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Argue posted:If what you edited out is an explanation that Filipinos have a history of complaining about this, then may I direct you to this site, whose data I populated: https://torchapps.github.io/butthurt/ (it was originally just a gist on Github) No it was just the official statement from the PH embassy in DC (which the rappler article basically quotes in its entirety) but holy poo poo that site. I love it and can't wait to send to my Fil-Am friends
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Saw that a few minutes ago but I'm puzzled. Is the CA really only just now getting around to confirmation hearings on Cabinet officials who began on June 30? What the hell is the point of that? Yasay was going to probably be bounced in a few months anyway once Cayetano is eligible (if that's still the plan) so why even bother 3/4 through his appointment? edit- oh wow I didn't realize he gets stripped of the position on the spot. Lmao.
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CronoGamer posted:Saw that a few minutes ago but I'm puzzled. Is the CA really only just now getting around to confirmation hearings on Cabinet officials who began on June 30? What the hell is the point of that? Yasay was going to probably be bounced in a few months anyway once Cayetano is eligible (if that's still the plan) so why even bother 3/4 through his appointment? Yeah it's not nearly as much of a slam dunk as it sounds considering Yasay got to play at being DFA Sec for ~8 months and Cayetano's going to take over in May anyway, but I'll take any victory I can get. Hopefully he gets prosecuted for the perjury. I'm not really sure if the CA hearings being this late are "normal". They've been working on them since last year, but only got around to Yasay now after a holiday recess.
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If we adopt the model of "pay attention to what they do, more than what they say", then this thread becomes somewhat easier to update, but really that's just an excuse. 1: Over the past week, the Defense Secretary revealed that, for the last three months, a Chinese ship had been conducting survey operations in the Benham Rise, a nautical region to the east of the Philippines that the country ostensibly has "sovereign rights" over, according to the UNCLOS. "Sovereign rights" in this case being defined as less than sovereignty, but exclusive and superior to the rights of other states. Beijing released a statement saying that their passage through the Rise was only transitory, and in any case the Philippines shouldn't be able to claim Benham Rise as Philippine territory exclusively. The President, for his part, seemed largely unconcerned with this news - while he did instruct the military to tell the Chinese that the Benham Rise was "ours", he instructed that this be said "in a friendly manner". Further, according to him, the passage of the Chinese ship through the Benham Rise was previously aligned with him, and that he allowed it. Something which surprised the Defense and Foreign Affairs departments, as they had not been informed of any such arrangement. Finally, the President downplayed the worries from these two departments, saying that he did not want to fight China on this. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/153204/lorenzana-chinese-survey-ship-spotted-benham-rise#ixzz4bC6l1F6j http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/03/15/justice-antonio-carpio-philippines-rights-benham-rise.html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/153260/ph-cant-claim-benham-rise-as-its-own-territory-beijing http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/03/13/1680750/duterte-concern-over-chinese-ships-benham-rise-exaggerated http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/164116-duterte-confusion-benham-rise http://interaksyon.com/article/137703/duterte-orders-navy-to-build-structures-on-benham 2: Making good on his threat, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez lead the removal of committee positions from all of the Representatives that voted against the death penalty. http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/15/17/arroyo-other-anti-death-penalty-solons-removed-from-posts 3: An impeachment case was filed earlier this week against the President by House Rep. Gary Alejano. What's notable is that Alejano belonged to a group of mutineers that once tried to launch a coup against then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo back in 2003. Also of this Magdalo group is Antonio Trillanes, a staunch opposition member within the Senate. The charges against the President include: Culpable violation of the Constitution Engaging in bribery Betrayal of public trust Graft and corruption Other high crimes It's considered unlikely that this case will go anywhere, given that a pro-admin majority holds the House. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/world/asia/philippines-duterte-impeachment-.html?_r=0 http://www.rappler.com/nation/164351-gary-alejano-magdalo-duterte-impeachment 4: Vice President Leni Robredo revealed incidents of police abuse of authority in a video message to the 60th United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs. In particular, she told of the practice of "palit-ulo", literally "exchange of heads", wherein allegedly the police will apprehend or detain the family of a targeted drug-user or drug trafficker, if they cannot find that person themselves. She also told stories of warrantless arrests and illegal detention as a result of the resumption of the PNP resuming their war on drugs earlier this month under Oplan Tokhang Alpha Reloaded The administration has decried, denied, and belied the VP's claims, saying that "palit-ulo" is a legitimate police tactic in which a lesser offender is offered clemency if they give up bigger fish. This is not nearly the same thing as Robredo's claims though; in her message, what is being practiced is that innocent relatives are the ones being apprehended by the police because the main target is not there - there is no trade-off being done at all. http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/03/15/vice-president-leni-robredo-palit-ulo-drug-operation.html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/880972/robredo-reveals-govt-forces-use-palit-ulo-scheme-in-drug-war http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/16/17/robredo-camp-defends-palit-ulo-claim-these-are-personal-stories http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/881340/robredo-camp-raised-ejk-concern-to-dilg-pnp-but-was-ignored http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/03/15/1681414/palace-robredo-misinformed-alleged-police-palit-ulo-scheme 5: Finally, the administration has accused these "attacks" on the government as all being part of destabilization plots against them, and the House Speaker is talking a big game of possibly filing impeachment charges against Robredo herself, under the guise of her "palit-ulo" message being a betrayal of the public trust. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/881625/palace-links-robredo-to-impeachment-try-vs-duterte http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/03/17/Robredo-impeachment-complaint-Duterte-Alvarez.html
