Laughing and love making

Seven senators have given up P1.6 billion in pork. They have realized that abstaining from pork could be good for their political wellbeing.

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This news story here says, “a man acting as his own lawyer in an estafa case made an insanity plea.”

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Mommy Dionesia wants a P1 million Hermes bag as birthday gift from his son Manny. That’s the price of one car. Someone was heard saying: “I’d rather have a car, can’t ride in a bag during a rain.”

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Let’s talk about good health. There are many ways to boost your immune system and thus lengthen your life, according to immunologists in McMaster University in Canada. Two easier ways to follow — or so I think — are laughing and making love.

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The psychologists and immunologists at McMasters U say laughing reduces the body’s levels of cortisol, a hormone known to suppress the immune system. Even in my poor state of health today and in my inability to understand medical science I do a lot of laughing.

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They also say that lovemaking or making love is also an immune booster. Research suggests having sex once or twice a week is good for the immune system. Take it or leave it. If the spirit is willing and the flesh is still strong, take it.

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An advice from Noy Noy Tempong: “It is not advisable to keep laughing while making love.”

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The PHL is “very weak” in terms of governance and in the fight against corruption. This according to the 2010 Global Integrity Report released last week. Which means the corrupt people in the government are still there having a ball.

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The acceptance rating of P-Noy has been going down, down, down according to Pulse Asia and SWS. Hasn’t this son of Cory and Ninoy done anything worth accepting? A friend of mine who has studied the acceptability and non-acceptability of the President is blaming P-Noy’s handpicked image builders.

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 “P-Noy’s PR people have failed to inform the nation about what he has done since taking over the reins of Malacañang,” says Tony Nolledo who used to be with a top PR outfit in Makati.

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Tony asked me (why me?) why there are two press secretaries in P-Noy’s cabinet. “Two heads are better than one,” he said. “But here the two heads are not working as one.”