Can you explain this?

Take a toothpick, light it and put it into the microwave. What happens then? Well, here is the answer.

Anybody got an explanation on this phenomenon? I’m sure there are geniuses out there.

What a breath of fresh air

The Times reports that newly appointed British PM, Gordon Brown ‘plans to give up some of the royal “prerogative powers” enjoyed by his predecessors including important public appointments, the right to recall parliament during holidays and sending troops to war.’

This is significant in light of the recent spate of attempted terror attacks on British soil-the latest being a botched car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport.

There are some things that are constant, no matter whether we are an Asian democracy or a Western one-accountability should never be sacrificed for the sake of security. And in the case of Malaysia where the cabinet is a de facto oligarchy being able to get away with “the authority of the government cannot be questioned.” our former colonial masters have shown us of what caliber our cabinet is really made of.

Just to illustrate that the Parliament is not a government department (as so famously asserted by some minister in the cabinet)

Brown has placed great emphasis on making ministers more accountable, restoring power to the civil service, not resorting to “spin” and handing back power to MPs.