The Comey Rule

FX feature traces the Russian involvement in the 2016 US presidential election and the Trump cover-up. FBI Director Jim Comey was more loyal to the country so he learned of his firing from the tv as he was recruiting agents in Los Angeles.

MJ

The mother of Kris Kardashian-Jenner pins her hope for the future on her great grandchildren.  In a recent text message to the family shared by granddaughter Kim, MJ wishes the youngest generation to be able to live well on this beloved home of ours:

"Praying my 10 great grandbabies can help fix this poor planet in time and find solutions to climate change and pollution to stop the destruction of this gorgeous planet for this important moment in time."

The Mind's Journal

 "I sat with my anger long enough, until she told me her real name was grief."

10 Must See in PH

Six I have been to:

1. Manila

2. Tagaytay

3. Vigan

4. Banawe, Mountain Province

5. Palawan

6. Cebu

Still have to go to:

7. Boracay

8. Bohol

9. Donsol

10. Siargao

72nd Emmy Awards

The side contest was not for best gown but living room setting, observed host Kimmel.

Saranggola ni Pepe

Celeste Legaspi's playful song was her husband's musings on martial law, she revealed in the podcast of Ayala Museum's Filipinas Heritage Museum. It is going to be featured in their OPM Archives.

End of Communism

What symbolized it in USSR? McDonald's in Russia 31 January 1990.

Finding Freedom

This book has royal watchers wary that Prince Harry's exit from London has just imprisoned him in the US with wife Meghan

RBG

The late US Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg known for being egalitarian, narrated this anecdote about their son:

"He was a lively boy, what they call hyperactive. One day, his school called and asked me to drop by. 

I replied, 'He has two parents. Why don't you call his father. It's his turn now.'"

Justice for Breonna

The state awarded her estate $ 12M. What the Daily Show pointed out is that taxpayers will be paying for the crime by the police against her person.

Risking the Hard Way

An Idaho pastor skeptical of masks lands in the ICU for Covid 19!

New Lucy Show

She asks, how do you keep the elephant from charging?

Withhold his credit card.

92-year-old's Words of Wisdom

Even before entering the room in her new home, a legally blind elderly woman said she liked it. Why so, the receptionist asked. The woman listed these truths she lives by:

1. Free your heart from hatred.                                    2. Free your mind from worries.                                  3. Live simply.                                                                   4. Give more.                                                                      5. Expect less.                                                                    6. Enjoy every moment.

Being Poor

It seems "is bad for your health. Mental health like physical health doesn't exist in a vacuum. When people's basic needs are met, they're healthier in mind and body. Social determinants include nutrition, housing, education, community safety, and employment." (US study)

Torn Between Two Foreigners

Princess Diana wanted to live as far away from UK as possible she chose a Pakistani surgeon and an Egyptian son of a tycoon for possible teplacement to Prince Charles.

Nicole Kidman's Rules

After being abandoned by first love Tom Cruise then overcoming the substance abuse of husband Keith Urban, she vowed to:

1. Let go of what does not work;

2. Put self first; then

3. Pave the way for others.

Zen Principles

 "Creations are innumerable, I resolve to free them all.

Delusions are inexhaustible, I resolve to extinguish them all.

The aspects of truth are countless, I resolve to learn and master them all.

The way to enlightenment is peerless, I resolve to accomplish it."

Re:venge

 Fr. Sim's Homily:

"The Old Testament injunction of 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' was not meant to demand vengeance, but rather to put a limit, to avoid excesses in vengeance. For losing a tooth, you cannot knock off all the teeth of your enemy- only one may be allowed."

Jubilee

On the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si, we celebrate the Season of Creation by:

1." Remembering our original vocation to exist and flourish;

2. Returning to listen and heal damaged relationships;

3. Resting to be renewed and rediscover;

4. Restoring the original harmony among species and the ecosystem and regain control of the use of land; and

5. Rejoicing in rebuilding our common home and mobilizing people from the peripheries whom God sent."

Detachment

"To reach satisfaction in all, desire satisfaction in nothing.

To come to the knowledge of all, desire knowledge of nothing.

To come to possess all, desire possession of nothing.

To arrive at being all, desire to be nothing." 

 St. John of the Cross

Guantanamera

This lovely tune is about a native girl at Guantanamo, notorious prison site, BBC Earth's Joanna Lumley  discovered. 

Spooksperson

That could refer to Harry Roque now. Formerly championing the call for justice on the brutal death of transgender Jennifer Laude, he now defends the executive pardon of the murderer, American military man Pemberton by Du30. Courting US favor is crucial now that his administration crawls on shaky ground.

Sounds Like

 "Ang taong walang sala, malamang walang sofa." Sen. Kiko Pangilinan

St. Augustine's warning

Hanging on the wall of the dining room at his episcopal residence: "If you speak ill of your brother here, you are not welcome at this table."

Money Can't Buy You

Love (Beatles)

Trust

Class

Time

And so many others in the list, missed.

Best in "Kalokohan"

Pam Pastor of Inquirer's To Be You Lifestyle Section featured Pinoys invading Harvard University's Facebook page. No wonder, we have a Joker as President.

Silence

"The best answer to someone who doesn't value your words." Quoted by Pia Pagkalinawan

Kim Idol

This performer was not in Miss Saigon. A gay stand-up comic who became a frontliner to survive during the pandemic died recently. Anyway, he reasoned to his family, he had a pre-existing illness and they stand to gain a million pesos if he dies from COVID.

Status Symbol

In one sitcom, a mother asked of her child, "When can we afford someone else to take care of him?"

Another COVID Achievement

There was a recent flight from Israel to perpetual enemy Abu Dhabi. (Of course, Trump's son-in-law had to get into the picture.) Sarah's fight with Hagar over Abraham in the Old Testament seems to be in the process of resolution.