Monthly Archives: April 2010

Friday night thoughts

Posted on 04/30/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It was a busy day today, and I found other things to do than post or read blogs or much of the news. But I caught up tonight, and when my head comes back down off the ceiling, I will … Continue reading →

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Iraqi chutzpah

Posted on 04/30/2010 by Soccerdad

The Iraqi government has been making a request of the Americans: The soldiers came looking for weapons of mass destruction. What they found in the flooded basement of Saddam Hussein’s secret police headquarters was a legacy of destruction — the … Continue reading →

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The NYT’s one sided debate

Posted on 04/29/2010 by Soccerdad

I did a quick roundup of op-eds appearing at the New York Times website duirng the year 2010. I suppose it may be somewhat arbitrary, but I did a search on the words “Israel” and “Hamas” between January 1, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Your Thursday morning snark

Posted on 04/29/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Stop making sense, you racist! One of the drafters of the Arizona immigration law has an op-ed in the Times that points out the lies in the propaganda of the law’s opponents—including, of course, our Constitutional scholar of a president. … Continue reading →

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Hezbollah’s next milestone?

Posted on 04/28/2010 by Soccerdad

Close to a year and a half ago, Meryl observed a news report that despite Security Council resolution 1701, Hezbollah was three times as strong as it had been during its war against Israel in 2006 leading her to snark: … Continue reading →

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Hamas, hate and humanitarianism

Posted on 04/28/2010 by Soccerdad

Robert Mackey writes about an ad that Hamas released implicitly threatening to kill Gilad Schalit. The video, which was posted on the Web site of the Hamas Qassam Brigades and on YouTube, uses the real voice of the captured solider … Continue reading →

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Wednesday briefs

Posted on 04/28/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Cold… cold… cold… burning up! What freeze? The AP is the only news outlet that claimed a “de facto freeze” on building in Jerusalem, and now the AP is effectively recanting that claim—but without issuing a correction or retraction. Funny, … Continue reading →

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Why we need bloggers

Posted on 04/27/2010 by Soccerdad

Take a paragraph from a recent New York Times news story: The talks with the two leaders had been expected to begin last month but were delayed after Israel announced plans to build 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem, where … Continue reading →

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Fluffy puppy post

Posted on 04/27/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Via Omri, a very cute and funny post of dogs at the beach. I want to know how the hell they managed to train a Ridgeback to actually let objects go. I used to have to fight Worf to get … Continue reading →

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Why peace processes fail

Posted on 04/27/2010 by Soccerdad

Recently, Meryl, Daled Amos and I have both written about the perverse incentives and results of the peace procdess. Now Bret Stephens writes about how Peace Processes never work: But he misses a deeper point. Even as peace processes almost … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Snark Briefs

Posted on 04/27/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Hey, Jim Jones can use this as his next joke line: So the underwear bomber fired at a Jewish star, a British flag, and the letters “UN.” Huh. That sort of undermines Obama’s “a Qaeda is fighting for a Palestinian … Continue reading →

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Syria-sly bad behavior

Posted on 04/26/2010 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post gets it right: BASHAR AL-ASSAD is proving to be an embarrassment for the Obama administration. In pursuit of President Obama’s policy of “engagement” with U.S. adversaries, the State Department has dispatched several senior envoys to Damascus for … Continue reading →

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The benefits of Israel concessions

Posted on 04/26/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The AP seems to think that Netanyahu has caved to Obama on a settlement freeze, but I can’t find anything in the Israeli press that confirms this (and the JPost can’t confirm it, either). (Update: Here’s the closest thing I … Continue reading →

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The peace process is about to continue … no it isn’t … arrgh!

Posted on 04/25/2010 by Soccerdad

What’s the current state of Middle East negotiations? According to the New York Times … they’re back on track … maybe The American envoy to the Middle East, George J. Mitchell, planned to meet on Friday with Israeli and Palestinian … Continue reading →

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Hamastan forbids hip hop concert

Posted on 04/25/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The leaders of Hamastan, who lied in the New York Times op ed pages several times over the last few years, shut down a hip hop concert in the Gaza Strip last night. The B Boy Gaza group had just … Continue reading →

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More adventures in babysitting

Posted on 04/24/2010 by Meryl Yourish

A couple of weeks ago, I was staring at my calendar trying to remember what “G. kids” on the 24th meant. After wracking my brains a bit, I remembered: That’s the night I would have Nate and Max over. Mom … Continue reading →

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Random fact of the day

Posted on 04/23/2010 by Meryl Yourish

A woman’s safety razor can painlessly remove mats from a Maine Coon cat’s chest. But of course, that doesn’t mean he likes it.

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Imagine if he had shouted out “macaca”

Posted on 04/23/2010 by Soccerdad

President Obama’s coolness towards Israel has busted a lot of myths about Jewish influence. Still it’s a curious phenomenon with possibly negative consequences. Yet if we are seen as neutral, just watch the rest of the world get the message … Continue reading →

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TGIF briefs, Obama Middle East edition

Posted on 04/23/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Once more unto the breach: George Mitchell arrives in Israel for yet another round of Obama diktats for Israel and little or nothing demanded of the Palestinians. (Say, read the speech, it takes on an entirely new meaning when you … Continue reading →

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The miller’s (fractured fairy) tale

Posted on 04/22/2010 by Soccerdad

In a much commented on article, The False Religion of Mideast Peace: And Why I’m No Longer a Believer by Aaron David Miller in Foreign Policy , Miller writes: “I remember attending Rabin’s funeral in 1995 in Jerusalem and trying … Continue reading →

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