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Jewish World Review December 27, 2012 / 14 Teves, 5773 The News in Zingers By Argus Hamilton
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |
Psychology Today warned that post-holiday blues may trigger depression as people return to their normal lives next week. The good news is, researchers at NYU have discovered a technique that erases fear and bad memories in humans. It's called whiskey.
Prince Harry flew his Apache helicopter over an enemy camp and killed the Taliban commander with a missile Friday. The Taliban is so frustrated. They can't kill Harry and they can't blackmail him by threatening to publish nude photos of him or his sister-in-law.
The NRA reported getting thousands of new applicants a day Friday since the White House called for gun control. WalMart stores are selling out of guns. The Automobile Dealers of America just issued a plea to President Obama asking him to call for car control.
President Obama played his one hundredth round of golf since taking office Monday in Hawaii. The polls are divided. Twenty percent of Americans approve of the president playing lots of golf but sixty percent believe that the ball is heading in the wrong direction.
The White House told the Pentagon to begin planning for the half-trillion in defense cuts in January. It happens if fiscal cliff talks remained stalled. By the time they're finished cutting defense, the Department of Defense will be headquartered in the Triangle.
CBS News ran a poll Tuesday asking people to state Santa Claus's political party. The opinion split. Republicans say Santa's a Democrat because he hands out free stuff, and Democrats say he's a Republican because he's an old white guy who runs a non-union shop.
David Gregory displayed a thirty-round magazine on Meet the Press, which brought the Washington D.C. cops to the NBC studio. It's illegal to have a high-round magazine in the nation's capital. When news broke that David Gregory was caught with a magazine that's illegal in D.C. everyone just assumed that his mother found a National Review under his bed.
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