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Food, Government, Politics, Social Media

CRITICS AND POLITICAL FOES FIND SOMETHING FISHY IN NEWLY-RELEASED HILLARY CLINTON EMAILS

September 2, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Gefilte fish, salmon-style (Photo: MyBayKitchen.com)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Critics and political opponents of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton found what they were hoping for in the State Department’s newly-released personal emails from the former Secretary of State: something really fishy.

The newest trove of more than 7,000 of Clinton’s emails were released Monday night, showcasing more of the mundane political notes and scheduling requests that have been released earlier.

The emails show Clinton was a little obsessed with criticism from Fox News and was eager to check out NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” and CBS’ “The Good Wife.” In addition, a series of emails surfaced that could all but damage Clinton’s candidacy for president. It’s all about Gefilte fish.

Gefilte fish is a Jewish dish made from a poached mixture of ground boned fish which is typically eaten as an appetizer. The dish is popular on Shabbat and Holidays such as Passover, although they may be consumed throughout the year. Some versions of Gefilte fish are baked in a Bundt cake pan and made with Matzo meal and carrots. The dish usually uses white fish, but it could be made with other fish like salmon.

Now, whoever is anointed Republican nominee for president in the 2016 elections will have enough amunition to wage a strong campaign against the presumed Democratic nominee, Hillary. Thanks to the fishy emails.

Politics, Race Relations

TRUMP: ‘WE CAN’T AFFORD TO HAVE TWO BLACK PRESIDENTS IN A ROW’

September 2, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

DES MOINES, Iowa (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Nothing will stop Donald Trump’s desperate quest to become the next president of the United States — not Hillary Clinton, not the Mexicans, not the Chinese, not Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, not Jorge Ramos, not CNN. Not even fellow Republican candidate Ben Carson.

Latest numbers coming out of Iowa now show the real estate mogul losing ground, with Carson coming within five percentage points to Trump’s lead (18% to 25%) in one poll and in a statistical dead heat (23% to 23%) in another.

So, as expected, Trump turned his rhetoric on Carson.

“If we truly want this nation to be great again, we cannot afford to have two black presidents in a row, referring to Barack Obama and Carson. “

The Adobo Chronicles® caught up with Carson in Des Moines and sought his reaction to Trump’s statement.

Carson simply smiled and said, “I am a neurosurgeon and it doesn’t take much for me to recognize and diagnose a nut case!”

Case closed.

Media, Politics, Race Relations

ASIAN AND HISPANIC JOURNALISTS DECRY MEDIA USE OF ‘ANCHOR BABY’

September 1, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Two of the national minority journalism organizations have issued advisories urging the media to refrain from using the term, ‘anchor baby,’ which commonly refers to a child born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents.

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) both called the term offensive and derogatory especially to the immigrant communities.

Republican presidential candidates have been focusing on illegal immigration in the campaign trail, calling for the building of great walls along the U.S. border with Mexico and Canada, urging the Department of Homeland Security to deport all of the estimated 11 Million undocumented immigrants now in the country, and proposing an end to birthright citizenship as we know it.

The journalism groups suggested the use of alternative terms and labels, including ‘birth tourism,” and ‘babies born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents (or undocumented immigrants).

Additonally, AAJA proposed the use of ‘Anchor Bobby’ instead of ‘anchor baby.’

‘Bobby’ of course is Republican presidential candidate and Louisiana Governor Bobby (Piyush) Jindal, who was born in Baton Rouge in 1971, to an Indian mother. At the time of birth, Jindal’s mom was a non-U.S. citizen which technically qualifies the governor to be called anchor baby … we mean Anchor Bobby.