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Throatwarbler posted:It's amusing that you think buying rifles works like it does in a video game or something. Huge numbers of M16 pattern rifles are made in China, there are Filipino companies that make knock off versions of Chinese M16s. Rifles aren't jet engines, the technology content of a M16 rifle is about the same as that of a $5 non-stick frying pan.
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# ? Nov 11, 2016 17:10 |
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Duterte to suspend writ of habeas corpus if 'forced'quote:MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte warned that he can suspend the writ of habeas corpus, a safeguard against warrantless arrests, if lawlessness – particularly the illegal drugs trade – persists in the country. Worth noting that the nationwide "State of Lawlessness" that was declared after the Davao bombings on Sep 2 still has not been lifted.
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# ? Nov 13, 2016 01:05 |
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Malacanang said early Nov 12 that the burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the National Heroes Cemetery may still push through within the year. The Director of the National Capitol Region police has said that they would be instituting a strict "no-permit-no-rally" policy for the burial Ilocos Governor Imee Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos Sr's daughter, said that the country should not expect a legal admission of guilt from the family. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana released a statement saying that Marcos would be buried as, and because, he was a soldier, and that this would not necessarily mean he is a national hero. This reasoning is still specious, as even by US Army standards, Marcos's war record in WW2 was largely made up. The Senate attempted to pass a resolution expressing its sense that Marcos "unfit" to be buried at the National Heroes Cemetery, but it was defeated in a vote of 8-6-6 (11 required to pass). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar used his opinion column on Inquirer to weigh on the protests surrounding the Marcos burial, which contained this passage: quote:Both the Americans protesting the outcome of a fair election and the Filipinos objecting to the well-considered ruling of our own Supreme Court are undermining institutions. They are temperamental brats refusing to concede to the outcome of regular processes. Senate President Koko Pimentel, who as the formerly-highest-ranking member of Duterte's PDP-Laban party and is subsequently threading a Paul Ryan-esque needle, then spoke out against Andanar's characterization of protesters as brats. Andanar apologized for his remarks earlier today. === Damage control on Duterte's remarks about the possible suspension of Habeas Corpus: Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said it was "just an idea". He also said that this should be taken as an indication that the government has failed to contain the drug problem. He further said that such a suspension would be because of the drug war, despite Duterte's own words that it was because of lawlessness and rebellion in Mindanao. More damage control: Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre says that Duterte's statement was just trying to scare lawless groups in Mindanao, and that the President wasn't actually going to do it. PNP Police Chief Bato de la Rosa weighs in: suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus would be a big help, it would make the jobs easier, and would serve as a deterrent for drug traffickers. Senator Panfilo Lacson commented on the possible suspension, saying that such an act would belie the administration's claim that it is "winning" the War on Drugs. Four Senators from the Liberal Party have decried Duterte's statements. Members of Congress have also weighed in on the danger of Duterte's statement. Here's a University Law Dean discussing the Constitutionality of such an act. But for his part, Speaker of the House and staunch administration ally Pantaleon Alvarez says such a suspension would be "up to the President to decide" === The Office of the Ombudsman has recommended dismissal for Senator Joel "Tesdaman" Villanueva, who campaigned with and ran under the Liberal Party during the 2016 elections, for malfeasance regarding his use of 10 million PHP in pork barrel funds during his term as a Congressman. === Economic news: Peso touches P49 per dollar, weakest in nearly 8 years === And in the latest Duterte diatribe: Duterte: Forget human rights if Islamic State comes to Philippines quote:MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Monday that Islamic State militants driven out of Syria and Iraq could set up in his country, and if that happened he would forego human rights obligations to keep his people safe. Duterte: Sometimes, rule of law can be stupid proposition quote:For President Rodrigo Duterte, ensuring the safety of Filipinos in a country “rocked with rebellion and extremism” and “flooded with drugs” can be “hell” and nightmarish. Duterte to police scalawags: Just choose how you want to die quote:President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned law enforcers that he would be unmerciful to them if he finds out that they are into illegal activities. Duterte: Leaders need to do 'wrong' to protect people quote:MANILA, Philippines – For someone who has described himself as a stickler for the law, President Rodrigo Duterte sounded almost disdainful of the concept of “rule of law,” saying that, sometimes, a leader has to do the “wrong thing” for the good of the country.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 12:50 |
