random points

• polypharmacy = administration/use of many
  drugs at the same time
• alienation = estrangement of human from himself,
  from his product, from his class
• systemic corruption = corruption that has spread
  to all branches and levels of the government or
  most sectors in the society
• fast-food diet = high in sugar, sodium, fat
  but low in nutrients and fiber
• kapagurang walang saysay =
  overinvolvement in irrelevant activities
• wage rate = price for an hour of a worker's time (P. Krugman)
• contradiction = the root of all movement and vitality (Hegel)
• Cha-chanak = a pejorative to underscore that GMA is
  the brainchild and beneficiary of the Cha-Cha bid
• caciquismo = rule of the local despots/bosses/elites