Woke up today to many birthday messages instead of stupidity and profanity from trolls. Thank you. I truly appreciate it. O...

Woke up today to many birthday messages instead of stupidity and profanity from trolls. Thank you. I truly appreciate it.
One day I should take a selfie at a street sign in Paco, Manila that commemorates, not just my birthday, but an American period holiday known as "Occupation Day." Trece de agosto marks the end of the Spanish empire in the Philippines when she ceded Manila to the U.S. in the 1898 Spanish-American War.
The Spanish, holed up in Intramuros, connived with Admiral Dewe...