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: March 2008
What we don’t know and what it suggests
Thursday night a terrorist entered the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem and killed 8 young men who were students there. According to Ha’aretz: The Shin Bet security service said the gunman was not known to them. Major General Ilan Franco, … Continue reading
The Mercaz Harav terrorist attack: Long-planned
To answer Israel Matzav’s (and others’) questions: A friend forwarded me a translation of an article from Israel’s Ma’ariv newspaper. The article states that the terrorist spent many hours planning his attack. From the translation: The preliminary investigation’s findings show … Continue reading
Reponses to and questions about the Merkaz Harav terror attack
Fresno Zionism noticed an interesting item in the news. One Arab country took action against boasting about the massacre at Merkaz Harav, Jordan. The relatives [of Ala Abu Dhaim, the murderer], who live near Amman, tried Friday to erect a … Continue reading
Slip out the back Jack
Here are a couple that Paul Simon didn’t think of.April Wormly threatened to blow up the plane her (soon to be ex-)boyfriend was boarding. A woman who called in a bomb threat to an airport in an attempt to break … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Meanderings, Pop Culture
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Addendum to below
Soccer Dad has almost all the facts in his post on the so-called “council of elders” that want to help “ease tensions” in Israel. He forgot their name here on Yourish.com: The Transnational Old Farts Israel-Haters Club. In my post … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Juvenile Scorn
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When do-gooders do bad
A few years ago, Michael Lerner wrote about his discomfiture with certain elements of the Left. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I am banned from speaking at a peace rally here this Sunday. As editor of Tikkun, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome
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Power out
When I left my apartment this afternoon, the power was out. When I came back, the power was out. A few minutes later (after I’d gotten all the candles and flashlights from the previous outage), it was back on. But … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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What the world needs now is…
Kitty pictures. First, Tig in the front window. Next, Gracie exhibits the reason she is named: Grace personified. Watching her move is like watching music come to life. These are from December, back when Tig was still pretty much himself. … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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Hamas refuses truce; Meryl not surprised
Gee, that was quick. Yesterday, me: And oh, yeah. Hamas has never stuck with a cease fire. Not ever. Later that day, the Jerusalem Post: Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Thursday rejected Egypt’s call for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel
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Naming the victims: A media double standard
How many of you know that several children were killed during the IDF operation in Gaza last week? Everyone? But of course. The victims are paraded in front of the cameras, their names, ages, and quotes from families pushed at … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism
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Hamas rejectionism
Here are the conditions for a Hamas cease-fire, the one that the Egyptians are trying to broker, and the one that supposedly is stopping Ehud Olmert from sending the IDF back into Gaza: “Hamas’ conditions are clear: We will halt … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel
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Four of the victims of the Yeshiva massacre
Four of the young men killed at Mercav Harav have been named: The murdered were identified as Yohai Lifshitz, 18, of Jerusalem; Yehonatan Yitzhak Alder, 16, of Shilo; Yonadav Haim Hirshfeld, 19, of Kochav Hashahar; and Neria Cohen, 15, of … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Terrorism
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Tehillim (Psalms) 79
Translations of Psalm 79 from here. 3 They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them. From the Jerusalem Post. Yerach Toker, a paramedic for United Hatzola of Israel, said he saw several dead … Continue reading
Fatah terrorists murder rabbinic students in Jerusalem
Murderers from Fatah’s terrorist “wing,” the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, killed 8 rabbinical students. Update 6:10 p.m.: It’s not clear who was responsible for the attack yet. Two terrorists infiltrated a rabbinical seminary at the entrance of Jerusalem and opened fire … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Terrorism
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The cost of rockets, crude and otherwise
This is a side of the rockets that you will not see in the mainstream media. It’s an article about the high cost of the rocket damage to Sderot, Ashkelon, and other sites the rockets have landed. More than 700 … Continue reading
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