13 Grounds to Strip Your Clearance By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Federal employees can lose their security clearance for thirteen reasons. Criticizing the president after leaving office is not one. Since Trump isn’t familiar with these reasons, here’s a song set to the tune of 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover to teach him. Former agents […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump’s Bedminster Skimming List By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−In case he finds time between golfing, tweeting, and watching Fox News, Donald Trump brought some books to skim [he never reads anything longer than an executive order] whose titles intrigued him. Here’s his skimming list and why he wants to skim these books. * The Brothers
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — If President Trump doesn’t serve out his term – say, through impeachment or resignation – the United States is likely to have its first Jewish president. In a hitherto secret report, genealogists, helped by DNA testing, have found that Vice President Michael Pence has Jewish roots. His ancestors
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –In recent days commentator/conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars and The Alex Jones Show, has been banned from a variety of social media sites including Facebook and YouTube (though not Twitter) because of his racially-motivated incitement of hatred and violence, which violates their terms. Jones, whose ex-wife is Jewish, has defended Jews in
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Ever since Trump became president I have been appalled by his avariciousness, authoritarianism, dishonesty, incivility, irrationalism, narcissism, nativism, racism, and sexism. Since I am exhausted by being outraged daily by his policies, speeches, and tweets, I am devoting this column to things that bring me joy and drive him out of
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Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Imagine this scenario: President Trump is feeling uneasy about his future and finally, at his daughter Ivanka’s urging, agrees to visit a fortune-teller. Known professionally as Mama Lushen, she’s a Jewish woman who comes highly recommended by members of the Sisterhood of the shul that Ivanka and Jared
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireObfuscation not Obstruction of Justice By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−If Donald Trump is interrogated by Robert Mueller, this is how some of the testimony might sound like. RM: How is it credible that your son, son-in-law, or campaign manage never told you either before or after about their meeting with a Russian lawyer to get
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — A controversial viral dance craze is getting huge internet attention, inspired by the latest song from rapper Drake. Tens of thousands of people, including such celebrities as Odell Beckham, Jr., Will Smith, and DJ Khaled have taken up the In My Feelings challenge, posting videos of themselves jumping out of moving
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump summoned his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to the Oval Office for what he described as “a heart-to-heart talk.” (“You always have my heart, sir,” Vice President Pence said from a corner of the room. “Sure, Mike,” Trump said, “Get me a Coke.” To which Pence responded: “An
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The minor holiday of Tu B’Av was celebrated this past Friday. The name Tu B’Av means the 15th of the month of Av, which, as the middle of the lunar month, coincides with the full moon. This year’s Tu B’Av also coincided with a lunar eclipse known as
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Though he didn’t think it was an urgent matter, President Trump convened the first meeting of intelligence agency officials to discuss what steps could be taken to prevent foreign meddling in the upcoming mid-term elections. A knowledgeable source says that their policy recommendations and his differed sharply. * Recommendations from the
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Conference of Presidents objects to Palestine Authority leading U.N.’s G77 Group Arthur Stark, Chairman and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations today expressed deep concern at the announcement that the Palestinian Authority will lead the biggest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations, known as
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Remember the old, upbeat saying. “If life deals you lemons, make lemonade”? At first, President Trump took the saying literally, and seriously considered having his children open a lemonade stand in front of the White House. But Melania explained the meaning of the motto, and now the president
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireDouble Negativity By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — President Trump claimed that he had misspoken when declaring in Helsinki that he saw no reason for believing Russia interfered in the 2016 American elections by attributing his error to leaving out the word not. “The sentence should have been, ‘I don’t see any reason why I
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