APEC IN PERU--A NEW WORLD ORDER?

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte initially hesitated on that 24 hour trip to Peru. But, after reading what Russian president Putin did, which was, get Russia out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Duterte had a change of mind. And many people expected it.

In his China trip, Duterte was the first one to announce to the entire world, a triumvirate of sorts, which includes the Philippines, China and Russia. Some say, Duterte's pronouncement was the 21st century version of the Axis Powers, which former German dictator Adolf Hitler led alongside Imperial Japan and Benito Mussolini's Italy. Now, what is being promoted is what I call the Asian Axis of Powers, an animal which packs an apocalyptic power deadlier than that of the EWurpean-inspired Axis powers. And like other deranged leaders who salivate on conquering the peoples of the world, Duterte thinks he is now at par with the rest of those whose hands dripped of the blood of their own peoples.

Seventy years ago, it was the ideology of intolerance that encouraged Germany to partner up with Italy and Japan. These three wanted nothing more than annihilate the rest of the world, and people it with their kind. Of course, the Germans wanted nothing more than see only blond people walking the face of the earth, and none of the kinks and had they succeeded, Hitler's Germany would have waged war against the other Axis powers, and the world would have seen only the Great Aryan Race walking and enjoying all the blessings of God, while the rest of us are probably working the mines or worse, being experimented upon inside thousands of German death camps. Or, we are likely be a few feet buried under the ground.

Right now, it is Putin, the Great Vlad, that wears Hitler's cape while China probably mimicked the Fascism of Mussolini, albeit, of the extreme Socialist kind, while, what about Duterte? Of course, Duterte thinks he has the credentials worthy of Li's and Putin's consideration---he, admittedly, inspired his own police force to turn into an efficient killing machine and look at how he and his cops already did----Filipino cops have already killed 4,000 plus of their own people and if we are to believe Duterte, there are still 2,600,000 more out there to find and murder.

Duterte wears his badge like a proud Meister. He thinks he's right and is doing the right sacrifice for his people. Like Putin, Duterte thinks killing people is the righteous way to go about his overzealous campaign against drug addiction.

A few days from now, and we will all wake up and find that there is a so-called "New World Order." This "new world order" is expected to include us, the Filipinos, all because of Duterte.

Yes, while we led the rest of the world after World War two in creating the United Nations so that all nations of the world would avoid killing each other over racism and intolerance, we are forgetting all of that, and is veering towards a "world order" that is far from being tolerant of other races and beliefs.

Of course, Duterte will say that this concept is "new" and I agree.

For the past few years, the world has transformed into a more livable place, a world that understands tolerance and cognizant of rights, of a world that lives "by the law", and a world that now sees everybody as genetically linked, thanks to advances in genome study.

Now, leaders like Duterte wants the world to turn its head upside down and reject the notion of a free world. Duterte wants nothing more than kill 3 million plus of his people to save 100 million more. And Duterte wants to see his people with their heads bowed in submission, before him, He Who Claims to be Smarter than Any other scumbag in the world.

What is "new" in this "new world order" is its cast---a bunch of Hitler wannabes whose claim to fame is that they ordered the slaughter of their own people, the very same ones whom they promised to "protect and safeguard their rights."

How do China treat dissidents or those Hongkongers who longed for freedom? They kill them by mowing them with their tanks. How did Putin deal with those who question his leadership? He had them all killed. And how, mind you, did Duterte inspired his security forces under his disposal? Duterte inspired them to go out like hunting dogs, hunt for people who use and sell drugs or even those whom these cops only suspect of being involved in drugs or plain and simply, they just hate or see people who look like addicts.

Obviously, there is nothing new about this new world order except that it a step backward, a step towards darkness, a rage against intellectualism and humanism and a noisy promotion of sectarianism, hatred and intolerance.

Yes, my son, we are going into war, a war that will put humanity back several thousands of years ago, when we kill because we hate how a person looks like, or we see zombies out of hapless drug dependents and spare those who supply these dependents with their drugs.

