January 2011
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BREAKING: Six Al Jazeera journalists arrested by... →
newsflick:
Correspondents Tweet: Unsure if arrested or about to be deported. 6 of us held at army checkpoint outside Hilton hotel. Equipment seized too…
The How To Guide for Dictators in Times of Crisis
Step 1: Unleash armed forces on civilian population to quell ‘localized’ pockets of disorder
Step 2: Plan and execute looting/bombings etc and blame them on ‘rebels’...
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Singson hid drug in underpants →
Singson said he had the drugs because of “political pressures”, “pressure of faltering businesses” and relationship problems, adding that he was suffering from depression.
“Even though I was successful in my own right, I didn’t feel happy,” he said.
He testified that he snorted cocaine daily, consuming between four and five grams a day, costing him...
zombiemergencyresponseoperations asked: just wanted to share a link and follow (for droppin' Cronos! lol). good stuff here. Cheers!
zombiemergencyresponseoperations asked: Cronos (1993) aka Chronos
http://zombiemergencyresponseoperations.tumblr.com/post/460995801
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WHY AREN'T YOU MY BROTHER?!
putingtabing-atbp:
zombiemergencyresponseoperations replied to your photo:One of my term papers this semester is to compare…
ha ha ha! good luck on the paper. i suggest you add The Devil’s Backbone (dir by del toro) he produced The orphanage. almost the same “scary” movie
DUDE your film library is as wide as this universe! I’ve heard of Devil’s Backbone too and damn son that is scary! I think...
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Stop 'pabaon' in military, ex-president urges... →
Former President Fidel V. Ramos called on the present administration to put a stop to the “pabaon” system within the military, as exposed by whistle-blower and former military budget officer George Rabusa.
Ramos, in an interview at the sidelines of the 20th Philippine National Police Foundation Day on Monday, said President Benigno Aquino III should immediately identify and act...
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Egypt sees massive looting of antiquities →
archaeology:
Today’s news of looting and vandalism of Egyptian sites and museums comes from Upper Egypt. Time to start focusing on the Thebes and Saqqara areas.
‘According to antiquities official Mohamed Megahed, “immense damages to Abusir and Saqqara” were reported. Looters allegedly have gone into tombs that had been sealed and destroyed much of the tombs and took artifacts.
‘“Only the...
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“…the willing sacrifice of the innocent is the most powerful answer to...”
– Senator Benigno Aquino, JR
Reposting for appropriateness
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An ideal power mix...
ellobofilipino:
I must agree with you sir! And having been able to sit through some forums sponsored by Representative Cojuangco on reviving the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, it irks me that the government instead of considering cleaner renewable sources of energy, would rather use the BNPP just so they could make a good use out of it.
Cojuangco justifies the operation of the nuclear power plant...
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Looters destroy mummies in Egyptian Museum:... →
archaeology:
This Reuters story reports Zahi Hawass’ statement that two mummies have been destroyed.
And this is not. (Beautiful that is, per my last post).
Damn. I wish national patrimony as never at risk to politics (upheavals and peacetime alike). Sadly, that is not the case. I just hope that Egypt’s most important pieces survive. If the previous story is any indication, Egyptians...
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Egypt's military secures famed antiquities museum →
archaeology:
‘The Egyptian army secured Cairo’s famed antiquities museum early Saturday, protecting thousands of priceless artifacts, including the gold mask of King Tutankhamun, from looters.
‘The greatest threat to the Egyptian Museum, which draws millions of tourists a year, first appeared to come from the fire engulfing the ruling party headquarters next door on Friday night, set ablaze...
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Revolutions past
The plight of the Tunisians and Egyptians can’t help but remind me of our revolutions in the last 25 years. When a government unleashes armed forces on its people whatever little legitimacy remains is lost. The difference though for us with EDSA I is that ours was peaceful, little marked by the type of violence and death that we are seeing today.
What I find interesting, or sad at least, is...
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New findings of plagiarism by SC Justice →
Payoyo showed that Del Castillo “systematically and extensively lifted” from “Legal Nature and Legal Consequences of Diplomatic Protection: Contemporary Challenges,” published in 2006 by Mariana Salazar Albornoz.
Payoyo showed that “numerous passages from Albornoz were copied to the main body as well as the footnotes of Vinuya, but Albornoz was never cited.”
Payoyo also found out that...
