And in Cocktails, the skinny on why missprinted 100 peso bills appeared (great reading for banknote collectors; a friend told me the missprinted 100 peso bills currently sell for 400 pesos).In the blogosphere, let’s start with All Thing Garci: Philippine Commentary asks, what if the “Mother of All Tapes” is in digital format?…  Heckler at Large suggests 10 reasons we should be grateful to Garci.RG Cruz covers the 2nd confrontation between lawyers for and against the Americans.Hillblogger reproduces a letter by David Martinez, apologizing on behalf of the Baby Boomer generation for screwing up the country.Eating the Sun announces that (Hoorah!)  Butch Dalisay, noted author, now blogs.Rasheed’s World bewails the aging of Jay Manolo more than the moralism of one of his movies.Normblog points to how the Iranian government is is losing in its war against dissident blogs.

Will be be back tomorrow.From Slate comes The Great Google Wipeout: Chronicle of a corporate death foretold.From Presto Vivace: a link to peering into Google’s future.From BuzzMachine: Borgle (something to do with Google Base)….  The New Web explains (so does Shannelle.net) and points to the growth in the company, not to mention how Google’s trying to establish free WiFi for the planet.Citizen on Mars ponders Googlebombing.Yuga is the guy to turn to with everything Google-income (read: AdSense) related, such as his updates on how AdSense allows advertisers to bid for advertising on your blog and Google’s click-to-call.From remembering rebecca: a link to A non-controversial alternative to Google Print.From Filipino Librarian: How Google PageRank works.Google Book Search….  Google Earth.Oh, and this isn’t Google-related, but click here to see how Silktide rates this blog.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer: I never left RP, says Garcillano Denies talk with Arroyo to rig 2004 poll results; the Manila Times: Garcillano clears GMA, Grants ABS-CBN interview; the Philippine Star: Garci: GMA did not cheat; the Daily Tribune, Malaya newspaper: Garci: Yes, I talked with Gloria but…; and Manila Standard-Today: Garci speaks, denies rigging ’04 elections; and the Arab News, with Missing Garci Shows Up in TV Interview, Denies Cheating for President Arroyo.Dan Mariano in Garci: Sleepless at Sibugay explains why reporters view former Senator Kit Tatad as a reliable source, and then details what Tatad says about Garci’s hegira….  ABS-CBN reports it thus: Garci: Lacson one of reasons for hiding, All the attention being paid to Senator Lacson reminds us once more that he is, by default, the leader of the mainstream opposition, as I suggested was already the case last June in Last Senator Standing.Read katataspulong for a bracing once-over of the current crisis: on the opposition (less vicious now than when it was in power); on the self-interest everyone posseses (he dissects the ownership of media, for example); and the future prime ministers of the country.Constitution revision, reform, or replacement?…  He says both Houses can arguably treat amendments as it does laws, each house passing its version then rehashing the proposals in the bicameral conference committee.Mindanews reports Federalism favored in Visayas, Mindanao, even Manila, consultations show .In the punditocracy, my column for today is Of heroism and hubris and Billy Esposo warns, Be ready for more showbiz presidents; Jarius Bondoc writes, Weak middle class, strong rebellion, pointing to a UN studyIn the blogosphere,Mongster’s Nest on education, then and now.Be happy you don’t blog in Saudi Arabia.

Heard Virgilio Garcillano has been videotaped and it was shown on ABS-CBN at noon.  The full interview will run when?  Tonight on TV Patrol?

All things Southeast Asian Games related can be found on Dyaryoboy.com’s page on the 2005 SEA Games.Here’s an interesting series of articles on the origins of many famous American salads.And guess who invented fruit cocktail?  William Vere Cruess.

My immediate boss in the Arab News, Rasheed Abou-Alsamh, has commentary on the Subic rape case appearing in the Arab News, in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and his own blog. The Philippine Daily Inquirer editorial today hits at the Secretary of Justice but sounds a cautionary note about the trial to be, itself.Last Thursday, I had a discussion with a foreign diplomat interested in the question of charter change.1…. Federalism: A point raised by a fellow columnist I talked to on the phone last night was that Federalism is the wrong idea for the country, because Federalism involves pre-existing territories with powers agreeing to share their powers; when a unitary state undergoes the process of change, devolution is what happens -the granting of autonomy.3.

Prospero Pichay as Speaker of the House…. The only thing lacking is the Senate!”My response? Lito Lapid as Senate President.Say goodnight, Garci, I mean, Gracie.Goodnight, Gracie.

Garci and Circuses, to borrow the Roman saying. Cobble the papers and the columns and blogs together and what do you get? Pieces of a puzzle that’s beginning to reveal a picture. There’s this Inquirer story: “Garcillano out next week’”: Pichay to seek custody of ex-election official. And one from Inq7.net: Palace: Opposition not interested [...]

(Philippines poised for takeoff? No, just a malfunctioning F-16. From Inq7.net.) Almost all the papers banner the expected resurfacing of missing former Comelec commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. The Philippine Dally Inquirer: Garcillano is back, says wife; Ex-poll exec ‘slipped’ into Palawan from Sabah. The Manila Times: Garcillano back, willing to tell all. The Daily Tribune: Garci [...]

ABS-CBN Interactive breaks the story Garcillano back in RP, says wife: Mrs. Garcillano, according to Carandang’s report, said her husband questioned why only his telephone conversations with a person who sounded like President Arroyo have been made public, when in fact, he talked to a lot of candidates in the 2004 polls, including several opposition [...]