Monthly Archives: August 2015

Law Enforcement, Politics

DONALD TRUMP WANTS TED CRUZ DEPORTED

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Cruz, left, and Trump
Cruz, left, and Trump

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – If elected president of the United States, Republican candidate Donald Trump says he will deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants now living in the country.  And he wants to do more.

He says he will seek to change the 14th Amendment that gives citizenship rights to all individuals born in the United States, including children of parents who are here illegally.

But Trump will not wait to become president to wage his war against non-citizens.  He says he will ask the Department of Homeland Security to deport Ted Cruz, another Republican presidential candidate.  Cruz was born in Canada.

“Ted Cruz has such a nerve to run for president when he is not even a natural-born citizen,” Trump said.  “At least Barack Obama was able to show his birth certificate evidencing that he was born in America.  But it is an open book that Cruz was not born in this country.”

Trump made the comments during today’s ‘Meet the Press’ on NBC, where he outlined details of his immigration policy.

 

Diversity, Media

ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS FORM NEW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

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The new AJAA non profit organization meets in Las Vegas next summer
The new AJAA nonprofit organization meets in Las Vegas next summer

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) –  Yesterday, we reported about what appeared to be a sexual harassment incident that happened at the annual national convention of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) in San Francisco, a matter of serious concern that AAJA’s leadership promised to address at today’s board of directors meeting.

During the meeting, the board acknowledged that the unfortunate incident may have been precipitated by alcohol use by the alleged perpetrator. Board members were in agreement that the incident had tarnished the good image of AAJA and that they needed to rise from this embarrassing incident.

The board then decided to abolish the organization and form a new nonprofit that would be more reflective of the goals and aspirations of its members.

The new 501 (c) (3) organization will be called AJAA – Asian Journalists for Alcoholics Anonymous.

As  AAJA concluded its 2015 convention, it announced the venue for next year’s national gathering  for the newly-formed nonpofit organization — Las Vegas!

2016 convention organizers promised a memorable convention with lots of happy hours, free booze and skills-building workshops  that will be conducted by Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as  high-profile sessions on proofreading and copyediting.

The board assured its membership that the 2016 convention will be a very safe environment for all attendees — alcoholics or not.

Festivals, Politics

IOWA STATE FAIR RENAMED IOWA CIRCUS

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imageDES MOINES, Iowa  (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – The state of Iowa holds a very special significance in any U.S. presidential elections. Because of the Iowa caucuses.

The Iowa caucuses are an electoral event in which residents of the state of meet in precinct caucuses in all of its 1,682 precincts and elect delegates to the corresponding county conventions. Iowa is the first state in the nation to hold caucuses in a presidential election year.

It is for this reason that Republican and Democratic presidential candidates were all in Des Moines this weekend, partaking of Iowa pork and everything that the Iowa State Fair offers. Not to mention great opportunities for  political campaigning.

This year, the organizing committee of the Iowa State Fair decided to rename the event to Iowa Circus to better reflect the high-profile guests that have come to town.

With 17 Republican candidates and four Democrats hitting the fair grounds, the committee thought that ‘circus’ would be a more approriate name, especially with the field of clowns and comedians that make up the Republican group of presidential aspirants.

And we’re not just talking about Donald Trump!