Monthly Archives: December 2019

Government, International, Politics

Donald Trump’s 3 a.m. Call to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – World leaders are known to call each other at 3 a.m. (more or less, Western time) to consult on both international and domestic issues.

The Adobo Chronicles has learned that U.S. President Donald Trump called Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at 3 a.m. on Saturday (2 p.m. Friday, U.S. West Coast time) and we were able to obtain a transcript of the call:

Trump: Mr. President, I’m sure you’ve already heard I’ve been impeached by the House of Representatives.

Duterte: Impeached but not convicted. I’m a lawyer you know.

Trump: You’re absolutely right. How have you avoided being impeached by your own Congress despite all the rumors from CNN, New York Times and Time Magazine about your  EJK policies?

Duterte: I control them you know. Besides, where are you getting all these rumors?

Trump: From your own Philippine media, like Rappler, whose CEO Maria Ressa has been honored many times by Time.

Duterte: And you believe Time?

Trump: No way, it’s fake news, like CNN. Why don’t you  lock up that Ressa.

Duterte: Uhm, she’s a U.S. citizen.

Trump: Oh okay. I’ll have her arrested  the next time she comes to the U.S.

Duterte: She owes us taxes.

Trump: Noted. I’ll freeze all her U.S. bank accounts.

(End of call. Duterte’s mobile phone went on low batt.)

 

Politics, Social Media

Big Changes In Pro- And Anti-Duterte Blogs In 2020

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –  Filpinos on either side of the political color spectrum — from reds to yellows – are in for a big bang this coming new year.

The Netizen Kingdom is abuzz with rumors that the “big 3” in pro-Duterte blogging — Mocha Uson, Thinking Pinoy (RJ Nieto) and For the Motherland (Sass Rogando Sasot) — are hanging up the glove.  They are reportedly ‘retiring,’ sick and tired of the stupidity of their favorite subject matter: the Yellows.

Meanwhile, we, at The Adobo Chronicles — highly perceived as pro-Duterte — can confrm that we are joining the ranks of Mainstream News Media while our rival, the pro-Yellow blog, Rappler, is reinventing itself as satire.  By doing so, Rappler and its CEO Maria Ressa could be cleared of charges stemming from violation of the Constitution which prohibits foreign ownership of meda companies.  Rappler will, consequently, be classified by the Securities and Exchange Commission as “Entertainment.”

In a related development, the Twitter account The Professional Heckler has denied that it will be renamed “The Professional Hitler.”

Welcome the New Year! Bring out the champagne!

Government, Law Enforcement, Politics

Dream Conspiracy: Republican Senators Move To Disqualify Donald Trump From Reelection

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DONALD TRUMP has been impeached by the  Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives.

It doesn’t mean much other than being seen as the shaming of a President.  He remains in the White House unless he is removed from office and prevented from holding Federal positions through a conviction by the Senate.

But a Senate conviction is unlikely.  It takes 67 votes — or 2/3 of the Senate membership — to convict.  There are 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and 2 Independents in the current Senate.  Assuming all Democrats and the 2 Independents vote to convict,  the Upper Hose will still need 20 votes from the Republicans.  Given the partisanship nature of American politics, a. Trump conviction is a lost cause.

UNLESS…

… the Senate Republicans break away  from Trump and rally behind someone else to run for President in 2020.

How is this possible?

The U.S. Constitution is clear about the qualifications to become President:

In other words, if Trump were convicted in the impeachment case and the Senate, by a simple majority, votes to forever disqualify him from office Federal office, it would leave the Republican Presidential ticket in 2020 open.

Sure, this is our DREAM conspiracy, but with apologies to the Man of La Mancha, there is no such thing as “The Impossible Dream.”

So let’s all dream on…