Monthly Archives: September 2008

Shana tovah

Posted on 09/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

A sweet and healthy new year to my fellow Jews. Posting will be light for the next 24 hours. In a few hours, I’ll be at the G. household, with apple cake in hand. It’s the one and only baked … Continue reading →

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New Year’s greeting from Gaza: A rocket

Posted on 09/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

A kassam rocket was fired towards Israel today, but didn’t quite make it. A Qassam rocket was fired Monday afternoon from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel, but landed on the Palestinian side of the border. There were no reports … Continue reading →

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Shire Network News

Posted on 09/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

This week’s Shire Network News is up and ready for your listening pleasure. Dr. Rusty Shackleford of the Jawa Report is our feature interview. My segment is a little longer than usual. It’s on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s mirroring Hitler, only the … Continue reading →

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A general war?

Posted on 09/28/2008 by Soccerdad

*Please see disclaimer below* Last week Syria built up its forces along the Lebanese border. Assad apologist Andrew Lee Butters wrote: In recent days, anti-Syrian politicians in Beirut have been crying wolf about an increase in Syrian soldiers on the … Continue reading →

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The Carnival of the Jews

Posted on 09/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Haveil Havalim is up at A Barbaric Yawp, one of the best-named blogs, ever. Go read the many different bloggers writing about Israel and Jewish issues. And forgive me, I forgot to link last week’s. It was at Jack’s, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Jews, Linkfests | Tagged | 4 Comments

What Quds day says about Mad Mahmoud

Posted on 09/28/2008 by Soccerdad

In an interview with Neil MacFarqhar of the NYT, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had the following exchange: NYT: On another subject, you are a Persian; you are not an Arab. Your country has never directly at least fought a war with Israel, … Continue reading →

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American troops on Israeli soil

Posted on 09/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

There is now a permanent American presence in Israel dedicated to keeping an eye on Iranian missile launches. The U.S. Army’s European Command deployed an early-warning radar system in Israel last week along with a 120-member support team, the weekly … Continue reading →

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Israeli pilots: Prepared for combat

Posted on 09/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Two Bedouin would-be thugs found out the hard way that Israeli pilots are prepared for combat. Around 8:30 am, while the pilot was traveling to the Nevatim army base near the town of Arad, two cars driven by two Bedouins … Continue reading →

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Things I’d be embarrassed to think, let alone post

Posted on 09/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

This is why actors should stick to writing scripts. I keep trying to figure out why Obama — who I so admire, seems to underwhelm in these debates. All I can come up with is that while everyone else aims … Continue reading →

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The Presidential debate

Posted on 09/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Well, I think McCain did all right, but he could have done better. But one thing that utterly set my teeth on edge was Obama’s continually calling Senator McCain, “John.” You know, show some respect and give the man his … Continue reading →

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Obsessed with “Obsession”

Posted on 09/26/2008 by Soccerdad

via Solomonia. CAIR is fighting the distribution of Obsession by filing a complaint with the FEC, which leads Robert Spencer to observe: This is a very revealing action for CAIR to take. It reveals in particular two key aspects of … Continue reading →

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Ahmadinejad: Redefining Jews and Zionism

Posted on 09/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Mad Mahmoud told his dinner of religious fools leaders yesterday that Zionism—the establishment and maintenance of a state for the Jewish people—has nothing to do with the Jewish people. Ahmadinejad rejected accusations he was anti-Semitic, saying his criticism was aimed … Continue reading →

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Kitty you-know-what

Posted on 09/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Pamela requested kitty pictures. Gee, twist my arm. I can’t put the p-word into the title. But check out some of these poses by Mr. Tig. First, the view from my office chair earlier this week. Or was it last … Continue reading →

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Good homebuyer! No, bad homebuyer!

Posted on 09/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I’ve been reading Megan McArdle a lot lately in an attempt to understand the current financial crisis. In one of her posts, I’m trying to decide if I’m a bad, bad person, or if I just happened to buy my … Continue reading →

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A Jeep hybrid?

Posted on 09/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Apparently, all I have to do is hold out until the new Jeep hybrids hit the market. When they get to the 2-door Wrangler, I am so there.

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Accepting Mahmoud

Posted on 09/25/2008 by Soccerdad

The MSM and world have been rather silent about Ahmadinejad’s anti-semitism. Some tools even thought to take a picture with him, as if he were some cuddly celebrity, not a madman with designs on genocide. Or even really bad on … Continue reading →

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Degraded

Posted on 09/25/2008 by Soccerdad

The other day Eli Lake reported: Call it Osama bin Laden’s “October surprise.” In late August, during the weekend between the Democratic and Republican conventions, America’s military and intelligence agencies intercepted a series of messages from Al Qaeda’s leadership to … Continue reading →

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The echoing silence of the world on Iranian Jew-hatred

Posted on 09/25/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The president of Iran stands in front of the world body whose charter calls for peace among nations and blames Jews for causing wars, working against world peace, worshipping only money, having no god—and the silence of the response is … Continue reading →

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Vehicles: The new suicide bombs

Posted on 09/24/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Looks like the Palestinians are trying to create a new weapon: The automobile and its relatives. IDF forces thwarted an attempt by Palestinians to run over a group of soldiers on Wednesday, near the West Bank village of Sinjil, north … Continue reading →

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State of disingenuity

Posted on 09/24/2008 by Soccerdad

Noah Pollak notes that now a majority of Palestinians object to a two-state solution and observes: If a poll found that the majority of Israelis rejected the two-state solution, it would make headlines around the world. Yet when repeated polls … Continue reading →

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