3
Mar

Fortress bothered by OFW remittance boycott

The threatened remittance boycott by OFWs has the Fortress and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas bothered, reports GMA News.

Let’s give way to Lorelei Fajardo, Fortress loudspeaker and one reasons why I don’t like Fortress propaganda:

Such a call is irresponsible and tantamount to economic sabotage. Their action will not benefit anybody. It could cause a serious setback to our economic gains, bringing greater damage to their loved ones and the nation as a whole.

Huh? But you told us that the economy is on its way up? What’s US$30 million delayed a day against that ginormous 7.3% GDP rate that you are harping about? Well, what the Fortress doesn’t want every Juan to know is that our economy is being driven by OFW remittances.

Ms. Fajardo, here’s a tip: tell your Raul Gonzalez to charge each and every OFW who doesn’t send remittance with economic sabotage. Wag natin daanin sa daldal, idaan natin sa proseso, ilabas ang ebidensya. Mmmk?

OFWs, show the Fortress who’s the boss.

(LOYALISTS: If the economy is that robust as your idol claims, how come she and her people are afraid of one-day-only boycott? Surely it should not affect the economy, right? Besides, the day after the boycott OFWs will remit the money naman eh. Masyado lang paranoid ang idol nyo. So just sit back, relax, and see the lies crumble. Enjoy!)

2
Mar

Undermined institutions will continue as such

What if institutions are undermined and no longer works?

Some people keep on harping that we should let institutions run as they were, as if they were not undermined and co-opted by this regime. Heck, some of them blamed the people for electing such buffoons as leaders. While this is a reality that we should face, the fact that some of these people who play the blame game did not vote anyway, so their finger-pointing smacks of hypocrisy. Besides, that is not enough a reason to blame others when clearly someone manipulated these institutions to submission.

One such institution is the so-called Philippine National Police, now being derisively called Palpak na Police. It is on a roll nowadays. The PNP, led by the intellectually-dishonest Avelino Razon, has shown how it is being undermined. Just take these examples:

* A day before the interfaith rally at Makati (held last Friday), the PNP has deployed checkpoints along the routes where participants from provinces would traverse. The pretext was security, but it was obvious that the reason was to delay if not stop participants from joining. Here we can see Razon being dishonest. On the day of the rally itself, there were complaints that the participants were being stopped. Razon admits ordering checkpoints to stop these rallyist, but only for inspection. His dishonesty is shown by the experience by De la Salle-Dasma student Jhay Rocas.

* Then there’s the no-fly zone order by the same, dishonest Razon. And again, the claim was security. Yeah, but for whom? The no-fly-zone order was from 5PM-9PM, the time given for the rally. How convenient.

* And there’s the arrest of 4 Trillanes Senate staff members for dubious reasons. According to Ellen Tordesillas, these 4 were arrested immediately after the rally because someone complained that the 4 were claiming to be policemen. At the Southern Police District, the story was different: they were caught laying spikes along the road. When asked for evidence, the police couldn’t produce evidence. The 4 were released without being charged.

This is just the PNP. What more about the other institutions?

Institutions that are undermined will continue to be undermined because of people like this one, who choose to blame others instead of the one undermining the said institutions:


(Placard reads: GLORIA, URS S D SILENT MAJORITY)

1
Mar

Security breach

I went to Makati yesterday with two friends. After looking around, listening to speeches, gawking at faces and merchandise, and met some prominent personalities, we went to this strip mall to grab something to eat. The fastfood store has two doors – one outside, at the side walk, the other inside the mall. The mall entrance had a lone guard. The door to the fastfood facing the sidewalk had no guard, and you can actually get in the mall without undergoing security check.

That is what we call a security breach. Arbet, welcome to the Enchanted Kingdom of Gloria Arroyo.

29
Feb

Bakit dapat nang magbitiw sa pwesto si Gloria Arroyo?

Marahil panahon na para aking ipaliwanag kung bakit dapat magbitiw sa pwesto si Gloria Arroyo. Narito ang mga dahilan kung bakit dapat na syang magbitiw.