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Blowing their cover
With the testimony yesterday of Lieutenant Colonel Rabusa, a former member of the AFP comptroller group, we’re finally getting a picture of the chain of corruption that pervades our military. As he pointedly said, this system is nothing new, he (they) inherited from the previous commands. Which, should come as no surprise to anyone who has watched the military and government since the...
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“His theme last night was wtf, winning the future. I thought, okay, that acronym...”
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Sarah Palin, being interviewed on Fox News about her reaction to Obama’s State of the Union address. (via officialssay)
We haven’t had our coffee yet, so we’ll just sit and let this sink in for a moment.
(via theatlantic)
How funny, after reading that quote I think I just had one too.
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Questioning the perpetrators...
ellobofilipino:
I must say that @iwriteasiwrite’s words ring true in these times of fear and confusion in the Capital. It seems that in one violent move, the populace is huddled in fear inside their homes and fearing for their lives.
And just this morning, some text messages about bomb threats and planned attacks in some of Manila’s main thoroughfares started spreading. The messages even advise...
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Boom
Early and later reports (and major headlines to boot) have pegged the bus incident yesterday along EDSA as a bombing, with 5 now reported. Reports now indicate that an 81mm mortar shell, remotely detonated by a cell phone, was used.
Conspiracy theorists, and most everyone actually, have been making a big to do that it occurred on the birthday of President Corazon Aquino, which when coupled with...
“Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This...”
– Alexander Solzhenitsyn (via ellobofilipino)
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China under scrutiny →
ellobofilipino:
I guess China has been under the microscope for quite some time now. The strides it has made in its economy and the involvements it has in several countries in Africa has somehow finally caught the attention of the West.
Earlier, I was listening to a lecture by Ari Sitas and it was supposed to be about the reorganization of the world economy and how the new players: Brazil,...
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Tilting at Wind Turbines →
These figures, however, are misleading. Yes, China spent more money buying wind turbines and solar panels than any other country last year. But consumption does not necessarily translate into technological leadership — if it did, the United States would have little to worry about in most product categories. Massive deployment of clean energy will give the Chinese government leverage with...
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The Curious Case of Saint Malo
Nestled back in the boondocks (bayous) of Louisiana, the land of ‘gators, voodoo and jazz, was a most curious little fishing town. It was a secretive and insular settlement, at its largest populated by slightly more than 100 hundred men, which remained purposefully segregated from the rest of the world for almost 100 hundred years. Only with a story being published in Harper’s Weekly...
oh no, i'm in my 30s: reply to replies →
margoism:
alibabi reblogged your link: i wouldn’t use the term impressive
she was impressed to see people die of hunger?
kalinangan-atbp replied to your link: i wouldn’t use the term impressive
They’re “mabait” because they’ve lost their dignity and they are…
Note to people who actively seek the public eye: There is a huge difference between ‘impressive’ and...
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The Culture of Crony Capitalism during the Marcos...
kalinangan-atbp:
Wow, studying crony capitalism is making my life even more colorful. This beats studying American colonization in the Philippines. Big time.
Currently reading
David Kang’s “Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines”
Crony capitalism. Exhibit A when it comes to the errors of developing the NCR and parts Luzon to the exclusion of the rest of the country.
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re: MRT fare circusI don’t get the clamor about the subsidy issue. So, how is non-Manila tax payers paying for the MRT assistance different from Manila tax payers paying for, say, rural transportation services like bridges and roadworks that they will never use on provinces they probably will never set foot on? I believe it is undeniable that a big bulk of the national budget comes from...
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I finally took the plunge. I have thrown my hat into the smartphone arena.
For some reason, I’ve always kind of resisted the move. At least in my head, cellphones where there to make and receive calls and texts. You know, be contactable but not always accessible 24/7. Or more importantly, not always plugged in 24/7. It was my most obvious resistance to the quick paced world we find...
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Pancho Dela Luna: Flamenco and The History of Loss →
panchodelaluna:
(Gypsy Dancer)
It is believed that the “cry” of the oppressed gave birth to Flamenco. Before words and other forms of expression were embedded to embellish of what is now known as Flamenco (the art form), the llanto or cry was said to be the first song. Grief was, originally, its body…
@panchodelaluna is one of those tumblrs that, anytime I see his name, I just stop...
ellobofilipino asked: Haha! I doubt if the kids nowadays enjoy the same 2D games back then :D
