By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A seemingly far-out comment by Rudy Giuliani – – reported here last week – that President Trump’s power to pardon extended beyond human beings, has gained serious backing. A group of attorneys has filed an “amici curiae” (friends of the court) brief contending that there are no limits to the […]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Generally speaking, Jews have not dominated professional sports competition, though there were a number of successful Jewish boxers in the early 1900’s (including Benny Leonard, “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom, and Barney Ross). Also, Jewish baseball players Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax are in the Hall of Fame. What unusual
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Hollywood tackles political realities in this new batch of summer movies. * The Uncredibles 2: The sequel to the first uncredibles film which starred Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci features the voices of Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Rudy Giuliani as the cartoonish masters of disinformation and dismissiveness. * The Avenger: Trade
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireYou can’t hurry peace! By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Following their historic summit, Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump formed a singing group called the Supreme Leaders and recorded this following song based on the melody from “You Can’t Hurry Love.” * We need peace, peace, To raise our polls. And a semblance of progress To ward
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump doesn’t drink alcoholic beverages, but he seems slightly intoxicated – tipsy with what he’s convinced is his unlimited power to pardon. The latest beneficiaries are Bible figures, notably Delilah (of hair-cutting fame), the Philistine beauty who was bribed to learn the source of Samson’s great strength. She
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Chef/author/food raconteur Anthony Bourdain tragically died last week. Bourdain, whose mother was Jewish but who had no religious upbringing or beliefs, was seen as a uniter, using food and dining to bring people together. About whom did Anthony Bourdain once say “I’d be happy to rearrange your knee or
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Obituaries & memorials, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−White House insiders report that Donald Trump is obsessed with the prospect of sending political messages to people indicted or investigated by Robert Mueller by granting pardons to them. Here’s his list of deceased and living candidates for pardons and his rationales for pardoning them. * Julius Rosenberg: “Wouldn’t it be
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Although the events are years away, President Trump is planning the Bar/Bat Mitzvah parties of his three Jewish grandchildren. “They’ll be the biggest celebrations of their kind that anyone has ever seen,” he said. “Obama had nothing like this. Neither did Bush, and certainly not Clinton.” The children
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Roseanne Barr’s television show Roseanne was canceled last week following a racist tweet which Roseanne posted about Valerie Jarrett, a former aide to President Barack Obama. Roseanne Barr grew up in Salt Lake City, where her family was a part of the very small Jewish community. Though there was a lot
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−ABC canceled Rosanne Barr’s show for degrading the network’s reputation by tweeting outrageous conspiracy theories and racist insults. Can the American people cancel Donald Trump’s term for degrading the presidency by doing the same thing? * A week ago President Trump abruptly called off his summit with Kim Jong-un to
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A company has been formed to help Jewish mourners properly observe the requirements of their first-week mourning period. Called Queen of Shiva, the firm offers to handle some of the details of observance required of those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. The firm’s founder, who asked
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−President Donald Trump cancelled his upcoming summit with North Korea in reaction to the “tremendous anger and open hostility” it displayed in a recent statement. Of course, President Trump has never done this in his tweets or public pronouncements. Within an hour, Trump was nominated for a Nobel Cease Prize. * Could
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — One of the traditions of Shavuot is the all night Torah study session known as the Tikkun Leil Shavuot, meaning Rectification (or Repair) for Shavuot Night. What are the roots of this custom? A. The practice of the Tikkun Leil Shavuot was put forth by Rabbi Isaac Luria
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireLamenting the Headlines: If I Were a Gazan (Melody: If I Were a Rich Man) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — If I were a Gazan Daidle deedle daidle Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb I’d charge the fence while under gunfire. I don’t need Hamas to enflame my ire. My circumstances are extremely dire. Why
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