Philippine politics and economics

[Omega 3]

This belongs in the American Politics thread, Pomp, and you must be nuts. What is your source for this outlandish statement? CNN? Washington Post? Anyway I'm glad Hillary wasn't arrested because Obummer would have pardoned her like all the other criminals he pardoned. Have another cupcake, Pomp..

Apparently, Barack & Michelle actually detested Bill & Hillary. Professional competition. BO perhaps delivered less on his campaign promises than any predecessor. The promised "most transparent administration" was perhaps the "least transparent administration" of all time.

Oh, well, at least BO was awarded the Nobel Peace Price. And Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. What are those folks in Stockholm smoking? Must be potent mind-altering stuff.

Interesting to see BO hob-nobbing recently with Richard Branson. Makes you wonder how much of the US $ 1 trillion cash allegedly paid to Iran (per WSJ) might have "fallen through the cracks"?

Oh well, as Georgie Best might have said, "It's all just a giggle".

OM.

P.S. Can't figure out how to transfer this to the US Politics forum?

[Omega 3]

The source of my info is Bob Woodward and especially his book "Shadow. " Woodward has been a recipient of nearly every major journalism award there is.

I am hurt and troubled by your ad hominem attack, "Are you nuts?" Let's stay with the issues my brother. As for your comment that the post is misplaced, the forum administrator seems to allow a lot of latitude in this regard.

Anyway, it kinda does relate to our topics because if Bill Clinton had just RTFF, he could have been sucked off real good on Raymond Street and saved the US taxpayers $50 million not to mention having his pecker polished by a pro who could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

Oh, BTW, thank you I will take that cupcake.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. " Thomas Jefferson.

Pompie,

You are hilarious!

I seriously doubt that WJC would visit Raymond St and slum with us mongers. Have you seen the 5 star caliber of his companions? Plus, WC always can fall back on his buddy, Jeffrey Epstein, to set him up (not that WC really needs help in this respect).

Wasn't it the fugly Henry Kissinger who was quoted as saying that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac? HK always enjoyed being photographed with some gorgeous doll or moll.

Lord, why didn't you make me a rock star, or sports hero, or sleazy politician?

Oh, well, at least I have had the "consolation" blessing of having been in Asia for many years (and loving almost every minute of the experience)!

OM.

[GoodEnough]

Or, to paraphrase the great H. L. Mencken, no one ever went broken underestimating the intelligence of the average American voter. Seems we live in an age of blissful, if aggressive ignorance where, if you can't win on facts, bluster through with ad hominem attacks and red herrings. Oh well, back to my reading of this week's "New Yorker," which is just chock full of those crazy liberal ideas, often expressed in words of more than two syllables.

GE.

The source of my info is Bob Woodward and especially his book "Shadow. " Woodward has been a recipient of nearly every major journalism award there is.

I am hurt and troubled by your ad hominem attack, "Are you nuts?" Let's stay with the issues my brother. As for your comment that the post is misplaced, the forum administrator seems to allow a lot of latitude in this regard.

Anyway, it kinda does relate to our topics because if Bill Clinton had just RTFF, he could have been sucked off real good on Raymond Street and saved the US taxpayers $50 million not to mention having his pecker polished by a pro who could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

Oh, BTW, thank you I will take that cupcake.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. " Thomas Jefferson.

[Member #4566]

This belongs in the American Politics thread, Pomp, and you must be nuts. What is your source for this outlandish statement? CNN? Washington Post? Anyway I'm glad Hillary wasn't arrested because Obummer would have pardoned her like all the other criminals he pardoned. Have another cupcake, Pomp.

The source of my info is Bob Woodward and especially his book "Shadow. " Woodward has been a recipient of nearly every major journalism award there is.

I am hurt and troubled by your ad hominem attack, "Are you nuts?" Let's stay with the issues my brother. As for your comment that the post is misplaced, the forum administrator seems to allow a lot of latitude in this regard.

