SINGAPORE: Some people are deliberately spreading fake videos to
"foment trouble" in foreign worker dormitories, Law and Home Affairs
Minister K Shanmugam said on Wednesday (Apr 29).
These videos can
lead to serious law and order incidents, he said, adding that the
authorities were watching individuals who spread the videos "very
carefully" and will charge them if a crime was committed....
Mr Shanmugam said the authorities were watching the people who spread
these videos and photos "very closely" and added "where it's clearly
criminal, we will charge".
However, he declined to give details on
how many people were being investigated for circulating such posts,
only adding that they comprised both locals and foreigners.
Mr Shanmugam reiterated that such posts could lead to "serious" law and order situations, including a "riot-like situation".
"You
can see that when people are together and they are not going out to
work, a small spark can create a serious incident," he said, referring
to the Little India riots that took place in 2013. CNA
I have read many racists commenting how bad the foreign workers here are being treated or mistreated, amounting to racism. In my earlier post I have commented that Singapore is the best place to be for foreign workers in a crisis like this, no need to work, full pay, free food, first class medical care by the best doctors in the world with doctors attached to the dormitories 24/7 to care for the foreign workers. And very safe no racial discrimination or ill treatment.
How could these racists be posting inflammatory articles, and now fake videos to incite the already tense situation in the dormitories when workers are living closely together 24/7? The boredom and lack of activity are already a challenge and there is no need to push them to the edge.
I hope Shanmugam meant what he said and arrest all the mischievous rumour mongers spreading lies and fake news that may lead to social unrest asap. It is going to be disastrous if there is a mass breakout from the dormitories. The numbers would be too big to handle for the police and the military even if they are called in. When one fugitive like Mas Selamat escaped, a few hundred policemen were activated to search for him. Can't imagine how many thousand men, police and soldiers, would be needed to put down an outbreak of tens of thousands of unhappy workers, frustrated, frightened and in a foreign land.
The confinement in so many dormitories of single men, mostly uneducated workers, is a tinder box that not carefully managed can just blow up. The situation can only worsen if bad people continue to incite and provoke these frustrated foreign workers holed up in the dormitories. There are just too many of them to take care of, a situation that should be carefully studied and reduced after this crisis is over. The island state cannot afford to be filled with so many foreigners, hungry men that could turn wild at the slightest provocation. When things are stable and peaceful, all is well as if it is so easy to manage, no problem. They are so nice. When the problem explodes, it is no joke. No one would be able to handle and control them. It would be hundreds of times worse than the Little India Riot.
The provocateurs must be arrested quickly, nip in the bud. Don't pray pray with hungry and potentially wild men in big numbers. Take very good care of them, sayang sayang them. To have so many of them in this little island, a few hundred thousands of them from practically one country or region, is the worse case of stupidity has no cure thinking.
Now Shanmugam would have sleepless night hoping that all is well.
PS. Almost S$130,000 raised for families of 3 foreign workers as at 7 May.
4/29/2020
He said, it's done, and the Evil Empire collapses
The fall of the American Empire is on fast forward mode. Everything is coming together and happening so fast.There is
nothing that the Americans can do to stop it when He decided it is time
to end this Evil Empire. First He sent in his Angel of Death called
Trump to hallucinate the daft Americans that their days of glory is
returning with this messenger of God. Everyday they were shouting
hallelujah. And no Americans in his right mind would dare to think of stopping the messenger of God. They did not know what to do with him and allowed him to do as he pleases. He is just doing the will of God.
After all the damages were done by Trump, now comes the final nail, the disease that the Americans have no natural resistance, to wipe out this evil race. Sounds familiar? Indeed, this was what the Americans did to the native Indians, spreading diseases that they had no natural immunity, culminating in the biggest genocide of human history, death of 100m native American Indians, and the few leftovers are at the verge of extinction.
With this virus, the Americans are hapless, defenceless. Look at how they fumble and fell over each other scurrying just for medical supplies and basic stuff like masks, PPEs and test kits! They could not make them.
And all the dummies in Washington know is to print money and more money. They did not believe that printing unlimited supply of money has very serious consequences. They still think they are exceptional and can print all the money they want. This could be the last round of money printing before the greenbacks turn into worthless banana currency. Inflation would swallow everything like the inflation they caused to countries under sanctions and blockade by them, a taste of their own medicine.
