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: November 2008
Madly for Mahdi
The NYT reports on the extent of Hezbollah’s influence in Lebanon in Generation Faithful. There is a network of schools– some of them run by Hezbollah, others affiliated with or controlled by it — largely shielded from outsiders. There is … Continue reading
Yet another rocket hits Israel
Three more rockets hit two more areas in Israel. The rockets have been falling every day (the AP is for some reason saying “near-daily rocket attacks”), and we have yet to hear a peep out of the crowd of Israel-bashers … Continue reading
Predictable prescription from poobahs past
In today’s Washington Post Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft serve up perfectly predictable “Middle East Priorities For Jan. 21” After expressing their glee with the election of President-elect Obama, they tell us the advantage his election presents at this time: … Continue reading
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Tagged Brent Scowcroft, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Nobel laureate calls for Israel’s UN expulsion
It isn’t anti-Zionism. It’s anti-Semitism. And here’s why: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire says the United Nations should suspend or revoke Israel’s membership. Maguire, in a news conference Thursday, said that it’s time for the international community to take … Continue reading
Rule of law in Egypt
There’s an observation in this article, Court in Egypt Annuls Deal With Israel on Gas Supply, worth mentioning: The case has raised difficult political issues for Egypt. Officials must walk a tightrope between maintaining relations with their neighbor and mollifying … Continue reading
The Duh Factor
Hold on to your hats, kiddies. The crack editorial staff at the AP has come up with the most astonishing headline of the decade: Jobless claims jump unexpectedly to 16-year high They’re right. Financial crisis, credit crunch, homebuying down, construction … Continue reading
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Unintelligent sharing
Deja Vu observed the other day: Never mind, Miliband holds a joint news conference with the Syrian FM who blames Israeli bombs for the processed uranium UN inspectors uncovered. Miliband assures reporters that Syria is a good country, a true … Continue reading
This is a public service announcement
Do not waste your money on the 100-calorie Klondike bars. Trust me. You would do nothing for one of those, once you taste it. What a waste. I thought they’d just be little bitty Klondike bars, not little bitty Klondike … Continue reading
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All the Hamas lies fit to print
Say, remember last year, when the news media took pictures of Hamas members sitting around a table in the dark, without telling us that the picture was shot in the daytime, with the curtains drawn, to make it seem like … Continue reading
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AP defines “personal struggle” as “holy war”
That’s funny. I keep hearing all those Arab groups saying that jihad means “personal struggle,” and yet, the AP managed to translate it from an Al Qaeda tape as “holy war.” Al-Zawahri did not threaten specific attacks, but warned Obama … Continue reading
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Redneck Orthodox Jews
Rabbi Reuven Tradburks as “Are we Jewish rednecks?” – referring to the Orthodox Jewish community – and effectively answers “yes.” His point is that Orthodox Jews, overall, did not vote for President-elect Obama and he attributes that to a simplistic … Continue reading
Walkin’ on J-Street
In a poll this past summer pro-Palestinian lobbying group, J-Street, found (MS Word file): Jews want America to be much more aggressive in its Middle East peace efforts than it is today. We conducted an extensive exercise in the survey, … Continue reading
European anti-Semitism: Alive and kicking Jews
Anti-Semitism has never left Europe. It never will, even if every single Jew in Europe moves to another continent. And it seems to be in vogue again. And why not, when the European press demonizes Israel at every opportunity? A … Continue reading
Who are going to believe, AP or your own eyes?
At least now they’re a little more careful than they were two months ago. They actually bothered to empty the shelves before this picture was taken. The crisis persists. Doesn’t it? Elder of Ziyon reports the un(der)reported: It appears that … Continue reading
IAEA on Syria: There’s uranium in them there sands
Looks like the Syrians didn’t do a good enough job covering their tracks. Even the IAEA has officially come out and said they’ve found traces of uranium at the bombed site, although El Baradei is still refusing to confirm it … Continue reading
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