Trump University Syllabus, Hiring 101 By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-As the confirmation process on Brett Kavanaugh winds down, the FBI report ignored a potentially relevant document, the syllabus for Hiring 101 from Trump University. * Hiring 101 Week 1: Outsourcing the Application Pool Week 2: The Background Check: Discredit Red Flags, Expedite, Limit Scope Week
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — A primary part of the celebration of the Sukkot holiday is the practice of holding and shaking the lulav and etrog. The lulav consists of three parts–branches from the palm tree, the willow, and the myrtle. The etrog is a citrus fruit similar in appearance to a lemon.
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, NEW YORK — In 1998, Rabbi Shalom Greenberg and his wife Dina moved to Shanghai, China where they established the Shanghai Jewish Center under Chabad auspices. Since then the rabbi has overseen the growth of the local Jewish community and catered to the needs of visiting Jewish travelers, business people and students.
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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Brett Kavanaugh conferred with White House advisers on how to deny the charge of attempted rape. They presented him with a number of alibis employed by powerful men in similar situations and counseled him to choose one and adapt it to his circumstances. * Bill Clinton: “I did not try to
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USADonald Trump Recites Kol Nidre for Ivanka and Jared By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–All campaign vows I made except those blocked by the deep state and Dems will be fulfilled by Executive Decrees. Collusion, obstruction of justice, and perjury committed before this Yom Kippur will be forgiven and unindicted by next Yom Kippur after the
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Neilah is the closing service at the end of Yom Kippur. The service includes many of the same traditional liturgical prayers chanted throughout the High Holidays, including Ashrei, Selichot, and Avinu Malkeinu. Unique to Neilah is the chanting of the El Nora Alila, a Sephardic hymn attributed to Moses ibn Ezra. Within the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Does anybody think we need more al chets this Yom Kippur? We already have an abundance, including some we don’t understand. But just in case we’d like more, the White House communications team has sent to Jewish congregations across the nation a list of suggested politically related admissions
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireEnhanced Interrogations to Identify Anonymous By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — President Trump has decided that polygraphing all the associates he suspects of writing the anonymous OpEd in the failing New York Times will not not yield the identity of the treasonous culprit. He has appointed Dick Cheney to serve as the Presidential Grand Inquisitor
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The recitation of the Unetaneh Tokef prayer is one of the central liturgical moments of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. The prayer speaks to one of the major themes of the holidays–“Who shall live and who shall die. Who shall perish by water and who by fire. Who shall
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireSmear: Bunk about the Whitehouse By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−To counter Bob Woodward’s new book Fear: Trump in the White House, members of the Trump administration have published a book challenging Woodward’s accounts of what they allegedly said about the president. Here are some excerpts: * James Mattis: Since I know the president has more
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump, who is celebrated (at least by himself) as an extraordinary deal-maker, apparently learned the art when he served as a Shabbos Goy as a youngster in Queens, N.Y. That previously unknown fact was just revealed by writer Tess Terone, who is researching a book on Trump’s
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –Senator John McCain passed away last week. Among the things McCain will be remembered for was his willingness to work “across the aisle” when he believed it was in the best interest of the American people. For example, McCain and Democratic Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin were the primary co-sponsors
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatirePolitical Singing Groups Cover Classic Rock Songs: In Memory of Aretha Franklin: “A Change is Gonna Come” By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Godspeed Mac, “Go Your Own Way” * Don Petty and the Lawbreakers, “Free Fallin” * Guns and Lobbies (Official Band of the NRA), “Live and Let Die” * The Supremes, “Let Me Go the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireAdages for the Trump Era By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−If you don’t have something nice to say about someone, don’t say anything for two days until you are pressured to say something positive you don’t really mean. * A snitch in time almost ought to be outlawed. * Late to bed, early to rise makes
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