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: July 2010
Anger management program dropouts
Language warning: It’s Christian Bale vs. Mel Gibson. Effing hilarious.
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Do you believe in the Nobel Peace Prize, if Facebook tells you so?
A number of bloggers have noticed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is campaigning for a Nobel Peace Prize. I would have thought it was absurd, because 1) He is a doctor of Holocaust denial. 2) He provided the funding for … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
And if they were Palestinian prisoners, this would be the number one news story in the world: Cuban political prisoners tell of horrible prison conditions, only 50 stories so far in the Google News aggregator. Because if it ain’t Jews, … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, palestinian politics, Terrorism, World
Tagged Gaza, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism
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Comment registration
Okay, you can comment again without having to log in. Let’s see if the spammers got bored with me or not. I’d tell you all the cool secrets I learned about spammers trying to register as blog users, but then … Continue reading
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Just four simple words on Mel Gibson:
I told you so. (Background)
The president plans; Abbas throws pie in his face
Last week I offered qualified praise to the editors of the Washington Post for their observations about President Obama’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The one part of the editorial that I didn’t like was towards the end: Now Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics, The One
Tagged President Abbas, President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu
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Wednesday, briefly
Gee, they really mean it this time: The Libyan “aid” ship has detoured to Egypt instead of trying to run the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Or so they say. The AFP says the Libyans are still talking about going to … Continue reading
Turn off the AC, turn on the bad times
As the northeast suffers through a July heat wave, the WaPo publishes an op-ed by the author of a book about how bad air conditioning is for us. A.C.’s obvious public-health benefits during severe heat waves do not justify its … Continue reading
The Eiland report: spinning it against Israel
Originally the Washington Post reported Israeli troops raid aid flotilla headed for Gaza, killing nine and the New York Times reported Deadly Israeli Raid Draws Condemnation. Both articles seem reasonably accurate in hindsight. Now Israel has released the results of … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged Eiland report, Mavi Marmara
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Snarks, snarks, get your snarks here
Damn, the bulls did a poor job this year: The running of the bulls, and they could only manage three with bumps and bruises? Geez. What about some good, old-fashioned gorings? (I always root for the bulls on this one.) … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, News Briefs, palestinian politics, Pop Culture, World
Tagged Iran, Israel, Roman Polanski
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They couldn’t possibly have been inspired by the Nazis
What You Can’t Say About Islamism by Paul Berman In our present Age of the Zipped Lip, you are supposed to avoid making any of the following inconvenient observations about the history and doctrines of the Islamist movement: You are … Continue reading
“… what any mujahedeen woman wants”
Today’s Week in Review features and aritcle, Wanted: Jihadists to Marry Widows: A snippet of news from a shadowy corner of Iraq: Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia recently issued a fatwa telling its fighters to marry the widows of those who … Continue reading
Rabbis FOR Israel
There have been numerous statements circulating lately including one from J Street that received prominent attention. Many rabbis have felt uncomfortable with some or all of these statements. Rabbi Micky Boyden has, with the help of others, created a statement … Continue reading
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Traveling briefs
What? The AP is talking terrorism? Yes, really. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy released a report today saying the Obama Administration’s refusal to acknowledge Islamism as the driving ideology behind Islamic terrorism is a very bad idea. And … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias, News Briefs, Terrorism
Tagged Israel, Lebanon, Terrorism
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Why was Ocatavia Nasr fired?
There is currently a rumor going around that CNN reporter, Octavia Nasr was fired for a uncritical eulogy she tweeted for recently departed Sheikh Fadlallah. Don’t get me wrong, Nasr clearly showed a bias that is all too prevalent in … Continue reading