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: February 2009
Olmert stands his ground on Shalit
Ehud Olmert is standing his ground on Gilad Shalit. Israel will not open the border crossings into Gaza without the return of her kidnapped soldier. Israel will not agree to open crossings into Gaza without the return of kidnapped soldier … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel
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A high degree of confidence
In late 2007 the United States intelligence agencies issue a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that Iran had stopped seeking to build a nuclear weapon. In a column The myth of the Mad Mullahs, David Ignatius wrote that the most important … Continue reading
Scenes from a premiership
From 1996 to 1999, Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu was Prime Minister of Israel. During his term in office he was viewed with skepticism, if not hostility by the Clinton administration, much of the American media, the foreign policy establishment and the … Continue reading
Iraqis want Israel to pay “reparations” for Osirak
You have got to be kidding me. BAGHDAD Iraqi parliamentarians are demanding Israel pay billions of dollars in reparations for a 1981 Israeli attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, Baghdad’s daily Al Sabbah reported on Thursday. Mohammed Naji Mohammed, a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, Juvenile Scorn
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Ring around the planet?
70% of all catalogued objects are in low-Earth orbit (LEO), which extends to 2000 km above the Earth’s surface. To observe the Earth, spacecraft must orbit at such a low altitude. The spatial density of objects increases at high latitudes. … Continue reading
Bill Zwecker: What did Rhianna do to get beaten up, anyway?
You would think that these attitudes were dead and gone. You would be wrong. Because here you have a newspaper gossip columnist blaming the victim for bringing her beating on herself. In fact, he goes on and on trying to … Continue reading
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Hamas putting the rocket fire in cease fire
Once again proving that only Israel gets to violate a truce, the AP has returned to form. Here’s what the AP thinks constitutes a “straining” of the cease fire: Firing rockets into Israel. An agreement between Hamas and Israel to … Continue reading
How to celebrate Darwin Day
From a great website that Sarah recommended to me: If people you respect all tell you the same fantastically detailed, supposedly true story — and point you to lots of supposed evidence — you have a choice. You can (A) … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Scorn
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The Washington Post self-corrects
I was bothered earlier this week with a report from the Washington Post about the travails facing the Jews of South America. The article, I thought, put the onus of blame on their plight on Israeli actions and underplayed the … Continue reading
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Right? Right! Wrong!
It’s an article of faith that the results of Israel’s election this week show that the country has moved to the right. And yes, on one level the electorate shows a shift to the right from the current configuration. However, … Continue reading
Briefly
Hamas feeling the PR pinch, 1: Hamas gave back the aid it stole from the UN, mostly because for the first time ever, the UN complained about it. Oh, and UNRWA stopped all aid going into Gaza because of the … Continue reading
Israel’s shift to the right
The vote in Israel shows that a majority of Israelis voted for right-leaning parties. Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party, loathed by many for issues like wanting Arab Israelis to swear a loyalty oath, won fifteen seats in the Knesset. Labor, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Politics
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Ain’t democracy great? Part II
After Hamas won legislative elections three years ago, the Washington Post reported: “The hope is that there is a government that is really committed to peace with Israel,” said one senior administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because … Continue reading
Ain’t democracy great
A surprising observation from left wing commentator, Glenn Greenwald: Needless to say, isolating an Israeli government that includes the democratically elected Yisrael Beiteinu party and childishly pretending that they don’t exist is a central prong of the peace camp’s approach … Continue reading
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The world media view on Israeli elections
The Jerusalem Post: Kadima wins, but rightist bloc biggest The Washington Post: In Israeli Vote Results, A Setback for Obama The AP: Inconclusive election puts Israel, peace in limbo The AP: Election leaves Mideast peace in doubt Reuters: Disarray as … Continue reading
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