Disaster Advice from the Donald By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−As Notre Dame burned down, President Trump tweeted: “So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out.” Given his prior advice on how to handle catastrophes, I would have thought he
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — As Jews worldwide prepare for Passover, which begins this Friday night, many people are wondering what they are allowed to feed their pets during the holiday. Which of the following are real rules? A. According to the Aish.com website’s Ask the Rabbi feature, pets should not be fed food
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireMiller, Mueller, and Mexico By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — As President Trump continues to draft a memoir of his presidency, three M’s are highlighted — Miller, Mueller and Mexico. Some of his latest entries, provided by reliable sources, appear here: “As everyone knows, loyalty is the quality I value most. If Roy Cohn
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireSpace News By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Scientists released the first photograph of a Black hole in the universe. Looking closely at it, Democrats in Congress expect that it looks a lot like redacted version of the Mueller Report Bill Barr will release next week. * Israel’s spacecraft Beresheet crashed during its attempt to land on
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Sometimes, when people comment to me, “Oh, you’re left-handed,” I respond, “I was right-handed, but the nuns made me change.” “Oh, that’s terrible,” they’ll say, not realizing that Cohen and nuns do not usually share a history, and that traditionally the forced change of handedness in various cultures
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israel is holding parliamentary elections this Tuesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu running neck and neck with Benny Gantz of the Blue and White Party. Whoever wins will have the challenge of putting together a coalition government in a country whose electoral system makes it very easy
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireQuestions By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−If Joe Biden kissing a woman on the back of her head and smelling her hair disqualifies him from running for president, then why did Trump bragging about grabbing women’s genitals on the Access Hollywood tape not result in the postponement of the 2016 election until he was replaced by
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By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is running for president. At a CNN Town Hall meeting last week, he spoke of the importance of his Christian upbringing, but he then went on to say, “Can I quote some Hebrew to you? I studied the Torah, too. There’s
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Declaring “they love me there,” and generally warmed by positive reaction to his pro-Israel moves and remarks, President Trump is having his lawyers explore how to make Israel a U.S. territory. At the same time, angered by what critics say was his lack of compassion and failure to
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Exoneration (to the tune of Anticipation) He and the angry Dems tried to take me down. But I claimed it was all fake news grist. And if you were one of those who slandered me, Then welcome to my enemies list. Exoneration, exoneration! Should be making me glad, But I’m seething
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –Alex Trebek, the longtime host of Jeopardy, recently announced that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. At the time, he noted that he welcomed the prayers of his viewers, which led Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman, a former Jeopardy contestant, to organize a digital interfaith prayer service for Trebek. The
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire“Fake News, True Jews, Phony Clues” By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has started writing a memoir of his presidency, tentatively titled: “Fake News, True Jews, Phony Clues: Told You I’d Make America Great”. He said he’d expected the memoir would wait until after his second term “but with the wild witch-hunt
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireTweetin’ Donald (tune: Rockin’ Robin) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− He tweets from his cell phone all day long, Dissing and venting, calling everyone wrong. All his petty fears flow from his little brain Trying to inflict the maximum pain. Tweetin’ Donald, (tweet-tweet-tweet) Tweeting’ Donald, (tweet-tweedilly-tweet) Go Tweetin’ Donald ’cause you can’t let go of
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(c) By Leba Lieder and Israel Drazin Page 1 The Purim holiday was around the corner and kids and mice everywhere were preparing their costumes and getting ready to give Purim gifts. Moti, a special mouse, wondered if he could find a Purim gift to give to someone. Page 2 As much as it was
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