Travel Tips: Phillipines

Manila is currently the densest city in the world. Getting around can be a problem. You can do it in a taxi, a taxi bus, a motorcycle taxi, a bycicle taxi, on a bus or monorail.

Airport: has wifi and although they say that you need a return ticket, most of the time they won't ask you for it. Airport is fairly small so getting through isn't a problem and getting to Makati is about 20 bucks by taxi.

• During rush hour I recommend Bus or Monorail. They are safe, inexpensive and are actually faster than taxi. 
• The taxi buses that look like giant Jeeps with all types of decorations on them generally take you from station to station and are fairly cheep.
• Taxis are the most expensive and many of them can charge you far too much, so ask a local about the cost to the destination. 
• Motorcycle and bycicle taxi are actually cheapest but the worst deal. They don't go very far, they are not very safe but can be somewhat fun and the bycicle taxi can be your only mode of getting around during rush hour when most taxis are impossible to flag down.

One of the saddest episodes I've ever heard.

Genocide in US
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/479/little-war-on-the-prairie#play

America, You're Funny - Birthcontrol

So as a man, if I want birthcontrol then I just go to a liquor store or to a bar with a vending machine and get myself a condom.
Women on the other hand, if they were to keep themselves safe they would have to get a prescription. What kind of double standard is that?

I'm sure the real astute readers will point out that they can get a condom and to that I will say think before you speak. A man can take off the condom and the woman will never know, plus the condom is not fail safe and many women in the world are raped all the time and rapists don't care to use condoms.

So does this double standard make sense? Why is this even a question?

America, you're funny.


http://technorati.com/women/article/will-birth-control-be-sold-like/

Can't wait.

For Hamas to become cool and join Fatah and just live in Gaza and be cool with Israel.
Yeah that would be nice, because a Pakistan with bombings and crazy religious people is the alternative.
The biggest victims of Muslim extremists are Muslims themselves; get rid of extremists and you will have a better life.