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"from russia with love" enemy of james bond knife shoes

invisible shoes.  di maprenda kay apil tiil.

unsa god tawon nang abilidara.  layo ra na sa trading ug stocks... 

frozen na tingali nang itloga uy, syaro.

hahahahaha!  paskang siawa.

i've done that many times and those strangers thought i was crazy.

Pan-blue legislators try to retrieve their direct links proposal after Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wang Shu-hui, center, stuffed it in her mouth.

-from various internet sources

the most notorious brawling parliament: taiwan, with 5 brawls from 2004-2007 alone.  this excludes brawls before and after this 3-year period. 

The Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is probably the most notable example of legislative violence today. In the history of the Legislative Yuan, numerous violent acts have occurred during parliamentary sessions. It is popularly referred locally as "Legislative Brawling". In 1995, the Legislative Yuan was presented with the Ig Nobel Prize Peace Award, for "demonstrating that politicians gain more by punching, kicking and gouging each other than by waging war against other nations." (wikipedia)

turn him down, turn him down!  just say no!

August, 2010:


Parliamentary brawl, Somalia

http://forum.xcitefun.net/

May, 2011:


An unprecedented fight broke out between fellow Kuwaiti MPs on the floor of parliament on in early May, 2011. Gulf News reports that "the fight broke out after a heated exchange of accusations between lawmakers over remarks made about the Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Bay. The session was debating the status of the detainees when MP Husain Al Gallaf said that they were 'terrorists.'" / Twitter, via user @Sh3aaiB

http://www.cbsnews.com/

November, 2011:


Sri Lankan opposition and government legislators exchange blows during a parliament session when President Mahinda Rajapaksa delivered the government's 2012 budget proposals in Colombo on November 21, 2011. Sri Lanka announced a surprise three percent depreciation of the country's rupee against a basket of currencies in a move to boost the country's export competitiveness. / AFP/Getty Images

http://www.cbsnews.com/

November, 2011:


Rep. Kim Seon-dong, bottom, of the opposition Democratic Labor Party, explodes tear gas in front of the speaker's chair to block National Assembly Vice Speaker Chung Eui-hwa, center, from pushing for the procedure to handle a pending bill on ratification of a South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. South Korea's parliament ratified a long-stalled free trade deal with the United States on Tuesday after ruling party lawmakers forced a vote amid shouts and shoves from opposition rivals. / AP Photo/Yonhap

http://www.cbsnews.com/

October 2011:


Stress getting to Italian politicians

Italian parliamentarians literally went at each others’ throats as tense negotiations over severe new austerity reforms boiled over into a governmental brawl Wednesday.

Deputies from the Northern League, part of the ruling coalition, fought with members from the opposition FLI party of speaker Gianfranco Fini, grabbing each other by the throat as other party members rushed to break up the fight, Reuters reported from Rome. (Photo: Ansa/Giuseppe Lami/Reuters)

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/

http://www.rferl.org/

but there are actually parliaments that still beat us to it.


Sunday, January 20, 2013

Fisticuffs In The Ukrainian Parliament

Fistfights broke out in Ukraine's new parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in successive sessions on December 12 and 13, as opposition lawmakers tried to block access to the podium following disputed elections and rumors of defections poisoning the air.

THE SENATE.  It's more fun in the Philippines.

lacson said (alleged) of miriam: 

she is a ‘crusading crook’; she pretends to be clean when she is not; she is a “hypocrite par excellence” who “doesn’t have a single shred of integrity in her veins and moral ascendancy over any mortal on earth; she should stop tirade against enrile because she still got her additional MOOE in november but did not raise a howl; he wants the commission on audit to look into the senators disbursement of funds so the commission will know who has a husband and housemaids under their senate budget's pay and rent for a satellite office in one's own building; he added that he would take on santiago’s challenge for all senators to bare their income, other perks and actual expenses if santiago herself would take the lead in doing so; anyone can ask people who have fallen victim to her verbal threats and assaults and they will tell you how much they shelled out (for her to stop); advised Santiago to “do some soul-searching and self-reflection and to stop blaming god for all her hurt feelings



