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Social and Moral Issues

Ellen DeGeneres on how to deal with your haters

by reynz on February 10, 2012

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“For those of you are just tuning in for the first time, it’s true. I’m gay. I hope you were sitting down,” DeGeneres told viewers of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Fun, ain’t it?! Instead of being mad at the Million Moms with twisted brains, she poked fun at them! You see, this one million group [...]

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Do you remember Amy Chua’s book “Tiger Mother”? This is a home video showing a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked through the snow in bitterly cold New York. Folks, let me tell you, if I am four hundred years old and I cannot bear the cold myself, how [...]

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“smack the ish out of” Roland Martin

by reynz on February 9, 2012

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It’s Roland Martin that needs some smack’ish’ning. Hard. In case you missed it, since we are all engrossed in Renato Corona’s super wealth creation abilities, Roland Martin, that good-looking African American guy on CNN? He was kicked out. I don’t know when he will return to CNN. I guess, until hell freezes over. It’s all [...]

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That’s right! This just happened this afternoon. A Federal Appeals Court in California declared same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals with a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that a lower court judge correctly interpreted the U.S. Constitution when he declared in 2010 that Proposition 8 was a violation of the civil rights [...]

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this is a story of one father… who cannot accept that his son is gay. so, he poured boiling water unto his son. not the type of Cat Steven’s “Father & Son” i am beyond outraged!~!@#$%^&*! you see, there are no laws protecting gay people in the Philippines. we are sooooooooooo jurassic! but our government [...]

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How not to win Miss Earth beauty pageant

December 11, 2011
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“I hardly made it to manila and we already attended a ridiculous tv show. So annoying!!! These people want to touch you and be with you all the time!! I can’t understand a word they say. I can’t wait to go back home. This country is so dirty and noisy. I’m scared to eat!!! What [...]

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piolo pascual and kc concepcion: victims of the dictates of society?

November 28, 2011
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On my Facebook wall, it’s a never-ending stream of innuendos about Piolo Pascual’s sexuality. By all accounts, he is the culprit in this highly-publicized melodrama, his breakup with KC Concepcion and his dubious part of the relationship. According to some of the comments – that he is gay. Gay people come in different shapes, sizes [...]

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How come our legislators continue to push our public school teachers to poverty?

June 2, 2011
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Nasaan ang mga mukha nang mga impaktong pulitiko naten?! Let me repeat this. Public School Teacher. Gross Salary: P14,266. Net take home pay: P5,252. THIS IS JUST BLOODY CRIMINAL!!! THIS IS MORE CRIMINAL THAN THE WHOLE AMPATUAN EVILS COMBINED! GRR! And how much our legislators are getting by the way?! I’m not talking about how [...]

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In a nutshell, this is what House Bill 4244 Reproductive Health is all about

June 1, 2011
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In a nutshell, this is what the RH Bill is all about: 1.) It is offered to all of us Filipinos as a matter of choice. If you like it or want to have it, you’ll get it. If not, no one if forcing you. 2.) That the right to reproductive health is a basic [...]

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A review of the Reproductive Health Bill Grand Debate, Video # 1

May 28, 2011
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After translating the RH Bill, from section 1 to 34, into our own brand of Bicol in our town, then translating it again in Bicol (Legazpi), I decided to review the Grand Debate on RH Bill that was sponsored by GMA News TV. I thought I would have a better appreciation of the debate given [...]

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House Bill 4244 Reproductive Health, Bicol translation

May 28, 2011
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I read the 15th Congress – House Bill 4244 known as The Reproductive Health Bill many times. I have also read the latest amendment to the bill dated March 15, 2011 and I incorporated it here. I translated this bill, section by section, in our own Bicol version. You will find these brief translations on [...]

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RH Bill, The Grand Debate

May 24, 2011
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This is the RH Grand Debate. Enjoy. Part 1 This page requires a higher version browser Part 2 This page requires a higher version browser Part 3 This page requires a higher version browser Part 4 This page requires a higher version browser Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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pakinggan ang reyna! ang kurapsyon ay walang paki-alam sa libog!

