By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Dissuaded from wearing a superman costume underneath his clothes after his release from the hospital, Donald Trump has been itching to demonstrate that he is the man of steel who beat Covid-19. When he realized suburban white women no longer loved him, he decided he could kill two birds […]
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SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin not only collects Jewish-interest license plates for us; she even has her friends and acquaintances do so. This one, mentioning the name of Elihu, whose biblical namesake appears in the Book of Job, was spotted by a friend of hers who is too modest to take
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Last night’s debate between Harris and Pence was far more civil than the first presidential debate. As Trump’s vice president, Pence serves as the Blander and Chief. * A fly landed and sat for 2 minutes on Pence’s hair. What substance could attract a fly so long? * Although Pence
By Laurie Baron We don’t know how he caught it? Was it flying through the air? Now he’s got the covid, it didn’t just disappear. He’s got the covid ‘cause he dissed it. Covid not wearing a mask. Covid, from big rallies. Safety is not much to ask. Fauci gave us warnings How
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By Ira Spector SAN DIEGO — Why is it, sometimes, that the same item is called one thing in one place and another name somewhere else? What we Yanks call a cigarette, or cig, the Brits call smokes, a fag, or faggot. What we call underpants, they call knickers. Every vacuum cleaner to them is
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By Mark D. Zimmerman Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died earlier this month at the age of 87, following 27 years of service on the United States Supreme Court, where she was the first Jewish woman to serve. Throughout her career she was an advocate for women’s rights, as evidenced by her writing
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAEditor’s Note: Laurie Baron, Ph.D, envisions how U.S. President Donald Trump would rewrite the history of the United States. Here is a link to Part I, the colonial period. … The New Republic (not to be confused with the fake news magazine)
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAPresident Trump has decided to replace the current “crusade against American history” by setting up the 1776 Commission to teach students “about the miracle of American history.” Historians from Fox News have leaked advance outlines of the lesson plans for the different eras in the American past. Here’s the one for the colonial period. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USARay Frank was the great granddaughter of Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon, the renowned Gaon of Vilna. She actually organized the service that night in Spokane, Washington, as that community did not have a synagogue. She preached such a compelling message to the thousand attendees (Jews and non-Jews) about the importance of the Jewish community coming together and creating a congregation that a non-Jewish audience member stood up and offered the donation of a site for the Jewish community to build a synagogue. [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, has done it again. She found this license plate, by which the driver complains about running behind. We sympathize with the driver, whoever he or she may be, but urge him/ her not to speed. It’s just not worth the risk of an accident or a ticket!
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire“You know, putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. It’s — you know, other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history,” –Bill Barr, September 16, 2020 … If Attorney General Bill Barr ever writes his autobiography, it might go something like this: [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USATo the melody of ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’
Flames that engulf the trees,
Smoke that makes us wheeze.
“Rake the forest floor!
Climate’s not the cause, I won’t pass more laws.” …
[Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireOne of the traditions on the first day of Rosh Hashanah is tashlich, when Jews symbolically cast away their sins by tossing breadcrumbs into a body of water (though the ceremony can take place at any time during the High Holidays until Hoshana Rabah, the 7th day of Sukkot). The ceremony arose from a verse from the prophet Micah (7:19), which states, “He will take us back in love; He will cover up our iniquities, You will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea.” Last year, Hillel at Stanford University partnered with another student organization to celebrate Tashlich in a non-traditional way. What did they do? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Talk show after talk show, comedian after comedian, everyone’s trying to be funny, to make us laugh. But they really needn’t go a long way to do that. Seemingly, all they have to do is find a topical issue, invite a guest or talk about a certain person, and then drag their names through the mud for the entertainment of the audience. [Michael Laitman, Ph.D]
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