Category: Commentaries
Beware: Manny Pacquiao is a Spook!

I am not joining the caravan of Star Treck fever despite shattering the box office record of the Knight on its first day.  Hey, what could Batman do against all these aliens and semi-humans (Are they? Whatever.) speeding their way from one galaxy to another on their gigantic cockroach-like space ships sporting their very funny shining bangs?  And I thought [...]

By elmot with 24 comments
They Are No Angels Either!

Milosevic has been judged and now dead. And so is Pol Pot, Hitler and all those faces of death and torture of the 20th century.
But there are still many others on the loose, enjoying their retirements on their ranch, and posh abodes; walking past camera men with glee and pride; powerful and renowned who could still twist the arms [...]

By elmot with 33 comments
Weekend Treat With Fiascos, Comic Judge and Crazy Stuffs

imnage by writingfixI was so darn excited of going through my expensive routine of making my post on an internet shop a few blocks away from our house that gives me all the freedom in the world on exploring the sites that I am addicted to without the irritating constant warning on the screen screaming to my handsome face: [...]

By elmot with 16 comments
Manny Pacquiao’s New Feat Buffer for Political Ambition?

After Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao sent Ricky Hatton into sleep on his back on the canvass from a solid left hook; gained the admiration of many by being the greatest Filipino boxer and if not the greatest boxer of his generation; made the pockets of politicians swell with cash after winning big time with their bets in Vegas; and uniting once [...]

By elmot with 12 comments
Weekend Treat with Actresses, Crocs and Swine

image by hypertextlondonFor all those who may not have catch the news but are watching the American Idol faithfully in last few days, and for all my avid fans, faithful readers and commenters (which is actually only a handful of them, hurray! ehehe!), here are the headlines from blog posts about news and politics for the past week that certainly [...]

By elmot with 12 comments
The Grand Engagament of Romance and Politics

image by kenyonThey had made it public alas, at a time when so many politicians especially those who are aspiring for the highest position in our land are mustering all their efforts and riches to make their names register on the short attention span and memory of the voting public and hopefully get their precious votes too come May 2010 [...]

By elmot with 23 comments
A Kiss of Death to Lady Justice

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The Court of Appeals has laid silent its gavel; Lance Corporal Daniel Smith is not guilty and is now a free man.
He can now loose weight, get back to his old great shape when he raped Nicole in Subic, be back in the service of the US Military if and only if he is acquitted by the US [...]

By elmot with 10 comments
A Sold Out Senate Boxing, Wresting and Shooting Match

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The once refuge of the people through its perceived inner sanctum despite the pervading immoralities of corruption, cheating and lies in the government has become a laughing stock of the people. This place may not be a place of holies of holies nonetheless, the public so long been thirsting for transparency, accountability and the elusive truth found [...]

By elmot with 6 comments
The Windmill of Philippine Educational System

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Celebrations, sad background music from Mr. Lauchengco and cases of booze have already ended and our fresh graduates are now faced by the stinging reality of landing a job that they dreamt of and they deserve. Many are flocking the registrars’ office snaking their way through the empty halls to get their papers, and then some of [...]

By elmot with 23 comments
HK Magazine Apologizes for Calling RP a Nation of Slaves

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After the Hong Kong columnist Chip Tsao’s anti-racial remarks published on HK Magazine Online last March 27, publishers and editors asked for an apology from the Philippine government while the said article could not anymore be viewed.
Tsao’s strong assertion that the disputed Spratly Islands belong to China and that the Red Republic has total sovereignty on it boiled [...]

By elmot with 19 comments