Monthly Archives: July 2010

Caturday morning lolz

Posted on 07/31/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Tig and Gracie decided to pose for some photographs that could use captions. 1. This one proves that Tig 3.0, just like Tig 2, is a duuuuuuuude. 2. The view from my great room. Tig loves to look down on … Continue reading →

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… or forever hold your peace

Posted on 07/30/2010 by Soccerdad

In The Palestinian Authority Struggles to Sabotage Any Chance for Peace, Barry Rubin observes: And here, too, is the PA openly thwarting President Barack Obama, who publicly bristles at the tiniest Israeli disagreement, yet seems to accept this disrespect without … Continue reading →

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AP and Reuters rocket attack spin: Newest members of Journolist?

Posted on 07/30/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The AP has been ignoring the many kassam rocket and mortar attacks on Israel (except, of course, for the ones in which the IDF manages to kill a few terrorists before they get off the missiles). But when a Grad … Continue reading →

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Abbas under Pressure

Posted on 07/29/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

An article in the JPost tells of how Fatah and the PLO’s Leader Mahmoud Abbas (let’s stop pretending that he is the leader of the Palestinian people until he actually wins an election by the people- shall we?) is telling … Continue reading →

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Flattery will get you nowhere, but keep talking

Posted on 07/29/2010 by Soccerdad

In an uncredited article, that seems largely based on Robert Mackey’s account, the New York Times once again reports: Using unusually blunt language for a British prime minister speaking about Arab-Israeli tensions, Mr. Cameron added: “Let me also be clear … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the administration’s views towards Israel, Iran

Posted on 07/29/2010 by Soccerdad

Last week, based on some upbeat articles, I wondered if the administration was changing its approach. Now Caroline Glick argues against that proposition in The New Improved Obama. The basic notion informing both of these nearly identical articles is that … Continue reading →

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Muslim ERA watch

Posted on 07/29/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Students at an Islamic university in India are demanding that their female teachers wear the all-covering burqa—the sack with the wire mesh for the eyes. The teacher, who is also Muslim, refuses to wear one. Sirin Middya, who described herself … Continue reading →

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Wednesday evening funny

Posted on 07/28/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Sarah gets the greatest spam. My spam is all boring. The best one I ever got had one really funny line: “I look pushy to hearing from you.” Sarah and I used “I look pushy” for weeks after that. Sarah’s … Continue reading →

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The madness of Mad Mahmoud

Posted on 07/28/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Mad Mahmoud is even crazier than usual. “We have precise information that the Americans have devised a plot … they plan to attack at least two countries in the region within the next three months,” he said in remarks Press … Continue reading →

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Beware of Turks bearing glass houses

Posted on 07/28/2010 by Soccerdad

PM David Cameron of England, yesterday, gave a speech in Turkey in which he pandered to the Islamist Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan, in which he alleged, among other things, that Gaza was a “prison camp.” As is typical of the … Continue reading →

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Wednesday briefs

Posted on 07/28/2010 by Meryl Yourish

If this were a law in America, most single man would have prison records: Lying for sex is against the law in Israel? Since when, 1000 BCE? Really, people. This is a ridiculous law. It’s another stone that will be … Continue reading →

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Oliver Stone, paving the way to mainstreaming anti-Semitism

Posted on 07/28/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So Oliver Stone came out as an anti-Semite. Well, you know, it fits with his whole conspiracy theory issue. What is the oldest, biggest conspiracy of all? The Jews control the world. Just ask Stone. He apologized? Don’t believe it. … Continue reading →

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Barak on withdrawals, peace

Posted on 07/27/2010 by Soccerdad

Yesterday’s Washington Post featured an interview with Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak. Meryl noted a too typical assumption made by the reporter. Israel Matzav played up a threat made by Barak, but has little confidence that the Defense Minister will … Continue reading →

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Briefs

Posted on 07/27/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Cameron goes for the Islamist vote: By this statement alone, Britain’s new PM shows himself to be either an utter fool, an anti-Zionist, or a politician who panders to every audience. “The Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla was completely … Continue reading →

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If you’re happy and you know it …

Posted on 07/27/2010 by Soccerdad

… you’re Israeli. How the results were determined.. As summarized at the Daily Alert Blog: Israel tied for 8th place with Australia, Switzerland, and Canada in a Gallup World Poll survey of 155 countries that measures well-being. Denmark, Finland and … Continue reading →

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The anti-Bibi media narrative

Posted on 07/26/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Interesting that the Washington Post, in an interview with Ehud Barak, chose to portray the lack of direct negotiations in this manner: U.S. Middle East envoy George J. Mitchell has been trying for months to broker a resumption of direct … Continue reading →

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Two positive developments from Iran

Posted on 07/26/2010 by Soccerdad

I’ve recently been following some developments on the Iranian front. There appears to be another effect the most recent round of sanctions have had on Iran – Sanctions Slow Development of Natural Gas Field in Iran Threatened by tougher international … Continue reading →

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Goldstone follow-up: The fix is in

Posted on 07/26/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The post-Goldstone committee, tasked with the responsibility of reporting on whether or not Israel is “following” the report’s recommendations, includes at least one appointee who is actively, vehemently, biased against Israel. And oh yeah—he’s the chairman. The chairman of the … Continue reading →

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Lazy Sunday post – Deadliest Warrior

Posted on 07/25/2010 by Soccerdad

h/t Aussie Dave From the “weapons” preview: The main difference between how the Israeli Commandos would blow something up versus other commandos is how they deliver the explosive. Instead of destroying an entire block by fitting a cell phone with … Continue reading →

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The AP: Abbas’ Propagandists

Posted on 07/25/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Someday, the AP might actually present a thorougly unbiased article on Israel and the Palestinians, but on that day, I suspect the Moshiach will have arrived. Let’s take the current article describing the continued Palestinian refusal for direct negotiations with … Continue reading →

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