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Jewish World Review May 30, 2019 The News in Zingers By Argus Hamilton
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Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight stood onstage last weekend and declared that Donald Trump was the greatest president of the United States since Abe Lincoln. Of course, you can guess the academic community’s reaction. Historians agreed it was Lincoln’s second-worst night in the theater.
• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided that FB will allow political advertising throughout the 2020 election. This will only make social media more of a minefield of contention. In today’s world, you can post a photo of your favorite potato salad, and some people will question your politics.
• The Wall Street Journal reports the formation of capital investment funds like Alternative Harvest to allow people to invest in the legal weed businesses. Pot proliferation has had a profound effect on society. Murders in Detroit have been reduced to pretty much anybody within range of your couch.
• WalMart stock has been taking a hit due to the investor nervousness over Chinese tariffs plus Amazon competition. Their enormous floor space is legendary. Young people won’t believe this, but there was a time before smartphones that if you lost somebody at WalMart, they were just gone.
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