Saturday, March 3, 2012

Bukit Merah Catastrophe Revisited (a pictorial essay)

Asian Rare Earth Sdn Bhd - a joint venture involving Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Ltd (35%), Beh Minerals (35%), Lembaga Urusan dan Tabung Haji or the state-owned Pilgrims' Management Fund Board (20%) and other bumiputra businessmen (10%) - began operations in 1982 soon after Mahathir Mohamad became prime minister. It took the residents of Bukit Merah more than 10 years of unrelenting struggle to get this lethally hazardous operation shut down. In the process, community leaders at the forefront of the protest against ARE were even arrested and detained under the obnoxious ISA by order of the vindictive home minister, Mahathir Mohamad...





























[courtesy of Shanthini Venugopal]


And now, under the nefarious Najib Razak, history is about to repeat itself...
unless we topple this lethally hazardous, ecocidal and utterly corrupt BN regime!




Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Cuteness Therapy. Quite Painless!

Feline daydream
No checked luggage
Oy! Stop leaning!
Oh, that's the bus at last!
Think I'm dry now, can I go play?
Don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...
Caught a cat burglar!
Hmmm... I think I need a facelift...
Furball blues
Canine pathos
Duck off!
Oops... wrong neck of the woods!
Is the war over?
You've heard of Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat? Well, I'm Hang Dog!
A boy and his elephant
Identity crisis!
X-Canine
Don't give a hoot!
It's the UV that gets me...
Look ma, no ears!
Is this your child, ma'am? I'm a truant officer
I'm only an additional 110 grams!
Ma.... he stole my cherry!
Another sultan of swing
See ya later, momma!
Chimp nanny
Duck Wader
Don't try to right-click!
Gotta lose weight!
Why Me-ee-ee-oo-oo-w?
Sleeping partner
Fetal position keeps the body heat intact
Cuddly fuzzy-wuzzy in search of a little girl
Close encounter with a mirror
Irresistible pussy
Learning to be a Chipmunk
Puss-in-boots
Phwooah, it's true what they say about dog breath!

Who da fuck is Shirley Temple?
Out of my way, pockface!

[Thanks to Olivia de Haulleville who kindly shared these images with me]