Lawrence Baron

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-A Chinese ship detected pings while combing the Indian Ocean for the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.  While some observers believe this will lead to finding the wreckage of the plane, others think that the Chinese also detected an alternating series of pongs emanating from the ship’s game room. […]

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO -Now that the Supreme Court has concluded that money is free speech and there should not be limits on how much money corporations and individuals donate to political campaigns, congressional representatives from both parties are posting their votes on specific bills on EBay and selling them to the highest bidder.

  By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Since New Jersey Democrats remain skeptical of the Bridgegate report authored by lawyers Chris Christie appointed, the Governor may appoint another group of investigators who won’t find anything that implicates him in the scandal.  He has asked the search team at Malaysia Airlines to look into the matter. * President

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-A report commissioned by Chris Christie and authored by lawyers he appointed has found that the New Jersey governor had no advance knowledge about the closing of the Fort Lee lanes on the George Washington Bridge.  The lawyers belong to the prestigious legal firm Simian, Simian, and Simian. * Pope Francis

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Media pundits have noted that CNN has become obsessed with the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 filling the 24 hour news cycle with various theories about what happened to the airplane in lieu of any news to report.  People tired of the CNN coverage can turn to Rachel Maddow who

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Israeli Knesset approved a first reading of a law to sanctioning conversions performed by local rabbis instead of keeping them subject only to rabbis and courts requiring conversions meet Orthodox criteria. The Israeli Chief Rabbis condemned the law noting ““Promoting a law of this type without broad agreement is liable

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Ninety-seven percent of the voters in the referendum held in Crimea this weekend voted to join the Russian Federation.  Today the 3 % who voted against joining the Russian Federation were expelled from the province. * The Boston and New York St. Patrick Day parades barred openly gay groups from marching

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Conservative commentators have chided President Obama for appearing on Zach Galifianakis’ on-line talk show “Between Two Ferns” to plug the Affordable Health Care Act and encourage young adults to apply for it on healthcare.gov.  They charged it was beneath the dignity of his office, but their real reason seems to be

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Conservative Political Action Conference is meeting in Washington D.C. though it is unclear whether it is 2014 or the 1980s since the speakers appear to believe Ronald Reagan is still president.  There is so much red meat being served up the conservative base that Omaha Steaks is catering the conference

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Tea Party celebrated its fifth anniversary.  It held its commemorative dinner at McDonald’s to demonstrate the Party’s commitment to fiscal conservatism and opposition to the nanny state.    When no one offered to pay the bill, the attendees refused to recognize the authority of the police to force them

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―The demonstrations in the Ukraine have tarnished the image of a state content with being heavily dependent on Russia.  Internal memos reveal that the Ukraine expected to easily quell the protests and initially dismissed it as a “pussy riot.”  Embarrassed that much of Kiev’s Independence Square has been reduced to ash

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―The warm weather at the Sochi Olympics has made the snow too slushy for many of the outside events.  Facing the prospect of global warming affecting future winter games, the International Olympic Committee has voted to give the local organizers permission to switch skiing events into water skiing events if the