GE2025 - More of the same or new strategies?

 So far, from all the news and reports generated, the GE is likely to be contested like before, with the same strategies, the same contesting parties and the same tactics and a few new faces. This would lead to about the same results as in the past. With a little luck, the opposition may wrestle another GRC or a couple of SMCs from the ruling party, or nothing at all, or may even lose whatever they have won in the last election. If there are no dramatic changes in how the opposition approaches the GE, do not expect any shattering changes.

Perhaps the opposition parties may want to consider adopting new strategies and tactics to ensure better results in their favour. An understanding of the overall political situation in Singapore, the main issues troubling the people, how serious are they, the strength of the PAP candidates vis a vis the opposition candidates may be a useful guide as to how the candidates are to be fielded and where.

Based on previous GEs, the opposition camps are like placing bets in a roulette table. Each party with a limited number of chips but trying to spread their bets as wide as possible and hoping that one or two would strike. Unless there is a dramatic change in ground sentiments that have turned against the ruling party, spreading wide and thin is unlikely to reap any big wins. 

If the reading is that the ground is fairly stable, the opposition may want to rethink their strategies. They may want to concentrate their strength and bundle the good candidates in one or two GRCs to take on the weaker PAP teams. The PAP may still be strong overall, but some ministers anchoring GRCs are no longer the unbeatable ministers of the past. Some have been affected by controversies, some are not well received by the people, some have not been performing to expectation, some are like they have gone AWOL. By pitting their best teams against the weakest teams in the ruling party, the opposition could improve the odds and have a better chance of winning. If they continue to do as in the past, spreading their good candidates to compete in all GRCs, every team will be diluted and turn out to be average, meaning no contest, no fight against the better ruling party teams.

PSP seems to be moving along this line, fielding their strongest candidates in a team to contest in West Coast Jurong. Would the other opposition parties do the same? When their best candidates in a team are still having a tough time trying to win, it is quite unthinkable to think that diluted teams with only one or two strong candidates would stand a chance against the stronger PAP teams.

The same strategy can also be applied to SMCs, by fielding a strong candidate against a weaker PAP candidate. This would require a bit more thinking unlike simply fielding candidates anywhere, against anyone, like tikam tikam. Like the saying, it is better to have a bird in hand than two in the bush. Unfortunately, this strategy may be difficult to apply in SMCs as the seats are limited and opposition candidates are aplenty from the various parties, with some ending in multi corner fights.

CIA tried to sabotage the good relationship between China and Malaysia through deception and subterfuge.

 The American terrorist arm CIA capacity for carrying out evil and wicked deeds have no limits and no boundaries. Whatever diabolical acts and deeds they cannot carry out openly or directly they will do it through deception and subterfuge,

A case in point as pointed out by Chua Chin Leng is the mischievous flag blunder by two local Malaysian Chinese dailies, the Sin Chew Daily and the Kwong Wah Yit Poh  during the state visit of President Xi Jinping  to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These two dailies are old established news publishers and have very professional editors and journalists and reporters. So it is absurb and impossible for them to make such glaring mistakes. This reminds us of the American government's 1.5 Billion Dollars for CIA to pay to foreign journalists and reporters to write disparaging articles or carry out outrageous acts of subversion against foreign governments which US feels are not friendly to America or do not obey American dictates. This is clearly a case of CIA trying to sabotage the good relationship between China and Malaysia through the subterfuge of the fake and mischievous flag blunder.

In this situation it is clearly seen of the diabolical intention of CIA not only to create tensions and hatred and suspicion among the different races in Malaysia especially between the Chinese and the Malays but with the ultimate motive to destroy the good relationship between China and Malaysia and ultimately to destroy the good relationship between China and ASEAN countries .

As the situation is of the utmost importance to not only China and Malaysia but to ASEAN as a whole it is of paramount importance that the Malaysian government  investigate the matter in depth to fish out the trouble makers especially those who are in the pay book of CIA. In almost all ASEAN countries that CIA infiltrated  it can often be found that local newsprints post negative articles or reports and comments that frequently insinuate the bad side of countries which the USA treats with derision and disfavour. Also these CIA paid lackies and writers' articles often stoke the undercurrents to create choas and turmoil in the countries concerned. The red dot state has many of such CIA lackies in many of its think tanks though they are already well overpaid with high salaries by local tax payers money. It is imperative that all ASEAN countries must get rid of  CIA secret agents and  USA lackies in their think tanks and in their institutes of higher learnings as well as in their military establishments and police force to prevent them from creating chaos and turmoil to suit their geopolitical agenda of engineering regime change to install a pro American government.

The  evil and sinister flag incident in KL cannot be just dismissed as an incidental blunder. All the monsters and evil doers must be hounded  out and punished and  the Malaysian government must ensure that such CIA diabolical plots will never happen again.

Southernglory1

Sunday, 20th April, 2025.

Carrying or wearing luxury brands says...'I am a fool'. I have been ripped off

 The exposure by TikTokers on the cost of manufacturing luxury branded goods or apparels and where they were actually made is sending a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean. An item costing $5 could be sold for $200, an item costing $1,500 could be sold for $30,000. And what were the buyers actually paying for? It was thought to be good material, quality and artisan skills but these cost only a fraction of the final shelf price. 90% of the shelf price is for the branding and the embossing of Made in Italy, France etc etc. The bulk of the shelf price is for the logo or the brand, not the quality of the item.

