By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump made an impromptu visit to Flint, Michigan to symbolize his concern over the lead pollution of the city’s water supply. Invited to speak at a local church, he launched into an attack on Hillary Clinton which was interrupted and stopped by the pastor. His sheepish response was caught
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK – Downtown Abie, a series about the shifting fortunes and intriguing rise, fall and recovery of a conflicted Jewish man and his family, will debut this October on public television stations throughout the nation. It is just “a happy coincidence,” its producers say, that the show’s title so closely resembles
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s foremost license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, has found another Jewish-interest license plate to add to our collection: an abbreviation for zai gezunt — be healthy. If any of you readers out there have seen other plates with Yiddish or Hebrew expressions, or other references to Jewish culture, please send them in
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireSAN DIEGO─ Last week the Libertarian Party candidate for President Gary Johnson was asked what he thought the United States should do about Aleppo. After initially not recognizing what Aleppo was, he guessed the interviewer was referring to the fifth Marx Brother. * Hillary Clinton insulted Donald Trump’s supporters by claiming that half of them
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ This week Donald Trump released a list of 88 former generals and admirals who are endorsing him. Hillary Clinton responded by releasing a list of 95 generals and admirals who support her. To top this, Donald Trump has released a new list of military officers backing him. It includes Captain
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe time has come for all Americans of voting age to ask themselves a crucial question: Do I really want a president who coughs? The logical answer, of course, is no. Coughing is a sign of mental incapacity and imminent death — that’s a well-established fact, according to the earlier part of this sentence. Electing
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Laurie Baron Dear the Donald, Ever since you descended down the escalator and warned us about the Mexicans, I have been one of your most loyal supporters. But lately I wonder if you are betraying your ideals. Why did you visit the enemy south of our border? Did the President of Mexico sell you
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The great Gene Wilder, star of such wonderful movies as Blazing Saddles, The Producers, The Frisco Kid, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Young Frankenstein, passed away last week. How did Wilder describe the role of Judaism in his life? A. I’m not at all religious, although I am certainly Jewish–which, to me, means that
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H Cohen NEW YORK –Despite the very mixed reviews of his recent visit with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City, Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to go to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and address the Knesset. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not yet responded
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Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ While Donald Trump was purportedly softening, Anthony Weiner was hardening. Trump insinuated that Weiner’s compulsive sexting cast suspicion on Hillary’s judgment because Weiner might have been reading classified information allegedly sent by Hillary to his wife Huma Abedin. Alternative explanations are that Weiner is just a schmuck or that
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As today (Friday, Aug. 26) is National Dog Day, I feel I must pay tribute to Benji, our three- year-old combination Schnauzer and Lhasa Apso. “Benji” is short for Benjamin Harrison, so, in our eyes at least, our dog is very presidential. Every morning when I awaken, Benji
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San Diego County, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Years ago, in the wide-open office of a trade newspaper where I worked, a young woman staffer suddenly stood up and declared in a loud, clear voice: “When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.” And then she quietly sat down. I don’t know how long her love
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireIf you’re counting, this is the 250th “Humoring the Headlines” column By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump opened his third campaign office in Israel to court the votes of Israeli Americans. He and Bibi are jointly planning to found a branch of Trump University there where students will be able to major in the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Tim Kaine, Democratic nominee for vice-president, recently visited the historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Jeshuat Israel, the congregation that is housed in the Touro Synagogue building, was recently in the news as a result of its winning a lawsuit against Congregation Shearith Israel of New York
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