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Guilty plea in Goldstein case raises many questions

Every time there’s a new development in the unfolding fraud cases against disgraced Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of Chabad of Poway and his associates, even more questions seem to arise.The San Diego Union-Tribune reported this morning that Rotem Cooper, 54, had pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he made fake contributions to the Friendship Circle, an organization created by Goldstein to reach out to people with developmental disabilities.  But, Goldstein returned 90 percent of the contribution back to Cooper, while certifying the full amount had been donated for tax purposes.  Cooper’s “contribution” triggered a matching contribution from Qualcomm, where he worked as an engineering manager, which Goldstein then split with someone named “Y.H,” who is described as “the director of a religious congregation and community organization located in San Diego.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Satire: May Twenty Twenty Be Forgot

Melody: ‘Auld Lang Syne’                                     

May twenty twenty be forgot.                                                                                                                      
But remember those who died.                                                                                                       
Due to the incompetence                                                                                                                                
Of a president who lied.   … (Laurie Baron, Ph.D)

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Biden says Trump vaccine plan falling ‘far behind’

WILMINGTON (UNITED STATES) – US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday vowed a relentless effort to fight Covid-19 the moment he takes office, as he warned that Donald Trump’s vaccination drive was falling dangerously short. Speaking after a briefing by experts, Biden promised that as president he will undertake the “greatest operational challenge we’ve ever faced

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Warnock’s closing message: Loeffler is ‘afraid that you’ll realize that we can do better’

ATLANTA — Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock delivered what his campaign billed as a closing message Tuesday in an ad that accuses Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler of “trying to make you afraid of me because she’s afraid of you.” The minute-long spot joins a glut of TV ads bombarding the airwaves ahead of the

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McConnell announces support for overriding Trump’s defense bill veto as president’s grip on GOP slips

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed Tuesday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of this year’s defense bill, dealing an embarrassing blow to the outgoing commander in chief that suggests his firm grip on the Republican Party is loosening. McConnell, the top Republican in Congress, said in a floor speech that he’s teeing up a

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StandWithUs Calls Out Jew-hating UC Merced Professor

Should faculty at the state-funded University of California at Merced be teaching the following? “The Zionist Brain” is divided into such sections as “Frontal Money Lobe,” “World Domination Lobe,” “Control,” “Land Usurpation,” and “Elitism.” Or how about this? “The Zionists and IsraHell interest have embedded themselves in every component of the American system, media, banking, policy, commerce … just a veneer of serving US interest and population – everyone pretends that is the case.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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How can California have 0% ICU capacity and 1,300 available ICU beds?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — We’ve been hearing for weeks about the crush of patients crowding intensive care units in hospitals as California copes with the worst phase of the coronavirus pandemic. But when the Golden State’s official calculation for statewide ICU capacity dropped to 0% late last week, it raised a question that anyone with

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Harris vaccinated on camera, urges public to trust process

Washington (AFP) – US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received her Covid vaccine live on television Tuesday and urged public trust in the process, while her choice of hospital highlighted the plight of the hard-hit African-American community. A mask-wearing Harris received the first of her two shots at United Medical Center, located in an area of

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There are museums for so many interests

The Reader’s Digest in July 2019 highlighted one quirky museum per state: the Alaska Hammer Museum;  the Banana Museum in Mecca, in California’s Riverside County; Colorado’s Washing Machine;  Mississippi’s Apron;  Iowa’s Matchstick;  and Ohio’s Pencil Sharpener museum. These are brick and mortar museums with street addresses, not the burgeoning online website museum. The author, Marissa Laliberte, overlooked the venerable Kool-Aid Museum in Hastings, Nebraska, in favor of the Klown Doll Museum in Plainview. I’ve been to the Mustard Museum in Horab, Wisconsin, and Idaho’s Potato Museum in Blackfoot. [Oliver B. Pollak, Ph.D]

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USA

Biden says Trump Pentagon stalling transition, posing risks

Wilmington (United States) (AFP) – President-elect Joe Biden said Monday that Donald Trump’s appointees at the Pentagon were stalling on the transition and warned that the United States faces security risks as a result. After he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were briefed by their transition teams on national security, Biden said that political appointees

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