Fellow Unbelievers

With any luck, there may be a mutiny in Iran’s military and uprisings by civilians! In the meantime, be safe out there, everyone!

Iran has to respond and if they see Israel and the U.S. as joined at the hip, American bases, assets, and persons could now be at risk either directly from Iran itself or through some of their proxies who potentially have a reach as far as the American homeland.

TACO Don suddenly realizes that deporting immigrant workers is a disaster. Get ready for the “blame someone and claim victory” exit strategy. One hopes the result will be some sort of reasonable guest worker policy like many other countries have so that a person can come here, not to rape and murder, but to work, without fear of being…[Read more]

Reg, you tell a mean story. I mean well in saying so.

i know a number of Filipino dishes but that one is new to me. I need some halo halo. Definitely no to balut.

A few books ive read made reference to the hard work and good cheer of Filipinos. One of em and i cant remember the title involved Filipinos being the only ones who were shoveling…[Read more]

One of my client sites has a 50/50 mix of Filipinos and Europeans. What I note about the Filipinos is that they are laid back even when working hard, which is always and yet they are always smiling and joking.  I brought in some Ube Halaya for someone’s birthday recently. When I told them the name of the shop I got it in (in Dublin) they started…[Read more]

Around 2001 I had a short-term contract where I managed a project for Xerox to install several printers in a large company in Belfast, across 3 sites. My contact on their side was a Unionist who made it very clear to me that he hated people from “the South”. He did not actually say anything directly to me but we both instinctively knew which “tr…[Read more]

Yes the CT comparison helps. I can only imagine what a huge disincentive for immigrants. Sending a signal loud and clear that we don’t want you. And Filipiinos are such easy going people. I know a generalization but still…

Dublin or bust. That is no place to raise a family for outsiders.