War Imminent between North and South Korea?

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Some dismissed this as an empty threat.  But lately NK said it was closing down  economic zone <it us where aid and trade between North and South Korea flows) between North South Korea.

It must be understood that the new leader is capable of doing this difficult and risky decisions;  he was said to have been involved in terroristic attack that involved the crashing of a Korean Airline.

Will there be war between North and South Korea?   Will North Korea be brave enough to attack US?


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Do you still believe that Mr. Politico can lead us to the Promised Land?

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PHL  | March 2013

Are you still one of those who believe that your favorite politico/candidate can make your life better?

I had a compadre before who even cried because the dictator fled and had to be replaced by a female president.  He said that ever since, his life was littered by misfortune?

Would you believe the intimation sometime that a boxer won because of the support from Lady President (the way the congratulatory messages were made)

Do you think that Presidents/Senators have been responsible for our splendid economic growth?

Yes they legislated the laws, had the infrastructures, the enablers made.

But without the entrepreneurs who work hard, without the workers who labor it out, without the logistics infrastructure made by private sector, there could be no progress. Was the BPO growth brought about by public sector initiative or tax incentives, or the huge OFW remittances.

Obviously, you would be a believer in this if you depend on your mayor or barangay chief for your daily bread, or even the caesarian delivery of your wife.   For those who live under the politics of patronage, or under the shadow of feudalism (their landlord  is a politico)  then you are caught in the vicious cycle, within which there would be escape nor progresss.

Are you in this spiral?

Stop suckering the voters please dear Mr Politico

Social and political criticisms

PHL March 2013

While the election watchdogs have issued warning regarding premature campaigning (premature ejaculations) and using public infrastructures to advertise their candidacy, these are largely ignored and disregarded.

Thus:  road repair, hospital construction are publicized and thank you billboards are made, as premature campaigning thanking Mr. Politico for having  this and that construction repair;  as if they spent their own money on the project.

STOP THIS SUCKERING SIRS!

The taxpayers money were spent on this project.  Stop naming gyms, hospitals, school
buildings with your family names.

Thus family dynasties in politics are deemed to be unconstitutional and wrong.

Stop suckering us sirs.  You know and we know that you are not just fooling us but fooling yourselves as well.

When will this travesty end?

Pres Morales of Bolivia suggests legalization of coca based products

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Time Magazine  | 2007

Bolivian Pres. Evo Morales suggests the legalization of coca based products like cocoa tea, cookies, wines, shampoo.   No it is not processed into cocaine.  It was suggested that it could be done because Coca Cola uses coca leaves to flavor its product.  It is the only product/export of coca allowed by UN.

Morales has promised Bolivians to ask UN to remove Coca from list of prohibited exports.

Such use of coca leaves is being done in small scale.  Such suggestion of legalizing the export has been broadcasted today at Al Jazeera

Late Night Jokes: Run Your Car on Coffee!

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Monday's Daily Brief: Cyprus Bailout Tax Worries Fuel Sharp Drop In Global Stocks, Hillary Clinton Comes Out For Gay Marriage

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Publicity, whether good or bad is still publicity - KA

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I could not make a sense why Kris vs James conflict is newsworthy.

What:  trending or hard issues to post/publish?  The media (traditional/social) are on a feeding frenzy on famous couple who have split controversy. It sucks media time and the attention of the Filipino people, and the positivism that is with us today on the 7.1% GDP growth.

If we analyze the  issues, and there are none, except probably theatrics or caprice on the part of parties involved (they are showbiz people right)?

But the primary protagonist has said that publicity, bad or good is good publicity.  And that my spike up sagging popularity, more copies sold, more pageviews, more tweets, more visits, etc., And not too many people may be watching the shows anymore.

But the fans are fickle minded and may not fall for this anymore.

Thank you mam for keeping the PHL media awake, buzzing, and making money.  You should see jump in the rating of the network because of the many people who saw the Ted Failon interview of the KA and her sisters. 

Kiram's Royal Security Force shiftss to guerilla warfare

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 From Philstar by Mike Frialde | March 6, 2013

As the Malaysian forces unleashed its forces vs. Sultan Kiram III followers in Sabah, the leader said that the Royal Force of the sultan would go mobile (go on guerilla warfare) and stand to the last man rather than surrender.  They said that all they could to in the face of the superior Malaysian firepower - bombs, etc was to pray to Allah to protect its people.

