Adolf Hitler is Jose Rizal’s son!
The claim that Adolf Hitler was Rizal’s progeny must be based on the following facts: * Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 (that means he could have been conceived sometime in August, 1888) , in the little village of Braunau, near the German-Austrian border. * He was born an Austrian and remained one [...]
The Flowers of May by Francisco Arcellana
In 1951, Francisco Arcellana won first prize in Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for his short story, The Flowers of May. In summary, this is about a family who are mourning for the death of their daughter, Victoria. In the end, they will realize the value of life even if the one you dear will [...]
China’s Great Leap Forward and the Great Sparrow Campaign
The Great Famine of 1958-1962, and the Cultural Revolution. Just one of Mao’s bright ideas during the Great Leap Forward: his plan to exterminate sparrows. He thought the sparrows consumed primarily grain, where in fact they consume a lot of insects. With the sparrows gone the locust population exploded, causing immense ecological damage. The Great [...]
Land of Bondage, Land of the Free (Oratorical Piece), 1963. La Solidaridad. Manila by Raul S. Manglapus
The Spoliarium depicts the treatment of the Spanish government upon Luna’s home country, the Philippines. The dead bodies of the gladiators represent the killings that the Spaniards do upon the Philippines’ revolutionaries. The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884, where it garnered a gold medal. In 1886, [...]
Saving the world economy from Gaddafi – Gold Dinar
Some believe it is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi’s plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth. Gaddafi did not give up. In the months leading up to the [...]
