Monthly Archives: June 2009

And now, kitty pictures

Posted on 06/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

First, Mr. Tig in my new computer chair today. Gracie sleeps next to it, but I’ve never seen her on it. This is the first time I saw him on it as well. I wonder if it’s because it’s usually … Continue reading →

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This Weeks Sign of The Apocalyse

Posted on 06/24/2009 by Jack

(I do believe that Meryl said something about providing lighter content here. Since you’ll never find me posting about cats this will have to do for now.) This Weeks Sign of The Apocalyse comes from our friends at Haaretz who … Continue reading →

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“This is a massacre”

Posted on 06/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Terrible news from Iran. Terrible, but not unexpected.

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Saudi ERA Watch, AP whitewash edition

Posted on 06/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

How cool is this? Wow, a member of the Saudi royal family says he sure does hope that someday, little girls in Saudi Arabia can grow up to play sports! (But not with men. Never with men.) Appealing to a … Continue reading →

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A closer look at AP “analysis”

Posted on 06/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

It’s time for a lesson in yellow journalism, which I learned at my editor’s knee while in college. The lessons I learned in college are being applied throughout the mainstream (and non-mainstream) media today. It’s not just bloggers who cherry-pick … Continue reading →

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United States to return ambassador to Damascus

Posted on 06/24/2009 by Soccerdad

The New York Times and Washington Post are both reporting that the Obama administration intends to send reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria at the ambassadorial level. Here’s the Washington Post giving the administration’s line: The acting assistant secretary of state … Continue reading →

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Other people’s blogs

Posted on 06/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Lair Simon has a great video of Nardo playing flippykitty. Speaking of Lair, he sent me to this link about Captain America being brought back (he was killed by a sniper’s bullet two years ago). Well, I didn’t buy the … Continue reading →

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Best. Juvenile Scorn. Ever.

Posted on 06/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

You simply have to read this. It is the greatest example of juvenile scorn I have ever seen online. It’s a takedown of Andrew Sullivan. H/T: Allah.

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Something’s missing from this blog

Posted on 06/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I do believe my personal touch seems to have gone by the wayside. I rarely post about anything but the news anymore, and, well, I think you guys are getting bored with that. I used to have a little more … Continue reading →

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Palestinian rejectionism

Posted on 06/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I saw this headline at Ynet, and my heart leaped. Israelis, Palestinians call for Shalit’s release Solidarity at last? Protest on both sides of fence: Hundreds of demonstrators from all over the country began blocking the Karni, Erez and Kerem … Continue reading →

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Expansive settlements

Posted on 06/23/2009 by Soccerdad

I remember at the end of a movie (was it the Pelican Brief?) , the hero talks about how he will never know if his car will explode when he turns the key to his ignition. The threat to him … Continue reading →

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If everyone else jumped off a bridge…

Posted on 06/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

One of the things I keep seeing on lefty blogs—particularly Nico’s, the one I’m following at HuffPo for Iran news—is statements like this: Obama’s Iran policy. Americans approve of it 52 percent vs. 36 percent who disapprove, according to a … Continue reading →

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Your classic AP whitewash of the week

Posted on 06/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Read it and shake your head in utter amazement at the failure of the AP to explain Arafat’s corruption, which led to his hiding billions in Swiss bank accounts, as well as ignoring his terrorism, ruthlessness, and brutality against any … Continue reading →

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Words from Iran

Posted on 06/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I hope there are millions more like this young man. Mohammad: Yes. Let me tell you something. For about three decades our nation has been humiliated and insulted by this regime. Now Iranians are united again one more time after … Continue reading →

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A Democratic rift?

Posted on 06/22/2009 by Soccerdad

Meryl noted that Majority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid has expressed doubts about President Obama’s policies in the Middle East. The United States needs to back off Israel a little and put some pressure the Palestinians instead, US Senator and Senate … Continue reading →

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Condemnation by settlement

Posted on 06/22/2009 by Soccerdad

Now that the Obama administration has apparently chosen to disregard the Bush administration’s commitments to Israel about so-called “settlements, ” Rick Richman reminds us (after recalling a number of forgotten points about UN resolution 242): The more important point, however, … Continue reading →

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The Best of The Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere

Posted on 06/22/2009 by Jack

It is Haveil Havalim time. Take a moment to check out the latest edition of the Best of the Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere. You can find the latest edition right here.

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What next in Iran?

Posted on 06/21/2009 by Soccerdad

I looked up through the smoke and saw a poster of the stern visage of Khomeini above the words, “Islam is the religion of freedom.” When he’s not acting as an apologist for the Iranian regime, Roger Cohen has a … Continue reading →

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Mad Mahmoud to us: MYOB

Posted on 06/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Do these people ever speak in conversational English? Or is Farsi really as fuddy-duddy a language as this quote makes it seem? “Definitely by hasty remarks you will not be placed in the circle of friendship with the Iranian nation. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Iran

Posted on 06/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Persia is the home of both one of the worst enemies (Haman), and one of the greatest friends (Cyrus the Great) of Jews in history. There are hundreds of thousands of Iranian Jews in Israel and America, who come from … Continue reading →

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