Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Racist, evil IDF soldiers rescue 80-year-old Lebanese woman

Those horrible, horrible Israelis are at it again. Damn them! An IDF force patrolling along the northern border Saturday detected an 80-year-old woman whose clothes had tangled in the Lebanese side of the border fence. The troops informed United Nations … Continue reading

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The anti-Israel bias, exposed again

In this AP article on Congress lifting the holds on sending money to the Lebanese army (and gee, having Obama assure them that the money won’t be hijacked by Hezbollah in any way sure makes me feel better, how about … Continue reading

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Friday, briefly

So it’s only bad when Israel does it: Remember all the brouhaha over Israel’s refusing to go along with the UN’s one-sided Gaza war investigation? Well, there doesn’t seem to be an eye being batted over Hezbollah declaring that no … Continue reading

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On Veteran’s Day

I really don’t have any profound thoughts. All I can say to those of you who are or were in the armed forces: Thanks for doing what I didn’t have the courage to do. One thing I will say: This … Continue reading

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Thursday morning briefs

The more you learn, the worse it gets: Really, first we learn (shock!) that German diplomats were complicit in murdering Jews. Now we learn that at least a third of the German war effort was supported by stolen Jewish wealth … Continue reading

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The whitewashing a of terrorist mass murderer

Arafat’s dead, but the tongue-baths and whitewashing live on. Wow, what a nifty-keen profile of the Yasser Arafat museum in the AP! Why, if you read this profile, you would hardly know that the biggest mass-murderer of Jews since Adolf … Continue reading

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Tuesday post-op briefs

My pupils aren’t really dilating, but I can still see to read. But—but—Hamas would never harm UN personnel: John Ging doesn’t feel safe in Gaza, so Israel has approved four submachine guns for use of his personal bodyguards. Say, how’s … Continue reading

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Taking more of a break

You know, getting Lasik surgery does, indeed, take a fair amount out of you, at least if you’re middle-aged. I’m staying with friends in NJ, and today, for the second day in a row, I saw Bob’s dad. He said, … Continue reading

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A new worldview

Well, the Lasik went well, but boy, it takes some getting used to. My near vision is gone. Kaput. Finished. I was pretty darned nearsighted, so I could basically count the numbers of hairs on my arm if I wanted … Continue reading

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Lasik office things

Thing 1: The most annoying test for Lasik surgery? Putting these papery things in my eyes (yes, really) to test if my eye were dry (yes, really). “Well, they’re drying NOW,” I told the tech, what with her sticking paper … Continue reading

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Delusions of the self kind

Soccer Dad is writing about Bill Clinton’s imaginary Israel/Palestinian negotiations, where Yasser Arafat was not an unrepentant terrorist who launched countless terror attacks in the hopes of defeating Israel, but a partner in peace. But he missed the most deluded … Continue reading

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My personal NY Post headline for tomorrow

REPUBLICANS TO OBAMA: WE WON Going to bed now. And fairly content.

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Election Day briefs

Oh, the horrors! Best headline of the day: On Election Day, Democratic Party control in peril. It’s like the AP thinks that Dems are tied up on the railroad tracks by those evil Republicans Oh, the disappointment: Eric Cantor only … Continue reading

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Things

Thing 1: Remember that scene in Home Alone when McCauley Culkin went screaming down the hall after applying the aftershave? That’s how I felt this morning when I found my first-ever trojan report on my personal (not work) computer. It’s … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

UN to Israel: What Jewish history? UNESCO has declared the tombs of the Patriarchs and of Rachel to be “Palestinian.” Because the Palestinians named them mosques. City of Hebron the oldest Jewish city in existence? Doesn’t matter. It’s Palestinian, because … Continue reading

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