Donald Trump on the Stump By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−“Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. Why else would they call it caravan? They disguised its Middle Eastern origins by ditching […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Lotto fever has hit the country, as the Mega Millions first prize in this week’s drawing will be at least $1.6 billion, an all-time high amount. Israel offers its own lottery, known as Mifal HaPayis, with a variety of games including a bi-weekly 7-number drawing, as well
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireRogues Killed Khashoggi (To the Tune of “I Shot the Sheriff”) By Laurie Baron Rogues killed Khashoggi, but you know it was an accident. Rogues killed Khashoggi, when he became intransigent. Fifteen were sent to interrogate. But he resisted and things escalate. It did not go as required. All of a sudden he
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireCSI-Clueless Saudi Investigator By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−The show opens with a gory scene of fifteen bearded men wearing red and white checkered keffiyehs cinched with black ayals. They are dismembering a bloody corpse with a bone saw inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. The camera shifts to the Oval Office of the White House
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –Tensions are rising in the Middle East, as Turkey has accused Saudi Arabia of murdering a Saudi journalist working for the Washington Post inside the Saudi embassy in Istanbul. There is a long Jewish history in Turkey, going back to at least the 5th century BCE. And according to
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump on the Stump Translations By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−For those who don’t understand Trump Speak, here is what he says and what his base hears. * “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of.” This means boys can
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump’s trade battle with China could have unintended benefits for kosher delicatessens in the United States. White House sources, knowledgeable about his thinking in the controversy, report that the president is considering levying duties on treyf products used in Chinese restaurants. Were they imposed, these restaurants would undoubtedly
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SAN DIEGO– Another Jewish-interest license plate spotted by our maven in such matters, Melanie Rubin. “Dorot” in Hebrew means generations. It is also the name of a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev municipality of Israel, with which the Jewish Federation of San Diego has a long standing partnership arrangement.
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SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this gem, which is Hebrew for “despite expectations.” We don’t know how “dafka” fits in with the license plate frame’s message about chemists, but there must be some formula.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump University Syllabus, Hiring 101 By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-As the confirmation process on Brett Kavanaugh winds down, the FBI report ignored a potentially relevant document, the syllabus for Hiring 101 from Trump University. * Hiring 101 Week 1: Outsourcing the Application Pool Week 2: The Background Check: Discredit Red Flags, Expedite, Limit Scope Week
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — A primary part of the celebration of the Sukkot holiday is the practice of holding and shaking the lulav and etrog. The lulav consists of three parts–branches from the palm tree, the willow, and the myrtle. The etrog is a citrus fruit similar in appearance to a lemon.
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, NEW YORK — In 1998, Rabbi Shalom Greenberg and his wife Dina moved to Shanghai, China where they established the Shanghai Jewish Center under Chabad auspices. Since then the rabbi has overseen the growth of the local Jewish community and catered to the needs of visiting Jewish travelers, business people and students.
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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Brett Kavanaugh conferred with White House advisers on how to deny the charge of attempted rape. They presented him with a number of alibis employed by powerful men in similar situations and counseled him to choose one and adapt it to his circumstances. * Bill Clinton: “I did not try to
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USADonald Trump Recites Kol Nidre for Ivanka and Jared By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–All campaign vows I made except those blocked by the deep state and Dems will be fulfilled by Executive Decrees. Collusion, obstruction of justice, and perjury committed before this Yom Kippur will be forgiven and unindicted by next Yom Kippur after the
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