Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

The awesome power of the Jooooooooos

I don’t know whether this belongs under Jew Cooties or Israel Derangement Syndrome, but it is the most awesomely awesome paranoid Jew thing out of Iran since the Star of David on the roof of whatever the hell that building … Continue reading

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Oscar thoughts

How do you give the awards for sound editing and mixing to Inception, but not the best score? Toy Story3 ? Seriously? Toy Story 3? No comparison to the Inception soundtrack. Well, at least they gave the right film best … Continue reading

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Still getting the hang of the new theme

The Widgets thing isn’t working exactly the way it’s supposed to, or I’m not understanding it. My entire blogroll is only showing up on the secondary pages, not the main page. For some reason, most of the things I’m adding … Continue reading

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Sunday briefs

When they said “restart button,” did they mean the Soviets arming Israel’s enemies? Because that’s what’s happening. Russia is sending ship-killing cruise missiles to Syria. Gee. Wonder where they’re going to end up? [cough] Lebanon! [cough] The Obama Doctrine defined: … Continue reading

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Updating

Yes, I finally updated the site. There should be a new theme coming along soon as well. As always, Jay was my go-to guy to help make things happen. We’ve been friends since the beginning of my blogging days, which … Continue reading

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The fun part of owning cats

You know what’s worse than hearing a cat hack up a hairball in the middle of the night (when you just can’t get out of bed to clean up a mess because it’s three a.m. and you’re freaking exhausted)? Not … Continue reading

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Friday news roundups

The first domino is down: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker wins the first stage of the vote to strip public-sector unions of the ability to negotiate benefits. I think it should have covered everything. Public-sector employees should not be allowed to … Continue reading

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Wheels within wheels within wheels

If true, this is a major step forward by the Palestinians: Palestinian sources told the London-based al-Hayat Thursday that a plan by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to create a unity government with both rival Palestinian factions had already been approved … Continue reading

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In which I teach the AP how to write an unbiased article on Israel

Once—just once—I’d like to see an article on Israel that contains no bias whatsoever. This one was pretty darned good. Look at this, it’s part of the lead, and it actually presents the story fairly. It points out that it … Continue reading

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Compare and contrast: Protests there and here

This is courage: In Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, an army unit attacked the city’ Souq Mosque, where regime opponents had been camped for days in a protest calling for Gadhafi’s ouster, a witness said. The soldiers … Continue reading

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Evil Israelis letting Palestinians flee Libya to the PA

Those evil, evil Israelis. They’re just rotten scum who are trying to destroy all the Palestinians, one way or another. The proof? Israel will allow 300 Palestinians living in Libya whose lives are endangered into the Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister … Continue reading

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Wednesday brief briefs

The Mahdi is coming! The Mahdi is coming! Ahmadinejad is soooo excited about all the turmoil in the Middle East (except, of course, for his own backyard). He’s predicting that it will reach America. Not hardly, moron. What I find … Continue reading

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This week’s SNN

This week’s SNN is up. We’re putting out the podcast about twice a month, and I do have a segment this time around. Give it a listen.

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Yes, it’s all Israel’s fault

Libyan troops are massacring protesters. Bodies are lying in the streets. The arms that Ghaddafy is using to murder his countrymen? Supplied by Britain and Italy. Hezbollah is now deeply intertwined with the Mexican drug cartels, teaching them advanced bomb-making … Continue reading

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