Yes, we are entering an era where we want just one idea to rule the world, just one look for people and just one style for people to wear. Let's throw out diversity and embrace unitarianism. Let's create our own version of order out of a perceived disorder and let's harmonize the economies of the world into one so that just one group of people continue their own domination, while we allow billions to just live like slaves working for the new order.

New world order? I dare these scumbags to just do their thing and enslave the world. And let them meet the same fate of their predecessors who once believed they were the dominant race when simply, they were the most foolish.

APEC IN PERU--A NEW WORLD ORDER?

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte initially hesitated on that 24 hour trip to Peru. But, after reading what Russian president Putin did, which was, get Russia out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Duterte had a change of mind. And many people expected it.

In his China trip, Duterte was the first one to announce to the entire world, a triumvirate of sorts, which includes the Philippines, China and Russia. Some say, Duterte's pronouncement was the 21st century version of the Axis Powers, which former German dictator Adolf Hitler led alongside Imperial Japan and Benito Mussolini's Italy. Now, what is being promoted is what I call the Asian Axis of Powers, an animal which packs an apocalyptic power deadlier than that of the EWurpean-inspired Axis powers. And like other deranged leaders who salivate on conquering the peoples of the world, Duterte thinks he is now at par with the rest of those whose hands dripped of the blood of their own peoples.

Seventy years ago, it was the ideology of intolerance that encouraged Germany to partner up with Italy and Japan. These three wanted nothing more than annihilate the rest of the world, and people it with their kind. Of course, the Germans wanted nothing more than see only blond people walking the face of the earth, and none of the kinks and had they succeeded, Hitler's Germany would have waged war against the other Axis powers, and the world would have seen only the Great Aryan Race walking and enjoying all the blessings of God, while the rest of us are probably working the mines or worse, being experimented upon inside thousands of German death camps. Or, we are likely be a few feet buried under the ground.

Right now, it is Putin, the Great Vlad, that wears Hitler's cape while China probably mimicked the Fascism of Mussolini, albeit, of the extreme Socialist kind, while, what about Duterte? Of course, Duterte thinks he has the credentials worthy of Li's and Putin's consideration---he, admittedly, inspired his own police force to turn into an efficient killing machine and look at how he and his cops already did----Filipino cops have already killed 4,000 plus of their own people and if we are to believe Duterte, there are still 2,600,000 more out there to find and murder.

Duterte wears his badge like a proud Meister. He thinks he's right and is doing the right sacrifice for his people. Like Putin, Duterte thinks killing people is the righteous way to go about his overzealous campaign against drug addiction.

A few days from now, and we will all wake up and find that there is a so-called "New World Order." This "new world order" is expected to include us, the Filipinos, all because of Duterte.

Yes, while we led the rest of the world after World War two in creating the United Nations so that all nations of the world would avoid killing each other over racism and intolerance, we are forgetting all of that, and is veering towards a "world order" that is far from being tolerant of other races and beliefs.

Of course, Duterte will say that this concept is "new" and I agree.

For the past few years, the world has transformed into a more livable place, a world that understands tolerance and cognizant of rights, of a world that lives "by the law", and a world that now sees everybody as genetically linked, thanks to advances in genome study.

Now, leaders like Duterte wants the world to turn its head upside down and reject the notion of a free world. Duterte wants nothing more than kill 3 million plus of his people to save 100 million more. And Duterte wants to see his people with their heads bowed in submission, before him, He Who Claims to be Smarter than Any other scumbag in the world.

What is "new" in this "new world order" is its cast---a bunch of Hitler wannabes whose claim to fame is that they ordered the slaughter of their own people, the very same ones whom they promised to "protect and safeguard their rights."

How do China treat dissidents or those Hongkongers who longed for freedom? They kill them by mowing them with their tanks. How did Putin deal with those who question his leadership? He had them all killed. And how, mind you, did Duterte inspired his security forces under his disposal? Duterte inspired them to go out like hunting dogs, hunt for people who use and sell drugs or even those whom these cops only suspect of being involved in drugs or plain and simply, they just hate or see people who look like addicts.

