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Clan politics: Despite the massacre, the Ampatuan clan still got elected in a lot of posts.

How? They ran two folks for a lot of posts, guaranteeing a win, and of course they have access to loads of money to win.

of course, PNoy has lots of relatives and cronies in his administration too.
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In other news, Senator Trillanes left out on bail (lots hoping he will be pardoned).(background HERE)

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Global cooling episodes correlate with Chinese political instability.
Yup. famine, war, anarchy, and disease correlates with cold temperature, and not just in China.

and records of the first Emperor of China discovered.
and a quick perusal shows why folks hated him.
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Chicken Little was right: The sky is falling:

Layers of Earth's upper atmosphere. Credit: John Emmert/NRL.

NASA-funded researchers are monitoring a big event in our planet's atmosphere. High above Earth's surface where the atmosphere meets space, a rarefied layer of gas called "the thermosphere" recently collapsed and now is rebounding again.

"This is the biggest contraction of the thermosphere in at least 43 years," says John Emmert of the Naval Research Lab...
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I can take criticism of God, but not their whiney silly adolescent screeds of the "new atheists".
Too illogical.
First Things agrees, and suggests that the "new Atheists", they read Nietzsche to learn how to do it right.

of course, as a doc, reading Nietzsche's manic outpourings are dazzling, but the writings are suggestive of the writings of someone who is manic. And I use "Manic" in the medical sense.

There are any numbers of reasons for mania, including bipolar illness and drugs, but Nietzsche's gradual deterioration and paralysis suggests tertiary syphilis, the same problem that affected Winston Churchill's father. HERE is an example of a typical case.

addendum: IgnatiusScoop suggests that Hume is a better philosopher for arguing atheism and scepticism.
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Medical trivia: one way to "cure" or stop the deterioration of tertiary syphilis: Give the patient a case of Malaria...
apparently the high fever killed the germ.
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Finally, one of the headlines in the local paper:
ZsaZsa broke her hip.
yes, we have political murders, corruption, typhoons, dengue and malaria outbreaks, and a volcano that might erupt, but it's nice to know we keep up with the important news in our papers.