I saw a Filipino movie last year about convicts getting day release to execute gangsters and drug dealers. I can't recall the name of it but it seems it wasn't quite as far fetched as it seemed.
― calzino, Friday, 26 August 2016 11:27 (seven years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Job_(2013_film)
this one
― calzino, Friday, 26 August 2016 11:28 (seven years ago) link
I watched Duterte's inauguration speech live on TV while I was out there, and apparently there was no crime reported for the duration of that speech. Everyone was watching it. He is proving to be very popular.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Friday, 26 August 2016 11:54 (seven years ago) link
is the philippines as intense as it looks?
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 26 August 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37515642
At what point are people going to start talking about economic sanctions / kicking them out of ASEAN. I appreciate that Duterte's currently the chairman of ASEAN but...
From two weeks ago:
Obama's deputy National Security director Ben Rhodes told reporters the U.S-Phillippine relationship remained "rock solid." Rhodes said "people should certainly expect that our very close working relationship with the Philippines is going to be enduring."
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Friday, 30 September 2016 09:12 (seven years ago) link
Alex Tizon passed away a couple weeks ago but this cover story is one hell of a parting gift... very highly recommended:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 04:55 (six years ago) link
Wow.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 12:51 (six years ago) link
Cooking was Lola’s only eloquence.
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
This thing is horrifying, this dude is horrifying, and I am horrified by the reactions saying this piece is touching rather than monstrously manipulative.
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
I've been trying to parse the story ever since I read it yesterday. It is 'well written' but as Dan notes -- and as my girlfriend was even more vehement about -- the question of deep complicity here seems glossed over at best.
In lieu of the fact that all the principals (parents, Lola and the author) are dead, the best I've been able to do is try and get in the guy's head -- the most I can think of is that he didn't want to see either Lola or his mother potentially arrested/deported due to immigration status and potential fraud, thus his notes about the 1986 amnesty (and the fact Lola wasn't legalized until, what, 1998?). But that's hardly an excuse.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
read as far as the point where the guy's mother had lola take her punishment and peaced out
filing this story then dying seems like a wise move on tizon's part tbh
― Drive Your Lover Wild In Bed By Cosplaying As Jeff Lynne (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
Yesterday's earthquake in the Philippines emptying a skyscraper's rooftop swimming pool in Manila. Incredible.https://t.co/RbVLvUEAzK pic.twitter.com/ljvKFNwiIH— Irène DB (@UrbanFoxxxx) April 23, 2019
― calzino, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 13:59 (five years ago) link
is the philippines as intense as it looks?― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, August 26, 2016 7:04 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, August 26, 2016 7:04 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It can be, yes! You kinda get weirdly used to it, though.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 14:48 (five years ago) link
In Tarlac now for work. Going to Manila next week.
It's nice! Everyone is super friendly , lots of hospitality.
I am still working Eastern hours so I am working overnight.
Everything is inexpensive. I got a McDonald's combo meal (only place open near the office) for $2.50 USD.
I miss home but mostly cos i am fighting depression. Starting to get used to things though.
There three more weeks.
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Thursday, 19 September 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
Just drove past a Kenny Rogers Roasters
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 September 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link