people are talking about - 2007.07.25

the laws of congressional physics, budgets always goes up but never goes down. proposed budget up to Php 1.227 trillion in 2008 from Php 1.136 trillion in 2007

villar calls arroyo a "lame duck". good thing he didn't call her pan-duck, or ugly duckling.

newly elected (opposition) senators indulge in name-calling: hoy cayetano! hoy villar! hoy lacson! - somehow the words feel like cuss words on my tongue.

cebu congressman pabling garcia, quoted after the election of jdv for 5th term as speaker - "never say die", he must have forgotten he's already 80.

harry potter released and fastest selling book in history - got mine already and finished it in two days.

ricky lo wrote an article about dolphy celebrating his 80th berday, running out of words to fill his space, he added the menu list from appetizer down to drinks. good writing.

man texts suicide note to girl (PDI, A24, MetroBriefs) - actual text "ikaw me kasalanan nito :( babarilin ko sarili ko! BANG - ouch, dead na ko, don't reply na."

recent news, china exposed: siopao 60% carton and 40% meat. Ratatouille now showing, 100% cartoons.

china exposed: china claims world's first cloned rabbit, 60% carton 30% white rabbit 10% formalin.

us counter-claim: we had the first cloned rabbit, bugs bunny, 100% cartoon

cbcp deplores alleged kidnap-for-kidnap strategy of the military. if that was the case, why did the military bother to beef up deployment of troops, sacrifice 14 marines etc etc? cbcp could have just said "thank you".

sc orders afp to produce jonas on friday: it took mrs. burgos 5 minutes to conceive, 9 months to carry and probably 5 hours to deliver jonas. what if, just what if the afp is really clueless about jonas?

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