Raja Mudda, (Agbimuddin)  - the prince heir apparent, could not be located. Spokesman Abraham Idirajani had been informed taht the prince has survived the Malaysian onslaught, putting to rest the Malaysian propaganda that he had been neutralized.  He had left the place before the Malaysian attack.

What would happen to this conflict?  Will the conflict  spread?

 We are aware of the superiority of the Muslim in guerilla warfare

Will Malaysia win?

Will PHL pursue Sabah claim or will rescind the Sabah law?

Pope Francis stumbles

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From Epoch Times by Alex Johnston | March 15, 2013 

The Pope was seen in video and photo as having stumbled as he said the mass for the cardinals.  The Pope was elected last Wednesday as the first Pope from the Americas, and first Jesuit Pope.

The Pope was accused as having done nothing while the cardinal of Argentina, during the dirty war, to stop military abuses. Rev. Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the Vatican defended the Pope saying that no charges has been made vs the Pope before and he did so much for his people during those times. Lombardi said that these are leftist anti clerical accusations which must be rejected decisively.

Is the Pope stumbling early?

Earthquake turns water into gold?

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From Epoch Times by Alex Johnston | March 17, 2013 

Water in fault lines deposit gold in cracks and fissures during earthquake, study shows.  But only little gold accumulates.  This was published in Nature Geoscience.  Geophysicist Dion Weatherley of Queensland has been cited for this study.  

Water lubricates the fault lines 6 miles underground.  The water carries quartz and gold and is vaporized by extreme temperature and pressure when there is earthquake leaving behind gold and quartz.

The process is called flash deposition 

When there is earthquake, there is gold being deposited.  Where there is crisis, there is opportunity.  Gold hunters of the world, go where there was earthquake.!

More than 8000 pigs fished out of Shanghai river

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From Epoch times 

A total of 8354 pigs have been fished out of river near the town of Jiaxing, in the Sheijiang province.  The river is source of drinking water.  The South China Morning Post reported that the Sheijiang villagers dumped the pigs in the river because of lack of proper dumping facilities.  The dead pigs were reportedly being sold in the blackmarket for as little as 12 yuans each ; to be  made  into meat sauce.  There was a reported crackdown on the black market.

Another said that the pigs were also sold to butchers who sold them to the public (dd - double dead)  The pigs were reported to have died from porcine circovirus.

The big issue here is the contamination of the drinking water?

Why 8,000 pigs were dumped without authorities noticing?  Or was this tolerated because of lack of dumping facilities?

Could cremation have done a much better job?

Tragedy in UP

It is nice for UP adminsitration to change  their policy for non payment of tuition fee. Will this cause other students not to pay their tuition too?

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Jorge -- There's a new petition taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in signing it: Urge the Administrators of UP Manila to revoke its Forced Leave of Absence (FLOA) Policy over students unable to pay the tuition fee. Sign Alcuin's Petition Administrators of UP Manila: revoke the "no late payment" and "forced leave of absence" policies Started by: Alcuin, Antipolo "Faced with the difficulty of not being able to pay her tuition, a 16-year old female freshman at the University of the Philippines-Manila has reportedly poisoned herself." - Newsdesk Asia Media is now reporting her death was linked to the university policy that forced her to take a leave of absence when she was unable to pay her tuition. UP has a long history of providing underprivileged students with a chance of bettering themselves through higher education. Whether the policy is the real reason for her suicide or not, policies such as the "no late payment" and "forced leave of absence" are anathema to the UP system's nature as a "university of the people." I have always known the University of the Philippines system as committed to producing "scholars of the people." It was drummed into the minds of graduates that upon leaving the halls of the university, it behooves them to pay back their education through service to the country since the system is funded by taxpayers' money. According to media reports, the administration of UP Manila ordered professors to bar students who have not paid school fees from attending classes. It also threatened students who have not paid the fees with forcible leave of absences if they are unable to settle their dues. Please join me and call on UP Manila to provide better support to students under financial distress and to not bar them from classes if payments are late. Click here to sign Alcuin's petition, "Administrators of UP Manila: revoke the "no late payment" and "forced leave of absence" policies". You can also check out other popular petitions on Change.org by clicking here. If you have concerns or feedback, click here to flag this petition. Alcuin Papa, who created this petition, is not affiliated with Change.org. Change.org did not create and is not responsible for the petition content. This email was sent by Change.org to jorgeus.george@gmail.com   |   Start a petition Unsubscribe. Edit your email notification settings.

