PAS an 'ugly kingmaker', says Puad

An Umno leader today criticised Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor by labelling PAS as an “ugly kingmaker”.

Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi said this after Sanusi, who is also PAS election director, claimed the party was a “kingmaker” which can determine the political life expectancy of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

“According to Sanusi, Zahid’s political life expectancy can be long if he works with PAS. According to him, PAS is a kingmaker.

“That’s right, PAS is a kingmaker. But an ‘ugly kingmaker’.

“PAS can change its fatwa to whitewash its political actions. PAS will leave whoever it wants,” Puad (above) said in a posting on Facebook today.

Sanusi reportedly said yesterday that only PAS can save Zahid’s political career if the Umno president works with the party.

“If Zahid wants to do anything, if it does not involve PAS, (he) will not be successful in extending his political life expectancy,” Sanusi said in a press conference in Kedah yesterday.

Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor

He also said that any political movement will not be successful if PAS is not involved.

“I think if it does not involve PAS seriously, it will not go anywhere.

“Every political movement in this country today must involve PAS (as the) kingmaker,” Sanusi added.

Puad said PAS is willing to label anyone as anti-Islam in order to become the kingmaker.

“PAS will punish and label anyone as anti-Islam to become kingmaker.

“PAS has become arrogant because now they are the kingmaker to (Perikatan Nasional chief) Muhyiddin (Yassin) and Bersatu,” he said. - FMT

Rela member dies during National Day parade in Seremban

 

Seremban district police chief Arifai Tarawe said the 53-year-old man collapsed and lost consciousness at about 10am. (Facebook pic)

SEREMBAN: A People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) member died after collapsing during the march-past held in conjunction with the Negeri Sembilan state-level 66th National Day celebrations at Dataran Majlis Bandaraya Seremban here today.

Seremban district police chief Arifai Tarawe said a preliminary investigation found the 53-year-old man collapsed and lost consciousness at about 10am before being confirmed dead at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital here.

“A post-mortem found the cause of death was due to a heart problem (coronary artery occlusion). The case has been classified as sudden death,” he said in a statement today.

He requested anyone with information or who saw the incident to contact investigating officer Insp Adi Khusaini Saripudin at 012-7707282.

Meanwhile, Negeri Sembilan Rela director Faiz Musa said the Rela member, whom he identified as Noh Isa, had served Rela for 13 years and never missed participating whenever there was a National Day march-past.

“Today, he was assigned as the state Rela contingent march-past head.

“He also often helped other agencies which needed marching training. I was told he was healthy and in high spirits this morning.” - FMT

Jawatan speaker DUN NS, PH tak bincang dengan BN, kata Adun Umno

 

Adun Palong Mustapha Nagoor meminta Aminuddin Harun mengambil kira sensitiviti dan perasaan semua komponen yang menubuhkan kerajaan perpaduan. (Gambar Facebook)

PETALING JAYA: Seorang pemimpin Umno Negeri Sembilan mendakwa Pakatan Harapan (PH) tidak pernah berunding dengan Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk melantik calon speaker DUN negeri itu.

Setiausaha Umno negeri Mustapha Nagoor berkata pihaknya pernah memohon sama ada jawatan speaker atau timbalan diberikan kepada BN bagi mengambil kira semangat kerajaan perpaduan.

Semalam, Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun mengumumkan speaker DUN Negeri Sembilan akan diisi wakil Amanah, manakala timbalannya dari PKR.

Katanya, pelantikan itu adalah untuk memberi keseimbangan dalam kerajaan perpaduan Negeri Sembilan.

Mustapha yang juga Adun Palong berkata, beliau meminta Aminuddin mempertimbangkan keputusan itu dengan mengambil kira sensitiviti dan perasaan semua komponen yang menubuhkan kerajaan perpaduan.

“Di situlah kebersamaan dan kejituan yang memerlukan perbincangan untuk menghormonikan setiap keputusan termasuklah jawatan ini,” katanya lapor Utusan Malaysia.

Katanya, masih ada masa untuk BN dan PH untuk berunding (pelantikan speaker dan timbalan) kerana sidang khas DUN bagi majlis angkat sumpah Adun akan diadakan 26 September depan.

“Ada masa panjang, jadi bolehlah buat perbincangan. Kalau tak dapat speaker, sekurang-kurangnya timbalan kepada BN. Kita dua gabungan ini sahaja yang tubuhkan kerajaan negeri,” katanya.

