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Article 4. Respondent betrayed the public trust and/or committed culpable violation of the Constitution when he blatantly disregarded the principle of separation of powers by issuing a status quo ante order against the House of Representatives in the case concerning the impeachment of then Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.

ASSIGNED PROSECUTORS: Akbayan Rep. Kaka Bag-ao (lead), Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali

BACKGROUND: In September 2010, the SC issued a status quo ante order blocking the impeachment proceedings against then Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in the House of Representatives.  They promulgated the order a day after Gutierrez filed her petition even if not all the judges had received or read it.  The SC, under Corona, committed a “tyrannical abuse of power” and violated the principle of separation of powers when it issued the order against Congress, a co-equal branch of government.

CORONA’S ANSWER:

1. There was no undue haste in the issuance of the status quo ante order.  Under the SC’s internal rules, petitions for a temporary restraining order can be included in the Court’s agenda and acted upon promptly.

2. The Court’s internal rules do not require copies of petitions to be furnished to all Justices when it is identified as urgent.  Only the member-in-charge and the Chief Justice are required to have copies.

3. The principle of separation powers is not absolute.  Following Article 8, Section 1 of the Constitution, he SC has the power to determine whether the House of Representatives abused its powers in the impeachment proceedings against Gutierrez.  Gutierrez also raised a valid issue in her petition: whether the House violated a ban on more than one impeachment complaint against an official within a year.

PROSECUTION’S REPLY:

1. It is undeniable that Gutierrez’s petition was acted upon with undue haste.  The SC issued the status quo ante order on September 14, 2011, just a day after Gutierrez filed her petition.

2. Corona was protecting Arroyo’s interests in blocking efforts to impeach Gutierrez, who is also known as a coddler of the former President.

3. Corona should have respected and not encroached on the powers of the legislature, a co-equal branch of government.  He acted like a “judicial bully,” trampling upon the principle of separation of powers.

4. Like the principle of separation powers, the SC’s power of judicial review is also not absolute and must be exercised responsibly.

Article 3. Respondent committed culpable violation of the constitution and betrayed the public trust by the failing to meet and observe the stringent standards under Art. VIII, Section 7 (3) of the constitution that provides that "a member of the judiciary must be a person of proven competence, integrity, probity, and independence" in allowing the Supreme Court to act on mere letters filed by a counsel which caused the issuance of a flip-flopping decision in final and executory cases; in creating an excessive entanglement with Mrs. Arroyo through her appointment of his wife to office; and in discussing with litigants regarding cases pending before the Supreme Court.

ASSIGNED PROSECUTORS: Isabela Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao, Akbayan Rep. Kaka Bag-ao, Cibac Rep. Sherwin Tugna

BACKGROUND:

1. The SC under Corona’s leadership reversed a supposedly final decision declaring Philippine Airlines’ retrenchment of thousands of flight crew as illegal, after entertaining a mere letter from PAL’s lawyer, Estelito Mendoza.  The Court entertained the letter even without seeking the comment of the other party, the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines, showing Corona’s lack of ethical principles.  Earlier, it also entertained a letter from Mendoza, which caused a flip-flopping in the case of League of Cities versus Comelec (discussed in detail in Article 5).

2. Corona compromised his independence when his wife, Cristina, accepted a 2007 appointment from former President Arroyo to the board of the John Hay Management Corporation, a subsidiary of the government-owned Bases Conversion Development Authority.  Her appointment was a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which states that “judges shall not use or lend the prestige of judicial office to advance their private interests, or that of a member of their family.”  It was meant to secure Corona’s loyalty to Arroyo.

3. In JHMC, fellow board members accused Mrs. Corona of misconduct and negligence, and filed complaints against her.  Instead of acting on the complaints, Arroyo ordered all JHMC members to resign and promoted Mrs. Corona as OIC chairman of the board.

4. Corona met with Lauro Vizconde and Dante Jimenez of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption to discuss the Vizconde Massacre case, violating the Court’s rule of confidentiality on pending cases.  According to Vizconde himself in a sworn affidavit, Corona told him that Justice Antonio Carpio was trying to influence his colleagues to acquit Hubert Webb.  Corona not only discussed a pending case, he also sowed intrigue against a fellow Justice.

5. Fernando Campos, a lawyer and businessmen, accused Corona of unethical conduct when he met with the lawyer of the other party in a pending case.  Corona allegedly dismissed his appeal on a ruling of the Securities and Exchange Commission against his company with undue haste and impropriety.

CORONA’S ANSWER:

1. It is a normal practice for lawyers and litigants to write the SC or the Chief Justice regarding their cases.  The SC treats all letters as official and acts on them if needed.

2. Atty. Mendoza wrote a letter pointing out a mistake in raffling the FASAP case to the SC Second Division following the retirement of Justice Nachura.  Since the Second Division could not agree on the reassignment of the case, the SC en banc took it up.  Corona took no part in it.

3. The Court’s changing of rulings should not be blamed on Corona.  The SC is a collegial body whose decisions are based on the consensus of the majority.  Also, Corona’s vote in the case was consistent.

4. The Court did not flip-flop in the case of the League of Cities.  The two parties filed appeals and the justices had to perform their duties to act on them.  More so, only three judges of the total of 23 who took up the case in various stages changed their minds, and these were not in the same instance.

5. In the first place, a judge has the right to change his mind regarding a case.  Even the Court’s rules recognize that judges are human and commit mistakes.

6. Mrs. Corona was appointed to JHMC in April 2001, even before CJ Corona’s appointment to the SC.  No law prohibits the wife of a Chief Justice from pursuing a career in government.  Her appointment also never influenced Corona’s decisions in the Court.

7. The impeachment court is not the forum to hear Mrs. Corona’s alleged misconduct as part of the JHMC board.  She has answered the charges and is prepared to face her accusers in the proper forum.

8. It was only Dante Jimenez who was supposed to pay a courtesy call on Corona.  Lauro Vizconde just tagged along, and Corona was surprised to see him.

9. Corona never told Vizconde and Jimenez that Justice Carpio was lobbying for Webb’s acquittal. Vizconde and Jimenez were the ones who brought up Carpio’s alleged maneuvers in the case during the meeting.  In 2006, a Court of Appeals Justice warned Corona and Vizconde that someone in the SC was lobbying to acquit Webb.

10. Fernando Campos was never able to prove that Corona met with the lawyer of the other party in a pending case.  Corona dismissed Campos’ appeal through a minute resolution because it should have been brought to the Court of Appeals, and because he failed to show that SEC committed grave abuse of discretion in its decision against his company.

