the streets in Manila are flooded, and there is flooding in much of nearby Pampanga and Bulacan. We are northwest of the areas that have had heavy rain: So we have rain but no major… Read More

 two tropical low pressure areas nearby have sucked the monsoon rains to cover the Philippines, and Manila (whose sewer/drainage system is suboptimal) is flooding a bit. so Manila… Read More

Don't ask me what is going on in the USA. I had the TV on in the background when they were interrogating the Secret Service director, and she was so bad that even the Democrats were blasting… Read More

State of the Nation report today:education was shut down with covid (home school) and so the education system was harmed greatly.Sighin the meanwhile, our irrigation ditch is being cleaned s… Read More

it was a "glitch"? Really? I haven't checked if I will be able to get money from some of our banks but the Inquirer reports that the local internet/airplane problems are quickly being solve… Read More

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more articles summarized on my Makaipa blog.when the Pope condemns destroying the environment, this is what he is talking about.The problem? he remains vague about what is going on just maki… Read More

a follow up of the previous one about cat rabies: ......and here is the part about toxoplasmosis: Read More

Shades of 1933, when the shooter missed FDR and killed the mayor of Chicago at a rally in Miami.I first saw this on my Cspan feed: looks like it came very near to his head. No, I don't usual… Read More

 Lots of hysteria on line about a case of Bubonic plague in Oregon.Uh, hate to tell you,  but doctors in the IHS (Indian Health Service) in the Navajo or Pueblo areas see a couple… Read More

the background on why Archbishop Vigano was quickly thrown out of the Catholic church, you have to realize he was willing to name names (McCarrick) and threatened to expose the lies that the… Read More

 this is big news in the Philippines, and I posted about it before. But here is a political site that summarizes the story if you don't have time to watch the 4 hour committee meeting I… Read More

Ann Althouse links to an essay that wonders  "if Americans are in fact totally cool with a group of unelected officials pulling strings behind the scenes..." "... while the man kno… Read More

 In my spare time, I am reading/re reading the Tale of Genji, and this has led to me looking into all sorts of side issues of that period of Japan, including the feminist ones (were all… Read More

A new film highlights how churches have encouraged the adoption of older children, and Jordan Peterson discusses this. why are there so few good stories about Foster care and adoption?… Read More

....the article discussing this HERE. Due to super high water absorption and water retention capacity, superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) can be applied to effectively ameliorate utiliza… Read More

here, it is a minor holiday: US/Philippine friendship day Read More

I liked this one better than the first Paddington filmquick before the copyright cops find it Read More

the Agatha Christie Indult was a Catholic decree in response to a petition signed by many artists and writers not to cancel the Latin Mass back in 1971Supposedly, Pope Paul had read the lett… Read More

Aka whoopie pieKuya brought this up yesterday as we were eating a chocolate cupcake, where the cake part was very dense and sweet, and the icing melted in your mouth.When he was a kid growin… Read More

Hillary raised the question years ago:  from Legal Insurrection: Can you imagine an emergency situation where immediate military decisions that only a president can make need to… Read More

the joke about alligators in the sewers of NYCity refers to an urban legend. This urban legend claims that alligators have been living underneath the bustling streets, having been flushed d… Read More

 Like a lot of Japanese films by Muyazaki, to understand the Boy and the Heron requires cultural background so will need several watchings, but visually it is beautiful.and many of… Read More

Global voices has a long essay on how China will seek out to arrest and try and even execute those saying Taiwan is an independent state.read the whole thing at the link, but this is th… Read More

the phrase the emperor has no clothes/is naked refers to the fairy tale LINK not to the people being discussed.  no one outside of the extreme right would dare to say it openly … Read More

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 Our granddaughter is in the USA teaching a summer seminar for high school kids about economic matters. She loves teaching and is hoping to teach at an international school in Thailand… Read More

the Cass review is a UK examination of the actual data on gender dysphoria and treatment, and has essentially resulted in that country shutting down the routine surgery that had been done.Al… Read More

 all that stuff the AMA and other PC types about teaching racism to medical student so they are not racist misses the point: The danger is not dislike of a person's skin colour, but it… Read More

 there is an article floating around conspiracy sites that CIA bots persuaded Filipinos not to get the Sinovax shot from China, and this resulted in lots of people dying.Complete nonsen… Read More

Father Leo expresses his concerns about Catholics celebrating Pride Month due to the changing meaning of pride as a deadly sin associated with debauchery and immorality. He encourages humili… Read More

 Garrison Keillor ponders on Father's day, and Solomon.Just read the whole thing. A wise old man ponders on real life (as opposed to the screeds we tend to see posted on the internet/tw… Read More

.................the soil in this area is not good for farming: So much of the farm lands in the Cambria county area have all gone back to forest, and when hiking near our home, we'd find ch… Read More

