Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Sunday briefs

The era of entitlement: A high school girl was removed from classes after violating the school’s policy on hair coloring (natural colors only). Her mother says that she refuses to change her daughter’s pink and purple hair and will be … Continue reading

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Warm Bodies

Run, do not shuffle, to see Warm Bodies. It’s a zomromcom (zombie romantic comedy) that’s clever and funny and leaves you smiling at the end of the movie. It’s a great date movie, guys, and you know what day is … Continue reading

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Well isn’t that interesting…

Update: The story is based on a joke that was not interpreted as such. Chuck Hagel reportedly got funding from a group calling itself “Friends of Hamas“. Breitbart has apparently broken the story. Wouldn’t that be illegal, as Hamas is … Continue reading

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Why we’re not going to intervene in Syria

Jim Geraghty of the National Review writes an email column, the Morning Jolt, that I’ve been getting for years. Today, he wrote the best takedown ever of why the U.S. isn’t going into Syria. I do believe we’re going to … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

You know where you can stick your missiles: Turkey’s Defense Minister says that the Patriot missiles installed there–at Turkey’s request, to guard against Syrian missiles–are really there to help Israel against Iranian missiles. Fine. I say withdraw all U.S. support … Continue reading

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The “armed wing” excuse strikes again

Bulgaria released a report proving without doubt that Hezbollah was behind the bus bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian. The EU will not be naming Hezbollah as a terrorist organzation, and here’s why: On Tuesday, Bulgaria’s … Continue reading

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The gatekeepers of what is news

The hypocrisy and double standards of the major news organizations are so obvious, one almost doesn’t need to point them out. Almost. Here are things that are given wall-to-wall coverage, op-eds in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles … Continue reading

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Please tell me

Got a spam email caught in my message filters. The title is “A secret the won’t know.” WHO won’t know? WHAT won’t know? I have to know! Please tell me!

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Monday briefs

Let’s you and him fight: Turkey’s Islamist prime minister is yelling at Syria for not attacking Israel in response to Israel flattening a biological weapons lab and taking out advanced anti-aircraft missiles headed to Lebanon. Some reports are also saying … Continue reading

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The Missionary position

Found this while looking for something on my site. It’s from September 17, 2003. The missionary position I’m pretty sure I terrified a young, just-out-of-missionary school Mormon this afternoon. I heard a soft knock on my door and voices, leading … Continue reading

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“Any support of Israel is hate speech”

The title quote of this post is from this video, at about 19:30. The rest of it is long, boring, and typical sophomoric “analysis” by college students of what is wrong with Zionists and Zionism, filled with words like “oppression” … Continue reading

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The definition of irony

Saw something in the middle of a two-lane highway today. As I drove past, I saw it was an orange and yellow safety vest.

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Friday briefs

How’m I doing? Ed Koch, a New York Jewish icon, died this morning. The liberal world cast him out because he endorsed George W. Bush in 2004, but it’s one of the things that made me respect him even more–the … Continue reading

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Ignoring the Islamism in Gaza

Say, remember when the New York Times published an op-ed from Ismail Haniyeh’s political advisor, stating that the world didn’t need to be worried that Hamas would turn Gaza into a Taliban-style dictatorship? Our stated aim when we won the … Continue reading

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Briefs that make you go hmmm

Probably rhymes with WMD: Israel bombed something inside Syria–a weapons convoy heading to Lebanon. Good for Israel! Now do it again, and again, until Syria stops arming Lebanon. And since Israel is still technically at war with both nations, what … Continue reading

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