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Duterte has again said something about leaving the UN, and instead joining a "new order" with China and Russia.quote:President Rodrigo Duterte would not hesitate in joining a "new order" organized by China and Russia. And, hot on the heels of Vladimir Putin, he has also threatened to pull out of the International Criminal Court. quote:MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte may just order the Philippines' withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), following the actions of his "idol" Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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# ? Nov 17, 2016 10:06 |
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At 10:45 AM local time, the Philippine National Police confirmed that Ferdinand Marcos Sr would be buried at the National Heroes' Cemetery at 12:00 NN local time. https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/799443434821992448 The burial rites are on-going as I write this. They gave him a 21-gun salute. https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/799464094281580544 Media and all other visitors were blocked off from entering the area, with barbed wire put up on all other entrances. https://twitter.com/gmanews/status/799462433609785344 On a personal note, gently caress this administration for pulling a fast one. They knew announcing it ahead of time would draw all sorts of rallies, so they just did it on the spur of the moment.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 05:21 |
Is that place normally accessible to the public? Like I am sure that it's going to be a very popular place for vandalism.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 06:40 |
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ihatepants posted:Is that place normally accessible to the public? Like I am sure that it's going to be a very popular place for vandalism.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 07:15 |
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Duterte is actually out-of-country at the moment, attending the APEC summit in Cebu Side note 1: He took a more circuitous route heading there, just to avoid landing in/flying over the US. Side note 2: He gave another rambling diatribe just before he left PNP Chief Bato dela Rosa said that Duterte "is aware" of the burial, but it's not clear whether he meant "knew that the burial is (present tense) ongoing", or "knew that the burial was already scheduled for today" (or that he know of it before he left the country) This is in conflict with a response from the Presidential Communications Office that they were not aware of the date of the burial.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 08:21 |
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Well gents/ladies, if the outrage reaches a fever pitch and Duterte cracks down on this likely November 30 mass protest with Martial Law 2.0, it's been nice knowing you.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 08:35 |
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There were already mass protests scheduled for today and tomorrow even before the burial was confirmed, but this blitzkrieg burial has forced people their schedules up: http://www.rappler.com/nation/152828-schedule-protest-rallies-marcos-burial I just wish I didn't have to adult so I could join.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 08:51 |
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Ahahahahaha https://twitter.com/maddow/status/799390317266944000 AHAHAHAHAHA Now we get to say "My God, he really is the American Duterte"
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 13:33 |
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On the subject of Marcos, my dad said earlier that the gargantuan World Bank debt during Marcos's tenure was due to the various infrastructure projects he had. Does that make sense?
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 14:37 |
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Disharmony posted:On the subject of Marcos, my dad said earlier that the gargantuan World Bank debt during Marcos's tenure was due to the various infrastructure projects he had. Does that make sense? Yes. If you're willing to take me at face-value rather than a well-sourced explanation, the short answer is that Marcos regularly borrowed huge sums from the WB to fund an infrastructure project, only the cost would be padded as gently caress, and he'd pocket the difference. And then he'd pass on the debt to the taxpayers (some of which is still being paid of even today!)
