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FORGET DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS PROPOSE WEEKEND SAVING TIME!

Grothman (Photo: HuffPost)
Grothman (Photo: HuffPost)

MADISON, Wisconsin (The Adobo Chronicles) – Forget about Daylight Saving Time. The debate about whether Americans should wake up one hour early or one hour later was so yesterday! If the Republicans have their way, they’d rather implement ‘Weekend Saving Time.’ Or WST.

Say what?

It means your entire weekend will disappear.

Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R) wants to roll back one of the state’s progressive labor laws, arguing that workers should be allowed to work without a day off if they so choose.

“Right now in Wisconsin, you’re not supposed to work seven days in a row, which is a little ridiculous because all sorts of people want to work seven days a week,” he told The Huffington Post in an interview.

Wisconsin is one of the few states in the nation where businesses “must provide employees with at least one period consisting of 24 consecutive hours of rest in each calendar week.” This doesn’t mean that workers get to take off once every seven days; an employee could work for up to 12 consecutive days “if the days of rest fall on the first and last days of the 2 week period.”

Grothman said he finds this law “a little goofy,” and he argued that rolling it back is a matter of “freedom.”

He’s proposing legislation that “would allow an employee to voluntarily choose to work without one day of rest in seven,” according to an email sent by his office to other state lawmakers on Friday. State Rep. Mark Born (R) is leading the legislation in the state Assembly.

Newly-declared presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R, Texas) actually likes the idea. Very much.

So there you have it, be prepared to roll back your weekend. Or roll it forward? Nah. How about give it up forever?

 

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE COVER OFFENDS LATINOS BUT NOT FILIPINOS

imageDALY CITY, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Economist came under intense fire from Latino groups all over the country for the cover of its latest magazine issue which featured an indepth article on the status of Latinos in America.

Many labeled the cover as racist, insensitive and stereotypical. Latinos and non Latinos alike posted on social media : “What were they thinking?”

The cover’s graphic had the American flag with the red stripes represented by red peppers.

The Filipino edition of the magazine didn’t quite elicit the same kind of reaction among Filipino Americans. Instead of red peppers, the Filipino version had lumpia (Filipino eggroll) replacing the red stripes.

” We are very honored to be featured in a well-respected magazine for all our contributions to the U.S. economy” said Juan de la Cruz, a long-time resident of Daly City, known as the “Little Manila” of California. “Lumpia represents one of the many contributions of Filipinos not only to American cuisine but to the great diversity and melting pot economy of the U.S,” de la Cruz added.

PHILIPPINES’ AMBITIOUS PROJECT TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS

More prisons like this one (National Bilibid Prison) will be built outside of Metro Manila to ease the problem of homelessness.
More prisons like this one (National Bilibid Prison) will be built outside of Metro Manila to ease the problem of homelessness.

MANILA, Philippines – The Aquino administration has finally found a permanent solution to the Philippines’ nagging problem of homelessness: create new housing units for the homeless — in jail!

The  administration has rolled out its 22nd Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project involving the construction and maintenance of a P50.2-billion modern prison facility at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, north of the capital.

The proposed facility could accommodate 26,880 inmates, including staff housing and administrative buildings, areas for rehabilitation (sports, work and religious activity), and would be installed with high security equipment.

homelessThis is just the first of several initiatives to rid Metro Manila of homeless families and street children. Metro Manila has the highest homeless population in the world.

“There’s just not enough money to go around,” a presidential spokesperson said, “so the government needs to address one problem at a time.  Since we can’t build dwellings for the millions of homeless people, we think that building prisons will help address the problem.  In the prisons, inmates practically get a free roof over the heads plus free meals.”

Related Article: “Homeless In Paradise”

The spokesperson added that the reason the new prison facility will be built in Nueva Ecija is precisely to decongest and rid Metro Manila of homeless families. “It will eliminate eyesores especially when we are have visiting dignitaries and tourists,” he said.