And the economy is at a standstill, virtually collapsed. To restart the economy means faster spread of the virus. Not to restart means many people are going hungry, no income and unable to put food on the table.
The Americans are like between a hard rock and the deep blue sea. Only He is capable of doing this to the mighty Evil Empire. No one else could. There is no escape. The end is nigh. And not a bullet needs to be fired.
When the virus first struck China, they were grinning with smugness and passing sarcastic remarks to belittle China. Now all the silly grins are gone. The faces are grim with fear, with hopelessness. No amount of clever people could save the fall of the Evil Empire when He said.... it's done.
Send in the US calvary, send in the aircraft carriers, send in the marines, send in the bombers....but where is the enemy? All the trillions of weapons are as good as useless in the fight against this army of God. You can't see them, but they can kill you, as and when they deemed fit.
After all the damages were done by Trump, now comes the final nail, the disease that the Americans have no natural resistance, to wipe out this evil race. Sounds familiar? Indeed, this was what the Americans did to the native Indians, spreading diseases that they had no natural immunity, culminating in the biggest genocide of human history, death of 100m native American Indians, and the few leftovers are at the verge of extinction.
With this virus, the Americans are hapless, defenceless. Look at how they fumble and fell over each other scurrying just for medical supplies and basic stuff like masks, PPEs and test kits! They could not make them.
And all the dummies in Washington know is to print money and more money. They did not believe that printing unlimited supply of money has very serious consequences. They still think they are exceptional and can print all the money they want. This could be the last round of money printing before the greenbacks turn into worthless banana currency. Inflation would swallow everything like the inflation they caused to countries under sanctions and blockade by them, a taste of their own medicine.
And the economy is at a standstill, virtually collapsed. To restart the economy means faster spread of the virus. Not to restart means many people are going hungry, no income and unable to put food on the table.
The Americans are like between a hard rock and the deep blue sea. Only He is capable of doing this to the mighty Evil Empire. No one else could. There is no escape. The end is nigh. And not a bullet needs to be fired.
When the virus first struck China, they were grinning with smugness and passing sarcastic remarks to belittle China. Now all the silly grins are gone. The faces are grim with fear, with hopelessness. No amount of clever people could save the fall of the Evil Empire when He said.... it's done.
Send in the US calvary, send in the aircraft carriers, send in the marines, send in the bombers....but where is the enemy? All the trillions of weapons are as good as useless in the fight against this army of God. You can't see them, but they can kill you, as and when they deemed fit.
Covid19 - George Galloway talks about things the West would not talk about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUSxaFTRAt4
Above is 52 minutes of discussion about Covid19 that you would not hear from the conventional western media, the war crimes against Iran by American sanction against medical supplies and food, the origin of this Covid19 in Fort Detrick and how it boomeranged, the wicked and pyschopathic men around Trump....
I sat through this 52 minute clip to gain a new perspective of what the Americans are doing harm to other countries and about this Covid19 pandemic. Time worth spent.
Below is 10 minutes of George Carlin in his crudest best about what is happening in the USA to lighten you up. The best part is the last 4 minutes when he talked about the govt and he sounded so familiar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLODGhEyLvk
Above is 52 minutes of discussion about Covid19 that you would not hear from the conventional western media, the war crimes against Iran by American sanction against medical supplies and food, the origin of this Covid19 in Fort Detrick and how it boomeranged, the wicked and pyschopathic men around Trump....
I sat through this 52 minute clip to gain a new perspective of what the Americans are doing harm to other countries and about this Covid19 pandemic. Time worth spent.
Below is 10 minutes of George Carlin in his crudest best about what is happening in the USA to lighten you up. The best part is the last 4 minutes when he talked about the govt and he sounded so familiar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLODGhEyLvk
4/28/2020
Asking about the country's reserves is against the national interest
SINGAPORE
— Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat slammed
opposition leader Pritam Singh for “repeatedly” asking about the size of
Singapore’s reserves, claiming that it goes against the national
interest to do so.
Addressing
supplementary questions from Members of Parliament on the Solidarity
Budget on Tuesday (7 April), Heng told the House, “It is neither in the
interest of Singapore, or Singaporeans, to repeatedly ask about the size
of our reserves. We are in the middle of a storm, and I'm very
disappointed that Mr Pritam Singh has used this occasion to raise this
question again.”
