Monthly Archives: May 2007

Queers for Israel

Posted on 05/31/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Here’s something you will never see in a Muslim nation. Israel’s going to get its first gay political party. A number of friends plan to set up a party for gay people that would contend for Knesset seats in the … Continue reading →

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A Yourish.com poll

Posted on 05/31/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I have an idea of who reads my blog and why, but only an idea. You guys have been driving me crazy lately, because you’re simply not commenting, and it’s hard to tell which of my posts are working and … Continue reading →

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Springboks? You bet!

Posted on 05/31/2007 by SnoopyTheGoon

The boycott fever consuming the fair island of Albion has erupted again yesterday. Delegates at the first conference of the new University and College Union in Bournemouth voted by more than three to two to recommend boycotts in protest at … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome | 3 Comments

Jordan to Israel: Stop digging in Old City.

Posted on 05/31/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Meryl to Jordan: Eff off, you hypocritical bastards. A tradition of three millennia, tenaciously preserved and reinvigorated by living presence until 27 May 1948, when the Jewish Quarter fell, could not be destroyed by the Jordanian conquest or edict. The … Continue reading →

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Travel day today

Posted on 05/31/2007 by Meryl Yourish

But don’t worry, posts have been scheduled. I am going to Northern VA to return my loaner computer. Which I’m starting to like better than this one, because it’s tiny. And light. Well, but it doesn’t have a 17-inch screen. … Continue reading →

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Yeah, that’ll work. The UN and Quartet condemn kassams

Posted on 05/31/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Wow, Hamas must be shaking in its sandals at this outpouring of condemnation. First, the Quartet. The Quartet expressed its deep concern over recent factional violence in Gaza . It called for all Palestinians to immediately renounce all acts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel, World | 6 Comments

In praise of cats

Posted on 05/30/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Lair links to a Rachel Lucas post where she gives advice to would-be online dating service success stories. The part that bothers Lair, of course, is where Rachel says not to put up photos of your cats. Well. These are … Continue reading →

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Briefs

Posted on 05/30/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Here’s a shock: Iran is supplying weapons to Syria, which in turn supplies them to Hezbullah. And Iraq, of course. Turkey appears to have foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Iran into Syria, the Lebanese newspaper A-Nahar reported Wednesday. … Continue reading →

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Ha’aretz on Britain’s anti-Israelism

Posted on 05/30/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Ha’aretz, the Israeli paper that is the darling of the left, trashes Great Brtain’s policy of constantly trying to delegitimize Israel as a nation. Britain has become in recent years the battlefield in Israel’s fight for its existence as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel Derangement Syndrome | 2 Comments

Tech question

Posted on 05/30/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I keep getting pop-up windows telling me I’ve got all kinds of system infections and I should click to download Errorsafe. Of course, I do not click to download, and in fact, am leery of closing the pop-up window until … Continue reading →

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The International Red Cross: Nazi helpers

Posted on 05/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I thought I could not possibly loathe the ICRC any more than I already do. I was wrong. I was really wrong. I’m sure the apologists will say that Eichmann just “slipped through” somehow. That’s not good enough. The passport … Continue reading →

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The difference between old host and Bluehost

Posted on 05/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

My new hosting service is Bluehost, a service that I have been extremely happy with. Here’s the main reason why: In the last month with my old hosting service, I received a link from Instapundit. The resulting traffic caused my … Continue reading →

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AP “centrist” party watch

Posted on 05/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Here it is again. Ayalon, 61, has pledged to lead the centrist Labor out of its year-old partnership with Olmert if the prime minister’s Kadima Party does not choose a new leader. Notes: The AP has not yet given Kadima … Continue reading →

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Israel helping the U.S. Army

Posted on 05/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Say, remember that Soviet Mig-21 fighter pilot who landed in Israel and defected to the west? The one responsible for America getting the information we needed about the Soviet Mig-21? It was an Israeli Mossad operation, not a spontaneous defection, … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain and creationism

Posted on 05/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Glenn links to an article about the Creation Museum, which has dinosaurs roaming the earth with Adam and Eve. Feh. Mark Twain beat the Creationists by a century, with the Diary of Adam and Eve. MONDAY NOON.–If there is anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Religion | 18 Comments

Gullibility of fools?

Posted on 05/29/2007 by SnoopyTheGoon

A person’s power of self-persuasion is nothing short of miraculous. Watching the comedy unfolding in the Hay festival with the new darling of the British press, one Ghazi Hamad, I really do not know whether to laugh or to cry. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hamas, Israel, Media Bias | 2 Comments

Hamas’ success may be its downfall

Posted on 05/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

An interesting analysis in Ynet: “Hamas’ intoxication with power” – that’s how sources in the Gaza Strip explain the difficult blows sustained by the organization in recent days at the hands of the Israeli Air Force. On Saturday, five members … Continue reading →

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Say goodbye to Peretz

Posted on 05/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

It’s a no-confidence vote by members of his own party. Say buh-bye, Amir. Ehud Barak won the first round of the battle for the Labor party chairmanship. As of 5 a.m. Tuesday, with all votes tallied, he led Ami Ayalon … Continue reading →

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Remembering our fallen

Posted on 05/28/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I’m not very good at this part, having never been in the service, nor lost any member of my family who served. But Blackfive’s pretty good at it. Especially here, in this post. And there’s always this: And these. And … Continue reading →

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Major terror arrest in Israel

Posted on 05/28/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Got a big Al Aqsa fish in Ramallah today, one who was hiding behind Arafat’s skirts for years. A senior commander of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades who is responsible for the deaths of several Israelis was arrested in a joint … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Terrorism | 2 Comments