May 18, 2011
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(Picture Credits: Jc Aquino’s Facebook entry: Lies the church promotes) Tigilan ang Reyna! Sobra na ang mga pan-lilinlang na nababasa ko. Napakasimple lang naman nang addition na to. Corruption is a completely different issue from talamak at siksikang populasyon. Hindi getz?! Ulitin ko. Pakinggan dahil hindi ko na uulitin. Ang kurapsyon ay walang paki-alam sa [...]

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“How many more gay people does God have to create before we ask ourselves whether or not God actually wants them around?”

May 6, 2011
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Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-St. Louis Park, gave an impassioned speech asking lawmakers on the House committee not to place a gay marriage ban in the state’s Constitution. (Gay marriage is already outlawed in the state.) He also objected to the religious tone of the debate, as most of the people testifying in favor of the [...]

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Corrective boot camp for schoolboys with effeminate tendencies in Malaysia

April 23, 2011
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I have a multi-cultural group of friends. A friend from Baclaran, another one from St. Paul, Laguna, one from Donsol. Oh, a Belgian, a Vietnamese, an Indonesian and a Malaysian. When we get together, we exchange notes. That’s how I found out that most Filipinos are lascivious hehehe, all out Hahaha. Ok. Enough. Let’s just [...]

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outing a gay guy is something you do not own

April 22, 2011
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My entry today is quite personal. I was uberly touched by this news coming from New York. It is about a very sensitive and private issue of outing somebody. But this one that happened in New York was beyond worse! The sexual encounter was posted on the internet! I’m talking from experience. About being outed. [...]

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Willie Revillame is on the offensive!

April 14, 2011
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Are you guys watching and/or reading the new reality show? Ha! Maloloka kayo but I am so loving this! Better than Amazing Race! Better than Survivor! Ok. Wait. I think this is actually one salaciously juicy episode of Survivor! Hahaha! But first, let’s have a quick review. Shawee?! Video floated on the net. Boy dancing [...]

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the Casey Heynes and Richard Gale bully video

April 11, 2011
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I received an email about this bullying case that happened in Australia where a boy body slams his alleged bully. It’s exactly what they do in professional wrestling. Casey became an overnight hero to a lot of kids who are being bullied. Casey Heynes, the 15 year old boy who became the underdog’s hero overnight [...]

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damage to Jan-Jan has been done and the poor kid is defenseless

April 10, 2011
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Poverty is not an excuse for what had just happened. Never. I’m part of this Facebook Group where there’s a heated debate on the Willie Jan-Jan Child Abuse issue that puts to shame erupting volcanoes along the pacific rim combined. The debate is so heated, even Jesus Christ was pulled into the topic. But despite [...]

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Buying condoms in the Philippines?! Get a prescription!

April 9, 2011
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(Photo Credits: The Telegraph) That’s right. Now, I don’t know exactly what they’re going to do with you in case they catch you with illegal possession of condoms. It’s like being caught with illegal drugs. Oh. This all started in this posh village in Ayala Alabang. And after this? Seven more barangays in Balanga City [...]

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“I’d give my life for you!” but then, the mother suffered Alzheimer’s

April 2, 2011
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Picture Credits: Chi-bi You who i cradled in my arms You, asking as little as you can Little snip of a little man I know i’d give my life for you It’s a very beautiful song from Miss Saigon. You will be who you want to be You, can choose whatever heaven grants As long [...]

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UCLA, UC Lotsa Asians!

March 18, 2011
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A US student whose “appalling” anti-Asian and anti-Japanese rant went viral on YouTube announced she was quitting college, after receiving death threats. The University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) undergraduate said the video had led to “the harassment of my family … death threats and being ostracized from an entire [...]

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anti-poverty programs leading back to poverty?

July 5, 2010
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Given that we have a new government, determined to thread along the “tuwid na landas“, and of course, even if I don’t have a say on who President Noynoy Aquino appoints in his Cabinet, I will still “say” hahaha! Alam nyo yon? I’m his supporter but this early pa lang, I see a lot of [...]

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Blurry rambles

June 24, 2010
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Who would have thought that this would happen in China? Chinese workers putting a stop to Toyota and Honda’s assembly line. Isn’t it interesting to see Chinese workers staging strikes? I thought all along that they are not allowed to go on strike, you know, being a communist state, they’d be executed. But it’s good [...]

