Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Thundersnow briefs

Ding-dong: Hugo Chavez is dead. Unfortunately, the damage he’s done to Venezuela will live on. However–Iran has to find a new partner in crime there. Meantime, his apologists are so, so sad today. Awww. Sucks to be them. Also, great … Continue reading

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Thundersnow!

We interrupt this regularly scheduled post with a report on the Thundersnow that is currently falling in Richmond. (Even better, ROLLING THUNDER SNOW!)

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Tuesday briefs

Ew, Jew cooties: Turkey’s foreign minister refused to shake hands with Ehud Barak at a conference in February. Pretty soon Turkish athletes are going to forfeit matches when Israelis are in them. Just wait for it. Oh, and tell us … Continue reading

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Monday briefs, March Forth (sic) edition

Today is a sentence. March forth! Can you say, “fake outrage over a visit that hasn’t even been planned”? If it’s starting to feel like 2001 all over again, that’s because Hamas and its puppets are manufacturing outrage over the … Continue reading

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Some help from my readers

I’ve got a Passover-themed press release for my novel going out to the Richmond-area Jewish newspaper and some synagogues. But I don’t need to limit myself to my area. I’d appreciate it if my readers would either send me the … Continue reading

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Darkness Rising makes it into the Times Dispatch

Darkness Rising: Book One of The Catmage Chronicles made it into my local paper. Alas, they don’t review self-published books. And they don’t link to them on Amazon, either, which is missing a crucial form of revenue, if you ask … Continue reading

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Australian media hearts Hamas

Two days, two tongue baths on Khalid Mashaal, whose PR department is evidently targeting Australia these days. And oh, how the two major newspapers of Australia responded handily. Both the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age of Australia published glowing … Continue reading

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Registration is back on

I got tired of the spammage, so I’m turning registration on for a while.

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Saturday briefs, the March 2 edition

Woot! It’s March! Spring is nearer! (I am SO done with winter.) ((I SO started this post yesterday and finished it today.)) Please. He wasn’t going to go there anyway: Hamas warns Obama to stay away from the Temple Mount. … Continue reading

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One of these things is not like the other

The UN Human Rights High Commissioner said that 2012 was a “daunting” year for human rights challenges. “The ongoing crises in Syria, Mali and the Sahel region, Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have resulted in thousands of … Continue reading

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The single biggest threat to Mideast peace

A group of EU diplomats have identified the single greatest threat to Mideast peace. It’s not the war in Syria. It’s not the lawlessness in Libya. It’s not the Islamists in Egypt. It’s not the fact that the PA has … Continue reading

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Hezbollah’s war against Israel and the West

It’s not just Israel that Hezbollah is targeting, and the EU has yet to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The arrest of Hossam Yaakoub, a Lebanese-born Swedish citizen, on July 7 was all but forgotten 11 days later when a … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

One can only hope: Hassan Nasrallah is reportedly being treated for cancer. A fast-acting one, it seems. The “nonviolent” intifada, now with Grad rockets! A rocket landed on the outskirts of Ashkelon. Good to know that Mahmoud Abbas is heeding … Continue reading

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I miss this music

I heard this on the Oscars last night and had to dig around until I found more than the few bars the orchestra played. I grew up on music like this as well as rock’n’roll. Adele is the closest we … Continue reading

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It’s Sunday

And it’s a holiday. Happy Purim. Have a Gracie picture.

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