They say that one of the benefits of affordable television sets for the masses is fewer babies.

In the blogosphere,blackshama and Read Tequila Geek both condemn the egg-throwing incident in the University of the Philippines.  The former because it violates a cardinal principle UP is supposed to uphold (free, open debate) and the latter because it doesn’t -and shouldn’t- reflect the attitudes or behavior of the entire university community.

The House leadership’s announced it will resort to a sine die session to pave the way for Plan B.The classic account of a sine die session is, of course, Nick Joaquin’s 13 o’clock, in which then Senate President Marcos kept his position by surreptitiously turning the Senate clock back on. In those days, under the 1935 Constitution, the legislature met only 100 days out of the year.  The present constitution mandates what is, officially, a year-round session.

While theHostility from the court was the experience of some.Meanwhile, back at the House: debate set for the Constituent Assembly scheme.

The contempt is obvious:Asked to comment on the supposedly emerging slate, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita bluntly said: “There’s none.”He added that he had no plans either to run for the Senate.Asked why, he replied: “Because I don’t like (to), Mike (Defensor) is just inventing that….  My hunch is this: Defensor is a more reliable guide to the President’s thinking, and Ermita, to the rest of officialdom.And this is simply creepy: The eerie Weblogs of young murderers:There is nothing like the World Wide Web for forging deep and meaningful bonds between anti-social outcasts.  Whereas before the advent of the Internet, Kimveer Gill may well have lived out his days drinking whiskey and hating others in his parents’ basement, the Web site VampireFreaks.com afforded him the opportunity to reach out and touch thousands of other petulant misanthropes.

THE LONG VIEW Referendum on Estrada By Manuel L. Quezon III Inquirer Last updated 00:45am (Mla time) 09/25/2006 Published on page A15 of the September 25, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer THE LATE TEODORO M. LOCSIN SR. ONCE made an observation about power, and how holding it too long and without challenge dulled [...]

WellAnd finally, via Perpetual Thursday, a link to what has to be one of the niftiest blogs around: Indexed.  A life lesson, every day, on an index card, but online!  Plus, lots and lots of a personal fetish of mine -Venn Diagrams!

This constitution is often overlooked, not least because it was only briefly in force, and the regime for which it was drafted has never enjoyed anything beyond a grudging recognition of (limited) legitimacy.However it has been studied and its most notable influence, I think, has been on scholars such as Dr. Jose Abueva who has raised hackles by his proposing the qualification of the freedom of speech with “responsible.”CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1943PREAMBLEThe Filipino people, imploring the aid of Divine Providence and desiring to lead a free national existence, do hereby proclaim their independence, and in order to establish a government that shall promote the general welfare, conserve and develop the patrimony of the Nation, and contribute to the creation of a world order based on peace, liberty, and moral justice, do ordain this Constitution.Article I….  The National Assembly shall have the power to define, prescribe, and apportion the jurisdiction of the various courts, but may not deprive the Supreme Court of its original Jurisdiction over cases affecting ambassadors, diplomatic ministers and consuls, nor of its jurisdiction to review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm on appeal, certiorari, or writ of error, as the law or the rules of court may provide, final judgments and decrees of inferior courts in all cases in which the constitutionality of any law, ordinance, or executive order or regulation is in question, or in which the jurisdiction of any court is in issue or where only errors or questions of law are involved.Sec….  All agricultural, timber, and mineral lands of the public domain, waters, minerals, coal, petroleum, and other mineral oils, all sources of potential energy, and other natural resources of the Philippines belong to the State, and their disposition, exploitation, development, or utilization shall be limited to citizens of the Philippines, or to corporations or associations at least sixty per centum of the capital of which is owned by such citizens, subject to any existing right, grant, lease, or concession at the time of the inauguration of the government established under this Constitution.

My apologies to CaT and thanks to her for reminding me of my commitment.There isn’t any point worrying about the world if we’re deaf, mute, and blind to the plight of an individual child.in times of pain has the story and updates on Joseph Pyro, who is very ill and has gone through, in his three years on earth, more than most of us will ever have to suffer.

You can also understand why Yongyuth and Newin are now at the top of this country’s most-wanted list and have surrendered themselves to the CDRM for interrogation.Once the situation was under his complete control, Thaksin had planned to fly back yesterday in order to declare victory over anti-democratic elements in society….  He asked Sonthi to wait until he returned from New York so that the two could talk things out and said that he would reschedule his return flight to Bangkok to Wednesday, instead of yesterday as he had planned.General Sonthi was polite, but told him that he had no choice, that he had to stage the coup…Thaksin’s wife Khunying Pojaman Shinawatra was supposed to take a 12am flight to Singapore on Tuesday night.  She quickly changed her flight to 9pm…Twenty-five minutes later, knowing that his wife was safely on an aircraft bound for Singapore, Thaksin read out his state of emergency address from his New York hotel room, effectively sacking General Sonthi .But an hour later, General Sonthi declared a counter-coup to overthrow the Thaksin regime and tear up the Constitution.This story suggests the need for soul searching along the lines of When is the abhorrent practice of staging a coup justifiable?