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Saturday, Apr 16, 2022 - 21:48 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

As The Cards Fall

To be frank, I wasn't aware that the decision on the PAP's 4G leader (basically equivalent to a succession endorsement to be the next Prime Minister, in our single-party democracy) would be made so soon, but it has happened. After some last-minute advertising on TikTok, the nineteen relevant citizens cast their votes, resulting in a landslide 15-4 victory for Finance Minister Lawrence Wong (LW). While LW will have some waiting to do, he has already made some initial comments on "never hankering for post, position or power", which some have taken as a little jibe at his competitors, OYK in particular - who has moreover come down with dengue. However, as recognized here last December, the post of Health Minister in a pandemic in which one doesn't even really control the cure, always had the feel of being a sacrificial lightning rod, to mix some metaphors; I'd gather that not even our ever-victorious incumbents would wish to have a PM that directly involved with any "long-term effects" due to treatment, if the worst happens.

Netizen speculation had then turned to the four who didn't vote for LW (which likely included the PM-in-waiting himself, from the canvassing procedure), with suggestions that OYK and CCS might very well have voted for each other at least, as a strategic move. However, the more important message might be the relatively-high consensus achieved, which may not be bad in an era where coups and colour revolutions - likely instigated in part by outside parties - appear to be ramping up. It was moreover noted as to how LW did not fit the usual PAP high-achieving mould (being divorced, not from one of the "top secondary schools", can't speak Malay/Tamil*, etc.), but it's not like everybody can have the natural charisma and mesmerizing oratorical ability of a LKY/GEOTUS.

Moreover, given very-probable geopolitical choppy waters ahead, a staid and steady hand at the helm for now, doesn't sound all that bad. My quite sincere hope is for all our incumbent party bigwigs - and especially those who didn't vote for him - to club together for the good of the nation as a whole now (all the more as they generally don't have to sweat that much at getting re-elected). I mean, there really isn't that much difference between Minister of So-and-so Portfolio and "Prime Minister", and in the words of the late, great LKY: "This is not a game of cards. This is your life and mine!"

[*possibly fixable by our proprietary Magic Cup™**, which seems to be passed down from each Prime Minister to the next.]

[**Made in Japan.]

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There has been some much-needed comic relief with glorious shitlord Elon Musk offering some US$43 billion to buy over Twitter in whole, which seems to have had your standard U.S. "liberals" and their globohomo backers, in a right tizzy over fears that Musk would actually restore free speech (and perhaps even its modern Hemingway) to their beloved propaganda platform. To this, I suppose the only correct response would be that it's (going to be) a private company, the owners can decide who they let on and allow to speak, and those that don't like it can start their own alternative. It goes without saying that the powers that be won't allow their prize brainwashing outlet to go that easily, and have put a "poison pill" takeover defense in place - which does however leave them open to lawsuits from disgruntled shareholders.

No signs of the tension lessening in either Ukraine or China, sadly, with the latter's total lockdown in Shanghai and elsewhere looking quite incongruous, all the more given how many other countries are happily winding down coronavirus restrictions. I'm not exactly sure what variants have been popping up - they were up to "Deltacron" the other day - but given that the trend (thankfully) seems towards decreasing lethality, one finds it tough to understand the exceedingly-stringent CCP response, which has given rise to wild conjecture. This may not be entirely off from the rhetoric they have maintained on America being the top arsonist in the Ukraine conflict, however, and from how they've been delivering anti-air missiles to Russia-aligned Serbia across NATO airspace, it doesn't look like an acceptable resolution is forthcoming soon...



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