Monthly Archives: August 2010

Gaza-bag

Posted on 08/23/2010 by Soccerdad

Today Ethan Bronner of the New York Times reports on his trip into Gaza. You see in recent months embarrassing reports have come out that have suggested that perhaps poverty in Gaza was not nearly as bad as advertised by … Continue reading →

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Monday briefs

Posted on 08/23/2010 by Meryl Yourish

You give up the money, idiot: It’s not heroic to fight off armed robbers, it’s stupid. Especially when you’re only carrying $5. It’s stupid. And now a rabbinic student is hospitalized for his stupidity. There’s a Talmudic lesson in here … Continue reading →

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The evolution of the AP Israel bias: Updates

Posted on 08/23/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Sunday morning, the AP released an article about the upcoming peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and updated it throughout the day. The first version bore a timestamp at My Way News of 6:49 a.m. Eastern Time. The second … Continue reading →

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Hamas says Abbas Cannot Represent the Palestinians

Posted on 08/22/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

Isn’t it exciting that the Israelis and Palestinians are meeting in direct talks to tell each other the same thing that they have been saying for the months now indirectly? Direct talks certainly hold more possibilities for progress, but also … Continue reading →

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Did I write three …

Posted on 08/22/2010 by Soccerdad

… articles by George Will. I mean 4. Today in Many possible Israeli concessions would be suicidal George Will writes: Twenty-one Israeli settlements were dismantled; even the bodies of Israelis buried in Gaza were removed. After a deeply flawed 2006 … Continue reading →

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Your Sunday morning briefs

Posted on 08/22/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Are they different from your weekly briefs? Not really. So, what’s the pool on when Israel’s going to bomb it? The Russians are loading nuclear fuel rods into the Bushehr reactor. Oh, no way anything can go wrong with that, … Continue reading →

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Saturday take-your-mind-off-things post

Posted on 08/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

VERY funny, and VERY raunchy video. You may have trouble viewing it. I definitely would not view it from work. NSFW, and NSF kids. Apparently, Ray Bradbury has seen and enjoyed the video.

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The mystery of the missing mew

Posted on 08/20/2010 by Meryl Yourish

A few weeks ago, I started wondering if Gracie was coming down with something again. About a year and a half ago, I took her to the vet’s on the strength of the fact that she no longer mewed or … Continue reading →

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Ho hum, another condemnation of Israel by the UN

Posted on 08/20/2010 by Soccerdad

Not content to have blown a single incident up out of all proportion, the New York Times is now acting as a press agency for the United Nations. In Report Criticizes Gaza Restrictions, Ethan Bronner reported: A United Nations report … Continue reading →

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Friday morning news, briefly

Posted on 08/20/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Ew, Jew cooties: Greece had to reassure its Arab allies that just because it’s getting friendlier with Israel doesn’t mean that it’s deserting them. Of course not. Greece leftists are among the most anti-Israel in the world. Ew, India cooties: … Continue reading →

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Thursday briefs

Posted on 08/19/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Saudi Medieval Punishment Watch: If you think Islamic “justice” can’t get much more disgusting than stoning a person to death, you’re wrong. A Saudi judge wrote to several hospitals asking them if they would sever a criminal’s spinal cord in … Continue reading →

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Third in a series by George Will

Posted on 08/19/2010 by Soccerdad

In recent weeks, George Will has written two excellent columns about Israel and the Middle East: Netanyahu, the anti-Obama and Netanyahu’s warning. Today, he presents Skip the lecture on Israel’s “risks for peace”: The intifada was launched by the late … Continue reading →

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A balanced report on the Mavi Marmari incident

Posted on 08/18/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Kudos to the British television programme (spelled this way in honor of their objectivity) for a balanced report on the Mavi Marmara incident. Via Goldblog. The producer of Panorama? The BBC. Whoa. That’s TWO balanced BBC pieces in one week, … Continue reading →

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Disparate columnists notice the anti-Israel trend

Posted on 08/18/2010 by Soccerdad

Though I already wrote about this, a week and a half ago Thomas Friedman, in Steal this movie wrote: I write about this now because there is something foul in the air. It is a trend, both deliberate and inadvertent, … Continue reading →

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The AP buries the lede on Hezbollah

Posted on 08/18/2010 by Meryl Yourish

You know your “evidence” is bogus when even the AP is laughing at Hezbollah’s attempt to blame Israel for Hariri’s death. However, they buried the lede in this article. It’s titled “UN gets Hezbollah ‘evidence’ on Israel-Hariri link,” but four … Continue reading →

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Been busy

Posted on 08/17/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The usual Monday trip to NorVA, work-related things, and more work-related things. I’m so glad I have cobloggers.

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Shades of moderation

Posted on 08/17/2010 by Soccerdad

Two weeks ago Jeffrey Goldberg wrote, If He Could, Bin Laden Would Bomb the Cordoba Initiative (via memeorandum): This seems like such an obvious point, but it is apparently not obvious to the many people who oppose the Cordoba Initiative’s … Continue reading →

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Dr David Lowry – a short study in contradictions

Posted on 08/17/2010 by SnoopyTheGoon

I have stumbled on a curious letter to the Guardian, titled Hiroshima, Israel and nuclear tests, signed by Dr David Lowry, former director, European Proliferation Information Center (EPIC). He starts with the background: I visited the exhibition on images of … Continue reading →

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Harvard divests .. er .. not so fast

Posted on 08/16/2010 by Soccerdad

According to Globes: (via memeorandum) In another blow to Israeli shares, the Harvard Management Company notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday that it had sold all its holdings in Israeli companies during the second quarter of … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere

Posted on 08/16/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Reading material for while I’m working: Bad girl, bad girl: I have two words to say about this graffiti that Bad Rachel (who is now blogrolled) posted: Awe and some. Barack Obama has “abandonded America”: The 9/11 Families reaction to … Continue reading →

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