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First Jesuit 76 Year Old from Argentina Elected New Pope just 2 days after Start of Conclave

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From BBC News March 14, 2013 

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a 76 old Argentinian was elected new Pope Francis in just 2 days after start of conclave.  People hoped that the new Pope would be younger or an American (from USA?)  well he is an American.  He is the first Jesuit to be elected Pope.

It was remarked as the fastest ever election of a Pope.  There was time when it took the Pope 2 years to elect the Pope in a conclave. (The election Pope Gregory from November 1268 to September 1, 1271 after death of Pope Clement 1V). 

This was due to political infighting of the cardinals.  3 of the 21 cardinals who elected the Pope died in the process and 1 resigned.  To hasten the election, the roof of Palace of Viterbo was reported to have been removed and rations reduced to water and bread.

He is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

He requested the crowd to pray for him so that he will be blessed as the new Pope.  The new pope comes from Latin America, home to more than 40% of the world's Catholics.  70% of the 115 Cardinals in attendance to the conclave. He was elected in the 5th balloting

There was no clear choice as to who would be Pope two days ago.  He is seen as doctrinal conservative but is seen as potent force in reforming the Vatican.

Lignet remarks that the conservatism of the new Pope would counter growing leftism in Latin America.

The new Pope's name came from St. Francis  de Asissi who is humble and loves animals. He is son of middle income immigrant from Italy.

He came close to being elected as the Pope in 2005 when Pope Benedict (Joseph Ratzinger) was elected.

The new Pope, very well known for humility was reported  to take bus in going to work

Criminals are really getting bolder; 2nd broad day hold up

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Rizal   PHL  March 13, 2013.

This is unreported in the newspapers or radio.  Another broad day hold up took place today some several meters away from the INC church and the check point for COMELEC.

The criminals gave gotten bolder and hell bent on shaming the local dad and head of PNP.

They are becoming braver and getting away with their crimes.  They are wiser and faster than the police counter part.

The police must keep up.  Or otherwise, they will be laughing stock of the mouse.

Malaysia claims P70,000 yearly (padjak) payment is cession not lease

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Philstar by Mike Frialde  | March 9, 2013

The Malaysian government through its Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Arifah Aman insists that the P70,000 yearly payment to the Sultan of Sulu is a form of cession not lease.  He told this in Malaysia TV3.

KL maintains Kiram and his followers to be territorist. And that UN has recognized the sovereignity of KL over Sabah.  <they have not examined the documents?  it must be really up for arbitration>

However, the spokesman for Sultan Kiram Abraham Idijarin it is lease.  Padjak as interpreted by experts in Bahasa Malaysia, also used in Taosug, written in Arabic in the 1878 cited by Arifah,  means lease.

Who is right?

Let us see how Muslim brothers treat one another?

Japan marks 2nd anniversary of Tsunami

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From Sunstar | March 11, 2013 

Japan marks 2nd anniversary of the tsunami tragedy.  More than 10,000 died from the tsunami.  More than 300,000 were displaced due to the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown.   People within the 30 km radius were relocated because of the danger of radiation.  Radiation level is still high.

Some scientists revealed that much of radiation is absorbed by trees and that the trees must be removed and cut to lessen radiation level.

There is slow reconstruction because of the radiation.

Is there a future for Fukushima, or will it be like Chernobyl?

What is the the future of Nuclear power in Japan?

Elsewhere in the world? Is this the end of nuclear power construction?

Sabah incident leaves 60 dead

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From Rappler | March 7, 2013 

The current Sabah crisis has so far left 60 people dead:  52 militants and 8 Malaysian police.  Sultan (foreign newspapers has said he is self proclaimed Sultan) Kiram III declared unilateral ceasefire which KL has rejected.

Prime Minister Najib Razak told Pres. Aquino, the militants must lay their arms immediately.

UN Sec Gen Ban Ki Moon urged peaceful solution to the crisis.

We can hope that this could happen.  I wonder how Muslims fight one another.  Before it was Muslims vs Christians in  Mindanao and Malaysia brokered the peace process...

