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REPUBLICANS ECSTATIC: AMERICA’S POOR NOW THE WORLD’S POOREST.

imageWashington, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – The American middle class, long the most affluent in the world, has lost that distinction, according to a New York Times (NYT) analysis.

While the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their global peers, the NYT analysis shows that across the lower- and middle-income tiers, citizens of other advanced countries have received considerably larger raises over the last three decades.

But while America has lost one distinction, it has earned another, and Republicans are taking credit for it.

According to the same analysis, America’s poor are now the world’s poorest. “We believe that this new world record is due to sound, decades-long economic policies espoused by the Republican Party, said Senator Mitch McConnell, Jr., Senate Minority Leader.

With the mid-term elections this year and the next presidential elections in 2016, Republicans are hyped about their accomplishment and have expressed confidence that they will gain control of both houses of Congress as well as the presidency.

Click HERE to read more about the NYT Analysis.

FORGET ‘THROWBACK THURSDAYS,’ AT&T ANNOUNCES ‘FREE FRIDAYS’

ATTDallas, Texas (The Adobo Chronicles) – America-based AT&T is the world’s second largest telecommunications company with a market value in excess of $200 Billion. With over 105 million subscribers around the world and nearly a quarter million employees, AT&T has subsidiaries like AT&T Corp, AT&T Mobility, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell and AT&T Teleholdings.

The Board of Directors, meeting in the AT&T headquarters in Dallas, Texas, had a ‘coming to Jesus’ moment and unanimously approved to roll out an ambitious plan that would greatly benefit its current and future subscribers.  AT&T is calling it ‘Free Fridays.’

Effective Friday, May 2, 2014, subscribers can call anyone anywhere in the world for free any time from 12:00 am till 11:59 pm every Friday.  The Board of Directors declined to disclose what this new program will cost the company and its stockholders, but it said that it is part of its commitment to give back to its customers.

In order to avail of the no-charge calls, customers will need a unique code that will be included with their next monthly statement.

AT&T subscribers immediately hailed the announcement while thousands of Verizon, Sprint and other telecom subscribers have flooded the toll-free lines of these companies to cancel their service in order to switch to AT&T.

 

 

OBAMA FACES DIPLOMATIC STANDOFF IN JAPAN

bow_apTokyo, Japan –  Barack Obama faced the most embarrassing diplomatic standoff to date in his years as U.S. President. It happened during his visit to Japan, the first leg of his multi-nation tour of Asia.

Obama’s advisers sure did a good job in briefing him about Japanese culture and etiquette, so the president knew that a “bow” was the appropriate greeting when meeting with dignitaries and the Japanese people.  So when he was introduced to Asimo, the robot at Miraikan, Japan’s major science center located in Daiba, Tokyo, he did what he was supposed to do: bow his head.  To his surprise, Asimo didn’t return his bow, but instead offered its robotic arm looking for a handshake, the American way of greeting.  Obama froze and didn’t know what to do. And neither did Asimo.

The rest is history.  The meeting has now been dubbed as the worst diplomatic standoff ever encountered by a sitting U.S. president.

To diffuse the awkward situation, officials at Miraikan asked Asimo to demonstrate to the distinguished visitor its running and soccer skills, and Obama was quite impressed although he admitted he was a little “scared.”

Want an oxygen mask? That would be $50 extra!