PROSECUTION’S REPLY:

1. That Corona sees nothing wrong with entertaining mere letters from lawyers without informing the other party shows that he is not fit to be a judge, more so a Chief Justice.

2. It is not true that Corona did not take part in the FASAP case.  The October 4 en banc resolution indicates that he was not one of those who inhibited.  In short, he took an active part in deliberating the FASAP case and voted in favor of recalling what should have been a final decision of the SC.

3. Even if Corona’s vote in the League of Cities case was consistent, he did not do anything as the SC’s leader to prevent the seemingly never-ending change in its decisions.

4. The Court’s flip-flopping cannot be denied and has been widely criticized by legal experts.

5. Corona’s claim that there was no impropriety in the appointment of his wife to the JHMC board was unsubstantiated.

6. Corona’s meeting with Jimenez and Vizconde, even if Vizconde just tagged along, smacks of “extremely disturbing” impropriety.  He could have politely declined a meeting with them, knowing they are parties to a pending case.

Article 2. Respondent committed culpable violation of the constitution and/or betrayal of public trust when he failed to disclose to the public his statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth as required under Sec. 17, Art. XI of the 1987 Constitution.

ASSIGNED PROSECUTORS: Pangasinan Rep. Marlyn Agabas (lead), Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.

BACKGROUND: Corona violated Article 11, Section 17 of the Constitution by not disclosing to the public his statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth.  Worse, some of his properties were not declared in his SALNâ€"a violation of the anti-graft and corrupt practices act.  His wealth, including assets of high value and bank accounts with huge deposits, is ill-gotten.  Among others, he has a 300-square meter apartment in a posh property in Taguig, which he may not have declared in his SALN.

CORONA’S ANSWER:

1. Corona has faithfully accomplished and submitted his SALN to the Clerk of Court through the years, in compliance with RA 6713.  He has, however, no legal duty to disclose it to the public.  The Clerk of Court has custody of his SALN.  At any rate, Corona never issued any order forbidding the release of his SALN.

2. RA 6713 states that justices’ SALN should not be released for “any purpose contrary to morals or public policy” or for “any commercial purpose other than by news and communications media for dissemination to the general public.”  The SC is usually cautious in releasing justices’ SALN because doing so could endanger their independence and objectivity and expose them to revenge, kidnapping, extortion, and blackmail.

3. Accusations that Corona has ill-gotten wealth is purely speculative and without any concrete statement of fact.  It is merely hearsay that has no place in a pleading.

4. Corona admits owning a property in Taguig.  It was purchased on an installment basis and was declared in his SALN.

PROSECUTION’S REPLY:

1. Corona has no proof that he regularly files his SALN.  He has not even attached a copy of it in his answer to the impeachment complaint.

2. Corona’s claim that the law merely requires completing and submitting the SALN is misleading.  He should have made sure that his SALNs were accessible to the pubic.

3. SC justices have nothing to fear about their SALNs being scrutinized if they have nothing to hide.

Article 1. Respondent betrayed public trust through his track record marked by partiality and subservience in cases involving the Arroyo administration from the time of his appointment as Supreme Court chief justice and until his dubious appointment as midnight chief to the present.

ASSIGNED PROSECUTORS: Northern Samar Rep. Raul Daza (lead), Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr.

BACKGROUND: Corona violated Article 7, Section 15 of the Constitutionâ€"which prohibits presidential appointments within two months before the electionsâ€"when he accepted his “midnight appointment” from former President Arroyo on May 12, 2010.  A 1998 Court decision bars midnight appointments to the judiciary.  Corona is also biased for Arroyo in politically significant cases from the time he was still a Justice to his eventual appointment to the Court’s top post.

CORONA’S ANSWER:

1. Corona’s appointment was not unconstitutional.  A March 2010 Supreme Court decision (De Castro v. JBC, et al) ruled that members of the SC are not included in the election ban on appointments.

2. Corona denies being partial to Arroyo.  Court decisions are collegial in nature and he casts just one vote.  His votes are not consistently pro-Arroyo.

3. That Corona was Arroyo’s trusted aide before his appointment to the court is a non-issue, because it is not uncommon for SC justices to have worked as professionals with close ties to the president who appointed them.

4. The prosecutors are asking the Senate impeachment court to review SC decisions, which is not allowed under the principle of separation of powers.

PROSECUTION’S REPLY:

1. Even if the SC has ruled that his appointment was legal, “the people saw it as immoral, felt betrayed, and were outraged.” Corona could have refused the appointment and placed the interests of the judiciary and the country above his own.  But he did not, giving Arroyo a strong ally in the SC.

2. SC decisions may be collegial, but Corona’s individual vote is his personal action and his own responsibility.  His votes reflect a bias for Arroyo.

3. Corona is accountable for Court decisions because as Chief Justice, he has special powers other justices do not have: chairing sessions of the en banc, directing the raffle of cases including applications for a temporary restraining order, etc.

4. The impeachment complaint does not call for a legislative review of SC decisions.  It merely presents Corona’s voting record in those decisions to prove his bias for Arroyo.

The Corona trial: A summary

abs-cbnNEWS.com
01/15/2012, 10:16 PM

MANILA, Philippines - January 16, 2012 will mark the first day of trial in an attempt to unseat a Chief Justice.  Prosecutors claim to have evidence against Chief Justice Renato Corona.  The defense team, on the other hand, has attempted to dodge what it calls a psychological war from the prosecution.  Time will only tell how the impeachment trial will proceed.  One thing is for sure, Corona’s fate now lies in the hands of the senator-judges.

A summary of the case, as prepared by ABS-CBN News’ Ryan Chua:

duh, mine mum lubs me too...

gara kaayo si kitten sa?

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on January 14, 2012, 02:24:32 PM
The world's space agencies agreed that any one person's chances of getting hit by debris are tiny -- something like 1 in 20 trillion, based on the spacecraft's orbit and the amount of debris that might survive re-entry. The chances that of the 7 billion people on Earth, one of them, somewhere, could be hit are more like 1 in 3,000.

libog akong kutaw.  poor math i have.  which is which, the chance of getting hit is 1 in 20 trillion, or 1 in 3,000?  nag-atang na ra ba ko bisag layo ko sa atlantic ocean... 1 in 3,000 is rather big.

puro tuod ni sila taga-tb na karon.  si hubag ug si bugsay ang duha ani nila.  usa man kuno aning tulo nahimong pari.  ambot asa ana.

hahaha!  bol-anon kaajog mga nawong mga bataa.  ka-cute!

hinaot unta nga maka-prove sila nga nidaog silag lotto some time, just so they can go and sin no more.

