Category Archives: International

Donald Trump’s Brilliant Response to Kim Jong Un’s Nuclear Threat

SEOUL, South Korea (The Adobo  Chronicles, Tokyo Bureau) – The war of words over North Korea’s threat of a nuclear attack continues between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump.

Kim’s latest salvo is his revelation that he has a nuclear button on his desk, ready to be pushed at a moment’s notice.

But you can’t threaten a shrewd billionaire businessman and television celebrity.  He is quick to fire back at any time.

While Kim has may indeed have a nuclear button on his desk, Trump says he has one on his cuff.

Now whether or not Trump’s button is nuclear, The White House won’t say. It’s classified information.

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Mark Zuckerberg Responds To Ari Melber And Maria Ressa’s Attack On Facebook

630BBF8A-A737-4A70-972E-B050D2E742CCSAN JOSE, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Jose Bureau) – In an MSNBC commentary by Ari Melber, Facebook came under fire for allegedly allowing the proliferation of fake news in the U.S. and elsewhere. The piece focused on what Melber says is the social media giant’s support for ‘authoritarian’ governments like that of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

In that piece, Melber used quotes from Maria Ressa, CEO of the Philippine online news source, Rappler.

Ressa, who has been desperately campaigning to “take back the Internet,” said that:

Facebook needs to moderate its greed, clean up the toxic waste, and be accountable for its role as the new gatekeeper to information.

Today, Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally responded to both Melber and Ressa.  His response was short and sweet: “GO FACT YOURSELVES!”

End of story.

Selfitis (Fake Disease) Triggers Scientific Research At UK’s Trent University (True)

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SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Three years ago, The Adobo Chronicles reported that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has classified the taking of ‘selfies’ as a mental disorder called ‘selfitis.’

We, of course, made it all up.

But what’s not made up is a scientific research conducted by the UK’s Trent University which concluded that your selfie obsession is real, but your selfitis is fake.