MORON, IMBECILE OR IDIOT,?

 1. The highest US official removes his mask in front of media to show that it is not necessary to protect oneself from Covid 19.  (Result: 34 White House staffers are infected with Covid 19);

2. He is not joining the presidential debate because he prefers a face-to-face debate (a highly contagious situation) rather than the Presidential Commission rule to have a virtual debate - via zoom. (Presidential debates allow voters to see their candidates up close and talking, albeit thru the TV camera, and how they expound on their plans for their administration, should they win; in other words, it is an educational experience for all);

3. He called McCain a senator and a bemedalled soldier, who died of cancer during his funeral in August 2018, according to three (senior staffers) sources with direct knowledge of this event, “We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral...” (Washington Post, 9/04,2020);

In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit to Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he also  said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, he (had) referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed. (The Atlantic, April 2020);

4. This president will hold an in-person event at the WH while he is still sick with Covid 19. Anthony Stephen Fauci, an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says: WH has a superspreader event  as the president will resume public events. Meaning to say, more Covid 19 patients will be added to the USA stats: (Worldometer)

cases: 7,894,339

dead: 218,642

EXTENT OF DAMAGES TO SYMBOL OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER

 

CONFUSING CACOPHONY OF SOUNDS

 

UNDERLYING MOTIVE SURFACES

 

HOW TO DEAL WITH A BULLY IN DEBATES

WHEN FORCED BY CIRCUMSTANCES TO DEBATE WITH A BRAGGART, A SELF-CENTERED OAF, A BULLY, A VERY UNGENTLEMANLY FELLOW WHO CANNOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG DEBATING PROCESS, ONE CAN JUST KEEP ANSWERING ABOUT ONE'S PLATFORM AND PRETEND THAT THE GUY DOES NOT EXIST.  ONE COULD ALSO ADDRESS ALL STATEMENTS TO THE MODERATOR. 

TRUMP: DON'T BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY; RUSSIA SAYS SO

 

HOW TO BREED AN AUTHORITARIAN

 

POWER AT ALL COSTS!

 

YOU ARE BASKING IN MY GLORY!

 

I WANT THAT SEAT FILLED UP, PRONTO!

 

NOT REALLY VERY DISTANT

 

wilhelmina orozco	9:11 PM (49 minutes ago)
to Euronews

How will Navalny be protected if he goes back to Russia? Surely, Putin and his men will not stop until he's dead. He should go to another country where his life will not be endangered. His survival now means God has given him a second life and so it must not be snuffed out easily. There are many ways, technologically, in commanding or coordinating his comrades without being in Russia.  Struggles are made of sacrifices, true, but one must also be shrewd when dealing with evil forces. 

RING THE BELLS

 

Will someone please post all the qualifications of the IATF people? 

I want to know their credentials. 

We have been under their supervision since March, through ups and downs. 

SIX MONTHS...

It's time to assess

ANGKING KABUTIHAN

 

LINGGO NA NAMAN BUKAS. Ang hirap, sari-saring pastor ang naririnig ko sa radyo. pero sa lahat ng ayaw ko na sermon ay yung nagmamagaling na pastor na akala mo nabasbasan na siya ni Kristo para magsalita sa publiko. Sa Ingles:"holier than thou" ang dating. 

Itong pastor na ito, na banyaga pa man din, ay mahilig magsalita sa radyo na kailangan daw ay malinis ang tao pagharap kay Kristo? Ganun? Sino ang nagsabi sa kanya?

Binabaligtad niya ang sinasabi ni Kristo sa bibliya. Di ba sabi ni Kristo, "come to me all you who labor and I will give you rest?" So kahit  na sino, naniniwala o hindi, pwedeng lumapit sa kanya at magpahinga. Ganun ang pagmamahal ng isang Diyos, hindi nagtatangi. 

Aba'y pakisampal nyo nga ang pastor na yan at nakakahiya ang mga pinagsasasabi sa ere. Duhagi na nga ang bansa natin. At maaaring may nakapagnanakaw dahil nagugutom tapos sasabihin niya, bago tayo humarap kay Kristo kailangan ay malinis tayo. Nauulol na ba siya? 