I wonder how they will broker a peaceful solution to this stand off;  it was easy to interfere in the Phil problem with the Muslims before.  Let us see how they handle this.  So far they have employed  force and armed forces

FCC Rules Cost $142 Billion a Year; Obama's 'Crumbling' Roads Claim Unfounded; New Prophet Film Riles Muslims

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Click here to view this email as a web page Insider Report from Newsmax.com Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. Study Finds U.S. Infrastructure Not 'Crumbling' 2. Protestant Hispanics More Religious Than Catholics 3. John Kerry Speaks 'Effortless French' in Paris 4. Another Film About Mohammed Riles Muslims 5. After the Recession: Young Adults Have Fewer Homes, Cars 6. FCC Costs Americans $142 Billion a Year 1. Study Finds U.S. Infrastructure Not 'Crumbling' President Obama has proposed spending $40 billion on "urgent upgrades" to the nation's infrastructure, saying that "crumbling" roads, bridges, airports and rail lines are hindering U.S. economic growth. But countering the doom and gloom about America's deteriorating infrastructure is some surprising good news: A study by the Reason Foundation reveals that U.S. roads and bridges have improved significantly over a 20-year period. "There are still plenty of problems to fix, but our roads and bridges aren't crumbling," said David Hartgen, lead author of the report and emeritus professor of transportation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. "The overall condition of the state-controlled road system is getting better and you can actually make the case that it has never been in better shape. The key going forward is to target spending where it will do the most good." The Reason Foundation study measured the condition of U.S. roads and bridges from 1989 to 2008, based on seven criteria; highway fatalities; miles of urban interstate highways in poor condition; miles of rural interstates in poor condition; congestion on urban interstates; deficient bridges; rural primary roads in poor condition; and the number of rural primary roads flagged as too narrow. Here's what the researchers found: Eleven states made progress in all seven categories, and 37 states improved in at least five of the seven. Only one state, California, showed improvement in less than three areas, making progress in just two. The U.S. fatality rate lessened from 2.16 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles in 1989 to 1.25 fatalities in 2008, a decrease of about 42 percent. The fatality rate improved in all 50 states over that 20-year period. The percentage of deficient bridges fell from 37.8 percent in 1989 to 23.7 percent in 2008. The percentage of urban interstates in poor condition decreased from 6.6 percent to 5.4 percent. In Missouri, urban interstate mileage in poor condition plunged from 47 percent to just 1.3 percent over the period studied. The percentage of rural interstates in poor condition was reduced by two-thirds, from 6.6 percent 1989 to 1.93 percent in 2008. 29 states showed reduced urban congestion between 1989 and 2008, and six states reported improvements of greater than 20 percent. The nation also saw improvements in the condition of rural primary roads and in the number of primary roads considered too narrow. "The debate on how to continue the positive trends in the nation's highway infrastructure is one that needs to occur now, especially given increasingly intense competition for diminishing financial resources," the report observes. "It will take resolve, good policy and effective management to continue these trends." Editor's Note: Average Middle-Class Paycheck Drops $3,700 2. Protestant Hispanics More Religious Than Catholics Hispanics in the United States are generally considered to be a solidly Catholic voting bloc, but a surprising number of Hispanic Americans are in fact Protestant — and they are significantly more religious than their Catholic counterparts. A Gallup poll based on interviews with more than 28,600 Hispanics found that a slight majority, 54 percent, are Catholic, while 28 percent are Protestant. Three percent belong to another religion, and the rest of the respondents cited no religion or declined to provide an answer. Among those Protestant Hispanics, 60 percent say they are very religious, meaning religion is an important part of their daily life and they attend religious services every week or almost every week. But only 43 percent of Hispanic Catholics are very religious, and 18 percent are not religious, meaning religion is not an important part of their daily life and they seldom or never attend services. Among Protestants, only 11 percent are not religious. The remainder of those polled are moderately religious, meaning they do not attend services regularly but consider religion important, or attend services but do not consider religion important to them. The disparity between Protestant and Catholic Hispanics on religion is even more pronounced among younger Hispanics — 52 percent of Protestant Hispanics ages 18 to 29 say they are very religious, compared to 33 percent of Hispanic Catholics in that age bracket. Gallup also notes that less than half of Hispanics ages 18 to 29 are Catholic, 47 percent — compared to 61 percent of those 65 and older — while 29 percent are Protestant, 4 percent belong to another religion, and 20 percent belong to no religion or declined to answer. "A majority of Hispanics in America continue to identify as Catholic, although the Catholic percentage among Hispanics appears to be decreasing and the youngest Hispanics today are less likely to be Catholic than those who are older," Gallup concludes. "These patterns suggest the potential for an increase in the relative or proportionate number of Protestant Hispanics in the years ahead. If this does happen, and given that Protestant Hispanics are