Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Stop ObamaCare: Write your senator

In addition to writing my two senators, I sent a note to Maine’s Senator Olympia Snowe. This is why: Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine is the only Republican in the Senate who has publicly said she could support a government … Continue reading

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Who I’m reading

Well, there’s Elder. And Yaacov. And Daled Amos. And now that he’s not posting so much over here, Soccerdad. And Snoopy. There’s always the big guns: Hot Air (love those Dude headlines), Glenn Reynolds, Contentions. (Hey! The anti-Semitic comments are … Continue reading

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Thursday Snark News Briefs

Israel’s enemies will be shooting blanks: Bad news for Hamas and Hezbullah: Iron Dome is working. Bummer, huh? Those wily Jews are figuring out ways to make the last cheap weapon of Israel’s enemies ineffective. It’s only a matter of … Continue reading

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Stupid spammers

Every once in a while, a new spam subject comes along that apparently keeps managing to elude the spam filters at the server level. And I have to ask: What effing moron actually thinks he will get a free sample … Continue reading

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Wednesday Snark News Briefs

Cognitive dissonance: A KKKer hides from the law in Israel? Okay, on a scale of one to ten, the weirdness factor here is seven hundred. I mean, really—a kluxer on the run from the law goes and hides in Israel. … Continue reading

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Tuesday Snarky World News Briefs (now, with politics!)

Yes, we’re going to start delineating world news from, say politics. But I haven’t much time for politics today. Oh, well. Maybe. Respect my authori-tay! Um, Kartman, call your agent. I think Manuel Zelaya is stealing your act. Here’s my … Continue reading

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A midday visit, with pictures

Sarah and the kids were in town today so that Jake could retake a couple of parts of the test for the gifted program. He was sick and on meds when he first took the test, and didn’t score highly … Continue reading

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Hamas: Israel is drugging our chewing gum

Only in the Middle East can you read these incredibly insane theories that will be taken as absolute truth by the idiots who pass along these stories. Man, we Jews are so sneaky, we’re setting up Palestinians to chew gum … Continue reading

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I, for one, welcome our feline overlords

Proof positive that cats own us. Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered that cats use a “soliciting purr” to overpower their owners and garner attention and food. Unlike regular purring, this sound incorporates a “cry”, with a similar … Continue reading

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Your Monday Snark News

U.K. determined to lose Israeli arms market: The U.K. is embargoing arms to Israel, while insisting that it’s not an embargo—they’re just refusing to sell replacement parts. Luckily, Israel was smart enough to make sure that the U.K. was only … Continue reading

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Pat Buchanan’s buddy charged with Nazi war crimes

Expect more outraged columns by the modern-day Lindbergh on how innocent this poor old man is. And yet, he’s being charged. German prosecutors on Monday charged suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk with helping to kill about 28,000 Jews … Continue reading

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Netanyahu: Two states for two peoples. Media: he doesn’t really mean it

Funny how the Israeli press is pretty sure that Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t lying when he says he would like to see Israel at peace with the Palestinians and surrounding nations, but the rest of the world media thinks he doesn’t … Continue reading

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Score one for the bulls

The bulls of Pamplona got one this year. And hurt quite a few more. A bull fatally gored a Spanish man at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona on Friday. The 27-year old man, Daniel Jimeno Romero, was the first … Continue reading

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Caturday on Sunday

Two kitty pictures before I take off for the day. In the first, we have Mr. Tig on his new(ish) window shelf. It took him all of thirty seconds to realize that it would be a good thing to lie … Continue reading

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The poll results

The poll has been up for quite a while now, and it looks like the answers are staying pretty steady. Here are the results:

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