Monthly Archives: May 2008

DC mass transit: Screw you if you want to go home late

Posted on 05/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I’ve been trying to figure out how not to drive to the Kennedy Center tonight. I was planning on, say, driving to Fredericksburg, leaving my car in the Park & Ride, and taking the train into DC and the Metro … Continue reading →

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A kick against progress in Iraq

Posted on 05/27/2008 by Soccerdad

From the NYT. Soccer’s world governing body suspended Iraq’s national soccer association on Monday, leaving the players on Iraq’s national team who had united a divided country fearing that they will not be able to participate in the 2010 World … Continue reading →

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The Syria-Iran axis

Posted on 05/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Syria has no intention of giving up ties with Iran, no intention of giving up support of terrorist groups in and out of the Palestinian terrortories[sic], and therefore, no intention of the much-touted “land for peace” solution to the Golan … Continue reading →

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Out of school

Posted on 05/27/2008 by Soccerdad

The NYT citing a Reuters report doesn’t seem to feel that this is any big deal. Former President Jimmy Carter said Israel held at least 150 nuclear weapons, the first time a current or former American president had publicly acknowledged … Continue reading →

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Kitty picture break

Posted on 05/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

A break from the usual. I have many pictures of Tig, including a close-up of him enjoying the bag that Herschel’s donation bought for him: It was a week for close-ups. You can see his Maine Coon paws in this … Continue reading →

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AP boilerplate ignores Syrian attacks on Israel

Posted on 05/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

There’s something that’s missing from the latest AP stories on the negotiations with Syria about the Golan Heights. Israel captured the strategic plateau in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed the area. Many Israelis are reluctant to relinquish the … Continue reading →

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Thinking of the troops

Posted on 05/26/2008 by Soccerdad

In his column today, William Kristol writes in Remember to Remember: One retired general I know urges civilians to go out of their way to say thank you to servicemen and women they happen to encounter. At first I thought … Continue reading →

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Iron Man

Posted on 05/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

If you have not yet seen Iron Man, go. Sarah and I went last night, and we thoroughly enjoyed the film. It was also great to be in a half-empty theater with choice of seats. And a definitively metal soundtrack… … Continue reading →

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Israel surrenders to terrorists

Posted on 05/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

This can’t be true. Please tell me that this isn’t really true. The IDF is evacuating a base near Gaza because they’re afraid soldiers will be kidnapped? Whatever happened to the idea that soldiers, you know, protect and defend? For … Continue reading →

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Qualities of mercy

Posted on 05/25/2008 by Soccerdad

This picture and caption is infuriating: Bassam Kantar, the brother of Samir Kantar, the longest-held Lebanese in Israel, imprisoned since 1979 for killing three Israelis, gestures as he holds a picture of Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah during a rally … Continue reading →

Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel | 3 Comments

Justifying the prediction of the surgeon general

Posted on 05/25/2008 by Soccerdad

Bradley Burston in The Palestinians’ time is running out. You have justified every last claim and prediction of the Israeli right. Ponder that for a moment. Let me digress. Say that you hear tha a friend of yours, Smoky Joe, … Continue reading →

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European cultural superiority

Posted on 05/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The next time someone tries to tell you how culturally superior Europe is to us, send them to YouTube to see the entries in this year’s Eurovision contest. Pay particular attention to the Russian entry. It won. Snoopy, if you … Continue reading →

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Amy Winehouse in, Norman Finkelstein out

Posted on 05/24/2008 by SnoopyTheGoon

The Shin Bet security service detained and deported an American Jewish professor who is a prominent critic of the Israeli occupation when he landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Friday. There are some official reasons for booting the creep out, … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome | 2 Comments

Briefly

Posted on 05/24/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Things for you to look at this weekend, which is a three-day weekend for us ‘Murricans. Toldja so: Syria wants the Golan, not peace. A Syrian government paper rejects Israel’s demand that Damascus should cut its ties with Iran and … Continue reading →

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Oh, c’mon, he’s not that bad

Posted on 05/23/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The British papers are having a field day with this one: The IAF threatened to shoot down Tony Blair’s jet Wednesday. Two Israeli fighter aircraft threatened to shoot down a private jet transporting Tony Blair after coming under the misapprehension … Continue reading →

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Palestinian terror at the crossings

Posted on 05/23/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Once again, Palestinians are the cause of the crossings into Gaza closing. Once again, the UN is telling Israel that even though Palestinians are trying to kill soldiers and civilians via terror attacks from the crossings, Israel should not close … Continue reading →

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Negotiating in the dark

Posted on 05/23/2008 by Soccerdad

When reading about the Israeli-Syrian negotiations it’s easy to dismiss them on account of Olmert’s legal trouble or because it isn’t even clear that Israel stands to gain anything from ceding the Golan to Syria. It’s also reasonably clear that … Continue reading →

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Syria does the expected; blames Israel

Posted on 05/23/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Just as I told you: Syria doesn’t want peace. Syria wants the Golan. And that’s about it. Syria said on Thursday it had received guarantees from Israel via Turkey for a full withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights and rejected … Continue reading →

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Pissing off the neo-Nazis: I’m doing something right

Posted on 05/23/2008 by Meryl Yourish

So my post yesterday appears to have pissed off the neo-Nazis so much, that they copied me on a sock-puppet email conversation about some Jew converting to Christianity. I expect they wanted me to join in, or be hurt, or … Continue reading →

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Life is good

Posted on 05/22/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I’m in my office, working. It’s been a very busy day. But right now, Tig3.0 is asleep on my lap. Can’t get you a picture, because the camera is downstairs—but life is good. I haven’t had a lapcat in eleven … Continue reading →

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