By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The flight of a U-2 spy plane over Los Angeles snarled air traffic over Southern California by confusing the FAA’s computer systems. Everyone is concerned that it caused many commercial flight delays, but no one seems concerned that the Air Force is conducting spy flights over the United States? * Russia […]
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SAN DIEGO– License plate maven Melanie Rubin informs us that this license plate — abbreviating the Yiddish word shlepping — was spotted on the back of a mini-van, driven no doubt by a busy parent. Shlepping means to carry, to haul, to drag behind you. However you want to define it, this California plate indicates that it
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Now that he has been banned from NBA Basketball, Donald Sterling is looking into a new line of work. ESPN reportedly has rejected his proposal for a new program in which he would interview only white NBA players. * Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to vote on raising the minimum wage,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The pressure is mounting on Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling to resign after his racist rant to his mistress was made public. Since the NBA may demand that he sell the team, he is considering an offer from Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy to move the franchise to his ranch. *
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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Georgia’s governor signed the “Guns Everywhere Law” which allows people with concealed weapons permits to bring guns into airports, bars, churches, schools, government buildings and parts of airports. Although he heralded it as a victory for Second Amendment rights, Catholic Priests have expressed concern that their altar boys will be packing
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-A teenage boy from San Jose stowed away in the wheel-well of a Hawaiian Airline jet flying to Maui and survived. When asked why he did this, he replied that there was more legroom there than in the economy seats. Since he nearly died from hypothermia and lack of oxygen, Hawaiian
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The Menchkins is a weekly humor column by Harvey Rachlin. It is distributed by JNS.org
By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Interfaith humor is not so much ribald as it is refreshing and inclusive, inviting people of different faiths to smile or chuckle in a friendly way across the aisles that often separate them. President Obama kept it short and sweet recently in speaking to Christian faith leaders at
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Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The shakeup at Manischewitz continues. To maximize profits, its new owner, a subsidiary of Bane Capital, has decided to produce Yom Kippur foods targeted at Jews who eat on the Day of Atonement. The company is still debating whether this line of products will be called Half Fast or Not So
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Marnie Winston-MacCauley LAS VEGAS, Nevada — We Jews have a great sense of humor and an exhaustive one. We can be outright hilarious, sarcastic, ironic, edgy, surprising. Virtually nothing is off limits! One type of humor is “Funny-Silly-Gotcha!” I’ve collected some “Gotcha!” Jewish humor that I hope will put a smile on your face.
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Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Manischewitz Company announced this week that it has been sold to Sankaty Advisors, a subsidiary of Bain Capital. Sankaty plans to outsource the production of matzo to Third World countries with hot climates. Following the Passover tradition, slave laborers will carry the flattened matzo dough on their backs to bake
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