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		<title>The naivete of those desperate to see change where little exists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I happened to chance upon a link posted by TOC FB, to Ravi&#8217;s blog (who is TOC&#8217;s chief editor). Ravi posted a screenshot asking if a certain controversial MP had come around and learned to take criticisms in her stride. Ravi cited a Facebook post, ostensibly linked by TPL in linking to a Youtube [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3416&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some thoughts on Temasek Review and the Presidential Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve not written much recently, given work commitments which allows me only enough time to catch up on stories during weekdays and write on weekends. But I thought I should say something about Temasek Review. Temasek Review has been offline since 5th Sept, and there&#8217;s no word from the main site as to what happened [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3361&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>George Yeo&#8217;s cryptic message reconsidered</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is largely a speculative one. Readers who dislike rumours should ignore this. Right on the eve of Cooling-off day on 25th August, former Minister George Yeo posted this cryptic message on his Facebook wall: Here&#8217;s some context on when the message was posted. It was right after Dr Tan Cheng Bock&#8217;s rally and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3376&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Tan Cheng Bock as Dr Subtle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the presidential campaign, many opposition voters and strong establishment critics expressed lukewarm support towards Dr Tan Cheng Bock&#8217;s campaign. Most frustrating to them were his repeated remarks that the President cannot engage in day-to-day policy debate with the government, and that the role of the Cabinet and Parliament must be respected. Similarly, these people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3352&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A non-partisan case against Tony Tan as President</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can Tony Tan be considered an independent President if elected given that he left GIC less than two months ago?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3332&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An apology to Prof Alfred Huan</title>
		<link>http://furrybrowndog.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/an-apology-to-prof-alfred-huan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an email from Prof Alfred Huan requesting that I delete all references to him in a previous post. Prof Alfred Huan did not give prior permission to myself to publicise his comments meant for his friends&#8217; eyes only. I apologise for not having sought his permission before publishing it first. It is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3322&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing new in the National Day Rally speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t catch PM Lee&#8217;s speech yesterday, so I&#8217;m relying entirely on media reports and a rough transcript (in point form) provided by the PMO here. So if there&#8217;s something Lee said but which was not captured in the transcript, I would have missed it out. I was surprised by media coverage such as Yahoo&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3306&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Tony Tan as activist President</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aren&#8217;t Presidents supposed to be neutral on policies? As Minister Shamugam today reiterated: LAW Minister K Shanmugam said on Friday that the process of direct elections does not change the scope of the Elected President&#8217;s powers as set out in the Constitution. And the Constitution states that the President can speak on issues only as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3297&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The riddle of GIC&#8217;s performance and CPF funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok let&#8217;s try to talk about something other than Dr Patrick Tan&#8217;s national service. GIC released its annual report last week. Unlike most investment funds, GIC doesn&#8217;t provide year-on-year performances. It reports its performance in the form of a rolling annualised 20 year rate of return in USD. So there&#8217;s no way to know, unlike [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3116&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some questions on Dr Patrick Tan&#8217;s NS stint</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most people have already heard about Dr Patrick Tan&#8217;s NS stint which recently raised eyebrows all over cyberspace given that he served in a special capacity. So let me add on to that. Some of what will be discussed here has already been raised in an email sent to Mohd Nizam who would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=furrybrowndog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7054904&amp;post=3274&amp;subd=furrybrowndog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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