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SJW views on #MissUniverse reveal a confused position on “diversity” issues

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SJW views on #MissUniverse reveal a confused position on “diversity” issues

For one thing, beauty pageants are all about pageantry. They’re not really platforms for sound political or philosophical discourse. Yet, the way the participants in this year’s Miss Universe pageant are being turned into avatars of the broader “debate”, you’d think beauty pageants are such deep wells of intellectual insight. The current focus of today’s…

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Business, Entertainment, Society & Culture

If Filipinos could choose their foreign occupier, should they choose China?

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If Filipinos could choose their foreign occupier, should they choose China?

The present government is really no different to any preceding government. It is run by Pinoys, and therefore proposes Pinoy solutions to (perceived) Pinoy problems … which, more often than not, are actually symptoms, not the problem itself. Pinoy leaders refuse to look outside of their narrow viewpoint because they can’t. They’re too Proud. To…

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Government

Filipinos are unable to govern themselves because they want everyone else to be miserable

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Filipinos are unable to govern themselves because they want everyone else to be miserable

The problem here is that Filipinos have gone past the point of no return. In other words, “you can’t get there from here”. You assume that the government wants a functioning, happy country. It does not. How do I know? Because it’s run by Filipinos, and Filipinos, mostly, want everyone else to be miserable. History…

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Government, Society & Culture

What good are effigies? What NEXT after you burn them?

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What good are effigies? What NEXT after you burn them?

I don’t get effigies. Does, say, displaying a painting of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sporting the same styled moustache worn by Adolf Hitler necessarily make him the same as Der Fuhrer? And by burning this effigy, does that make one’s committing these “symbols” to flames akin to casting a spell or hex on the people…

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Religion, Society & Culture

Is @PinoyAkoBlog being PAID to endorse Bruno’s Barbers?

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Is @PinoyAkoBlog being PAID to endorse Bruno’s Barbers?

Seems like, out of nowhere, top Yellowtard blogger Jover Laurio (a.k.a. Pinoy Ako Blog) is issuing a bit of a show-and-tell about getting one’s hair done at Bruno’s Barbers. In a post on Facebook, Laurio gushes… Guys, kung gusto niyong magpagupit, go to any Bruno barbershop today. Bonus Day nila ngayon. Basically, lahat ng kita…

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Business

Why is former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos not in jail?

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Why is former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos not in jail?

Former First Lady Imelda Marcos is not in jail because “the Supreme Court’s Third Division denied for lack of merit the petition for certiorari filed in 2008 by the late Solicitor General Frank Chavez.” Furthermore… “Petitioner having failed to establish the basis for this court to evaluate and review the facts in this case the…

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Politics

Jollibee is world-class because it did what other great brands did well – get into people’s heads

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Jollibee is world-class because it did what other great brands did well – get into people’s heads

Jollibee gives Filipinos that familiar warm fuzzy feeling. One bite into a Jollibee burger sends us back in time and, for many, half way around the world back to a place of familiar sights, sounds, and smells. Make no mistake, however. The Jollibee franchise is a successful multinational enterprise. It didn’t get there by accident….

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Business, Society & Culture

Rappler is more a cult of personality than a true news organisation. Its Twitter profile proves it

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Rappler is more a cult of personality than a true news organisation. Its Twitter profile proves it

The Twitter profile of @RapplerDotCom shows that it is more a cult of personality than a true news media organisation. What other news outlet banners an image of its CEO as part of its brand collateral? What Rappler should really be doing is reporting the news, not lionising its CEO who stands accused for tax…

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Crime, Media

Only a Philippine court can decide whether or not Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is guilty of tax evasion

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Only a Philippine court can decide whether or not Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is guilty of tax evasion

The embattled CEO of Rappler continues her dramatics all the way to court to defend herself against tax evasion charges. In a recent tweet, Maria Ressa insisted that these are charges for crimes she “didn’t commit”. But, really, Ressa’s innocence or guilt on the matter of her tax evasion charges is not for anyone to…

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Crime, Media

Ateneans can’t help being “elitists” in the same way gay people can’t help being gay

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Ateneans can’t help being “elitists” in the same way gay people can’t help being gay

It’s the predictable outcome following an athletically “underdog” university going up against a school with the resources and priorities to breed championship basketball teams. Alumni of the University of the Philippines (UP) go to the games to cheer their Maroons then watch as they get routed by the Blue Eagles. Then alumni of the Ateneo…

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Education, Society & Culture