February 2012
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Denying Discourse
There are a number of traits inherent in Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s worldview that I object to; among them her denouncing of any belief contrary to hers and her proclivity for hate-mongering and insult-laden ranting. The impeachment trial has brought her many faults into sharp-focus, at least for those who look past the inherent entertainment value of her screeds and weigh the value...
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The Tyranny of Bad History and the Unmaking of... →
The power of well-written and researched history, by professional historians aware of their vast responsibilities, is that it provides the tools needed craft a better future for all. In Margaret MacMillan’s conclusion in The Uses and Abuses of History she wrote “…a citizenry that cannot begin to put the present into context, that has so little knowledge of the past, can too easily be fed stories...
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excerpts: Consider this post-EDSA kid stirred →
ellobofilipino:
armorhues:
I was born February 2, 1987, the day the 1987 Philippine Constitution was ratified via plebescite, a constitution that probably would not even exist had it not been for the EDSA Revolution.
Yes, I’m that post-EDSA kid, part of the generation that (ideally) is reaping the fruits of People Power…
Highly recommended reading for those born post-Marcos and...
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decentrain asked: What do you think of Fascism? Ain't it's the same with Corona, our former President or it was always been like that when majority of our political leaders, political dynasties where questioned and ridiculed by the law and it is saddening that even the Law can't reach them. They make Alibi's to slip through the net and make scapegoats so they can save their hides. What do you...
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The internees reacted in a variety of ways to the...
Fr. George J. Williams, S.J., had celebrated an early morning mass that morning. After mass, at 0700, he and his barracks mates lined up for the daily roll call. As he was moving to the lineup area on “shaky legs,” he turned and saw some planes coming across the lake from the north. He paid little attention because “planes had been a common sight in recent days. Only the previous afternoon the...
MLQ3 on Tumblr!: The Road to EDSA →
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The fabric of freedom
by Manuel L. Quezon III
TODAY Newspaper, February 25, 1996
IN December, 1972, an execution—which, in retrospect, foreshadowed the elements of the rise of Ferdinand Marcos and also of his ignominious fall—took place. The condemned was no hero of democracy;…
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I have always looked at the anniversary of People Power with mixed feelings. On the one hand, we removed a dictator from power. On the other, many Filipinos don’t even understand that we used to be under the thumb of a dictator; much less what that entailed. There is this disturbing concerted effort to remake Marcos and whitewash his, and his supporters, excesses, human rights violations,...
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Diario de Filipinas: Spanish troops take towns in... →
diariodefilipinas:
Spanish battery pounds Filipino positions in Cavite Province (Photo by Arnaldo Dumindin)
Cavite, Philippines - (February 15, 1897) Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja has opened up his offensive against the revolutionary army of Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite with an assault on the…
And so the end of the first phase begins…
“The Japanese considered all Filipinos, including women and children, as...”
– Appendix C, Review of the Record of Trial by a Military Commission of Tomoyuki Yamashita, General, Imperial Japanese Amy, The Case of General Yamashita: A Memorandum by Courtney Whitney (via ellobofilipino)
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Do You Love Me by Guster
MLQ3 on Tumblr!: "13 o’Clock," by Quijano de... →
mlq3:
13 o’Clock
by Quijano de Manila
June 1963
SINE DIE means “without a day” and refers to unscheduled tentativities: but the Latinism has, in the world of politics, come to mean the post-midnight hours tacked on to the last day of a parliamentary session—hours that no longer belong to the night…
We need a new Nick Joaquin.
“Our country has never started a war.” - Reagan
mohandasgandhi:
ellobofilipino:
iwriteasiwrite:
Was just reminded of a Ronald Reagan quote: “Our country has never started a war.” Speaking as someone whose country (the Philippines) was subjected to an unprovoked attack and invasion by the United States (an event that is still insultingly remembered in the West as an ‘insurrection’) on the cusp of our independence and freedom for the sole...
Was just reminded of a Ronald Reagan quote: “Our country has never started a war.” Speaking as someone whose country (the Philippines) was subjected to an unprovoked attack and invasion by the United States (and event that is still insultingly remembered in the West as an ‘insurrection’) on the cusp of our independence and freedom for the sole purpose of acquiring our...
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Alcohol?
ellobofilipino:
brownmonkeytheory replied to your photo: My boss told me to check the Klout stats…
It’s weird kasi Nik is influential with alcohol, lol.
Yep, I’ve actually seen that too. @iwriteaswrite is supposed to be one of my “influencers” and I was actually surprised to see Alcohol as one of those topics that Nik is supposed to be influential about. I do assume he drinks, but I rarely see...