Sorry, Folks, but I revere the radio and the pulpit. Whatever is mentioned there has to be for humanity's sake. Not for the self-aggrandizement of anyone.  May nireklamo nga akong isang pastor na, isang linggo,  sa halip na magsalita tungkol sa mensahe ni Kristo, aba, nagmalaki tungkol sa nagawa niya sa isang religious conference sa ibang bansa. Naku po isinumbong ko tulloy sa isang elderly at napalitan na po.

Maging mapanuri tayo ng mga umaakyat sa pulpito para magsasallita tungkol sa kung ano ang kahihinatnan natin kapag tayo ay namumuhay, o mamamatay na. Huwag tayong umasa sa iba para ituwid ang ating buhay, Unang una na lumapit tayo sa ating Panginoon, kahit na anong pananampalataya, kausapin siya at idulog ang ating mga suliranin sa pamumuhay. Kung may pagkakamali tayo, sabihin din natin at mataimtim na magdasal na aayusin a ang pamumuhay natin. 

Hindi ako pastora. Isa lamang nananampalataya at naniniwala na ang sangkatauhan ay may angkin na kabutihan. 

DON'T PANIC!

 

PANIC OR IGNORANCE?

 When the IO says, "I don't want the people to panic" if he should act on the Covid 19 case or not and inform them about it, then it shows his narrow-mindedness about the dangers that it poses to health. He is simply clueless as to what is a dangerous or a not dangerous situation when it comes to health. How could he ignore the health of 392.2 million Americans?

And the infections they bring should they travel around the world?

The iO is a good manager for fashion not for administering a continent. 

Folks, sorry to say, you've got the wrong guy up there. But he is the right guy for the KGB, easy to manipulate and immature. They sure studied his character before backing him up all the way.   

Take care because he has more up his sleeves, not just his idiotic assessments. He has plans b and c backed up by Mockba. 

MIRROR

AUTHENTIC DEMOCRACY

 Democracy in its simplest is a dialogue between two people where each one hears and speaks out on the ideas that are on the table. In the family, it is the dialogue between children, among children and between child/children and the parents. In the larger society, it is between the community and the leaders.

The discussions can range from the simplest to the most complex issues, from the personal to the social, from matters concerning honor and dishonor and/or life and death, among others.

What is happening in the United States now is not democracy in action at all. You have an autocrat for a president who disparages the security force, denigrates history, and turns democratic institutions upside down. He is allowed to do all these despite the harm they are doing to the consciousness of the people - their ideas about what being a president is, what the executive department should be, what relations a country can have to other nations, what national pride and dignity are as a people and so much more. Instead of inspiring the people, he makes the people afraid. He stokes their fear of the present and the future although the norm should be that the people take control of their lives, and to many, under the guidance of God.

The gravest act of this IO is to downgrade even those who have served in the military as "losers."

Democracy is not this way at all. This is national suicide -- the people being led to believe that a "strong" president is one who can do all these things whence actually this is playing to the political game of the foreign forces who had helped install him. These forces exactly wants the US to look weak, ready to be led to the slaughter house.

And so, we should not look up anymore to the USA as the prime mover of democracy in the world now until after elections in November whereby the American people shall have formally presented their choice of a truly democratic president.

At the present time, democracy there is not because everyone is allowed to criticize that IO, or is able to analyze to its minutest detail what that IO is doing in audio-visually glamorous instances. Why so? That is because the subject in focus is the classical case of an undemocratic leader who does not deserve at all to be the center of attention. His presence is doing more harm than good in the consciousness of the younger generations who are still shaping their idea of what political leadership means. The less we see of him, domestically and so much more so internationally, the better, the more peaceful, and most authentic the world shall be.

Authentic democracy is what we crave for, not playing into the game of a puppet.

HOW TO DEAL WITH HUMBUGS

 

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE NERVE AGENT NOVICHOK

"Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort passed internalTrump campaign information to a Russian intelligence officer during the 2016 election, a new bipartisan Senate report concludes.

The findings draw a direct line between the president's former campaign chairman and Russian intelligence during the 2016 campaign.

Manafort, who was later convicted for financial fraud crimes, briefed Russian intelligence officer Konstantin Kilimnik on the campaign's polling data and how the Trump campaign sought to beat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

Manafort's connection with Kilimnik was a "grave counterintelligence threat," the report reads, adding that it found evidence the Russian intelligence officer may have been linked to the Russian government's efforts to hack and leak Democratic Party emails.

