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: November 2009
The NJ race: My lifelong Dem mom isn’t voting for Corzine
An elderly Jewish woman who voted for Obama told me last night that she’s thinking of voting for Daggett. I told her she should vote for Christie. But Corzine may be in deep trouble, if my mother is the tip … Continue reading
Republican extremist alert!
Holy cow, check this out. The National Director of Public Relations for the Purple Heart Association is John Bircher! Quick! Someone email Olbermann!
Posted in Juvenile Scorn
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Anti-Semitic religious Catholic hypocrite an out-of-wedlock dad
Mel Gibson, the Catholic so religious that he belongs to a sect that refuses to acknowledge Vatican II, had a daughter out of wedlock with his current girlfriend. (His wife of 30 years is divorcing him, another Catholic no-no.) This, … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Scorn, Pop Culture, Religion
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Oh noes! I’m turning conservative!
Today, I will be voting in the blowout victory of Republican candidate for governor Bob McDonnell, and it’s highly likely that I will be voting for pretty much the entire Republican ticket. Only nine years ago, I voted for Al … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, Politics
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“The terrorists’ Magna Carta”
Israel’s former Justice Minister, Daniel Friedmann, in an op-ed calls the Goldstone report – “the terrorists’ Magna Carta.” Friedmann makes note of the inherent conflict between Goldstone’s defensive claims and his actual report: Moreover, Goldstone’s claim that he was leading … Continue reading
French hypocrisy on war crimes
The U.K. and France are the latest countries to jump on the bandwagon to force Israel to investigate the accusations in the Goldstone report. Let us review the French reaction to her citizens being attacked in the Ivory Coast a … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israeli Double Standard Time, United Nations, World
Tagged Goldstone Report
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“Slap in the face”
Meryl noticed this yesterday. (See the end of the post.) Barry Rubin summarized the administration’s efforts in the Middle East like this: The president of the United States has said that he wants talks resumed immediately and believes it possible … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome
Tagged Hillary Clinton
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Pumpkin art
Sarah carved eighteen (yes, eighteen) pumpkins. She does it every year. There are some awfully good pumpkins at the link. Me? I contributed the tea lights for some of them. Awesome carving of a cat. Well, they’re all pretty good. … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, Life
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The blood libeler speaks
Ha’aretz interviewed Donald Bostrom, who can’t understand why Israelis didn’t take seriously his article blaming the IDF for killing Palestinians for their organs, and immediately launch an investigation to make sure that it wasn’t true. But he’s not sorry for … Continue reading
The Palestinians turn on Obama
This is perfect. You really can’t get much better than this. The Palestinians are blaming Obama for the lack of a peace agreement, instead of, say, their utter refusal to come to the table and discuss things. Palestinian officials on … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics, The One
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Taking the smart out of smart diplomacy
Washington Post reporter Scott Wilson writes of President Obama’s new approach to diplomacy “Shared interests define Obama’s world. Wilson starts: President Obama is applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he once used as a community organizer on Chicago’s … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Politics
Tagged President Obama
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Five Things That Scare me
Normally, I embrace opinions. I traffic in opinions. After all, I’m a blogger. Opinions have been good to yours truly. But if there’s anything scaring me these days, it’s the blatant use of celebrity opinions with regard to [the correct … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture
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Haveil Havalim #241
Co-blogger Snoopy is hosting the latest Haveil Havalim on his site. Comprhensive. How can he go wrong if he starts off with a picture by Dzeni? If I may emphasize a few posts for special mention, I’d recommend this one … Continue reading
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Conceived in sin
According to Al Jazeera, the impetus for the Goldstone Commission report came from the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). (h/t My Right Word) Al Jazeera: The UN’s Goldstone report has been in the headlines in the past few weeks … Continue reading
The Obama Israel policy: Miserable failure
Let us review the Obama administration on Israel. We’ll start with the Cairo speech, which you may not remember was titled “A New Beginning.†The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. (Applause.) This construction violates … Continue reading
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