By Laurie Baron After his concession speech, Anthony Weiner was stalked by the woman he exchanged intimate photos with and by reporters. Losing his patience, he ended up giving onlookers the finger as his parting shot. Soon thereafter, Bob Filner phoned Weiner and advised him “to use his words” the next time. To protect second […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Bashar al-Assad has gained an unexpected ally in the debate over the American response to his use of Sarin gas. While expressing its sympathies for those killed or wounded in the attack, the NRA defended Assad’s Second Amendment right to own and employ weapons of mass destruction. In a
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — President Obama has asked for congressional authorization to conduct a limited military strike against Syria. He realizes that time is of the essence because the strike must be launched before the House Republicans shut down the government rather than increase the debt limit. Other members of the House
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin found this gem — “Rov n I” — which suggests that the owners of the car are a rabbi (rov) and a rebbitzin (I). They should live together in health, happiness, prosperity and the spirit of Torah!
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron The Attorney General of New York has filed a 40 million dollar lawsuit against Donald Trump University for promoting itself as a real university. An inquiry into the Pass/Fail grading system revealed that P stood for profit maker and F for fired. The Attorney General has questioned whether Gary Busey was qualified
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — License plate maven found this plate bearing a beautiful, feminine Hebrew name, derived from the same word root as “Shalom.”
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO– This license plate find by Melanie Rubin makes many people smile with pleasure. The license plate tells us that its owner is a doctor, who also is a Jewish grandma. We infer that whoever she is, she keeps the traditions, and she is a modern woman. We’ve got to admire her!
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Joel A. Moskowitz MD LA JOLLA, California — It is common for laypersons to scoff and ridicule the mentally aberrant and to deride those who ‘treat’ such suffering. Mishegas is the Yiddish label. Jay Neugebren, Michael B. Friedman MSW and Lloyd I. Sederer MD have crafted (potchkied) a parody of the DSM-5. (Diagnostic and
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