On what list did Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, rank three spots higher than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
“I first thought of picking a Russian…among our many, many friends there, starting with Vladi, but the fake media would eat me up alive. They’re already raking my friendships there over the coals.
“So I’m looking elsewhere,all over the world, and, trust me, I remembered — I have so much information to remember, but I’m a very stable genius. So I remembered that people born in Israel are called sabers. Now that tells you something: if you’re named for a sword, you’re a born fighter, and that”s the sort of person we need.”
(When Jared said,”Respectfully, sir, I believe the Hebrew word for a native-born Israeli is ‘sabra’,” Trump replied, “What’s your point?”)
‘Just Kidding’: An Israeli for U.S. National Security Advisor? Read More »
Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Items in this column include:
* Attorney Joe Leventhal becomes a candidate in 5th City Council District
* Georgette Gomez jumps into race to succeed Congresswoman Susan Davis
* Brushing up on your Jewish knowledge with a game of ‘Jew-perdy’
*A Backyard Challah Bake
* Camp Mountain Chai increases summer sessions from three to four
* Three ‘self-compassionate resolutions’ for the New Year
* And Finally, Some Fun With Numbers
Our Shtetl San Diego County: September 14, 2019 Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
I heard this week that the Golden Deceiver fired John Bolton. What did he expect when he appointed Bolton? From my own experience, I don’t want to be near two alpha dogs when they are in the same room. The biting, the growling, and the marking of territory guarantee that eventually one of them is going to send his rival packing with his legs between his tail or, in Bolton’s case, under his moustache.
Hounding the Headlines: September 13, 2019 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Trump (turning to Pompeo): Hey Mike, I know that I am meeting Putin tomorrow, but I would like to have coffee with him, just to chat about the shenanigans that are going on.
Pompeo: Yeah, why not… Oh, look there, Kim Jong Un seems to be having a good time with Netanyahu. I know they never met before, but they seem like real good buddies.
Trump: You know that Netanyahu is a fox and Kim is trickster, totally unreliable but I can outfox them both any time of the day.
Pompeo: Boy, do I know that – uh, I mean it complementarily, sir.
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Alon Ben-Meir, Trivia, Humor & Satire
On Monday President Trump told reporters: “I don’t want to allow people that weren’t supposed to be in the Bahamas to come into the United States, including some very bad people and some very bad gang members and some very, very bad drug dealers.” The seeds of his 2020 stump speech have been planted. Here’s our forecast of what he’ll say.
Humoring the Headlines: September 11, 2019 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireIt started, as it so often does, with a tweet:
“To my many many Jewish friends all over the world — an incredible people nobody loves more than I do. Certainly not Obama, or crooked Hillary. I want to wish them a wonderful new year….as they say in their exotic language, “Happy Rush HaLimbaugh: and Young Kippur.”
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire…A more complicated issue is whether a cigarette smoker could switch to vaping as a step towards cessation of all smoking, and on this authorities are still quite divided. There is rabbinic precedent that allows substitution of a less serious halachic violation for a more serious violation, i.e., that vaping, while harmful and generally forbidden, would be acceptable when replacing cigarette smoking, which is more dangerous. Authorities in this debate point to what other example where rabbis might allow a less serious transgression of Jewish law in lieu of a more serious one?
Jewish trivia quiz: Vaping Read More »
Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Subjects in today’s column:
* Three Jewish women making political headlines in San Diego
* Behavioral Modification for Homeless Dogs and Cats
* Suppose he had lived in Chevy Chase?
* An Example of Erotic Yiddish Poetry
Our Shtetl San Diego: September 8, 2019 Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireComedian Sid Caesar was born this day (September 8) in 1922.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire
A friend of our license-plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this plate, and snapped a picture. The friend was impressed by Melanie’s teachings inspired by Mt. Sinai.
1) Thou shalt scan every personalized license plate for words of Jewish interest.
2) Thou shalt note if the plate has a biblical reference.
(and more)
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Donald H. Harrison, Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireClimate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese.” Why doesn’t the President impose a tariff on China on exports of droughts, forest fires, hurricanes, hot weather, melting glaciers, pollution, rising sea levels, and torrential rains to the USA?
Humoring the Headlines: September 5, 2019 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
-Eighth and last in a series – By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — “Well, I’m always open to meeting new people. Of course you can give him my contact info” I tell Harriet, the aunt of my cousin’s wife, whom I’ve met exactly once. Why shouldn’t I trust her judgment? Her intro of this
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Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, Trivia, Humor & Satire-Seventh in a Series- By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Seated next to a woman at the festive dinner at the synagogue, I am not offended when she suggests introducing me to a friend of hers. “Marvin is a really nice guy. He’s retired, divorced for a few years and lives in Solana Beach.
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Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, Trivia, Humor & Satire