Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Carnival of the Jews

It’s the latest Haveil Havalim. Do I have to read the posts for you this week, too, or can you do it yourselves this time?

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The Iranians: Gasoline addicts without refinement

Further to my post of Friday about the falling price of oil: Iran is really starting to sweat the price of oil. Iran’s Oil Minister said Saturday that it would be “unsuitable” for both producers and consumers for oil to … Continue reading

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Attention, Virginia voters: Last chance to register

Monday is the last day to register to vote in Virginia. If you haven’t registered by close of business October 6th, you won’t be voting for our next president. This public service announcement has been brought to you by: Someone … Continue reading

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Calling the other 11,000 Americans

What, you couldn’t tune in even for a minute to make it a nice, even 70 mil? Final: 69,989,000 viewers — Palin-Biden the most-watched vp debate ever Slackers.

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A ray of light in the economic slump

Oil continues its fall. It’s under $94 a barrel right now, and holding steady. Gas is down to $3.19 in the Richmond area, and sinking. (Gasbuddy.com is a good place to find the cheapest gas prices in your area. It’s … Continue reading

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The Palin-Biden debate

Go ahead. You know you want to talk about it. I thought she did just fine, and it makes me feel a bit better about her after those horrible interviews. Now what I’d like to see is more of that … Continue reading

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Warping your religion

MEMRI’s enemies keeps on accusing the organization of cherry-picking quotes, or pulling them out of context. I’d like to know what MEMRI’s enemies can possibly say to excuse this excrescence, who has managed to both steal and warp one of … Continue reading

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Olmert joins the Surrender Party

Ehud Olmert, not content with leaving Israel in a near-shambles, manages to make things even worse on his way out by declaring that Israel needs to surrender entirely to the Palestinians, or there will be no peace. In the farewell … Continue reading

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Words of war from Iran

The AP is broadcasting only half of Iran’s ruler, Ayatollah Khameini, in this short wire service story that, unsurprisingly, is not being picked up and distributed widely. At least, not as widely as the AP’s Rosh Hashanah story, which can’t … Continue reading

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AP: Finding something to criticizen in all things Israeli

The AP couldn’t manage to write a Rosh Hashana story without criticizing Israel. Because gee, when they write Ramadan stories, the first thing they do is bemoan Muslim terrorist attacks. Oh, wait. No they don’t. Here’s what went ’round the … Continue reading

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Shana tovah

A sweet and healthy new year to my fellow Jews. Posting will be light for the next 24 hours. In a few hours, I’ll be at the G. household, with apple cake in hand. It’s the one and only baked … Continue reading

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New Year’s greeting from Gaza: A rocket

A kassam rocket was fired towards Israel today, but didn’t quite make it. A Qassam rocket was fired Monday afternoon from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel, but landed on the Palestinian side of the border. There were no reports … Continue reading

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Shire Network News

This week’s Shire Network News is up and ready for your listening pleasure. Dr. Rusty Shackleford of the Jawa Report is our feature interview. My segment is a little longer than usual. It’s on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s mirroring Hitler, only the … Continue reading

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The Carnival of the Jews

Haveil Havalim is up at A Barbaric Yawp, one of the best-named blogs, ever. Go read the many different bloggers writing about Israel and Jewish issues. And forgive me, I forgot to link last week’s. It was at Jack’s, who … Continue reading

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American troops on Israeli soil

There is now a permanent American presence in Israel dedicated to keeping an eye on Iranian missile launches. The U.S. Army’s European Command deployed an early-warning radar system in Israel last week along with a 120-member support team, the weekly … Continue reading

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