Monthly Archives: July 2007

Briefly

Posted on 07/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Doing the IDF’s work for them: 15 Syrian soldiers are dead in a blast that is attributed to the heat. “There is a heat wave and temperatures reached close to 50 degrees, which caused an ammunition dump to explode,” one … Continue reading →

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The Arab League visit: A half-empty glass

Posted on 07/25/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The Arab League delegation arrived in Israel today, and, well, I simply can’t get up the energy to think anything good will come of it. Because the Arab League’s push to use the Saudi initiative as a peace treaty between … Continue reading →

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Erekat says: Screw negotiations, we want a state

Posted on 07/25/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Saab Erekat, the highest-up of the Palestinian spokesliars, told Tony Blair that he’s not interested in negotiations. He wants a state. Chief Palestinian negotiator Dr Saeb Erekat said the meeting dealt with the need to establish a Palestinian state. “We … Continue reading →

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The casual anti-Semitism of everyday people

Posted on 07/25/2007 by Meryl Yourish

It isn’t just the Jewish “jokes” at Gawker and Wonkette. It is things like this that make me think that anti-Semitism is about the only “ism” that’s allowed today. A Taunton School Committee member with a history of berating colleagues … Continue reading →

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AP passes along Hezb propaganda

Posted on 07/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The AP is joining the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the LA Times with this piece of garbage, and the New York Times-owned International Herald Tribune was only too happy to pass it along: BEIRUT, Lebanon: Militant Hezbollah … Continue reading →

Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel Derangement Syndrome | 4 Comments

Physics question

Posted on 07/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Every summer, I have my own ways of keeping my home cool, and trying not to expend more energy cooling it down after I cook. The thing is, I’m not much of a scientist. I never took physics in high … Continue reading →

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Hezbollah good news/bad news

Posted on 07/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The good news is they haven’t managed to penetrate as many Fatah cells as they’d like. The bad news is they’ve restored their long-range missile capability. Yeah, that arms embargo and the UNIFIL troops have proven so effective, it makes … Continue reading →

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“Crude, homemade rocket” nearly kills infant

Posted on 07/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

A mother’s quick thinking saved the life of her baby. Not that you could find this in the mainstream media. It was full of more important news, like the deaths of four terrorists in the act of trying to kill … Continue reading →

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When Hamas talks…

Posted on 07/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

So Hamas says it’s willing to talk to Tony Blair. Ehud Olmert says that if he talks to Hamas, he can talk to Olmert’s hand. Hamas also claims to have stopped an attack on IDF forces. (Yeah, and I have … Continue reading →

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Site news: Testing the envelope

Posted on 07/23/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Well, hell, since my Bluehost server notice says there are no known issues, I’m going to make my server choke and gasp while walking on a level path for a period of about ten feet, since that seems to be … Continue reading →

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Yes, the site was down for the last 30 hours

Posted on 07/23/2007 by Meryl Yourish

No, I have no more news at this time. The server is still extremely slow. Trying to back up files in case the server blows up again.

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Yes, the site was down for the last 30 hours

Posted on 07/23/2007 by Meryl Yourish

No, I have no more news at this time. The server is still extremely slow. Trying to back up files in case the server blows up again.

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Reuters enters the realm of self-parody

Posted on 07/22/2007 by Meryl Yourish

You simply can’t make this stuff up. GAZA (Reuters) – Israel killed four Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, two in a ground assault and two in an air strike against militants launching rockets at the Jewish state, … Continue reading →

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Israeli Double Standard Time, again

Posted on 07/22/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Imagine, if you will, that the Israeli border police fired on Sudanese refugees sneaking across the border from Egypt. Now imagine what would happen if they killed a woman and critically injured four others, including women and children. Now imagine … Continue reading →

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J.K. Rowling reads from The Deathly Hallows

Posted on 07/22/2007 by Meryl Yourish

For Harry Potter fans, here’s a video of the author reading the first chapter of The Deathly Hallows. She’s a good reader. Authors used to read their books as a matter of course in the days when authors went on … Continue reading →

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The upcoming Mideast war

Posted on 07/22/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took a trip to Syria and met up with the local bad boys, promising death and destruction for Israel in America in, of course, vaguely-worded terms that the Juan Coles of the world will use to say he … Continue reading →

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Hide and seek with UNIFIL

Posted on 07/22/2007 by Meryl Yourish

One of the successes of the Second Lebanon War that Olmert points to is the fact that Hezbollah said no to international peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, and they were sent anyway. How successful has this big success been in disarming … Continue reading →

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A five word review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

Posted on 07/22/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Really brutal, but worth it. Between that and the second season of Battlestar Galactica, Saturday was a no-posting day. Sleep would be nice now.

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Kitties in purple

Posted on 07/20/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Last week, I heard the usual rustling of tissue paper on the sofa and glanced over to see Gracie in her nest. But it wasn’t Gracie. It was Tig. So of course, I grabbed the camera. And remarked on what … Continue reading →

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World notices that observant Jews are religious, jeers at them

Posted on 07/20/2007 by Meryl Yourish

This one is such a tempest in a teapot, and yet, the Google News count is 123 stories and growing. (Oh, and by the way, fuck you, Gawker, and your “we’re so cool that anti-Semitic jokes aren’t anti-Semitic” attitude.) Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Media Bias, Religion | 10 Comments