Anatomy of a Soccer Player

i haven't heard of him either until i opened this thread.  the reason is simple: filipinos don't care about american football.

from another thread (in Inspirational Stories | Dosage of Hope):

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 13, 2012, 01:02:32 PM
A Muslim man died and when he arrived in Paradise, he was met by the great Prophet Moses, who showed him around.

They saw all the beautiful trees, and met with many other Muslims. By and by, they came across a large Temple with a giant throne, encrusted in jewels. All around it stood massive soldiers, and around them darted many happy-faced children.

"Who are they?" asked the Muslim man.

"They are the Children of Israel," said Moses. "They have come to Paradise and received what they sought--triumph, strength and recognition."

The Muslim man nodded, and on they went. Next they came across a large meadow filled with people of many different backgrounds, all sitting happily and eating a giant Potluck dinner.

"Who are they?" asked the Muslim man.

"They are the Unitarian Universalists. They came to Paradise and found peace and harmony among all people."

The Muslim man smiled, and on the went. By and by they came across a giant white fence, with a large sign: "Do not Enter".

"Who are they?" asked the Muslim man, with a frown.

"Oh, them?" answered Moses. "Those are the Christians." Then he bent down and whispered into the Muslim man's ear, "They think they're the only ones here".

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 13, 2012, 03:25:58 AM
Speaking of education, Benedict XVI observed that “an effective education also solicits respect for religious freedom” which “is characterized by an individual dimension, as well as a collective dimension and an institutional dimension”.  Religious freedom is “the first of human rights, because it expresses the most fundamental reality of the person”.  A right that “too often, for various reasons, is still limited or mocked”.

and the mocking is not limited to adherents of other religions.  christians do it too, as shown by some posts in this thread from questionable or biased internet sources.  for pointing this human flaw out, viva, il papa!

Quote from: chriswise on January 14, 2012, 04:45:11 PM
sa kitatibok an maayo man akong new year,,kaso gisugat sa ubo og sip on,,,,,

get well soon! 

great story, great lesson.  worth meditating on by any ordinary, self-respecting christian...

any version from al jazeera?

A Pew Research poll released on October 29, 2009, found that Fox News is viewed as the most ideological channel in America.  47% of those surveyed said Fox News is "mostly conservative," 14% said "mostly liberal," and 24% said "neither."  In comparison, MSNBC had 36% identify it as "mostly liberal," 11% as "mostly conservative," and 27% as "neither." (wiki)

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 14, 2012, 10:56:18 AM

bwahahaha thanks for pointing the obvious, ms. isles.

most welcome, lorenz.  actually, mine has an undercurrent called indirection.  by pointing the obvious, the less obvious takes front seat.    

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 14, 2012, 09:30:09 PM
Amo and Helper...





...hingpit ang ilang pagsinabtanay kay helpful jamo si doggie...

mora man ug puro sila amo...

yes, i also like this bank.  i've been an eon debit card holder for about 10 years and i don't have any complaint.  its service charges are low and its personnel are accommodating. 

the only time i felt "discriminated against" was when my attempt at opening a dollar account was turned down because i don't have a tax account number.  i got over that by telling them that "my income is from my husband who's already being taxed, and your policy is nothing more than a case of discrimination against housewives".  ugh.  so off i went to another bank.  still, my first choice was obviously unionbank.   

naa diay ni sa ato?  i know pa lamang...

Malate Kids March for Safe New Year's Eve Festivities
26 December 2011



Less than a week before an eventful year comes to an end, a band of cheerful children today went out on the streets of Malate in the city of Manila to promote a kid-safe celebration of the New Year.

Members of the Children’s Ministry of the Our Lady of Remedies Parish wowed commuters and residents as they happily flaunted alternatives to hazardous firecrackers during the event dubbed as “Ligtas Salubong 2012.”

The annual collaboration between the Care for the Earth Ministry and the EcoWaste Coalition since 2008 showcased the use of creative noisemakers to welcome the New Year in a safe way, complementing the earnest efforts by the Department of Health and other agencies.

“New Year revelers should take their cue from these smart kids and refrain from buying and letting off firecrackers that could endanger the health and life of both users and non-users,” said Rev. Fr. John Leydon, the Parish Priest.

“With a little creativity, we can have a joyful celebration with our families and neighbors without causing toxic fumes and wastes and loud cries from children wounded in firecracker explosions,” he said.

more at: http://ecowastecoalition.blogspot.com/

“Our New Year’s revelry is like a terrifying battlefield for cats, dogs and other animals whose ears are far more sensitive than humans. It’s like being subjected to ear-splitting acoustical torture for them,” lamented Aileen Lucero, Iwas PapuToxic Campaigner of the EcoWaste Coalition.

“We can stop this cruel aggression against our animal friends by saying no to firecrackers and fireworks,” she pleaded.

According to veterinarians, exposure to firecracker explosions can cause acoustic trauma for animals, especially for dogs and cats, because their sense of hearing is no less than 10 times more delicate than that of humans.

They can also get poisoned from eating firecracker wrappers and residues laced with harmful chemicals.

Panic resulting from firecracker explosions can cause stomach upsets or discourage animals from taking their meals.

Among those who came to express their solidarity with animals were the representatives of the Diocese of Caloocan Ecology Ministry, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Malaya, Philippine Animal Welfare Society, Piglas Kabataan and the Rotaract Club of Rotary Club North Bay East.

more at: http://ecowastecoalition.blogspot.com/

...or if these were, not much prominence was given to them. 


"Dogs" and "Cats" Rally vs Firecrackers and Fireworks, Lament "Acoustical Torture"
28 December 2011





“Dogs” and “cats”, along with their human friends, peaceably assembled outside the Manila Zoo to send their message loud and clear: firecrackers and fireworks are hazardous to animal health.

Since real dogs and cats cannot speak for themselves, EcoWaste Coalition’s volunteers donning animal-like headgears drew attention to the cruel ordeal that pet and stray animals have to endure due to the massive pyrotechnics explosion to hail the New Year.

The EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental network working on waste, climate and chemical issues, is campaigning for a non-toxic New Year’s gaiety that is safe not only for humans, but for other animals and the rest of the ecosystems.

-more-

jinky's belo clinic ad



jinky with twin sister janet jamora

Jinkee Pacquiao Before & After Plastic Surgery: Face & Lipo

Many of you may know Jinkee Pacquiao as the longtime wife of boxing champion, Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao, however others will recognize her as the woman with the 'ever evolving' face.