Obviously, there is nothing new about this new world order except that it a step backward, a step towards darkness, a rage against intellectualism and humanism and a noisy promotion of sectarianism, hatred and intolerance.

Yes, my son, we are going into war, a war that will put humanity back several thousands of years ago, when we kill because we hate how a person looks like, or we see zombies out of hapless drug dependents and spare those who supply these dependents with their drugs.

Yes, we are entering an era where we want just one idea to rule the world, just one look for people and just one style for people to wear. Let's throw out diversity and embrace unitarianism. Let's create our own version of order out of a perceived disorder and let's harmonize the economies of the world into one so that just one group of people continue their own domination, while we allow billions to just live like slaves working for the new order.

New world order? I dare these scumbags to just do their thing and enslave the world. And let them meet the same fate of their predecessors who once believed they were the dominant race when simply, they were the most foolish.

Understanding Duterte's world

Okey, here's the thing. This is for journalists, foreign correspondents, and analysts. It is for them to understand Duterte, our beloved president, leader, nationalist, patriot, and all other worthy titles. I hope I give justice to the man, an iconoclast, an innovator, a smooth operator, the savior of this country, God's great gift to the Filipino race.

Independence means breaking up with a former lover and going to another richer patron

When Duterte says "independent foreign policy" it means dropping one for another. It simply means, ceasing to be a bitch of one superpower and becoming another superpower's bitch. Duterte simply follows the lead of former president Joseph Estrada--"weather, weather lang yan." We were America's 20th century bitch. And since this is a Sino era, we are now China's and probably, even Russia's little brown bitch. Abandoning the old and the bankrupt to the rich and corrupt. That's life. We are sorry America and goodbye my old friend.

On Human Rights

I hope Duterte is not reading this because I'm sure when he reads "human rights", his right side of the face would hurt again and he will then start spewing hot curses, fire and brimstone.

When he says human rights, Duterte is referring to the rights of non-addicts. Yes. For Duterte, drug dependents have lost all rights--they are basically cattle being fed daily (or now occasionally) with their methamphetamines or grass (read: marijuana).

Drug Addicts as Zombies

Notice how drug addicts and drug pushers die? Most of them had their heads blown off. When Duterte mentions or tags you as a drug addict, expect your head to be blown off by some cop, probably someone like a PO3 Kho who uses a vehicle to ram.

Duterte says drug addicts do not think anymore because their brains are already like mashed potatoes, with most brains in their highly liquified states. Hence, no appreciation of rights. If drug dependents do not appreciate the value of their rights, what more state security forces, much more, Duterte, right?  Logical, isn't ?

Protesters as Zombies

I watched "Walking dead", and I immediately understood what Duterte's men at the Manila PNP meant. Someone as sane as PO3 Kho and Pedrozo (who was involved in drugs before...allegedly, that is) think that protesters such as the Lumads and the Moros are cousins of zombies, hence, ready to be mowed down or thrown like rag dolls.

EJKs as Exceptionally Justified Killings

For Duterte and Senator Richard Gordon, there are simply no extra judicial killings in the Philippines--only exceptionally justified killings. Those 3,400 Filipinos who were killed during the anti-drug campaign were killed lawfully by state security forces. They all fought against authorities. They all used rusty 38 caliber pistols which they fired upon those cops armed with M-14s and automatic rifles. No recognition of using approximate force. A gun is a gun. When someone with a gun emerges, he is worthy of a bullet in the head, no question asked. And for most cops, a knife or a nail cutter is just like having a gun. You can be killed by a nail cutter; hence, justified if you gun that would-be assailant down.

Foreign policy means veering towards a richer state

Dun tayo sa me pera. That is simply the guiding principle of the Duterte administration when it comes to foreign policy. As they say in the streets, "pera-pera lang yan." That's the main principle of the Law of Attraction---run towards the man holding a bag of monies, and not to that poor Uncle who is now heavily bankrupted.

