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 2007
Conversations with Tehran
The Washington Post demonstrates that its editors possess a sophistication that is absent among the editors of the New York Times with Intelligence on Iran. After noting the positive implications of the 2007 NIE, the editors write ” Tehran at … Continue reading
Hava Nagilah a cappella
So how was your first night of Chanukah? Mine was latkes and music at the R household. I burned my finger in the oil (sigh) but not badly enough to do more than sting after an hour or so of … Continue reading
Eight Video Nights of Chanukah: First night
This year we’re going to have something new for Hannukkah: A video each night. You can thank regular reader chsw, who sent me a link to the video I’ll be using on the sixth night. Tonight’s video: How Do You … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Music, Religion
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Christopher Hitchens, fact-check on aisle three
Found a funny bit in the JPost today about Christopher Hitchens’ ignorance of Judaism. This is the best part: Hitchens’ avers that: “If one could nominate an absolutely tragic day in human history, it would be the occasion that is … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays
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Shire Network News is up
I have something in this week’s edition about the Dreaded Teddy Bear of Dooooooom. The feature interview is with Evan Sayet.
Muslim persecution will drive Christians out of Bethlehem
This is the story that the mainstream media never covers: Muslim persecution of Christians is the major cause of the dwindling population of Christians in towns like Bethlehem. Now, we are being told that Christians in the Palestinian territories will … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Religion
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Hamas proudly announces more war crimes
It is a war crime to keep a soldier prisoner without any contact by the Red Cross or international organizations to check on the prisoner’s health and well-being. Not that a terrorist organization is bound by any rules of morality … Continue reading
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Fuzzy intelligence
The latest NIE reports that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons development and is likely a number of years away from being able to field a nuclear weapon. This estimate is being hailed because it takes the urgency of an … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel
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Is it peace yet?
Last week the Washington Post expressed guarded optimism about the peace in the Middle East in An opening in Annapolis. THE MIDDLE EAST peace meeting in Annapolis yesterday comfortably cleared the low bar of expectations that had been set for … Continue reading
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Open Heroes thread
Okay. If you saw it, you have a theory as to what will happen next. I am so bummed that there is a surviving twin. But I don’t believe anyone else is really, most sincerely dead, either. Heroes fell. They’re … Continue reading
Posted in Television
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Annapolis vs. Iran
Michael Oren sees good coming from Annapolis if you’re not looking for peace in Middle East peace through Anxiety After arguing that the conditions for peace don’t exist (or aren’t that strong) Oren writes The inability of the international community … Continue reading
Jackson’s cagey
Jackson Diehl writes in today’s Fuses in Gaza The Islamic Hamas movement, which won the 2006 legislative elections and took sole control of Gaza in June, spent the week of Annapolis quietly doing what it has been doing every week … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
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Time to clean out the border
It’s past time that Ehud Barak made good on his promise to clean up Gaza. Four soldiers were lightly injured Sunday evening from a mortar hit on an infirmary in an IDF base adjoining Kibbutz Nahal Oz, next to the … Continue reading
Haveil Havalim #143 is UP!
Haveil Havalim #143 is UP! Haveil Havalim is the Israel/Jewish blogging carnival. Among the great posts: The history of the UNRWA Asser Levy When Hebron is as distant as Lebanon How should you light? The categories are: Annapolis History Israel … Continue reading
Who cares about Venezuela?
You know, in all the fuss about Venezuela, I never once thought to check on the country’s population. So many people were making so much about it, I thought, gee, Venezuela’s gotta be playing in the big leagues, right? Twenty-six … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, World
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