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Hispanic people moving out of Arizona

June 18, 2010
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In the wake of Arizona’s tough new immigration law and the toppling economy, it is now reported that many Hispanic people are moving out of Arizona. They say, it’s like a mass exodus out of Arizona. While there are no precise figures, there are clear signs people are hitting the road. Obviously, the result of [...]

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$20 billion US dollars will never be enough

June 17, 2010
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(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) I have been watching the news about Obama’s meeting with the BP oil executives at the White House today. It’s infuriating to see this man-made tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico. You see a lot of creatures trying to survive and fight for their life out there. Just take a look at [...]

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Arizona targets ethnic studies ban

June 4, 2010
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What started as a noble action to curb illegal immigration and related crimes, now, Arizona touched ethnic studies that further infuriated a lot of people. And then, get this, even Miss USA is now hitting the headlines with some political overtones. I hope this will not escalate into one problematic race relations here. When we [...]

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Arizona’s Next Immigration Target: Children Of Illegals

June 3, 2010
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From: Time “Anchor babies” isn’t a very endearing term, but in Arizona those are the words being used to tag children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants. While not new, the term is increasingly part of the local vernacular because the primary authors of the nation’s toughest and most controversial immigration law are targeting [...]

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Arizona’s controversial immigration law

June 2, 2010
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While you guys in the Philippines are busy with so many conspiracy theories about the new hocos PCOS, the Hyatt 10 vs. Kamag-anak, Inc., the Quezon Gov. helicopter crash and the Mar/Binay he-did-it-no-he-didn’t; back here in the United States, all eyes are on Arizona. The Arizona Immigration Bill was passed to curb not only illegal [...]

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America’s Next Top Model bi-racial photo shoot

October 29, 2009
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Take a look at these pictures. To me, they’re beautiful. But some in American media were a bit rattled. Find out. (Source: America’s Next Top Model Bi-racial photo shoot) Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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The parameters of my belt

October 26, 2009
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Enjoy ang aking FB friend sa kulitan hehehe. And yet, I have another note. Live longer, eat chocolate! Huh?! Totoo ba yan? Sagot nang lola? Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Its really hard to lose you!

October 14, 2009
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September 25, pumunta nga ako nang doktor. Para magpatuli mag-pa-checkup kung tao pa ako. Isang sagpang na lang daw nang Makodonorado at talagang kalabisan na ang lamon na mga pinag-ga-gawa ko. Lose 20 lbs. Order nang doktor. Nag start akong mag-gym. Alien place. Wala na akong alam. Nasisiraan na ata ako nang bait. Sa 20 [...]

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Bottled water, anyone?!

July 10, 2007

Before I proceed with the article for today: Let me just say: Tenk U, Tenk U, Tenk U to Bluepanjeet who painstakingly designed my beautifool header! He He He! Ohhhh la la! Feel kong kumanta nang kumbayaaaaa!!! To Bluepanjeet, I will love you forevah and evah! Tawag ka lang kung ano pa ang kelangan ko! He He He! [...]

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Be a tree-hugger!

July 6, 2007

A US-based Filipino wins world search engine optimization tilt! That’s a re-post of the Inquirer story about this Filipino based in San Diego who won the contest. I visited the blog and honestly, I fell in love with the Global Warming Awareness Blog. My congratulations to Benj! Talk about global warming awareness, just what in the world are [...]

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Wanted: New Immigrants

June 30, 2007

Philadelphia. My city. My home for the last 21 years. With it’s newest and tallest building currently under construction na dinadaanan ko araw-araw. A picture, perfect city.  It’s called the City of Brotherly Love. It’s the first capital of the United States. It’s where the first Supreme Court of the United States is located. It’s [...]

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SpeakOutYourAFlip on Immigration & Deportation

January 13, 2007

Here’s an email I received from one of my avid reader. Mahal na Reyna, A lot of Filipinos in the United States live a good life. Which is why, a lot of Filipinos may not be aware of this, but we have a growing number of Filipino immigrants who are deported back to the Philippines. You [...]

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A day in the life nang isang Reyna

November 7, 2006

The Burp and sumtin’ else  Where do I begin? To tell the story of how great a love can be? embarrassing my life at work could be? A great love story a great lousy story that I suffer every office day! I know this sounds like a song, a bad rap song. A really, really [...]

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