He added, “We do not disclose the total size of our reserves, for the sake of national security and strategic interests.” Yahoo News
Anyone acting against the national interest can be arrested and charged for treason. If asking about the national reserves is also an act against the national interest, then Pritam Singh is dancing too near to being put behind the bars for treason. Is this really the case? Would asking this question in Parliament, protected by the privilege of Parliament, protect Pritam Singh from being accused of treason?
To act, speak or do anything against the interest of the state, against national interest, is a very serious charge.
From now onwards I would not 'ask repeatedly' about the national reserves. And I would advise the MPs, especially the opposition MPs, also to avoid asking this question. It is soooo sensitive and threatening to ask repeatedly about the national reserves, even in Parliament. Get it? Never mind if you do not know why asking repeatedly is dangerous to the good of the country. Just know that it is against the national interest good enough.
And what is the point of asking when they are not going to tell you? Maybe asking repeatedly is irritating when they cannot give talk about it, state secret, I supposed. Anything that is state secret or about to salary better not ask.
What do you think?
PS. ' Drawing an analogy with the Singapore Armed Forces’ arsenal, the designated successor to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, “No country's armed forces will ever tell you exactly how much ammunition and weaponry they really have. To do so is to betray valuable intelligence to potential adversaries.”' Yahoo News
What do you think?
PS. ' Drawing an analogy with the Singapore Armed Forces’ arsenal, the designated successor to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, “No country's armed forces will ever tell you exactly how much ammunition and weaponry they really have. To do so is to betray valuable intelligence to potential adversaries.”' Yahoo News
4/27/2020
Covid19 - More than 30m cases in USA, first case could be as early as mid 2019
I wrote a piece giving the real reason why Trump was dragging his feet and acting stupid in not testing enough and not procuring the test kits for testing. And remember the first batch of test kits that his administration sent to the governors for testing were found to be faulty? At that time people took it at face value that it could be the fault of the manufacturer. But the picture is getting clearer. It was intentional, not meant to work, and not supposed to tell the true picture of infection in the USA.
Now we have another piece of evidence that Trump had no control over with, the anti body test conducted by Andrew Cuomo in New York. The preliminary findings in the first phase of testing showed that 13.9% of New Yorkers already have the antibody around 20 April. This means that 2.7m New Yorkers had already been infected by the virus as on this date instead of nearly 243,000 confirmed cases reported. Cuomo said this meant that many New Yorkers were already infected maybe as early as February. This is just a ballpark figure.
Statistics lie and often been used by politicians to lie. But statistics when used correctly and objectively, can also tell the truth and reveal a story that is very frightening as in this pandemic. With the data collected by Cuomo, they could trace back when the first case of infection hit New York state.
It took 50 days for New York to confirm 243,000 cases of infection. How many days would it take to reach 2.7m confirmed cases? What is the relationship between the number 243,000 to 2.7m in terms of days of infection? I am sure the statisticians or mathematicians would have a formula to work this out.
From a layman's point of rationalisation, if 243,000 cases take 50 days, 2.7m cases would take 2700000/243000 x 50 = 556 days. Of course this is an over simplification. Another way to look at it is to use the estimated percentage of increases and work backwards. The Americans are reporting an average increase of about 6%, lower than the average of other countries. Singapore is seeing nearly 10% increase daily recently.
Can someone work out the number of days needed to move from 1 case to 2.7m cases in New York? My guesstimate is that it would take at least 200 days to do so or the fastest 150 days or 5 months. Between 150 days, 200 days or 556 days, it would mean that the first infection in the USA could be 5 months ago in November 2019, 7 months ago in September 2019 or as early as 1 and a half years ago in January 2018.
Whatever, antibody test conducted by Cuomo, it is telling a truth that Trump does not want the Americans or the world to know, that the Covid19 virus already infected the Americans way before it was planted in Wuhan, China. The population of the state of New York is about 8% of the USA. This means at least 30m Americans across the country have already been infected as at 20 April.
This is a truth that is slowly revealing itself despite all the delay tactics and pretences of Trump and his CIA operators under the guidance of Pompeo. No testing, no need to test, not enough test kits. There is no point in testing or lockdown as the infection is too widespread. Just open up, it has already washed across the country.
