Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Friday catblogging

As promised, more kitty pics. First, Miss Gracie, in one of her rare goofball moments. I actually missed her during one of her funniest, yet strangest habits. She loves chlorine-based cleansers. And I mean loves. They affect her like catnip. … Continue reading

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Israel to Obama: Netanyahu won

President Obama is fond of saying things like, “I won,” and “I’m the president.” Well, Netanyahu won. And he’s the Prime Minister. And Israelis are pretty happy with what he’s doing right now. In other news, 43 percent of Israelis … Continue reading

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Israel, the battered wife of the world

Read this and weep: The defense establishment recommends easing the siege on Gaza, mainly at the crossings, in order to advance the talks aimed at securing kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit’s release. The recommendations – some of which have already been … Continue reading

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Medvedev approves of Obama’s Muslim outreach

Barack Obama is making the Russian president happy. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Tuesday against attempts to impose Western values on the Arab world, praising US President Barack Obama’s recent efforts to reach out to the Muslims. “There is … Continue reading

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The “imminent disaster” Gaza meme is back

In November of last year, I wrote a post titled “UN on Gaza: An “imminent” disaster years in the making.” In it, I detailed how the UN has declared an imminent “humanitarian crisis” that would lead to mass starvation and … Continue reading

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Ship of predictable fools

Can I call it, or what? Me: Expect to hear about how they were stopped in international waters. By mean ol’ Israeli navy boats that tried to ram them. And since Cynthia McKinney was on board, expect to hear more … Continue reading

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New Shire Network News

The latest SNN is up, and it has a new contribution by yours truly, one of my better ones. I will be updating my podcast page this weekend, probably. If you want to hear me before then, well, you know … Continue reading

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Spain’s activist courts becoming inactive

Looks like the Spanish government is finally reining in its ridiculous activist judges. Spain’s National Court on Tuesday decided to shelve an investigation launched by one of its judges into a July 2002 air strike by the Israel Defense Forces … Continue reading

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Ship of Fools: Fooled twice

The Israeli Navy stopped the Free Gaza “peace” activists. Expect the usual lies about ramming, random cruelty of the IDF, and other ridiculous stories. At around noon Tuesday the Israeli Navy intercepted and took control of a boat that had … Continue reading

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It’s settled: No settlement freeze, please

Now we definitely have to push hard for no settlement freeze. Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Monday told the chairman of the Geneva Initiative, Yossi Beilin, that “a total freeze of settlements is a condition for the partial implementation … Continue reading

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I’m back

The drive was exhausting. But I have a corned beef cooking, and a Gencarelli’s panelle bread, and some kosher steaks in the fridge. I had a very nice weekend with friends, and learned that my nephew is, indeed, going to … Continue reading

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Saturday picture shows

We’re waiting for Bob to get home from the movies before we go to lunch, and for the clouds to go away before we go swimming. But I have time for blogging, and I simply had to share a few … Continue reading

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Traveling

I’ll be on the road by the time this is posted, on my way to NJ for my nephew’s graduation party. I swear, he was only six last year. Maybe the year before last. But graduating high school? No way. … Continue reading

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No more Spanish war crimes lawsuits?

The Spanish government is trying to change the laws that allow, well, anyone to sue anyone else in the world, for whatever reason. Spanish legislators voted Thursday to change a law that let judges indict Osama bin Laden and Chilean … Continue reading

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Meshaal to Israel: No, No, No again

Once again, the Jimmy Carters of the world are going to be proven idiots. As Carter and the Obama administration insist that Hamas can be a viable peace partner, the “peace partner” makes liars of them. Hamas’ senior political leader … Continue reading

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