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I thought the impeachment charge might be a sneaky false flag, since once it's defeated another impeachment can't be brought for another year? E.g. a years immunity from impeachment
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Scaramouche posted:I thought the impeachment charge might be a sneaky false flag, since once it's defeated another impeachment can't be brought for another year? E.g. a years immunity from impeachment Yes, it's limited to one per year, but this seems earnest, as the filer is a member of the opposition and the response of the administration is fierce recrimination. It was the impeachment complaints against Arroyo that were considered bogus, and more because of a rule that only allowed one impeachment complaint to be considered at a time. So the guy who filed them would beat everyone else to the punch, then his case was weak, and it'd fail, and then the one year limit would kick in. The House has since changed its rules so that impeachment complaints can be consolidated across multiple complainants, which prevents this lockout from happening since a second complainant with a strong case can now piggyback on the first's weak complaint.
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So much for Duterte being pro-gay marriage.quote:(There's no gender, because you can be or she... that's their culture. That's only for them. That can't be applied to us, we're Catholics. And there is the Civil Code, which is you can only marry a woman for me, and for woman to marry a man. That's the law in the Philippines.)
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Well, Obama also extra judicially murdered hundreds if not thousands of people, but he eventually came around on gay marriage.
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https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/848863087255932929 PYF highlights from this speech he gave to children: (translated) 1. "They say I kill people. Well I really do kill people if they mess with our kids." 2. [jokingly, to the kids] "Let me tell you about drug addicts--are any of you drug addicts?" 3. "Avoid the streets. Wear cologne in your house. Because if I catch you [making trouble], I'm going to throw you into the bay." 4. The part after the speech where two kids excitedly say to each other: "I'm going to become a soldier and kill rebels!" "I'm going to kill drug pushers!"
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Argue posted:https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/848863087255932929
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Is wearing a military uniform a new thing for him? Admittedly I haven't followed the news as much lately, but I only ever remember him wearing plaid short-sleeve shirts.
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webmeister posted:Is wearing a military uniform a new thing for him? Admittedly I haven't followed the news as much lately, but I only ever remember him wearing plaid short-sleeve shirts. By law, all Philippine Presidents become Chief Scout of the Boy Scout's Association of the Philippines. Duterte made that speech as part of his acceptance of the role - so try to put that speech in context of him saying it in front of a crowd of children. Also, Duterte's such a slovenly motherfucker. That uniform shirt is supposed to be tucked-in.
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Argue posted:https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/848863087255932929 drat, Sesame Street got really dark after it moved to HBO.
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I just sat through a whole Duterte speech playing on the car radio and now I wish I'd just crashed my car into a wall
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https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/849564609367478272 Much like Trump, he's still loving hung-up on Obama.
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"The destruction of our country is going on" is a remarkable way to put it.
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duterte about to poke the panda https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...m=.6bc15b460b88 quote:The Philippine president appeared to revive his quarrels with China on Thursday, ordering his troops to occupy islands and reefs in the disputed South China Sea — and saying he may even stop by for a visit.
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There's something delightfully ironic that when it comes to China, Obama was probably a more solid ally than Trump.
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In hindsight we were probably going to drift closer towards the Chinese no matter who won in May because American foreign policy is vacillating between non-existent, incoherent, and directed-by-a-real-estate-agent.
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This is pretty loving raw (warning, opens with a photo of a person shot dead at a roadside resto): http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/philippines-drug-war-deaths-kristita-padual/ Tragedy, tribalism, and stupidity all rolled into one
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What kinds of cuisine do you guys have? It's somehow unfair that we have only Thai restaurants everywhere and not other Southeast Asian diners. Especially since the US owned the Philippines for 40 years so you'd think that their cuisine would transfer over here. 
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Grouchio posted:What kinds of cuisine do you guys have? It's somehow unfair that we have only Thai restaurants everywhere and not other Southeast Asian diners. Especially since the US owned the Philippines for 40 years so you'd think that their cuisine would transfer over here. Over to the US? I've seen it occasionally in Florida. Largely around Jacksonville. That's likely due to the Navy base. I've seen Vietnamese places in just about every city though.
