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: October 2007
The Hulktator
Omri writes about the next step towards gamma ray lasers. You know what this means, don’t you? We’re that much closer to the creation of the Hulk. I’m happy to volunteer myself for the Hulk experiments. I’ve always wanted to … Continue reading
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The Palestinian Arab welfare state
Even though I have been busy with other stuff, I continue to research for the next installment of my Psychological History of Palestinian Arabs series. In August I found a fantastic article by Martha Gellhorn written in 1961 where she … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
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Hezbollah returns to Lebanon under UNIFIL’s noses
The United Nations sent UNIFIL troops to Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah from re-taking South Lebanon and making it into an armed camp from which terrorists could fight Israel. As is usual for all things UN, UNIFIL failed in its mission. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, World
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Dreyfuss exhibit
In the course of reviewing an exhibit on the Dreyfuss case now appearing at the Yeshiva University Museum Edward Rothstein gives an excellent overview of its history in “A century old court case that still resonates.” The Affair begins with … Continue reading
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Majority by assassination
While the Bush administration focuses its hopes for peace in the Middle East on a peace of paper, David Schenker writes of the disturbing developments to Israel’s north in Lebanon’s government by murder Presidential elections — which began on Sept. … Continue reading
An AP Israel bias lesson
Let us compare and contrast two news articles with a similar subject, and see the differences. First, the headline: Israeli Troops Kill Hamas Fighter Compared to: Palestinian infighting in Gaza kills 4 Note that Israeli troops killed the Hamas “fighter,” … Continue reading
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Church of naivety
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was in Bethlehem to meet with religious leaders yesterday. The Washington Post has two reports on the trip, the first is Rice Draws on ‘Spiritual Passion’ in Push for Peace U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza … Continue reading
Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!
Tig just came inside. He wanted a snug, which is my picking him up and petting him while he purrs. I found what I thought was a bit of pine needle on his fur, and picked it off. It wasn’t … Continue reading
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Fluffy kitty de-stress post
The haftarah learning has been moving in fits and starts since last week. I finally found a tutor. Elisson has been helping me with my haftarah these last few days, and boy, have I found a gem of a teacher. … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, Cats, Religion
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To be a free nation living in our land
via memeorandum Coming hot on the heels of reports of dissension in Hezbollah comes the news that not every Palestinian necessarily wishes to live under the PA’s rule. Mark Mackinnon of the Globe and Mail reports that Some Palestinians prefer … Continue reading
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Modo on Rudy
Now I know what I’ve been missing. Maureen Dowd observes today(“Rudy roughs up the Arabs“) that candidate Rudy Giuliani is pro-Israel. And she makes it sound like that’s a bad thing. Rudy would probably only take the hand of an … Continue reading
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Syrian officials admit site attacked by Israel nuclear
Ynet came out with this: Syrian officials have admitted that the site attacked by the Israeli air force last month was a nuclear facility, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday. According to the newspaper, three Israeli diplomats present at a recent United … Continue reading
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Sure looks like child-killer Kuntar will be released
The recent deal between Israel and Hezbollah and statements by both Olmert and Nasrallah seem to strongly indicate that any prisoner swap will include Samir Kuntar, one of the most loathsome terrorists in history (despite Israeli denials.) Kuntar, it will … Continue reading
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Guest list by Excel
So does this make me more or less of a geek that I took my guest list out of Microsoft Word, where it was in a table (I love making tables in Word), changed each “L” and “D” to “1” … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Religion
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Three more Jewish Nobel winners: Thanks, America
Yesterday, I wondered how many of the three winners of the Nobel prize in economics were Jewish. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science to Leonid Hurwicz, 90 years old, a retired professor … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Jews
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