Monthly Archives: July 2009

The president’s ear

Posted on 07/15/2009 by Soccerdad

Jeremy Ben Ami of J-Street who was at the meeting between Jewish leaders and President Obama, thought that the President was amazing. In an extremely soft interview Ben Ami recounts: One is Malcolm Hoenlein’s, and he’s said this publicly, that … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Snark News Briefs

Posted on 07/15/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Cognitive dissonance: A KKKer hides from the law in Israel? Okay, on a scale of one to ten, the weirdness factor here is seven hundred. I mean, really—a kluxer on the run from the law goes and hides in Israel. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Snarky World News Briefs (now, with politics!)

Posted on 07/14/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Yes, we’re going to start delineating world news from, say politics. But I haven’t much time for politics today. Oh, well. Maybe. Respect my authori-tay! Um, Kartman, call your agent. I think Manuel Zelaya is stealing your act. Here’s my … Continue reading →

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A masterful assuaging

Posted on 07/14/2009 by Soccerdad

Last year those of us Jews who didn’t support President Obama in his bid to be elected president were subjected to ridicule. If we didn’t support him it was because we were prejudiced or misinformed. This mocking didn’t just come … Continue reading →

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A midday visit, with pictures

Posted on 07/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Sarah and the kids were in town today so that Jake could retake a couple of parts of the test for the gifted program. He was sick and on meds when he first took the test, and didn’t score highly … Continue reading →

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Hamas: Israel is drugging our chewing gum

Posted on 07/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Only in the Middle East can you read these incredibly insane theories that will be taken as absolute truth by the idiots who pass along these stories. Man, we Jews are so sneaky, we’re setting up Palestinians to chew gum … Continue reading →

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I, for one, welcome our feline overlords

Posted on 07/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Proof positive that cats own us. Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered that cats use a “soliciting purr” to overpower their owners and garner attention and food. Unlike regular purring, this sound incorporates a “cry”, with a similar … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Snark News

Posted on 07/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

U.K. determined to lose Israeli arms market: The U.K. is embargoing arms to Israel, while insisting that it’s not an embargo—they’re just refusing to sell replacement parts. Luckily, Israel was smart enough to make sure that the U.K. was only … Continue reading →

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Pat Buchanan’s buddy charged with Nazi war crimes

Posted on 07/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Expect more outraged columns by the modern-day Lindbergh on how innocent this poor old man is. And yet, he’s being charged. German prosecutors on Monday charged suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk with helping to kill about 28,000 Jews … Continue reading →

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Fayyad’s facade

Posted on 07/13/2009 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post’s Howard Schneider profiles PA Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, A Palestinian Technocrat Rises Steadily, but Questions Persist. The profile is generally positive but Schneider notes some of the problems that Fayyad faces. Here’s one: Ghassan Khatib, a Palestinian … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu: Two states for two peoples. Media: he doesn’t really mean it

Posted on 07/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Funny how the Israeli press is pretty sure that Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t lying when he says he would like to see Israel at peace with the Palestinians and surrounding nations, but the rest of the world media thinks he doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Score one for the bulls

Posted on 07/12/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The bulls of Pamplona got one this year. And hurt quite a few more. A bull fatally gored a Spanish man at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona on Friday. The 27-year old man, Daniel Jimeno Romero, was the first … Continue reading →

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Caturday on Sunday

Posted on 07/12/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Two kitty pictures before I take off for the day. In the first, we have Mr. Tig on his new(ish) window shelf. It took him all of thirty seconds to realize that it would be a good thing to lie … Continue reading →

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Hiding the French antisemitism

Posted on 07/12/2009 by Soccerdad

The main defendent in the Ilan Halimi murder was sentenced to life in prison. Youssouf Fofana, leader of the gang that mastermind Halimi’s kidnap, torture and murder, which was described by a leading police officer as the most brutal and … Continue reading →

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A Blog Carnival With a Movie Review

Posted on 07/12/2009 by Jack

Every week the Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere produces a blog carnival that highlights the Best of The Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere. It is one of the oldest and longest running blog carnivals around. Here we are at issue number 225. You can find a list … Continue reading →

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The poll results

Posted on 07/11/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The poll has been up for quite a while now, and it looks like the answers are staying pretty steady. Here are the results:

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They think he still cares

Posted on 07/10/2009 by Soccerdad

While Alan Dershowitz focuses on those American Jews who are critical of President Obama’s forays into Middle East peacemaking, he fails to acknowledge a different group that’s also unimpressed with his efforts so far: Israeli Jews. As Aluf Benn writes: … Continue reading →

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Dershowitz doubles down

Posted on 07/10/2009 by Soccerdad

Alan Dershowitz defends his (flawed) defense of the Obama administration’s stance on the Israel. This is precisely the situation American supporters of Israel want to avoid. We do not want to replicate the horrible situation that currently exists in Phillips’ … Continue reading →

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Cap-and-trade dead in the water, for now

Posted on 07/10/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The massive tax that the Obama administration was pretending is a jobs program is dead in the water. And that’s a good thing, because it actually was going to regulate—that’s right, put into law—the kind of bulbs you could put … Continue reading →

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Reflections on hotel life

Posted on 07/09/2009 by Meryl Yourish

It’s been a really long time since I actually stayed in a hotel instead of with friends. And even longer since I stayed at one that caters to a more upscale clientele. So much to snark, so little time. Just … Continue reading →

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