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 2009
America’s pro-Israel consensus
Barry Rubin observes that American support for Israel is headed in a positive direction. Now for those who have an opinion the ratio of those who favor Israel over the Palestinians is now Wait a minute, though. Pew says regarding … Continue reading
Trading places at Aushwitz
BBC profiles an Englishman who had been a POW during WWII, Denis Avey. Avey had been held in the POW camp adjoining Aushwitz and twice switched clothes – his uniform for an inmate’s rags – and places with a Jewish … Continue reading
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An early Hanukkah video
This is a fun one from Nefesh b’Nefesh. Start you day with a smile. Thanks to Janet for the link. I have a list of videos sent by Sabba Hillel that I’ll be going through, but remember I have eight … Continue reading
Things I’ve learned about credit card debt
Last night’s post got me to thinking. You would be astonished at how few people know that you can work with credit card companies to remove late fees, lower interest rates, and eliminate balance transfer fees on credit card debt. … Continue reading
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A word of financial advice
There are several things that seem completely basic, but apparently are not, regarding credit card debt. Number one, KNOW YOUR INTEREST RATE on every card. Two: READ YOUR MONTHLY STATEMENTS, including the interest rate, which can change at any time. … Continue reading
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Demjanjuk the doubtful?
At the end of a Bloomberg News report about the Demjanjuk trial in German, there’s a paragraph that reads: His death sentence and conviction were overturned by Israel’s Supreme Court in 1993, saying there was reasonable doubt that he served … Continue reading
Friday SNB
Anyone out there not surprised? Obama delays moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, just as all of his predecessors, in spite of the bill passed by Congress in 1995. But then again, the bill deliberately gave the president an out. … Continue reading
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Pee-EU
The EU is sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong. (Not that that’s anything new.) Howard Schneider of the Washington Post reports in Israel decries proposed E.U. stance on East Jerusalem: Israel on Tuesday criticized a proposed statement by the … Continue reading
Closing the barn door after Goldstone escaped
President Obama decided to get involved in the UN Human Rights Council – an organization that was shunned by President Bush – in order to transform it. Barry Rubin reminded us in the wake of the release of the Goldstone … Continue reading
Time for another Jooglebomb
Some years ago, the fact that “Jewwatch,” a despicable hate site, came up as the first result for a Google search on “Jew,” became quite controversial. As I recall, Google actually removed the site from its results for a while. … Continue reading
Just fears
I don’t agree with a number of his premises, but Carlos Strenger makes two important points in Israel’s Just Fears of a Palestinian State. What would Israel’s situation be after withdrawing from the West Bank to the 1967 borders? All … Continue reading
If “softer tone” means “more brazen” I agree
In a mis-titled news story, Hezbollah strikes softer tone in second manifesto: analysts, AFP reports: …Salem points out that the second manifesto, while softer in tone, nonetheless defends the party’s right to bear arms. “It refers to the weapons as … Continue reading
Watch the media spin
The AP released a brief story on the Lebanese government affirming Hezbullah’s defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 to disarm. This version holds too much of the truth in it. Prediction: Mention of 1701 will be dropped to the … Continue reading
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The UN regrets
Isabel Kershner reports at the New York Times that Jewish Nationalists Clash With Palestinians: Jewish nationalists and Palestinians clashed in an East Jerusalem neighborhood on Tuesday after the Israelis took over a house by court order in a predominantly Arab … Continue reading
Help save a cat
The South Suburban Humane society in Chicago Heights, IL has a young adult tortie named “Egypt” who will be put to sleep soon if she can’t find a home VERY soon. One of my readers let me know about it, … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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