Tambah Mustapha lagi “keputusan secara bersama” amat penting bagi menjadikan Negeri Sembilan dijadikan contoh kekuatan kerajaan perpaduan.

Pada PRN 12 Ogos lalu, BN memenangi 14 daripada 17 kerusi DUN yang ditandingi di Negeri Sembilan manakala PH menang 17 daripada 19 kerusi DUN yang ditandingi. - FMT

THURSDAY JOKES - 175

 

The Engineer had just returned from a week-long seminar. His boss, instead of asking about the details, asked if he was sick as he looked absolutely terrible. 
"Well..." said the Engineer, "I met this blonde and turned out she was an engineer-in-training and wanted me to tutor her. One thing leads to another and we ended up back in her room having wild gorilla sex all night." 
"OK," replied the boss, "that may explain your fatigue, but why are your eyes so red?" 
"Well..." said the Engineer, "turns out she was married and had a baby at home. She started crying, and I started thinking about my own wife and kids, so I cried too."
"I see," chided the boss, "but that seminar ended Friday. How come you still appear so ragged?" 

"Well..." said the Engineer, "you can't sit there and cry 4-5 times a day for four days and not look like this!"

 

For two solid hours, the lady sitting next to a man on an airplane had told him about her grandchildren. She had even produced a plastic-foldout photo album of all nine of the children. 
She finally realised that she had dominated the entire conversation on her grandchildren. 

"Oh, I've done all the talking, and I'm so sorry. I know you certainly have something to say. Please, tell me... what do you think of my grandchildren?" 

After a Beer Festival in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer.
Corona's president sits down and says, "Senor, I would like the world's best beer, a Corona." The bartender takes a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.
Then Budweiser's president says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, give me 'The King of Beers', a Budweiser." The bartender gives him one.
Coors' president says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, the only one made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors." He gets it.

The guy from Guinness sits down and says, "Give me a Coke." 

The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask, "Why aren't you drinking a Guinness?"

The Guinness president replies, "Well, if you guys aren't drinking the real beer, neither will I".

 

Passenger: What good is your timetable, the trains are never on time!
Conductor: And how would you know they were late if it wasn’t for the timetable?

 

Tammy and Ann were shopping. 

When they started to discuss their home lives, Tammy said, "Seems like all Alfred and I do anymore is fight. I've been so upset I've lost 20 pounds."

"Why don't you just leave him then ?" said Ann.

"Oh! Not yet." Tammy replied, "I'd like to lose at least another ten to fifteen pounds first!"

 

Want to hear a construction joke?

Oh, never mind, I am still working on that one!

The composition teacher asked the class to write about an unusual event that happened during the past week. 

Little Johnny got up and read his essay. It began, "Daddy fell into the well last week..."

"My goodness!" the teacher exclaimed. "Is he alright?"

"He must be," said the boy. "He stopped yelling for help yesterday!"

Jake is struggling through a bus station with two huge and obviously heavy suitcases when a stranger walks up to him and asks "Have you got the time?"
Jake sighs, puts down the suitcases, and glances at his wrist. "It's a quarter to six," he says.
"Hey, that's a pretty fancy watch!" exclaims the stranger.
Jake brightens a little. "Yeah, it's not bad. Check this out" - and he shows him a time zone display not just for every time zone in the world, but for the 86 largest cities.
He hits a few buttons and from somewhere on the watch a voice says "The time is eleven 'til six" in a very West Texas accent. A few more buttons and the same voice say something in Japanese. Jake continues "I've put in regional accents for each city". The display is unbelievably high quality and the voice is simply astounding.
The stranger is struck dumb with admiration. "That's not all," says Jake. He pushes a few more buttons and a tiny but very high-resolution map of New York City appears on the display. "The flashing dot shows our location by satellite positioning," explains Jake. "View recede ten," Jake says, and the display changes to show eastern New York state.
"I want to buy this watch!" says the stranger.
"Oh, no, it's not ready for sale yet; I'm still working out the bugs," says the inventor. "But look at this," and he proceeds to demonstrate that the watch is also a very creditable little FM radio receiver with a digital tuner, a sonar device that can measure distances up to 125 meters, a pager with the thermal paper printout and, most impressive of all, the capacity for voice recordings of up to 300 standard-size books," though I only have 32 of my favourites in there so far," says Jake.
"I've got to have this watch!" says the stranger.
"No, you don't understand; it's not ready."
"I'll give you $1000 for it!"
"Oh, no, I've already spent more than..."
"I'll give you $5000 for it!
"But it's just not...."

