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rePost::Nothing and everything is sacred ::Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, The Great Charter, Its Fate, and Ours | TomDispatch

Emphasis mine. It is in the interest of everyone, even the religious and even the non religious to subscribe to the belief that the original of all just power is the people and not the King, not even God. This is because my unoriginal and extremely feeble mind sees that the only way to reconcile a multi-stakeholder society that a democracy will slowly embolden is to believe that nothing and everything is sacred.

After a bitter conflict between King and Parliament, the power of royalty in the person of Charles II was restored.  In defeat, Magna Carta was not forgotten.  One of the leaders of Parliament, Henry Vane, was beheaded.  On the scaffold, he tried to read a speech denouncing the sentence as a violation of Magna Carta, but was drowned out by trumpets to ensure that such scandalous words would not be heard by the cheering crowds.  His major crime had been to draft a petition calling the people “the original of all just power” in civil society — not the King, not even God.  That was the position that had been strongly advocated by Roger Williams, the founder of the first free society in what is now the state of Rhode Island.  His heretical views influenced Milton and Locke, though Williams went much farther, founding the modern doctrine of separation of church and state, still much contested even in the liberal democracies.
via Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, The Great Charter, Its Fate, and Ours | TomDispatch.

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Valdez: TRO issuance is a moral choice

He said that it will be difficult for judges to decide on petitions for a TRO with “moral grounds” as basis. “Moral choice is not an element” in the Courts decision-making process on TROs, he said.
via Valdez: TRO issuance is a moral choice.

 
To this  I will hide behind some of the giants of the US Supreme Court.  To say that Moral choice is not an element betrays a lack of appreciation of how important the judgement of the Supreme Court is. The reason that the Constitution is a living document is that it assumes that there is an element of statesmanship within the three branches of government but probably foremost in the Supreme Court Justices because of their non elected status.

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Nostalgia or they used to make em better when I was younger!

What does it say that the early 90 mid 80s love team of Dawn Zulueta and Richard Gomez is the most kilig I feel in any current series?
 
Only in this case it is true. The downfall of movie making in the Philippines have caused good actors/actresses to lack practice or in the words of Bill Simmons the reps. This lack of reps is setting our standards lower because we do not have the benefit of knowing better days.
 
 

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Holiday 1938

For posterity’s sake. Just finished watching  Holiday 1938 starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. I soo love this film.

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‘Buti nga’ | Inquirer Opinion

What this situation reminds me of is that of the movie Snake Eyes. The prosecution better be sure they don’t have secret bank accounts because they are also on the public eye and definitely under the cross hairs of people against corruption.

Naman naman.
Ewan ko sayo at mga katribo mo, pero sa ganang amin—kaming tinutukoy sa mga surveys na namamangha kung bakit nand’yan ka pa, palakasan lang talaga ng apog—sukang-suka na kami sa katiwalian, kawalanghiyaan, kalokohan. Ngayon pang nagkaroon sa wakas ng pagkakataon na puksain ang mga ito, di na kami bibitaw. Muling nagkaroon ng sigla ang mga katagang binigkas namin kay Marcos at Arroyo noon: Tama na, sobra na, palitan na. Panahon na para magkaroon tayo ng mas disenteng pamumuhay. Panahon na para magkaroon tayo ng panibagong buhay.
Lalabas ka sa wakas sa impeachment court?
Buti nga, nang magkabistuhan na.
via ‘Buti nga’ | Inquirer Opinion.

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Bus Ride To Work 2012 05 09

3 Thoughts while going to work riding one of those yellow Metrolink Ayala/LRT buses.

  • I remember the free market as characterized by a skating rink, nobody directs it but nobody bumps into each other most of the time. I’d rather characterize it as the QC Circle during after or about rush hour. The Big Buses are the Big Corporation. The motorcyle commuter are the individuals, the cars are the small enterprise, the small delivery trucks are the medium enterprise. The Big 10 Wheelers are the too big too fail. I’ll expound on this in a later post.
  • I was surprised that a cursory look at a person begging for help for a brother who died while working as a tricycle driver had seven twenty peso bills and more than 20 pesos in coins. Either people are more generous now or this bus is an outlier. Your belief in this actually shows more about you than in my my observation.
  • I wrap my tickets with the money I get for change and stupidly I gave twenty pesos to the person asking for help (See number one).  A ticket inspector started checking tickets. I asked to be bypassed because I have yet to realize my mistake. When I finally realized it I called the conductor and paid again. He was dumb founded and asked, Haven’t I given you a ticket already(In tagalog)? I told him I lost it but I’m paying so I won’t have to explain to the inspector.  He gave me change and a ticket for the minimum fair.  I was surprised because he gave me a discount without me asking for it.

 
 

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Raspberry Pi Review & Initial How-To Setup Guide – TechSpot Reviews

Still waiting for my turn to get these lovely devices!
 

Considering its price, the Raspberry Pi is quite remarkable. It’s obviously no powerhouse, but $35 gets you a system capable of office work, light image editing, browsing, programming, emailing and so on. The Pi’s versatility makes it suitable for various dedicated roles too, such as a torrent box downloading through external USB or network drives, or as an XMBC-based HTPC, which we might cover eventually.
It’s easy to lose track of the Pi in-between other regular-sized devices.
Although there are many obvious uses for the Raspberry Pi, the platform’s open nature means your imagination is the limit. It’ll be interesting to see what the community cooks up in the coming months. We’ll be watching and posting our own how-to guides when time comes.
via Raspberry Pi Review & Initial How-To Setup Guide – TechSpot Reviews.