Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Stuff below the fold

Three shifts in Manila schools, a lack of teachers and textbooks, but pressure and money from the US is pushing the Philippines to offer a politically correct UNFPA sex ed program.

In contrast, China is pushing abstinence via Focus on the Family as being more consistent with their Confucian values.

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StrategyPage has some good news about the Philippines:

In power only two months, the new government has been keeping its promise to go after corruption. An average of one indictment a week is brought against corrupt officials or major tax evaders.


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Martin Sheen and Emilio Estavez at Campostela...Emilio is writing/directing a film about the pilgrimage...more HERE.
Spanish Trailer:


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Black on Asian violence in South Philly...and it's not just in Philly: I've heard this problem discussed on Korean TV here...

The article underestimates the racial bigotry behind this problem, insisting it is not racial...well, they're right. White guilt in the school system means you can't be strict with the thugs for fear of being called racist, and as a result, these thugs usually pick on fellow black students who dare to try to study hard and succeed...

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