-info and images from various internet news releases

miriam said (alleged) of lacson:

one of enrile’s attack dogs is not a lawyer, but is pretending to be one, and that is why that senator keeps on calling on santiago to shut up; just because they are senators, they think of their immediate knowledge of the entire universe, of the legal system; he does not even have a clue about the principle of exhaustion of administrative remedies; he was involved in a court case, and he turned tail and became a fugitive from justice, which is a criminal behavior; that is what you get when a layman filled with hubris pretends to be a lawyer

enrile said (alleged) of miriam: 

whatever wealth he had was the result of his private law practice before he joined the government, which could not be true of santiago, whose income was derived from government service; santiago had some explaining to do as she had worked for ambassador kokoy romualdez, brother of imelda marcos; santiago had hated him ever since he refused her confirmation as agrarian reform secretary because when she was a judge she was caught driving a car seized by her husband who was then working at customs

mudslinging galore aka word war among members of our august chamberpot

miriam said (alleged) of enrile:

enrile plundered; he should explain his role in the disappearances of opponents of the marcos regime; he funded coup attempts against president corazon aquino although he was cory’s defense secretary in her administration; he had a personal agenda when he played a role in the overthrow of marcos because he hoped that he would replace him; his admission that the ambush staged on him on the eve of martial law declaration in september 1972, took place but was not faked in memoir which contradicted a statement he made when he defected from the marcos dictatorship in february 1986

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 20, 2013, 10:26:33 AM
Bitaw, ang importante nga malinawon atong hunahuna, nga wa tay kaligutgot batok sa ubang tawo aron di ta dimalason...

kay kinsa man diay ang gidimalas?  maayo gani kay salamat sa kahitas-an igo-igo ra nga sakto sa utok ang mga tblanders.  way kaligutgot, kinhas-kinhas lang, baktas-baktas lang ug sakto, di maggukod, di maghangak.

thus there are only a few good men?

let me try if i could do a lorenz...

grade 2 teacher:  sr. diana (a dominican nun; i never learned her 
                          family name)
grade 3 teacher:  miss thelma cuevas
grade 4 teacher:  mrs. frances diño
grade 5 teacher:  miss diño (now i can't remember her first name)

my grade one teacher was the most memorable.  her name's mrs. teresita catalan.  she knew how to teach.

my worst was the grade six teacher.  she was impatient and seemed unhappy with cebu city.  she often expressed in class how bad cebu is compared to her province of leyte.

i thinketh that no man giveth his life for his wifey.

it's a mind that knows no bounds.

the man hath to be of noble character first and foremost before he seeketh.

Quote from: chicogon on January 18, 2013, 05:52:51 AM
It was a little too low for me. She recorded it in the key of C. I recorded it in the key of E, original version in D, hahaha. And it was impromptu on my part. They wanted to practice before the start of the concert, I told them play it the key you want and I will just "jam" the way Bol-anon musikeros are good at. So that's what I did on this video hehehe

por santo sa akong pagka-bol-anon di ni nako kaya.  one of 'em pa ko ani nga performance, nidagan na ko ug nitago.

some contrasts...

is the rescued guy going up or going down?  the house looks like it's about to fall to pieces. 

Filipino survivor

The Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen, cited by Mauritania's ANI news agency, said they still held 7 foreigners at the site deep in the Sahara desert near the border with Libya. An Algerian security official put their number at 10.

The DFA also earlier confirmed that an injured Filipino who escaped the hostage incident was headed to Algiers. The Filipino, who was not named, managed to escape with a Japanese from the gas field before the military operation started, according to Hernandez.

A GMA-7 news report however interviewed Filipino worker Jojo Balmaceda before he was flown to London. An employee of British oil giant BP, Balmaceda and 3 fellow Filipino workers were taken at gunpoint as they arrived for work, tied up and thrown into a truck, along with Japanese and Malaysian hostages, GMA said.

After the truck was hit by an explosion, Balmaceda escaped but sustained a gunshot wound to his head. "After that I ran away, fearing that the vehicle would explode. Then I lost consciousness and when I woke up I was already in hospital," Balmaceda was quoted as saying.

"I hope to get on a flight so I would be back home tomorrow," Balmaceda said. - Rappler.com/With reports from AFP

http://www.rappler.com/

'Ongoing' and sensitive drama

A US official said the drama involving Western hostages at the remote Algerian gas field is still "ongoing and sensitive."

Earlier too, news reports said at least two Filipinos were killed in the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant, with captors demanding a prisoner swap and an end to French military action in Mali. An American hostage was also confirmed dead Saturday, even as the fate of other foreigners held hostage remained uncertain.

A report from The Times said that those killed in the Algeria hostage crisis included Filipinos. The report said "two Britons and two Filipinos were killed when Algerian troops stormed in."

When asked about this, the Palace could not confirm the information.

