We beg to differ.
About 25 years ago , The Ring was doing well in the American box office. The Ring was originally a Japanese movie (1998) that did so well on its own Hollywood made their own version just like what they did with movies like Scent of a Woman and True Lies . The source material was…
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The Marcos Mythology Problem Ferdinand Marcos convinced an entire nation he was a war hero. For decades, his medals gleamed in history books, his valor unquestioned—until someone finally checked the American records. If you can fake being a war hero with official documents and government stamps, what else can you fake? In the Philippines, our…
Intellectual masturbation is one of the habits of the Yellowidiots. The other day, former presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda posted an essay about the need for a disruptor presidential candidate in 2028 asserting that the “next leader must be a disruptor: someone unafraid to break the old machinery of power that has long served politicians instead…
Most Filipinos don’t realize the country is drifting into becoming a failed state. Corruption is perpetrated out in the open and perpetrated by lawmakers and government officials. We borrow to finance corruption which is estimated at 40% of the budget. That is the amount lost. The new blood entering politics are the scions of political…
Yet another “rally” is gonna happen this Sunday, the 21st of September which happens to be the anniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1972 by the late “dictator” former President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Except that this “rally” is not a commemoration of that event. It’s not even to call for an ouster of…
Said to have been said by the late reggae star Bob Marley. This essentially means the Philippines is basically fucked. Indeed, think back and consider how many congressional “inquiries”, fact finding committees, and anti-corruption task forces mounted have actually resulted in big fish being thrown into jail. From the the Yellowtard Presidential Commission on Good…
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Pinoys who believe there is robust sports scene in the Philippines are the same as people who live in a country where the Internet is heavily censored and those people believe they really are experiencing full breadth of the Internet. One of my main themes since I first joined this site back in…
The Blue Ribbon Committee hearing yesterday on the anomalous flood control projects didn’t offer much in terms of entertainment value. Erwin Tulfo insisting that the Department of Budget Management (DBM) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should have a say in how projects are allocated only exhibited his ignorance of the budget…