Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

The anti-Zionism fig leaf falls from Iran

When even EU diplomats and the New York Times call it anti-Semitism, there’s no hiding behind the false label of anti-Zionism. Iran’s Vice President Makes Anti-Semitic Speech at Forum Iran’s vice president delivered a baldly anti-Semitic speech on Tuesday at … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

Massive fires in Jerusalem: Bastards have been setting fires all over since it’s the dry season, and they saw how much it hurt Israel last year. They haven’t declared this one arson yet, but it had two separate points of … Continue reading

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Possible phishing popup?

If you get a popup on this site, it’s from the Sitemeter widget. Don’t click on it, it may be a phishing attempt. I will disable it if need be.

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Monday Islamist briefs

Egypt, enemy, same difference: An Islamist won the presidency of Egypt. He’s already promising to “review” the Camp David Peace Treaty with Israel and increase ties to Iran. Also, Fatah is nervous as hell and Hamas is ecstatic. Awesome work … Continue reading

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Three more days until the Obamacare ruling

Nothing from the Supreme Court today, but the next (and last for this season) session will be on Thursday, when we will hear Chief Justice Roberts read the opinion of the Supreme Court. It is widely expected to be a … Continue reading

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Sunday briefs

WTF is a “gradual” truce? Apparently, Hamas thinks it’s a truce if they shoot fewer rockets at Israel. And yet, Iron Dome intercepted five rockets last night–something it does only when the rockets are going to hit populated areas. So … Continue reading

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The novel update

I’m in the editing phase now. Next week I send the manuscript to my copy editor, then out to beta readers. Things are going well. I got thumbnail sketches for the cover art last week and picked a scene, so … Continue reading

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Writing and reading link roundup

What E-publishing means to a country boy: If you didn’t grow up where I did, you may not understand what this means, but it’s worth hearing. I know a lot of people with e-readers who are reading voraciously, who had … Continue reading

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Friday Fluffy kitty post

The world news is all annoying or depressing, so instead, Caturday comes early this week. He barely opened his eyes while I took that picture. Miss Gracie, looking lovely, as usual. That patch of sun is one of her spots … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

It’s a rocket-filled truce: The AP whitewashes and slants the story, as Hamas pretends to offer a truce while still firing rockets at Israeli civilians. And this used to be the lead sentence: After a deadly cross-border raid, a new … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

The real reason for the fence attack: Money. Ron ben-Yishai says Bedouins are ultimately behind the Sinai border attack, because their income from smuggling has dropped sharply as Israel builds the border fence. Gee, the poor things. They can no … Continue reading

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Gaza attacks Israel, again

Israel should totally life the blockade. 50 aid groups demand that Israel lift the Gaza blockade. How many of those organizations are going to demand that Hamas stop shelling Israel? Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired at least 33 rockets and … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

But Israel should totally lift the Gaza blockade: PIJ terrorists killed an Israeli working on the security fence between Israel and Egypt. The Israeli’s name? Said Phashpashe. Think the AP will note that an Arab-Israeli was killed by Palestinian terrorists? … Continue reading

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Your Sunday morning AP bias

There is no story that the AP can’t immediately slant anti-Israel. First, let’s look at the story in the Israeli press: Police: Truck driver kills 2 Palestinian robbers A tow truck driver from Ashkelon shot to death two Palestinians on … Continue reading

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Caturday old cat post

Found some old pictures in a box today. Here’s the cat I had during my teen years: Little One. Do you begin to see a pattern with my cats? Yep. That’s my motto: A fat cat is a happy cat.

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