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Many Singaporeans wonder why the PAP MP’s don’t want to state the obvious about the elections and its conflicts of interests, but keep humming hymns of praise about the PAP party and how blessed Singaporeans are to have them take charge of this little island, that’s boast 82 PAP MP’s Well I guess many in the PAP are... 

Russia world chess champion Kasparov disparaged IBM's Deep Blue computer, which defeated the world's best chess player in 1997, as a passing entertainment akin to the wind-up automata of the 18th century. A strong human Jeopardy! player, or a human doctor, may get the answer wrong, but he is unlikely to make a huge blunder... 

In the Budget Statement 2011, our Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam claimed that Singapore has a highly progressive tax system. He said “… it all adds up to a highly progressive fiscal system. If we add up all our taxes – income and property taxes, GST and other indirect taxes – we find that the top 10% of households...