TheSmilingBandit

Interesting PoVs from Camiar and Dungeonbaby, though I would like to ask a question that I hope you guys could answer.

According to Camiar, there are "no" leftists in the USA, so what/how would you (individually) describe the "wilder" Democrats?

Marcia Adams, albeit that is more of a "date place".
Ribchon has good value for money.
Senor Alvino's a pretty much a go-to resto.

Okay, yes most "leftist" movements are indeed part of the CPP-NPA-NDF, this includes all the BAYAN, KMU, Gabriela, etc etc. So while I personally believe that these people are indeed aiding and abetting the illegal and traitorous CPP-NPA, there is currently a lack of documented evidence leading to prove this belief. That said, can we now move on to other things?

Title edited to reflect the change in times.

Is there any place that serves biang biang noodles here in Metro Manila?

As a point of contention the "theoretical same capabilities" of the F-50 to the F-16 is supposedly all on paper and has not been backed by any actual physical evidence given the same skill of the pilots, of course if one puts a veteran pilot in the F-50 and a newbie on the F-16 the odds of the F-50 outperforming the F-16 is far greater. On the other hand, regardless of 6 birds or 12 birds, it's a far cry from the PLA's current fighting strength, perhaps Duterte is wise to try to appease the PRC because of the weakness of the AFP compared to the PLA.

AFP PLA

Active Personnel 220,000 2,300,000

Reserve Personnel 430,000 585,000

Fighter Aircraft (Jets) 2 728

Multi-Role Jets 0 312

Aircraft Carrier 0 1

Destroyers 0 27

Frigates 3 47

Corvettes 11 27

Can anyone say outmatched by a margin of over 10 to 1? The problem is that the Philippines is full of arrogant arses that talk big but let's face it, it's all saliva and spit, if it comes to an actual war with the PRC the RP would be screaming for help from the USA, the only question is ... will they be willing to lose lives for the sake of a country that has been boasting about "kicking" them out and of being "independent".

 

 

I know there are pros and cons but is it more practical to just purchase more attack helicopters esp. with night vision capability?

Jets vs. Helicopters

PRC Jets fly in

AFP Helicopters fly up

PRC Jets radar detects helicopters

PRC Jets launch AA missiles vs. helicopters

AFP Helicopters go down in flames.

Helicopters are good in supporting ground operations, but without air superiority they are just waiting to be shot down.

Pangit na manood ng local news. Sa cnn na lang at bcc.

CNN has their own bias on the news and skews it to that. I've never heard of BCC though.

 

Tough competition does not only exist within the area of economy and politics. It also happens in the field of journalism. They're like crocodiles on the loose when they sense a big potential prey.

Then it's not journalism in that case, they become paid hacks.

wag lagi magtiwala sa Media. Learn to know the truth.

A very nice sentiment, however, how is one supposed to "know the truth" if one has no basis on which to learn about it?

 

I'm not fond of deleting anyone's posts and maybe that's something to consider having one's own style -- so let the wilderness of them be wandered in this thread.

 

Something that we can't control among people -- different strokes for different folks. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

hehehe you are a much nicer mod than I am then.

Some posters here say that the EJK is happening because of Duterte's tacit consent when it has never been proven. It's all moronic conjectures.

Based on the "logic" that EJK is due to Duterte's tacit consent, then the growth of drug pushers for the past 6 years is due to Aquino's tacit consent then?

Hi I need help,

 

may pinsan ako nakabili ng property, na check naman at pareho doon sa previous owner ang technical description sa title. Ayun pala, yung previous owner hindi napansin na may typo error dun sa title nya. Ang problem is yung isang coordinate instead of South, naging North.. Kaya pag plot ng technical description hindi nagclose ang drawing ng property. Paano ipapaayos ito? Madali lang ba ito? Ano ang mga requirements for this? Magkano aabutin ang ganito? Thank you in advance sa makakatulong.

Get a Geodetic Engineer to plot the survey points of the property in question and then submit it to the Register of Deeds for correction of an error.

kampi presidente sa china..

Do you have any proof of that or ...

 

It's all about (big) profit that really drives them after all. And it's not something about as if anyone feels so grateful. So I urge people not to be easy pickings of this so called "social responsibility" strategy.

I really wouldn't pick on irresponsible reporting so much if only these same arseholes would cease and desist calling themselves "responsible journalists", instead they should be called either "irresponsible journalists" or "paid hacks".

