Monthly Archives: December 2011

Second light

Posted on 12/21/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Virtual Menorah:

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Wednesday briefly briefs

Posted on 12/21/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Awesome. Talk about grist for the ZOG mills: Israel’s Home Front Defense Minister says that the U.S. and Israel are on the same page regarding Iran. Well, when American Jews like Tom Friedman are using the Walt/Mearsheimer Israel Lobby tropes, … Continue reading →

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These are the days of my life

Posted on 12/20/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I’m still not going to go into details about what’s going on with my mother, except to say that I think there is a light at the end of the tunnel. But I did want to let you know that … Continue reading →

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First light of Hanukka/Chanukah

Posted on 12/20/2011 by Meryl Yourish

My virtual menorah: It’s nowhere near as clean now as it was some ten years ago.

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Open thread Tuesday

Posted on 12/20/2011 by Meryl Yourish

You know, I’m a little tired of the news at the moment, so we should talk about the weather, or something.

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Monday morning briefs

Posted on 12/19/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Ding dong the witch is dead: Kim Jong-il is gone. Alas, another is ready to take his place. Stupid Sith lords. Not my grandfather’s religion: I don’t care what you say, rioting is not the part of Orthodox Judaism that … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Israel, Jews, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, World | 15 Comments

This is what sanctuary looks like

Posted on 12/18/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The Occupiers are selfish bastards. Really, what else can you say when you read a quote like this, from an Occupier who tried to invade a park owned by a church: “We’re just trying to say that this country has … Continue reading →

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Hamas senior got lost in the tunnels

Posted on 12/18/2011 by SnoopyTheGoon

The news appeared in Maariv’s Hebrew weekend edition on Friday Dec 16. Maariv, using Palestinian Pal Press as their source, tells that Tahr Atwa, a senior Hamas functionary and a part-time commander in Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades left Gaza five … Continue reading →

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Remembering a love of theater

Posted on 12/17/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Saw South Pacific at the Richmond Landmark Theater tonight. I’d forgotten how much I love watching plays, particularly musicals. I subscribed after learning that Wicked was going to be here (went with my niece and with a friend, as I’m … Continue reading →

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A new record for Meryl

Posted on 12/16/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I was checking out Reason’s blog and discovered that they were right. A bunch of movies you probably haven’t seen get Golden Globe nominations from the preposterous “Hollywood Foreign Press Association.” A quick trip down the list shows that I … Continue reading →

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Non-violent terrorism: It’s the new pundit thing

Posted on 12/16/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I’m starting to think that there’s a mirror image of the Zionist conspiracy theorists. For every nutjob and Jew-hater that thinks Jews are secretly controlling the world and responsible for all of its ills, there is a corresponding person–usually on … Continue reading →

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Say, Karl Vick, does moderation include calling for war?

Posted on 12/15/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Say, Karl Vick, are you SURE Hamas is moderating? I’m thinking that Karl Vick (rhymes with “dick”) ((cf. Time Magazine’s infamous “Menachem Begin*” (rhymes with “Fagin”) issue)) is, well, wrong about Hamas becoming more moderate due to its dealings with … Continue reading →

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A public service announcement

Posted on 12/14/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I’m going to have a much longer and more detailed post, but if you have any older relatives in the care of a psychiatrist that have had dramatic personality changes, they are probably overmedicated. Right now, I’m hating nearly the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday afternoon briefs

Posted on 12/13/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Keep it up, you’ll alienate the rest of America’s Jews: The IDF asked parents to “dress modestly” for a medics graduation ceremony. I have a lot of tolerance for the religious. I have no tolerance for those that would relegate … Continue reading →

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Late Monday briefs

Posted on 12/12/2011 by Meryl Yourish

So, how much you figure he paid his people to vote for him? Oh, look. A little-read magazine touts an online poll as “person of the year,” and it turns out it’s: Turkey’s prime ministerErdogan, the man responsible for bringing … Continue reading →

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Late Sunday briefs

Posted on 12/11/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Just in case you want to know what those “protesters” were doing: The AFP apparently caught a picture of the Palestinian who was killed after being hit by a tear gas canister during Friday’s “protest”. Check out the large chunks … Continue reading →

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Saturday night is supposed to be quiet around here

Posted on 12/10/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Yeah, but not the Saturday nights when I have Sarah’s four kids over. It’s my annual birthday present to Sarah and Larry, whose birthdays are the first week in December. I used to just babysit, but since I bought my … Continue reading →

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Friday briefs

Posted on 12/09/2011 by Meryl Yourish

So, how’s that 1701 working out for you? Hizballah is still targeting UN peacekeepers, this time probably for telling the world that the rockets fired last week were in violation of UNSCR 1701, which forbids arms and weapons south of … Continue reading →

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Cause, effect, and media bias

Posted on 12/09/2011 by Meryl Yourish

If Israel does not kill terrorists, terrorists fire rockets into Israel. Israel then kills terrorists, and the media blame Israel for keeping up “the cycle of violence.” If Israel pre-emptively strikes terrorists who are about to launch attacks on Israel, … Continue reading →

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Thursday lunchtime briefs

Posted on 12/08/2011 by Meryl Yourish

This is not the drone you were looking for: Loren Thompson writes in Forbes that the Iranians don’t have nearly as much of the stealth drone that they’re claiming to have. A telling comment: Iran is not broadcasting pictures of … Continue reading →

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