By Mark D. Zimmerman Four-time Grammy Award winner Olivia Newton-John died last week. Newton-John first gained fame with a “girl next door” image while singing such songs as I Honestly Love You and Have You Never Been Mellow. Her image took a turn for the wilder when she was cast as Sandy Olsson in the movie Grease, starring opposite John […]
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(Tune: You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away) By Laurie Baron I’m accused, so abused. Once again a martyr. DOJ discredits me, Makes my next run harder. How can they even try They know I always win? Rigging votes to keep me out. Soon I’ll be back in. Hey, I should have hid the files
By Mark D. Zimmerman Alex Jones, host of the far-right conspiracy theory website Infowars, was sued for defamation by parents of one of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. Jones claimed that the parents lied about the shooting, which he said was “completely fake with actors.” A jury ordered Jones to pay $4.1 million in
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron CPAC has kept its acronym but changed what it stands for: Conspirators Planning Authoritarian Coups. This change is reflected in this year’s conference program. Viktor Orbán replaced Vladimir Putin who canceled because he hadn’t finished writing his scheduled speech on “The Only Good Neighbor is An Annexed One.” After Orbán bragged how
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida filed a complaint against a Miami restaurant which hosted a drag brunch performance, with children in the audience. The complaint noted that “The nature of the performances…particularly when conducted in the presence of young children, corrupts the public morals and outrages
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron Families of victims of 9/11 are protesting the holding of the LIV tournament at Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, because LIV is funded by Saudi Arabia which they blame for abetting the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Trump claims this is merely a sporting event that has nothing
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Vince McMahon Jr. of World Wrestling Entertainment announced his retirement last week. This came a month after he resigned as the organization’s chairman and CEO, following allegations that he had paid millions of dollars in hush money to female WWE employees with whom he had sexual encounters. The Jewish
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron The House of Representatives passed the Right to Contraception Act to protect “a person’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.” The text of the bill, however, was considerably abridged from the original
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By Elona Baron (as barked to Laurie Baron) It has been a long time since I decided to take pen in paw and comment on what’s going on in the world. (Actually, I’m lying. I always have dictated my columns because God forgot to give dogs opposable thumbs. Those primates have all the luck!). January
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By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — President Joe Biden visited Israel last week, his tenth trip to the country. Biden made efforts to strengthen U.S. relations with Israel, while furthering the process of the Abraham Accords, which he also is pursuing in Saudi Arabia where he traveled after leaving Israel. While in Israel,
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What was James Caan once asked that led him to respond, “They would have gotten punched in the face.” [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhat can we expect from the impending garbanzo gap between demand and supply? Filming of the sequel to You Can’t Mess with the Zohan will be cancelled. Chickpea cartels will replace drug cartels. [Satire by Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Sausages have existed in many forms for centuries, long before the kosher hot dog made an appearance in America. In 1870, a German immigrant named Charles Feltman (there is dispute as to whether or not he was Jewish) began selling pork and beef sausages from a pushcart on Coney
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron Partisan Witch Hunt=The committee consisting of 6 Democrats and 2 Republicans formed after Kevin McCarthy rejected a proposal for a committee that would have had equal representation for both parties. Also look under self-fulfilling prophecy. Premature Tabulation=Claiming victory before all the votes are counted. Also look under slogan “Stop the Real.” A
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