Jinkee Pacquiao's cosmetic surgery endeavors are certainly no secret, in fact they have been well publicized in her native country of the Philippines.  As the country is constantly on stand-by for the results of her latest procedure.

Ms. Pacquiao has undergone a plethora of different procedures, perhaps most notably and most 'face altering' was a non-invasive tissue lifting treatment called 'Ultherapy'.  A treatment that directs sound waves deep into the skin, heating the tissue, and subsequently lifting and tightening the skin.  The results of Ultherapy are said to last for approximately 2 to 3 years.

Her change of skin tone is the result of glutathione treatment, an amino acid compound which slows the body's production of melanin.  A pigment and the primary determinant of skin color.

Its been reported that Jinkee Pacquiao consumed glutathione tablets, while regularly administering soaps and lotions that contain the amino acid.

Jinkee Pacquiao Liposuction Surgery

Billboard Photo Promoting Bodytite

Its been reported that after giving birth to the couples third child, Jinkee underwent laser-assisted liposuction surgery, targeting her abdomen and arms.  A procedure known as "Smart Lipo" which is common among plastic surgery seekers in Italy.

And lastly, Ms. Pacquiao underwent yet another procedure called 'Bodytite', which is said to eliminate fat, while contouring loose skin which is often associated with rapid weight-loss or liposuction surgery.

Jinkee Pacquiao was famously featured on a billboard advertisement endorsing "Bodytite" with a quote reading "Don't Get Mad, Get Beautiful!"

What do you think about Jinkee Pacquiao's before and after results?  Is she truly living "happy and beautiful" with her cosmetic choices? You make the call!

http://www.plasticcelebritysurgery.com/

a clone?  i'll faint if manny evolves into michael douglas. 

jinkee pacquiao before and after plastic surgery

she's hardly recognizable in the mega magazine cover.  too much of a photoshop?

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 12, 2012, 10:54:12 PM
Aw, pareson sa tuwayon...

labaw pang pareson sa badlungon nga hubag-hubagon...

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 13, 2012, 01:18:14 PM
As if it isn’t bad enough that many Muslim women in the Middle East are
forced to wear burqas â€" now a new edict insists female dogs must wear
them, too.

obviously a joke.  consider the play of words... burqa=barka; rough=ruff (which also happens to be a name of a dog).  a joke, all right, and a tasteless one at that.  tsk, tsk, bow-wow-wow.

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 13, 2012, 06:40:58 AM
Mao ni ang 11th reason?

gipamulong mo na.

hambog ra pod... bisag gi-google ra.   christianity teaches humility. 

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 13, 2012, 03:05:44 AM
A source is a source, there will be an agenda which ever source you utilize. Either it be fox news, bbc, cnbc, jihadwatch, etc. The point is, the message is that there is a plethora of our Christian brothers and sisters that are living under dire situations in Muslim-dominated countries.

more often, a source is just a source.  it's the reader who makes the choice of believing all that one reads about one side of an issue.  i believe the term for that is narrow-mindedness?  or is it bigotry?  why, even the term "muslim-dominated" that you use is already a revelation.  it's as if there's a rivalry on what religion should be on top and should thus dominate.  won't a simple "muslim country" do?   

do share with us what else you've learned from your islamic studies some years back.

got to go...

Quote from: islander on January 13, 2012, 02:39:52 AM
The websites Spencer Watch and Loon Watch were founded in reaction to Spencer and the Jihad Watch website and critique the cogency of Spencer's criticisms.

would it harm your faith, lorenz, to try visiting these websites for balance's sake? 

goodnight!  (i need to hit the sack now.  it's the wee hours of the morning here.) 

Quote from: islander on January 13, 2012, 02:35:48 AM
Jihad Watch is a blog affiliated with the David Horowitz Freedom Center

understandable that only alleged muslim atrocities are reflected in this blog.  there should be nothing here about what jews do (as in what they do to palestinians).  the david horowitz freedom center is jewish (freedom for jews, naturally) as prof. robert s. wistrich is jewish.  it's politics again, really.     

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 13, 2012, 02:31:43 AM
It is a shame that so many innocent Christians are being killed and persecuted so violently in these areas. May The Lord Jesus Christ protect them and support them in their times of trial....

and may he protect you too from sanctimony and religious bigotry.

Funding

Jihad watch has been funded by a variety of individuals and foundations, like Bradley Foundation and Joyce Chernick, wife of Aubrey Chernick.  Ken Vogel of Politico wrote that

       Though it was not listed on the public tax reports filed by Horowitz's Freedom Center, POLITICO has confirmed that the lion's share of the $920,000 it provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from Chernick, whose husband, Aubrey Chernick, has a net worth of $750 million, as a result of his 2004 sale to IBM of a software company he created, and a security consulting firm he now owns.  The David Horowitz Freedom Center had a budget of $4.5 million last year, according to its tax filings, of which $290,000 came from the conservative Bradley Foundation, which also gave $75,000 to the Center for Security Policy last year.  Horowitz has received an average of $461,000 a year in salary and benefits over the past three years, while Spencer has pulled in an average of $140,000, according to the center's IRS filings. (wikipedia excerpts)

Response to criticism

Spencer has responded to accusations that Jihad Watch is Islamophobic by declaring the term "Islamophobe" a label, "a tool used by Islamic apologists to silence criticism."  He says that his work is

    dedicated to identifying the causes of jihad terrorism, which of course lead straight back into the Islamic texts. I have therefore called for reform of those texts... I have dedicated Jihad Watch to defending equality of rights and freedom of conscience for all people.  That's Islamophobic?  Then is the fault in the phobe, or in the Islam? (wikipedia excerpts)

Criticism

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called Jihad Watch an "Internet hate site" and claimed it is "notorious for its depiction of Islam as an inherently violent faith that is a threat to world peace."  Guardian writer Brian Whitaker described Jihad Watch as a "notoriously Islamophobic website", while other critics such as Dinesh D'Souza, Karen Armstrong, and Cathy Young, pointed to what they see as "deliberate mischaracterizations" of Islam and Muslims by Spencer as inherently violent and therefore prone to terrorism.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in her book Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West, wrote that Spencer uses Jihad Watch to spread misinformation and hatred of Islam.  She added that he presents a skewed, one-sided, and inflammatory story that only helps to sow the seed of civilizational conflict.  The websites Spencer Watch and Loon Watch were founded in reaction to Spencer and the Jihad Watch website and critique the cogency of Spencer's criticisms. (wikipedia excerpts)

lorenz's latest source of muslim bashing articles:  http://www.jihadwatch.org/

Jihad Watch is a blog affiliated with the David Horowitz Freedom Center, which is run independently by American author Robert Spencer.  It is considered an important platform for the counterjihad movement.

