Category: Culture

Donald Trump vs Megyn Kelly circus reveals underlying hypocrisy of Big Media

January 29, 2016 benign0 5 Comments

A controversial tweet from a fan of top contender for Republican Party presidential nomination Donald Trump depicting Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly in a meme and calling her a “bimbo” has gone viral. The meme features photos of Kelly posing provocatively in a small black dress and high heels. The meme included the captions “Criticizes…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

The Philippines: A Nation Of Traitors And Sellouts

January 28, 2016 Grimwald 75 Comments

I was actually planning to write this article at some other time. In all honesty, I think many of you have had enough of the Mamasapano Massacre and everything it entails already. Indeed, I’m kinda sick of it myself. I ask, why can’t we just let their families grieve quietly now? Why can’t we give…

Culture, Society

How German political-correctness was doused by its own version of the Mamasapano massacre

January 28, 2016 benign0 22 Comments

As it turns out, it seems the Philippines had unwittingly served as a test tube for what is turning into a template process with which a period of exuberant national political correctness meets its demise. This insight can be gleaned in the events that led to the crushing of “dreams” of an autonomous Bangsamoro “nation”…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society

The interesting timing of Pia Wurtzbach’s homecoming

January 26, 2016 benign0 17 Comments

All the big events seem to have come together on this day, the 25th January. It’s the birth anniversary of the late Corazon ‘Cory’ Aquino, mother of current President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III. On this day also, exactly 12 months ago, 44 elite police officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Why Can’t We Be Our Own Heroes?

January 24, 2016 Grimwald 11 Comments

Tying in with my latest article, I have come to question just how typical Pinoys have come to view their own heroes. Our history books teach us that Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio are the heroes of our nation because they fought for the freedom of the Filipino people during times of oppression. The same…

Culture, Society

How Our Apathy Is Destroying Our Country: A Friday Parable

January 22, 2016 Grimwald 10 Comments

Apathy, the mindset and act of simply not caring. It’s not so much an act of spite but an act of obliviousness. In fact, according to one quote, the opposite of love is not hate because even when you hate someone, you still think about them, right? However, when you’re apathetic towards someone, you simply don’t know and don’t…

Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Society

Corruption vs. Incompetence: Which is the Lesser Evil?

January 21, 2016 zaxx 25 Comments

In almost every election season, Filipinos are saddled with the sad predicament of having to settle for the lesser evil in the choice of their nation’s leadership. It is very unfortunate that ideal leaders are simply not appealing or popular enough to the general masses to make them winnable candidates. If voters then have to…

Culture, Government, Politics

3 Positive Lessons I Learned From President Aquino

January 19, 2016 Grimwald 12 Comments

Just a few months more to go and President Aquino’s term will finally be over. Now that we’re near the end of his administration’s regime, many are asking what sort of benefits did he bring about for the common Filipino. Many of his critics here on GRP even go on to enumerate the many negative…

Culture, Development, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society