By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO-The flight of a U-2 spy plane over Los Angeles snarled air traffic over Southern California by confusing the FAA’s computer systems. Everyone is concerned that it caused many commercial flight delays, but no one seems concerned that the Air Force is conducting spy flights over the United States?
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Russia has banned profanity in books, concerts, films, newspapers, radio, television, and theatre. Now anyone using colorful language to curse Vladimir Putin can be arrested and may, like the expletives themselves, be deleted.
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A California meat company has recalled 9,000,000 pounds of beef from cows who had cancer. However, it continues to produce hot dogs since they are made from healthy cows with only a smidgen of cancerous mice thrown in to improve the taste.
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Tennessee State Senator Cascey Campfield drew flak from both Democrats and Republicans for remarking that ““Democrats bragging about the number of mandatory signups for Obama Care is like Germans bragging about the number of mandatory signups for ‘train rides’ for Jews in the 40s.” Campfield appears unaware that Obama Care outlaws denial of insurance coverage for preexisting conditions; whereas Hitler Care treated being Jewish as a fatal preexisting condition.
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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com