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 14:40 |
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gradenko_2000 posted:Yes. If you're willing to take me at face-value rather than a well-sourced explanation, the short answer is that Marcos regularly borrowed huge sums from the WB to fund an infrastructure project, only the cost would be padded as gently caress, and he'd pocket the difference. That's what I thought too, which is why I was hoping there's a source (i.e. webpage, post) that I could readily reference whenever I hear that crap.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 15:10 |
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https://www.modernghana.com/news/219270/1/imf-and-world-bank-agents-of-povert.htmlquote:In Philippines during the regime of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the Bank and IMF were absolutely aware of the fact that most loans to Philippines were transferred into the bank accounts of Ferdinand Marcos and his generals; nevertheless they considered it as a necessary bribe for paying the political staff in power in order to ensure the acceleration of the neoliberal counter reform. As a result World Bank lent Marcos $400m in 1980; $251m in 1982 and $600m in 1983 and Marcos deposited the money in his accounts in Switzerland. So far the Philipinos are still paying for the policies of the Bank and IMF. This entire long article by The Guardian is a good read: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/07/10bn-dollar-question-marcos-millions-nick-davies quote:The PCGG archive shows how, in the same way, Marcos used his own companies to take over the three other key areas of agriculture: coconuts, tobacco and bananas. Granting himself government contracts, monopoly deals and tax exemptions, he levered his way into dominating industries across the whole economy – logging and paper, meat, oil, insurance, shipping and airlines, beer and cigarettes, textiles, hotels and casinos, newspapers, radio and TV. His was an early and particularly rapacious version of privatisation.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 15:24 |
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I'm just happy the students led the charge for today's rallies. At least Marcos’s whitewashing of history hasn't quite succeeded yet.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 16:04 |
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://www.modernghana.com/news/219270/1/imf-and-world-bank-agents-of-povert.html Thanks bud! Why can't we have points here? lol
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 16:47 |
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Wow, what a crazy day, eh? I feel like I should apologize for not going to the rally, but in any case, thank you to those who did. I don't know what end result we're hoping to accomplish here but I'm glad that there's SOMETHING the sane people aren't allowing the administation to get away with. And still I have friends defending Duterte. Also it looks like the riot police have arrived, but it looks like they're not doing anything other than securing the perimeter. I hope I don't wake up tomorrow to find out otherwise. gradenko_2000 posted:And in the latest Duterte diatribe: Since my thread titles are apparently prophetic now maybe I should have the current one changed to a title about how everything turned out okay.
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 17:07 |
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This was from around 7:30 this evening:
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# ? Nov 18, 2016 17:36 |
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What does he even mean by this.quote:LIMA, Peru — Goodbye, Asia. Hello, Europe? I wonder if he's just naming past failed wars from America or if he thinks Vietnam is actually still going on. Also, hahaha him saying he'd like us to be part of Europe. Does he just want us having stronger ties with Europe, or does he mean he wants us to literally be part of Europe? Because he's sure gonna be in for a shock when someone tells him about the European Convention on Human Rights.
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# ? Nov 20, 2016 04:36 |
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Argue posted:Because he's sure gonna be in for a shock when someone tells him about the European Convention on Human Rights. Just in: Duterte, after joining the European Union, manages to beat Theresa May in withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
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# ? Nov 20, 2016 05:05 |
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gradenko_2000 posted:Just in: Duterte, after joining the European Union, manages to beat Theresa May in withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights. Don't you know human rights are just silly concepts ivory-tower liberals made up in order to Help The Terrorists Win?
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# ? Nov 20, 2016 05:38 |
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It sounds like he was just naming past American wars, Korea is in there too which apparently was a failed imperialist event because north Korea still exists?
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# ? Nov 20, 2016 15:49 |
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Hmmm, things seem to be looking more and more serious in over there by the day, I wonder what my wall has to say about Duterte Ah yes, excellent work world
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# ? Nov 20, 2016 18:18 |
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Hmmm, things seem to be looking more and more serious in over there by the day, I wonder what my wall has to say about Duterte The real crime here is how bad these rhymes are
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# ? Nov 20, 2016 18:32 |
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dex_sda posted:The real crime here is how bad these rhymes are "Get Drugged, Get hosed" brings pain to my mind. I'm noticing a conspicuous lack of rhymes about opiates in that image, unless "pills" count as such.
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# ? Nov 20, 2016 19:19 |
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Ytlaya posted:"Get Drugged, Get hosed" brings pain to my mind. drug crises are pretty much a media fabrication about a problem that's hilariously easy to solve if you care about results more than elections. As such they reflect local panics about whatever has gained media traction. Meth is the big bad in SE Asia. In the UK it's Ecstacy, then legal highs
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# ? Nov 20, 2016 19:29 |
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Spangly A posted:drug crises are pretty much a media fabrication about a problem that's hilariously easy to solve if you care about results more than elections. As such they reflect local panics about whatever has gained media traction. Meth is the big bad in SE Asia. In the UK it's Ecstacy, then legal highs How exactly do you solve drug crises? Treat it as a public health issue? I'd agree that it lessens and mitigates the damage and is generally a better approach, but solve is a pretty strong word in this context. If you have a specific approach, or better yet a case study I'd love to read it. I'm being completely serious, I can't name a country that has solved the drug problem.
