How to be smarter than other people

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America We are smarter than some, not as smart as others. In today’s environment we have special challenges. Bullies define smart as power, the ability to make others squirm or give up. Muscle smarts. Well, I personally think that is not actually smart because it casts pain upon others, it … Continue reading

What lies ahead?

2025 will be a difficult year for many countries. As this blog’s focus is the Philippines, the question is what to expect there for this year. Some of these questions are important and serious. Some just happen to be my part of what I am observing or are food for thought. Let us question the … Continue reading

Filipinos colonize Mars (a story in three parts: 2025, 2035 & 2045)

By Lance Corporal X 2025 A blog about Filipinos going all in with Starlink surfaced in late 2024. It went viral. INC, then LDS, two churches, one from the Philippines and the other from USA, started offering free WiFi to the public via Starlink. Another church from Mindanao, KJC, hearing of its success also decided … Continue reading

Social media, the disease, and we, the diseased

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I wrote the other day that social media is a disease and we are all sick. It is a global pandemic that is so severe that people don’t know they are sick. In the old days, prior to about 1985, we had three main inputs to our brains. What … Continue reading

Starlink for ALL in the Philippines by 2028

By Lance Corporal X When I added that tenth group to Joe’s peoples’ coalition opposition to PBBM and VP Inday Sara, I was envisioning Sharon Cuneta with a bigger role than back in 2022. I realize now it’s about Starlink. But with musicians and actors and entertainers , as well as the other nine in … Continue reading