Tomorrow never comes?
In 1975, the United States Chamber of Commerce gave a forecast of what wonders one could expect in the world of the future. Among its predictions (and the reality check in parenthesis):
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Would you do this to your pet?
Like an episode straight out of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!”, it seems that some folks are taking the “art” of body modification a bit too far by inflicting it on their pets. I’m saying “inflict” because it’s fine for human beings to have multiple piercings, tattoos and what not, since those who choose to… Read More »
What the hell are they saying?
From Bangkok Post:“The as-yet unnamed planet is only about one-and-a-half times the size of Earth and five times more massive, a team of European astronomers announced at the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany.” If the planet is only about one-and-a-half times the size of Earth, how on Earth can it be five times more… Read More »
Do the ends always justify the means?
A blogger, Fearfully Opinionated, tried to offer new insights into the ministerial salary issue, claiming that related blog posts so far were “unoriginal, recycled and boring”. He goes on to say that “perhaps in being so eager to voice discontent, we fail to think. And when there is mass-unthinking on the plogosphere [sic], this is… Read More »
Have your cake and eat it
In his two-hour speech in parliament defending the proposed ministerial salary hike, Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong justified the move by saying that “I’m worried about somebody wanting to be Prime Minister, hoping to be paid not a single cent but still collect $400 million — under the table…” This is a flawed argument.… Read More »
Modern day Robin Hood?
It was reported that Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong will donate his pay increment of S$600,000 a year for the next five years to charity after Singaporeans became outraged by the recent ministerial pay hike. So does that make Lee Hsien Loong a modern day Robin Hood? No. Unlike the real Robin Hood who… Read More »