Financial independence means eradicating 5-6

You know why Duterte loves the Chinese? Because they are ready to throw him billions of yuans, err, dollars (US dollars to be precise) just to get him by their side. And Duterte has the best reasons--he wants nothing more than erase 5-6 from the face of the world. Yes, you heard me right---Duterte intends to chase those Indians (or Bombays in local parlance) out of business. And the logic is simply very deep, deep indeed. With Chinese money, Duterte intends probably to spread it all around, giving monies to poor people so that they would no more rely on their Indian brothers who walks around peddling umbrellas for money. So considerate of our president, right? This is what I love about Tatay Digong.

Imperialism means invasion; occupying small rocks is no imperialism

Duterte was very specific---China did not do us, Filipinos, injustice, no way. His grandfather was a Chinese immigrant, and his grandfather did nothing like that--he did not grab the land of an indigenous, oh no. And since Duterte was before a Chinese audience, he simply do not believe that Chinese did such a dastardly thing-- invade other people's territories.

The fact is---Duterte thinks the Chinese are just there, sun bathing in one of the small rocks and shoals inside our exclusive economic zone. When the Chinese built their shacks, their airstrips, their military installations complete with satellite dishes in Panatag and Scarborough shoals, those actions were no imperialist moves, oh no. Those were no invasions. Those were simply innocent occupations of a friendly nation who thinks of our welfare as Filipinos and who respects us highly by throwing monies around, as if those billions of dollars are like Mickey Mouse bills.

The fact is--Duterte is so appreciative of Chinese actions, our beloved Leader wants the Chinese to join us, Filipinos, in exploiting those ancient oils deep beneath those sea beds. Never mind if he breaks the Constitution for doing so---as he says, he loves the Philippines. It is his people, his country, his love. Hindi naman makakain ang sovereignty (One cannot eat Sovereignty for breakfast).

Respect between countries means throwing monies around

For Duterte, China respects us a lot. Yes, he does believe this. He was all praises for the Chinese communists, even urging them to loan him more money and he would praise them, worship them, kiss their feet and even vowed to be perpetually indebted to them. Don't mind aid money from the Europeans. Filipinos, Duterte said, are no mendicants. We are not going to the Europeans with our knees bent. They can even shove those Euros to their arses. But, yuan? Yuan is welcome. Chinese in, Europeans and Americans out. Good policy.

Survival in the new modernizing world means isolationism

We can fend for ourselves, says Duterte. We don't need the help of the free world. If this means millions of Filipinos going hungry, so be it. Duterte will be the very first one to go hungry. This just means, let us do our thing collectively, alone, just like how the North Koreans do it. Don't mind the world. The free world is in a mess and we simply cannot be a part of it. Let's close our doors. Let us isolate ourselves and we will be fine. We have enough resources to tide us through a global recession.

However, we will do it with the help of China and Russia. It is us with these two superpowers, a triumvirate of global even monumental proportions. Duterte thinks this is a brilliant, superb geopolitical shift. Imagine, in just one stroke, Duterte resurrected the concept of an Axis and the Philippines is part of it. That's an achievement worthy of emulation, praise and worship. This is the very first time that an emerging third world economy is now part of these global superpowers. It is like ant man standing toe-to-toe with Batman and Superman.

Expect to eat Maling instead of spam. Expect to use Weibo instead of Facebook, and simply throw those Macs to the trashcan and settle with the much cheaper Chinese imitations sold in Divisoria. Learn Mandarin and include it in the curriculum. Change the greco-roman writing mode and adopt either the Chinese alphabet or the Russian way of writing. We don't have any choice. For Duterte, for us to survive, we need to adapt, and adaptation means understanding Mandarin and Russian.

Who really runs Malacanang? Duterte or his Cabinet members?

