Summer Blockbusters By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Summer is upon us, and, so are summer blockbusters. Here’s a preview of some independent films that contain less special effects and receive less publicity. * Holdergeist Although officially retired, the spirit of Eric Holder continues to haunt congressional Republicans. It features lots of chills and thrills as […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Saudi Arabia posted an advertisement for hiring eight new executioners. If it does not receive enough applications, it may outsource beheadings to ISIS. * Nine people were killed and one-hundred seventy arrested following a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs in Waco, Texas. The US government is offering amnesty to those
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SAN DIEGO– Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, caught this plate, which appears to be an abbreviation for the Hebrew word hemshech, which means “continuation.” Given that this plate also indicates that the car’s owner is a military veteran, we may conclude that he or she is continuing to provide service to the country.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In the Mad Men pilot, Roger Sterling asks Don Draper if their advertising firm has ever hired any Jews. “Not on my watch,” replies Don. When Roger explains that they have a meeting with potential clients who are Jewish (from Menken’s Department Store), what does Don reply? A. “Really? Is that
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The new coalition formed by Benjamin Netanyahu is the most right-wing government Israel has ever had. It is so right-wing that if Israel were a ship of state sailing West on the Mediterranean towards the Atlantic, it would run aground on Cyprus the first day. * B.B. King died this
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ It was announced that Covenant Journey will provide subsidized trips to Israel for Christian college students. It will be just like the Operation Birthright tours except no drinking, sexual relations, and kvetching. * Benjamin Netanyahu formed a coalition government of 61 Knesset Members out of 120. Although many observers doubt whether such
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich visited Tom Brady prior to this year’s Super Bowl to interview him for an article. Leibovich noticed that there was a Chanukkah menorah on a shelf in Brady’s house. When he asked Brady about it, what was Tom’s response? “When I was first
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Senate voted 98-1 to grant Congress 30 days to review the nuclear accord with Iran and pass a resolution of disapproval prohibiting President Obama from lifting congressional sanctions on Tehran. Only Senator Tom Cotton voted against the bill because it didn’t include his amendment to bomb Iran even if
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SAN DIEGO — Ah, the joys of transliteration. Earlier we published a photo of a license plate saying “Mindele” — an endearing term for someone named Mindy. Now, Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, has received from a friend named Mindy another license-plate version of that affectionate, Yiddish-inflected, first name.
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Israel, San Diego’s oldest and largest Jewish congregation, will host its annual Spring Gala that includes an art auction and performance by entertainer and comedian Paul Reiser. The event takes place Sunday, May 17, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., at Congregation Beth Israel. The Spring Gala begins with
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SAN DIEGO–In Yiddish, an ending with ‘le” means “little,” so Melanie Rubin snapped this photo, on the theory that it refers to “little Mindy.” This doesn’t always refer to size, but also is used as a term of friendship or endearment. Isn’t that right, Melaniele?
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Ethiopian Israelis clashed with Israeli police to protest the beating of an Ethiopian Israeli soldier by the police. The demonstrators carried signs saying, “If we wanted to be treated like this, we would have moved to Baltimore” and “Black Jewish lives matter.” * When the news that American Pharoah won
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Muslim groups welcomed the announcement by Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Renald Luzier that he will no longer draw the prophet Muhammad. They apparently didn’t read the end of his statement saying he was now trying to figure out how to depict Allah. In a related story many authors who belong to
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I am not a connoisseur of words by any means, and my working vocabulary is actually quite limited, but everyone once in while as I navigate the internet, I come across new words and terms that just don’t sit right. Case in point: “bleisure,” a portmanteau combination word
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