As far as I know, this thread is for your trolling and bashing (please correct me if I'm wrong about this FDL), so go ahead, but I would just like to say, it seems to be RETARDED that so many people keep attacking Duterte for the EJK etc etc but they don't seem at all to be concerned about the drug pushers and other criminals that plagued the nation during Aquino's time in the palace by the river.

Okay po ba ang one plus 3?

OnePlus 3 is a pretty good phone, it feels almost as good as my Note 7

Awesome Hotel is a pretty good place to stay in.

QiWellness Living

Cdr-king wifi router, 1month nang walang patayan, tibay pa rin..650 pesos only

6 years for my CDR-King WiFi router, still no problems, and I bought it for 650 only.

Could you destroy the entire roman empire (augustus' empire), if you traveled back in time with a modern US Marine Expeditionary Unit?

 

imagine that scenario for a while.

 

now here's the deal:

 

The entire roman military would be composed of about 330,000 men, since each legion would be about 11,000 men. These men would be professional soldiers, battle hardened in multiple campaigns, armed with weapons of the age namely, the short sword, the fullbody sheild, a pilum (spear), bows and probably some seige machinery such as towers and catapults.

 

now for the Marine Expeditionary Unit

 

from wiki

 

A Marine Expeditionary Unit is normally built around the building blocks of a MAGTF: a reinforced Marine infantry battalion is the ground combat element, the aviation combat element is a composite helicopter squadron, a battalion-sized logistics combat element, and a command element. Troop strength is about 2,200 and usually commanded by a colonel, and is deployed from an amphibious assault ship.

 

the equipment that comes with the MEU aside from the guns are as follows

 

again from wiki

 

4 M1A1 main battle tank

7 to 16 Light Armored Vehicle

15 Assault Amphibious Vehicle

6 155mm howitzer: M777

8 M252 81mm mortar

8 BGM-71 Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missile weapon system

8 FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile

4 to 6 AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters

3 UH-1N Twin Huey utility helicopter

12 CH-46E Sea Knight medium lift assault helicopter

4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift assault helicopter

6 AV-8B Harrier jet

2 Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit

1 LMT 3000 water purification unit

4 Tractor, Rubber Tire, Articulated Steering

2 TX51-19M Rough Terrain Forklift logistics

3 D7 bulldozer

1 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement dump truck

4 Mk48 Logistics Vehicle System

7 500 gallon water containers

63 Humvee

30 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

 

the original poster from reddit wanted to make things a bit fairer, and removed all aircraft from the equation except for two fully functional helicopters, a Super Cobra, and the Sea King. He also removed the tanks (tanks would f#&k s@%t up in roman times)

 

The other restriction the MEU has is that they only have a 6 month ration of all supplies, since they time-travel and they cannot take their supply line with them.

 

GPS and other satellite dependent technology will be useless since there are no satellites in Ancient Rome.

 

But other than those, it's pretty much mana y mano.

 

Now consider the odds and tell us who do you think would win?

 

The numbers are overwhelming no doubt 330,000 pissed off legionnaires are no joke, but will technology overcome them and tip the tide in favor of the MEU.

 

This is going to be a fun exercise :-)

 

(BTW, someone turned this scenario into a serialized story, and Warner Bros has already optioned the story and the last I heard a script is already being made on this very scenario. You can search for Rome Sweet Rome on google to read the story)

Sorry for the late reply to this Larry, been busy with RL.

Let us assume that the MEU has EVERYTHING listed in working condition, with a full load of fuel and ammunition for all vehicles and that all the marines have full ammo and ration packs. Oh heck, for the sake of expediciency let's even assume that somehow they were transported with 6 months supply.

Unless they were miraculously dropped in time somewhere in Central Italy, they would probably end up having a fairly big pocket under their control until their ammo runs out. Of course, things would vary greatly depending on how good their commanders were at negotiating with locals, but based on how you formed the thought exercise it's going to be pretty much just pure fighting with no attempts to communicate right?

Alright, assuming that the MEU was timeported someplace in Northern Africa (Libya works well for this), then they are humped, really, really humped, their tanks, LAVs, and AAVs would probably lose their tracks before even reaching Egypt. The choppers and Harriers would work well for a while until the sand grits up their engines and they sieze up. (Notice that generally most people use improved fields for even these aircraft to prevent sand grinding up their engines. That would be impossible in the Saharan desert as there would be no improved fields.) A 6 month supply of tracks for the tanks/LAVs, and AAVs would equate to 1 set of tracks for the tanks (1 set for all 4 tanks mind you, not 1 set for each tank, LAVs and AAVs would probably have the same ratio), deserts are infamous for wrecking tanks because tracks would shed under the weight of those monsters (and yes those would be fully packed to help carry ALL the rations). So now we'll have 2,200 odd marine grunts, trapped in the desert, with insufficient transport to bring all their supplies … so I guess they'll do what marines have done … hump it … carrying everything they can carry (which will mostly be water and minimal food).