According to the website, a theology of violent jihad, which denies non Muslims equality, human rights, and dignity, has been present throughout the history of Islam. Jihad Watch says that it is "dedicated to bringing public attention to the role that jihad theology and ideology plays in the modern world, and to correcting popular misconceptions about the role of jihad and religion in modern-day conflicts."  It has been called "Islamophobic" by opponents who say it portrays Islam and it followers in a negative light.  Spencer has rebutted that criticism. (excerpts from wikipedia)

If we are to bring real change to the poor at the bottom of the economic pyramid (BoP), then we have to have an attitude of tolerance and acceptance.  Our work has to be firmly rooted in strong, moral values.  Through evidence of honor killings, female genital mutilation and sex trafficking, the book Half the Sky demonstrates that prejudice exits amongst those we are trying to serve.  How can we preach tolerance and acceptance of all if we can’t practice it at home?

I want to leave you with the final quote from Chimamanda Achibie’s talk.  The single story we are telling about Muslims in America is a very dangerous one, but we can still refuse to allow that to be the only story.  She said, “When we reject the single story, when we realize that there is never a single story about any place [or people], we regain a kind of paradise.”  Let’s work on building paradise here in America.

- Bryan

http://risingpyramid.org/

...Persecution of Muslims in America, continued

However, it is never too late to start rebuilding what we have broken.  Chimamanda was very clear that stories matter; “stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize.  Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.” 

In his column, Kristof spoke on behalf of Americans, saying, “I hereby apologize to Muslims for the wave of bigotry and simple nuttiness that has lately been directed at you.  The venom on the airwaves, equating Muslims with terrorists, should embarrass us more than you.” 

If you share Kristof’s embarrassment, then please start sharing the other stories of Muslims, the stories about peace and about kindness because those are too often left behind. [To get you started, here are a few stories about the humanity of Muslims: here and here.]*  Muslims in Pakistan today are struggling through one of the largest catastrophes in history and through it all they are exhibiting compassion for one another and humanity.  As another example, in my last post I wrote about a powerful positive message delivered by Eboo Patel, an American Muslim.  The Muslims in these stories are humans who deserve the same dignity and respect that anyone else ought to have.

http://risingpyramid.org/
-blue underscoring mine
*a connection to another website

In her talk, Chimamanda exclaimed, “The consequence of the single story is this: it robs people of dignity.  It makes our recognition of an equal humanity difficult; it emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar.”

Today, so many non-Muslim Americans don’t recognize how much all of us have in common, how we share the same values, dreams and even the same challenges.  Recently Nicholas Kristof wrote, “Many Americans honestly believe that Muslims are prone to violence, but humans are too complicated and diverse to lump into groups that we form invidious conclusions about.  We’ve mostly learned that about [African Americans], Jews and other groups that suffered historic discrimination, but it’s still O.K. to make sweeping statements about “Muslims” as an undifferentiated mass.”  Truly, we have become blinded by the stories we tell.

http://risingpyramid.org/
-blue underscoring mine

However, this post is not about Africa; it’s about the story of Muslims in America.  As I watched Chimamanda Adichie’s talk recently, it struck me that the American media is telling a single story of Muslims, a terrible, ugly story.  We are persecuting peace-loving Muslims for wanting to open a mosque at Ground Zero.  While I understand that there is a great deal of pain and suffering associated with the location, it is important to keep in mind who actually caused that pain and that we live in a ‘free’ country.  We are applying stereotypes to all Muslims, just because the September 11th attacks happened to be carried out by very radical followers of Islam.  Muslims are not terrorists.  But, that is the single story we tell.

http://risingpyramid.org/
-blue underscoring mine

The Danger of a Single Story: Persecution of Muslims in America

By Bryan Farris
October 7, 2010



In July 2009, Chimamanda Adichie, a renowned Nigerian author, spoke at TEDGlobal about the danger of a single story.  In her talk, Chimamanda discussed the single story that has been told about Africa throughout modern literature.  You know that story well; it is a story of poverty, corruption, inefficiency and beautiful animals.  Chimamanda pointed out, “The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.  They make one story become the only story.”

Truer words could not be spoken; despite what you find in books, Africa is a wonderful multidimensional place.  When I first visited the continent, I realized that I held stereotypes which limited my expectations.  The tall buildings of Nairobi shocked me, as did the high quality shopping centers of Lusaka, Zambia.  As I found it, many Africans are poor, but many are wealthy as well.  Some Africans may be corrupt, but many are honest, hard workers.  As Chimamanda described, Africa is not what most literature would lead you to believe.  For every negative stereotype you hold, there are many unsaid positives. 

Describing herself, Chimamanda said, “all of these stories are part of who I am, but to insist on only these negative stories is to flatten my experience and to overlook the many other stories that formed me.”  I firmly believe that the same goes for Africa as a whole.

http://risingpyramid.org/
-blue underscoring mine

But some Arabic words present differing interpretations for Muslims and non-Muslims alike, said Barbara Stowasser, a Koranic scholar and director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University.

The most controversial example is jihad, whose noun and verb forms appear more than 30 times in the 114 chapters, or surahs, in the Koran, Stowasser said.  In English translations, the word appears variously as "struggle," "strive" or "fight."

But in any language, mainstream Muslim scholars say, jihad refers primarily to the inner faith struggle of the believer, not to physical confrontation.  They often recite a statement attributed to Muhammad after he returned from battle: "We are returning from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad -- jihad against the self."

Osama bin Laden and other Muslim extremists "pick and choose" passages from the Koran to support a global jihad, or holy war, against the United States and other countries, Stowasser said, citing a passage from Surah 9 that is sometimes used by militant Muslims.

more at http://groups.yahoo.com/ or at Washington Post, Saturday, September 29, 2001; Page B09

Looking for Answers In Islam's Holy Book, continued...


Just a few verses earlier is this harsh warning to infidels: "The punishment of those who wage war against God and His Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter."

In Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Torah in the Hebrew Bible, Moses shares this fiery message from God as the Israelites prepare to enter the Promised Land: "I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy."

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus amends an Old Testament call for vengeance with a pronouncement that might have been the source for the similar text in the Koran: "Ye have heard . . . An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on they right cheek, turn to him the other also."

