SAN DIEGO―Republican Congressman Trey Radel of Florida pled guilty of cocaine possession and use this week and blamed his addiction on his alcoholism. This is the same excuse embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford gave for smoking crack cocaine. Reporters checking into the drinking habits of the two men have learned that they always ordered rum […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Last week President Obama admitted he had fumbled the ball in the rollout for the Affordable Health Care Act and pledged he would rectify his mistake: “If I fumbled the ball, I’m somebody who’s going to wait until I get the next play and run as hard as I can. We
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By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO–Thanksgivukkah I’m so fermished! I usually write a themed column for Hanukkah and usually don’t devote a separate piece for Thanksgiving. This year, how can I do one without the other? This is almost as disturbing as when Leap Year adds an extra day of tax season. But, that’s a different
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Sheryl Rowling, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Former President George W. Bush will speak tonight at a fundraiser for the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute, an evangelical Christian group whose aim is to convert all Jews to accelerate the Second Coming of Christ. Fending off appeals by Jewish leaders to cancel his talk, Bush’s public relations team has come
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Now that Chris Christie has presidential momentum, the Tea Party is conducting opposition research to find skeletons in his past. One researcher is exploring a rumor about him being guilty of marital and political infidelity. Apparently there is footage of him in a threesome with a democratic president, and a tempestuous
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Since the HealthCare.gov website is still not working properly, Kathleen Sebelius is advising single applicants without health insurance to use the eharmony.com dating website in the hope they will meet and marry someone who already has health insurance. Reeling over charges of plagiarism, Senator Rand Paul has accused his critics of
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Major cuts in the Food Stamp Program went into effect the day after Halloween. When criticized for reducing food subsidies for those who can’t afford to feed themselves, a number of Tea Party Republicans introduced legislation to hold Halloween on the last Thursday of every month to sweeten the lives of
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –Taxi! Taxi drivers the world over are a race unto themselves. The taxi drivers of London, have to acquire ‘The Knowledge,’ which involves studying London’s streets till they can find any address, and have to pass an exam to gain their taxi license. These days they are separated from
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Embarrassed over leaks that the NSA monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone, President Obama called her on a secure line to apologize. The next day he received a briefing from the NSA citing his conversation with Merkel verbatim and reminding him, “Espionage means you never have to say you’re sorry.”
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — House Republicans are outraged over the glitches in the Affordable Health Care website. One was overheard saying, “If we would have known it would be done so incompetently, we could have spared voting over 40 times to repeal it and shutting down the government, spent our energy on voting
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron If glitches continue to plague HealthCare.gov, the Affordable Health Care Act is slated to be renamed the Inaccessible Health Care Act. . Dan Snyder, the politically insensitive owner of the Washington Redskins, is considering less offensive names for his team. Possible alternatives are: The Washington Firewater Drinkers, The Washington Savages, and The
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron (Tune: My Country ‘tis of Thee) My country is shut down Congress has let us down. And we must plead. Land of enormous size, It needs a compromise. Support from Boehner’s side That’s how to lead. Here’s my analysis Of our paralysis. Let the House vote. To fund the government, On debts
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — After seeing the latest polls on the percentage of Americans who disapprove of the Republican strategy of linking the approval of a budget to the defunding of Obama Care, Confucius say, “Those who heed the advice of the junior senator from Texas will find themselves in a Ted end.”
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — After several days of the government shutdown, Bain Capital has offered to buy the Federal government, downsize and reorganize it, and outsource most of its services. Bears in the National Parks have petitioned Congress to reopen the parks. It reads: “You humans are beastly and unbearable. Please restore
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