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Misogynist douchebaggery

Apparently, it only takes feminist rage for me to get off my ass and write something for our org’s website. From FilipinoFreethinkers.org — National misogynist hero:

An undisputed national hero and distinguished gentleman representative from Sarangani, Manny Pacquiao was staunchly against the RH Bill. He quoted the Bible, and said, in effect, that any attempts to curb reproduction was against the will of his god. While we’re not sure how the personal religious beliefs of this pregnancy-challenged man have to do with us uterus-carrying citizens, people pointed out that his wife Jinkee has admitted to being on the pill. Now he’s bragging that he made his wife Jinkee stop taking pills and have more kids.

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Ignite Manila

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March 2, 2010 (Tuesday) @ Mag:net Bonifacio High Street. Seats are limited, so RSVP here (although I can’t guarantee there are any seats left, so hurry!).

  • 630PM Mag:net opens exclusively for Ignite Manila speakers and guests (invite only)
  • 700PM Welcome to Ignite Manila 1
    • Intro to Ignite
    • Ignite Game
    • Ryan Tani (Ignite Guru) Red defining Geeks
  • 740PM First Batch of Speakers
    • Nina Terol Zialcita (Communicator, Connector, Changemaker) A ball can change the world: Lessons from the 2009 Milan Homeless World Cup
    • Paul Zialcita (percussionist, performance artist, social advocate) Recycle music. Recycle life.
    • Alvin Gale Tan (entrepreneur; people-reader) 7107 Reasons
    • Elizabeth Angsioco (National Chair, Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines (DSWP)) Reproductive Health
    • Mikong Galero (web developer, go player) Why Go is better than Chess
    • Bill Shaw (Social entrepreneur) Jeepney Magazine: the first “street paper” in developing Asia
    • Benj Espina (Backpacker) Visit Sagada
    • Victor Asuncion lead (vocals, guitarist, songwriter of Indios band) On joining the national search for Rivermaya’s lead vocalist
  • 840PM Indios Performance
  • 900PM Second Batch of Speakers
    • Bryan Bibat (UP AME alumnus) Saving a Dying Geek Community
    • Frank Manuel (Software Developer, Astronomy geek) The coolest things in the universe
    • Team New Slang (Overshare Advocates) Creative Nonfiction, Show-and-Tell, and Getting the Blog Out of Writing
    • Norman Wilwayco (Novelist and Blogger) How I Created My Latest Book
    • Khavn dela Cruz (Digital filmmaker) On digital films
    • Dean Jorge Bocobo (Writer, commentator, atheist) Why Atheists Should Come Out Of The Closet
    • Carlos Celdran (performer, visual artist) Myths and Legends for Filipinos
    • Ana Santos (sexual health advocate / vagina warrior) Sexual Health Made Sexy and SASsy
  • 10PM Closing and Networking
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Fun and games are over

Merry Christmas, Mayweather.

“Enough is enough,” Pacquiao said. “I have tried to just brush it off as a mere pre-fight ploy but I think they have gone overboard.

“I say to Floyd Mayweather Jr., don’t be a coward and face me in the ring, mano-a-mano and shut your big, pretty mouth, so we can show the world who is the true king of the ring.”

The Filipino superstar dared Mayweather to climb in the ring and face him at Las Vegas as planned and revealed plans to file a defamation lawsuit against the US fighter in a few days over insinuations that Pacquiao is a dope cheat.

Personally, I think Pacquiao’s thing about not wanting blood to be drawn too close to the fight is borderline superstition — seriously how much blood is needed for a test? It can’t be that much to weaken you — but whatever his reasons, he has cause to be pissed at Mayweather’s behavior, which is clearly aimed at messing with Pacquiao’s head. Probably because Mayweather isn’t confident enough about his chances, and so decided to stoop to such low tricks.

I expected a lot of trash talk from the Mayweather camp. In fact I looked forward to it, as I childishly enjoy such things. After all, boxing is a beautiful sport, but in some level, it’s just two guys trying to give each other brain damage. It’s important to have a sense of humor about it. And Mayweather just isn’t being funny.

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