Monthly Archives: July 2008

The definition of chutzpah

Posted on 07/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

A terrorist’s family sued the government of Israel for damages—for killing the terrorist when he drew a knife and tried to murder a Border Guard. The judges determined that the family are deluded. And they have to pay court costs. … Continue reading →

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Haveil Havalim is up

Posted on 07/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The Carnival of the Jews is ready for you, Mr. DeMille.

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A moment of apartment zen

Posted on 07/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Every time something annoying happens in my crappy apartment complex now, I say to myself: Six weeks. I’ll be out of here in six weeks. Right now, the annoying ice cream truck is out there with its annoying “Pop Goes … Continue reading →

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A tale of two headlines

Posted on 07/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The AP never disappoints. Nine people have been killed and 42 wounded in Lebanon in the past two days, yet all you find is a brief story in the AP, whitewashed and vague. On the other hand, Israeli troops found … Continue reading →

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Sen. Obama’s JPost interview

Posted on 07/27/2008 by Soccerdad

via memeorandum The Jerusalem Post interviewed presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama during his trip to Israel. Despite the praise, the editor David Horovitz gives the candidate: And on Wednesday evening, Obama answered my question about whether Israel has a right … Continue reading →

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Diggin’ the digging

Posted on 07/27/2008 by Soccerdad

Ethan Bronner reports Museum Offers Gray Gaza a View of Its Dazzling Past It may sound like the indulgence of a well-fed man fleeing the misery around him. But when Jawdat N. Khoudary opens the first museum of archaeology in … Continue reading →

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The answer my friend …

Posted on 07/27/2008 by Soccerdad

Today Thomas Friedman takes from Texas to Tel Aviv. What would happen if you cross-bred J. R. Ewing of “Dallas” and Carl Pope, the head of the Sierra Club? You’d get T. Boone Pickens. What would happen if you cross-bred … Continue reading →

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Qantas still hasn’t crashed

Posted on 07/27/2008 by Soccerdad

Qantas airlines had a pretty incredible save the other day The NYT reports: The jumbo jet, which carried 346 passengers and 19 crew members, landed safely on Friday and those on board left without injury. As a piece of fuselage … Continue reading →

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Unexplained media bias rips through news outlets

Posted on 07/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

It truly is fascinating to watch the AP bias in reporting about Israel and the Palestinians. Let’s go to an old post of mine first to look at an old AP story about Israel: Israeli Troops Kill 8 Palestinians Israeli … Continue reading →

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Homeownership

Posted on 07/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Hm. This doesn’t look good. Sales of existing homes tumbled more sharply than expected in June, pushing activity down to the lowest level in more than a decade. With an already huge glut of homes on the market, median prices … Continue reading →

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A question

Posted on 07/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

How is it that you bruise so much faster and easier the older you get? I mean, I’m not that old, and I banged my shin and boom! Bump and bruise. Icing.

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Red on Red, terrorists dead

Posted on 07/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

This is the kind of news we heard regularly about a year ago: Bomb blasts rocked a café and a Hamas politician’s home in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least one Palestinian in one of the biggest flare-ups … Continue reading →

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Brits to Israel: Talk with the murderers like we do

Posted on 07/24/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Some British MPs think it’s just dandy to talk with an organization that is working for the end of the Jewish State: After a long period of politically sequestering the Hamas government ruling the Gaza Strip, a group of British … Continue reading →

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Hating Israel more than loving Palestinians

Posted on 07/24/2008 by Soccerdad

Today Nicholas Kristof pleads for Tough love for Israel? Before he gets to his conclusion though he writes: Granted, not everybody sees things this way, and discussions of the Middle East usually involve each side offering up its strongest arguments … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias | 4 Comments

The Russians are not our friends

Posted on 07/24/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Russia is not only arming Iran, and not only investing heavily in Iran, but also trying to make sure that the West can’t take out Iran’s nuclear sites. Iran is set to receive an advanced Russian-made anti-aircraft system by year-end … Continue reading →

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Today’s moment of kitty zen

Posted on 07/23/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Meryl’s new sheets, decorated with cats. First, Mr. Tig, who found something to do while I was in the shower yesterday. Then Miss Gracie, who wants you all to know that she looks even more beautiful on my new sheets … Continue reading →

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Obama and the Holocaust myth

Posted on 07/23/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Obama is using the Holocaust to score rhetorical points. Mind you, he’s not the only person ever to have done so, but I’m calling bullshit on this quote: “I am always taken back to sort of the core question of … Continue reading →

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The complain, cajole, concede cycle

Posted on 07/23/2008 by Soccerdad

The NYT makes this sound like a bad thing: Mideast Sees More of the Same if Obama Is Elected “What we know is American presidents all support Israel,” said Muhammad Ibrahim, 23, a university student who works part time selling … Continue reading →

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Dozer driver stopped by “settler”

Posted on 07/23/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Do they have to use that stupid word? (It’s earlier in the article.) Ynet has eyewitness accounts, plus video, of the shooting of the terrorist. Doubtless the BBC won’t show this one on the news, what with all the highly … Continue reading →

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‘Allah meat’ astounds Nigerians

Posted on 07/23/2008 by SnoopyTheGoon

This is a first, for me at least. I was already inured to Allah fishes and even Allah tomato caused only a moderate reaction in my stomach, having nothing to do with this fashionable salmonella strain that seems to inhabit … Continue reading →

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