Episode 22: Chris Benoit
Today is June 25, 2013. Six years ago, around this same time, I was in a taxi on my way to Manila from the night shift. The driver was, naturally, tuned into an AM station, so I was surprised when the...
View ArticleEpisode 24: Scumbag Binay (and BONUS: Episode 25 preview!)
It’s one thing for a local official to be epal. It’s another thing for a national official to be epal. Still another thing for party list organizations to be epal. But when Vice President Jejomar Binay...
View ArticleEpisode 26: Hijacked
Vendors selling their anti-pork wares at the Million People March in Ayala. Photo c/o @MayTinaMoran. Yes, I did say in Ep. 24 that I would put up some Napoles meme images in Episode 25. That was the...
View ArticleEpisode 27: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad BIEN?
Well, maybe the better question is, “Who’s ever heard of the big, bad BIEN?” As of this writing, I have a grand total of 3 offhand remarks, saying they’ve never heard of the BPO Industry Employees...
View ArticleEpisode 28: Almost A Rage Post
For those of you who follow me on Twitter (and if you don’t, you can do so at http://www.twitter.com/raggster <yes, that was a shameless plug, get over it>), you know that I generally follow only...
View ArticleEpisode 30: Constitutional
A picture of the Pro-RH Law rally in Baguio that waited for the SC decision. Photo from inquirer.net – http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/2014/04/rh-bill-0408.jpg “The Court, after scrutiny of the...
View ArticleEpisode 31: Topsy Turvy
In a Blogwatch article, I discussed the actions of Pio Mijares, the Ateneo de Naga student who was recently arrested for disrupting the celebration rites of our Independence Day last June 12. See what...
View ArticleBlogwatch Presents: A Modest Proposal on Campus Forums and Symposiums
This past Sept. 17, Secretary Florencio Abad was a guest speaker at a forum on the 2015 Budget, held in the University of the Philippines College of Economics. As accounts would have it, members of the...
View ArticleEpisode 34: Act Like Adults
Happy New Year to all! I missed writing on this blog. (In fact I missed it so much I forgot my password and had to go through account recovery.) 2015 was… meh. Between the bar review and the bar exam...
View ArticleEpisode 44: Atrocities
First, a history lesson. Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe At Night – By Drrcs15 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (or as it is known by its shorter name, the...
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