Monthly Archives: October 2007

Make us laugh

Posted on 10/27/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I love elephant jokes, as I’ve said before. Anyone have any new ones? Or at least, ones that haven’t been posted in the comments here before?

Posted in Humor | 12 Comments

Maybe we should let the Russians arm Iran

Posted on 10/27/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Look at how crappy their security is on their own nukes. Maybe Russia will just build something so shoddy it’ll kill the Iranians running it. A small amount of radioactive material leaked while being transported across the grounds of Russia’s … Continue reading →

Posted in World | 2 Comments

Somebody’s listening

Posted on 10/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Mom can come to the bat mitzvah. Her orthopedist told her to take it easy, use her cane, and get a wheelchair to go through the airports. She’s going to stay in a hotel room with my cousins, which leaves … Continue reading →

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Honoring the righteous

Posted on 10/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Another good news story for us all. A Dutch couple posthumously received the highest honor for non-Jews from Israel’s Holocaust center Thursday for their bravery in sheltering a Jewish family from the Nazis during World War II. Hendrikus and Martha … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust | 4 Comments

Democratically-elected govt. of Palestinians attacks Israeli civilians

Posted on 10/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

In other nations, when the elected government of a nation takes responsibility for an armed attack on another nation’s soldiers, it’s called a war. But this is Israel, where none of the regular rules apply. Hamas took responsibility on Friday … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Kanefsky’s plea to put Jerusalem on the table

Posted on 10/26/2007 by Elder of Ziyon

A modern Orthodox rabbi from Los Angeles has published an essay in the Jewish Journal saying his reasons why Jerusalem should be negotiated. In order not to take any of his comments out of context I will print the entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | 3 Comments

Iranian sanctions

Posted on 10/26/2007 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post about the sanctions against the Revolutionary guards: “The president does not want to be stuck — and doesn’t want his successor to be stuck — between two bad choices: living with an Iranian nuclear weapon or using … Continue reading →

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Am ha-aretz-ut

Posted on 10/26/2007 by Soccerdad

There was a typically arrogant column in Ha’aretz earlier this week, Nimrodi’s Test by one Ehud Asheri. It’s about the change in leadership at the helm of the competing daily, Ma’ariv. Ofer Nimrodi, owner of the mass-circulation daily newspaper Ma’ariv, … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Media | 1 Comment

Wiped clean

Posted on 10/26/2007 by Soccerdad

via memeorandum The New York Times reports that – commercially available – satellite photographs confirm what the Washington Post reported a few days ago: Syria has cleaned up the target of Israel’s September raid. “It’s a magic act — here … Continue reading →

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Israel may dump CNN

Posted on 10/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Israel’s main cable provider may drop CNN from their menu. With negotiations over a new contract at a stalemate, Israel’s largest cable provider is set to bump CNN from its program roster at the end of the month. The news … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Media | 6 Comments

Spoiling for a fight

Posted on 10/25/2007 by Soccerdad

According to the NY Times the United States is prepared to declare the Quds unit of Iran’s Revolutionary guards a terrorist organization. The administration also plans to accuse the entire Revolutionary Guard Corps of proliferating weapons of mass destruction, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Israel, Syria | 1 Comment

Giving the cap back

Posted on 10/25/2007 by Soccerdad

There’s a fascinating story about a daring Israeli commando raid 35 years ago in the Jerusalem Post. The Sabena plane had been hijacked by Black September, a PLO splinter group, after leaving Vienna, where it had stopped on a flight … Continue reading →

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The unbearable lightness of optimism

Posted on 10/25/2007 by SnoopyTheGoon

Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, via good services of Ynet, dropped today a huge Valium tablet on the unsuspecting citizens of Israel. The pill is titled Nuclear bomb won’t destroy Israel. I am not sure whether I understand all motives of that … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | 7 Comments

The hypocritical Mufti

Posted on 10/25/2007 by Elder of Ziyon

As we mentioned last month, the Waqf is systematically destroying priceless Jewish artifacts on the Temple Mount, with the permission of the Olmert government. The Israeli Antiquities Authority does have some archaeologists on site to watch the destruction being done … Continue reading →

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Meltdown

Posted on 10/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

So let’s see. Events that pop up on the “Most Stressful” lists include losing a job (December), getting a new job (February), the death or illness of a parent (see above), financial troubles (good job, but still paying down debt), … Continue reading →

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Programmers wanted

Posted on 10/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

If you’re a kick-ass programmer with VB, SQL, Oracle, and database skills, Company in Northern VA is hiring. Email me a summary of your skills and I will pass them along to the boss. It’s a great place to work, … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | 1 Comment

“Kill Jews everywhere”

Posted on 10/24/2007 by Elder of Ziyon

Another Palestinian Arab terrorist momentarily forgets the fiction that he is only supposed to hate Zionists, not Jews: Prominent leader of the Popular Resistance Committees Abu Al-Sa’id on Wednesday called on the de facto Palestinian government to hasten disbanding the … Continue reading →

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Equating the victim with her killer

Posted on 10/24/2007 by Soccerdad

Media Backspin writes of the documentary To die in Jerusalem, which somehow balances the death of Rachel Levy with the death of the girl who killed her. (My guess is that the movie ignores the hero, Haim Smadar, who died … Continue reading →

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Good news story of the day

Posted on 10/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Because we all need this. MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) – A couple won’t mark their 27th anniversary until Thursday, but they’ve already received the perfect gift: the wedding pictures they couldn’t afford when they married as teenagers. Their photographer showed up … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | 2 Comments

Was Syria planning to attack Israel?

Posted on 10/24/2007 by Soccerdad

The Jerusalem Post reports that according to a report in the UAE, Syria was preparing for a war with Israel two weeks ago. Al-Khaleej quoted “senior sources” in Damascus as saying that Syria had received intelligence that Israel was seriously … Continue reading →

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