Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

More anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street (Los Angeles)

She is the 99%. Funny how every accusation of racism (nearly all of which proved false) was highlighted at every Tea Party rally or meeting, but the naked anti-Semitism at the OWS protests is ignored by the mainstream media. That’s … Continue reading

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Friday Israel briefs

Ah, the lovely sound of Palestinian terrorists hating on each other: Looks like there’s trouble in prison over the swap. It seems that most of the West Bank terrorists will be heading to other places (and other countries), while most … Continue reading

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The OWS briefs

A roundup of links on the occupiers for your reading pleasure. And boy, there are a lot of them. One surprise: In the WaPo article analyzing the movement, the fact that OWS has the same amount of coverage as the … Continue reading

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Anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street

What a surprise… the Occupy Wall Street protesters are blaming the Jews. Via the Emergency Committee for Israel.

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Any One Life to Live fans out there?

I have figured out who killed Victor, and why, and will reveal all in the comments. I think it’s one of the most clever plotlines I’ve seen since I began watching soaps.

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Thursday, briefly

Treaty? What treaty? Egypt is deliberately breaking its treaty with Israel and flaunting it. Permission? We don’t need no steenking permission to patrol the Sinai? It’s good to know that an Arab nation keeps its written promises after the Islamists … Continue reading

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Scratch a liberal…

I lost another liberal friend today. I put a link on Facebook to this article. He said that even though Dems get millions of dollars from Wall Street, the money doesn’t affect their votes. I told him he was naive. … Continue reading

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Gilad Shalit is going home

I never thought I’d be writing this post, but it looks like Gilad Shalit is going to be home in Israel in a matter of hours. There will be many things written about the deal, both for and against. Barry … Continue reading

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Cats wearing hats

So where do you think Rahel will see this first? Here or Facebook?

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The long weekend make-up briefs

Name one other religion that has to do things like this: 1,000-year-old Torah scrolls from Syria had to be smuggled out, one by one, in order to preserve our Jewish heritage from those who would deny and destroy it—like the … Continue reading

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It’s not the holiday weekend, it’s the writing

I was writing my novel today. That’s part of the reason things are slow around here. My fiction is more important to my future than this blog will ever be. Which is not to say that the blog will go … Continue reading

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The Reason Occupy Wall Street anthem

It is full of teh awesome.

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Lazy Sunday cat post

It’s a three-day weekend for me. The heck with the news. I caught Gracie looking undignified. She is actually mewing, not yawning. She wanted me to pet her. I wanted her to sit in the sun long enough for me … Continue reading

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Phew.

That was one unpleasant fast. Maybe by next year, my hot flashes will be gone and I won’t be suffering from dehydration in only, like, four hours after the fast began.

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Why we confess our sins on Yom Kippur

Sabba Hillel sent me another video link. I like it a lot. I’m not sure exactly why, but this one made me cry. G’mar hatima tova. Have an easy and meaningful fast.

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