Ghost Voters

Troublesome Frog wrote this comment on this post by Ed Brayton. It concerns dead voters and he does have a point.

"I don't understand why people bitch so much about dead people voting. I plan to be dead myself at some point, and I'd like to have a government that represents my interests. Right now, the metabolically challenged face a lot of discrimination."

Harry Potter 7

Warning: Spoiler Alert

For those who don't know yet, the latest Harry Potter book leaked about 2 days ago.
Below is what happened in the book. (Sa mga hindi pa nakaka-alam, may nag pirata sa internet ng pinaka-bagong libro ng Harry Potter. Nasa ibaba ang nangyari sa libro.

Good triumphs over Evil
(Wagi ang kabutihan laban sa kasamaan)

Now you know, you can rest in peace.
(Ngayong alam mo na, puede ka ng mamahinga)

Ang Pinaka

ANG PINAKA: MAINIT NA PINOY BOLD MOVIES
AIRING DATE: 22 JULY 2007

Ngayong Linggo, tiyak na maglalagablab ang inyong TV screen at mag-aapoy ang inyong mga damdamin dahil buong kapangahasang ililista ng natatanging listahan ng bayan ang "Sampung Pinaka-Mainit na Pinoy Bold Movies of All Time"!

Ang mga pelikulang mapapasama sa listahan ay pinag-usapan hindi lang dahil sa kanilang maiinit na eksena kundi pinuri rin ng mga kritiko at kinilala rin sa kanilang makabuluhang pagtalakay sa tema ng seks at pakikipagrelasyon.

Masasabing ito rin ang mga pelikulang nagpasakit sa ulo ng censors at nagpataas sa blood pressure ng mga moralista. Tinawid ng mga pelikulang ito ang manipis na linya na naghahati sa sining at pornograpiya.

Bold movies that pushed the envelope! Ito ang ililista ni Pia Guanio kasama ang mga panelistang sina: independent filmmakers Ato Bautista, Aloy Adlawan, at Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez, film & TV scriptwriter Shugo Praico, men’s magazine editor Eric Ramos, at Inquirer Libre editor Romel Lalata.

Abangan ang kapana-panabik na paglilistang ito ngayong Linggo, July 22, sa "Ang Pinaka", 6 p.m., sa QTV Channel 11 (Channel 24 sa Sky and Home Cable, Channel 15 sa Destiny Cable, at Channel 19 sa Sun Cable)

Galing po sa kaibigan ko na kapuso ng GMA

The One True Church

Vatican: Non-Catholics 'wounded' by not recognizing pope - CNN.com:

"A 16-page document, prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which Pope Benedict used to head, described Christian Orthodox churches as true churches, but suffering from a 'wound' since they do not recognize the primacy of the Pope.

But the document said the 'wound is still more profound' in the Protestant denominations -- a view likely to further complicate relations with Protestants."

Remembering Erap

Malapit na daw matapos ang paglilitis ni dating Pangulong Erap, kaya gusto ko namang alalahanin ang kanyang pagiging presidente. (The trial of former President Estrada is supposed to end soon so I want to post these pictures as a reminder to Filipinos of his presidency)

Mickey who?

Even with Die Hard 4 in the offing, the one movie that I was really looking forward to was Ratatouille. Now I find a review from Dana Stevens at Slate Magazine:

"Ratatouille moved me to tears because it was just so well-done—not kinda cute, not OK-for-a-kids'-movie, but a work of art crafted with as much passion and attention to detail as its hero, Remy the rat chef, puts into every vat of soup he makes. Ratatouille is Brad Bird's best movie yet, and from the writer-director who made two of the best American animated features of the past decade, The Incredibles and the sadly neglected Iron Giant, that's something."

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DTI slapped silly

Ms. Winnie Monsod has been smacking the DTI and the PHAP around these last few weeks regarding their opposition to the RIRR of the Milk Code here and here. I just have to quote a portion of her latest column:

"... the official position of the Department of Trade and Industry, “While we agree that ‘breastfeeding is good for babies up to two years,’ we also recognize that the practice of breastfeeding is slowly becoming uncommon, as supported by a report of the World Health Organization showing Filipinos spending P21.5 billion yearly on infant formula.”

Helloo! That “slowly becoming uncommon” phenomenon is precisely why the Department of Health and every right-thinking Filipino, are getting concerned -- because it is accompanied by unnecessary infant and children deaths and morbidity."

The Party-list system's absurdity

Atty. Oscar Tan discusses the impossibility of fulfilling the Constitutional mandate that 20 percent of the members of the House of Representatives should come from party-list representatives and gives an alternative formula from the one used today.

"A proper party-list formula need only fulfill two simple goals: 1) It must fill up 20 percent of House seats; and 2) Seat allocation must be proportional, including allocations to losing parties.

In this proposed formula, one selects a party, then divides each party’s votes by the chosen party’s votes. One then drops decimals from the resulting ratios, and assigns that many seats to each party, up to the three-seat maximum. If the total number of seats assigned exceeds 55, one chooses another party with less votes, and vice-versa."

I really can't understand how the COMELEC and the Supreme could have bungled this one. Personally, I think the mistaken notion that the party list should be limited to "under-represented" sectors of society is the root of all this stupidity. This notion led to:

1. limiting the number of seats a party-list party can get to 3 - this now limits the growth of a party-list party and will ensure that they cannot become a dominant party
2. banning "mainstream" parties from the party-list elections - which leads to a the absurd situation that "legitimate" party-list organizations are accusing the dominant parties of using proxy party-list organizations to be able to run, and at this moment, the ascendancy of parties affiliated with religious organizations.

The party-list could have led to various parties, with strong party loyalty. The mis-steps only led to our present situation.

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