Monthly Archives: December 2006

Recycling old posts

Posted on 12/27/2006 by Meryl Yourish

You know, I’ve been saying that I’m writing the same things over and over again. Go back in my archives and you’ll see exactly what I mean. For real amusement, read to the end, click on “next” or “previous,” and … Continue reading →

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Humpty Dumpty media rules

Posted on 12/27/2006 by Meryl Yourish

When is a cease fire not a cease fire? When more than 60 rockets are launched on a daily to near-daily basis, destroying property and wounding civilians. When is a war a “shaky truce”? When only Israelis are targeted. Israel … Continue reading →

Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Media Bias | 2 Comments

Be careful what you wish for…

Posted on 12/27/2006 by SnoopyTheGoon

Mahmoud the Mad is boldly venturing into the realm of theology now: In a greeting to the world’s Christians for the coming new year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he expects both Jesus and the Shiite messianic figure, Imam Mahdi, … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Juvenile Scorn | 2 Comments

The cease-fire sham continues

Posted on 12/27/2006 by SnoopyTheGoon

After the two boys in Sderot were wounded by the Qassam yesterday, IDF gets the green light “to resume pinpoint operations targeting Qassam rocket launching cells“. The condition attached to this mandate is “to uphold the cease-fire in general“. Gives … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel, Terrorism | Comments Off

The New York Times’ blinders

Posted on 12/27/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Here’s a challenge: Go read this NY Times editorial and see if you can find a single reference to the messages—in the form of rockets loaded with ball-bearings that just destroyed two young boys’ legs—that palestinian terrorists have been sending … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias | 4 Comments

The official AP boilerplate: More deaths than 9/11!

Posted on 12/27/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Charles first noticed the AP comparing the number of soldiers killed in Iraq with the number of people killed in the 9/11 attacks. Of course, the first thought that comes to mind when you read an idiotic comparison like that … Continue reading →

Posted in AP Media Bias | 6 Comments

Have you seen this artist?

Posted on 12/27/2006 by Meryl Yourish

My sister-in-law sent me a Hanukkah card with a watercolor portrait of a man dancing in the midst of six dreidels. It’s from Michel & Co. I have found a website that I think may be theirs, but it’s in … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | 2 Comments

A Tom Friedman column that makes perfect sense

Posted on 12/26/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Looks like Mr. Friedman has finally been mugged by reality. This is from the man who so proudly announced to us the Saudi peace plan several years ago, refusing to believe he was being used for propaganda purposes. I do … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Media | 9 Comments

Better than them, reason one

Posted on 12/26/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Why Americans are better than Islamists, Reason One: They have fatwas. We have WaWas.

Posted in Meanderings | 11 Comments

The latest Gracie news

Posted on 12/26/2006 by Meryl Yourish

I would like to report that except for still having to be on steroids and occasionally throwing up first thing in the morning, Gracie is fully recovered. Because she’s just spent the last ten minutes yowling to go outside, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | 6 Comments

A win in the war on Islamism

Posted on 12/26/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Ethiopian fighters are beating the Somali Islamists. Islamic fighters were in a tactical retreat Tuesday, a senior Islamic leader said, as government and Ethiopian troops advanced on three fronts in a decisive turn around in the battle for control of … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, World | 4 Comments

The false cease-fire: More kassam launches than before

Posted on 12/26/2006 by Meryl Yourish

The IDF has collected the data, and it is inarguable: The cease-fire is an utter sham. The palestinians have launched more kassam rockets into Israel before the IDF exercised “restraint,” and the message is clear: The terrorists will not stop … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | 7 Comments

Not a creature was stirring: The sequel

Posted on 12/26/2006 by Meryl Yourish

I got to Heidi’s about 1:15, and finally settled in with the DVD about, oh, half an hour after I arrived, I figure. The dogs were rather happy to see me, and to get them out of my way, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | 1 Comment

Want some joy?

Posted on 12/25/2006 by SnoopyTheGoon

It was a poor attempt at a bad pun. Anyhow, Joy Wolfe describes here some interesting goings-on in Manchester, UK, and I must confess that schadenfreude, being a long and imported word, is not totally alien to me. If anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Juvenile Scorn | 16 Comments

Know your enemy

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Meryl Yourish

He’s such a reasonable person, the Stormfront degenerate. You can’t deny the logic of his latest feedback (which will not be approved). Never mind that I added one more “d” then was needed. You website looked perfect for Google ads, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism | 7 Comments

Carnival of the Cats #144

Posted on 12/24/2006 by Laurence Simon

Carnival of the Cats spends its Christmas over at IMAO, but it’s turning out to be somewhat of an unhappy holiday and unfestive Festivus for the host, burdened with lingering sadness as he is. Somebody’s not going to forget auld … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | 1 Comment

Site news

Posted on 12/24/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Since I have a little time on my hands, I finally got around to putting in a plugin so that if you want to read posts by category or date, you can get more than the default number of displayed … Continue reading →

Posted in Site news | 6 Comments

Not a creature was stirring

Posted on 12/24/2006 by Meryl Yourish

You know what I like best about being a Jew on Christmas? Nothing. No, really. Doing nothing. I no longer live in NJ. When I did, the Christmas break from work was often four days long, so I’d visit Heidi … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays | 5 Comments

The silence is deafening

Posted on 12/24/2006 by Meryl Yourish

The world has been clamoring for Israel to sit down with the palestinians and work things out. Well, that’s exactly what Olmert did. In fact, he put the palestinian flag up during the negotiations. Olmert’s men explained that the warm … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, palestinian politics | 7 Comments

Saving Syria’s Jews

Posted on 12/24/2006 by Meryl Yourish

“A woman of valor” is an apt description of Judy Feld Carr, who started a secret network that saved 3,228 Jews from a nation that restricts them into ghettos, makes them identify their religion on their identity cards, and has … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Religion | 5 Comments