What do you think? How far is this from the truth that Trump and Pompeo are desperately trying to hide and trying to pass the blame to China? The normal testing of infected cases were obstructed by Trump in his fake ignorance and incompetence. But the antibody test by Cuomo is something he did not expect to come so soon. And this is only for the state of New York alone. More testing will reveal more numbers and the secrets of this pandemic will be exposed for the world to see.
The truth shall surface in a matter of time.
PS. Yahoo News reported ' Dr. Osterholm: “The FDA has all but given up its oversight responsibility for the tests we have on the market. Many of them are nothing short of a disaster. ” pic.twitter.com/MAXySI9q5D— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 26, 2020
Now we have another piece of evidence that Trump had no control over with, the anti body test conducted by Andrew Cuomo in New York. The preliminary findings in the first phase of testing showed that 13.9% of New Yorkers already have the antibody around 20 April. This means that 2.7m New Yorkers had already been infected by the virus as on this date instead of nearly 243,000 confirmed cases reported. Cuomo said this meant that many New Yorkers were already infected maybe as early as February. This is just a ballpark figure.
Statistics lie and often been used by politicians to lie. But statistics when used correctly and objectively, can also tell the truth and reveal a story that is very frightening as in this pandemic. With the data collected by Cuomo, they could trace back when the first case of infection hit New York state.
It took 50 days for New York to confirm 243,000 cases of infection. How many days would it take to reach 2.7m confirmed cases? What is the relationship between the number 243,000 to 2.7m in terms of days of infection? I am sure the statisticians or mathematicians would have a formula to work this out.
From a layman's point of rationalisation, if 243,000 cases take 50 days, 2.7m cases would take 2700000/243000 x 50 = 556 days. Of course this is an over simplification. Another way to look at it is to use the estimated percentage of increases and work backwards. The Americans are reporting an average increase of about 6%, lower than the average of other countries. Singapore is seeing nearly 10% increase daily recently.
Can someone work out the number of days needed to move from 1 case to 2.7m cases in New York? My guesstimate is that it would take at least 200 days to do so or the fastest 150 days or 5 months. Between 150 days, 200 days or 556 days, it would mean that the first infection in the USA could be 5 months ago in November 2019, 7 months ago in September 2019 or as early as 1 and a half years ago in January 2018.
Whatever, antibody test conducted by Cuomo, it is telling a truth that Trump does not want the Americans or the world to know, that the Covid19 virus already infected the Americans way before it was planted in Wuhan, China. The population of the state of New York is about 8% of the USA. This means at least 30m Americans across the country have already been infected as at 20 April.
This is a truth that is slowly revealing itself despite all the delay tactics and pretences of Trump and his CIA operators under the guidance of Pompeo. No testing, no need to test, not enough test kits. There is no point in testing or lockdown as the infection is too widespread. Just open up, it has already washed across the country.
What do you think? How far is this from the truth that Trump and Pompeo are desperately trying to hide and trying to pass the blame to China? The normal testing of infected cases were obstructed by Trump in his fake ignorance and incompetence. But the antibody test by Cuomo is something he did not expect to come so soon. And this is only for the state of New York alone. More testing will reveal more numbers and the secrets of this pandemic will be exposed for the world to see.
The truth shall surface in a matter of time.
PS. Yahoo News reported ' Dr. Osterholm: “The FDA has all but given up its oversight responsibility for the tests we have on the market. Many of them are nothing short of a disaster. ” pic.twitter.com/MAXySI9q5D— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) April 26, 2020
Blood tests for coronavirus antibodies are viewed by many public health experts as a potential key
for assessing the reach of the virus, determining potential immunity in
individuals who have recovered from COVID-19, and ultimately reopening
the country.
But
officials have sounded the alarm about the efficacy of tests currently
on the market, criticizing the FDA for greenlighting the products too
quickly. The federal government temporarily stripped some of its
regulatory barriers after it was scrutinized for its slow rollout of
diagnostic tests....
During
an earlier interview on “Meet The Press,” Dr. Deborah Birx, an
infectious disease expert on the White House coronavirus task force,
said the country needs a “breakthrough” in testing.
“We
have to have a breakthrough innovation in testing,” she said. “We have
to be able to detect antigen rather than constantly try to detect the
actual live virus.”
With the cat out of the bag, the FDA finds it pointless to control and suppress the testing of antibodies and could only dispel the accuracy of such tests. Not reliable... as the results could be very damning.
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