Monthly Archives: February 2008

One Day More

Listen to “One Day More.” Labanan ang Katiwalian at Kasinungalian. Itaguyod ang Katotohanan. It is time to be COUNTED! Join us at the Friday Inter-Faith Prayer Rally Ayala cor. Paseo de Roxas – 4:00 to 8:00 PM Where former President Cory Aquino and Jun Lozada will join us as we make the call for Truth [...]

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A French historian’s view

William Guerauche examines how MLQ networked, politically, through his correspondence: Sociability and personal bonds in the Philippines under American Colonisation – Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Sociability and personal bonds in the Philippines under American Colonisation   In French: sociabilités ph.pdf.

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“The Dead Flame”: reflections for the weekend

Here is a video that encapsulates it all: the precise instant that Romanian dictator Nicolai Ceausescu lost control of his people. The title of my entry is taken from the title of one of my favorite chapters in one of my favorite books,“Shah of Shahs” (Ryszard Kapuscinski). And this is my favorite passage from that [...]

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The Mandate of Heaven (concluded the next day)

“Unity Walk” “Solidarity Walk” Same walk, different caption. A sign of the state of confusion at the Palace. Is it just me, or or are these pictured (from yesterday, the so-called “solidarity walk,” swiftly retitled “unity walk” at the Palace; by the way, see abashet joey on the President and PhotoShop) too creepily reminiscent of [...]

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