By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Jeb Bush revealed that he is on the Paleolithic diet to lose weight. To one-up Bush, Ted Cruz disclosed that he is on the Neanderthal diet and only eats raw meat from animals he has shot himself while exercising his second amendment rights. * Russian hackers not only broke into […]
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By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Everyone knows what an “everything bagel” is, and if you don’t it’s time to Google it both as a news item and a photo image so you can see the round bread with a hole in it up close and personal Unlike a “pizza with everything,” the “everything
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The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Turkey continues to deny that the genocide occurred. Doctors from the World Health Organization have dispatched a research team to Turkey to study the cause of collective amnesia. * Political pundits are abuzz that Marco Rubio is leading among the Republican
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Kim Kardashian toured Armenia to visit the home of her ancestors and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Who would have thought that President Obama and Congress would be challenged to keeping up with the Kardashians? * Volunteer police deputy Robert Bates apologized to the family of Eric
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Marco Rubio announced his candidacy for president by criticizing the President “for looking backwards” and having “forgotten that when America fails to lead, global chaos inevitably follows.” To set an example of how he will break with the past and restore American power, he promised to invade Cuba. * Responding
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I don’t often go in for listicles, but this one time I felt I would delve into the online meme, just to see where it might lead. Here, based on a lifetime of living in the midst of the Jewish mindset in the 20th and 21st centuries, are
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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–Following are some nursery rhymes for Campaign 2016 Hillary, Billary, Doc This time there’s no Barack. You’ll take the heat But not defeat. Unless Warren joins the flock. * Sing a song of Ted Cruz His campaign has begun. One of many schnorrers From Sheldon Adelson. Bibi’s right, Barack’s wrong. Protect
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, N.Y — In 2008, at a fundraiser honoring Rahm Emanuel, Hillary Clinton described her relationship with him using a Jewish reference. What did Hillary say? A. You know, Rahm and I have been through a lot together. Now, there’s a word my family always used when I was growing up
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Responding to a petition submitted to the “We the People” website, President Obama called for banning coercive conversion therapy for minors from the LGBT community. Although GOP presidential hopeful (or some may say hopeless) Ben Carson asserted that the resort to conversion therapy should be a matter decided by a
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SAN DIEGO–Melanie Rubin, with seder plates of matzoh, charoseth, Pascal lamb shank, karpas and the like still on her mind, spotted this license plate, which seems to be an abbreviation for Pesach. __________________________________________________________________ Care to comment? We require the following information on any letter for publication: 1) Your full name 2) Your city and state (or
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In 1998, despite the fact that Israel was called an “illegal state” and a “parasite” by Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, there was a controversy when it was reported that Israel and Iran were in fact involved in some type of business dealings. What was the controversy? (1)California pistachio growers were unhappy
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ In an interview he gave during his trip to Israel, John Boehner admitted, “I wouldn’t have believed that I would be involved in as much foreign policy as I am today. And it certainly isn’t by choice. It’s just that the world is on fire.” Apparently Boehner hadn’t spoken to
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which permits business owners to discriminate against any customer whose lifestyle offends their religious sensibilities. Although critics believe the law sanctions discrimination against the LGBT community, it already is having unintended consequences with Christian Scientists barring doctors from reading rooms,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Which are all real apps? A – Passover Trucks Game, Ultimate Omer 2, and No Chametz. B – Climb the Pyramids, Plague Wizard and Lotsa Matzah. C – Plagues With Friends, Pokématzah and Angry Pharaohs. D – Israelites vs. Zombies, Grand Theft Matzah, and Super Moses Bros. E – Matzah Kombat, Wikiplagues
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