Monthly Archives: November 2007

Girls with guns

Posted on 11/27/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I grew up in New Jersey, and was taught to hate handguns. Really. Shotguns and rifles were okay if you hunted (not that I ever had the desire to hunt), but handguns? Evil. Death machines. The only reason to have … Continue reading →

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Size doesn’t matter

Posted on 11/27/2007 by Soccerdad

In Bernard Lewis’s “On the Jewish Question,” the scholar gives a brief history of the Palestinian Israeli conflict in order to illustrate the fundamental problem with negotiations. If, on the other hand, the issue is the existence of Israel, then … Continue reading →

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The Guardian fails U.S. Civics 101

Posted on 11/27/2007 by Meryl Yourish

In an article on Mad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s offer to be an “observer” (H/T: Hot Air) in the 2008 presidential elections, Robert Tait of the Guardian—and his many layers of fact-checkers and editors—missed a vital fact of the American presidency. How … Continue reading →

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Different ways of saving lives

Posted on 11/26/2007 by Soccerdad

Yuval save lives because he’s a doctor. The Arab baby, Tara, had four heart defects. Tara had come to Israel through Save a Child’s Heart, a program that sponsors surgery for children from poor areas. Doctors had inserted a shunt … Continue reading →

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Sieg-speak: war is peace

Posted on 11/26/2007 by Soccerdad

Henry Siegman is my hero. Really. With academic credential no greater than mine (a bachelor’s degree from the New School vs a B.A. in Math from Yeshiva University ) Siegman has had the title of “expert” appended to his name. … Continue reading →

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Haveil Havalim #142 is UP!

Posted on 11/25/2007 by Soccerdad

Haveil Havalim #142 is UP! Remembering a friend who died too soon. The latest in Israeli medical breakthroughs. The rain in Spain Israel. An Al Dura roundup. An Annapolis roundup. And much, much, more… Personal Israel Humor Al Dura Annapolis … Continue reading →

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Shire Network News is up

Posted on 11/25/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The podcast is up, complete with my contribution. As Tom wrote: Shire Network News, the Anglosphere’s premier anti-Jihadi podcast is back, and this week we take a uniquely personal look at how one person has decided to take action. Reut … Continue reading →

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An Annapolis quid pro quo?

Posted on 11/25/2007 by Meryl Yourish

For the last few months, we’ve been reading article after article about what is coming to be known as the Annapolis folly: The conference where nothing will be accomplished, where the U.S. knows that going in, and where the futility … Continue reading →

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This week’s podcast

Posted on 11/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

While Tom is putting the podcast up, here’s a preview of something that I, er, borrowed from for my podcast. It’s funny, and language warnings are in effect. Not safe for work. But very funny.

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The good news story of the day

Posted on 11/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

There’s a site online for the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous that has stories of Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews from the Holocaust. I think these stories will make an excellent counterpart to the incredibly depressing news of the day. … Continue reading →

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Thankful for the Land of the Free

Posted on 11/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

There is something to be said for America being the freest of the free lands. Especially when you read this paragraph at the very end of an article about the Australian elections: Participating in elections is compulsory under Australian law … Continue reading →

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The fallout from Annapolis

Posted on 11/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The conference hasn’t even begun, and Hamas is already threatening more terrorist attacks after it’s over. Hamas will step up attacks against Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank after a US-hosted peace conference next week, an … Continue reading →

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Legacy of legacies

Posted on 11/23/2007 by Soccerdad

The administration was winding down. It wanted to make its mark on history. A legacy. What better legacy could there be than peace in the Middle East? And so the adminstration worked to make it happen. Shultz Expects Some Progress … Continue reading →

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The Annapolis farce force

Posted on 11/23/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The Annapolis farce will continue, now with the Golan Heights on the agenda. Let us remember that Israel just bombed a nascent Syrian nuclear plant in the desert, and yet, Syria is the nation that gets to set the demands … Continue reading →

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The futility of confidence building measures

Posted on 11/23/2007 by Soccerdad

In an innocuously title article, Israel Allows Some Gaza Exports, Isabel Kershner of the NY Times reported: Israel has approved the transfer of 25 armored personnel carriers from Russia to the Palestinian Authority and will allow the export of some … Continue reading →

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Disorder in the (Israeli) courts

Posted on 11/22/2007 by Soccerdad

Isabel Kershner writes about the current controversy over Israeli’s judicial system in Friends’ Clash Reflects Battle Over Israeli Court In recent days, Aharon Barak, the internationally esteemed jurist and retired chief justice of Israel, has broken a self-imposed silence and … Continue reading →

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All your radar are belong to us

Posted on 11/22/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Part of the Israeli attack on Syria included first taking out—via old-fashioned bombing—a critical radar station. And the U.S. helped. The first event in the raid involved Israel’s strike aircraft flying into Syria without alerting Syrian air defenses. The ultimate … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on 11/22/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I have a lot to be thankful for this year. I have a great job, I’m on my way to financial security, my family is all healthy, I have great friends, Tig and Gracie are happy and healthy (albeit always … Continue reading →

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Adult entertainment

Posted on 11/22/2007 by Soccerdad

The original episodes of Sesame Street have been issued on DVD. But our children better not watch them. It wouldn’t be right. Just don’t bring the children. According to an earnest warning on Volumes 1 and 2, “Sesame Street: Old … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Meanderings, Media, Pop Culture, Television | 3 Comments

Surprised George and The Bomb

Posted on 11/21/2007 by SnoopyTheGoon

This picture summarizes for me the image of George Monbiot: in essence – a surprised imbecile. The picture, by the way, comes from a BBC article, so it could not be labeled an Elders’ Photoshop job. His new article in … Continue reading →

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