Buyers and potential buyers of such branded luxury goods are in shock. They have all gone hiding, too ashamed to be seen with their overpriced luxury items. Carrying or wearing them is like telling the world they are fools. They used to brag about how many thousands they paid for these exclusive high quality items. Many are screaming foul, that they have been scammed, cheated, duped, ripped off, overcharging etc etc. This is an unexpected result of Trump's tariff war against China. The OEMs or Original Equipment Manufacturers are mostly from China. And for all their hard work and expertise, they are only being paid a pittance, slave wages. The biggest beneficiaries are the branded companies. They just subcontract everything to China and collecting huge profits by stamping their brands on the goods.

What made the OEMs angry is that they could not even make a few dollars because of the tariffs, unable to sell their goods. They are even called cheats by the Americans. The real cheats are the luxury brand companies for embossing the goods as Made in their countries, not Made in China when more than 80% of the items are Made in China.  The OEMs are taking to TikTok and other social media to advertise their products, inviting customers to buy direct from them, for the real stuff at a fraction of the price of luxury brand companies. They are telling the whole world that China can make high quality luxury stuff.

A direct consequence of this development is that customers that paid for the 'real' stuff at thousands or tens of thousands of dollars are now feeling stupid. They have been educated by the TikTokers for being suckers and paying exceptionally high prices for items that cost the OEMs a fraction to make. Now these buyers of luxury brand goods are afraid to carry them or wear them as it is like making a statement, "I am a fool or I am an idiot' for stupidly wasting so much money for something Made in China, not what was embossed on the item.

For buyers that appreciate good designs and quality they now know where to get them at really affordable prices and come out feeling smart and feeling good. They are paying for quality without being made a sucker by the luxury brand companies. These are the people that would be carrying and wearing this good quality stuff bought at reasonable prices and can brag about it. They are booking the next flight to China for a shopping spree. Those that paid foolishly to the luxury brand companies would not dare to talk about how much they had paid for their branded goods as they would look very silly to their friends and onlookers. People would be staring at them for their stupidity.

The stupendous high margins for branded goods are going to take a hit. The luxury brand companies can only blame Trump for this mess. They cannot lie to their customers anymore. Their loyal customers are running away after knowing that they have been cheated and made a fool off.

All western branded luxury goods are Made in China

 Why the West had insisted on so called "Intellectual Properties" and their Trade Marks?

This is to con the Dafts and Stupids of their Fleecing of your monies under their socalled Manufactured Brands that are NOT even produced by them.

Also, they had implemented their socalled Counterfeit FAKE Goods Laws especially the EURO Nuts which leeching on the Stupidty of Many with their socalled Luxurious and High Class Esteemed Goods that are NOT even really Manufactured by them.

So when you unwittingly were to wear or carry their so called "Fake" branded goods into their countries they shall arrest and charge you in their Courts. This is to protect their Scams.

Saved for the SWISS with their real skilled Branded Watches and also the Japanese.

The Italians and Frenchies and the Others are just profiting from the outsourced labours that Manufactured their goods for them.

The cost at a few hundreds or just a thousand plus ans they charged you hundreds of thousands.

They insisted that countries must on their behalf protect their Scams of their socalled "Intellectual Properties"

China been their Main Source of Outsourced Labours for their Manufactured Goods as been their Industries had gentlemanly kept their obligations to silence of this real costs of Manufactures.

Also been in their contracts a non-disclosure clause NOT to reveal any of their Trade Secrets and Costs.

Deng Siao Ping ever in his exhortation scolded the Americunts when they accused China of unfair trading said We produced your Sports Shoes example NIKE at just US$5.00 to 10 a pair and you sell them in the hundreds and you still accused us of unfair practices?

Frankly, these EURO Nuts countries with their socalled BS luxury first class goods that are been manufactured by the Real Manufacturers that is China is leeching on the World's Dafts to part their monies.

The Goods been sent back to them and they smartly just finished off the products with their Insignias or Logos themselves which they shall give them to the Manufacturers

Now China been fed up and decoupled from them began to disclose the truths and they are the ONEs now telling the World that we could do these ourselves and sell to you cheaper.

Also we could even in the future create and innovate better designs for you.

The Collapse of the EU Luxurious Branded Industries.

This is now the Open Secrets Free for ALL fights

Cheers

Virgo49

Inflation and recession guaranteed for the USA...and coming very fast

 The USA is still trying to spin the possibility of inflation rising as a result of those tariffs. Possibility is just the usual denial, and certainty is the more appropriate reality. How could cost of living in USA not expected to rise without all the cheap Chinese goods and all the more expensive stuff from other countries that have been targeted by tariffs, for example steel and aluminum, that goes into almost every household product made in USA and not just cars.

We can expect the Trump administration to keep lying and hoping for a miracle to happen. Manufacturing is not returning to the USA anytime soon and job creation is just a figment of Trump's delusional mind. Any factory owner knows that automation and robotics coupled with AI is the norm in present day manufacturing and not many jobs will be created. On top of that, high cost is not going to make such investments competitive and USA consumers can wait for Trump's manufacturing to return, years down the road. 'Hang tough' is an empty war cry to fool the silly Hillbillies.

During his first term, Trump already had been caught lying tens of thousands of times, and he is not stopping his disgusting bad habit. And he is still swinging his pussy grabbing hands as a reminder of his disgusting trademark. The fact that he could still be elected as President is a testimony of how far the USA has slid into the sewers and what is to become of the USA going forward. Trump is not making America Great Again. He is doing the exact opposite, with some even saying he is making China even greater than ever.

Xi Jinping is calling Asian countries to come together in the face of the deteriorating geopolitical issues. He is hinting that Asian ought to unite to face the Anglo-Saxon agenda that is rising. Oh yes, not forgetting that NATO is expanding into Asia with Japan calling for it, and with Japan now the de-facto leader of the formation of NATO-Asia.

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