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
Murdoch to media: miscreants
Instapundit quotes Charles Cooper quoting Rupert Murdoch. “With newspapers cutting back and predictions of even worse times ahead, Rupert Murdoch said the profession may still have a bright future if it can shake free of reporters and editors who he … Continue reading
Names will never hurt me – the double standard
Recently a number of bloggers got bent out of shape by comments made by incoming Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel’s father, “Obviously, he’ll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Media Bias, palestinian politics
Tagged Mahmoud Abbas, Rahm Emanuel, Salam Fayyad
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The bunker mentality
I bring your attention to the following three recent news summaries from the NYT as visible through Bloglines. November 14, 2008 Deadly Gaza Border Clash Threatens Truce By By ISABEL KERSHNER on Hamas Four Hamas gunmen were killed in a … Continue reading
Disproportionate response, UN-style
Palestinians have fired more than 100 rockets during the eight months of the so-called cease-fire, including dozens of rockets in the last two weeks. But let’s just start with the order of recent events. Israel discovers a tunnel that Hamas … Continue reading
Canning spam ^ 2
A tale of two meanings. This spam is canned. Immediately after McColo was unplugged, security companies charted a precipitous drop in spam volumes worldwide. E-mail security firm IronPort said spam levels fell by roughly 66 percent as of Tuesday evening. … Continue reading
How to celebrate your birthday when you’re old
First, go watch your nephew in the playoff game and marvel at the fact that third and fourth graders can actually play good football. Then watch his team pull out a touchdown in the last two minutes of the game. … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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UN to Israel: Rockets, shmockets. Feed your enemies
Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. What other nation on earth is being told to feed, clothe, fuel, and arm its enemy by the Eurocrats? As rocket barrages fell on southern Israel Friday, European Union Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Terrorism, World
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Hamas resumes full-scale attacks; media still taking truce
Hamas has resumed full-scale attacks on Israel, complete with wounded Israelis in Sderot, and the headline to the AP story is this: Gaza violence continues with airstrike, rockets Notice the order of events in the headline. Airstrikes come first, even … Continue reading
What me worry?
Just One Minute wonders: Here’s a gloom-inducer – as of Election Eve in 2004 it became obvious that Bush would get a second term and we would elect a new President in November 2008. That gave Al Qaeda (and anyone … Continue reading
Palestinian PM at interfaith conference: Judaism? What’s that?
The Palestinian Prime Minister, yet another so-called moderate, managed to speak at the UN interfaith conference about how holy Jerusalem is to the world’s major religions—and utterly leave out Judaism. Jerusalem is holy to two religions – Islam and Christianity, … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, palestinian politics
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Things not covered in the manual
You know what they don’t mention in the Wii instruction manual? What to do when your cat thinks that it’s a great idea to play with your legs while you’re trying to play a game on the Wii. Yep. Tig … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Life
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The jihad against blasphemy starts with interfaith understanding
Irony pervades this lead paragraph: Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich Islamic kingdom that forbids the public practice of other religious faiths, will preside Wednesday over a two-day U.N. conference on religious tolerance that will draw more than a dozen world leaders, … Continue reading
The myth of the moderate terrorist
Mahmoud Abbas vowed at Yasser Arafat’s former compound to continue his predecessor’s bloody path—and he used the language of blood and violence specifically. During the memorial, held at Abbas’ Mukataa compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian … Continue reading
Not learning from mistakes – diplomacy in the Middle East
The short version. A longer version. Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
Posted in Hamas, Israel, palestinian politics
Tagged Middle East
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The new Abbas is the same as the old boss
The guy being promoted as the great “moderate” hope of the Palestinians remembers his maximum leader quite fondly. During the memorial, held at Abbas’ Mukataa compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian president said, “The path of … Continue reading