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: October 2009
The whiner that roared
You may not be aware, but the NJDC just had a conference. It was attended by many Democratic legislators, an advisor to the President and even, yes, Ambassador Michael Oren. But if you didn’t know about it, you won’t read … Continue reading
The unbiased media, part the next
Say, take a look at this headline and tell me what kind of images it conjures up: Israeli police storm Jerusalem’s holiest site Holy crap! Israeli police stormed the Temple Mount? Really? Let’s see what the Israeli media have to … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Religion
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Compare and contrast
This is why Israel has more Nobel prize winners than the entire Arab world combined. Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel … Continue reading
Lessons from teaching
This weekend was Brandon and Brittany’s b’nai mitzvah. In my six years of teaching fourth grade, I had four sets of boy-girl twins. I was always struck by both the bond between them, and their attempts to hide it because, … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
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You know you’re a redneck when…
You get charged with a DUI in a motorized La-Z-Boy. A Proctor man driving a motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair hit a parked vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. There’s a picture at the link. Anderson claimed he was driving … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Humor
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Soupy Sales: No more pie in the face
Soupy Sales died yesterday. A childhood icon is no more. His greatest success came in New York with “The Soupy Sales Show” — an ostensible children’s show that had little to do with Captain Kangaroo and other kiddie fare. Sales’ … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture
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Briefs
The delegitimization of Israel continues: San Francisco idiots interrupt Ehud Olmert’s speech with repeated cries of “war criminal.” Best protester line: “I’m not against free speech, but this is not free speech.” Got it? His interruptions are free speech. Ehud … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias
Tagged Egypt, Israel
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Gaza report’s author is really full of himself
Today the New York Times reports Gaza Report Author Asks U.S. to Clarify Concerns. The article is flawed for what it gets wrong and for its failure to scrutinize any of Justice Goldstone’s self-aggrandizing claims. What’s wrong with the first … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Judge Goldstone
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Two funny bits
First, Darth Vader plays golf. Next, if you have children who believe in Santa, do not click this link until after they’re asleep. It’s rather traumatizing for the little ‘uns, but funny as hell for the rest of us. Both … Continue reading
Briefly
The Gold Standard Debate: Oh, to be at this debate. Richard Goldstone v. Dore Gold at Brandeis. I hope they televise it. Go get ‘im, Dore! But the Gazans are living in crushing misery: The New York Times is calling … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Iran, Israel, News Briefs
Tagged Iran, Israel, Richard Goldstone
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Degrading self-defense
Twenty years ago In “Legitimizing the PLO,” the late Jeane Kirkpatrick wrote about how international law was subverted over the years by the PLO and its advocates to excuse terrorism. One of the earliest steps in this process was the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Michel Massih, Richard Goldstone
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The Human Rights Watch bias against Israel
Matthew Yglesias, who was for Israel before he was against it, takes issue with David Bernstein’s citing of the founder of HRW criticizing its anti-Israel bias in the op-ed pages of the New York Times. It’s certainly news that Human … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, Gaza, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Gaza, Human Rights Watch, Israel
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My latest letter to AP
Since I was so crabby from the flu yesterday, I decided to use my powers for good instead of evil. No nasty email to anyone at work. Just to the biased writers and editors at the AP. Subject: Richard Goldstone’s … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel
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The passive aggressive peace dynamic
In an odd analysis yesterday, titled Painful Mideast Truth – Force trumps Diplomacy, Ethan Bronner of the NYT wrote: Through relentless commando operations and numerous checkpoints, the Israeli Army ended suicide bombings and other terrorist acts from the West Bank; … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics
Tagged Israel
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The J-Street camouflage
When I originally posted about J-Street’s invitation to Israeli Ambassador, Michael Oren, I was against his speaking at the J-Street conference, but was open to the idea of Oren giving a talk explaining why J-Street despite its loud protests otherwise, … Continue reading