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Lame historical ‘perspective’ on Corona’s impeachment provided by Raul Pangalangan

December 16, 2011December 18, 2011 benign0 37 Comments

I spied some people crowing about the bit of expert “historical perspective” provided by Inquirer.net “columnist” Raul Pangalangan in his recent piece that is given the presumptuous title ‘Save the Constituition from the Court’. I must say, the Inquirer Editor should re-evaluate the mix of writers she employs lest the reputation of the venerable “newspaper”…

Education, Government, Media

President Noynoy Aquino is just one big conspiracy theorist

December 15, 2011 Iya-J 138 Comments

In recent days, President Benigno Aquino has indulged himself in a continuous lambasting of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. In his speech at the National Criminal Justice Summit, he practically insulted the Supreme Court Chief Justice for the whole country to see. Now this is what I call power-tripping. He endlessly stated that Corona…

Education, Government, Politics, Society

Rep Manny Pacquiao not signatory to impeach complaint vs Corona

December 15, 2011 benign0 21 Comments

Reresentative Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao of the lone Congressional district in Sarangani province was not among the 188 House solons who signed up to the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona. Asked about what he thought about the whole circus surrounding former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in an early December interview, Pacquiao said “We have…

Glitz and Glamour, Government, Politics

Punditry stalwart Manuel L Quezon III now back online! @mlq3

December 14, 2011 benign0 38 Comments

They said a short time ago that the “gloves are now off” in the epic battle between the three “co-equal” branches of the Philippine government. Not quite. Seems like the gloves are coming off only now seeing that MalacaÃ±ang have started to dispatch their elite troops into the PR jungle, and this is my nod…

Government, Media, Tech Talk

Starlet Angelica Panganiban offers some important lessons

December 14, 2011February 2, 2022 benign0 8 Comments

Filipino starlet Angelica Panganiban reportedly went into a less-than-angelic tililing rampage when a customs officer slapped a tax on two HermÃ¨s bags she was attempting to hand-carry through a Manila airport. The author of the report wrote that Panganiban “should be thankful that the customs duty collector was kind enough to put up with her…

Glitz and Glamour, Government

Is Chief Justice Renato Corona a victim of Noynoy Aquino’s low self-esteem?

December 14, 2011April 29, 2016 Ilda 158 Comments

The German word Schadenfreude is defined as the feeling of pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. They say that the lower the person’s self-esteem, the more he or she tends to enjoy someone else’s misfortune. According to a recent study by scientists in Leiden University, the Netherlands, “when you have low self-esteem, you will…

Civics, Government, Politics

Crowdsourcing is a double-edged sword

December 13, 2011 benign0 8 Comments

It is a massive case of groupthink — when entire governments and even societies delegate en masse their thinking faculties for the sake of unanimity. According to a Scientific American feature, “[s]cholars have ascribed bad decision making to groupthink, for example, in U.S. policy during the Vietnam War.” Indeed, groupthink seems to be behind some…

Society, Tech Talk