By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of OxyContin for children as young as 11 years old. When a reporter asked why kids that young would require the medication, an FDA official asked, “Do you know how painful it is to be a middle school student?” * Donald Trump […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Incensed that Megyn Kelly had asked him an inappropriate question about sexist remarks he has made, Donald Trump commented: “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her whatever.” Journalists reported that the excrement flowing out of Trump’s mouth shows no signs of
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What was unusual about Jon Stewart’s bar mitzvah? A. Actress Bebe Neuwirth (known for her role as Frasier Crane’s wife Lilith) grew up in Princeton near Jon Stewart (then known as Jonathan Leibowitz). She is four years older than Stewart, and actually worked as his bar mitzvah tutor
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Fox News Presidential Debate By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ It opened more like a sporting event than a political debate with the moderators observing that the venue was where the Cleveland Cavaliers play their games. Though the moderators are supposed to be impartial, Megan Kelly anointed Carly Fiorina the Snow White of the earlier
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Koch Brothers summoned five Republican presidential candidates to compete for their endorsement and funding. Charles Koch compared the conservative activism of him and his brother to the civil rights movement. Under the banner of “Rich Lives Matter More,” the brothers and the candidates sang the anthem of their cause:
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In 1985, while Jonathan Pollard was working as a civilian analyst for the Navy, he removed classified material from his workplace. Recognizing that he might be caught, Pollard had set up a secret code with his wife Anne to signal her to remove the classified information from their home if
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Animal Control has been unable to locate the lion that was sighted prowling the streets of Milwaukee and have concluded that either the sightings were a hoax or the lion has started walking to Minnesota to find dentist Walter Palmer and avenge the killing of Cecil in Zimbabwe. * Fox
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Hollow Holocaust Analogy: Huckabee accused Obama of being so naïve about Iran that he accepted a nuclear deal that would “take the Israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven.” Jews don’t go to their deaths like lambs to the slaughter when they possess 75 to 400
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Shark attacks are on the rise around the world, with numerous attacks off the Carolina coast this summer and a recent fatal attack off the Australian coast. What was unusual about a shark attack in the Middle East in 2010? A. The Israeli navy was engaged in anti-terror training near
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Mark D. Zimmerman, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Texas Transportation Code: Sec. 545.104. (a) An operator shall use the signal authorized by Section 545.106 to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes, or start from a parked position. Sentencing Guidelines: a warning, a ticket, Tasing if the operator tries to harm the officer with secondhand smoke, and the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — From 1969 through 1971, Bill Cosby starred in a sitcom entitled The Bill Cosby Show, in which he played Chet Kincaid, a high school physical education teacher. The final episode of the series featured a Jewish character. What was the premise of that episode? A. A new student, Sarah, entered the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Marco Rubio’s new campaign ad condemns Obama’s Nuclear Deal with Iran and concludes with a mushroom-shaped cloud explosion. It is unclear whether this image alludes to the dire consequences of the Iranian deal or to Rubio’s chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination. * A new Gallup poll indicates that
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump claimed that “corrupt Mexican officials obviously let” drug cartel kingpin El Chapo” escape through an elaborate mile long tunnel. Now Trump faces a dilemma: he either must build his wall between the Mexican-American border both upward and downward or force Mexico to delegate the administration of prison tunnels
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — While Greece does not seem to have too many friends left in the world lately, Israel and Greece have maintained very close ties for many years. Speaking of the strong cultural ties between Greece and Israel in 2007, then-Israeli President Shimon Peres said what about the relationship between the
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