HAPPY FLAG DAY From Wikipedia:Flag Day is a holiday celebrated on June 14 in the United States. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution o… Read More

 So two Knights of Columbus who were helicopter pilots rescued over 100 Americans from violence in Haiti.It was the first call for Marinello since he started a helicopter air medical se… Read More

when the Islamic terrorists took over a small city here, to fight their propaganda the Philippine military took and posted lots of videos to explain what they were doing.But when reporters a… Read More

Move over Garfield; the cartoon cat that broke open Chinese censorship of the covid lockdowns in 2022.A Chinese dissident - who is behind a popular X account fronted by this cartoon cat - sa… Read More

  more information HERE: they spy, they drop bombs on you, and then there is this: LogisticsCommercial cargo ships can carry hundreds of armed UAVs equipped with satellite communication… Read More

Brian Sibley, who has many posts on classical Disney cartoons, has one today about Disney's help with fighting World War II via education and propaganda. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbo… Read More

Tea at Trianon links to a xenotransplant, where a man was given a pig kidney.  He later died, cause of death not mentioned, and the family says thank you to the doctors for giving… Read More

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 China is trying to ban a HongKong protest song from Youtube.Glory to HongKong.Lyrics here.AlJ article here Read More

I am no fan of Dr. Fauci, but when Dr Paul questioned him about the six foot distancing, Fauci said he made it up.Actually, droplets of saliva etc can be spread 6 feet plus with coughing and… Read More

 We grow organic brown rice here in the Philippines, but a lot of rice is grown in West Africa, and originally that rice , Oryza glaberrima was a slightly different type than Asian rice… Read More

A million FIlipinos praying the rosary blocked Marcos'thugs from arresting General Ramos, and persuaded President Regan to tell Marcos he would not get US backing for stealing the election… Read More

LINK China is destroying the ecosystem in the West Philippine sea.Ecology types are silent about this of course: one conspiracy site notes that Chinese proxies donate a lot of money to… Read More

quick: How many Hamas loving protesters recognize that Hamas is an Iranian proxy? And how many know about the woman who won a Nobel Peace prize for her activism to promote women's rights?&nb… Read More

paying off someone blackmailing them to save their marriage is now a federal crime.paying someone so they won't sue you in court is cheaper than going to court, as many docs accused of malpr… Read More

the WHO treaty had not been approved by everyone, says LegalInsurrection:who earlier pointed out the problems with the treaty.The World Health Organization gets to define what a pandemi… Read More

 this report seems to point out the details that are not being reported. Videos on social media? don't question the propaganda Read More

 Here in Asia, there has been a lot of bird flu for years. And about 100 people infected with this because of close contact or from eating infected meat. About a decade ago the epidemic… Read More

the casinos and on line gambling (POGO) were supposed to be a money maker for the government and provide jobs for locals. These organizations started under President Aquino but expande… Read More

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 lots of conspiracy theories about solar storms and the Carrington event.Lots of hysteria.So the latest solar flare gave us lots of lights in the sky, but no disaster. WTF? We were told… Read More

We docs spend a lot of time encouraging our patients to lose weight and exercize, but all the kerfuffle about fat models on magazine covers sort of misses the point. Example One: wben JP sai… Read More

 from Breitbart: a report on the Pope's interview with an American MSM reporter.And it sounds like he admits he is planning to change the 2000 year old dogmas of the church to fit the f… Read More

 LA Times Business page opinion column laments  Democrats prove that they’re no better than Trump in allowing politics to interfere with scienceIt wasn’t just that th… Read More

 The Pope is busy pushing the environmental dogma and something called synodality instead of Jesus Christ, and even the catholic bishops here seem to be embracing the same psychological… Read More

 when I saw the new portrait of King Charles, I thought it was a joke.is it bad art? Yes of course it is. The background swallows the subject, and the colour reminds one of blood. Or ma… Read More

 TeaAtTrianon post a link to this article on cybersex abuse in the Philippines.Read the whole thing.More HERE.Youtube and facebook let these people get away with it, and it took a court… Read More

 This podcast by the Met is really really interesting.about the material in the world around us: But not from a scientific point of view but the point of view of art and culture.these l… Read More

 Mainly posted so I can watch it later.................now China is attempting to build one of their artificial islands within the borders of the Philippines Read More

 the miniseries the Three Body Problem starts out with the cultural revolution, where Mao instructed students to reject the past and punish their teachers.actual photo in a meme: always… Read More

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what is astounding is that the Hamas propaganda of victimhood is being accepted by much of the world.The press is in an "if it bleeds it leads" mode, meaning they cheerfully publish Hamas pr… Read More

 this is a follow up on several posts on the war on farmers, the latest one is here if you wish to read it.World Bank launches first global framework for agri-food emissions"to halve cu… Read More

 RFK Jr said he had a brain tapeworm. He did not say what kind of a worm it was, but these doctors thought it was a pork tapeworm.Medical treatment usually consists of a two-d… Read More

