Ahahaha, those Inquirer “journalists” are a piece of work

Posted by JoeAm on January 1, 2016 · 193 Comments 

First, condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc (June 28, 1941 – December 24, 2015), an icon of courage and journalistic integrity. The nation is somehow a little emptier with her passing. This article has little to do with her, but is about the content of the paper she left behind, and about … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Culture and Arts, Humor/Satire, Literature

“The confidence of the dumb”

Posted by JoeAm on December 20, 2015 · 179 Comments 

There is a scale of intelligence upon which one person is smarter than another, and there is a scale of knowledge upon which one person knows more than another, and there is a scale of ego upon which one person exhibits more confidence or hubris than another, and there is a scale of forthrightness, the … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts

Mar Roxas: Ang Alamat, Ang Kathang Isip at ang Tutuong Tao

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on December 15, 2015 · 66 Comments 

w ni Joe America, isinalin sa Pilipino ni Wilfredo G. Villanueva Iisa-isahin ko. Una, yung alamat, sunod yung sabi-sabi, pagkatapos yung tutuong tao. Ang Alamat Kapag andyan na siya, ang nasa isip mo yung alamat. Para sa iba, maaalala mo yung mga picture niya, sako-sakong bigas, nakahiga sa isang bloke ng yelo, semplang sa motorsiklo. … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

“Mar Roxas: the man, the myth, the legend”

Posted by JoeAm on December 10, 2015 · 404 Comments 

(Translation link: Mar Roxas: Ang Alamat, Ang Kathang Isip at ang Tutuong Tao) Well, I’ll take them out of order. First the legend, the myth and then the man. The Legend It is true that Mar Roxas arrives on the scene as a legend. For some, it is for his photos, of bags of rice, lying … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Google Trends and the Last Minute Voter

Posted by JoeAm on December 1, 2015 · 134 Comments 

w by Giancarlo What is Google Trends? From wikipedia: “Google Trends is a public web facility of Google Inc., based on Google Search, that shows how often a particular search-term is entered relative to the total search-volume across various regions of the world, and in various languages. The horizontal axis of the main graph represents … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Politics