Trivia, Humor & Satire

An election wrapup… By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ John Boehner and Mitch McConnell celebrated the GOP’s control of both the House and the Senate by offering to work cooperatively with President Obama to accomplish their aims.  In this spirit of bipartisanship they changed the GOP’s campaign slogan from “Stop Obama; Fire Reid” to “Stop Ebola; […]

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Somewhere in hell Joseph McCarthy watched last night’s election results.  Not knowing that television networks now designate Republican states as red and Democratic ones as blue, he looked at the electoral map and commented, “I warned them the communists would take over the United States!” * Boko Haram reported that

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The current buzzword in American politics is “quarantine.” * Governor Christie imposed a quarantine for all people returning from travel in Ebola-stricken areas of Africa and interned a nurse who had worked there in a make-shift tent near a hospital.  After yielding to pressure to allow her to return home,

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─  As the world spins out of control, these new reality shows are being readied for broadcast. * Survivor:  Three contestants will be parachuted into areas ISIS occupies.  One will be wearing a cross and an American flag lapel pin; the second will be wearing a Jewish star and an Israeli

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ President Obama chose Ron Klain as the country’s Ebola Czar.  Carried away with his new title, Klain plans to instigate a pogrom against the epidemic. * Eric Duncan was the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States and die from the disease.  Two more Americans subsequently

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Clinton Presidential Library released 10,000 documents this week related to Bill Clinton’s two terms as president.  One of them was an email asserting that “acording to classical Jewish law, President Clinton did not commit adultery; adultery is defined as a married man having intercourse with a married woman, and

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize for championing the right of girls to attend school in Pakistan.  Unfortunately, 60 % of the girls in Pakistan are unable to read the news story about her award. * According to a recent Pew poll on religion in the United States, 72

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Vice-President Joe Biden accused Saud Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey of aiding and abetting jihadist groups fighting against Assad in Syria. He was reprimanded by President Obama for his undiplomatic behavior of telling the truth to allies. * The Chairwoman of the High Point University College Republicans in

By Laurie Baron   Every night I watch the news Seeing many frightful clips. What’s the danger I must choose To dodge the next apocalypse? For Israelis it’s a bomb Developed by an ayatollah West Africans cannot be calm Until they’ve stopped Ebola. In Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Rage civil wars and crisis. Al Qaeda, Assad,

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The sentencing retrial of Jodi Arias will begin this week because Nancy Grace needs another story to outrage her on her television show. * Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong against China’s decision to only allow only candidates it has approved to appear on the ballot in the upcoming election for

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The first female pilot from the United Arab Emirates participated in the bombing sorties against ISIS in Syria.  The UAE news agency refers to her as the country’s veiled threat. * Dick Cheney criticized President Obama for mentioning the racial tension in Ferguson during his UN speech this week.  According