By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received much negative press in the last few weeks. First, he made a deal with the Otzma Yehudit party, the successor to Rabbi Meir Kahane’s racist Kach party, leading to criticism from many in Israel, as well as American organizations including […]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has offered Benjamin Netanyahu moral support as the Israeli prime minister faces charges of corruption. In a letter obtained from knowledgeable sources who asked not to be identified, the president empathizes with the man he addresses as ‘Bibi” and offers some suggestions for fighting the accusations
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Joel H. Cohen, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israel just became the fourth country to send a spacecraft toward a moon landing, a feat previously accomplished only by the United States, Russia and China. In addition to scientific equipment, the craft, named Beresheet, also contains a digital time capsule that includes drawings of the moon
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & SatireNational Emergencies By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO −Now that the President has declared a National Emergency to bypass Congress’s refusal to allocate the funds he demanded for building the wall, what declarations might be next from the Trump White House? * Constitutional Basis: “In case public safety is seriously threatened or disturbed, the President may
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SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, spotted this reference on a California license plate, leading to speculation that the car’s owner is a music lover. This particular psalm continues with some well known sayings including, “out of the mouth of babes,” and “You have made
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, has charged that the National Enquirer attempted to blackmail him by threatening to release lurid photographs of Bezos. In 2017, Amazon removed a controversial book from their website. The book, A History of the Palestinian People: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era, was
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump is suing a world-renowned Israeli psychological institute for claiming the his Pinocchio-like nose is an outgrowth of his “pathological lying.” The action is a countersuit in response to the institute’s allegation that Trump refused to pay for its expert analysis of the cause of his nose
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Uncensored State of the Union Address By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−For the most part, President Trump read off the teleprompter yesterday, but there were zingers he wanted to add to parts of the State of the Union Speech that his advisors told him to omit. Here they are. * “If there is going to
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The New England Patriots were the victors against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII, which sports writer Jeff Pearlman (and many others) called “the worst Super Bowl ever.” Wide receiver Julian Edelman, the first Jewish player to win the MVP honor in a Super Bowl,
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Ann Coulter, the conservative political commentator who is considered a strong influence on President Trump, appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher. She criticized Trump for giving in on the government shut down without getting funding for a wall on the Mexican border, saying “He promised something for 18 months,
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump made a secret trip to Israel in recent weeks to seek an answer to a medical mystery involving his nose. The appendage has been getting bigger, family and staff members reluctantly agreed, after he constantly studied himself in the mirror and announced he’d come to that conclusion.
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatirePresidential Poems By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−To build support for his wall, this week President Trump Tweeted a short poem: “Build the wall and crime will fall!” If this works, he plans to compose other snappy couplets. * I’m not weaker than Madam Speaker. Forget Roe vs. Wade! Just don’t get laid. Border urgency equals
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Actress Carol Channing, best known for playing the role of Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly more than 4500 times in her career, died last week at the age of 97. Channing was raised as a Christian Scientist, though she later discovered that her mother was Jewish. She learned Yiddish fluently from her
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhy Mike Pence thinks Donald Trump is like Martin Luther King Jr. By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−On Sunday Mike Pence compared Donald Trump’s new proposal on border wall funding to Martin Luther King’s activist philosophy. To Pence, Trump is the White King (though not as white as Pence). Here’s why: * Both King and Trump
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