Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Taking advantage of having a blog

Liana, I don’t have a current email address for your husband, and want to get in touch with him. I think your phone number disappeared as well. Send me an email, please?

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Le Monde to IAEA: Liars!

Le Monde has evidence that Mohammed El Baradei was lying when he declared yesterday that Syria didn’t have the knowhow to create a nuclear weapons site. The website of the French news agency Le Monde reported that information originating in … Continue reading

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Oh noes! I has to pay a fine

Ut-oh. I forgot to credit Rahel for the very funny Colbert link the other day. As a result, I have to pay a Non-linking Blogging fine, because we are not the AP, going around stealing links and material from other … Continue reading

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Palestinian pre-truce terror

Say, is it truce yet? Nope. With less than 24 hours to go before the ceasefire, Palestinian terror groups opened fire at Israelis on the border and launched at least 28 Qassam rockets and ten mortar shells towards the western … Continue reading

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One year later

One year after Hamas took control of Gaza, what have we got? Thousands of rockets fired into Israel, and more every day Tons of weapons and explosives smuggled into Gaza Hamas terrorists trained by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, who may also … Continue reading

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IAEA: Syria’s too stupid for nukes

Hey, the agency that slept through Pakistan, India, and North Korea getting nuclear weapons doesn’t think that Syria has the know-how to build a bomb. The organization that totally missed the A.Q. Khan nuclear weapons black market doesn’t think that … Continue reading

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Something funny for a change

Steven Colbert had a hilarious segment on Israel’s national bird, and the recent decision that giraffes are kosher. Spit-monitor warning is in effect. Absolutely priceless video of Colbert drinking Manischewitz. The grape concord, if I’m not mistaken.

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Israeli sea protest beached

Oh, this is too funny: A group of pro-Palestinian Israelis wanted to hold a demonstration at sea against the Gaza seige, but a Herzliya captain refused to take them on board until they dumped their kaffiyehs and Palestinian flags. They … Continue reading

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Another surrender by Israel

Palestinian Islamic Jihad is crowing victory over Israel. And why not? Israel is retreating in the face of PIJ rockets. “The decision to evacuate recruits from the Zikim base is yet another victory for the Palestinian resistance. Yesterday Erez, tomorrow … Continue reading

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Paper or plastic?

If I were dictator of the world, I would outlaw the question, “Paper or plastic?” that supermarket clerks keep asking. They always seem a bit taken aback when I tell them that I make enough decisions on a daily basis … Continue reading

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The beginning of the thaw?

Whoa. Look what happened tonight. I was rather surprised that Gracie neither growled nor swatted Tig away. Mind you, she does that a lot, and she did it a few minutes later when Tig got a little too forward (by … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim

This week’s Carnival of the Jews, in two parts. One. Two. Why two? Why not?

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The Stan Lee [Hulk] Solution

This post was first published May 2, 2002. Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that from time to time, I’ve been taking the Hulk perspective on various problems, specifically the Middle East. Well, when you take a hard … Continue reading

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Hulk say Hulk movie smash!

The Hulk is guest-blogging here again: Hulk go to new Hulk movie. Hulk was hoping it better than stupid movie girl took Hulk to last time. Stupid movie had giant dogs. Hulk in movie smash giant dogs, but that just … Continue reading

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What’s under Meryl’s desk?

A shelf, a dictionary, and… Tig.

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