Archive for the ‘philippine history x’ Category

Ferdinand Topacio: The Hit(ler)s Keep On Coming

The Littlest Nazi, lawyer Ferdinand Topacio, is still going on about how great Adolf Hitler was, apparently.

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Ferdinand Topacio, Bachelor of Laws: Godwin’s and Martial

"He was just misunderstood!," Hitler-loving Arroyo lawyer insists

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Internet Research and How Not To Do It

Fair hope of our Fatherland indeed.

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Fuck you, guy. That is the Philippine flag.

Fuck you, guy. That is the Philippine flag that my grandfather spent most of his life fighting for. He did not survive the Death March and a Huk ambush and then ironically die from an incorrectly diagnosed stomach problem at Veterans Memorial Medical Center so you can use it as as a goddamned sun shade. [...]

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Happy birthday, Dr. Jose Rizal

“We have already spoken of the more or less latent predisposition which exists in the Philippines toward indolence, and which must exist everywhere, in the whole world, in all men, because we all hate work more or less, as it may be more or less hard, more or less unproductive.”–Dr. Jose Rizal

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4 “Drugs” Of The 1990s

Judging from the drug cartels that have allegedly infiltrated show business circles and the recent nationwide drug testing in schools, the Philippines must be awash in narcotics of all kinds. Things were not always this way, though. Back when all the addicts had to go on were meth and marijuana, people went to great lengths [...]

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The Indolent Indio Reader

For Independence Day ‘09, The Indolent Indio is publishing a series of posts that touch on nationalism, freedom, and crass comedy. This is us cheating by reposting old stuff you may not have seen yet. – Top 5 Things To Thank Spain For “Bad as they were, our Spanish conquerors did not spend all day [...]

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How Much Is That Indio In The Window?

For Independence Day ’09, The Indolent Indio is publishing a series of posts that touch on nationalism, freedom, and crass comedy. This is the first post in the series – A recent study has shown that the value of the average Filipino has plummeted steadily over the years. Whereas 20 years ago the Filipino was [...]

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7 playground lies we fell for in the ’90s

If there’s one thing that characterized a ’90s childhood, it was lies. In an age before Google could pretty much debunk any false claim, kids took turns one-upping each other’s bullshit just to seem cooler, richer, or both, than everyone else in school. Of course, the advent of the Internet made our teenage years even [...]

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A pop-culture quiz for 90′s kids

premadonna asks: 1. Sa palabas na Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ang daga ay si Splinter, ang kalaban na may metal helmet ay si Shredder, ang dalawang goons ay si Rocksteady at Bebop. Ano ang pangalan ng mukhang kurimaw na may utak sa tiyan?

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