Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sunday quick links

And we can prove it, too: Benjamin Netanyahu will remind the UN that Jews have been in Israel for thousands of years. I knew there was something I didn’t like about IKEA to begin with: The founder was a Nazi. … Continue reading

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Happy Constitution Day

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Your Saturday funny

Chuck Testa, Taxidermist. I love the slogan.

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Friday briefs

A good thing happened, for a change: Thank you, Jordanians, for being the sane Israeli neighbors. The call to replicate the Egyptian violation of international law and centuries-old treaties by protesting in front of (and attacking, of course) the Israeli … Continue reading

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Just in case you thought Mad Mahmoud wasn’t an antisemitic effer

Here’s what he told the WaPo the other day: Why do you insist on constantly denouncing Israel and make such provocative statements if you want to work with the West? If somebody condemns aggression, occupation — is that bad? And … Continue reading

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News I can woo!

I had a bone density scan done this morning, because my mother suffers from very bad osteoperosis. I do not have it. That is SUCH a relief. Bad enough I have her arthritis (and it’s in the lower three discs … Continue reading

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The presidents wants YOU to snitch on your neighbor

Really? Attack Watch? Really? The president of the United States of America is so effing insecure that he has a website dedicated to trying to “fight the smears” about him? Really? Because it’s not like the media ever posted a … Continue reading

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Your daily news briefs

Oh, I feel SO much better now: The Iranians aren’t going to create nuclear weapons because their ethics don’t allow it. Yes, really. They say so. So all those “death to Israel” demonstrations? The calls to erase Israel from the … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning news briefs

Yeah, but they have to have the ability to fire first: Turkey is installing new “friend or foe” software in its F-16s, the better to target IAF jets with. Isn’t it time for Barack Obama to have a talk with … Continue reading

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Casus Belli

PM Erdogan of Turkey said, speaking of Israel’s raid on the Mavi Marmara, in an interview on Al Jazeera last week: The attack that took place in international waters did not comply with any international law. In fact, it was … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Erdogan ups the ante: For a guy who doesn’t want to go to war, he sure is talking all warlike and all that. Funny how he always says this on al Jazeera, and when called on it says he was … Continue reading

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Remembering 9/11

I have nothing new to say that I didn’t already say. Except to note that this morning, on the way to religious school with the twins, I discovered that Max knew all about 9/11 and Osama bin Laden’s death, even … Continue reading

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Caturday belly shots

Tig: Gracie:

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Three years of homeownership

My friend Sarah stopped by just a little while ago with her mother-in-law, who will be taking care of the kids while Sarah and Larry are away for the weekend. I’m on synagogue and religious school duty (as in: Take … Continue reading

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Friday brieflings

Okay, this is just funny: Read it in full, and yes, there are bad words in it, but this is utterly hilarious. A rocker explains why he won’t let Glee cover his songs. (For the records, every time I’ve watched … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs (now, with turkeys!)

The difference between Israel and its neighbors: An Israeli man was indicted for throwing stones at the Egyptian embassy. The Egyptian man who scaled the Israeli embassy wall and replaced the Israeli flag with Egypt’s was hailed as a hero. … Continue reading

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The Guardian and its Israel-hate: No boundaries

Apparently, the Guardian only approves of UN reports that its staff agrees with. Just Journalism takes apart the Guardian’s editorial that (I know, shocking) takes issue with the Palmer Report. Here’s my favorite line in the editorial itself: It was … Continue reading

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Back to work briefs

Turkey continues its anti-Israel agenda: Erdogan totally has Arab street creds now; he’s suspended all trade ties with Israel. Say, Erdie, you do realize that means the Israeli UAVs you bought aren’t going to be maintained, don’t you? Good luck … Continue reading

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Labor Day briefs

Oh, shut up about so-called Israeli racism: The New York Times is running a front-page story on how Libyans are rounding up black-skinned Africans (and dark-skinned Libyans from the south) because they’re—wait for it—black. And all black men, apparently, were … Continue reading

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Iran irked by errors in Qurans from China

This news item didn’t make the first pages of main newspapers and could have passed unnoticed: Iranian publishers are complaining that cost-saving plans to print Qurans in China are yielding embarrassing results: A slew of typos. The head of Iran’s … Continue reading

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