Category: Politics

The new Gwei Lo: China’s preposterous ‘nine-dotted line’ South China Sea claim

July 5, 2015July 5, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 15 Comments

Gwei (鬼) means “ghost”. A lo (佬) is a regular guy, a chap or a bloke. The term is a reference to skin color, as white skin is associated with ghosts. The term is sometimes translated into English as foreign devil. The term arose in the 16th century when European sailors appeared in southern China as they were associated with barbarians. Historically, Chinese people had the…

Government, Politics

The Philippines is an idiocracy, not a democracy: Happy Independence Day!

July 3, 2015 benign0 31 Comments

What?? Good-versus-evil again?? Is this the only way Filipinos will ever regard their elections? It’s no wonder then that the Philippines never gets anywhere. There is no roadmap forward. It’s always just a “fight” of some sort where the “winner” is seen to be continuing a struggle against an imaginary “tyrant” still lurking in the…

Culture, Politics, Society

Pinoy Culture and a Nation Gone Mad

July 3, 2015 Grimwald 23 Comments

“Insanity is repeating the same action while expecting a different result.” ~Albert Einstein During my days as a student nurse, I was once forced to work at a mental hospital somewhere in Manila. For the sake of privacy, I’ll hide the identities of the personnel involved, including mine of course. Anyway, one of the clients…

Culture, Development, Education, Government, Media, Politics, Society

The Binay Debacle: Another Pathetic Attempt at Public Sympathy

July 2, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

“If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Everyone is fighting the Binay versus Aquino war except Binay and Aquino

July 2, 2015 benign0 3 Comments

Shhh… we shouldn’t criticise Vice President Jejomar Binay because he’s got the goods on us. Perhaps this is what’s in the minds of the Philippines’ leaders, even as Netizens and ordinary folk alike, many of whom are rabid fans of President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, mount a “full-court press” to slam Binay on social…

Government, Politics

The 2016 Election: Why Voting Feels Like Suicide

June 28, 2015 Grimwald 16 Comments

I have been called out a number of times on the way I like to make pop culture references too much. Of course, for the most part, I can’t really blame them too much because of my tendency to overdo just about everything that I do. One can almost say that I watch too many cartoons for…

Culture, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Jejomar Binay’s move to criticize Noynoy Aquino is part of democratic process

June 28, 2015June 29, 2015 Ilda 10 Comments

Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay is a free man, at least for now. Lately, Binay has been using that freedom to advance his causes. After all, he lives in a so-called “democratic” country that supposedly champions “freedom of speech”. Those who think that Binay should stop criticizing the performance of the current government under President…

Government, Media, Politics

Anti-Aquino forces: Hindrances and what we’re doing wrong

June 26, 2015 Celestino Manrique II 27 Comments

Without a doubt, more Filipinos have become disgusted with the family of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Although the Aquino name is still probably going to be popular among gullible Filipinos (who compose a huge chunk of the population) for the next few years, there is little doubt that many have turned their back on…

Media, Politics

Gabsboy
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
"Tingala sa langit" "Tingala sa gobyerno" "Tingala sa Amerika" Learned
zzz
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
It's funny how those without contribution run their mouths, seek
benign0
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Filipinos' tingala mentality. It is WORLD renowned.
Slaves
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
How’s being American puppets going? Maybe if you chose a
Gabsboy
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
It would have been absolute cinema had the military coups
Ven
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Who the hell is prepared for a crisis when any
megget
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
the filipino way is scraping by on the least amount
Gyn
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
This whole thing is not working, and you know it