Category Archives: The One

Saturday quick snarks

Posted on 10/02/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Yeah, but are they going to allow human sacrifice? The Brits are officially recognizing Druidry (apparently, that’s what you call it) as a religion. Pardon me while I snicker. The Obama Effect:The Palestinians are done with direct negotiatons. This would … Continue reading →

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Why Obama’s Mideast outreach will always fail

Posted on 09/24/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It doesn’t matter what tack the U.S.S. Obama takes when trying to navigate between the Muslim/Arab world and Israel. The Arab League talks a big game about peace, but they refuse to make any “confidence-building measures” of their own. Not … Continue reading →

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Message not received

Posted on 09/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

On the heels of Marc Ambinder declaring that the media will be the water-carriers for the Democratic Party regarding the demonization of the Tea Party, that selfsame subject (coincidentally, I’m sure) is now being discussed in the White House. The … Continue reading →

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Smacking down Obama on “smackdowns”

Posted on 09/17/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Barack Obama felt it necessary to chastise Linda McMahon for using the term “smackdown”: “I understand she has promised a ‘smackdown’. That is what she said. And, look, there’s no doubt, I can see how somebody who’s been in professional … Continue reading →

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Friday three-day weekend briefs

Posted on 08/27/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It’s a three-day weekend for me. I took the day off. Sarah is going to help me put together my new computer desk. That would be because I know which end of a screwdriver to hold, and how to turn … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere

Posted on 08/16/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Reading material for while I’m working: Bad girl, bad girl: I have two words to say about this graffiti that Bad Rachel (who is now blogrolled) posted: Awe and some. Barack Obama has “abandonded America”: The 9/11 Families reaction to … Continue reading →

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Your Monday morning briefs

Posted on 08/16/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I really don’t like Mondays, particularly because I usually make the drive to Company in Northern Virginia, and it’s a damned boring drive. Because not all of you read Instapundit: The Atlantic rounds up the many opinions about Jeff Goldberg’s … Continue reading →

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… or forever hold your peace

Posted on 07/30/2010 by Soccerdad

In The Palestinian Authority Struggles to Sabotage Any Chance for Peace, Barry Rubin observes: And here, too, is the PA openly thwarting President Barack Obama, who publicly bristles at the tiniest Israeli disagreement, yet seems to accept this disrespect without … Continue reading →

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HMO’s beat Congress in Gallup poll

Posted on 07/22/2010 by Meryl Yourish

You can’t make this stuff up. Remember how much we hated HMO’s when they first came out? (I still hate them; I chose the PPO option from my health care plan). Well, Americans have a higher level of confidence in … Continue reading →

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Have the administration’s Israel and Iran policies changed?

Posted on 07/22/2010 by Soccerdad

Yesterday Meryl observed that once again: Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinians will not resume direct talks until… and now you get to fill in the blank, because he keeps on changing the rules. Rabbi Kaufman wondered if the administration … Continue reading →

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The president plans; Abbas throws pie in his face

Posted on 07/14/2010 by Soccerdad

Last week I offered qualified praise to the editors of the Washington Post for their observations about President Obama’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The one part of the editorial that I didn’t like was towards the end: Now Mr. … Continue reading →

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Like the singin’ bird and the croakin’ toad, I got a name – and Israelis don’t like it

Posted on 07/09/2010 by Soccerdad

via memeorandum Haaretz reports, Obama: Israelis suspicious of me because my middle name is Hussein During the interview Wednesday, when confronted with the anxiety that some Israelis feel toward him, Obama said that “some of it may just be the … Continue reading →

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The Obama full-court press

Posted on 07/08/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I hardly know what to say. The first word that comes to mind is “hypocrite.” Because suddenly, Obama has seen the light on the Israeli point of view regarding peace. U.S. President Barack Obama has said there is hope for … Continue reading →

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The Obama-Netanyahu aftermath

Posted on 07/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So, what was the scorecard of the big meeting? Barry Rubin says it was pretty much theater. Obama praised Netanyahu just as much on the “peace process.” The president said: “I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu wants peace. I think … Continue reading →

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WaPo: President Obama seeks to mend fences with Israel and keep Jews on board

Posted on 07/06/2010 by Soccerdad

Ahead of today’s visit of Prime Minister Netanyahu to President Obama the Washington Post, In Obama, Netanyahu meet again amid questions over U.S.-Israel relations, catalogues many of the difficulties plaguing the relationship between the two allies. The public show of … Continue reading →

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