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 00:22 |
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Shooting Blanks posted:How exactly do you solve drug crises? Treat it as a public health issue? I'd agree that it lessens and mitigates the damage and is generally a better approach, but solve is a pretty strong word in this context. If you have a specific approach, or better yet a case study I'd love to read it. I'm being completely serious, I can't name a country that has solved the drug problem. Portugal is generally the model here. The article notes that other reforms Portugal has made, like a GMI, have likely had a significant effect on the country's drug problems. But at the same time, the effect of decriminalizing drugs and treating it as a health problem and not a criminal one has been potent. EDIT: Another source.
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 00:30 |
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I think Portugal is widely regarded as a success, but nobody wants to copy their policy of decriminalizing all drugs and treating the matter as a health issue. It's easier to go to rehab if admitting addiction doesn't risk prison time and I want to say their health insurance covers rehab a lot easier too. E: f,b
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 00:37 |
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:I think Portugal is widely regarded as a success, but nobody wants to copy their policy of decriminalizing all drugs and treating the matter as a health issue. It's easier to go to rehab if admitting addiction doesn't risk prison time and I want to say their health insurance covers rehab a lot easier too. Yeah it's sad how little health policy makes sense. Still its important to be able to say this is what we SHOULD be doing, even if its not possible in the present context, if only so you can start taking baby steps in the right direction.
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 01:19 |
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:I think Portugal is widely regarded as a success, but nobody wants to copy their policy of decriminalizing all drugs and treating the matter as a health issue. It's easier to go to rehab if admitting addiction doesn't risk prison time and I want to say their health insurance covers rehab a lot easier too. they have universal healthcare, the same as pretty much all of Europe: this is one of the main reasons that their system worked; in that it tied it into an already working, large scale system and one of the reasons why anyone who doesn't have this system, whether the yanks or whatever godforsaken nations have an even worse system can't follow it properly even if they wanted to
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 02:17 |
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Argue posted:What does he even mean by this. And he'll still have a better chance of joining the EU than Turkey.
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 09:21 |
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Argue posted:What does he even mean by this. He wants to be part of the Eurasian Union I bet, some kind of dystopian Putinist wet dream.
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 09:25 |
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Man, Philippine social media is insanely fired up right now. Admin supporters seem to be getting more desperate with their bullshit.
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 13:12 |
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toasterwarrior posted:Man, Philippine social media is insanely fired up right now. Admin supporters seem to be getting more desperate with their bullshit. To be clear, the latest insane rumor being circulated by the Duterte Fake News Vanguard is that our 51-year-old widow of a Vice President is supposedly pregnant. The other thing I've seen from my Twitter circles today is the swirling hullabaloo over how people shouldn't attend THIS rally or THAT rally, because THIS rally is lead by a pro-Duterte group, or a group with ties to the CPP/NPA, etc.
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 14:39 |
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toasterwarrior posted:Man, Philippine social media is insanely fired up right now. Admin supporters seem to be getting more desperate with their bullshit. Totally. Let's check in with our new representative to the UN and see what he has to say about this. https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/799550788318150656 https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/799639019214643200 https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/799642232059899904 https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/799642519571046400 https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/799751718963527681 https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/799769374617804800 https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/800503949220409344 Well okay.
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 14:49 |
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You missed a couple! https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/798452986661859329 https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/796525742410596352 https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/798903233603215361
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 14:51 |
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"Teddy Boy" sounds like an alias you'd see in a high-profile organized crime indictment. Where'd Locsin pick it up?
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# ? Nov 21, 2016 17:06 |
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FAUXTON posted:"Teddy Boy" sounds like an alias you'd see in a high-profile organized crime indictment. Where'd Locsin pick it up? His real name is Teodoro. That gets shortened to Ted, or Teddy. And then he's a Junior, as his father was also Teodoro, so you add the "-boy" because he's the younger one. Teddyboy.
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