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 2008
President Bush’s Mideast muddle
In a speech to the Saban forum last week, President Bush defended his record in the Middle East. (via memeorandum) Over the past eight years, I have had the privilege to see the Middle East up close. I have stood … Continue reading
Jonesing for Jones
I’m not going to pretend that a recent positive IDF assessment of the Palestinian Authority security forces didn’t happen. Maybe something’s changed, but this is in stark contrast to past experience. I’d like to see something sustained before declaring success. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, palestinian politics
Tagged General James L. Jones
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Cause and effect
A World Health Organization found that Israeli children are showing more symptoms of stress than any other children worldwide. A recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that Israeli children are more irritable and experience more anger than … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
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AP finally notices rockets raining down on Israel—barely
Buried deep within the AP story on Israel stopping yet another attempt to break its blockade of Gaza are these few words about the daily rocket barrages resuming: Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade on Gaza after the militant Hamas … Continue reading
Haveil Havalim
This week’s Carnival of the Jews is up, and I had time to read some selections. A Tale of Two Engineers (in one of the attacked hotels in Mumbai). Another from Treppenwitz: His memories of the Holtzbergs. So why kill … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Linkfests
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Boys and cat toys
Remember this post? The one where I showed you how my mother utterly spoils my cats? Well, as a result of her visit, Tig now has a nightly routine with me (or at least, I thought it was just with … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Life
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Human wrongs
When you see a headline like: Israel Under Fire At UN Over Rights Record, it sounds pretty serious. Then you read the article itself. The Jewish state was being examined by the U.N. Human Rights Council as part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged United Nations
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Chabad massacre: They did try to kill the baby
I have not written about the Mumbai terrorist attack for a variety of reasons. There is a half-finished essay that is waiting for the right words before you can see it. One of the things I wondered was why the … Continue reading
The huge problem of Islamophobia
via Contentions: SIMON JENKINS What I think is extraordinary to people abroad, is that those of us who are enthusiasts for America and American liberties cannot see why you needed to do these things. You will never persuade the outside … Continue reading
Tunnel vision
After noting that Hamas in a fit of pique, denied residents who had been approved for the Hajj to travel to Saudi Arabia, the NYT reported. Israel and Hamas are also eyeing each other warily because on Dec. 19 their … Continue reading
Nissenbaum, missin’ it
Dion Nissenbaum, who, last week, was concerned that Israel’s preventing foreign reporters from entering Gaza damaged Israel’s image, missed the news. Israel re-opened Gaza to reporters. I would have thought that his concern for Israel’s image would have inspired him … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged Dion Nissenbaum
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An open letter to the world media
Dear World Media, I know you’ve been very busy with much more important things, like Jews fighting Jews in Hebron (you really love when that happens), or Gaza banks closing due to Israel’s refusal to hand money over to Hamas … Continue reading
What’s peace got to do with it?
The Jerusalem Post reports that the economy under Fatah is imrpoving: Officers in the Civil Administration said the economic surge was the result of a number of parallel factors but was mainly due to improved coordination between Israel and the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, palestinian politics
Tagged Fayyad
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The UN’s Israel obsession, continued
Libya called the UN Security Council into an emergency session on Wednesday. Was it war? Famine? Zimbabwe? Sudan? Piracy off the coast of Africa? The situation in Mumbai? Afghanistan? China? Tibet? Kashmir? Nope. It’s because the IDF turned back a … Continue reading
For the record:
I would just like to say that I have never, do not currently, and never will have a “dream timepiece.” I mean, for eff’s sake, it’s a watch. You tell time with it. You wear it on your wrist, or … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Scorn
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