Quite a few people have commented on the domain this tumblelog is hosted in. See, in Filipino (and Spanish, among other related languages), 'diosa' translates to 'goddess'.
I own that domain, not because I'm a raging homosexual (raging, yes; homosexual, no), but because it's my wife's name.
It's true, dammit!
If we decide that 'politician' means 'political tactician'.
How could he be anything else? More than two decades as mayor of Makati (did you honestly think he let his wife govern by herself?), winning each and every time regardless of the mandate of the people?
Anyway, before the recently-concluded elections, there were rumors of his running for president. I'm willing to bet anything it was nothing more than a smokescreen: Binay's much too good the politician to do something that stupid.
The vice-presidency is the highest he ever set his eyes on, this early in the game. Why? Because it's much, much harder to rig the presidency, compared to the vice-presidency. Plus, there are benefits to being the vice-president first.
For one thing, being VP makes it a lot easier to rig a presidential election. Secondly, being VP first will lend credibility to the idea of his winning a presidential election. And third, he might even legitimately win—all he has to do is keep his head down.
In the Philippines, unlike in some countries, vice presidents are hardly ever heard from. Voters judge a VP's performance not on what they've done during their term, but on the number of scandals they've managed to get themselves in. (Sure, you get brownie points for doing good stuff—it's just not as important as you'd think.)
It might be hard to believe, and I've got no hard evidence to show, but if you're a Filipino, it's highly likely that you're nodding your head when you read that last paragraph and maybe even muttering "Yeah, that's true."
So, to become the next president, Binay knows he only has to shut the hell up for the next 5 years or so.
I've got until then to prepare for immigration. To EnZed, maybe—I hear there's a booming Filipino community there. Or to Nova Scotia, where I've always said I wanted to go.
That's when Wikipedia says StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is coming out.
That's when I have my biggest Zergasm evar.
For the last year or so, I've been trying to save up enough money for a really first-class (or, at least, higher-bracket second class) gaming rig. Just for this game.
I want it so bad.
... as the deplorable former mayor of my city is declared to officially be the vice-president of my country.
Congratulations, Nognog, and may you enjoy your stay in office: I will be working hard to show everybody why you deserve to be kicked out of it as soon as possible.
Jeebus Faist. WTH, Border Patrol dudes?
This has been a problem for quite some time, and it's pissing me off massively. And this is why, the next time I'm building a machine, I'm putting FreeBSD on it. I have better things to do than worry about whether my next resume will end up with everything segfaulting.
Source via crazyangeblue
My weekend was filled with crying, singing, and wrestling, as 30 men struggled to overcome their attraction to other men. It was also the first time I felt another man’s erection.
Gawd, I hope they don't reboot Iron Man after the third installment. :( Robert Downey Jr. is such the perfect Tony Stark.
Oh, ghod, please, don't let the next Iron Man movie suck.
(Yes, I know there's no X-Men reboot, but it needs one. Hell, the first three shouldn't even have happened.)
You know the business lore joke. The departing CEO meets his successor and hands him three envelopes to be opened in the prescribed order when trouble strikes.
First crisis, the message in envelope #1 says: Blame your predecessor. Easy enough.
Another storm, the the CEO opens the second envelope: Reorganize. Good idea.
And when calamity strikes yet again, he reaches for the third: Get three envelopes…
Piece written by Jean-Louis Gassée of BeOS fame. Incredibly good read.