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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts) Sat Jan 15, 2022, 02:33 AM Jan 2022

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I am listening to BBC overnight and Boom Boom Marcos is running to run the Philippines...

His father, you may remember, is the murderous dictator who once ran the country with his wife's 10,000 pairs of shoes.

Interviews on the street are along the lines of "Marcos? He was a great guy. There was no corruption."

Sound familiar? See, I keep saying it's a human problem. We have not evolved far enough to rule ourselves.

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I am listening to BBC overnight and Boom Boom Marcos is running to run the Philippines... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 OP

WTELF? oasis Jan 2022 #1

The median age in the Philippines is 25; 70-75% of the population are too young to remember Marcos Spider Jerusalem Jan 2022 #2

True, but they have parents. TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #5

👠👡👞👢👟 were mentioned. 1986 was a long time ago irisblue Jan 2022 #3

I was in the Philippines in the early 80s. Friends of mine knew Boom Boom. He was diane in sf Jan 2022 #4

Because he could? TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #6

oasis

(49,379 posts)

1. WTELF?

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Sat Jan 15, 2022, 02:50 AM

Jan 2022

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

2. The median age in the Philippines is 25; 70-75% of the population are too young to remember Marcos

Reply to oasis (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 15, 2022, 04:47 AM

Jan 2022

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

5. True, but they have parents.

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 15, 2022, 05:19 AM

Jan 2022

irisblue

(32,969 posts)

3. 👠👡👞👢👟 were mentioned. 1986 was a long time ago

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Sat Jan 15, 2022, 05:01 AM

Jan 2022

diane in sf

(3,913 posts)

4. I was in the Philippines in the early 80s. Friends of mine knew Boom Boom. He was

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Sat Jan 15, 2022, 05:12 AM

Jan 2022

rumored to have had one of his friends shoot and kill someone in a disco bathroom. Why, I don’t remember.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

6. Because he could?

Reply to diane in sf (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 15, 2022, 05:20 AM

Jan 2022

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