Yet a few chapters later, Jesus makes a pronouncement that has perplexed Christians for centuries. "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth," Jesus tells his disciples. "I came not to send peace, but a sword." The words of the Koran, which is about the same length as the New Testament, are infallible -- but only in the original Arabic. Tradition holds that other languages cannot approach the Arabic in style and accuracy, so Muslims are required to read, recite and pray in Arabic.

http://groups.yahoo.com/

klaro ang imong paghagpat, chris.  (kumusta ang imong new year tuod?)  akong pagsabot nimo, ang relihiyon gigamit sa politikong tumong mao nga kun unsa may gubot nga mahitabo, di angay basulon ang relihiyon.  hinaot unta nga sakto ang akong pagsabot sa imong buot ipasabot.

for all your posts pointing out "muslim" terrorism, bear with me...

Looking for Answers In Islam's Holy Book Despite Contradictions,
Koran Favors Peace Over War, Scholars Say

By Bill Broadway
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 29, 2001; Page B09


Since the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, apparently orchestrated by people who quote the Koran to justify terrorist acts, President Bush has joined religious leaders in urging Americans not to condemn all Muslims because of the actions of a few seeking to "hijack Islam."  Many people have responded by learning more about the world's second-largest religion -- visiting mosques, surfing the Internet and clearing bookstore shelves of copies of the Koran.  Understanding the Koran is essential for understanding Islam, because Muslims believe the scripture Prophet Muhammad received in the 7th century from the angel Gabriel to be the "true word of God."

But the Koran, like the Bible, presents problems of interpretation because of contradictory passages about vengeance, war and peace.  In one instance, the Koran advocates doing a good deed for an enemy instead of retaliating against him.  "We ordained therein for them: 'Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth,and wounds equal for equal,' " says Surah (Chapter) 5.  "But if any one remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act of atonement for himself."

-more-

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 12, 2012, 05:36:55 PM
Stop! Stop!

Excuse me, but is our website now being used to inflame religious hatred?

 

i'm doing my best to believe otherwise.

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 12, 2012, 04:40:31 AM
The Crusades occurred almost over a millennia ago. The Christian Church has apologized for their actions in it, the late Pope John Paul II offered his apologies for the Catholic Church's involvement in it.

The massacres of Christians by Muslims is occurring now. In the present.

past or present, it only goes to show that sowing terror is not the monopoly of muslims, as your posts seem to show, as the title of this thread seems to imply.  the period of atrocity, be it past, present or future, does not define a religion's values.  our attitudes do, much to our regret.  thus, the papal apologies:

QuoteSaving one of his most audacious initiatives for the twilight of his papacy, John Paul II yesterday attempted to purify the soul of the Roman Catholic church by making a sweeping apology for 2,000 years of violence, persecution and blunders.

From the altar of St Peter's Basilica in Rome he led Catholicism into unchartered territory by seeking forgiveness for sins committed against Jews, heretics, women, Gypsies and native peoples.

Fighting through trembles and slurrings caused by Parkinson's disease, the Pope electrified ranks of cardinals and bishops by pleading for a future that would not repeat the mistakes. "Never again," he said.

it took 2,000 years, but what matters is he apologized for christianity's/catholicism's atrocities.  viva il papa!  (thus let's not waste his apologies by fanning religious bigotry.)

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 12, 2012, 04:38:37 AM
The IRA is a terrorist organization , who act directly against Catholic Doctrine, which does not support the killing of life. The One, Holy, Apostolic Roman Catholic Church reasserts the importance of human life. Born and Unborn. IRA members have utilized their actions to accomplish a political goal/ message, which is their opposition of the occupation of Northern Ireland, which is a member body of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

and you believe those terrorists behind those picturesque posts of yours sow terror in keeping with islamic tenets?  come on.  was this your understanding of islam when you took a course on it under an imam (or was it a muslim scholar?) as you claimed?  if so, you do the course a disservice.   

here's a wee bit among countless sources...

Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from all foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new Islamic world wide caliphate.  Reported beliefs include that a Christianâ€"Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam.  Under Salafist jihadism they believe that the killing of civilians is religiously sanctioned, and they ignore religious scripture which forbids the murder of civilians and also internecine fighting.  Al-Qaeda also opposes man-made laws, and wants to replace it with a hardline form of sharia law. (wikipedia excerpts;  underscoring mine)

it looks like this fringe group's motives are somewhat socio-cultural, hiding behind their religion to justify what they do.  they do not speak for islam as the motives of the IRA who happen to be catholics do not speak for catholicism as you yourself point out.

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 12, 2012, 04:35:05 AM
The Ku Klux Klan is a racist , anti-semitic, anti-catholic, anti-orthodoxy, anti-miscegenation. This group does not represent Christianity. It feeds on the notion of White Superiority and the Inferiority of non-whites, which is totally and absolutely baseless.

fine, and their religion is not islam.  it is christianity.  they may as well be called “christian terrorists” as we tend to call "muslim terrorists" those terrorists who happen to be muslim, huh?


The burning cross

Cross burning is said to have been introduced byWilliam J. Simmons, the founder of the second Klan in 1915.

The second Klan adopted a burning  Latin cross as its symbol.  No such crosses had been used by the first Klan, but the burning cross was used as a symbol of intimidation by the second Klan.  The burning of the cross was also used by the second Klan as a symbol of Christian fellowship, and its lighting during meetings was steeped in Christian prayer, the singing of hymns, and other overtly religious symbolism. (wikipedia excerpts; underscoring mine)

QuoteJesus Christ was not White European. Jesus Christ was a Semitic Hebrew. A native of Galilee.

and the world knows that...  anyway, so how is his race related to your so-called "muslim terrorists"?  i mean, why do you have to mention jesus christ's race?

Quote from: statesville on January 12, 2012, 03:05:40 AM
Under the Old testament a woman who committed adultery will be stoned to death,
pero kon ingon ana pa sa New Testament daghan nang  gibatobatoan karon   

daghan gyod.  mahutdan pa tingalig bato.  we keep faith in our new testament, they keep faith in their koran.  or is it in the koran?

Islamic Sharia Law is based on the Qur'an, the hadith, and the biography of Mohammed.  Shia and Sunni hadith collections differ because scholars from the two traditions differ as to the reliability of the narrators and transmitters and the Imamah.  Shi'a sayings related to stoning can be found in Kitab al-Kafi, and Sunni sayings related to stoning can be found in the Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.

Based on these hadiths, in several Muslim countries, such as Afghanistan, Iran, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, adultery is punishable by stoning.

