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MISS UNIVERSE IS FOR SALE!

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MIAMI, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Miss Universe is up for sale! No, not Paulina Vega, the reigning title holder from Colombia, but Miss Universe the pageant.

Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump told reporters he was putting his 49% stake in the pageant on the market.

Trump has been the face of Miss Universe for decades — well, hiding behind the beautiful faces of the pageant contestants and winners, that is. As owner of the Miss Universe Organization, he pretty much dictated how, where and when the pageants were to take place. He also singularly made that decision years ago to allow a transgender contestant to compete for the Miss Canada-Universe pageant.

Alas, things continue to go downhill for Miss Universe (and Miss USA which Trump also owns), since he made those disparaging remarks against Mexicans during the launch of his presidential bid. NBC Universal and Univision both cut their ties to Trump and countries like Mexico and Panama have dropped out of the international pageant, with other Latin countries expected to do the same.

So what’s next for Miss Universe? Will any one step up to buy out Trump?

It’s just a rumor, but keep an eye on who will succeed Trump as owner. The likes of billionaires Carlos Slim of Mexico (the second richest man next to Bill Gates) and Henry Sy, the richest man in the Philippines.

Both Mexico and the Philippines love beauty pageants, so that increases the odds of a Mexican or a Filipino owning Miss Universe.

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION CAUSING A MASS EXODUS FROM U.S. PACIFIC NORTHWEST

imagePORTLAND, Oregon (The Adobo Chronicles® )  – Off the coast of Oregon, a pair of tectonic plates are now grinding up against one another under the Pacific Ocean which will inevitably result in the worst natural disaster in the history of North America, writes journalist Kathryn Schulz in a terrifying new article published this week in the New Yorker, titled “The Really Big One.”

A massive earthquake will lay waste to thousands of homes and buildings, devastate the power grid and energy infrastructure, and even do things like causing the edge of the continent to drop by as much as 30 feet and liquefying solid ground.

A mega-tsunami that would arrive onshore across the Northwestern coast within 15 minutes of the earthquake’s strike, creating a “700-mile-long liquid wall” would render the region “unrecognizable.” It will result in the deaths of 13,000 people or more, as well as more than 1 million left homeless, and the need to provide food and water for more than 2 million for perhaps months to come.

It’s a scenario that renders the Hollywood film, ‘San Andreas,’ seem like a fairy tale.

As a result of this prediction, the Pacific Northwest has seen an overwhelming exodus of residents moving to the East Coast, Hawaii and Las Vegas where the sale of condominium units in high-rise buildings has skyrocketed.

Home prices in Seattle and Portland have dropped by almost 75% in just the last few days and the number of employees quitting their  jobs has reached several thousands.

Reacting to the panic situation, President Barack Obama appealed to all Americans to remain calm, noting that earthquake prediction in America is still in its infant stages, and that a mass exodus from the Pacific Northwest to other regions would only create more problems in states that are already dealing with issues of migration and overpopulation.

PHILIPPINES: IF ELECTED PRESIDENT, VP BINAY PROMISES FALSE TEETH, ADULT DIAPERS AND VIAGRA FOR SENIORS

Binay (Photo: Inquirer.net)
Binay (Photo: Inquirer.net)

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – In a presidential campaign stop in this central Philippine city,  Vice President Jejomar Binay appealed to senior citizens to help him become the next president.

In a speech at Barangay Banago in Bacolod City, Binay said senior citizens deserve more than just free movies, free birthday cakes, senior citizen discounts at restaurants and free burial expenses.

Binay said that if elected president, he will ensure that seniors will be given free false teeth, adult diapers and Viagra.

“The problem of senior citizens who are male is they pee in their pants. Maybe in the future male senior citizens will be given diapers,” Binay said. He added: “The women have no problem with diapers because when they are old they have no panties … So we will not give diapers, we will just give Viagra…”

Binay’s campaign promise seemed to have resonated among senior citizens not just in Bacolod but all over the country. The latest poll shows him moving up again to the top spot as far as the people’s choice for the next president is concerned.

Senator Grace Poe, who has led the polls in recent weeks, is back to second place.