Anyway, it kinda does relate to our topics because if Bill Clinton had just RTFF, he could have been sucked off real good on Raymond Street and saved the US taxpayers $50 million not to mention having his pecker polished by a pro who could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

Oh, BTW, thank you I will take that cupcake.

Pomp. As I've discovered recently, fact-based, supported and logical arguments do not work with alt. Right supporters and, for the sake of tranquillity, should likely be left off the board in the interests of cyber-peace. Logic, science, effective reasoning are no longer valued traits evidently. GE.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. " Thomas Jefferson.

[Omega 3]

LOL, you've only recently discovered what conservatives have known all along about the liberal cream puffs? Geez, GE, for an educated guy you sure are dumb. Your facts may as well be farts and your logic defies itself. Science? Science fiction is more like it. Peace out. Go sing kooombayah on another thread..

"Factoid farts?" Ha ha ha, you guys are killing me. Must remember this colorful term for future use. It is a gem.

Thanks, GE & DC.

Keep on "trucking", bros.

OM.

[D Cups]

LOL, you've only recently discovered what conservatives have known all along about the liberal cream puffs? Geez, GE, for an educated guy you sure are dumb. Your facts may as well be farts and your logic defies itself. Science? Science fiction is more like it. Peace out. Go sing kooombayah on another thread.

Pomp. As I've discovered recently, fact-based, supported and logical arguments do not work with alt. Right supporters and, for the sake of tranquillity, should likely be left off the board in the interests of cyber-peace. Logic, science, effective reasoning are no longer valued traits evidently.

GE.

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[GoodEnough]

Hillary Clinton has been the most investigated person in human history. All of it was motivated by partisan interests to discredit her husband's presidency and sabotage her political future as a potential rival in presidential politics.

In the recent email server imbroglio, she explained that former SOSOTUS Powell recommended using the server and yet he was not called to testify before congress on this matter regarding his email practices. How much was spent to investigate this? It was maybe 10 million of taxpayer dollars.

When her husband was president the Office of the Independent Counsel left no stone unturned to find something on the Clintons going all the way back to their Arkansas days. Its director, former prosecutor and US circuit court judge Ken Starr, was under enormous pressure to justify the over $40 million cost of the investigation. All he could come up with was that Bill got 13 blowjobs from a luckless intern and like any self-respecting philanderer, he lied about it. During the impeachment proceedings, we learned that the chief inquisitor, Congressman Henry Hyde, hypocritically had an affair with a married woman that ruined her marriage. Did the Democrats dig up and reveal this dirt on the cuckolding Hyde? Nay it was the woman's former husband who justifiably was still on a slow burn.

All of this investigation created an aura that she is crooked but in the words of Donald, it is all fake news.

Bill Clinton should have RTFF and come to blow road or Raymond Street to get his nut off. I know a practitioner on the latter who can suck the balut out of an egg without cracking the shell. Bill, if you are out there, send me a PM and I'll give you the details.

Pomp. As I've discovered recently, fact-based, supported and logical arguments do not work with alt. Right supporters and, for the sake of tranquillity, should likely be left off the board in the interests of cyber-peace. Logic, science, effective reasoning are no longer valued traits evidently.

GE.

[D Cups]

This belongs in the American Politics thread, Pomp, and you must be nuts. What is your source for this outlandish statement? CNN? Washington Post? Anyway I'm glad Hillary wasn't arrested because Obummer would have pardoned her like all the other criminals he pardoned. Have another cupcake, Pomp.

Hillary Clinton has been the most investigated person in human history. All of it was motivated by partisan interests to discredit her husband's presidency and sabotage her political future as a potential rival in presidential politics.

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[WestCoast1]

Until it does, forum headline: "Pinay Puki Price Pleasingly Plummits".

Alternately: "Peckerheads pay poquito price por poon".

Morsel: I actually *did* find the bearded clam.

[Member #4566]

Hillary Clinton has been the most investigated person in human history. All of it was motivated by partisan interests to discredit her husband's presidency and sabotage her political future as a potential rival in presidential politics.

