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Film and TV, Human Interest, Technology, Travel

GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND FOR FILMING OF ‘PLANET OF THE APES’ SEQUEL

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imageSAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is closing down for the weekend for its longest shutdown ever and first closure in more than 25 years.

The bridge will be closed from midnight Friday until 4 a.m. Monday morning so workers can install a moveable median barrier to prevent head-on collisions, according to a statement on the bridge’s website. Since 1970, there have been 128 head-on collisions that have resulted in 16 deaths, the Associated Press reports.

What bridge authorities are not telling the public is that during the 52-hour closure, film crews and actors will descend upon the bridge to shoot sequences of a sequel to “Planet of the Apes.”  The Golden Gate Bridge had been prominently featured in the film’s earlier versions, including the 2014 film, ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.’

“We had to keep this secret in order to avoid angry and adverse reaction from motorists who use the bridge daily to get in and out of San Francisco,” a bridge official who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Adobo Chronicles.

While non-film vehicles will not be allowed on the bridge for the duration of the closure, pedestrians can watch the filming from the Golden Gate Bridge Pavilion or the Marina.

The new sequel’s working title is ‘Planet of the Apes : The Twilight Saga Continues.’

Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement, Travel

RUSSIA’S CRACKDOWN ON TRANSSEXUAL MOTORISTS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH ‘MENTAL DISORDERS’

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Folsom Street Fair, left, and Carmen Carrera, right
Folsom Street Fair, left, and transgender reality TV personality Carmen Carrera, right

MOSCOW, Russia (The Adobo Chronicles) – Beginning this year, the state of California started issuing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants.  In Russia, the government started taking driver’s licenses away from transsexual and transgender motorists.

The Moscow government believes that transsexual and transgender people have mental disorders and should not be allowed to drive because they cause too many accidents.

In addition, Fetishism, exhibitionism and voyeurism are also included as “mental disorders” now barring people from driving.

In San Francisco, members of the transgender community, the leather community, BDSMs, exhibitionists, voyeurs and others who identify with certain fetishes — in short, those who attend the annual Folsom Street Fair — have vowed to boycott travel to Russia and promised to refrain from buying goods and services that have the Russian label on them.

This is not the first Russian boycott in San Francisco.  In 2013, when the Putin Government made “promoting non-traditional lifestyles” illegal, many gay bars in San Francisco and elsewhere boycotted Russian vodka.  That boycott quickly fizzled out mostly because the boycotted vodka that is sold in the West, Stoli, is made in Latvia, not Russia.

Mikhail Strakhov, a Russian psychiatric expert, told the BBC that the definition of “mental disorders” was too vague and some disorders would not affect a person’s ability to drive a car safely.

However, a Putin spokesperson said that transsexuals and transgenders cannot concentrate on their driving because their eyes are constantly wandering, looking out for cute Russian guys or gals on the road.  He added that exhibitionists can distract other drivers, while those with fetishes are always dreaming about their previous or next encounters. “The roads are just not safe if we allow these people to drive cars,” the spokesperson said.

Business, Economy, Travel

UNITED AIRLINES WILL OFFER ‘ECONOMY MINUS’ SEATS FOR HALF PRICE

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imageCHICAGO, Illinois (The Adobo Chronicles) – The same U.S. airline that started the ‘economy plus’ seats in its aircraft main cabin is about to take back that extra legroom in favor of ‘economy minus’ seats — for half the airfare.

UNITED Airlines (UAL) started offering its economy plus seats with more legroom some 15 years ago for passengers willing to pay extra as well as to reward its frequent fliers.

Beginning on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2015, UAL passengers will have the option to book economy minus seats for a 50% discount. These seats will have 50% less legroom compared to the already cramped regular economy seats.  Furthermore, the economy minus seat backs will not recline and there will be no tray tables that fold down for meals or to set laptops and other portable devices on.

“It’s a win-win situation, ” a UNITED spokesperson said. “Passengers will see significant savings, and UAL will be able to increase the number of seats and generate more revenue.”

The Adobo Chronicles learned that non-alcoholic beverages and peanuts will still be complimentary, but economy minus passengers purchasing meals on board will have to set their food on their laps. UNITED will not be responsible for food items that may fall off passenger laps in the event of unexpected turbulence.