The findings are part of the Senate Intelligence Committee's fifth and final bipartisan report investigating Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. This volume is primarily focused on counterintelligence threats and the wide range of Russian attempts to influence both the Trump campaign and the election.

The report builds on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation — and while it was consistent with the Mueller Report, it in fact goes further.

The committee found that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally behind the hack and leak operation that published stolen Democratic Party emails, and that WikiLeaks — the website that published them — played a key role and "very likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort."

The Trump campaign sought to take advantage of those leaks by asking for advance notice of the WikiLeaks disclosures, crafting public relations strategies around them, and even encouraging "further theft of information and continued leaks."

This took place at critical moments of the 2016 campaign, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded.

For example, when the Trump campaign was made aware that The Washington Post would be publishing a copy of the now-infamous Access Hollywood tape, word got to Trump confidant Roger Stone — who tried to get a message to WikiLeaks through an intermediary so that it would publish hacked Democratic Party emails immediately.

WikiLeaks ultimately published stolen emails approximately 30 minutes after the Access Hollywood story was put online.

The Trump campaign responded to the report by saying it was evidence that "there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign," adding its contention that the "Russia Collusion Hoax is the greatest political scandal in the history of this country."

The report also found fault with the FBI: With regard to the hacking of Democratic Party emails, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that the bureau did not act aggressively enough to warn the Democratic National Committee about the hacking operation.

But it also said that the DNC did not take these warnings seriously enough, and that there was poor communication on both sides.

The report also faulted the FBI for giving "unjustified credence" to the information in Christopher Steele's dossier, a compendium of reporting from a former British intelligence officer. The dossier, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded, "lacked rigor and transparency about the quality of the sourcing."

Following the Mueller Report, the fifth and final volume of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference puts something of a lid on years of probes into the issue.

From this, there is a bipartisan consensus about the nature of the Russian threat. Both sides agree that the Russian government meddled in the 2016 election — and are calling for action to protect campaigns from foreign interference in future campaigns."            

-

NPR August 18, 20201:00 PM 

Written by:

TIM MAK

Twitter

NAVALNY IMPROVING

 NEWS FROM GERMANY WHERE NAVALNY IS BEING TREATED:

But on Friday, the Berlin hospital where Navalny is being treated said there was "some improvement" in symptoms caused by ingestion of a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors, which caused the suspected poisoning.

For his part, the spokesperson for Navalny, Kira Iarmyche, confirmed in a tweet that there was "currently no serious threat to his life". EURONEWS

Folks, let us pray for his survival and return to a normal life as he is a symbol of righting the corruption in Russia led by Putin, the guy backing up Trump all the way. 

GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM IN RUSSIA

 

ON CURBING AND ENDING INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL THUGGERIES

" German government finds that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent,"

This is a very sad finding. The NATO has responded: "NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to fully cooperate with an 'impartial investigation' led by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny... 

"Last month, Navalny was evacuated to Berlin after falling ill during a Russian flight. The hospital where he was treated in Siberia said he likely fell ill as a result of low blood sugar...

"However, German doctors at the Charite Hospital in Berlin said tests showed he had been poisoned. Those claims were further backed by examinations conducted by the Bundeswehr, Germany's military...

"German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that 'beyond doubt' the poisoning was an attempted murder."

- from DW.com, September 5, 2020

What are the implications of this event? It means that internationally, critics from any country are vulnerable to attacks by their government/s. It means that there are international THUGS with underlings who will carry out their orders without question. And these THUGS could be rulers of their countries. 

In other words, there are world leaders who do not respect international covenants and laws. 

This happening sends chilling threats to writers and critics whose primary wish is to right a wrong, as what had happened to Kashoggi a Saudian based in the US, a writer-critic, of Saudi royalty, who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Turkey by the Saudi government, and whose case has not been clearly solved. 

The world should not let these pass without a clear picture emerging as to who perpetrated the crimes.

Why do THUGS exist?

Another THUG exists in the United States who says Halllelujiah to the acts of another THUG IN ANOTHER CONTINENT.

