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"Duterte threatens to throw corrupt officials out of a helicopter — and says he’s done it before"
Washington Post ^ | 12/28/2016 | Kristine Guerra

Posted on 12/28/2016 4:28:07 PM PST by sunrise_sunset

In his latest controversial statement, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his bloody anti-drug war that has killed thousands, threatened to throw corrupt officials out of a helicopter, saying he has done it before, to a kidnapper, and won't hesitate to do so again.

“I will pick you up in a helicopter to Manila, and I will throw you out on the way,” Duterte said in Tagalog in front of a crowd in the Camarines Sur province Tuesday, according to GMA News. “I've done it before. Why would I not do it again?”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: duterte; philippines
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To: RC one

Yeah, he’s making his country great again. So insane.


21 posted on 12/28/2016 5:51:10 PM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: lee martell

Your concern is duly noted.


22 posted on 12/28/2016 5:52:43 PM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: RC one

Scary...


23 posted on 12/28/2016 5:53:07 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: sunrise_sunset

He’s buddying up to China but Chinese are the ones with meth factories in the Philippines. Can he be even about this?

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/There-s-one-aspect-of-the-Philippine-drug-war-10814041.php

So, I find some of his statements as unacceptable; if he didn’t say some of these things, he’d be a lot better in my eyes.

But as someone here said, parts of the Philippines are in very bad shape.


24 posted on 12/28/2016 5:56:49 PM PST by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

SF source?

Double check, are we being lied to?

It is war, they cheat


25 posted on 12/28/2016 6:07:54 PM PST by hadaclueonce (This time I am Deplorable)
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To: jz638

China funded his campaign to drive a wedge between the US and the Philippines as part of their effort to annex parts of the south china sea into their territorial waters.


26 posted on 12/28/2016 6:08:37 PM PST by socalgop
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To: Spruce

> Does this dude watch Scarface 24/7? Like Howard Hughes and Ice Station Zebra?

He’s doing typical big man politics. Stuff like this usually doesn’t get published in US media, but the state department trying very hard to destroy him right now so the media is going after him 24/7.


27 posted on 12/28/2016 6:14:17 PM PST by RedWulf (Trump:Front Lines. Obama: Back Nine. Hillary:Nap T)
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To: jz638

Sometimes you need a crazy SOB, willing to break the law, to bring law and order to a place of chaos.

That’s like the plot to 99% of our action movies, and for good reason.


28 posted on 12/28/2016 6:30:09 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: sunrise_sunset

I keep trying to hate this guy..... but he makes for some good news stories.


29 posted on 12/28/2016 6:39:26 PM PST by DesertRhino
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To: Tijeras_Slim; ASA Vet; knarf; LadyDoc; Professional
A guy I work with who’s wife is from the Phillipines says her family thinks Duterte is great. There are places there that are in danger of becoming narco states and spiraling down like Mexico.

I believe you are correct sir. My wife is from Davao City, where Duterte was mayor. She, and her whole family, voted for him. They are sick to death of drugs. So far, they like what he is doing. I don't know if they will continue to like him, but at least for now, they do.

30 posted on 12/28/2016 6:39:47 PM PST by Mark17 (20 Years USAF ATCer, Retired. 25 years CDCR CO, Retired)
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To: jz638
This is propaganda...part of the attempt of the NWO and Obama to remove him from office.

someone just leaked a US embassy memo on their plans, which pre dated the drug war.

As for fentanyl, low grade patches relieve pain without making you high. Rush was on a long acting narcotic after his back surgery, and could function ok until the libs went after him and he stopped them

there is a difference between use, which lets you function normally, and abuse, which makes you high.

31 posted on 12/28/2016 6:47:30 PM PST by LadyDoc
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To: Professional

I know he’s almost done but I wonder if Trump could find a place in his administration for this guy. I like his style. Maybe call him the official “Black Lives Matter” investigator.


32 posted on 12/28/2016 7:08:27 PM PST by technically right
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To: hadaclueonce

It’s from Business Insider, the article in the link.

But it has been in the news about the finding of a meth factory in the Philippines and arresting Chinese.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-china-specialreport-idUSKBN1451UL
Special Report: Meth gangs of China star in Philippines drug crisis

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/philippines-publisher-killed-after-article-on-island-drugs-lab.aspx?pageID=238&nID=107633&NewsCatID=358
(Reuters story again)

Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphjennings/2016/12/25/a-secret-to-why-the-new-philippine-president-likes-china-so-much/#269cf7746a90


33 posted on 12/28/2016 7:26:22 PM PST by BeadCounter
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To: LadyDoc; knarf; ASA Vet

Thank you LD, for your expertise. I have heard the Manila media are about as bad as the US media, and can’t be trusted. I heard he had a little better relationship with the Davao media. Do you have any ideas on that?


34 posted on 12/28/2016 7:32:06 PM PST by Mark17 (20 Years USAF ATCer, Retired. 25 years CDCR CO, Retired)
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To: LadyDoc

It’s propaganda because his exact words are reported? Or are we saying he didn’t say that? What do we want? A censored press? And I’ll bet most of this stuff is first reported in the Philippines and then, picked up by our media.

Yeah, sure, blame the media for printing his exact words. We got it.


35 posted on 12/28/2016 7:44:40 PM PST by BeadCounter
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To: LadyDoc

As for fentanyl, low grade patches relieve pain without making you high.

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I don’t remember what grade patches my wife had for her extreme pain but they never made her high at all.

By the end of 24 hours, she was starting to get a little pain relief, after second day, she was hallucinating and paranoid. Third day she was even worse, thought people were trying to kill her. She even wanted a gun on her night stand, “just in case”, instead, I hid every gun we owned.

I called a close family member, who is an M.D, she came over and immediately took the patch off my wife’s arm. Next day, my wife’s mind started to return to normal, pain was still there but we managed it with Hydrocodone 10 Mg. for about 2 weeks.


36 posted on 12/28/2016 7:53:39 PM PST by Graybeard58 (+++)
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To: montag813; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; fieldmarshaldj; stephenjohnbanker; Clintonfatigued; ...

It’s a strange time.

Things seem to be so bad there that many people don’t care, dead scumbags are fine with them. Previous leaders did nothing so a psychopath (or pretend psychopath?) seems like a viable solution to desperate people.

In India, the PM banned the most common denominations of paper currency due to mass counterfeiting, crazy. There would be blood in the streets if that happened here.


37 posted on 12/28/2016 7:56:37 PM PST by Impy (Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
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To: sunrise_sunset

Due process anyone?


38 posted on 12/28/2016 8:00:05 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: ichabod1

throwing people out of helicopters is insane. There’s just no way to put a happy face on that.


39 posted on 12/28/2016 8:06:44 PM PST by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: RC one

I would throw the hijackers who took down the Twin Towers in a heartbeat.


40 posted on 12/28/2016 8:12:34 PM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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