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
Euphemism of the year: Suicide bombings are “Violent, politically motivated attacks”
The Toronto Star wins the 2008 Euphemism of the Year Award for this sentence about the Israeli separation fence: But defenders of the barrier say it has dramatically reduced the incidence of violent, politically motivated attacks launched against Israel by … Continue reading
A sur-really happy anniversary
I’m not sure what’s more surreal. Is it that Palestinians in impoverished Gaza have sufficient funds to deck everything out in Hamas Green or is it that there’s a faction of Hamas that is offering Israel an extension of a … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Media Bias
Tagged Gaza
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The hidden agenda behind Iran’s relief ship to Gaza
Iran isn’t just trying to send “humanitarian” supplies to Gaza. Iran is trying to create in Gaza the same infrastructure it has in Iraq—the one that led to the highest American casualties due to Iranian agents supplying EFPs and bomb … Continue reading
The Wi-Fi Army
It’s been awhile, but I’d like to do a bit about the army. I saw this article in the National Journal about the difficulties of setting up wi-fi capabilities on the battlefield. “The kids here in the United States think … Continue reading
A moment of Monday joy
I would just like to report that I have never been happier to mistake the date for an appointment. The root canal is tomorrow morning, not today. Good thing I called to double-check.
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UN Development chief: Um, Gazans aren’t starving after all
Bookmark this post. Because the next time you read yet another horror story in the AP or Reuters about how the Gazans are starving, here’s proof from the head of the UN Development Program that the UN is lying, and … Continue reading
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The slippery slope of terrorism
Media Backspin points to a discussion of the NYT’s use of the word “terror.” Elder of Ziyon, though, finds the standard of former Israel correspondent, James Bennett The memo said he settled on a rough rule: He would use the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, Terrorism
Tagged Clark Hoyt
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Don’t know much about the Intertubes
I don’t know all that much about taking down a website, but I do know how to appreciate something important. Far more problematic for Al Qaeda, Hoffman says, is the sabotage of its online forums, some of which have not … Continue reading
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Hamas to Israel: No truce for you
Hamas says the “truce” with Israel is over. Is anyone truly surprised by this? Obviously, Hamas doesn’t need the truce. Israel has proved that no matter how many rockets Hamas sends over the Gaza border, no real operation by Israel … Continue reading
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Another “disturbed” “extremist” kills another Jew
Every time a Jew is murdered by a Muslim who states clearly that he is killing the Jew in the name of Islam, the authorities and the news services fall all over themselves declaring that he was a nutcase, an … Continue reading
Rent-a-kid (or three)
So my big babysitting night was not nearly as frenetic as I thought it might be, and I think that’s quite possibly because I had only three of the four G. children. At the last minute, Nate went to a … Continue reading
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Details, details, details
Two different perspectives. The first is from the AP, in a caption showing Israeli security guards supervising a cash transfer. It was the first time Israel has let money enter Gaza since October. It suspended the cash transfers after Gaza … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Pipes
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British anti-Israel profs lose the fight
A big win for the good guys: The UK academics that have been leading the charge to boycott Israeli universities have given up trying to isolate Israeli academics, and only Israeli academics, because they don’t like the policies of the … Continue reading
Brother David Ignatius explained it all for you
Two and a half years ago, nothing troubled David Ignatius more than a repeat of Iraq. In “Avoiding another ‘Slam Dunk’” he wrote: Amid all the debate about intelligence, there has been surprisingly little focus on the question the average … Continue reading
The Iranian existential threat
Israel’s detractors are fond of saying that Iran is not a threat to Israel. But Iran is insistent on proving that Israel’s existence is being threatened on a regular basis, backed by what could soon become the capability to explode … Continue reading