D-op-ed: Hodgepodge

Reposting below items I wrote for the blog I just decided to retire. I plan to write entries similar to these for this new blog...and maybe publish them again in another "new" blog as soon as I get bored with this one:)


Lindsay Lohan sued over predawn car chase.
Well that's what happens when you find it hard to bloat into a fat ass ex-pop princess or be the naturally-slim looking "P of the Cell" and you're competing to be Google's top search keyword. Misbehaviour, a car stunt, and a possible stint in jail...what's next?

Crocs trap Australian rancher up tree for a week.

Interesting story but I don't think that compares to Philippine crocs who've been leeching the country for several decades. I heard they recently celebrated their 100th anniversary being an "institution."

Senator Antonio Trillanes says government execs led Marines to death trap.
Sad news indeed. Had they followed Trillanes's schemes, they could have been congressmen or senators cum armchair generals by now.

Title of choice urged for transsexuals. BANGKOK, Thailand -- Mr., Mrs. or Ms.? Thailand may soon let people who have had a sex change officially alter their title, too.
Wiroon Tangcharoen, an assembly member who is also rector of Srinakharinwirot University, said he supported the move and did not believe it would affect room assignments in university dormitories, where students are segregated by sex, The Nation newspaper said.

No trouble with segregation, the real concern is identification.

Pacquiao-Roach spat rumors
Boxing coach Freddie Roach said he does not have a quarrel with ward Manny Pacquiao following reports that the boxer flew back to Manila shortly after the press conference announcing his October 6 match with Marco Antonio Barrera. The reason for Pacquiao's departure remains unknown.
Movie shoot? Photo shoot? Whatchamacallit shoot?
Ask Ara Mina.

Sometimes, news are just written heckle-y-tickle-y...
What follows is an excerpt from a Philippine Daily Inquirer article. Read the full text here.

When Legarda, clad in a cream pantsuit, went onstage to receive her award, she said Arroyo bussed her and then asked: "Loren, did you hear the he or she?"

Legarda replied: "Yes, Madam President."

Arroyo, said Legarda, told her: "The he or she was meant for you."

The President was referring to a portion of her July 23 State of the Nation Address when, during her lengthy enumeration of the various infrastructure projects the administration is undertaking, she said whoever succeeded her in 2010, "he or she will have an easier time of it."

"I said, ‘No, when you said he or she, I looked at [Senator Manuel] Mar [Roxas II] and [Senator Richard] Dick Gordon," Legarda said.

So who could be that she Loren was thinking? Any idea, Korina?

From CNN: Fossils that have been discovered in east Africa's Rift Valley, regarded as the "cradle of humankind", pose a contention to the idea that human prototypes evolved one after the other in a linear fashion from Homo habilis to Homo erectus, ending with modern humans.
Come on, we don't need fossils to prove that (there is coexistence among human prototypes). Watch NBA.


Johnson & Johnson sues Red Cross over the use of its logo on first aid kits and other medical materials and paraphernalia sold to the public.
Red Cross is blue. The organization is surely saddened by the turn of events.

Senator Roxas: The “nature of the majority”is making Villar dance the “tinikling.”
Senate President Villar: It's not tinikling, it's a modern dance. Please see my campaign TVC.

MySpace adds Onion news to site.
Friendster reacts and thinks of signing in a counterpart—any Philippine tabloid.

Veteran Senator Joker Arroyo to neophyte Senator Alan Peter Cayetano: Think before talking.
Cayetano: Look who's joking.

3 Arroyos in House: Who’s afraid of Peter Cayetano?
Cayetano: Who's afraid of libel?

Russia to Iran: You Keep Secrets, We Keep Nuke Fuel
This has been the statement circulated in the press. Withal, reliable sources say the real Russian Government statement is worded differently. Writes something like this:
"Keep your secrets so we can keep delivering your nuke fuel. "

A report claims that most Americans would support legislation that would ban text messaging while driving.
Apparently, the "some" in the population surveyed were Filipinos who successfully applied for American citizenship.

Esperon reports: NPA strength reduced 
JDV opines: Party list representation strengthened.