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: August 2007
Elie Wiesel’s assailant apologizes
The trial of the man who tried to kidnap Elie Wiesel to “force” him to recant his Holocaust testimony has begun with an apology. A man charged with dragging Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel from a hotel elevator apologized in court … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism
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What’s more important than discussing Karl Rove?
Figuring out how to get rid of that damned “Jessica Alba bra-less” spam that’s been filling my mailbox this week. This is why I could never be a political blogger. I could not care less that Rove is gone.
Posted in Politics
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Israeli Double Standard Time, Hamas version
It’s fascinating, really, to see how many editors across the world change news stories to make Palestinian terrorists look better than they are. Take this AP story, for instance, sent out hours ago with the following headline: Hamas Militiamen Beat … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
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Supporting terrorism, one billboard at a time
Some of Windsor, Canada’s Lebanese community has decided that they speak for all Canadian Lebanese immigrants and have put up a billboard of Hizbollah featuring Hassan Nasrallah, and claiming that Hezbollah wants peace. Members of the Jewish and Lebanese Christian … Continue reading
Posted in Lebanon, Terrorism
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The cursing professor non-apologizes
Snoopy isn’t the only one who was upset by Professor Hillel Weiss. But the professor has apologized for his outburst. A week after sparking a row after he was caught on video by a Ynet cameraman cursing Hebron Brigade commander … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
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Yet another professor
I write as a Jew and as a synagogue member. If I had a dollar (no, make it shekel) for every article that starts with these words, I would be able… wait, let me make a quick estimate… to replace … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome
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Haveil Havalim: Carnival of the Jews
This week’s Haveil Havalim is up. Go, read, enjoy. Well? What are you still doing here? Click! Click!
Home again
After a fun-filled weekend at Chris and Janet’s in an undisclosed location in Northern VA, I am home, rather tired, and looking around at the housecleaning that will be postponed another day or two (at least). It was a beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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Batsh*t crazy, again
It doesn’t matter where you turn, Arabs simply refuse to acknowledge the sins of their people when it comes to terrorism. Here we have an Arab Israeli man claiming that not only did his son not steal a gun from … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, Terrorism
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Honey, I’m not home
I went up to the office yesterday and had a couple of meetings, then got to actually work in an office instead of from my home, which felt very work-like. Seriously. I do the exact same work at home, yet … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Movies
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Is it the time to clip the wings?
I am writing this with a heavy heart. Having pen friends (and personal friends) on the left and on the right, I have come with time to one simple motto – my friend must be a mensch first. And last. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
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U.N. Chicken Little: Gaza is falling! Gaza is falling!
Yet another UN cry that Gaza is going to collapse in on itself due to the shutdowns of the crossings, and yet another article that manages to convey the dire warnings even while writing how needed food and goods are … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Media Bias
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Israel Harel: The ideological war against Israel
Ha’aretz publishes an op-ed that says the Arab war against Israel is ideological, not territorial. I think what he means is, “It’s the Islamism, stupid.” Peres, who wrote enthusiastic articles in favor of the greater Land of Israel in a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Religion
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U.K. academic boycott backlash
The AJC got 300 heads of American colleges and universities to sign a statement against the U.K. academic boycott of Israel, and placed a full-page ad (PDF at the link) in the New York Times yesterday. I’m proud to say … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome
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Palestinian terrorists not honoring amnesty agreement; dog bites man
In one of the most unsurprising developments ever, the IDF arrested a Palestinian terrorist who signed the amnesty agreement—in the act of smuggling bullets. The surprising thing to me, though, is that they let him go. I suppose I should … Continue reading