Category: Politics

Donald Trump’s rallying cry is now “Fight!” — just like that of the Yellowtards

July 16, 2024 benign0 7 Comments

In an ironic twist of fate, former United States president Donald Trump is now basking in the limelight following his survival of an assassination attempt over the weekend. The Colonial Master’s politics now mirrors the necropolitics of its Mini-Me in southeast Asia — except that the beneficiary of the violence lived to fight on. CNN…

History, Politics

Assassination attempt on Donald Trump: illiberal means to “save democracy”?

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024 benign0 No Comments

Quite confronting that an assassination attempt on a former American president and the Republican candidate in the coming presidential election in the United States could still happen in this day and age. Following shots fired during former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania resulted in the deaths of a member of the audience and…

Crime, Politics

Failed 1Sambayan “united opposition” in 2021 now a template for opposition to Duterte dynasty in 2025 elections

July 4, 2024 benign0 No Comments

Philippine electoral politics are back to plumbing an all-too-familiar theme — preventing a [insert bogeyman’s name here] win. The spectre of three Dutertes in the Senate has been the subject of furious chatter amongst the intelligentsia over the last couple of weeks since Vice President Sara Duterte dropped hints that her father, former President Rodrigo…

Politics

Traditional values come back to bite woke “diversity” sentiment in the West as conservative parties score gains

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 benign0 No Comments

“Activist” groups and their mainstream media allies are branding recent political developments in Europe (and, to some extent, the rest of the world) as a shift to the “far right”. Earlier this year, analysts in Europe were already seeing “a significant chance the far right will, for the first time, be able to influence Europe’s…

Business, Politics, Society

Why Filipinos are More Enamored with America than with China

June 30, 2024July 1, 2024 Hector Gamboa 5 Comments

It was reported that the Chinese Embassy in Manila has accused the United States (US) of stoking tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Chinese Embassy officials further claimed that the US is doing this to advance its own geopolitical interest in the region. Of course, right on cue, Duterte sycophants, who are likened to…

Culture, Economy, History, Politics, Science

SO WHAT if the Duterte family is running for the Senate?

June 26, 2024 benign0 2 Comments

The Philippines’ brain-dead chattering classes are at it again. The “debate” this time is around a recent statement made by Vice President Sara Duterte that her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte and her two brothers, Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte and House Representative 1st District of Davao City Paolo Duterte, are planning to run for…

Politics

Re-engineering Philippine US Relations in the Advent of Chinese Expansionism

June 20, 2024June 23, 2024 Oman No Comments

Navigating the intricate web of Philippine interests amidst the volatile relationship between China and the United States presents a formidable challenge. The situation is further complicated by recurrent Chinese interference with Philippine resupply missions to the BRP Sierra Madre and escalating internal political rivalries fueled by the upcoming 2025 electoral campaign season. Picture a scenario…

Government, Politics

On its “Independence Day”, the Philippines remains a sad and CONFUSED colony

June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 benign0 7 Comments

Today, the 12th of June, is the Philippines’ imagined “Independence Day” — the day when she unilaterally declared herself “independent” of her Spanish colonial master. That was not to be for long as history would go on to reveal. Way above Filipinos’ pointed heads as their “revolutionaries” patted themselves on their backs, Spain and the…

History, Politics, Society