"I'll give you $15,000 for it!" And the stranger pulls out a cheque book. Jake stops to think. He's only put about $8500 into materials and development, and with $15 000 he can make another one and have it ready for merchandising in only six months. The stranger frantically finishes writing the check and waves it in front of him. "Here it is, ready to hand to you right here and now. $15,000. Take it or leave it." 

Jake abruptly makes his decision. "OK," he says, and peels off the watch. They make the exchange and the stranger starts happily away.

"Hey, wait a minute," calls Jake after the stranger, who turns around warily. 

Jake points to the two suitcases he'd been trying to wrestle through the bus station and says "don't forget your batteries!"

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Swiss airline crew members land themselves in trouble for taking photos on plane’s wing

In a viral video, a flight attendant is seen dancing and posing for a photo on the wing and another crew member strikes bodybuilding poses. — Photos: Screengrab from Breaking Aviation News & Videos/X

They were taking photos and striking poses – on a wing of a Boeing 777 aircraft in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Now, at least two crew members of Swiss International Air Lines have landed themselves in trouble and are under investigation, according to media reports.

In a viral video that began circulating earlier in August, a female flight attendant is seen dancing and posing for a photo on the wing.

A man, who is reportedly a senior cabin chief, later joins the flight attendant and starts striking bodybuilding poses.

The flight attendant then leaves the aircraft by an overwing emergency exit.

In the video, two ground crew members can also be seen posing in front of the aircraft engine, as another ground crew member takes photos of them.

The video appears to have been taken at an airport terminal.

The incident took place just before the flight departed on Aug 16, said American news outlet Insider.

No passengers were on the plane when the crew embarked on their stunt, said the news report.

A representative for the airline strongly criticised the cabin crew’s antics and said that their behaviour would not be tolerated.

“What looks like fun in the video is actually life-threatening,” said Swiss International Air Lines spokesman Michael Pelzer in a statement to Insider.

“The wings of a Boeing 777 are at a height of about 5m. Moreover, after landing, even in high temperatures, the wings may be covered with ice. A fall from that height onto the hard surface can be devastating.”

The airline has been in contact with the flight attendants in question, said Mr Pelzer.

He also said that the airline crew should set foot on a plane’s wing only in the event of a dire emergency, such as evacuations, reported the New York Post.

Martin Knuchel, the airline’s vice-president and head of cabin crew, criticised the behaviour of the crew.

However, in a report by the Daily Mail, Knuchel said that the airline would not just jump to sack the crew members.

“Hey guys, I’ll be honest. I’m angry and disappointed,” he said.

“What if the passengers no longer trust us when they see this video? This has to stop, there must be no more videos likes this.”

In the New York Post report, several unnamed crew members said they disapproved of their colleagues’ actions.

“I thought... Is that real?” said a 33-year-old crew member.

“In addition to the fact that it is of course extremely dangerous, it is simply unprofessional.”

The incident comes shortly after reports of passengers behaving inappropriately on flights, and adds to the challenges faced by flight attendants.

In July, Tiffany Gomas had to disembark from an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Orlando after she accused another passenger of stealing her AirPods.

A video of the 38-year-old marketing executive began circulating online after she accused another passenger on the plane of not being “real”. She has since apologised for her behaviour.

This is also not the first time a person has been seen standing on a plane wing inappropriately.

In 2020, Ukraine International Airlines banned a woman from future flights after she opened a plane’s emergency exit and climbed onto its wing.

After the aircraft landed in Kyiv, Ukraine, the woman stepped onto the wing, complaining that she was feeling “too hot”. – The Straits Times (Singapore)/Asia News Network

Deputy Finance Ministers engage in 'pantun' face-off on social media

 PETALING JAYA: Not all battles are physical confrontations – some just involve the exchange of rhymes, as displayed by Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan and Steven Sim.

In conjunction with the 66th National Day celebrations, the two Deputy Finance Ministers engaged in a battle of wits using their "pantun" skills.

On X (formerly known as Twitter), Ahmad and Sim posted a video of them engaging in an exchange of "pantuns" with Merdeka and unity themes.

“Thank you for this one-minute, 11-second video YB Steven Sim DFM2. Together we assist #PMX in preparing #Belanjawan2024 & all other matters to ensure we help the #rakyat, the country recovers economically, politically, socially & culturally. Happy National Day. Merdeka #MalaysiaMadani,” Ahmad Maslan said in an X post on Thursday (Aug 31).

Sim also posted the video on his social media accounts.

- Star