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We Have Moved!

2008-03-11T06:30:00.000-07:00

The Journal of The Jester-in-Exile has a new home! We are now at http://jesterinexile.blogspot.com!

See you there!

Awwwww.

2008-03-09T12:03:00.000-07:00

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(Warning, not for anyone who is incapable of rudimentary math or physics. Or liberal art majors, so the website says heh heh)

The ultimate laglag-brief, "take me home, baby" greeting card to melt the heart of the geek in your life, from xkcd.com:

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Sheesh. The things one thinks of when caffeine-deprived.

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Would Ninoy Think the Filipino Youth Today Worth Dying For? We're Going to Find Out Pretty Soon.

2008-03-06T08:46:00.000-08:00

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To an immoral government belongs a demoralized people; to an administration without conscience, servile and rapacious citizens in the cities, thieves and bandits in the countyside. Like master, like slave. Like government, like country.
- El Filibusterismo, Jose Rizal

The Deparment of Education's circular DO 13, series of 2008, item 3 had this to say about

Dilatory Tactics

2008-03-06T04:01:00.000-08:00

I'm not going to pretend that I'm privy to any of the high level talks between Chief Justice Reynato Puno, Senate President Manuel Villar, jr, and the rest of the actors in the skirmishes of the NBN-ZTE scandal, but two stories in the news gave me an idea of what else is going on.

The first story is this: Senate informs SC on decision to proposal. Excerpt (emphasis mine):
In their meeting, which

... And the Search for Justice Continues for Cris Anthony Mendez

2008-03-05T11:04:00.000-08:00

Cris Anthony Mendez (†)

wishes the privilege of your company
at the celebration
of what would have been
his 21st birthday
at a gathering of remembrance

Justice

March 7, 2008

11:30 AM – Mass at NCPAG Atrium
1:00 PM – March for Justice from NCPAG to UP Law Parking Lot
1:30 PM – Justice for CA Program at UP Law Parking Lot

this serves as an invitation
from friends of Cris Anthony “CA”

Pwe.

2008-03-05T04:43:00.000-08:00

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(I had been writing of other things, like the EO464 revocation, but then I am being compelled to speak of my earlier post. Here we go, before we go to other things.)

Because of my earlier post of the hazing photos allegedly of the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity of the University of the Philippines, I have received a not a few emails accusing me of partisan

Could've Been a Happy Birthday, eh, CA? (or, a sneak preview on UP fraternity hazing rites)

2008-03-04T08:31:00.000-08:00

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Cris Anthony Mendez would've turned 21 on March 7, 2008. Unfortunately, he's dead. Even more unfortunately, the case against his killers has not progressed so much.

Lest we forget, take a gander of these Upsilon Sigma Phi hazing photos, to remind us of what sort of rites could have went on by the Sigma Rho on that fateful day that CA died (no photos of a

See, I Told You Guys This Already -- You Have POWER, Mga Kapatid Kong Expat

2008-03-03T03:52:00.000-08:00

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In the news: Remittance boycott bothers Palace, BSP. Excerpt:
Even before it gets off the ground, militant migrants groups’ “no remittance day" campaign is already creating discomfort for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and Malacanang.

Deputy presidential spokesman Lorelei Fajardo described the move as “irresponsible and tantamount to economic sabotage."

Sez Who: Soundbites on the Recent Protests -- and the jester-in-exile's take on them

2008-03-02T12:33:00.000-08:00

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A quickie on the recent protests (in hopes that it was the first of many, and will result into the start of the much needed sea change in Philippine society).

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Cerge Remonde on GMA: "The President is okay and continues to do her job...She’s in high spirits because she believes that she has all the necessary support".

Unaffected? Really? So why the need

EJ: Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay nina Evelio Javier at Edgar Jopson -- A Review of a Rocking Relevant Musical

2008-03-02T10:33:00.000-08:00

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Rock rocks.
Last night, I had the privilege of watching EJ: Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay nina Evelio Javier at Edgar Jopson at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (okay, okay, the CCP Little Theater). I must say, despite a few off-putting circumstances, I had an immensely grand time.

My take on the show?

WATCHITWATCHITWATCHIT!