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: January 2009
Hamas propaganda aim: Achieved
The AP has a sad, sad story about how Gaza hospitals are ill-equipped to deal with the results of the war. The tumor was advanced and without quick intervention Abdullah would likely have died, said Dr. Ismail Mehr, an anesthesiologist … Continue reading
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So who broke the ceasefire?
I don’t consider this point to be of any particular importance, for reasons I’ll go into later, but it is much used and abused in a lot of Israel-bashing articles, so it is worth addressing as a separate item. As … Continue reading
Sri Lankan civilian deaths: Who cares?
The world’s double standard on Israel is in sharp relief today. The Red Cross reports that hundreds of civilians have been killed and wounded, and over 250,000 civilians are trapped in the fighting. Aid workers have been hurt as well. … Continue reading
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Getting to “no” you
via memeorandum The New York Times reports that Obama sends special envoy to Mideast Mr. Obama reined in expectations for Mr. Mitchell’s maiden trip, saying it was intended mainly as a listening and learning exercise. But Mr. Mitchell will also … Continue reading
Swedes: Who cares about old, dead Jews when Gazans died last month?
See if you can follow this logic, because it’s pretty much escaping me. A town in Sweden has decided to cancel its Holocaust remembrance procession because of the Gaza war. A northern Swedish city has decided to cancel a planned … Continue reading
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Gaza Revisited
I put together a quick round up of posts about Gaza. It is worth taking a moment to review.
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Ob-eds
President Obama promised that his first trip abroad would be to a Muslim capital. He hasn’t traveled abroad yet, but he chose the Al-Arabiya satellite channel to grant his first interview since assuming office (via memeorandum). For its part here’s … Continue reading
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Hamas “lull” kills one, wounds three soldiers, AP blames Israel
The much-trumpeted ceasefire is doing what all Palestinian ceasefires do: Killing Israelis. An IDF non-commissioned officer was killed on Tuesday morning when a roadside bomb planted by Gaza operatives along Israel’s border with the Strip detonated under the army vehicle … Continue reading
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Jeopardy tryouts
If you want a chance to appear on Jeopardy, there will be online tests starting tonight based on your geographic location in the United States. Register here. Three years ago I think I got about 40 of the 50 questions, … Continue reading
Lynch-ing Israel
At Foreign Policy Marc Lynch asks, How badly did Gaza poison the well? (via memeorandum) Needless to say, Lynch opposed Israel’s effort to defend its citizens. But here’s one of his conclusions: There’s no question that Gaza has weakened the … Continue reading
To the Jews of Europe: It’s time to leave
Economic troubles. War. Unrest. The world in turmoil. And, as always, the world’s scapegoat: The Jews. The signs are all over. To some extent I thought I was inured. I grew up in postwar apartheid South Africa where a subtle … Continue reading
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Jimmy Carter: Stooping to new [moronic] lows
Hamas can be trusted. Really. Just ask Jimmy Carter. Hamas can be trusted, former US President Jimmy Carter said Monday, in an interview on NBC’s ‘Today’ show. Carter spoke with NBC’s Meredith Vieira about his perspective on the Middle East … Continue reading
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Ging-ho
A Reuters headline reads War boosted extremists in Gaza, says U.N. official. Quoted is John Ging head of the UNRWA “The extremists here — there are more now at the end of this conflict than there were at the start, … Continue reading
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Israel’s legitimacy is debatable; Hamas’s is not
I already blogged about Muammar Qaddafi’s op-ed in the NYT, but Yaacov Lozowick emphasizes a point that’s well worth remembering: The editors of the paper will trot out the standard boilerplate about giving a platform to all opinions including the … Continue reading
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Tagged Yousef Munayyer
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BBC impartiality: Sort of like a virgin hooker
The BBC is making a laughable attempt to pretend that they’re impartial when it comes to Israel—by refusing to run ads for a Gaza disaster relief appeal advertisement. At first, none of the British networks would run the ad. Then … Continue reading
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