Monthly Archives: April 2015

Film and TV, Government, Health & Medicine

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CNN’S SANJAY GUPTA WILL SMOKE WEED ON LIVE TELEVISION THIS SUNDAY

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Gupta, left, and Obama
Gupta, left, and Obama

ATLANTA, Georgia (The Adobo Chronicles) – CNN’s chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta puts medical marijuana under the microscope again with “Weed 3: The Marijuana Revolution” at 9 p.m. ET, Sunday on CNN.

The CNN Original Series  will explore the business of legal, recreational cannabis in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Among Gupta’s guests will be no less than President Obama who, sources say, will  announce his full support for  a nationwide legalization of weed for medical and recreational purposes.

Before the segment with the president ends, the sources say that both Gupta and Obama will smoke marijuana  — live on air — to prove that weed is no more harmful than legal alcohol.

In recent years, Gupta was rumored to be one of Obama’s choices for Surgeon General but that the CNN anchor chose to stay in television.

The entire nation will be tuning in to CNN this Sunday. It may be the show that will break all Nielsen rating records.

LGBT, Politics, Religion

SENATOR MARCO RUBIO OVERWHELMED BY SAME-SEX WEDDING INVITATIONS

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Rubio
Rubio

MIAMI, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles) – In a recent television interview with anchor Jorge Ramos Ávalos, Florida Republican Senator and declared presidential candidate Marco Rubio answered a series of questions about same-sex marriage.

Ávalos is a Mexican-American journalist and author based in Miami.  He anchors the Univision news television program, Noticiero Univision.

During the interview, Rubio was asked whether he would attend a gay wedding if invited by someone close to  him.  The Christian senator responded that despite his opposition to same-sex marriage, he would attend a gay wedding if invited by someone he loves.

Well, just days after the interview, Rubio got the surprise of his Christian life.  Dozens of wedding invitations arrived in his mailbox at his Florida residence, all of which were from his relatives and very close friends who were gay or lesbian.  He admitted that he had no clue whatsoever that some of his beloved relatives and friends were gay. A few of the invitations came from his own campaign staff.

But as a respectable politician that stays true to his word, Rubio told The Adobo Chronicles that he would be attending each and every gay wedding he was invited to.

The senator may have gained some points there. Que bueno!

Government, Politics

THE 3 A.M. CALL FROM HILLARY CLINTON TO PHILIPPINES’ SENATOR GRACE POE

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Poe, left, and Clinton (Photo credits: inquirer.net | nj.com
Poe, left, and Clinton (Photo credits: inquirer.net | nj.com

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – In 2008, when Hillary Clinton was running against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president, she launched a campaign TV attack questioning whether he would be ready to answer an emergency 3 a.m. call to the White House.

Well, it turned out that Clinton herself would never make that call since she didn’t win the nomination.  Since then, her critics have used that campaign message against her.

Fast forward to 2015. Clinton just answered a 3 a.m. call from Senator Grace Poe of the Philippines who is rumored to be eyeing the presidency of her country in 2016.

Inside sources within the Clinton campaign said that Poe called to seek Hillary’s advice about running a campaign.  Clinton convinced her to run for president, adding that it would be so cool if there were more women heads of state when Clinton attends international summits as president of the United States.

(In the latest national poll in the Philippines, Poe surged and closed in on front runner Vice President Jejomar Binay. In previous months, Binay had consistently maintained a significant lead in the polls, but recent allegations of corruption lodged against him and his son, Mayor Jojo Binay of Makati City have caused his ratings to plummet).

There is, however, one problem with Clinton’s 3 a.m. call with Poe:

3 a.m. in Manila is actually 3 p.m. on the U.S. East Coast from where Clinton answered the call.  Not to mention a difference of one day. So, it doesn’t count, really.