The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Monthly Archives: December 2006
UNIFIL
It’s been reported that Syria’s pretty much fully rearmed Hezbollah at this point, despite the various mandates by the United Nations Security Council to disband and disarm militias not under government control blah blah blah… So, what’s UNIFIL doing about … Continue reading
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Briefly
How hated is Israel? So hated that Jordanian teachers who came to Israel to learn about the Holocaust at Yad Vashem had to do it in secret. Officials at Yad Vashem said the one-month stay in Israel changed the Jordanian … Continue reading
Syria talks peace, prepares for war
So all those supposed peace overtures from Syria? They’re hollow. Warning that Israel may face a “Syrian intifada,” a high-ranking officer in Northern Command has told The Jerusalem Post that villages recently built by Syria along the border are planned … Continue reading
Let’s hear some more about those racist Zionists
Because they’re building a Muslim prayer room in Ben Gurion Airport. But—but—the Israelis are racists! They hate Arabs and Muslims! All they want to do is oppress them! Right? Right? Wrong. The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) Thursday ordered the establishment … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Religion
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Catching up on life and work
Well, my contracting time with Large Company in Richmond ends today. The work has run out, and Large Company has a hiring freeze going on, so it doesn’t look like I’ll be back anytime soon. I really liked working for … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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For music lovers
This one’s for Sorena, who plays the cello, but if you like humor, you’ll probably like it too. I’m starting to think we need to add a YouTube category.
Posted in Humor
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BBC talks down to its audience
The BBC has decided that it needs to explain to its readers/listeners exactly why fog shuts down airports. No, really. I swear. Dense fog has brought misery to thousands of travellers after causing major disruption to flights in the run-up … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Scorn
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If you read only one more post today…
This one should be it. Via Ilyka, and it just goes to show you: Not only do we never get too old for bathroom jokes, but the human race is a strange and mystifying animal, and sometimes freakishly scary. Oh, … Continue reading
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A closer look at these “crude, homemade” rockets
The AP article actually calls kassams “crude projectiles” in this story, even after identifying the wounds as such: The rocket blew through the living room and exploded in a bedroom where three children were sleeping, relatives said. Two-year-old Samir al-Masri’s … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza, Israel
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What truce?
The so-called “cease-fire,” during which palestinians felt themselves perfectly able to launch kassam rockets at Israel (back into the double-digits per day), has taken another “accidental” hit on palestinians in Beit Hanoun. You remember Beit Hanoun. It’s the town where … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza, Israel
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Irving: impeccably converted and pining for a kiss
The discredited British historian and Holocaust denier David Irving was expected to fly back to Britain today after Austria’s supreme court unexpectedly agreed to release him from prison early. The court in Vienna ruled that Irving, who has spent more … Continue reading
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Reuters discovers that Israel is a Jewish state
In this astonishingly insightful article, Reuters reports that Christmas is not very much celebrated in Israel. Huh. Imagine that. The Jewish state doesn’t have the Christmas spirit. Dec 20, 2006 — TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A glimmer of tinsel, a … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Israel, Media Bias
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When your friends are asking questions
Al Bawaba, a Jordan – based publication with an English language outlet (London) is quite an anti-Israeli outfit. Even this Arabic media source feels a certain unease about the Hamas – Iran alliance. Take its article Hamas-Iran alliance—a blessing for … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Politics
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