Humoring the headlines: June 16, 2015

By Laurie Baron

Laurie Baron
Laurie Baron

SAN DIEGO─ In the wake of major hacking incidents of government computers, Hillary Clinton is now bragging about how much foresight she had to put her State Department emails on a private server.

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Rachel Dolezal resigned from being president of the NAACP’s Spokane Chapter after it was revealed that she really is white and not black as she had claimed.  She said her confusion began one summer when she was diagnosed as color blind and forgot to put on sun screen.

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During an interview with Bernie Sanders, NPR reporter Diane Rehm asked him if he had dual citizenship with Israel.  Sanders was relieved that she didn’t ask him if he were born in Moscow as many of his former Republican foes have charged.

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In a Fox News poll of GOP primary voters, 59 % said they would never vote for Donald Trump.  Trump returned to the set of his TV show The Apprentice and fired himself.

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The President of Cyprus met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the common threat they face from radical Islam.  Cyprus made the signing of any treaty between the two nations contingent on Israel allowing Cyprus to operate a wedding chapel in Tel Aviv.

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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University.  He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com .  San Diego Jewish World points out to new readers that this column is satire, and nothing herein should be taken literally.