" We are not severing our ties with the US"--Abella

Is this administration deliberately being stupid or just being themselves? Seriously, they should re-assess what they are doing lately or they might go down in history as the most senile of all Philippine government administrations.

The Philippine government right now is a joke. It is losing credibility. I don't believe all those trust ratings of surveys--we all know they can be manipulated. Besides, this is not anymore a popularity contest. We are in serious governmental stuff and these cannot be treated as something of a trifle or child's play or something of a senile man's games.

This is the first time in history when a president's factotums or alter-egos are the ones clarifying policies publicly announced. I mean, it is totally discomforting to hear several cabinet members telling us that our president, Rodrigo Duterte just spewed out something which he did not really meant or was'nt consulted before his cabinet. Before, it was our president who goes public and clarifies what his secretary just told the public. Now, it is the other way around.

" Goodbye my friend.." Duterte
Who then should you believe? 

Why do we need to interpret a very clear policy statement from Duterte? Was it because it was said in public or during a time when Duterte was just before foreign dignitaries or at a time when he was under serious pain while prating before the public? When do we get the truth?

It seems that there is a very serious tug-of-war between our president and his own cabinet. Our President says something and out comes one or two or three of his cabinet members all ready with their own public statements about a policy statement which our president just shared with the public. Who then is governing? Who is the real power in Malacanang?

This is clearly very obvious in the issue of the Philippines severing its economic and military ties with the United States. President Duterte was clearly seen conversing with his Chinese counterparts and telling them that he intends to sever the country's ties with its long-time ally, the United States government. Duterte even clearly stated that he intends to end the "economic and military ties" with the US.

After creating the loudest public feedback ever online, several of his cabinet members including Presidential Communications secretary Martin Andanar giving us a crappish analogy of what the president said, comparing the obvious shift as that of a "son leaving the house of his father" and "going to another house". Bull. S...t. Crap. Throw this in the wastebasket.

A member of the finance cluster of the cabinet, specifically Prof. Pernia came out of the woodwork and told us that what Duterte did could be described as a shift of policy orientation---from Western to Asian, when it was very obvious that what Duterte referred to was a shift towards a triumvirate only which is China-Philippines-Russia. Duterte was very specific. He was'nt interested in other Asian countries. He intends to aligned himself with just two Asian powers: China and Russia, period. Duterte is a lawyer, trained to choose his words and terms. It was easy for him to describe what he does as a foreign policy orientation shift towards Asia, and away from Western perspective.

Then you have the main man himself, the spokesperson of the President, denying totally what the President said. Spokesperson Abella says practically that Duterte did not mean what he said and there is simply "no intention whatsoever to break treaties" referring to those committed by the Philippine government with the United States. If this is true, when, quo vadis? What is this declaration of "separation" when, as Abella said, there is simply no intention for this administration to break all those economic and military treaties?

This was the position also of Trade secretary Mon Lopez who gave a very reassuring statement saying that the economic ties of the country will continue with the US. It's a good statement but clearly, this again, counters what the President clearly stated in his highly public pronouncement---sever the Philippines' "economic and military ties". The fact is---rewind the tape and notice that Duterte even chose what kind of relations to break. He mentioned social, but decided not to and instead chose specifically the words "economic and military"

Clearly, when he says one thing, Duterte really means it. One example, the annual Balikatan exercises which were terminated prematurely, with US troops leaving Mindanao days before it ended. If this is the case, then, expect Duterte to also break economic treaties with the United States as well.

Is this the way Malacanan handles our external and even internal affairs? What these scenes suggest is a very chaotic and very discombulating setup that bodes ill to our image and reputation before the international community. It pictures a president like a boy who cried wolf.

With Abella, Lopez, Pernia and Andanar coming out of the shadows like self-appointed interpreters of the President, this issue clearly weakens the image of the president. Duterte is now like an old man in clutches and simply being misunderstood for reasons unknown when in fact, he is intelligible and clearly even as glib as a young man.