We must examine the family backgrounds of these THUGS so that the world will be safe from their acts and influence. 

We must have stronger sanctions against acts of THUGS in order to insure the safety of everyone, critic or non-critic. 

I think it is time for parents to assess how they are raising boys in the family and for us to end THUGGERY.*

Also, organizations must insure that leadership roles are frequently assessed whether they are breeding democratic not authoritarian  leaders. 

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Thuggery - violent behavior, especially of a criminal nature.

"a cowardly act of mindless thug

Pilipino terms for THUG: BUGOY, SANGGANO

  

THUG IN THE FIRST WORLD

 

KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGKATAO NG LAHAT NG LAHI, ANUMANG KULAY NG BALAT

 

Lumalaki sa kabundukan

Gumagala sa kaparangan

Anong galak ang kabataan

Sa Afrika. Mga magulang, habol ang panatag at mapayapang pamumuhay hanggang isang araw

Dumating ang mga mangangalakal, hindi ng mga prutas at bigas kundi ng tao. Oo, habol nila ay mga bata,

dadalhin sa malalayong lugar

duon magtatrabaho at aalipinin mula pagsikat ng araw hanggang hatinggabi. 

Anong kasaysayan ng aming lahi. Pinagsakluban ng kawalan ng awa ng langit. 

Si Ugandu, nakatayo sa may bangin. Alam niyang kung matatawid niya ito, ay lalaya na siya sa maiitim na balak ng mga dayuhang mangangalakal. 

Nguni't sa ibaba ng bangin, may isang kalansay. Sa kasamaang palad hindi nakatawid at duon na naghingalo at namatay. 

Isang katapusan din yun ng kanyang pag-aasam na makalaya. Kalayaan na magpakailanman. 

Habang siya ay nagmumuni-muni, dumating ang kanyang kapatid na babae, hinahabol ng mga mangangalakal. Tumakbo ng mabilis si Ugandu upang lituhin ang mga mangangalakal at hindi puntiryahin ang kanyang kapatid na nagtago naman sa masukal na halamanan. 

Takbo, takbo Ugandu pero natalisod siya at nadakip, pinosasan, itinali at isinama sa ilang pulutong ng mga kalalakihan na nahuli rin. Mahaba ang pulutong, mga sampu, nakatali sa likod ang mga kamay, nakabalot lamang ang kanilang mga pundilyo, at may iisang kadena, paikot sa kanilang mga kamay, habang ang mga mangangalakal, isa sa harap, isa sa likod at isa sa tagiliran ng parada ay nagbabantay, dala ay latigo.

Napapikit si Ugandu. Nakahiga siya sa ilalim ng barko na maglalayag papunta sa malayong lupa, kasama ang iba pang nakidnap. Naalala niya ang kanyang ama, habang siya ay pababa ng tiyan ng barko. Tumatakbo siya at kumakaway, "Ugandu! Ugandu!" Pangalan niya ang sinasambit, mga huling pagsasambit pagka't alam niyang hindi na siya makababalik, katulad ng ibang mga nakidnap, isinilid sa barko, tinangay papunta sa ibang lupa. 

Diyan nagsimula ang pangangalakal ng mga aliping Afrikano na dinala sa tinatawag na Bagong Mundo sa Amerika upang gawing mga magsasaka, magniniyog, tagatabas ng tubo, para sa mga puting nagmamay-ari ng lupa. 

Ang katumbas ng mga Afrikano sa atin ay ang mga magsasaka sa Panay na dinala sa Negros upang magtabas ng tubo at gumawa ng asukal na inaangkat palabas ng Pilipinas noong panahon ng Kastila. 

Mga Kastila, Portugese, Ingles, Pranses din ang mga nanakop ng Afrika. Kinalakal ang kayamanan sa lupa, kinalakal ang mga katawan ng manggagawa sa pangalan ng kolonyalismo. 

Ngayon ay lumalaban ang mga taong may kulay sa Amerika. Ang kanilang kilusan, "Black Lives Matter." (Ang buhay ng mga Itim ay May Kabuluhan.)

