Category Archives: International

Government, International, Politics

DICK CHENEY SAYS HE WAS MISQUOTED ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – Former Vice President Dick Cheney took another swipe at President Barack Obama on Tuesday, criticizing him over the Iran deal framework put in place last week.

Cheney, who accused Iran of having “one of the most radical regimes in history” and being “sworn to destroy Israel,” told radio host Hugh Hewitt the deal will be a “burden” on the next occupant of the White House. “This is a totally radical regime that is the premiere sponsor of state terrorism in the world, and Obama’s about to give them nuclear weapons,” Cheney said. “I can’t think of a more terrible burden to leave the next president than what Obama is creating here.”

There is a big problem, though. Cheney told The Adobo Chronicles that he was misquoted by Hewitt and subsequently, by FOX News, saying that as far as he can remember of the radio interview, he said “George W.” not “Obama.”

Meanwhile, the next occupant of the White House, Hillary Clinton said, “It’s not going to be burden at all!”

All things cleared.

Film and TV, International, Sports

(VIDEO) MAYWEATHER WANTS PAY-PER-VIEW BOXING BOUT PROMO WITH PACQUIAO REVISED

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – The countdown has begun for what is being billed ‘The Fight of the Century,’ between American Floyd Mayweather and Filipino Manny Pacquiao.

The boxing bout between  between the eight-division world champion Pacquiao and the undefeated five-division world champion Mayweather unfolds at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2, 2015.

Already, MGM has announced a sold-out crowd, while millions more around the world are expected to watch the fight on Pay-Per-View (PPV).  PPV has been aggressively promoting the fight with an impressive 30-second promo video.

But Mayweather is not happy about the  video.  It shows him and Pacquiao walking towards each other, looking intensely at each other, and showing the world they are  ready to knock each other out.

The American boxer, however, has demanded a re-shoot of the video because he says he was ‘duped.’

“PPV producers asked me to show up all sweaty for the shoot, only to find out they didn’t ask the same of Pacquiao.  Now it appears that I am nervous and fearful about the fight, which is definitely not the case,” Mayweather said.

Mayweather also told reporters that he was asked to show a somewhat smiley face to look more attractive to the viewers, while Pacquiao was instructed to look as fierce as a raging eagle.

“It’s just not a fair portrayal of myself,” Mayweather added.

When asked about Mayweather’s demand, Pacquiao simply smiled and made the sign of the cross.

 

 

 

International, Social Media, Technology

FACEBOOK, TWITTER TO BAN ‘ALL CAPS’ IN POSTS

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Zuckerberg (Photo credit: biography.com)
Zuckerberg (Photo credit: biography.com)

SILICON Valley, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – It has happened to many of us on Facebook and Twitter. We unfriended and were unfriended; we unfollowed and were unfollowed. We even lost personal friends for good. ALL BECAUSE OF ALL CAPS.

Depite the efforts of social media sites to promulgate posting and tweeting etiquette, many netizens have insisted on writing in ALL CAPS, often triggering unhealthy debate and personal attacks. It is generally acknowledged that writing in ALL CAPS is the equivalent of shouting or screaming.

Today, social media giants Facebook and Twitter jointly announced that ALL CAPS will be banned from their networks.

“When someone tries to post a message that is written in ALL CAPS, the ‘send’ button will automatically turn grey and will be de-activated,” Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says. “The only way to re-activate the send button is to change the post or message to lower case, or if necessary, caps and lower case.”

Twitter even considered banning all exclamation points and hash tags, but decided against it at the last moment.

The Adobo Chronicles would like to hear what our readers think of this new Facebook and Twitter policy, by using our comments section. And please, only use lower case letters in your comments.