random points

• GMA's term (2001-2010) = another lost decade
• economism = overestimation of the importance
  of economic condition to explain social phenomena
  at the expense of the other social dimensions
  (e.g. cultural, political, moral, etc.)
  
• People's SONA = counter-SONA
• street protests during GMA's term = becoming
  a routine and growing in size (Washington Times)
• imperialism = highest stage of capitalism
• DDS = Davao Death Squad
• A(H1N1) = sensationalized trangkaso (Janno Onanad)
• John Quincy Adams = former US president
  who ran for a lower post (senator)
• 5 pillars of the criminal justice system
  -law enforcement
  -prosecution
  -court
  -penology
  -community