Let's pig out, it's the year of the pig!

Happy New Year! Let's pig out, guys. It's the year of the pig. Hehe!

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So Saddam Hussein is gone. He had given his enemies enough rope to hang himself - figuratively, no, literally speaking.

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Saddam refused to be hooded before the noose was placed around his neck. Maybe he didn't want to be mistaken for the executioner.

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Saddam was dressed in a well-pressed pants and white shirt but no tie. He was later made to wear a tie made of hemp rope.

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It says here that 77 percent of Pinoys have vowed to exercise more in 2007. They want to shape up for fear of being shipped out.

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Norman Calang, TF reader for decades, texted me last New Year's Day: "Happy New Year, Sir! Hope you're OK." I'm OK, Norman. Ikaw, OK Calang?

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Two police officers one (PO1) in Laguna were shot dead for engaging in extortion, according to a Philippine Star report. Good riddance! It has always been my position that abusive PO1s should be nipped in the bud. Yes, to stop them from holding a higher rank.

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US Marine Daniel Smith has been transformed to the US Embassy from the Makati City jail. It can't be done, Nicole's lawyer says. She's telling it to the Marines?

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It says here that former Sen. Gringo Honasan who is in jail on coup charge is entitled to family visits during the holidays. Of course! He's Gringo Honasan, isn't he?

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"There are many other detainees who had committed lesser evil than that committed by Honasan but are not allowed to visit their families on Christmas Day," said Teody Planas, my very outspoken friend.

"Why not?" I asked Teody.

"You've said it, because he's Honasan," replied Teody.

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Saddam Hussein's trial over the Kurdish genocide in 1987-1988 started Aug. 21, 2006. By Dec. 30, 2006, Saddam, after having been found guilty, got it in the neck. He was hanged.

"That's what I call express justice," said Teody butting in again.

"Me, I call that whirlwind justice," I said. "That's the kind of justice we need to adopt against abusive government people."

"Unta, Bay," my friend said. "Pero Pilipinas man gud ni, Bay. Ay kalimot ana ha."