holy war).
“If you (the men) are afraid, you might as well wear sarong and stay home. Let the women fight your battle,” he said, adding that women need not seek their husband’s permission to be involved in jihad. “We talk about struggle, but we are not willing to make the sacrifice.” ....

The story below sounds pretty familar. Malaysian newspapers could have used this headline and rewrite it as, "Ex Prime Minister burns down economic stability rather than to keep one eye blind".

Serb burns car rather than pay fine
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BELGRADE: A Serb man set his car on fire when he heard how much he had to pay to reclaim it after it was towed away for illegal parking.
An attendant told the daily Press the man was very calm.
"He went to his car, took a few things then opened the hood and set the engine on fire. When it was well ablaze he got back on his bike and rode off."

Two 500lbs bomb smashed into his hideout and yet Zarqawi was the only one found to be still alive in the rubble.
It just goes to show how hard it is to kill EVIL.
Incidentally ............... OoooooooSaaMaaaa where are you?
Your 72 virgins are waiting....

Zarqawi was alive when US forces arrived at bomb scene
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi initially survived the US air strike on his al-Qaida safe house and tried to escape from US special forces as they arrived on the scene, it emerged yesterday.
"We were not aware yesterday that in fact Zarqawi was alive when US forces arrived on the site," Major General William Caldwell told Fox News. He said Iraqi police, who were the first to arrive, had put him on a stretcher. "He obviously had some kind of visual recognition of who they were because he attempted to roll off the stretcher, as I am told, and get away, realising it was US military." Zarqawi was also reported to have mumbled something brief and unintelligible before dying. An autopsy was under way yesterday.

LOAN SHARKS, PRIVATE HOSPITALS SHARK AND OTHER SHARKS..........

LOAN SHARKS ARE LIKE THIS SHARK. THEY FOLLOW YOU EVERYWHERE. THERE IS NO BREAK EVEN WHEN YOU TAKE A BREAK.
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SHARKS RUNNING PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN MALAYSIA.
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THE UMNO GOVERNMENT AND THEIR SHARKS
"JOE PUBLIC - YOU CANNOT RUN AND YOU CANNOT HIDE ".
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