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Noah Pollak: The Juicebox Mafia
mypetjawa.mu.nu - 12/30/2008
Noah Pollak: The Juicebox Mafia
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I was reading this article by Noah here:The Juicebox Mafia is working shifts on the Gaza crisis. Matthew Yglesias writes something dumb enough that it needs no elaboration:But already the number of Israelis killed by Hamas rockets has increased (from...
The Juicebox Mafia on Gaza
commentarymagazine.com - 12/29/2008
The Juicebox Mafia on Gaza
— commentarymagazine.com — The Juicebox Mafia is working shifts on the Gaza crisis. Matthew Yglesias writes something dumb enough that... it needs no elaboration: But already the number of Israelis killed by Hamas rockets has increased (from a baseline of zero) since the ... (more) The Juicebox Mafia on Gaza

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blogs.tnr.com - 12/30/2008
The "Juicebox Mafia" On Gaza
— blogs.tnr.com — I pity them their hatred of their inheritance. Actually of both their inheritances, Jewish and American. They... are pip-squeaks, and I do not much read them. But when any one of them writes a real doozey it is likely to come to my attention. I have ... (more) The "Juicebox Mafia" On Gaza

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theamericanscene.com - 1/7/2009
In Mild Defense of the Juicebox Mafia
— theamericanscene.com — At the risk of wading into dangerous territory here, let me just say that I’ve enjoyed many... a juicebox in my life, and I worry about casting aspersions on all those who drink from juiceboxes. Consider that many of America and Israel’s ... (more) In Mild Defense of the Juicebox Mafia

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Ace of Spades HQ:  The Juicebox Mafia, Explained

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The Juicebox Mafia, Explained
Ace of Spades HQ — ... meant something , and I liked it. It occurred to me he might be using it in the way that it's used here -- "Get me a juicebox," from that Will Ferrel movie whose title escapes me -- implying that the moment Hamas demands that Klein, Yglesias, et al. fetch them a juicebox, they go and fetch them a frickin' juicebox. Here's that clip. Mike Ditka here is actually playing Mike Ditka, whose doing Ferrel a favor by acting as his assistant coach. I still think that's what it means. But My Pet Jawa thinks it has something to do with this Hamas supporter's placard, vowing, oddly ...

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