By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO─ Upon stepping off of Air Force One at Beijing Airport, President Obama was besieged by Chinese creditors demanding that he pay off loans they made to the United States.
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Breitbart News erroneously alleged that President Obama’s nominee for Attorney General Loretta Lynch had served as the Clintons’ lawyer in the Whitewater investigation. Breitbart removed the story from its website when it learned that it was another Loretta Lynch who worked for the Clintons. Hours later Breitbart News charged that Lynch had changed her name from Lynn and was a country singer.
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Ebola Czar Ron Klain dismissed rumors from New Zealand that terrorists had devised a way to use the virus as a weapon. Nevertheless, he ordered TSA agents around the country to strip all incoming passengers from West Africa to check if they are wearing soiled Depends.
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Economists are worried that the American economy will dramatically slow down now that the jobs and revenue generated by the elections have ended.
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California’s passage of Proposition 47 reclassifying “non-serious and nonviolent property and drug crimes” as misdemeanors and reducing the penalties for these offences has triggered a surge in applications for extradition from prisoners serving time in other states.
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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.