Kahit na pinirmahan ni Abraham Lincoln noong 1862 at nagkabisa noong 1863, ang Emancipation Act hindi pa rin nawawala ang pang-aalipin o limitadong dignidad ng mga Itim. Sila ay pinasikat sa larangan ng sports, ng media, ng pelikula, ng pag-awit, paggawa ng musika, subali't sa mundo ng pulitika na gumagawa ng mga batas, mga puti pa rin ang namumuno at namamayani. 

At hindi lamang yan. Sa mga lansangan ay maraming nagtatangka, pumapatay sa kanila, dahil sa malalim na galit sa kanilang kulay. Si George Floyd, namatay habang ang tuhod ng isang pulis si Derek Chauvin, taga Minneapolis Police Department, ay nakapatong sa kanyang leeg ng 8 minuto. huling pananalita ni Floyd:"Hindi ako mkahinga. (I can't breathe.)" Si Jacob Blake, binaril ni Rusten Sheskey, taga Kenosha Wisconsin Police Department, ng 7 beses, habang siya ay nakatalikod, papasok sana sa kanyang sasakyan,  upang protektahan ang kanyang talong anak nakaupo sa likuran. Hindi isang bala, kundi pito ang pumilay sa kanyang mga hita at paa. Isa na siyang paralitiko sa ngayon. 

Anong pinaglalaban nila: kalayaan upang mamuhay ng matahimik, mapayapa at may mga pantay ng karapatan sa Amerika. Paggalang sa kanilang katauhan, sa kanilang kakayahan sa anumang larangan. Karangalang mabuhay. Kilalanin na ang lahat ng lahi, anumang kulay ng kanilang mga balat ay may pantay na karapatan na mamuhay at magtamasa ng mga karapatan. 

Kuwento ni Ugandu, halaw sa THE PASSAGE, animation film tungkol kay Ugandu, pangalan na ibig sabihin "agila ng buhay." Sinulat ni Fern Lewis.  Ginawa ng Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (2010) sa Barbados, ang huling destinasyon ni Ugandu. Mapapanood sa You Tube.

RACIST AND AUTHORITARIAN TENDENCIES IN THE POLICE FORCE

 

George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. 

Jacob Blake was shot seven times in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23, 2020. 

So in a matter of three months, colored men were killed and shot by the police.

This shows a very  low regard of the police on the people they are supposed to serve. Worse, the  men were not confronting the police. Floyd was killed by an officer who stepped on his neck until he could no longer breathe while Blake was shot 7 times while wanting to go inside his SUV. He is now paralyzed and is in serious condition in the hospital

If you will examine the map of the USA, you will find, the two states, Minnesota and Wisconsin are contiguous areas in the north. This speaks a lot about the authoritarian and racist consciousness of the police and of that portion of the States. 

 What is authoritarianism?

 It is "the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.

"lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others."

 

For a police officer to possess this kind of consciousness is very odd indeed. A police officer is supposed to solve crimes and not be the criminal himself/herself. 

Racism is the "belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another."

And for police officers to have an authoritarian and racist consciousness. combined is to have a powder keg in the police stations. 

The killing of George Floyd strengthened the movement: Black Lives Matter in the United States.  

Actually, racism has a long history in the States. It started during the colonial era, when slaves were kidnapped from Africa and other Caribbean countries for sale in the plantations in the continent owned by white people. Many histories have been written already about this. 

In this regard, I would suggest that a psychological test be conducted on all the police forces all over the world, not only in the US, measuring the level of consciousness with regard to racism and authoritarianism. Those who have a high score on these items ought to be removed from their positions and transferred to the department of social welfare, their guns surrendered to authorities. They must be made to serve the needy and disadvantaged groups in society. 

The need to stop crimes especially against minority groups including women,   should start now.  

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15th, 1929. He was a pivotal advocate for African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. 

   

VEGETABLE VENDORS, PAINTING BY PAT REYES

 

ART CIRCLE GALLERY

Remembering Pat Reyes

(1937 – 2017)

Join us as we remember and honor the life of Pat Reyes and his innumerable contributions to Philippine Art in this tribute exhibition.

July 15, 2017

4th Level, Art Plaza, Shangri-la EDSA, Mandaluyong City

In Memoriam: Pat Reyes

His Life

Pat Reyes was born in Sampaloc, Manila in 1937. He went on to pursue art degrees from the University of the East and the University of Santo Tomas; and sought mastery of his craft, dabbling in different artistic styles and media, from lettering, graphic design, and painting, to name a few.