Let's assume they get to Egypt. Alexandria during Augustian times, were normally home to 2 Legions as well as an equal number of auxiliaries, call it 40,000 men. While the Roman Legionnaires of Augustus Caesar were infantry, their auxiliaries would have at least 2,000 or so cavalry.

Let's assume that the Roman Legate in charge has no idea who these 2,200 barbarians are marching through his area of responsibility, with weird monsters (humvees) in their midst, but he would bravely arrange his men in the classic checkerboard formation while sending out his auxiliary light infantry to skirmish with the MEU. His cavalry in the meantime would probably be sent on a wide flanking maneuver. The USMC MEU would chop up the auxiliary infantry and probably the cavalry, then proceed to turn the 2 legions into mince meat, at which point they will probably go through 3 or 4 clips of M16 ammo each (roughly ½ of their ammo ration that they are carrying). When they get to Alexandria, they will pretty much have an easy time getting food, perhaps they even send the vehicles back to get more ammo and fuel, let's say 16 or so clips per marine.

In the 2 or 3 weeks it'll take a trireme to make it from Alexandria to Rome, the MEU could probably move in their remaining ammunition, so the MEU can R&R in Alexandria for a month, although their fuel supply will probably be down to 2 months worth at this point. Let's assume that Augustus realizes that these barbarians are very dangerous and have already massacred 2 of his legions, he'll probably ship another 4 legions to Tyre and send orders for perhaps 4 to 6 legions and an equal number of auxiliaries to meet them there.

This means that the 2nd battle will be fought somewhere in what we would call modern day Syria or Israel. Let's assume 10 legions were sent, together with their associated auxiliaries, that is roughly 200,000 men, of which 20,000 would be cavalry (probably Arabs). Let's assume that this legate in charge doesn't realize what the MEU is capable of, after all, tall tales have been part of a legionaries life for ages. However, he decides to send the cavalry on a wide raid towards the rear of the barbarians while his light auxiliaries seek a skirmish with the MEU. Once the firepower of the MEU turns the auxiliaries into hamburger, the legate will give the only order he has left, 3 or 4 legions attacking from the front while the others will flank and engulf.

Augustus will probably lose another 4 or 5 of his legions, but the MEU will now be turned into pincushions as their READY-USE ammo (i.e. ammo in their harness) has been depleted and their supplies have been either burned or thrown away by the arab cavalry auxiliaries for being junk (probably looted though as copper is a useful metal).

any reviews on Tampopo?

Is that the Japanese resto on P. Guevarra?

Haru's chef has left, the quality of the food has deteriorated by a large margin.

Haru in Kapitolyo is a pretty good bet for good Japanese food.

If you are gunning for a full course for two, try alloting 3-4k. I think they used to have a promo for full course meal at 1250 per person. Try calling them if they still have that promo.

3-4K??? I assume that is without wine? My bill in Lemuria hit 15K for a dinner for 2, with some nice wines.

I tried Barrio Fiesta, while their Bagoong is very good, I wasn't really a fan of their Kare-Kare, Bistro Remedios serves a better Kare-Kare.

Barrio Fiesta and Teresita's in Tomas Morato

Where is Teresita's?

I like the bagoong in barrio fiesta, but the kare-kare wasn't that good.

we have a bad impression of this restaurant as well, not in Banawe but in Lucky Chinatown Mall.

 

2 cellphones, a camera,wallet with cash and cards and car keys as well (total amount stolen including the LV Bag was around 200,000php+) was stolen from one of my relatives, we were asking the management to let us see the CCTV video to identify the thief, it took 2-3 hours before we were allowed to check the footage, they didnt have the keys to the cctv room and they were not allowed to open the room without the manager's consent, despite not being liable of the incident, they should at least be professional enough to handle the situation. lumalabas wala silang pakialam sa nangyari which pissed us more.

 

hope they improve their service and security to avoid things like this from happening.

so its the banawe branch only that was closed by the BIR ??? And the Lucky Mall branch remained open ??