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: June 2008
Sophomoric oxymorons
A few years ago Thomas Friedman wrote a column, “Wanted: Fanatical moderates.” It was advocating the Geneva Accords, a PR exercise undertaken by Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo and a number of others. The point of the exercise was … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, palestinian politics
Tagged Thomas Friedman
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Media hyperventilation watch: IDF heading for Gaza
It looks like the IDF is going to go into Gaza, as has been discussed for months. The 60th birthday celebrations are over, George W. Bush’s visit is done, Olmert has been to the U.S., and Hamas refuses to stop … Continue reading
101 things cats can do with a laptop
Laptop Boy has been learning tons since he first set paw on my computer last week. He has started his own game of Solitaire. He has turned on the Microsoft repeat-key program. Tonight, he searched on the letter “T” in … Continue reading
Today’s AP media bias, with UN equivalence thrown in
So the post from this morning that I told you to watch the updates on as the day goes by? Here’s the first version, timestamped 9:05: Palestinian girl, Israeli killed in fighting Hamas militants fired a barrage of mortar shells … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism
Tagged AP Media Bias, Gaza, Hamas, Terrorism, United Nations
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Cuteness overload
Your break from the news of the day: So cute he’s going to give you diabetes from the sugar overload.
Democratically-elected govt. of Palestinians kills another Israeli
The Democratically-elected government of Hamas just killed one, and injured five Israelis in another mortar attack. A 52-year old man was killed Thursday morning when a mortar shell fired from northern Gaza landed in Kibbutz Nir Oz, located within Eshkol … Continue reading
Islam and tolerance of other faiths
Does anyone else think that organizing a conference on interfaith dialogue—from the Saudia Arabian city of Mecca, a place in which only Muslims are allowed to set foot—is a signal that perhaps the Saudis don’t really mean what they say? … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Jews, Religion
Tagged Jews, Religion, Saudi Arabia
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This week’s SNN, hosted by yours truly
I hosted Shire Network News this week, and the juvenile scorn content level rose sharply. Sarcasm levels stayed about the same, though. The feature interview is with Anne Bayefsky, who reports on the anti-Semitic hatefest that will be Durban II. … Continue reading
Better than them
Three Israeli soldiers have been sentenced to jail for abusing Palestinian prisoners. The Jaffa Military Court on Tuesday sentenced three fighters of the Haruv Battalion to five and a half months in prison after convicting them of abusing two Palestinian … Continue reading
What a lousy night
Man. I just drove home from NorVA. There were tornado warnings up north. Then, as I was getting close to home, there were tornado warnings near where I live. Bookended by tornado warnings and driving through pouring rain. The drive … Continue reading
Fulbrights and qassams
Israel’s DM Ehud Barak announced that the siege of Gaza is working: Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday said that Israel has identified signs of distress coming from Hamas. According to the defense minister, some 70 Hamas fighters have been … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Fulbright, Qassams, State Department
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State Dept. clueless on terrorism
Bad enough the State Department has mandated the banning of jihad, jihadi, and Islamic terrorist. Now they’re trying to tell Israel that isolating Hamas has made it stronger. No, isolating Hamas without hunting down and killing its leadership has made … Continue reading
No peace with Syria
Say, remember my telling you that Syria isn’t making a serious offer towards peace with Israel? Yeah, well, I’m not wrong about that. Syrian President Bashar Assad said during a visit to The United Arab Emirates on Monday that Israel’s … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Scorn, Syria
Tagged Golan heights, Juvenile Scorn, Syria
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Leveraging – reloaded
Earlier I wrote about Thomas Friedman’s column, It’s all about leverage. In retrospect the construction of that post was awkward and needs a real makeover. Friedman, is capable of astute observations. In his op-ed today he argue that Iran, Syria … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias
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