Monthly Archives: January 2010

There’s a kind of snark all over the world

Posted on 01/15/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Because Haiti doesn’t have enough disasters already: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the exiled former president(for life) of Haiti, says he can’t wait to get back to Haiti and rebuild the country. Sure. Because he did such a great job while he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism, The One, World | 4 Comments

Nighttime briefs

Posted on 01/14/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Interpreting the Times, so you don’t have to. Shorter Gail Collins: If only ten percent get to dictated American policy, then by Gaia, it had better be the ten percent that the elites (David Brooks’ “educated class“) are in! Smells … Continue reading →

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Briefs

Posted on 01/14/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The internet turns women into psychos! Yes, really. I read it on the internet, so it has to be true. Can we tell Turkey to eff off now? So Danny Ayalon apologizes to the Turkish ambassador, and that should be … Continue reading →

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Fluffy kitty post

Posted on 01/13/2010 by Meryl Yourish

And now, a relaxing post for the rest of the day. I call this one “Peek-a-Tig.” Today was a rough day for Tig and Gracie. I had FIOS installed, so Verizon Guy was in the house, upstairs and down, making … Continue reading →

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Pat Robertson is an idiot

Posted on 01/13/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Really. Televangelist Pat Robertson said today during a broadcast on his Christian Broadcasting Network that quake-ravaged Haiti made a “pact to the devil.” “And so the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal,’” Robertson said. “And they kicked the French out, … Continue reading →

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Idealizing terrorism

Posted on 01/13/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The single biggest lie of the Israel Lobby crowd is how being anti-Israel harms a person’s career. You can’t speak out against Israel, the narrative goes, without suffering for it. Never mind that Jimmy Carter, Walt & Mearsheimer, Pat Buchanan, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday boxers

Posted on 01/13/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Israeli war machine: Oh, you know that’s what the anti-Israel mob is calling it. Israel leads the world in bringing automation to the battlefield. The latest: the air mule, which will bring supplies in and wounded soldiers out of … Continue reading →

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Scott Brown in Massachusetts: It’s the people’s seat

Posted on 01/12/2010 by Meryl Yourish

You know, I think I’m in love. If that wasn’t enough, there’s always this, where Scott Brown reminds the idiots in the media that there is no such thing as a “Kennedy seat.” Thank you, Scott! He’s my new hero. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday snarks

Posted on 01/12/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Gee, that’s not suspicious at all: A bigwig in the Iranian race to nuclear weapons was killed in a bomb blast today—in Tehran>. You know, the real lesson to take away from this? Bombs work two ways, Mad Mullahs. They’re … Continue reading →

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The double standard on Sudanese refugees

Posted on 01/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So that item in the AP that kept changing its text on the Egyptian border police murdering African migrants trying to sneak into Israel? Well, they changed it again in the latest iteration. But of course, there was the implicit … Continue reading →

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Monday snarks

Posted on 01/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Israeli rocket prevention program: Got three “militants” as they were preparing to fire rockets into Israel. One hit, three dead terrorists, no real notice by the AP, since they can’t even pretend these were Palestinian farmers trying to earn … Continue reading →

Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza, Israel | 3 Comments

Obama to Israel: Let’s start at the end

Posted on 01/10/2010 by Meryl Yourish

As reported last week, the Obama administration is going to try to start at the end in order to report some kind of progress in Middle East peace talks. The thing is, you really can’t start at the end. You … Continue reading →

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Briefly

Posted on 01/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

He’s Gumby, dammit! Art Clokey, creator of Gumby and Davey and Goliath, died yesterday. I know that Davey and Goliath is Christian proselytizing, but it’s one of the shows from my childhood and I watched it every Saturday morning. Even … Continue reading →

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Mitchell on negotiation: getting to “no”

Posted on 01/08/2010 by Soccerdad

From an interview with Charlie Rose (via Obama Mideast Monitor), here’s George Mitchell. In the beginning, they talk about the settlement freeze. George Mitchell: All you have to do is go back and read the papers over the past five … Continue reading →

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Briefly

Posted on 01/08/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It isn’t raining rain, you know: Israel had a successful test of Iron Dome recently (even the AP has noticed it), and is set to begin deploying the anti-missile batteries in Sderot this summer. Considering the renewed rain of rockets … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Terrorism, United Nations | 4 Comments

We’re mad as hell…

Posted on 01/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Via Glenn Reynolds and Powerline, a video threat to the Democrats:

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Holocaust projection

Posted on 01/07/2010 by Soccerdad

Genocide is a messy business. Usually it involves a lot of killing. Also, as evidence that genocide occurred there will be an extreme drop in population. For example: The Jewish communities of eastern Europe were devastated. In 1933, Poland had … Continue reading →

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The fabled Muslim religious tolerance strikes again

Posted on 01/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

A 12-year-old Muslim girl was abducted and raped by a Coptic Christian Egyptian in November. The attacker was arrested. But the rule of law wasn’t enough. First, Muslims murdered Christian shoppers. Attackers in a car raked a crowd of shoppers … Continue reading →

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The Egyptian plan: Surrender Dorothy!

Posted on 01/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Egyptians have a new plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Apparently, all Israel has to do is give the Palestinians what they want, and there will be peace. Negotiations? Well, those will be to determine exactly how much of Israel has … Continue reading →

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Salam and security sizzle

Posted on 01/06/2010 by Soccerdad

A couple of weeks ago, an Israeli father of seven, Meir Avshalom Chai was killed. Immediately afterwards, the IDF pursued and killed three suspects. (The same day the IDF killed three men attempting to infiltrate from Gaza.) Of course the … Continue reading →

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