In Support Of Moms Breastfeeding In Public, Hooters Will Go Topless

March 31, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

ATLANTA, Georgia (The Adobo Chronicles,Washington Bureau) – Forty-seven states, DC and the Virgin Islands have laws that specifically allow moms to breastfeed in any public or private location. Two of the remaining states — South Dakota and Virginia — exempt breastfeeding moms from public indecency or nudity laws, and Idaho is the only state that has yet to pass any similar laws.

Despite these laws, we often hear about stories of moms who are given a hard time for breastfeeding in public, often asked to cover up or leave restaurants, malls, even churches because they’re nursing.

In support of moms breastfeeding in public, the American restaurant chain Hooters has announced that it will go ‘topless.’

Hooters, Inc. is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Incorporated, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hooters, Incorporated, based in Clearwater, Florida. The Hooters name is a double entendre referring to both its owl logo, a bird known for its “hooting” calls, and an American slang term for human breasts popularized by comedian Steve Martin on the hit comedy series Saturday Night Live.

Hooters is a restaurant whose wait staff are primarily attractive young women, usually referred to simply as “Hooter Girls”, whose revealing outfits and sex appeal are played up and are a primary component of the company’s image.

Beginning August 1, which happens to be the start of breastfeeding awareness month in the U.S., Hooters’ wait staff will go completely topless. Consequently, all 460 plus Hooters locations and franchises will be off limits to customers who are under 21 years old.

“Breastfeeding is not only a healthy practice with tremendous nutritional benefits to babies; it’s also nothing to be ashamed about or ridiculed in private or in public,” a statement from the Hooters Atlanta headquarters said.

Moms interviewed by The Adobo Chronicles expressed overwhelming approval for the Hooters move.

As for the dads? One reaction from a 48-year-old father of three kids, including a 6-month-old baby: “I can’t wait!”

Media, Politics

Broadcast Journalist Korina Sanchez: From Distributing Checks To Distributing Comics

March 31, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Sanchez (In yellow t-shirt) — Sanchez (in yellow t-shirt)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Korina Sanchez, broadcast journalist and wife of presidential candidate Mar Roxas was criticized for distrubuting some P611 Million in checks and farm equipment during an official event of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Tagum City last month. Peter Laviña, spokesperson of presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, considered it a conflict of interest for Sanchez to do so because she was not an employee of the DA. Others saw it as a campaign gimmick for Roxas and the administration’s Liberal Party.

Well, Sanchez took the criticism to heart.

She has gone from distributing checks to distributing comic books featuring her hero husband.

“Komiks, komiks kayo diyan!”(Comics, comics, come and get it).

Government, Politics

Thanks To Senate Republicans, U.S. Supreme Court Declares Itself Lame Duck

March 30, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) — The Supreme Court handed organized labor a major victory on Tuesday, deadlocking 4 to 4 in a case that had threatened to cripple the ability of public-sector unions to collect fees from workers who chose not to join and did not want to pay for the unions’ collective bargaining activities.

The case the court ruled on Tuesday, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, No. 14-915, asked whether such workers must continue to pay for any union activities, including negotiating for better wages and benefits.

With the deadlock decision, the high court basically let stand a lower court ruling favoring organized labor.

With the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court is now split equally — four conservatives and four liberals. The U.S. Senate is refusing to consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, insisting that the vacancy should be filled by the next president.

After issuing its latest deadlock decision, the Supreme Court issued another ruling — this time with a unanimous vote — declaring itself a lame duck, unable to decide on the merits of cases brought before it.

So, by considering Obama a lame duck president, the Senate Republicans have also just created a lame duck Supreme Court.

From all indications, there is now only one branch of government functioning — the Legislative Branch. Or not.