Monthly Archives: June 2009

New Shire Network News

Posted on 06/30/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The latest SNN is up, and it has a new contribution by yours truly, one of my better ones. I will be updating my podcast page this weekend, probably. If you want to hear me before then, well, you know … Continue reading →

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Spain’s activist courts becoming inactive

Posted on 06/30/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Looks like the Spanish government is finally reining in its ridiculous activist judges. Spain’s National Court on Tuesday decided to shelve an investigation launched by one of its judges into a July 2002 air strike by the Israel Defense Forces … Continue reading →

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Ship of Fools: Fooled twice

Posted on 06/30/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The Israeli Navy stopped the Free Gaza “peace” activists. Expect the usual lies about ramming, random cruelty of the IDF, and other ridiculous stories. At around noon Tuesday the Israeli Navy intercepted and took control of a boat that had … Continue reading →

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Necessary, insufficient and 16 years late

Posted on 06/30/2009 by Soccerdad

Last week a number of news organizations focused on the growing security responsibilities of the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria. Howard Schneider of the Washington Post reported For Palestinian Forces a growing role in the West Bank: Amid a marked … Continue reading →

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It’s settled: No settlement freeze, please

Posted on 06/29/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Now we definitely have to push hard for no settlement freeze. Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Monday told the chairman of the Geneva Initiative, Yossi Beilin, that “a total freeze of settlements is a condition for the partial implementation … Continue reading →

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I’m back

Posted on 06/29/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The drive was exhausting. But I have a corned beef cooking, and a Gencarelli’s panelle bread, and some kosher steaks in the fridge. I had a very nice weekend with friends, and learned that my nephew is, indeed, going to … Continue reading →

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Diehl me out

Posted on 06/29/2009 by Soccerdad

Jackson Diehl’s End the Spat with Israel, is a very important op-ed. It’s also interesting that both Diehl and David Ignatius are showing skepticism of the administration’s tactics regarding Israel. That’s not to say Diehl’s column is perfect – it … Continue reading →

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And more on Honduras

Posted on 06/29/2009 by SnoopyTheGoon

From WSJ: Honduras Defends Its Democracy With a great subtitle: Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton object. Well, politics make strange bedfellows, they say. However, I disagree with the last sentence of the article: The struggle against chavismo has never been … Continue reading →

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Honduran coup: left, right, left, right…

Posted on 06/29/2009 by SnoopyTheGoon

It looks like Latin America is starting another swing of the hundred(s) years old pendulum. This time from a left wing (populist really) government of a single honcho intent only on keeping himself at the trough to a right-wing military … Continue reading →

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About those “settlements”

Posted on 06/28/2009 by Soccerdad

In an op-ed that is fully supportive of the administration, What a Freeze Can’t Do, David Ignatius lets a little inconvenient truth slip out. That doesn’t mean any breakthroughs are imminent, however. The more the administration pressures Israel, the more … Continue reading →

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Saturday picture shows

Posted on 06/27/2009 by Meryl Yourish

We’re waiting for Bob to get home from the movies before we go to lunch, and for the clouds to go away before we go swimming. But I have time for blogging, and I simply had to share a few … Continue reading →

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Traveling

Posted on 06/26/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I’ll be on the road by the time this is posted, on my way to NJ for my nephew’s graduation party. I swear, he was only six last year. Maybe the year before last. But graduating high school? No way. … Continue reading →

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No more Spanish war crimes lawsuits?

Posted on 06/26/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The Spanish government is trying to change the laws that allow, well, anyone to sue anyone else in the world, for whatever reason. Spanish legislators voted Thursday to change a law that let judges indict Osama bin Laden and Chilean … Continue reading →

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Imminent? Maybe. Costly? For sure.

Posted on 06/26/2009 by Soccerdad

Elder of Ziyon noted on Wednesday that Israel’s release of Aziz Dweik – a Hamas politician – stirred rumors that a deal for the release of Gilad Shalit is in the works. But then he noted that a Hamas politician … Continue reading →

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Meshaal to Israel: No, No, No again

Posted on 06/26/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Once again, the Jimmy Carters of the world are going to be proven idiots. As Carter and the Obama administration insist that Hamas can be a viable peace partner, the “peace partner” makes liars of them. Hamas’ senior political leader … Continue reading →

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Your Friday funny, on Thursday

Posted on 06/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Sarah sent me what may be the world’s longest elephant joke. Do not be drinking if you watch this. Boy, I miss the Carol Burnett Show.

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A Hebrew robocall?

Posted on 06/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Someone in the marketing department in some company that has my phone number really screwed up. Because I got a robocall in Hebrew late this afternoon. It was the greeting that tipped me off that something was, er, not kosher. … Continue reading →

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A sad death

Posted on 06/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Michael Jackson is dead of a heart attack. For all his fame and fortune, he led a pretty sad life. Entertainer Michael Jackson has died after being taken to a hospital on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, according to multiple … Continue reading →

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Ship of fools stopped en route to Gaza

Posted on 06/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The latest “humanitarian” effort by pro-Hamas peaceniks was defeated by—inspection regulations. Cypriot shipping officials cited inspection requirements for stopping the two vessels, a small ferry and a sailing boat, from leaving port two hours before their scheduled departure. [...] “One … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu’s “new” demand

Posted on 06/25/2009 by Soccerdad

Howard Schneider reports in the Washington Post on Netanyahu’s Peace Stipulation (h/t Backspin) I suppose what’s disturbing about the article is its portrayal of Netanyahu’s demand as “new.” The documents accepted by Israeli leaders during breakthrough peace talks with the … Continue reading →

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