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gradenko_2000 posted:This is purely conjecture on my part, but I suspect that Duterte is a lot more "uncontrollable" than his handlers initially expected. A lot of these "gaffes" are being made when he does a fairly routine ceremonial visit, has a hot mic in front of him, and then he speaks off the cuff, and the speech invariably has a policy pronouncement that comes out of left field that the Press Secretary and the Foreign Affairs Secretary then have to scramble to "clarify". I'm leaning more and more this way the more time Duterte spends in front of a mic. I can actually understand the points he wants to make when he ad libs, but he has a talent for saying them in the worst way possible and in the easiest way for media to misinterpret or manipulate. Case in point the original 'cussing at Obama' speech. It doesn't help that his cabinet, in their haste to keep his mouth from getting him into more trouble, release statements that end up contradicting each other and causing even more loving confusion.
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CronoGamer posted:Ugh Noynoy why couldn't you have dropped that boring tool Mar and supported Grace from the start Utang na loob, I guess? Noy owes Mar for 'stepping aside' in 2010 when everybody knew Mar was gunning for the presidency then. LP's skill in tearing down opponents was apparent even then: Manny Villar was far and away the leading candidate before the campaign period started, pretty similar to Binay's position before the corruption accusations came out.
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Argue posted:Nah this only happens if you insult Duterte and said remarks go viral
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It's an obvious shame tactic, and incredibly, horrifyingly, embarrassingly misogynistic besides. Especially considering the President himself boasts of getting some on the side in the past. E: mind you, I'm not on de Lima's side here. After she gleefully led the kangaroo court impeachment of Chief Justice Corona during the past administration, she deserves some negative karma heading her way. anakha fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Sep 29, 2016 |
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Flayer posted:people voted for him in huge numbers Which still ended up being a plurality and not a majority vote. 16 million voted for him, which leaves another 28 million who didn't. If those 28 million feel he's imposing his will on them, wouldn't that still be considered dictatorship? Flayer posted:If you have a problem with Duterte you have a problem with democracy as an ideology. My problem is with democracy as implemented in the Philippines, which results in morons like Pacquiao getting elected to the Senate despite an attendance record in Congress that would have high school stoners jealous.
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Argue posted:Things the Philippines has done to disgraced leaders: Arroyo was elected to Congress, not the Senate. Still, that's pretty embarrassing.
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Nov 8, 2016 11:56
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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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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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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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Apr 25, 2017 13:46
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The level of indoctrination they have that allows their leaders to dictate who they will vote for en masse is creepier in my book.
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Jan 26, 2018 23:49
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So much for constitutional law.
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May 11, 2018 11:46
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After that weird-as-hell session with Panelo earlier this week, I'm starting to think this whole Trillanes thing was masterminded by Calida and he persuaded Duterte to go along. That, and Duterte looks more and more ill with every public appearance.
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Midterm elections are next year, but you wouldn't know it with the way candidates are circumventing the no early campaigning rule. I think most of the nonpartisan Filipino population is just waiting to see if Duterte kicks the bucket before Robredo can be kicked out of office for whatever reason. anakha fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Oct 31, 2018 |
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Oct 31, 2018 12:46
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ReindeerF posted:Holy poo poo, Tagaytay is a tourist attraction.. I was told it was dormant. Oops. Nah, Taal is tagged as the country's second most active volcano. It's just that it's spewed mostly just smoke in recent memory.
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Damage control for the senile old man's rants is a full time job.
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