considerably more religious than Catholic Hispanics, this could lead to a higher average level of Hispanic religiosity in future years." Editor's Note: Prayer Changes Your Brain in 4 Amazing Ways 3. John Kerry Speaks 'Effortless French' in Paris It's no secret that Secretary of State John Kerry is affluent, thanks to his marriage to Heinz ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz, but he demonstrated that he is also a fluent Cabinet member during his first official overseas trip in Europe. "During his failed 2004 presidential run, Kerry may have been ridiculed as a French-speaking, windsurfing East Coast aristocrat, but he was in his element in Paris on Wednesday," Al Kamen reported in The Washington Post. "He spoke in effortless French, with a good accent to boot, to open a news conference with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius." According to Kamen, Kerry said in French: "We just finished one of those wonderful French lunches that have been drawing Americans to Paris for centuries." But after praising France as America's oldest ally, he said it was time to switch to English "because otherwise I would not be allowed to return back home." Kerry created a stir during the news conference when he said — in English — that "Iran is a country with a government that was elected." The 2009 election that returned Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term was viewed as a farce by many Iranians, and touched off massive anti-government protests and a bloody response from the regime. On Tuesday, Kerry spoke German during a visit to Berlin, and "'pretty good' was the verdict of an unscientific sampling of German reporters," Kamen added. Kerry tried out his Italian in Rome on Thursday, the day he announced that the United States will, for the first time, provide support to Syrian rebel fighters in the two-year-old war to oust President Bashar al-Assad. Editor's Note: What Your Tongue Says About Your Thyroid. See the Photo. 4. Another Film About Muhammad Riles Muslims An Iranian filmmaker's plan to produce a movie on the life of the prophet Muhammad is being attacked by some powerful Muslim organizations. Director Majid Majidi is working on a three-part epic on the seventh century founder of Islam, but scholars at the Mecca-based Muslim World League (MWL), an organization with close ties to the Saudi monarchy, have condemned the plan and urged a halt in production, CNS News reported. "It is the responsibility of Tehran to stop such acts, which are contrary to the principles of the Islamic shari'a, occurring in its territory," MWL said in a statement released through the official Saudi Press Agency. The MWL said that all councils affiliated with it — including the World Supreme Council for Mosques and the Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) Council — "ban the depiction" of Muhammad. "This is the unanimous view adopted by the Islamic scholars, experts in jurisprudence and top bodies representing them," the MWL said in the statement. Scholars at Cairo's Al-Azhar University, considered the top seat of learning in Sunni Islam, also have condemned the movie, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported. During a visit to Turkey last June, Majidi said his film would not show the face of the prophet. "Only his face is not visible," Turkey's Anatolia news agency quoted Majidi as saying. "He will appear physically but we will not see his face." Previous mainstream movies about Muhammad have shown neither his face nor any physical presence. In the best-known, the 1976 biopic "The Message," the prophet's voice was not heard, but his words were repeated by other characters such as his uncle, Hamza, played by Anthony Quinn. But "The Message" still sparked protests by Muslims and a siege in Washington, D.C., in March 1977, when 12 Muslim gunmen held around 150 hostages for 39 hours. One person was shot dead and dozens injured before the gunmen surrendered. Last year a 14-minute anti-Muslim movie made in the United States that denigrated the prophet triggered violent protests in Egypt and other Muslim countries, and was initially blamed for the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four U.S. diplomatic personnel. The title of Majidi's film "is not clear yet but we are thinking about 'Muhammad,'" the director said, adding that he expects the movie to be in theaters within two years. Editor's Note: Special: The Benefits of Probiotics: Fact or Fiction? 5. 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Somebody should advise the Head of State regarding the Sabah issue

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PHL   | March 5, 2013

In reference to the earlier article that there is a PHL law RA 5546 annexing Sabah as a PHL territory, the head of the state is duty bound, as the head of the executive branch of govt to enforce such law that has not been amended, repealed or abrogated. (Which hasnt been done)  To do otherwise would be a dereliction of duty of not outright betrayal of public trust (impeachable offense?)  He might be ill advised/not advised at all?

The first Kiram turned over the Sabah territory to late Pres Diosdado Macapagal who accepted the same for PHL govt.

Many unkind words have been said vs the Kiram/Sultanate of Sulu, even from the Head of State. If his posturing is for diplomatic purposes, the least he can do so as not to reflect the understanding of the history and past laws is to hold his piece/peace.

We should admire the Sultan for having the balls to assert the proprietary rights over the territory (where the Taosugs are declared as illegals and arrested/deported ).  I am sure that they will give the Malaysians the same head ache that they gave the Americans, the AFP for a long long time.  They are well versed in long drawn guerilla warfare.

We do not want to go to war;  but we want people to understand the rights of others.