Monthly Archives: January 2011

Striking down Obamacare

Posted on 01/31/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Ilya Somin of the Volokh Conspiracy has analysis of today’s Federal Court decision ruling Obamacare unconstitutional. Jen Rubin has a biting rundown of the administration’s incompetence. And now, I’m going to finish watching my soap and go to bed. With … Continue reading →

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Whitewashing the Muslim Brotherhood

Posted on 01/31/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The Muslim Brotherhood, which is being whitewashed by the world media as having given up on using violence to establish an Islamic state (pure bullshit, by the way; the Brotherhood has never given up on violence), has an interesting AP … Continue reading →

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Sick day

Posted on 01/30/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Yesterday afternoon, I was really hoping that the occasional chill I was feeling was because my former student, Andy, was doing that good a job during his bar mitzvah service. Well, he was doing a good job, but that’s not … Continue reading →

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The linkage issue, proven

Posted on 01/29/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Now that the Middle East is engulfed in chaos in three nations—Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, with Jordan possibly right behind—it has utterly proven the theory that if only Israel and the Palestinians were at peace, the problems of the Middle … Continue reading →

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Cat Shabbat

Posted on 01/28/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Look what I found while trying to find some old photos to put on a card for one of my former students (who is a bar mitzvah this weekend). I may have used that at some point, but I found … Continue reading →

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Friday revolutionary briefs

Posted on 01/28/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Oh, come on—you’re going against the narrative! The WaPo ends an article about Israel’s view of the Egyptian protests with this: To Israeli officials, the unrest across the region, with Israel on the sidelines, proves an assertion that has been … Continue reading →

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Thursday news round-up

Posted on 01/27/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Um, so what? Ha’aretz profiles a book that says Jews fighting for the state of Israel hid their weapons in “immoral” places, such as—well, I’m not sure. Because the article doesn’t exactly state explicitly where these caches were, except for … Continue reading →

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Bloggers: We bring you the truth, because the media won’t

Posted on 01/27/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Barry Rubin wrote something in a column that essentially sums up what is wrong with reporting today. And what’s wrong with it? The media do not report the truth. Here’s how a friend of mine summed up the recent period: … Continue reading →

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Jazeerileaks

Posted on 01/26/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

I think it is time to stop pretending that all of the documents purported to be leaked Palestinian Authority documents are what they claim to be, namely PA diplomatic memos. Some are, but many are not. Barry Rubin goes into … Continue reading →

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Post-SOTU briefs

Posted on 01/26/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I didn’t bother watching the speech, ’cause it was over 9k words long: Plus, I can’t stand watching Obama. He’s so arrogant. (I listened to a bit of it on the radio. He’s much better heard than seen.) Anyone who … Continue reading →

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Tuesday news roundup

Posted on 01/25/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Israeli Double Standard Time: Say, you know who’s banning books because they conflict with their view of their religion? Hamas. You know who’s not calling Hamas a fascist state? Time magazine. What time is it? That’s right. But it’s not … Continue reading →

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The Guardian, Jonathan Freedland and Karma Nabulsi: now we know…

Posted on 01/25/2011 by SnoopyTheGoon

It certainly pays off to sit for a while on the fence (I wonder why that activity is called this way in English – after all, normally fence is the last place you would choose to plop your backside upon). … Continue reading →

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Palileaks: They’re not passing the smell test

Posted on 01/24/2011 by Meryl Yourish

A quick look at the initial reports about al Jazeera’s so-called leaks raises my b.s. meter to its very top. Listen to this quote and tell me you don’t think there’s an effort out to utterly discredit the Palestinian leadership … Continue reading →

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Getting it wrong on Lebanon

Posted on 01/24/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I tend not to pay attention to the AP analysis on the Middle East, because it is so often wrong. Watching the AP spin the “negotiations” for the new Lebanese prime minister is a great example of how they get … Continue reading →

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Guns and frozes

Posted on 01/23/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Where in the world was Meryl this morning? Up in the Poconos, taking her nephew shooting in 6 degree weather (-2 when factoring in the wind chill). He had a great time.             So did … Continue reading →

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Left behind

Posted on 01/22/2011 by Meryl Yourish

(All the lefties are going to freak about the title of this post. ZOMG! She’s one of those rapture freaks!) I left my good microphone in Virginia, and I am in NJ. With a kick-ass script and a crappy mic. … Continue reading →

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Friday briefs

Posted on 01/21/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The usual Palestinian form of “dissent”: A stone-throwing mob. The French foreign minister was quoted as saying that holding Gilad Shalit was a war crime, so of course, the Palestinians showed their appreciation by terrorizing her and her staff during … Continue reading →

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In response to Tiger mothers

Posted on 01/20/2011 by Meryl Yourish

You can’t read this first bullet point without laughing out loud. Leave it to a Jewish mother to show a Tiger mother how it’s done: Here are some of the things that my four children of a Jewish mother were … Continue reading →

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Palin, Beck, and Limbaugh Connected with Anti-Judaism

Posted on 01/20/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

A couple of weeks ago, a wacko named Jared Loughner, who has absolutely nothing to do with Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, or Rush Limbaugh committed an unspeakable crime in Tucson. Never mind that he killed four other people and shot … Continue reading →

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Thursday briefs

Posted on 01/20/2011 by Meryl Yourish

So he wasn’t a braggart after all: The line from the U.S. back when Khalid Sheik Mohammed was captured was that he didn’t kill Daniel Pearl, he was just a braggart who wanted credit for the murder. Turns out that … Continue reading →

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