Inflation Villain

Read more on the details here in... Traders to face higher fines under amended Act.

50 Cents a cup of Iced water? You are busted!

As in the local China Press paper yesterday. They are proposing a law which if passed, could put some one behind bars for 3 years for making "excessive profits". Hmm... wonder if that applies to other stuff like tolls and cars huh?

The Theme Song should soothe them out...

Read the news in Government to announcd power tariff hike.
The odds are the price will go up again, as it always does. But they say "people first" ... hmm as a citizen most people won't get it. But they play the song again and again on the radio, so it must be true, correct?

Go Easy on the Taxes...

Well, this came in today. Apparently a US citizen with grudge against the IRS set his house on fire and then crashed a small plane into a building housing an IRS office. Read the CNN news here.

At bricklives here we make no attempt to hide our feelings towards the current ways of the world where the elites own all and the "honest-making-a-living" people suffer despite the hard work, but action such as this has really taking such expression to the extreme end.

Just A Walk in the Park

Yeah man, they said it was the work of just some low ranked officers. Read more in Fighter jet engine reported stolen to cops.

Official Sedition Remarks

On nation's top news, Prime Minister's aide probed for sedition.
What a way to promote racial harmony ... from Prime Minister's own office.

So Much for Deterrent

The notion of "every one is equal in front of the law" is becoming more and more of a big lie as the rich and powerful can always find some leverage with cash and people influence. The recent issue of Indonesia Rages over Luxury Jail Cells for Wealthy illustrate this issue very clearly.

Count Your Blessings

Think your day was bad? The irony of this post is that as we did this, Haiti was struck by yet ANOTHER earthquake. If you think things can't get any worse - well, it just did. So before you complain about your life, you might want to think what Haiti is going through...and Count Your Blessings.

UN has taken over the capital as the Government and Police lose control

If you haven't heard about the quake in the first place, catchup on it via CNN here.

The National Palace wasn't spared either

Read more on Wikipedia's entry here.

For this special "public service announcement", we decided to do a unique 8-panel comic strip instead of our usual 4. We'll return with our typical 4 after this.