A lot of the nonsense about global warming seem to be oblivious to how their policies affect farmers: I read about bureaucrats shutting down farms in Europe, and the activists who rejoice wh… Read More

 Ann Althouse writes about a bigshot who recognizes that DEI is being ridiculed at various levels as racism, so decides instead of clarifying the criteria they use, they will merel… Read More

the defense of Western civilization. I just read it isn't politically correct because it doesn't include other cultures. But it is about western civilization: You want your culture discussed… Read More

 when the movie Gangs of New York came out, it was about the Irish trying to survive against prejudice in the slums of NYC. The irony? A lot of the stars and the director (Martin S… Read More

 So yesterday, the staff was busy scrubbing the courtyard behind our house, and cleaning up the fish pond/fountain so the water is now clear and all the water plants were removed.Here i… Read More

 Measles is here again. A nasty disease that kills kids who are malnourished, and also weakens them so they are more vulnerable to other infections (pneumonia, ear infections, tuberculo… Read More

 I have posted Dr Campbell about conspiracy theories on hiding the side effects of the covid shot.' Here is his latest discussion.these were indeed a lot of side effects reported in the… Read More

our city's patron saint is Mama Mary, under the name Divina Pastora (holy Shepherdess). The church held her procession a few days ago to celebrate that the local church is now a minor basili… Read More

 With Shogun being the big hit on TV right now, the myth of the Samurai is being discussed. Hiroyuki Sanada points out that most of the Hollywood  films about Japan and Japa… Read More

................the real story...so Sweden, not a Yank. And the race was in Ecuador, not the Dominican Republic. But like most fiction, the facts were changed, but the essence of the story w… Read More

the next big epidemic we are worried about is bird flu.See this discussion. So far, no air borne spread from person to person although there have had a couple dozen cases over the last ten y… Read More

Everyone here is watching the K Drama Queen of Tears, which is available on Netflix also. It is a regular rollercoaster ride of romance that could give the cliche ridden Hallmark channel ro… Read More

 a follow up from a post I did a few days ago about CIA corruption and what seemed to be getting funding to manipulate the news to destroy Duterte, who hated drugs and hated the CIA who… Read More

original article here.translation: If someone was thought to have covid, they were given a tranquilizer to lower their anxiety but sometimes no other treatment... Of course, this tranquilize… Read More

,,,,,,,more here. and UKGuardian article HERE.Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 was designed with the primary goal of conducting close-up studies of Jupiter and Saturn in a five-year mission. Howe… Read More

 this is making waves on the internet since the miniseries is being released this week on Netflix. UKGuardian review here.this is okay to publish, because it is behind Iran Contra and R… Read More

an essay on the simple things we collect and cherish.Moving a lot, I lost a lot of stuff, but the special photos and clippings I put inside my bible.When I was babysitting my granddaughter… Read More

 translation: Marcos is making nice with the US against China, who is threatening our resources.China, of course, is also planning to invade Taiwan, meaning they can block the sea lanes… Read More

....................The pressure of big Pharma, not just by their advertisements, but because they fund the studies that get published in journals, was pointed out by former editor of the NE… Read More

so what are those Chinese students doing in the Northern Philippines ?Two Cagayan Valley lawmakers said the presence of large numbers of Chinese nationals in the region and other parts of th… Read More

actually I did my tax with Turbotax six weeks ago and have gotten my refund.When we were in the US, we had an accountant but he said don't waste our money on him after retirement since we on… Read More

 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,his website has been following the documents for awhile. Here is an example: March 20,2024: even before the details of the treaty was released, the usual suspects approve… Read More

This video discusses one side effects of the covid quarantine policies: missed routine childhood vaccines, and we now have an epidemic of whooping cough.I suspect we have it in our area, bec… Read More

 every day one reads propaganda out of Iran/Hamas about Gaza, and demonstrations by the left's useful idiots who are influencing Biden, alas.Wikipedia defines Useful Idiots.A useful idi… Read More

 The idea that AI is human like is being pushed in culture, but here is another expert explaining why this is a myth Read More

So what is the satire site Babylon Bee doing now?Interviews? Seriously?Very interesting Read More

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The irony? An unknown director did it. (Unknown except to geeks who loved Braindead). And no big stars. But they worked with folk who knew the story, and had a lot of input from the fans.hmm… Read More

 The miniseries Shogun is supposed to be really really good. It shows all those brave Samurai warrior and the Westerner (of course) who helped them win wars.I've only seen the firs… Read More

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 Lots of lies, propaganda and hatred out there about Gaza: Much of it coming from Hamas, Iran and the left. I take Israel's part, not because I don't think the Palestinians don't h… Read More

link to WPATH files.the WPATH Files reveal that the organization does not meet the standards of evidence-based medicine, and members frequently discuss improvising treatments as they go alon… Read More