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Humoring the headlines: July 20, 2016

July 20, 2016

The Republican Convention Update By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–On the first evening of the convention, Melania Trump delivered a speech, parts of which were flagrantly plagiarized from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech to the Democratic Convention. The initial response of the Trump campaign was either that the charge of plagiarism was unfounded or that Hillary Clinton was […]

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Humoring the Headlines: July 18, 2016

July 18, 2016

The Republican National Convention By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The convention logo is supposed to symbolize the GOP elephant standing on an electric guitar from Cleveland’s Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, but if you cut off the guitar’s tuning headstock, it profiles a big weasel getting ready to bite the elephant. * Make

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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

‘Just Kidding’: Gender- sensitive cameras

July 18, 2016

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Responding to some Jewish religious concerns that photographs of women constitute immodesty, Adam’s Apple Electronics has developed a high-tech, gender-sensitive camera that cannot photograph females. The sophisticated new device has a tiny, built-in sensor that, as soon as it detects the two X chromosomes that make females female, automatically closes the shutter. A company spokesperson (male) said that

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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Trump on religious liberty

July 18, 2016

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Leading up to this week’s Republican Convention in Cleveland, the Republican Platform Committee under RNC Chair Reince Priebus has been finalizing details of the official party platform, covering such issues as reforming government, women in combat, coal as a clean energy source, and religious liberty. According to Michele Bachmann,

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the Headlines: July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Although Bernie Sanders finally endorsed Hillary Clinton, some of Bernie’s diehard supporters say they will vote for Trump rather than Clinton. My advice to them: after you have felt the Bern; you’re far safer feeling the lukewarm than playing with fire. * Next week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland will

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

What she calls ‘a bad day’

July 12, 2016

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Once a month at White Sands, I need to move my car out of the garage so the floors can be cleaned. This time, as I drive my car back to its regular parking spot, I notice I have a flat tire. I contact my insurance company for

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Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘Just Kidding’: Ginsburg for veep

July 11, 2016

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Donald Trump has shocked the political world once more by “confiding” in a series of Tweets that he is seriously considering asking Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be his running mate for Vice President. He acknowledged that the Justice has a long record of liberal opinions, but said that

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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: A Jewish matador

July 11, 2016

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — A Spanish matador was fatally gored this week in Spain, the first time this has happened since 1985. Though not widely known, there was a gay Jewish man who was born in Park Slope, Brooklyn in 1903 who went on to become a matador. He fought in

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish interest license plate: Safta Loves 6

July 10, 2016

SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin has come through again, finding this Jewish interest license plate indicating that a grandmother (Safta in Hebrew) loves 6 grandchildren. Mazel tov to her! And mazel tov to Melanie for spotting this gem.

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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the headlines: July 10, 2016

July 10, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ In the wake of a series of mass shootings in the United States, the governments of Bahrain, the Bahamas, and United Arab Emirates have issued advisories to their citizens about the dangers of traveling in the United States. The NRA considers this a great achievement. * Donald Trump denounced the

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Just Kidding: July 8, 2016

July 8, 2016

A Jewish Veep for Trump? By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Donald Trump, smarting about allegations that an ad issued by his campaign was anti-Semitic — and, by extension, that he is, too — is seeking a Jewish running mate to counter the claim. According to an aide, who asked not to be named for fear of being

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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Humoring the Headlines: July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─The FBI report on Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information on her private email server has reinforced the perception that she is less trustworthy than Donald Trump. Spun another way, she should be compared to a veteran physician who has been unsuccessfully sued for malpractice during the course of a long

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Brexit

July 4, 2016

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What argument did British Prime Minister David Cameron make to the Jewish community of Great Britain in an attempt to gain their support for staying in the European Union? A. Referring to the growing support throughout the European Union for an independent Palestinian state, Cameron said, “Do you want

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

A lottery reverie

July 3, 2016

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Trying to fall asleep one night earlier this year, I didn’t rely on the old-reliable method of counting sheep or picturing glamorous movie stars or mermaids (a whole other story). Instead, I spent the wakeful moments selecting the worthy charities to which I’d give some of my multi-billion-dollar Powerball

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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Humoring the headlines: July 20, 2016

Humoring the Headlines: July 18, 2016

‘Just Kidding’: Gender- sensitive cameras

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Trump on religious liberty

Humoring the Headlines: July 14, 2016

What she calls ‘a bad day’

‘Just Kidding’: Ginsburg for veep

Jewish Trivia Quiz: A Jewish matador

Jewish interest license plate: Safta Loves 6

Humoring the headlines: July 10, 2016

Just Kidding: July 8, 2016

Humoring the Headlines: July 5, 2016

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Brexit

A lottery reverie

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