Dear Folks, Vietnam is celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the liberation of the Spratly archipelago. This sounds like a joke. But no, it’s not a joke. The story goes that back in 1975, Vietnam sent an “invasion” force to one of the Spratly islands occupied by the Philippine military. However, the soldiers garrisoned in that [...]
Fighting the mind rape (Herman Tiu Laurel / Infowars / Tribune column for 4-28-2008 MON) “Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques.” — Joost Meerloo, The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing “Oil is running out!” so says the [...]
No food crisis in Asean: Only in the Philippines (Herman Tiu Laurel / Infowars / Tribune column for 4-21-2008 MON) The furor over the “global food crisis” is all over the world’s media, but in Asia and Asean, do we see any panicky country other than the Philippines? China, India and Pakistan, the three most [...]
GMA and her family riding an airplane… GMA: “What if I throw one check worth a million pesos out of the window to make at least one Filipino happy?” Mike Arroyo: “Honey, why not throw two checks worth half a million to make Filipinos happy?” Lui Arroyo: “Mom, why not throw four checks worth quarter [...]
Hi Folks, Rumors are swirling around the country about the impending Cabinet revamp of Gloria. One of the rumors is that Manny Pacquiao will be appointed ambassador to the Vatican. Manny will be anointed by Gloria’s favorite cardinal as “honorary bishop.” The Cardinal believed that Manny won his boxing title bouts because he wore a [...]
Federal Fol-de-rol By Antonio C. Abaya Written on April 28, 2008 For the Standard Today, April 30 issue My American Heritage Dictionary defines ‘fol-de-rol’ as ‘foolish talk or procedure, or nonsense.’ And that is what this recurring advocacy for federalism is: foolish talk and nonsense. Senate Minority Leader Nene Pimentel is principal author of a [...]
How the new Pharisees undermine the Roman Catholic Church AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo Tuesday, April 29, 2008 There are true Christians among Catholics, but there are also Catholics who are not even Christians at all. Sometimes, even the shepherds of Christ’s Church are themselves lost sheep. In fact, history documents [...]
DEAR DAD….. A Father passing by his son’s bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an envelope neatly placed on the center of the bed. It was addressed “Dad”. With the worse feeling, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands………………. [...]
You could have heard a pin drop We Americans are hated worldwide. Maybe it is because we have helped and rescued so many nations? And how quickly they forget that we SAVED their countries! When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for [...]
A year ago, April 28, Jonas Burgos was kdnapped by persons who were allegedly members of the military establishment. Several weeks ago I heard Edita Burgos, Jonas’ mother, spoke to a group of Fil-Am leaders in the Bay Area. Edita has been traveling around the United States to bring awareness to the Fil-Am community of [...]