The Qur'an forbids all sexual intercourse outside the marital bond as sinful, but makes no distinction between them.  The punishment is flogging 100 times for those found guilty.  Stoning (rajm) as a punishment for adultery is not mentioned in the Koran, so some modernist Muslim scholars like Quran alone Muslim Scholars take the view that stoning to death is not an Islamic law. (wikipedia excerpts; underscoring mine)

wow!  i wish i'll also get to meet both of you.

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 12, 2012, 01:04:36 PM
Samot. Baki, dinosaur, prinsipe/prinsesa. Clue pa bi...

ayyyyy, na hala, all of the above.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on January 12, 2012, 11:25:14 AM
Maayo unta pud ug naay back-up nga picture from ms islander para maklaro nato.

your wish is my command...



delikado si hubs ug bugs aning pasyenteha inig kadako...

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on January 12, 2012, 11:16:49 AM
Bugs, what could be the dream job for men?

Quote from: bugsay on January 12, 2012, 11:19:00 AM
mangutana ta'ng maam islander kay suheto jamo to...

asows, pa-ask-ask pa ang mga trainors ug dream job.  mora sad uroy ug di mo manunuli.

maayo gani di masud-an ang awto.  super tingali unta ang heart attack.

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 12, 2012, 06:25:07 AM
Hmm, mao ba? Unha na lang kaha diay ang propesyon nga angay ani nila...

unsay 'unha'?  napangag ka ba?

ang angay ani nila nga propesyon, that is, if they have the patience and diligence, would be in the medical field.

really?  where are you based, lyn?  nigeria?

hi, too!  welcome!

this goes without saying that man's inhumanity to man is not a monopoly of any particular religious adherent.  it is simply man being what he is or what he chooses to be.

in our day and age, a more enlightened one supposedly, religion bashing is nothing but a reflection of religious bigotry.  but how can we be secure about our christian god if we are insecure about the muslim allah?

peace be unto you.  salaam aleikum.

islander
catolico cerrado

closer to your home...


looks familiar?


The lynching of Leo Frank (a Jew)

they are christians!

we know the IRA's opponent is the united kingdom.  we know too that they happen to be catholics who are up in arms against those who happen to be protestants, as exemplified most of all by the orangemen.  yet no one dared, not the western press, ever call them "catholic terrorists".  why is it so easy for us to say "muslim terrorists"? 

meanwhile, somewhere else...



For years, beginning in the late 1960s, the IRA was considered one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world. In July 2002, on the thirtieth anniversary of the 1972 "Bloody Friday" bombings, the IRA startled its sympathizers and enemies alike by offering "sincere apologies and condolences" to the families of its civilian victims. The IRA has never been listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department,* but the British Home Office lists any group under the IRA name, as well as various splinter organizations, as proscribed terrorist groups. The IRA no longer describes itself as an armed force and officially ended its armed campaign to reunify Ireland in July 2005. An independent report stated that the IRA has decommissioned its weapons. This announcement was greeted with praise and hope by both the British and Irish governments. However, the IRA and its political wing still oppose what it calls an illegal foreign occupation of its country. Meanwhile, two IRA splinter groups, Real IRA and Continuity IRA, still practice terrorism and remain on the EU's and the State Department's terrorist group lists as recently as 2009.

http://www.cfr.org/terrorist-organizations/

Bush's use of word 'crusade' a red flag
Muslims link it with invasion by Europeans

By SALLY BUZBEE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 17, 2001

WASHINGTON -- President Bush calls it a "crusade," a war against a new kind of evil. But using such a term, loaded with historical baggage about religious wars, could alienate moderate Muslims that the United States needs, some experts caution.

"A lot of people think that America is out to get Islam, anyway," Joshua Salaam, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington, said yesterday. "We've got to be careful of the words we use."

U.S. leaders should be especially leery of anything that hints at a holy war, many said, because it plays into the hands of Osama bin Laden, who has said he wants the world to plunge into a war, or jihad, between Islam and Christianity.

"It's what the terrorists use to recruit people -- saying that Christians are on a crusade against Islam," said Yvonne Haddad, a professor of the history of Islam at Georgetown University in Washington. "It's as bad to their ears as it is when we hear 'jihad.'"

The Crusades were a series of wars fought in the Middle Ages after Christian armies traveled to Palestine, or what is now Israel, to attack the Muslim armies that controlled Jerusalem.

Between 1096 and 1270, European kings such as Richard the Lionhearted raised armies of knights in the effort to regain for Christians the Holy Land, where Jesus Christ lived and died.

Jerusalem is also holy to Jews and to Muslims, and Muslims had controlled it since the early 600s.

Most historians say the Christians lost. The European armies regained Jerusalem on and off, but eventually were beaten back.

The word "crusade" is used commonly in the United States, and does not have much of a religious context.

Bush said, "This is a new kind of, a new kind of evil. ... And the American people are beginning to understand. This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take awhile."

Nevertheless, to many Muslims, the Crusades represent the worst of Western expansionism and colonialism, said James Lindsey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. That type of imagery could make moderate Arabs and Muslims, whom the United States needs to aid its anti-terrorism campaign, more nervous about U.S. motives.

"It's important for us to say this is not about the West vs. Islam, or Europeans vs. Arabs, or Christians vs. Muslims," Lindsay said. "This is about a man who is evil and finding ways to stop him."

http://www.seattlepi.com/

we can even go back a long way...


killing in the name of christianity

Elements of the Crusades were criticized by some from the time of their inception in 1095.  For example, Roger Bacon felt the Crusades were not effective because, "those who survive, together with their children, are more and more embittered against the Christian faith."  In spite of such criticism, the movement was widely supported in Europe long after the fall of Acre in 1291. 

St. Francis of Assisi crossed enemy lines to meet the Sultan of Egypt.  Hoeberichts cast doubt on the intentions most Christian historians assign to Francis.

From the fall of Acre forward, the Crusades to recover Jerusalem and the Christian East were largely lost.  Later, 18th century Enlightenment thinkers judged the Crusaders harshly.  Likewise, some modern historians in the West expressed moral outrage.  In the 1950s, Sir Steven Runciman wrote a resounding condemnation:

    "High ideals were besmirched by cruelty and greed ... the Holy War was nothing more than a long act of intolerance in the name of God."

-excerpts from wikipedia

shall we blame christianity here?  can we call this christian justice?