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I get the feeling that you wouldn't be able to eat an authentic version of our best food, sisig, without violating a few health codes. There's a sisig food truck in San Francisco, and it's good, but far from authentic. Truth is I hate most of our local cuisine but here are some dishes: Tapa Dinuguan - pig's blood stew Bicol express - An authentic Bicol express is very spicy; for that you have to actually go to Bicol, where they gave us a version that they said they neutered a bit, and by the end of the meal I'd consumed a 1.5 litre bottle of Coke just to drown out the spiciness. Sinigang - I hate this most of all but everyone else likes it Desserts: Our desserts all tend to be incredibly sweet and some form of pastries. Sapin-sapin Bibingka - I'm actually not sure if this counts as dessert in general but I treat it as such Puto Suman - like a Filipino version of mochi And of course, Halo-halo, which you can probably get a tame version of at an American Jollibee. It's basically a shaved ice shake that they just dump all sorts of sweet ingredients in.
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Jumping at the chance to post a link to the awesome Pinoy Food thread over in GWS that got wikified. Seeing how some of the classic recipes were received by non-Filipino goons warms my heart.
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Some of my favorite Pinoy food (with apologies for that which is actually from or derived from Spanish cuisine): Kare-kare - ox tripe stew with peanut butter sauce Lechon - pit-roasted pork Lechon Kawali - pan-fried pork belly Bagnet - deep-fried pork belly Lechon Manok - roasted chicken Kaldereta - goat meat stew Adobo - commonly chicken or pork in a soy sauce, garlic and vinegar marinade Gising-gising - ground pork and green beans with chili, cooked in coconut milk Bulalo - beef stew, but specifically with the marrow still in it Laing - meat stew in dried taro leaves and coconut milk, seasoned with chili
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Is Pinoy cuisine particularly meat heavy, or did you just happen to list a bunch of (incredibly delicious looking) meat-based dishes?
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Ytlaya posted:Is Pinoy cuisine particularly meat heavy, or did you just happen to list a bunch of (incredibly delicious looking) meat-based dishes? It's all fried meat and it's terrible. Everything is just shades of brown and you feel like you need to shower after most meals
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Ytlaya posted:Is Pinoy cuisine particularly meat heavy, or did you just happen to list a bunch of (incredibly delicious looking) meat-based dishes? Nah my diet is just garbagetown. There's examples of vegetable dishes in Pinoy cuisine, I just didn't get around to them all that much. Some of those dishes I mentioned above can also have no-meat alternatives: laing and kare-kare, for example, could work just as well without any meat in it.
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Filipino cuisine tends to be crazy unhealthy, but I like most of it all the same. Shrimp sinigang all day.
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toasterwarrior posted:Filipino cuisine tends to be crazy unhealthy, but I like most of it all the same. Shrimp sinigang all day. To quote another poster, Filipino food is the Paula Deen of Asian cuisine.
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A lot's been going on but I just wanted to share this exchange from the senate floor. Sotto is Senator Sotto, famously awful person who lobbied hard against the Reproductive Health Bill and who plagiarized several speeches in doing so. (original Facebook post here if you wanted to share it)quote:Sotto: On a lighter note, secretary. We've been looking at your personal information and found out that you have two children? Not entirely sure how to translate "na-ano lang" here but I think you guys get the idea.
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Wow, what an rear end in a top hat.
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Ratoslov posted:Wow, what an rear end in a top hat.
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Also http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/roger-corman-rodrigo-duterte-movie-1201811434/quote:While President Donald Trump has been recently assailed for inviting Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to the White House, Corman has already been cooking up a movie inspired by the controversial figure, whose anti-drug crackdown has led to a reported 7,000 extrajudicial killings. Tentatively titled “Death Squad,” the movie focuses a post-apocalyptic world in which a tyrannical ruler orders extrajudicial killings supposedly to alleviate crime, which leads him to start killing anyone who disagrees with him. You might know Roger Corman from the 1990s Fantastic Four movie that never came out.
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So the CA voted to get Gina Lopez out of her post as DENR secretary. Yet there is some weirdness with the (secret) voting (http://www.rappler.com/nation/168791-commission-appointments-secret-voting-gina-lopez). Thoughts? I also find it strange that for all of our Glorious Leader's rhetoric on mining, he has washed his hands clean of the mess.
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Looks like that was done specifically for this administration in March of this year: http://www.rappler.com/nation/163485-ca-commission-on-appointments-secret-voting-new-rulesquote:MANILA, Philippines – The powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) on Tuesday, March 7, approved new rules to allow, upon a motion, secret voting by members on appointments. So yeah, definitely something's up. Considering that initial reports about how the voting went indicate that it was actually administration allies that voted against Lopez, it's likely that this was a cover-your-rear end measure, so that someone like staunch administration ally Alan Peter Cayetano could vote against Lopez (because he's beholden to mining interest NickelAsia) without being tied to the vote come election time.
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