Monthly Archives: November 2010

Short week tired Monday morning briefs

Posted on 11/22/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The noose tightens around Hezbollah: So, as the UN actually accomplishes something, the committee investigating Rafik Hariri’s death is closer and closer to naming Hezbollah as the perpetrator. The question is, will Hezbollah take Lebanon down over the results? Secondary … Continue reading →

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The double standard, again

Posted on 11/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Mahmoud Abbas has said he won’t negotiate without a total building freeze, including the areas of Jerusalem that will be traded to Israel. I anxiously await the 42-minute dressing down of Abbas by Hillary Clinton, the condemnations by the vice-president, … Continue reading →

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Saturday afternoon open thread

Posted on 11/20/2010 by Meryl Yourish

No, I really don’t expect a long conversation in the comments. But I have errands to run, and people coming over, and tomorrow, I am having a private screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for my former students, … Continue reading →

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What’s Meryl reading?

Posted on 11/19/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Don’t touch my junk: Read this, if for no other reason than this, Charles Krauthammer uses the word “johnson” and not in relation to Lyndon Baines. Related thought: “He said ‘johnson.’ Huh huh huh huh.” The recovery is not very … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Soccer Dad, and other bloggy things

Posted on 11/19/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I wasn’t sure how public Soccer Dad wanted to make this, since he didn’t put anything up on his blog, but he’s retired from blogging, which is a huge loss for the blogosphere in general and Yourish.com in particular. He … Continue reading →

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Friday Israeli Double Standard Time briefs

Posted on 11/19/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I’m concerned that they’re concerned: Hold onto your hats. The UNHRC is expressing “deep concern” about the Iranian habit of beating, torturing, flogging, and stoning its citizens. And this year, six more states voted to be “concerned” about these evils. … Continue reading →

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State Dept.: Israel’s religious freedom is as bad as Iran’s

Posted on 11/19/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The State Department truly is filled with morons. It says that religious freedoms in Israel are on the same level as those of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Yeah, because it’s just like two countries that lop off hands, stone women, … Continue reading →

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I’d just like to point out…

Posted on 11/18/2010 by Meryl Yourish

…that talking about zombie movies with friends (let alone playing Plants vs. Zombies on a regular basis) may lead to nightmares about zombies, which end up your fearing infection at the very last moment of the dream, until you are … Continue reading →

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Thursday morning un-brief briefs

Posted on 11/18/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Living in peace, if peace means “trying to kill people by throwing cement blocks at their cars:” Yep, those peaceful Palestinians, who are only waiting for the stubborn Israelis to stop causing them to do things like throw cement blocks … Continue reading →

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Better Felt Up Than Blown Up

Posted on 11/18/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

Wasn’t there a big deal about the Pedophile’s Guide being sold on Amazon. No need now. The entire guide can be summed up in these words, “Join TSA.” If you haven’t seen the article about TSA body searching a three year old, you … Continue reading →

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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Posted on 11/17/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Okay, I am very late to the party, but I bought the DVD and finally caught up. My estimation of Joss Whedon has gone even higher than I thought it could ever go. Must. Buy. Soundtrack. And Blu-Ray. I read … Continue reading →

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Wednesday briefs

Posted on 11/17/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Yeah, sure, okay: Iran says that it chased half a dozen foreign jets out of its airspace during air defense drills. Also, sixteen UFOs, forty-five Zionist infiltrators, and Santa Claus on an early test run of the new RoboRudolph. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Palestinians Leveraging UN Pressure

Posted on 11/16/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

An article in Haaretz today describes the problems that the Palestinians have with the current moratorium extension proposal. The article quotes an unnamed Israeli official as saying: The political benefits that Israel would receive as part of the package of … Continue reading →

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The It’s Tuesday briefs

Posted on 11/16/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Another year gone already? I don’t know what it is, but this task seems more onerous now that I’m a year older. Or maybe I’m just all tuckered out from driving back and forth to NJ twice in the last … Continue reading →

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The unbearable dilemma of an “anti-Zionist”

Posted on 11/16/2010 by SnoopyTheGoon

The famous Buridan’s ass that is dying due to its inability to choose between two equally succulent and equidistant stacks of hay* has nothing on a rabid anti-Zionist**, one professor Francis Boyle. You have, most probably, observed at least once … Continue reading →

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Oh, that historic compromise

Posted on 11/15/2010 by Soccerdad

In a bit of fractured history, Saeb Erakat writes in the National (h/t Martin Kramer): On November 15, 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organisation declared statehood by passing the Palestinian Declaration of Independence while exiled in Algiers. That declaration constituted the … Continue reading →

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Birthday briefs

Posted on 11/15/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I’ve got a few candidates for the journey: Some scientists think we should send people on a one-way trip to Mars. Yeah, I can think of a few people I’d love to see on that trip. Can they make it … Continue reading →

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Racist, evil IDF soldiers rescue 80-year-old Lebanese woman

Posted on 11/14/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Those horrible, horrible Israelis are at it again. Damn them! An IDF force patrolling along the northern border Saturday detected an 80-year-old woman whose clothes had tangled in the Lebanese side of the border fence. The troops informed United Nations … Continue reading →

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The anti-Israel bias, exposed again

Posted on 11/13/2010 by Meryl Yourish

In this AP article on Congress lifting the holds on sending money to the Lebanese army (and gee, having Obama assure them that the money won’t be hijacked by Hezbollah in any way sure makes me feel better, how about … Continue reading →

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Palestinian Arrested for Criticizing Islam on Facebook

Posted on 11/12/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

Today, a young man from Qalqiliya, Walid Husayin, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority for writing on Facebook in criticism of Islam. He wrote parody. Some, if not much of what he wrote was highly insulting of Islam, and he … Continue reading →

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