In the recent email server imbroglio, she explained that former SOSOTUS Powell recommended using the server and yet he was not called to testify before congress on this matter regarding his email practices. How much was spent to investigate this? It was maybe 10 million of taxpayer dollars.

When her husband was president the Office of the Independent Counsel left no stone unturned to find something on the Clintons going all the way back to their Arkansas days. Its director, former prosecutor and US circuit court judge Ken Starr, was under enormous pressure to justify the over $40 million cost of the investigation. All he could come up with was that Bill got 13 blowjobs from a luckless intern and like any self-respecting philanderer, he lied about it. During the impeachment proceedings, we learned that the chief inquisitor, Congressman Henry Hyde, hypocritically had an affair with a married woman that ruined her marriage. Did the Democrats dig up and reveal this dirt on the cuckolding Hyde? Nay it was the woman's former husband who justifiably was still on a slow burn.

All of this investigation created an aura that she is crooked but in the words of Donald, it is all fake news.

Bill Clinton should have RTFF and come to blow road or Raymond Street to get his nut off. I know a practitioner on the latter who can suck the balut out of an egg without cracking the shell. Bill, if you are out there, send me a PM and I'll give you the details.

[MrWoolyBooly]

Today, the Peso hit 49.95 against the US dollar. I'm wondering how much further it has to fall before Central Bank thinks of intervening. I'm thinking that if this continues, we're going to start seeing inflation start to creep up quickly.

GE.

Until it does, forum headline: "Pinay Puki Price Pleasingly Plummits".

[Omega 3]

Today, the Peso hit 49.95 against the US dollar. I'm wondering how much further it has to fall before Central Bank thinks of intervening. I'm thinking that if this continues, we're going to start seeing inflation start to creep up quickly.

GE.

50 seems to be the current point of resistance? If and when this point is effectively breached, then it's anyone's guess.

Just my one centavo worth (at current exchange rates).

OM.

[GoodEnough]

Today, the Peso hit 49.95 against the US dollar. I'm wondering how much further it has to fall before Central Bank thinks of intervening. I'm thinking that if this continues, we're going to start seeing inflation start to creep up quickly.

GE.

[Wicked Roger]

Indeed there is,though the Bible thumpers in the US don't have the clout that the church has here. I've never seen another "Christian" country in which the church's tentacles reach so completely into the daily life of the country and where the church was so overtly political and so hostile to women's rights. Duterte has quite publicly denigrated the church's influence and has stated flatly that he will ensure that the Reproductive Health Law is implemented. To date however, I'm unaware of any changes reflected in either the school curricula or the availability of free contraception to poor women.

I do not remember the ASEAN statistics on teenage / unmarried pregnancies, but I'm reasonably sure that this place was at or near the very top of the list. I do know that, among all ASEAN countries, this was the only one to have witnessed an actual increase in poverty over the past ten years, since the first set of Milleneum Goals was adopted. Young girls / women having scads of children to be raised in poverty, coupled with a woefully underfunded public school system preparing kids for pretty much nothing is not a recipe for poverty alleviation. In fact, coupling a lack of marketable skills with general reproductive ignorance is pretty much a recipe for disaster.

GE.

From last July to show PI is the worst offender.

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/20...est-asia-study

Also I know of no other place (except Saudi Arabia of course) where the supermarkets stop working for people to say a pray and then work again. In Saudi is expected that shops close for pray but in a thriving metropolis (well some say) of for example Manila and Cebu etc they do this. Bizarre to me, and I keep shopping and wandering around totally ignoring those standing and muttering.

[Omega 3]

Do you think it was trash-talk when he recently argued that he could impose martial law if he wanted to, or a threat to be taken seriously?

Unfathomable.

"All warfare is based on deception".

Confuse the enemy so that he cannot fathom your real intent.

-- Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

Commentator Sass Rogando Sasot, although in an altogether different context, possibly analogizes Du30's "madness" to the King's Gambit in chess. I don't necessarily agree with Ms. Sasot's analysis, or personal preferences, but she is quite perceptive and this is an interesting read.

Just my two centavos worth.

OM.