His innate prowess and keen artistic eye did not go unnoticed; Pat was tapped by many private and local institutions: he was commissioned to paint the large murals for Solid Bank and was also part of the artists who did the iconic dioramas found in the Ayala Museum. Pat’s work was also prominently featured as part of group art exhibitions in Germany, Singapore, and USA. It was only a matter of time that his name would be immortalized in many art books and anthologies.

His Work

Born in a time of the turbulent war, Pat had seen its horrors and lived through them, and for all its darkness, his eyes chose to see beauty in life. His paintings are depictions of a simpler times, a happier time of remembrance – from quaint folk and urban markets, lush summer harvests, extolling themes of motherhood, unity, and community.

Heavily influenced by Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s elongated torsos and muted colors from Oscar Zalameda, his figurative abstractions hold crisp forms, lines, and solid colors. Later on, Pat would imbue his works with light, and this unique style of phosphorescence would later on become his personal artistic signature.

No public nor private collection is complete without Pat Reyes’ iconic obras.

His Swansong

To the very end, Pat Reyes wanted nothing more to give to the world, and with defiant strokes, he painted and persisted. Despite knowing this is the end of his life’s journey, he never stopped and forged on, staying true to his artistic calling and purpose.

As a way of paying our final respects, Art Circle Gallery is honored to host this posthumous art exhibition in his name, at his behest - one last hurrah for the artist behind the great art.

WRONG PRIORITIES

 

• Real Estate. ...
• Construction. ...
• IT, BPO, and Business Services. ...
• Banking & Finance. ...
• Gaming. ...
• Retail

These are the most viable industries in the country today. Ask: how come agriculture and fishing are not there? What makes farmers and fisherfolks not worthwhile investing in?

This is why food is very expensive in our country, except junk food. Saba is 6 pesos each. Luya is 15 pesos. Carrot is 15 each. 

How can our people's bodies get strong against Covid 19 when they cannot even afford to buy theseveggies?

There is something wrong in our priorities. 

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REPUBLICAN PARTY ONE-MAN RULE

 

MOBILITY IS A KEY

  Mobility is a key to removing disparity in wealth during pandemics, especially. All public servants must have ingrained in their minds that the life status of each citizen must be approximately equal to theirs.   

 

WHERE SUPPORT OF MOBILITY IS A MANDATE

 Do the functions of the transport secretary stop during this pandemic? Of course not. He has to find alternative transport systems that are cheap for the general public to enjoy as they go about their business, going to work, marketing or taking their children to school, and the like.  

I notice that our transport secretary has shown favorites with regard to the choice for public transport to ply the streets of MetroManila. They are invariably few and expensive for ordinary folks like me. 

While mandating social distancing protocols, the secretary must not forget that he is still the transport head and therefore, the transport problems of the people are still his burden, and that includes ensuring the lifeline of the jeepney drivers. 

Unfortunately, it is taken for granted that just because there are vehicles plying the streets providing lackadaisical opportunities for people to move around, then the nitty-gritty problems of moving about in the smaller streets have been ignored. 

This is rather unfair. I think that we must include the IATF in this problem. When imposing lockdowns or reducing the movements of people, they must insist, order would be the better word, that transport is still available everywhere, and that they are TIMED, every 15 minutes at the latest at stop points and not "que se hoda." 

For senior citizens, mobility is crucial. They need to be able to buy their medicines food needs at the cheapest places. For artistic seniors, they can buy their art materials from Divisoria cheaply, and some other stores that are somewhere else i MetroMaila. Having no cheap transportation is denying them  the right to decent living, to practice their careers and thus providing only the young and the vigorous to move around.  

For example, the routes from Kamias to Welcome and/or Quiapo, of Marikina to Divisoria, these have been dismissed as inconsequential. so that business people who have to buy their supplies from cheap Divisori stalls, have no other alternative but to take a cab.  Jeepney drivers do not come out to service the public in these places. 

