Tag Archives: Libya

Thursday news

Posted on 04/07/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Awww…. it’s Tripoli Tulip: Boy, she must be into the Ghaddafis for her life. In her 30s, with long dark hair, heavy makeup and often decked out in gaudy outfits, she often gives long monologues crusading against Libya’s rebels, the … Continue reading →

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America has always been at war with EastAsia?

Posted on 03/18/2011 by Meryl Yourish

So, it wasn’t okay to bomb Iraq, but it’s okay to bomb Libya? How is it that people are making the exact same arguments about Libya that some were making about Iraq (which were deemed not good enough to try … Continue reading →

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Friday snark briefs

Posted on 03/11/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Yada yada, unions rock, yada yada, corporate thieves, yada yada: Sally Kohn, a “community organizer” (really, wtf is that supposed to mean?), sings the praises of unions. This part, however, is in great need of correction: There’s an old bumper … Continue reading →

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Thursday briefs

Posted on 03/10/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The second time, as farce: Seriously? Bad enough Madman Gaddaffy got Libya on the Human Rights Council, now Syria’s looking to take his place. And you know what? I bet Assad will get it. But then, half the members of … Continue reading →

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Compare and contrast, freedom version

Posted on 03/09/2011 by Meryl Yourish

In Egypt, women marching for equal rights were harassed, sexually assaulted, and beaten. Thousands of men surrounded hundreds of women and drove them from Tahrir Square on International Women’s Day. The AP headline for this story? Egyptian women’s rights protest … Continue reading →

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Monday briefs

Posted on 03/07/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Gee, that’s a shocker: Israel is one of the least popular countries in the world, followed only by Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan. How can that be? After all, it’s not like the media has a 24/7 anti-Israel narrative going, … Continue reading →

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Friday, briefly

Posted on 03/04/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Oh, yeah. Egyptians want peace with Israel: The Egyptians are refusing to resume supplying natural gas, for which Israel contracted and is paying, to Israel. The company supplies 45% of Israel’s electricity needs. Say, you think we’re going to hear … Continue reading →

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Oil Shale Economics

Posted on 02/23/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

Thomas Friedman wrote today about the need for the United States to reduce our need for foreign oil, proposing a phased $1 tax on gasoline to help wean us from it. This would certainly reduce consumption, but it would not … Continue reading →

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Seif at first

Posted on 03/02/2010 by Soccerdad

The New York Times featured a paean to Libyan pretender to the throne, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi. While the end of the article explains why a government controlled economy is bad, that part of the article is there to show what … Continue reading →

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Not quite at death’s door

Posted on 02/22/2010 by Soccerdad

No doubt you remember this: Still protesting his innocence and offering “sincere sympathy” to the families of those who died in the bombing, Mr. Megrahi was granted his freedom under the terms of Scottish laws permitting the early release of … Continue reading →

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Snark news briefs, good news edition

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

So many wonderful things, so little time. (Actually, there’s plenty of time; work’s done for the day.) Sucks to be you, Part 1: The anti-Israel (some might say “anti-Semitic” Egyptian minister of culture lost his bid to become the director … Continue reading →

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The UN’s Israel obsession, continued

Posted on 12/04/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Libya called the UN Security Council into an emergency session on Wednesday. Was it war? Famine? Zimbabwe? Sudan? Piracy off the coast of Africa? The situation in Mumbai? Afghanistan? China? Tibet? Kashmir? Nope. It’s because the IDF turned back a … Continue reading →

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