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said, "We have been waiting for confirmation also from the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs). Medyo nahihirapan din po kasi ang DFA na kumuha ng kompirmasyon. The DFA has been getting information from our countrymen here na baka daw po nasama ‘yung kanilang mga kaanak doon sa mga na-hostage, wala pa ho tayo talagang verified information. We want to be very careful about it, given the sensitivity of the situation and the DFA is doing its best to get confirmation on this report."

DFA sends team to help Filipinos in Algeria

by Rappler.com
01/19/2013


HOSTAGE. Satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe from October 8, 2012 shows Amenas, Algeria. Islamist militants held dozens of foreign hostages and hundreds of Algerian workers hostage in a gas field located approximately 45 km from the city. AFP Photo/Digitalglobe

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has sent a team from the Philippine embassy in Tripoli to Algeria to monitor the situation on the ground and assist Filipino workers who may need assistance there.

This was disclosed by DFA spokesman Raul Hernandez Saturday, January 19. Hernandez said thus far, 34 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have already been evacuated from the gas field and have been brought to Spain for eventual repatriation to the Philippines.

Algerian armed forces launched an operation Friday which freed about 100 hostages, including foreigners, but left around 60 Westerners missing.

APS, the Algerian news agency, had said earlier that "more than half" of the foreign hostages, as well as 573 Algerians had been freed in the rescue operation.

The bad news is that their ability to strike so boldly is likely to spook the Western oil operators who run facilities across the region. Governments are also likely to see this as a sign of the Sahel region’s jihadists, loosely linked under the umbrella of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), growing both stronger and better coordinated. The better news is that most of Algeria’s and Libya’s oil installations lie far from their mutual border, and their security will certainly now be taken more seriously. Importantly, too, In Amenas lies no less than 1,000km from the Malian border, and another thousand or so from the region where French forces are now engaged against jihadists. This renders practical coordination between isolated Islamist fighters rather difficult, to say the least. And lastly, just as the jihadists’ excessive boldness in Mali is what provoked French intervention, the hostage-taking in Algeria is likely to prompt tighter and more determined coordination between the region’s governments and outside powers.

http://www.economist.com/

Amid the confusion, some facts do stand out. This was, oddly enough considering that Algeria’s regime has fought a life-and-death struggle against Islamist extremists for two decades, the first-ever such attack on the energy infrastructure that keeps the country solvent. This suggests either a lapse in stringent security, or an emboldening of Islamist insurgents, whose reach has diminished markedly in the coastal regions where 90% of Algerians live. In Amenas lies only 35km from the Libyan border. The rebel group, which is known to profit from smuggling of Moroccan hashish and cigarettes (its one-eyed leader is sometimes called Mr Marlboro), may have found still-lawless Libya a useful refuge as well as a source of arms and cash.

Several workers were killed and wounded in the initial attack, but hundreds escaped. A rescue attempt of the captives by Algerian ground troops, backed by helicopters, released more hostages but appears to have left an unknown number dead. Rebel sources claimed that 34 foreign workers had been killed; Algerian government spokesmen put the number at seven, with a dozen of their captors killed, too.

Algeria's hostage crisis

A murky mess

Jan 18th 2013, 11:46 by M.R. | CAIRO



DETAILS of what happened at the remote but massive natural gas complex of In Amenas, in the Algerian Sahara, remain scanty. What is known is that an armed band of jihadist fighters, believed to be from a group that calls itself the Signed-in-Blood Battalion, emerged out of the desert to raid the heavily guarded facility, which is jointly operated by BP, Norway’s Statoil and the Algerian state hydrocarbons giant, Sonatrach. Taking dozens of workers hostage, the raiders claimed to be acting in response to France’s intervention in neighbouring Mali, where fellow jihadists had threatened an advance on the capital, Bamako.

hahahahaha!  mabuing ko ani nga thread.  disappear ug ahat akong duka ug kinatawa ani.

I found out about the letter on “Positively Filipino,” the new online magazine based in the Bay Area. That’s worth noting, in a way.

The magazine’s name comes from the infamous sign at a hotel in Stockton in the 1940s. It said: “Positively No Filipinos Allowed.”

from http://globalnation.inquirer.net/61667/in-napa-california-an-anti-filipino-attack-backfires

In Napa, California, an anti-Filipino attack backfires

By Benjamin Pimentel
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013



SAN FRANCISCO â€" The letter, arrogant, vile, hateful, was clearly meant to provoke.

It called the growing Filipino community in the city of American Canyon, in Napa County, “filthy.”

In a rambling, vicious rant, it accused them of having women with “CAUCASION” (sic) husbands   â€œto assist in ensuring their half-breed children have ‘straight noses’ in order to be accepted in non-Filipino society.”