1. Ang pagtatalaga niya sa mga mahahalagang posisyon ng mga taong hindi karapat-dapat.
a. Raul Gonzalez – Ilang beses na ba nagkalat ng lagim ang taong ito? Muntik na nga sya mamatay pero wala pa ring kadala-dala. At saka ilang beses na sya na bypass ng Commission on Appointments, pero kapit-tuko pa rin sa pwesto, katulad ng nag-appoint sa kanya.
b. Norberto Gonzales – Isa pa ito. Nung mangyari ang Glorietta 2 blast noong birthday ko, sabi nya gawa ng terorista yun. Pero ang sabi ng PNP hindi raw. National Security Adviser yan ha.
c. Lito Atienza – Boo! Buti pa kung si Kim Atienza ang nilagay eh. Eh eto? Bahagi sya ng Catholic Taliban, kontra sya sa non-natural family planning methods. At saka kasama sya sa mga nagtangkang patahimikin si Jun Lozada.
d. Angelo Reyes – Sya ang tunay na mutineer. Nakailang lipat na ba sya ng pwesto? Di ko na nga matandaan. Kapit-tuko rin. Hindi sya matanggal kasi subukan lang gawin ni Gloria yan. Bukas lang iba na presidente natin.
e. Romulo Neri – Nilagay sa CHED kahit na ang minimum requirement para maging Chairman eh isang doctorate degree. Saka dapat may paninindigan at backbone, hindi kanta-sabay-takbo.
f. Ben Abalos – Kailangan ko pa bang ipaliwanag ito?
g. Virgilio Garcillano – Basahin ang letrang f.
h. Ignacio Bunye – “I have two discs, the original and the fake.” “Liar, liar.” Pag nagsalita sya, maiinis ka na agad.
i. Lorelei Fajardo – Sang lupalop nanggaling ang babaeng ito? Sa wikang Ingles, she’s very repugnant.
j. Hermogenes Esperon – Duh. Magsalita pa lang alam mo na kaagad ang takbo ng utak nito – utak pulbura na ewan. Isa pang kapit-tuko na kailangan pang magparinig para lang maextend ang term. Saka tingnan mo ginawa kina Lim at Querubin. Matatapos na ang Pebrero pero nakakulong pa rin ang grupo, pero di pa rin tapos ang pekeng court martial. Saka sangkot din sya sa Hello, Garci.
k. Merceditas Gutierrez – Ayoko na sanang sabihin na bumagsak muna sya sa bar exams bago pumasa, kasi unfair sa mga abogado na ganun din ang sinapit. Pero tingnan mo naman. Noong magtestify si Jose de Venecia III sa Senado noong nakaraang taon, marami ang nagsampa ng kaso sa Ombudsman. Pero kelan lang sya umaksyon? Ngayong buwan lang! At wala silang maipakita kahit ano para mapatunayan na nag-imbestiga sila. Kaklase pa ni Mike Arroyo sa Ateneo. Yun na.

2. Pagtatago sa katotohanan dahil sa mga kapalpakan at kadugasan.
a. Hello, Garci – Tatlong taon makalipas ang isyu, walang nangyari. Si Garci, nagtago, nagparamdam, nagtago, bumalik, kumandidato, natalo, at ewan kung nasaan na sya. Si Esperon, ginawang Chief of Staff – at na-extend pa. Si Gudani at Balutan, na tumestigo sa Senado, ayun naka court martial. Retirado na si Gudani, kaso tinanggal ang kanyang retirement benefits. Yung iba pang heneral na nabanggit sa tapes, itinalaga sa ibang posisyon para masakop ng EO 464. At tinakot ng NTC at DOJ ang media upang hindi ipalabas/iparinig ang Hello, Garci tapes.
b. Fertilizer scam – Pinatakas si Jocjoc Bolante papuntang US, pero nakansela ang visa nya, kaya ayun, nakakulong sa US. Sana ipadeport sya rito, kaso may pending syang political asylum application, kasi raw ipapapatay raw sya ng NPA. Saka kung sakali mang makabalik sya, gagawin lang nila ulit ang tinangka nila kay Lozada. Pero this time, perfect na, saka willing magtago si Bolante.
c. Mga pekeng impeachment cases – Sabi ni Gloria daanin raw sa proseso, at handa raw syang ipagtanggol ang sarili sa tamang lugar. Idaan daw sa impeachment, sabi nya. Pero, tatlong beses nyang binusabos ang proseso, salamat sa mga pekeng complaints nina Lozano at Pulido. Salamat din sa mga bayarang kongresista. Asa pa kayo sa panibagong impeachment ngayong taon? Aba, si Lozano, nagpadala na agad ng complaint kahit hindi pa paso ang ban dahil sa palyadong complaint ni Pulido. Pero wag ka, magulat ka na lang pag tinanggap yan sa Oktubre.
d. EO 464 – O kung di ba naman takot sa katotohanan ang Gloria, nilabas ang EO 464. Kung wala kang itinatago, bakit kailangan mong busalan ang mga tao mo, di ba? Ganun lang kasimple yun.

