Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Yes, it is anti-Semitism

The chief of police of Dubia, whom the world media have been quoting on a daily or near-daily basis (the AP alone finds it necessary to update us that the Australian police have gone to Israel to interview the former … Continue reading

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The I’m too tired open thread post

Long day in NorVA, beginning with some asshat trying to see if it were true that two things cannot occupy the same space at the same time (my Jeep vs. his sedan; the horn of my Jeep won), an 18-wheeler … Continue reading

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A repentant troll?

Wow, you guys need to check out this comment. I think my anti-Semitic comment troll has seen the light!

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For all your terrorist news

Fred Pruitt’s Rantburg has been around for a long, long time. I’m on the daily newsletter list, and this is why: Besides the wealth of information, there are the comments. Fred’s aren’t the only funny ones. (But they are the … Continue reading

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Israel’s Axis of Evil

The heads of Hamas and Hezbullah met in Damascus with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Bashar Assad to plot Israel’s destruction. How is the Obama administration handling the fact that Syria hosted the heads of two terrorist organizations and one terrorist-supporting state? … Continue reading

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Sunday morning snarks, media bias edition

What a difference an angle makes: Biased AP headline of the morning: Israel police storm holy site to quell protest. Ynet news headline: Riots erupt on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Awesome AFP anti-Israel slant of the month: The Dubai assassination of … Continue reading

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Dubai police chief: All Jews are suspects

No wonder there’s now a Facebook group called “I was also a part of the Dubai Assassination Squad.” Because the Arabs are now declaring all of us Jews guilty of being part of assassination squads. According to Emarat Al Youm, … Continue reading

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More on the Dubai hit

The AP has a story that isn’t getting nearly as wide release as the stories about the Mossad being responsible for the Dubai hit, but it’s interesting for what countries are doing—and not doing—to find the killers. A killer – … Continue reading

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Friday news dump: Crooked congressmen

The misnamed Congressional ethics comittee cleared seven representatives of ethics violations, released the report on Friday, (papers like the Washington Post are making sure to cover it in their Saturday editions, which nobody reads) and issued a unanimous statement that … Continue reading

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The blogger’s guide to anti-Semitic comment trolls

Eight years ago this spring, at the height of the suicide bombings of Yasser Arafat’s terror war known as the second intifada, I started blogging about Jewish and Israeli issues. This, of course, brought out the anti-Israel crazies. I came … Continue reading

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Terrorist used fake passport to get to Dubai, media will not care

So, in all this uproar about Israel allegedly using fake passports to get Mossad agents into Dubai to kill a Hamas terrorist, the part of the story that will be utterly ignored is that the ex-terrorist was in Dubai on … Continue reading

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Compare and contrast

The AP reports that a truce has been signed, “raising hopes the bloody seven-year conflict could draw to a close.” They then go on to expand on the truce, the people involved, the leaders, international promises of $1 billion to … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning snarks

The definition of hypocrisy: Iran is calling the Dubai assassination “Israeli terror.” Because gee, Iran never blew up a Jewish community center, an army barracks, or murdered Iranian expats in other nations. Israel eliminated a terrorist murderer arms supplier. One … Continue reading

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Inspector Clouseau is on the Dubai case

You have to love the gathering of evidence that the Dubai police insist “prove” that the Mossad was involved. In an interview to Emirati paper al-Bayan published on Monday, Tamim said that “despite Israel’s attempts at denial, claiming there is … Continue reading

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Checkpoint “misery” exaggerated by the AP

This get-out-your-hankie story is the latest profile by the AP of the horrors the Palestinians have to go through—all, of course, caused by Israel. This one is an AP correspondent who spent a week (five days, actually) going through the … Continue reading

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