Ah, America the Great (Again), where science meets selective hearing and progress takes a leisurely stroll backward.
Donald Trump’s administration has boldly decided to settle the “gender debate” with the subtlety of a sledgehammer: male and female, period. Forget the complexities of identity or the existence of court-approved gender changes; in this brave new world, your passport might soon be less of a travel document and more of an interrogation trigger. Will TSA start administering chromosome tests at security checkpoints? Maybe they’ll bring back phrenology while they’re at it.
Health care for transgender individuals? Well, why bother when we’re too busy ensuring their very existence is bureaucratically erased? It’s a new era of “equality,” where everyone fits neatly into two boxes—or doesn’t fit at all. But hey, as they say, nothing screams “freedom” like legislating people’s identities. Welcome to the land of the free and the home of the rigidly binary.
In the grand circus of fake news, the ringleaders—the so-called “truth twisters”—always deliver a show-stopping act. Their latest headliner? A former president boldly claiming that President Bongbong Marcos signed a national budget with blank figures, as if the government were a cheap magician pulling numbers from thin air. Who falls for this? Only the gullible and those who think Excel spreadsheets are sorcery.
Sure, corruption has its sneaky ways, and some politicians are masters of subtle deception. But a blank budget? That’s like leaving the cookie jar open and expecting a child to resist. It insults not just the public’s intelligence but also the 5th graders who, frankly, know better.
Fake news peddlers, take note: if you’re going to cook up stories, at least add some seasoning of believability. Otherwise, your audience might downgrade you from “fake news” to “comedy skit rejects.”
In the Philippines, peace is a slippery little creature, always darting between rallies and shrines, dodging placards and sermons.
On one side, the INC faithful stood shoulder to shoulder, proclaiming “Peace!” as they defended VP Sara Duterte from impeachment. Their version of peace seemed to involve a lot of chanting and suspiciously choreographed waving of posters. Just days later, at the EDSA Shrine, another group held a mass for peace, but their prayers came with a caveat: “Peace, but impeach her first!”
The irony? Both sides were dead serious about their peaceful intentions.
Where lies the peace? Probably stuck in gridlock, along with the rest of us, wondering how it all came to this.
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