HERE IS WHERE SUBSIDIES ARE IMPERATIVE. THE TRANSPORT SECRETARY HAS TO THINK OF SUBSIDIZING THE REDUCTION IN THE INCOME OF THE  DRIVERS WHO CHOOSE TO WORK. AND AT LEAST 60% OF THE ROUTES MUST BE SERVICED EVERY DAY, 24-7.  OR ELSE, COMMANDEER THE MILITARY TRUCKS TO GO OUT AND SERVICE THE PUBLIC 24-7 ALSO. THIS IS HOW IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION IS NECESSARY. 

We must try to learn how to professionalize our government service even at these critical times. Pandemics should make us rethink the many ways we can still deliver important services to the people with the same quality if not much better. 

Removing restrictions on mobility is ensuring that everyone has the right to shape their destiny, to create their own future -- here and everywhere else- ; and to move about in this globe for their education, for business opportunities, or for their own simple self-satisfaction. 

The nurses who have left the country to service other patients than the Filipino people are so lucky as they will be leaving or have left for countries that are sensitive to the transport needs of their citizens. 

SO WHAT ARE THE POINTS THAT WE ARE MAKING HERE?

1. Jeepneys must be available everywhere in MetroManila;

2. They must ply the routes 24-7;

3. Their arrivals at every stop point should be every 15 minutes at the latest;

4. Though we recognize the right of the drivers to drive or not to drive, the jeepney federations must be reminded of their public duty - to provide public use jeeps or PUJs -- and at least 70% of their members must adhere to the call of the government for them to be out in the streets. Otherwise, they should be penalized or their license to operate suspended. 

NOT ONLY PHILHEALTH

 

HEAL THE GLOBE

 

QUESTIONS TO THE WORLD

 QUESTIONS TO THE WORLD:

Philippines:

1. What happened to the dispersal of IATF members to different spots? What did they discover? What are their concclusions and recommendations? If they cannot provide the answers, would they be gracious enough to admit that they need a vacation?

2. What happened to the granular lockdowns? Why is it not working?

3. How much money has been poured into the solving of the disease?  Where and when did it come from? Who got what and how much? What are the expenses and how muh is left?

4. How much is spent for the meetings of the IATF? What are their salaries and other perks?

5. How come other Asian countries can tamp down the rise of this disease? How come we can't?

Time to change horses. 

No, Generals, we need power to solve the problem, not power for power's sake. 

INTERNATIONAL:

1. Why doesn't the WHO analyze the Covid 19 developments in countries that have successfully eradicated it?

2. What are the plans of WHO? How come it does not push for the strengthening of the bodies by giving food and vitamins and minerals? Why all these artificial methods?

 3. How much has WHO spent for solving the COVID 19 pandemic? What are the items that have been covered? 

With all the highly qualified doctors up there how come no abatement in the contagion?

4. If so, we need to change horses too, is it not? The horses are too slow and old. Their methods are old and useless. 

USA

Time to curb the mouth of the IO of WH. He is destroying the world's hope for a better life the peaceful way. 

He is crashing down the people's, women's movements. He is another contagion that ought to be suppressed.

HIDE ALL PLATFORMS FROM THE MISOGYNIST

 

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HIDE ALL PLATFORMS FROM THIS MISOGINYST

 When I listen to the VOA (Voice of America) I feel very depressed. It seems to be the mouthpiece of the IO, not of the American people. When I read the American newspapers, the more I feel depressed. 

Why? Because they are repeating the misogynistic labels that the Illegal Occupant of WH hur be ls at his opponents. 

Should media objectivity be upheld when the statements revert the position of women to a dominated slot? 

I think there ought to be a moral value to be upheld. Media educates, uplifts the spirits and makes us feel humane and caring of our fellow earthlings. 

Let us providing a platform for dirty politics to prevail, especially those that reverse the historical gains of women all over the world. 

TOO THIN MASK

 

The blue facial mask is too thin.

Wearers or patients must have another piece

to protect themselves with it.

Place a white pad with anion strip on it

before wearing it. Wet it then pin with safety pin or

perdible on the mask.

The anion negates all viruses that come in

contact with it.

FRONTLINERS ESPECIALLY SHOULD

TAKE NOTE OF THIS. YOU ARE INSIDE

THE HOSPITAL. DON'T RELY ON THAT

BLUE FACIAL MASK. IT IS A WEAK DEFENSE.

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