Photo: Uncovering a mass grave near Srebrenica.  Unarmed Bosnian Muslim
males were rounded up and murdered and bulldozed into mass graves.

what some people do to their fellowmen in the name of religion should always be taken with a grain of salt.  thus, if some people who commit atrocities happen to be muslim, it does not follow that islam should be blamed.

what's happening, lorenz?  for someone like you who had studied islam (as you claimed not so long ago), i thought you very well knew since then that islam is a religion of peace, as christianity is, as catholicism is, as all other religions are.   

holy car!

holy cow!

start 'em young...

Quote from: bugsay on January 11, 2012, 08:32:46 PM
hubag-hubagan gyud si hubag nga mag basa ani......nyahahaha

mahubagan pa gyod diay ang hubag nang daan...

Quote from: bugsay on January 11, 2012, 08:20:19 PM
basin kuan na....."palaqui"......kamo'y sumpay palihug..

palaqui, palaqua, palaquo, bahalag unsa basta baqui.

obviously hawking was talking about future possibilities.  his is just a seed of an idea that may or may not see fruition centuries from now. 

an entirely different story.  (the best of both worlds by having a cow and a tricycle?)

wow, that's a real cowboy.

will they follow traffic rules?

Sell the Car, Buy a Cow to Cut Heart Attack Risk, Study Suggests

By Makiko Kitamura
Jan 10, 2012
   
Having both a car and a television raises the risk of a heart attack, while owning livestock reduces it, according to a study that looks at the links between possessions and physical activity.

Those owning both a car and a television, which enable a sedentary lifestyle, had a 27 percent increased risk of a heart attack compared with those who own neither, according to the study published today in the European Heart Journal. Conversely, owning cattle or other livestock, which requires some activity, reduced the risk by 22 percent, the researchers said.

While many countries recommend 30 minutes of exercise a day, the study found that just 30 minutes to 60 minutes a week cuts the risk of heart attack as much as following the guidelines does. In the U.S., each year 785,000 people have a first heart attack, and 470,000 who’ve already had one have another, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability globally, according to the Geneva- based World Health Organization.

“It’s important to incorporate physical activity into our daily lives, even if it’s just taking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking at the back end of the lot when you go shopping,” Claes Held, associate professor of cardiology at Uppsala University in Sweden and lead researcher for the study, said in a phone interview.

Researchers examined the possessions and activities of 10,043 people who have had a heart attack and 14,217 in a control group in 52 countries. Home ownership also raised heart attack risk by 16 percent, while having a radio lowered it by 12 percent, they said.

While the findings support recommendations to encourage the use of public transportation and walking, further studies should examine time spent driving and watching TV, Held said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/

a lonely fish on a cafe...

if it's delivered by this car, who would?

 

lalim ba ug unsay lami sa formaldehyde ug methanol...

way balay mosaler ani.  mag-earthquake tawon no?  mamata ug ahat ang tagbalay.

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 10, 2012, 02:22:13 PM
Ug mo kanta galing ko sa karaoke bar, sigoro kani ahong i kantahon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1_UOo0Rmvs#

it would be great to hear you sing "ako ay nakukulot na..."

Quote from: bugsay on January 10, 2012, 12:48:31 PM
mao ni akong kanta:

"maam islander hubag is sick, call doc lorenz very quick".....

grade 1 pa ay.  ako grade 2 na:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N6jHsAU63g#ws

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 10, 2012, 12:52:53 PM
This is Islander's favorite song sigoro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpa7IrzRG6g#

bwahahahaha!

i really, really enjoyed it, hahaha!  and yes, it is my favorite yoyoy villame song, next to 'magellan' with the immortal "o mader, mader, i am sick/ call doctor lorenz bery quick/ lorenz, lorenz, shall i die?/ yes my yoyoy by and by..."

tabi, wa diay tingaliy bana ang anak nga mosandayong unta kay pabunokon ug dugo ang tiyan ni manoy.  wa poy hisgot kun asa ang asawa ni manoy nga inahan sa 18 anyos nga angay sad mosandayong sa iyang bana.  kalooy intawon aning babayhana.

purya.  my goodness.  tawo pa ba ni.  masahol pa sa iro, aw sa aso diay, matod pa sa mga tagalog.

Quote from: chicogon on January 11, 2012, 02:44:47 PM
Unsa na kahay tawag sa misis sa iyang bana karon? Paqui ba kaha gehapon... o letter U na ang ending? 

walang paki tingali.

Quote from: islander on January 10, 2012, 05:46:28 PM

"Susie needs justice"

at least, their well-groomed poodle (at the left side of the picture) doesn't look abused. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 10, 2012, 09:17:02 PM
How sensitive naman this wife. Maliit na bagay...

atot.  suwayi kuno kun mounsa imong asawa.  maputlan man kaha kah, hahaha!  better still, suwayi kunog bali.  ang imong asawa mao ang maid.  aber.

hinaot untang epektebo pod ni sa buhok sa mga lalaki.  wa gyoy opaw; puro hinoon nanimahong otot ang ulo.

Kili-kili, Sexmoan, and other unique names of places in PH

by Ivy Jean Vibar
ABS-CBNnews.com
01/10/2012

MANILA, Philippines - Trending on Twitter today was a Filipino word for armpit, due to a story about a drug bust wherein one person was killed, in a place named “Kili-kili.”

The unfortunate death of a suspected drug pusher was no longer the story, but rather the place’s name â€" Tagalog-speaking netizens could not believe that a place in the Philippines could have such a name.

However, a 2009 study by Kab-ot Gahum: Resource Center for Empowerment & Development of the Balay Mindanaw Group said that the term “kili-kili” comes from the Higaunon word that primarily refers to people who have the ability to quickly make decisions in meetings or dialogues. This was according to Dikno Mansumagan, who is also called Datu Kili-kili.

Some other strangely-named places (at least for Tagalog-speakers) in the Philippines include:

     Panti Point in Cagayan
     Apapaya City in Abra
     Bubong in Lanao del Sur
     Pata in Sulu
     Mankayan in Benguet (switch a few letters around and you ought to get the point)
     Pinukpuk in Kalinga
     Pugo in La Union
     Iba in Zambales
     Lobo in Batangas
     Mauban in Quezon
     Bula in Camarines Sur
     Bato in Catanduanes and Leyte
     Sulat in Eastern Samar
     Manukan in Zamboanga del Norte
     Pikit in North Cotabato
     Mainit in Surigao del Norte
     Tago in Surigao del Sur

Some places’ names have been changed because of their unfortunate resemblance to embarrassing phrases â€" one example is Sasmuan. Its original name was Sexmoan.

ugh. 

"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft, where we are hard, cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand."
                                                                                   - F. Scott Fitzgerald
                                                                                     "The Rich Boy" (1926)