As if you didn’t already have enough to worry about, have you ever considered how things would be if Superman’s baby rocket had landed behind the Iron Curtain instead of in Kansas? Yeah, you’re welcome.
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In celebration of the COMELEC’s 76th Anniversary as a Constitutional Commission today, me and my staff at the COMELEC’s Education and Information Department have compiled a short list of the most common abbreviations encountered by people outside the COMELEC. <h4>Alphabet soup</h4> COMELEC – Well, you know this one. EBAD – Election and Barangay Affairs Department […]
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Can someone please explain all the hate for Suicide Squad? I don’t get it. In other news, YouTube is a treasure trove. Just saying.
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If you’re here because you clicked a link on Facebook, congratulations! You have exposed the irony of this article, which asks: Why do we even still bother with Facebook? The answer is simple: we do, because Facebook is a very easy and convenient way of staying in touch with friends and family. Unfortunately, that isn’t […]
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Recently, I’ve noticed an uptick in the volume of whining coming from what some people have taken to calling “<a href=”http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?defid=7962331&term=Meninist”>meninists.</a>” The bellyaching stems from recently proposed legislature for the protection of women’s rights. Interestingly enough, the meninists are not alone in their view. Apparently, at least one candidate for the Philippine Supreme Court thinks […]
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<p class=”p-block”>Considering all the parallels between the recently concluded Presidential elections in the U.S., and the developments here at home, I felt that it would be very enlightening to read this interview, especially seeing as how the New York Times has kindly made the full transcript available.</p> <p class=”p-block”>Here’s a teeny-tiny portion of it; to pique […]
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How is this not the headline for every newspaper everywhere? The plot for the entire Season 7 of HBO’s Game of Thrones has been leaked, people! Alright, the leak from a reddit user going by the handle <strong>awayforthelads</strong> hasn’t been officially confirmed (but then what leaks ever are?) but there’s a lot of circumstantial evidence for […]
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First off, let me remind you that I am a Catholic and will probably be one until the end of my days. I have not been a perfect Catholic, or even a very good one, but the teachings of the Church in Rome have always been integral to the trim of my moral compass. You […]
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So the Chief of the Public Attorney’s Office – the highly esteemed Persida Acosta – has filed her application for the Supreme Court seat soon to be vacated by Justice Jose Perez (who I cannot stop calling “ACA Peps” in my mind, from the time I spent at the Office of the Court Administrator). Before […]
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What an unfortunate choice of words from someone who actually had a point. <h4>Wasted</h4> To be fair, the way she has been gone after <em>does</em> smack of sexism, thinly disguised as a kind of <a href=”https://twitter.com/Slate/status/798191271181451264″>jocular contempt</a> for women (Rorty, 1998). To my mind however, while this misogynistic tack <em>does</em> diminish the credibility of the […]