Never Mind the Russian Threat--the Big Damage Was Domestic

After that ex-Soviet spy’s testimony about Russian operatives allegedly hiding weapons in California for use in a future war, I said I was relieved that Disneyland was declared off-limits to Nikita Khrushchev in 1959.

But a colleague mentions that Mr. K. did visit 20th Century Fox studio on that visit.

And that studio has had more than its share of bombs since then.

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EVIDENCE? While looking through my files, I was stunned to come across an old snapshot of a pavement sign that contained what appeared to be a Cyrillic letter (see photo). Was this a clue I missed? Could there be something buried under that backward “N”? Alas, my records don’t show where in Southern California it was found. How embarrassing if I’m asked to testify.

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FUMBLE! Southwest Airlines is the Official Airline of Super Bowl XXXIV, which is Sunday in Atlanta. But Shelley Singer of Tarzana points out that if you’re taking the Official Airline of Super Bowl XXXIV to Super Bowl XXXIV, you better take a parachute. Southwest doesn’t fly to Atlanta. Or anywhere in Georgia.

NO CHANCE OF A FENDER BENDER: Switching the subject to another mode of transportation, Singer also submitted a snapshot of a car’s replacement part that may not last through the next rainstorm (see photo). Talk about built-in obsolescence.

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ON THE ROAD: Jackson Sleet of L.A. stumbled upon an eatery in Las Vegas that presumably offers spinach tacos (see photo). How did Popeye the Sailor Man wind up in Vegas anyway?

‘DRINK UP! A study in the Wall Street Journal has found that Long Beach real estate was the best buy in the nation.

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