SAN DIEGO — A friend of license plate maven Melanie Rubin found this specimen, obviously a variant on L’Chaim. We can speculate that the 4 in the middle of the word may mean “for” rather than “four,” suggesting that the owner supports all life forms. Another reading might be that there are four people (perhaps […]
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Melanie Rubin, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The current president of Ukraine is Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky defeated incumbent President Petro Poroshenko with 73% of the vote in April, 2019. He is now at the center of a controversy regarding a whistleblower complaint within the United States Intelligence service that purports to indicate that President Donald Trump improperly pressured Zelensky to assist him in his electoral campaign, particularly in trying to besmirch Joe Biden. Prior to his election as president, Zelensky, who is Jewish, was a comedian and actor who appeared in numerous movies and television shows. One of Zelensky’s roles was as the lead character in Servant of the People. What was the plot of Servant of the People? (click headline to read more)
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Claiming a “mutual love affair, unlike any other in history” between himself and the Jewish people, President Trump is rolling back tariffs on several product imports from China that are favored by Jews.
In a series of tweets, the president said: “Nobody loves the Jews the as much as I do, and no world leader – including Bibi — is loved more by Jews than I am. So I’m doing them a dollars-and-cents buying favor.” (Please click on headline to read more)
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
This is the first time I am residing with a Jewish family that celebrates what I think is called the High Collie Days. I’m not exactly sure what that entails, but I want to fit in. Tomorrow night is Sleek Coat, and, I definitely have one. People recite prayers and readings about forgiveness. I might skip it because I haven’t attacked any dogs, bit any humans, or scared any people in the past year.
Hounding the Headlines: September 20, 2019 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Karen Beth Pearlman gets the credit for spotting this Jewish-interest license plate, which offers us some opportunities for speculation. L’Chaim means “To Life!” So 5 L’Chaim means “5 To Life.” While that may sound like the length of a prison sentence, it more likely refers to five happy people, perhaps ready to engage in the traditional merrymakers’ toast of “To Life!”
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San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump: “The [energy efficient] bulbs that we’re being forced to use – number one, to me, most importantly, the light is no good. I always look orange.” No, the lights in your tanning booth make you look orange, President Raccoon Eyes!” * Donald Trump: “Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireOn what list did Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, rank three spots higher than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire“I first thought of picking a Russian…among our many, many friends there, starting with Vladi, but the fake media would eat me up alive. They’re already raking my friendships there over the coals.
“So I’m looking elsewhere,all over the world, and, trust me, I remembered — I have so much information to remember, but I’m a very stable genius. So I remembered that people born in Israel are called sabers. Now that tells you something: if you’re named for a sword, you’re a born fighter, and that”s the sort of person we need.”
(When Jared said,”Respectfully, sir, I believe the Hebrew word for a native-born Israeli is ‘sabra’,” Trump replied, “What’s your point?”)
‘Just Kidding’: An Israeli for U.S. National Security Advisor? Read More »
Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Items in this column include:
* Attorney Joe Leventhal becomes a candidate in 5th City Council District
* Georgette Gomez jumps into race to succeed Congresswoman Susan Davis
* Brushing up on your Jewish knowledge with a game of ‘Jew-perdy’
*A Backyard Challah Bake
* Camp Mountain Chai increases summer sessions from three to four
* Three ‘self-compassionate resolutions’ for the New Year
* And Finally, Some Fun With Numbers
Our Shtetl San Diego County: September 14, 2019 Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAI heard this week that the Golden Deceiver fired John Bolton. What did he expect when he appointed Bolton? From my own experience, I don’t want to be near two alpha dogs when they are in the same room. The biting, the growling, and the marking of territory guarantee that eventually one of them is going to send his rival packing with his legs between his tail or, in Bolton’s case, under his moustache.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Trump (turning to Pompeo): Hey Mike, I know that I am meeting Putin tomorrow, but I would like to have coffee with him, just to chat about the shenanigans that are going on.
Pompeo: Yeah, why not… Oh, look there, Kim Jong Un seems to be having a good time with Netanyahu. I know they never met before, but they seem like real good buddies.
Trump: You know that Netanyahu is a fox and Kim is trickster, totally unreliable but I can outfox them both any time of the day.
Pompeo: Boy, do I know that – uh, I mean it complementarily, sir.
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Alon Ben-Meir, Trivia, Humor & SatireOn Monday President Trump told reporters: “I don’t want to allow people that weren’t supposed to be in the Bahamas to come into the United States, including some very bad people and some very bad gang members and some very, very bad drug dealers.” The seeds of his 2020 stump speech have been planted. Here’s our forecast of what he’ll say.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireIt started, as it so often does, with a tweet:
“To my many many Jewish friends all over the world — an incredible people nobody loves more than I do. Certainly not Obama, or crooked Hillary. I want to wish them a wonderful new year….as they say in their exotic language, “Happy Rush HaLimbaugh: and Young Kippur.”
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire…A more complicated issue is whether a cigarette smoker could switch to vaping as a step towards cessation of all smoking, and on this authorities are still quite divided. There is rabbinic precedent that allows substitution of a less serious halachic violation for a more serious violation, i.e., that vaping, while harmful and generally forbidden, would be acceptable when replacing cigarette smoking, which is more dangerous. Authorities in this debate point to what other example where rabbis might allow a less serious transgression of Jewish law in lieu of a more serious one?
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & Satire