The point of public relations slogans like “Support our troops” is that they don’t mean anything… That’s the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody’s going to be against, and everybody’s going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn’t mean anything. Its crucial value is [...]
The (presumably) NUS netball team writes today in a mass-mailed sports newsletter (emphases mine):
As the title do not suggest, we wash our bibs every week! So don’t get the wrong idea of Netball being a dirty sport or whathaveyous. Down at the SRC courts every Tuesday at 6.30pm, we have our weekly dose of [...]
Great songs have ’signatures’, which are the distinguishing verse or chord that makes them instantly identifiable to the listener. They tend to captivate the listener and make the song very memorable, in a way that makes one ‘hear’ the song in one’s head every once in a while. Good examples I know include the legendary [...]
This page is part of my effort against artists who propagate depravity, especially with regards to sex. Such artists include, but are not limited to, those who portray, personally or otherwise, lewdness in their song lyrics or music videos, and those who promote, directly or indirectly, sexual promiscuity or hedonism in their song lyrics or [...]
Your Vegas is the name of an awesome-sounding band which I just discovered.
Here’s “Your Vegas” (i.e. a song of the same name as the band):
Here’s “The Way The War Was Won”:
Here’s “It Makes My Heart Break (acoustic version)”:
As you can hear, they are able to pull off the various contrasting moods very well. [...]
The National Geographic feature article on Dubai, with its photo gallery and notes from the author and photographer, reveals much about conditions in Dubai. Just view the photos and you will be instantly treated to a visual cacophony. These are Arabs, dressed in their traditional head dresses, whose names begin with “Sheikh” and “Muhammad” and [...]
But I often have the illusion that it does.
This is such a depressing story, and even more depressing is to know that some of these concepts have been realized in today’s world.
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The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the [...]
If not A, then not B.
By contraposition, if B, then A.
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From this point onwards, I cry, but I cry tears of joy. True to her words, she knows me too well. I cannot be more grateful for that. I pray to God that she will succeed, despite having had to weather my shortcomings, for which, [...]
Celebrity news on the front page:
WTF. Wartawan tak fikir. Bodoh.
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Tabloid Berita Harian?
