Monthly Archives: November 2010

Mediterranean conference cancelled on account of cooties

Posted on 11/12/2010 by Soccerdad

When I read something like this Mediterranean summit canceled again due to Arab threat to boycott over Israel (via Daily Alert Blog) An international summit of Mediterranean leaders has been canceled for the third time because Arab states threatened to … Continue reading →

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Friday, briefly

Posted on 11/12/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So it’s only bad when Israel does it: Remember all the brouhaha over Israel’s refusing to go along with the UN’s one-sided Gaza war investigation? Well, there doesn’t seem to be an eye being batted over Hezbollah declaring that no … Continue reading →

Posted in Holocaust, Israeli Double Standard Time, Lebanon | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

On Veteran’s Day

Posted on 11/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I really don’t have any profound thoughts. All I can say to those of you who are or were in the armed forces: Thanks for doing what I didn’t have the courage to do. One thing I will say: This … Continue reading →

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Peace: it’s not about what might have but about what couldn’t have been

Posted on 11/11/2010 by Soccerdad

Last week, Former President Clinton wrote an op-ed making the fanciful claim that there would have been peace in the Middle East had Yitzchak Rabin not been murdered. I showed from the historical record that his claim was not accurate. … Continue reading →

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Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan for defaming the Prophet Mohammed

Posted on 11/11/2010 by SnoopyTheGoon

The police were under pressure from this Muslim mob, including clerics, asking for Asia to be killed because she had spoken ill of the Prophet Mohammed. Weigh carefully what this quote says and means. There is no mention of religious … Continue reading →

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Thursday morning briefs

Posted on 11/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The more you learn, the worse it gets: Really, first we learn (shock!) that German diplomats were complicit in murdering Jews. Now we learn that at least a third of the German war effort was supported by stolen Jewish wealth … Continue reading →

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But Sunnis would never ally themselves with Shi’ites …

Posted on 11/10/2010 by Soccerdad

Tweeted by Martin Kramer – Ehud Ya’ari writes: For the last few months, a forty-three-page Arabic-language booklet has been emailed to Hamas activists in the Gaza Strip and to select members of the group in the West Bank and elsewhere. … Continue reading →

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The whitewashing a of terrorist mass murderer

Posted on 11/10/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Arafat’s dead, but the tongue-baths and whitewashing live on. Wow, what a nifty-keen profile of the Yasser Arafat museum in the AP! Why, if you read this profile, you would hardly know that the biggest mass-murderer of Jews since Adolf … Continue reading →

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Legality and morality of drone attacks

Posted on 11/10/2010 by SnoopyTheGoon

Warning: long post! The use of armed drones in the conflict areas is not exactly new, as are arguments for and against the use of this weapon. Found to be quite effective in getting to the various terrorist chiefs and … Continue reading →

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Playing into Hamas’s hands

Posted on 11/09/2010 by Soccerdad

Thomas Friedman who is an expert – “expert” in this case means being able to say things with no factual support and have no one question you – wrote The Reality Principle in 2003. Have you noticed how often Israel … Continue reading →

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Tuesday post-op briefs

Posted on 11/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

My pupils aren’t really dilating, but I can still see to read. But—but—Hamas would never harm UN personnel: John Ging doesn’t feel safe in Gaza, so Israel has approved four submachine guns for use of his personal bodyguards. Say, how’s … Continue reading →

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The little anti-Israel lies

Posted on 11/08/2010 by Soccerdad

In a recent essay describing her alienation from NPR, Bookworm identified the first point of departure: There was only one problem with this neatly enclosed little universe: Israel. You see, unlike stories about domestic politics, where my only understanding of … Continue reading →

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Another wall of Goldstone report crumbles. What now?

Posted on 11/08/2010 by SnoopyTheGoon

During Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, Israel targeted the Hamas police infrastructure, killing approximately 250 officers on 27 December 2008. Their status as combatants was disputed and Israel’s actions were widely condemned. The UN investigation into Cast Lead headed by Richard … Continue reading →

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Taking more of a break

Posted on 11/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

You know, getting Lasik surgery does, indeed, take a fair amount out of you, at least if you’re middle-aged. I’m staying with friends in NJ, and today, for the second day in a row, I saw Bob’s dad. He said, … Continue reading →

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Gabriel Latner and Philip Weiss, his dim opponent

Posted on 11/07/2010 by SnoopyTheGoon

Sometimes I enjoy writing about assaJews, the valiant Jooish anti-Zionists, I have to say. No matter how many dumb things our own politicos say and do, assaJews will always leave them standing in the race for ultimate dumb act. I … Continue reading →

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A new worldview

Posted on 11/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Well, the Lasik went well, but boy, it takes some getting used to. My near vision is gone. Kaput. Finished. I was pretty darned nearsighted, so I could basically count the numbers of hairs on my arm if I wanted … Continue reading →

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Sticks and stones, Palestinian edition

Posted on 11/05/2010 by Soccerdad

In January 1998 when Binyamin Netanyahu was serving his first term as President and Bill Clinton was President of the United States, Clinton was pressuring Netanyahu to cede territory to the Palestinian Authority. Netanyahu refused until the Arafat and the … Continue reading →

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Lasik office things

Posted on 11/04/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Thing 1: The most annoying test for Lasik surgery? Putting these papery things in my eyes (yes, really) to test if my eye were dry (yes, really). “Well, they’re drying NOW,” I told the tech, what with her sticking paper … Continue reading →

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Clinton: nostalgic for a past that never was

Posted on 11/04/2010 by Soccerdad

In the weeks following the assassination of Yitzchak Rabin, Israel handed over control of six cities to the Palestinian Authority. The New York Times reported at the time. For Mr. Abu-Ghdeib, a local wallpaper dealer who had enlisted in the … Continue reading →

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Delusions of the self kind

Posted on 11/04/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Soccer Dad is writing about Bill Clinton’s imaginary Israel/Palestinian negotiations, where Yasser Arafat was not an unrepentant terrorist who launched countless terror attacks in the hopes of defeating Israel, but a partner in peace. But he missed the most deluded … Continue reading →

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