Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

The when will this virus end? briefs

When you say “Mubarak supporters,” you really mean “police and army”: The AP does its usual job bringing you less than the news. Funny how suddenly 3,000 supporters of Hosni Mubarak just decided to go after the protesters in Tahrir … Continue reading

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Little Big Planet

So how many of my readers are also Little Big Planet fans? I haven’t quite finished LBP 1, but I already started LBP 2. Sarah comes over for gaming lunches from time to time. Since I lent her my PS3 … Continue reading

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The silver lining in the revolutionary cloud

Syrians are calling for freedom. BEIRUT – Syrians are organizing campaigns on Facebook and Twitter that call for a “day of rage” in Damascus this week, taking inspiration from Egypt and Tunisia in using social networking sites to rally their … Continue reading

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The OMG I’m still sick briefs

Anyone but El-baradai: Yes, we should totally push an Iranian/Muslim Brotherhood stooge to be the new head of Egypt. No way that would go wrong for the world. More shelling of Israel, more silence from the press: The Palestinians are … Continue reading

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Striking down Obamacare

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Post-SOTU briefs

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

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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Palileaks: They’re not passing the smell test

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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