It’s not clear who sent it. It also was not clear if the letter writer was white or non-white, or if that person (or persons) even lived in American Canyon or in Napa County.

But whoever sent it clearly knew it wouldn’t be popular. The letter was signed “Concerned American Canyon Neighbors.” That made sense in a way â€" he/she/they probably knew the reaction would be swift and strong.

In fact, it was.

more at http://globalnation.inquirer.net/61667/in-napa-california-an-anti-filipino-attack-backfires

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 18, 2013, 03:34:34 PMThe average cost of endovenous laser ablation is $1500 per visit. On average, 1 to 2 treatments is necessary to remove affected vessels.

if the equivalent of that price is its cost here in the philippines, that would mean 61,650 to 123,300 pesos at the current exchange rate.  i better forget about it.

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 18, 2013, 03:48:02 PMDr. Rolando with his "young" surgical team. Can you find me?

opkors naman, by a process of elimination.  you cannot be the hairless one.  neither the silver-haired one.  i doubt if you'll ever wear a hijab.  ergo...

tblander nga klaro.

simbako palayo.  pero friends gyod na, led by ben and willard.

thanks, professor.  paskang lingawa.

spelling bee champion ang tag-iya ani.

apil pa matag tiki kun type mo.

-9 degrees celsius sa britannia, hehe.  kun didto pa ko, natangtang na tingali ang akong dunggan.

suplado ra pod.  ikaw man god ang maayong photographer dinhi, syalan ka ba.

ang palaman aning pan de tsinelas kay konggo.

where's the crushed ball?

picture bi... i want to see how it looks.

giving birth to 22 kids and blaming the church?  how idiotic. 

by whom?  i hope you're not referring to skin folds...

homeless two are we, but sleep we must.

Splinters: The sun rises over Hucknall, Nottingham yesterday morning, shining through frosted plants after temperatures dropped to -9 overnight

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

lorenz, is that you with the laser?  that would be great if you're the one.  one thing with doctors in scrubs is they all look the same.

i clicked the link of sapp_ron that looked promising.  but it's in the u.s.  unlucky me for traveling to different planets.

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 18, 2013, 11:38:06 AM
Hmm, misayanik? Way milyonirik diha? 

daghan mi uy.  you naman...

touching.  one more inspiring story that makes my day.  thanks, loll.

Weapons: French soldiers from 2nd RIMA 'Marsouins' unit gather on the tarmac of the military airbase in Bamako, the capital of Mali

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

Mobilising: French army helicopters arrive at the military airbase in Bamako before their deployment in Northern Mali, where France has launched attacks on Al-Qaeda rebels

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

daghan ug bunhok si inday, dugangan ninyo ug mga tungaw, yeheeey!

People carry the coffins of the Kurdish activists, who were shot in Paris, during a funeral ceremony in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast. (Reuters)

http://blogs.voanews.com/

Residents cross a flooded area in Jakarta. Heavy monsoonal rains triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, with many government offices and businesses forced to close. (Reuters)

http://blogs.voanews.com/

17 January 2013


General view of the entrance of a tunnel dug by thieves in order to enter the safe deposit room of a bank in Berlin, Germany. Robbers dug the 100-foot (30 meter) long passage, which was discovered by police, from a nearby underground parking garage into a branch of Berliner Volksbank and stole the contents of several hundred safe-deposit boxes. (Reuters)

http://blogs.voanews.com/

Quote from: chicogon on January 18, 2013, 02:47:42 AM
Aw, abi man gani nakog inyoha ning balay hehehe

di pa, hehehe.  unta pa lang...

Dear Abby samples:

Dear Abby: My boyfriend is going to be 20 years old next month. I'd like to give him something nice for his birthday. What do you think he'd like? â€" Carol

Dear Carol: Never mind what he'd like, give him a tie.

Dear Abby: I've been going with this girl for a year. How can I get her to say yes? â€" Don

Dear Don: What's the question?

JOHN GAPS III/AP
Advice columnist Ester Friedman Lederer, who wrote as Ann Landers, right, and her twin sister Pauline Friedman Phillips, who also wrote an advice column as Dear Abby, are shown in a file photo from June 1986, at their 50th high school reunion in Sioux City, Iowa. The Dear Abby author has died at 94 years old.

'Dear Abby' Advice Columnist Dies at 94

January 17, 2013

Long-time American newspaper columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips, who for decades wrote the syndicated advice column "Dear Abby," has died. She was 94.

Phillips' publicist said she died Wednesday in Minnesota after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Phillips' column -- seen by millions of readers -- competed for decades with another widely circulated advice column, "Ann Landers," authored by Phillips' twin sister Esther Friedman Lederer.

