How Likely Is World War Three?

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The search term ‘World War Three’ has had a huge spike in searches and interest over the last few weeks. Donald Trump gave the order to kill Soleimani, Iran’s top general, and since then, getting drafted hasn’t seemed like such a far off concept. People are searching on Google, constantly tweeting about what it would mean, and some are even making suggestions on how to avoid getting drafted. Experts have said that while it is unlikely that an all out war will start, this incident has caused more tension across the world. Many other people believe that Trump did this simply to take the attention away from his impeachment. Impeachment is something almost the entire Trump family publicly condemned other presidents for on social media, but they have been careful not to make any comments since it was decided that President Trump had indeed abused his power. Suddenly, a drone strike had been ordered, even though two presidents before him declined the same action.

It leads everyone to believe that Trump’s motives are troubling and misguided, even though he likely thinks he’s being very smart. If he did do this to draw attention away from his impeachment, he succeeded. But once again he has proven that he should not be trusted with the most powerful position in the world.

Below, you’ll find an infographic outlining how much wars truly cost us. Take a look, and you’ll see how important it is that we avoid World War Three.

Credits to Norwich University

Million People March @ Ayala

rant ahead.

i understand the cause and i understand the honest sentiments of the people behind this yet another million people march. i agree that the pork barrel issue must remain on top of the headlines for as long as those bastarded senators, congressmen, etc. are punished accordingly. i believe that as tax paying citizens we are obliged to be vigilant of what happens to our money. i empathize with those who take all the time and effort to keep the people's anger alive. i agree that it's important that this issue never die, and i believe that only we can do that. as a democratic country, this kind of outrage is not to be ignored by the government. and that's what we want, for the government to not easily dismiss the issue, and for this issue to be strong enough to withstand any politically motivated distraction.

BUT *here we go* this ayala MTM brought a lot of hassle to many of us commuters who just want to go home and rest on a friday night. thankfully i wasn't affected by the traffic since i arrived at the office before 10. i noticed the bus was also pretty fast this morning, considering maybe that it was trying to beat the scheduled road blocks at ayala. hehe. anyway, here are some of the inconveniences i faced tonight because of this million people march

// road blocks = traffic
on the way home, i usually walk to MRT so i didn't care if no buses or jeepneys passed by ayala. but that's just me! how about those who take the bus everyday? hm. well they could walk where the buses take a detour right? they could also just take the MRT or walk all the way to edsa and hail a bus there. yes they could. no problem. but haaaaay.

// concert
i only heard of this rally today so i thought ayala will be closed only for the duration of the rally. i didn't know there was a concert. fine, a concert is fun. but to hold it in the MIDDLE OF THE STREET? as in at the intersection of paseo and ayala ON A FRIDAY?! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! i wonder if the concert was planned too late that they weren't able to reserve ayala triangle anymore, cos i think that's a way better venue than holding it in the streets, prolonging the road blocks, causing more traffic, and encouraging more people to join cos they're gonna be caught in it any way. argh.

you'd think some companies dismissed their employees early so they could join in the cause? NO. that's a choice of course but it's more out of concern that they'd be caught in so much traffic and hassle if they left later. buti pa sila sensitive!

// super heavy rain
i'm not gonna blame this on the MPM but this made my night worse. i arrived at zuellig to fetch jeckie super wet and tired and all. hay

if this is their way of reaching out to the tax payers of makati central business district, you know, by inconveniencing them on a friday of all days, WELL DONE.

anyway. i'm sorry. i may be overreacting. i just can't get over that concert blocking the way!

politics blah

high on toffee nut mocha latte!

one of the few times i'm actually looking forward TO STUDY! as in bend my head over my notes and meditate on them! however! with the way i'm blogging right now, i don't think i'm starting in a few! hehehe

anyhow, my thoughts on impeaching chief justice corona:

the media is crazy over this politics blah! and it's because of this that i learned to understand PNoy more, and his rather "low" productivity rating. you see, i hear a lot of people complaining that our president isn't doing anything about our slumping economy, or that ever since he sat down, nothing has changed, and that the best he can do to reduce the number of poor people in the country is to lower the poverty threshold. hahaha

when my parents heard the news about the impeachment thing, they were so happy! i couldn't see what's to be so happy about it but i realized, heyyyy it's big news aright and while i believe that there are other news out there that deserve as much public spectacle and sensationalism as such, news like this is pretty encouraging for us! his impeachment would mean one less evil official in the government and that's already a milestone for the Philippines. considering that you have to put your life on the line if you ever wanted to purge the government of corrupt people.

whenever i pass by articles and comments telling that PNOY isn't doing what a president ought to do, which is yknow focus dead on on the pressing economic issues our country's suffering from, and that all he ever did since the day he sat on the throne is chase gloria like crazy... i see it this way... he's just doing what's right for someone who just moved in to a new office! imagine tryna work on a desk that was left dirty by the one who used it before you, will you not clean it up before starting your work? no one wants to work on a desk full of clutter. roight?

so there, our president probably hasn't started "working" yet because he's still busy cleaning up his new desk. it's not even supposed to be given to him that way, but yeah, props to the previous admin. >;)

k. i kinda need to study now haha