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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The United States and coalition countries like Saudi Arabia bombed ISIS targets in Syria.  A spokesperson for the Saudis explained, “We find the beheadings of Western journalists abhorrent.  Beheadings should be reserved only for the gravest of crimes like witchcraft.” * Questions are being raised about how a man with […]

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ San Diego Unified School District returned the Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle it had received from the Department of Defense.  In the letter to the DOD, it explained that it had rescinded its “spare the tank, spoil the child” disciplinary policy. * Vice-President Biden apologized to the Jewish community for calling predatory

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-  Even though ISIS held Steven Sotloff captive for over a year before it beheaded him,  the group apparently had no idea that he was Jewish or held Israeli Citizenship because he went under the alias of Moshe Cohen. *                      

Editor’s Note:  This is the 100th “Humoring the Headlines” column to appear on San Diego Jewish World.   To Professor Baron goes a hearty Mazal Tov! By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The National Football League announced that it will impose six-game suspensions on any player found guilty of domestic violence. The battered spouses of the players

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Senator Rand Paul has dubbed the war which began in Iraq in 2003 “Hillary’s War.” Among Republican isolationists, this means she is now cursed to bear the mark of McCain. * The earthquake which jolted Napa this weekend left the Napa County Hall of Justice with several gaping holes and

  By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Congressman Louis Gohmert of Texas charges that the Muslim Brotherhood exerts a strong influence on the Obama administration   He claims to have seen footage of Obama prostrating himself several times on a green carpet. Other reporters say these are just YouTube clips of the President picking up golf balls from

  By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Forty-six years ago in August 1968, the Chicago Police Department used excessive force to suppress demonstrators at the Democratic Convention. This week the Ferguson Police Department commemorated the event by reenacting it. * An Arizona high-school math teacher showed up to her class drunk and continued to consume alcohol

  By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Israel and Hamas honored two 72 hour ceasefires in the past week. In a related development Three Day Suit Broker announced that things were stable enough in the area for it to open branches in Israel and Gaza. * This week the world lost both Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall.

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─The NCAA authorized college teams in “power conferences” to develop compensation plans for their student athletes, reasoning that pay for play has worked so well in politics, why not try it in collegiate sports. * For years conservatives have claimed there is a war on Christmas, but with the rise of

  By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─A recent poll indicated that only 4 % of Americans have a favorable view of Vladimir Putin; whereas 6 % think Congress is doing a good job. According to the pollsters, those queried feel that Congress merely occupies space whereas Putin occupies countries. * Two Americans who contracted Ebola while