3. Mga kabastusan at anomalyang hindi pa rin nabibigyang linaw hanggang ngayon.
a. Hello, Garci – Kasi nga, ginawa ng administrasyon ang lahat, wag lang lumabas ang katotohanan. Kung totoo ang laman ng tapes, ibig sabihin nandaya si Gloria para manalo.
b. Fertilizer scam – Natapos na ang termino ni Ramon Magsaysay Jr. bilang senador (at nanguna sa pag-iimbestiga sa kasong ito), pero wala pa ring napaparusahan. Kasi, natutulog sa kangkungan ang Ombudsgirl. Saka si Bolante, nakakulong pa sa US. Biruin mo, ang Makati, binigyan ng alokasyon para sa fertilizer! Ah, baka yan ang ginamit na pampasabog sa Glorietta!
c. NBN-ZTE at ang mga pangyayari sa buhay ni Jun Lozasa, kasama na ang isyu sa Spratlys.
d. Mga extra-judicial killing at mga taong sapilitang dinukot diumano ng mga tauhan ng gobyerno – Malapit nang mag-isang taon noong mawala si Jonas Burgos, pero hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin sya makita. Pati na rin yung dalawang estudyante ng UP, kasama yung iba pang nawawala. At ang Gloria, ipinagmalaki ang kanyang human right record. Hay ewan.
e. ATBP – basahin sa PBWiki.

4. Ang pagyurak sa mga institusyon ng bansa.
a. Comelec – Ang pagtatalaga sa mga hindi karapat-dapat na sina Abalos at Garcillano. Ang palpak na poll automation. Hello, Garci.
b. House of Representatives – Pagiging sunud-sunuran sa rehimeng Arroyo. Ang pagbaboy sa proseso ng impeachment.
c. Ombudsman – Ang hindi pagkilos ng mga kaso na kontra kay Arroyo, kumpara sa bilis ng kaso kontra oposisyon.
d. Armed Forces of the Philippines – Naging Armed Forces of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Naging tagapagtanggol ng rehimen imbes na tagapagtanggol ng bayan.
e. Philippine National Police – Naging Palpak na Pulis. Naging pangontra ni Gloria laban sa mga nagpoprotesta.

5. Pagtataksil sa pagtitiwalang binigay sa kanya ng bansa (bagamat hindi naman sya tunay na pangulo ng bansa). Basahin lahat ng mga nabanggit sa taas.

Kaya, Gloria Arroyo, resign na! Now na!

Ikaw, dapat nga bang magbitiw na si Gloria? Bumoto sa aking survey. Kung gusto mo, mag-iwan ka ng komento, sabihin mo kung ano ang ibinoto mo, at bakit.

[poll=4]

28
Feb

RAM retains data even when turned off?

Now, if this report is true, it changes our elementary computing concepts:

Typically we think of the hardware of our computers in a specific way. One of those is that the contents of RAM is gone as soon as you turn off the power. Makers of software such as ssh-agent, PGP software and hard disk encryption software rely on encryption keys in RAM that get erased when the system is turned off.

Newly published research goes a long way to show the hardware isn’t behaving like most of us think it is and that memory modules, even removed from the motherboard can retain data for seconds to minutes allowing retrieval of the cryptographic keys.

This scenario adds a new dimension to data security. As most laptops issued to employees by most companies involved data encryption of some form, losing a laptop becomes more unbearable than ever.

You may get the PDF report here.

28
Feb

Treason! Have we ceded/sold out Spratlys to China?

Be the judge:

Basically the report presents several agreements entered into by China and the Philippines through two companies. The said agreements allow China to explore Spratly Islands (subject of dispute by China, the Philippines, and other countries) for mineral resources, most specially oil. The Constitution expressly prohibits this practice – unless we have already surrendered Spratlys to the Chinese. The question now is: at both counts, was treason committed?

For more information, read the following:

* Today the Spratlys, Tomorrow Palawan
* Treason
* Treason in the Spratlys

Will update this post when I get more information.