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Government, Media, Politics, Social Media

Sex, Lies, Videotape, Uson And De Lima

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Uson, left, and De Lima

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – What do blogger Mocha Uson and Senator Leila De Lima have in common?  Sex, lies and videotape.

The outspoken senator has been facing accusations about her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison while being constantly subjected to rumors about her sexual escapades with her personal driver and even with some jail inmates.  There are alleged sex videos pointing to the lady senator.

Uson, on the other hand has been accused of being a paid spokesperson for President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and has been the subject of attacks by critics and the jealous media like Rappler for her popular political blog.

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Recent stats on Facebook pages of Uson and Rappler (screen capture)

Now, the enemies of Uson are spreading “Throwback Thursday” photos of the former singer, dancer and nude model.

“Inuungkat yung nakaraan ko. Pinapakita yung mga hubad kong larawan na lumabas po sa mga magazine,” Uson said in an interview on Friday. (They’re digging into my past. They’re showing my nude photographs that have appeared in magazines.)

While she maintains that she’s unaffected by the bashing she receives in social media, Uson wants netizens to stop making personal attacks against her.

De Lima has demanded the same.

Now it remains to be seen whether women and human rights groups will come to the defense of Uson like they did for De Lima in condemning slut-shaming which we all agree has no place in a decent society like ours.

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Politics, Social Media, The Media

Rudy Giuliani: Woman In The Photo Was A Hillary Body Double

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Giuliani, left and body double Hillary

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani accused Hillary Clinton of lying about her response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The former New York City mayor and Trump supporter said: “I heard her say that she was there that day. I was there that day, I don’t remember seeing Hillary Clinton there. That was like when she said she had to run through gunfire. That turned out to be, what do we call it? A lie.”

But then, a photographed surfaced showing Clinton walking next to Giuliani and then Governor George Pataki 24 hours after the attacks.

But Giuliani stood by his accusation: “That lady in the photograph was Hillary body double,” he said.

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Diversity, Government, International, Language, Politics, Social Media, The Media

Philippine President Duterte Apologizes For Misinterpreting National Coming Out Day

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Goldberg, left, and Duterte

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It was National Coming Out Day yesterday in the U.S. and other parts of the world.  So to celebrate, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte ‘outed’ U.S. ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg.  Duterte was even kind with his words, saying “What’s wrong if you are ‘gay?'”

Duterte made the comment in Malacañang after the oath-taking of his new appointees and the officers of the Leauge of Municipalities of the Philippines.

This was the second time that Duterte called Goldberg ‘gay.’ The first time was when the American envoy commented on Duterte’s  controversial remarks on the rape of an Australian missionary in 1989.

While Goldberg chose not to comment on this latest ‘outing’ by Duterte, many Filipino LGBTs took to their social media accounts to express disappointment over the president’s misinterpretation of National Coming Out Day.

“Of course, there’s nothing wrong with being gay; ” one netizen pointed out, “what is wrong is when you use the word in an offensive and derogatory way.”

Another said, “it is entirely up to an individual person to come out or not.”

Facing backlash from the “gay” comment, Duterte’s communications team issued an apology, saying, “Sorry, none of us here are gay so we didn’t really know what National Coming Out Day really meant.  We thought it was a day we could ‘out’ people.”

Quite an OUTlandish apology.

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