By Elona Baron (as barked to Laurie Baron) It has been a long time since I decided to take pen in paw and comment on what’s going on in the world. (Actually, I’m lying. I always have dictated my columns because God forgot to give dogs opposable thumbs. Those primates have all the luck!). January […]
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By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — President Joe Biden visited Israel last week, his tenth trip to the country. Biden made efforts to strengthen U.S. relations with Israel, while furthering the process of the Abraham Accords, which he also is pursuing in Saudi Arabia where he traveled after leaving Israel. While in Israel,
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What was James Caan once asked that led him to respond, “They would have gotten punched in the face.” [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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What can we expect from the impending garbanzo gap between demand and supply? Filming of the sequel to You Can’t Mess with the Zohan will be cancelled. Chickpea cartels will replace drug cartels. [Satire by Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Sausages have existed in many forms for centuries, long before the kosher hot dog made an appearance in America. In 1870, a German immigrant named Charles Feltman (there is dispute as to whether or not he was Jewish) began selling pork and beef sausages from a pushcart on Coney
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron Partisan Witch Hunt=The committee consisting of 6 Democrats and 2 Republicans formed after Kevin McCarthy rejected a proposal for a committee that would have had equal representation for both parties. Also look under self-fulfilling prophecy. Premature Tabulation=Claiming victory before all the votes are counted. Also look under slogan “Stop the Real.” A
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron I started writing my Humoring the Headlines columns back in 2013. Today is the 600th one I’ve posted. Here’s some of my favorite observations from 2013: Anthony Wiener is reportedly considering withdrawing from the New York’s mayoral race. He has been negotiating with Oskar Mayer to become the chauffeur of their trademark vehicle. He’s
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — A movie has just been released called Elvis, starring Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as Elvis’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker. It’s long been known that Elvis served as a Shabbos goy for Rabbi Alfred Fruchter and his family, who lived upstairs from the Presleys. A Shabbos goy
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron (Melody: God Bless America) They dissed America, land where I dwell. They defeat us for a fetus, To make unwanted pregnancies hell. For the rapists, right-wing Papists For incesters who prey on their kin. Now in America, conception is when life begins. Justice deceivers, lying when they were confirmed. Thus declaring, bible
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatirePerelman, the grandson of Litvak immigrants, was raised in a Conservative household, but became an Orthodox Jew in adulthood. He is a major financial supporter of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, and he is Sabbath observant and keeps kosher. In what unusual way has Perelman maintained his Jewish practices? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — I spared a fly from being swatted and commissioned it to go to Mar-a-Lago, stick on a wall, and monitor Donald Trump’s reactions to the Select Committee Hearings. Here’s some of Trump’s comments that he reported back to me. “Unlike me, Bill Barr’s a loser. A loyal AG would
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Garrett did a small set and was the MC. He mostly riffed on the audience, and after “bageling” himself as a tall Jew did a fair amount of ethnic humor. Ethnic humor generally makes me a little nervous because I don’t know how people will take it. Until I see if they’re ok with it, I’m not sure how to react. He handled it well though, equally picking on everyone so no one group was singled out for offense. The audience responded well and by their laughter seemed to enjoy it. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Sandi Masori, Trivia, Humor & SatireBritney Spears has often been seen wearing a Star of David necklace, and she also has a Hebrew tattoo on the back of her neck. What does the tattoo say? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireWe marched to mount an insurrection.
Well, you know,
We just couldn’t let Trump lose.
We tried to stop a rigged election.
Well, you know,
That’s what we heard on Fox News. … (Laurie Baron)
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