This scene harms our relationship with both China and the United States. When Duterte told his Chinese counterparts that he is leaving the United States and with it, the entire Filipino people behind him, it was said with conviction. Now, with some of his cabinet members telling the media that it was not so, who then, will China believe---Duterte or his cabinet members?

This is an embarrassment.

Why we need more Dutertes than De Limas

Don't get me wrong--Justice secretary Leila de Lima's reaction is a justified sigh when she heard that most of the public agreed with what Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte suggested when a Senator asked him if David Bangayan aka David Tan visits his town and is caught doing an illicit thing.

Duterte was very direct in his response--he will gladly kill the guy, should he resists.

Bangayan is now widely being accused of being the biggest rice smuggler in the country, an offense that is both criminal as well as socially detestable.

De Lima immediately balked, when if she thinks very hard, she is the one to blame for what Bangayan is undergoing now. When Bangayan appeared in public, he became the public face for smuggling, unwittingly or wittingly. He actually created these troubles for himself.

Like Janet Lim-Napoles whose name is now forever linked with large scale thievery of public monies, Bangayan will now, and forever will be, the name invoked when someone discusses about smuggling, especially rice smuggling.

I am in agreement right now to expose and unmask these people behind smuggling activities here in our country because these smugglers are like parasites--they exploit the weaknesses of the system just to generate personal wealth. They don't play the game--they dictate its terms to a point that government is now helpless and unable to fight them in a square game.

Well, most people agree with Duterte because these people use the very same laws to get what they want. And through the years, they have amass such wealth and in fact, stole billions of dollars from the economy itself to the detriment of the majority.

For me, the worst criminals are those who inflict economic harm against his fellow human being.

According to the Global Financial Integrity report, entitled, " Illicit Financial Flows to and from the Philippines: A Study in Dynamic Simulation, 1960-2011", written by Dev Kar and Brian LeBlanc,
US$ 133 billion got lost in transiting from the formal Philippine economy while the US$ 277 billion that entered into the economy also got lost into the underground economy. Meaning, illicit financial flows which amounted to US$ 410 billion did not enter into the formal economy.

What the report wants us to understand is this---this huge sum of monies disappeared and benefitted the underground economy while it undermined the collection of taxes and paved the way for the slow burn into poverty and underdevelopment for the rest of the country.

This report actually quantified the amount of damage these smugglers and other economic saboteurs committed against the Filipino People.

Imagine, that sum of money US$ 411 billion would have further developed our economy, benefitted millions of Filipino families and probably led to the upliftment of millions of lives.

That sum of money could have averted the exodus of millions of Filipinos away from this country, and probably even prevented others from militating against their fellow Filipinos!

Now, do you understand why we need to kill these saboteurs and display their mangled bodies as proof of our determination to change this country for the better?

Davidson Bangayan's denial a direct hit against Davao city mayor Rodrigo Duterte

Davidson Bangayan's highly public denial yesterday seems like a direct hit against Davao city mayor Rodrigo Duterte who supplied media with the photos and passport of Mr. Bangayan. Duterte was certain "David Tan" was this "Davidson Bangayan"is one and the same. Yet, why did Bangayan spared Duterte from his plan of filing a libel case, and only particularized Jesus Aranza, head of the business group which exposed the illicit activities of a certain David or Davidson Tan.

Calling Mr. Mayor, Mayor Duterte of Davao City. Will you let this person smear your name? Duterte appears like a fool in this controversy. I believe the good mayor will not allow anybody to mess up his name and reputation.

A source who refused to be identified says that this rice smuggling controversy is not what it really appears to be.

This "fight" is actually between and among rice smugglers in this country. A group initiated a smear campaign against Agriculture secretary Procy Alcala because he allegedly favored another smuggling group. This group is believed to be funded allegedly by a lawyer of Davidson Tan.

Alcala's group resisted and exposed Davidson Tan, whom they believe to be funding the anti-Alcala campaign. Davidson Tan is using a publicist in neutralising this latest tirade against him and his operations, according to some sources.