CNN EVENT: EGYPT’S MUBARAK WILL DEBATE RUPERT MURDOCH OVER ‘EXODUS’ FILM

November 29, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Cairo, Egypt (The Adobo Chronicles) – It is being touted as the ‘Debate of the Century,’ and it has nothing to do with a political contest. Rather, it is a debate over an upcoming film, ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings.’

The protagonists: U.S. media mogul Rupert Murdoch, founder, chairman and CEO of News Corporation and Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s former longtime ruler who was recently cleared of charges linking him to deaths of hundreds of protesters during a revolt that toppled him in 2011.

The film, which is being distributed by Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox, features Christian Bale as Moses, Aaron Paul as Joshua and Sigourney Weaver as Tuya. The Ridley Scott directed film has taken a hit for its lack of diversity, particularly because the movie is portraying historic people of color.

Murdoch took to Twitter to defend his film, saying, “Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are.”

Upon reading the tweet, Mubarak responded: “Hello? I am Egyptian and I am not exactly white!”

CNN, which is struggling to maintain its ratings especially after a series of debacles courtesy of its news anchor Don Lemon, seized the opportunity to schedule a television debate between Mubarak and Murdoch, over the color of Egyptians. Both have agreed and the debate will be scheduled sometime in December, moderated, of course, by Lemom.

International, Politics, The Media

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO NAMED TIME MAGAZINE’S 2014 PERSON OF THE YEAR

November 29, 2014 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

New York, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – For his constant pronouncements that the Filipino people are his “bosses,” Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino was named this year’s ‘Person of the Year’ by TIME magazine.

Aquino duplicates the feat achieved by his mother, Corazon Aquino, who was TIME’s Person of the Year in 1986.

While TIME has yet to officially announce Aquino’s selection, The Adobo Chronicles was able to obtain this embargoed information from inside sources at WikiLeaks. The information also revealed that Pope Francis was a close second among TIME’s short list for the honor.

“No other world politician has withstood the kind of criticism and opposition as Aquino,” the information stated, “and he has remained strong and relevant amidst the pork barrel scandal that has rocked his government as well as the natural disasters that have plagued his country in the past year.” TIME also said that Aquino has maintained his ground despite criticism he suffered by refusing to name multi-awarded actress Nora Aunor to this year’s list of National Artists.

Critics have questioned TIME’s selection, arguing that Aquino is by far the most hated and unpopular of Philippine presidents.

But in a call received today by The Adobo Chronicles, TIME magazine’s managing editor Nancy Gibbs said that WikiLeaks got it all wrong. She said that TIME has not named Aquino ‘Person of the Year.’ Instead, the Philippine president has been named the year’s ‘Persona non grata.’

Well, we’re glad we were able to clear that up. We sincerely regret our error.

Business

BLACK FRIDAY REPEATS ON DECEMBER 5

November 28, 2014 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

San Francisco, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – If your favorite retail store ran out of the $119 60-inch screen TV you wanted to buy at today’s Black Friday sale, don’t despair. You can get them next Friday, December 5!

The National Association of Big Box Retailers (NABBR), in an emergency meeting in San Francisco this evening, decided to hold another Black Friday sale next weekend. Retail chains like Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Best Buy and Toys R Us were so overwhelmed by the success of today’s Black Friday sale that they could not pass up the opportunity to rake in more profits before the end of this fiscal year.

The NABBR attributed this year’s success to media coverage of shoppers creating a mayhem as retail stores opened their doors last night and today to thousands of discount-hungry customers.

This comes as an especially great news for East Bay residents who could not travel to San Francisco to do their shopping today because of a major disruption of BART train service from Oakland. BART trains were unable to cross the transbay tube because protesters practically shut down the West Oakland station. They were protesting the Ferguson Grand Jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black kid.

Also, Missouri protesters Friday turned their anger over the police shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown on the St. Louis Galleria Mall, forcing the mall to shut down temporarily on the busiest shopping day of the year. There was also a protest march outside Macy’s Herald Square store in New York.

The Adobo Chronicles also learned that shopping malls will be open for 24 hours starting at midnight on December 4 until 11:59 p.m. December 5. “We don’t want to be left out in all of this,” said the manager of Macy’s San Francisco on Union Square.