"Abby" appeared in 1,000 newspapers, as far away as Brazil and Thailand. It addressed queries ranging from marriage and relationships to illness, aging, sex, dying and equal rights.

"Abby" appeared in 1,000 newspapers, as far away as Brazil and Thailand. It addressed queries ranging from marriage and relationships to illness, aging, sex, dying and equal rights.

The first Dear Abby column appeared in 1956, and Phillips continued writing the advice feature until 2000, when she and daughter Jeanne began sharing the byline.

Jeanne Phillips took over the column full time in 2002 when the family announced that Pauline Phillips had Alzheimer's.

In 2003, Phillips' family and an anonymous donor gave $10 million to the Mayo Clinic medical center to boost Alzheimer's research.

http://www.voanews.com/

medium chopped.  mas feminine.  kining ikaduha igsoon sa hairstyle ni justin bieber.

(akong buhok taas kanunay as far as i can remember.  it spares me from going to beauty spas, where i have no patience.  si banana republic ray moputol, straight lang, human na.  what i save on what would have been beauty spa expense is spent for cats. )

how creative naman.  morag true.  makalingaw gyod.

her kind must also be good in post-mortem, hahaha!

should it be your eardrums, mine must be my optic nerves. i just noticed, too late, 2 typographical lapses in my reply (#1) and i can't correct it anymore because my "modify" button has expired.

glad you're back.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 17, 2013, 11:50:33 AM


Single Mom with her kids

hehehe, klaro unsay hitsura sa missing father.

The Naming Of Cats

by T. S. Eliot



The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

ay, i stand corrected.  abi nakog wa nay angay itudlo anang chongks.  

hahaha!  i always knew feline maternal instinct is one of the best among mammals.

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 17, 2013, 11:43:57 AM
Penis envy!

ekskyus me... conclusion man ni ug nakakaon nag dog penis, eeekkk.  

Quote from: Chongki on January 17, 2013, 01:07:55 PM
kung tag iya kog skul ....  akong dawaton sya

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on January 17, 2013, 01:56:08 PM
manggiluy-on gyud ni si chongki.

grabe ka manggiluy-on.  di ko mahibung kun himoon niyang principal diretso si inday.

lisod gyod tuod ang new career nga iyang gisudlan.  any other job, bisag federal judge's office job pa tingali mas okay, but not as a teacher tungod sa mga estudyante.  mas di pa ni siya maglisod kun magmadre. 

too bad, because every person ought to be redeemable.  and she's a great example.

By golly, I think we've done it. We just found the cutest kitten in the world! Her name is Daisy and she lives in Japan. The blue-eyed ball of fur is only cuter because of her miniature size, which owner Ben Torode accentuates by capturing her peeking her head out of a mixing bowl or from under a hat. For some perspective, he even placed her next to a standard miso soup bowl, which has a 10 cm diameter at the rim.

Even the most loyal dog fans won't be able to contain their "awww's" after seeing these incredibly sweet photos of Daisy doing what she does best...looking adorably cute for the camera.

(text and images from http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/ben-torode-kitten-in-japan)

what is a more common phrase though is messianic complex, defined by the dictionary as "a state of mind in which an individual holds a belief they are, or are destined to become, a savior". (www.urbandictionary.com/)

the phrase also passes muster as messiah complex, christ complex, and savior complex.

uy, happy new year, vhinz!

i got curious about this question of yours... i never heard of this phrase.  but who knows some political scientist or writer would coin this in the future for an apt situation.  it would sound just right to describe wars inflicted by western nations (read: first world countries) on certain countries (read: thrid world countries) far from their own in the guise of saving their people, usually from national leaders perceive as tyrannical, real or unreal.

Quote from: chicogon on January 08, 2013, 11:17:44 PM

naibog na sad ko, hahay.  ing-anion na lang kaha ang among master's bedroom...

Quote from: chicogon on January 17, 2013, 03:56:31 AM

wow!  greta garbo!

kini siya kay GB.  (GiBitok.)

Quote from: hubag bohol on December 12, 2012, 04:37:58 AM



Iring nga maypagkaliwat sa tag-iya--OA...

Over Attractive?  thanks.  (kanyahay ra gilangaw.)

you can make it, lorenz.  hep-hep, hurray!

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 08, 2013, 07:39:58 PM




Hmm, unya unsa man ning iyang gisakyan?

1.  buffalo

2.  pintal nga nalaksi

the owner of the facility should have his penis removed and fed to the dogs.