We got a bunch of inaniloquence up here

By Ben Kritz

Jul 05, 2022 12:04 am

ROUGH TRADE

IF having your news feed choked by a large volume of stupid is your thing, it was an interesting weekend to be in Manila.

The mental tone of the current atmosphere was spectacularly illustrated by the first and most amusing attention-grabber, the 26-story tall electronic billboard on the side of the GA Tower along EDSA that briefly displayed a Happy 'Birth Day' (two words) greeting to Imelda Marcos on the occasion of her '93th' birthday.

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ROUGH TRADE

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