Think again. China is collapsing on frivolity and waste. Not good for Duterte to pivot to them. Meanwhile, the Taiwanese are making fun of Duterte.
Month: September 2016
Sorcery in Governance
In one of the comments in the Daily Inquirer, one posited, albeit with levity, that a sorcerer-consultant is dictating Duterte to kill as many as he can, so that he can can be macho forever. I find this plausible, considering that in his campaign sorties, Duterte would mete out towels with his lint to his…
Darkness Envelops the Philippines
As in, what have have we done to deserve a rotten Duterte government? https://static01.nyt.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000004650523
Important Message from Keeper of Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe. – Chief Arvol Looking Horse
Originally posted on Make No Bones About It:
I, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations, ask you to understand an Indigenous perspective on what has happened in America, what we call “Turtle Island.” My words seek to unite the global community through a message from our sacred ceremonies to unite…
The Davao of My Youth
DUTERTE, THE COPYCAT Just like today, during Marcos’s Martial Law, there was this effing LIST of people to be hunted down for arrest/liquidation, and I was on that list. I was a campus journalist, and that was my extra-curricular activity, while the others went the fraternity route, and some such organization. The Philippine Constabulary…