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: August 2010
Thursday briefs
Saudi Medieval Punishment Watch: If you think Islamic “justice” can’t get much more disgusting than stoning a person to death, you’re wrong. A Saudi judge wrote to several hospitals asking them if they would sever a criminal’s spinal cord in … Continue reading
Third in a series by George Will
In recent weeks, George Will has written two excellent columns about Israel and the Middle East: Netanyahu, the anti-Obama and Netanyahu’s warning. Today, he presents Skip the lecture on Israel’s “risks for peace”: The intifada was launched by the late … Continue reading
A balanced report on the Mavi Marmari incident
Kudos to the British television programme (spelled this way in honor of their objectivity) for a balanced report on the Mavi Marmara incident. Via Goldblog. The producer of Panorama? The BBC. Whoa. That’s TWO balanced BBC pieces in one week, … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias, Turkey
Tagged Gaza Flotilla, Israel, Mavi Marmara, Turkey
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Disparate columnists notice the anti-Israel trend
Though I already wrote about this, a week and a half ago Thomas Friedman, in Steal this movie wrote: I write about this now because there is something foul in the air. It is a trend, both deliberate and inadvertent, … Continue reading
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The AP buries the lede on Hezbollah
You know your “evidence” is bogus when even the AP is laughing at Hezbollah’s attempt to blame Israel for Hariri’s death. However, they buried the lede in this article. It’s titled “UN gets Hezbollah ‘evidence’ on Israel-Hariri link,” but four … Continue reading
Been busy
The usual Monday trip to NorVA, work-related things, and more work-related things. I’m so glad I have cobloggers.
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Shades of moderation
Two weeks ago Jeffrey Goldberg wrote, If He Could, Bin Laden Would Bomb the Cordoba Initiative (via memeorandum): This seems like such an obvious point, but it is apparently not obvious to the many people who oppose the Cordoba Initiative’s … Continue reading
Dr David Lowry – a short study in contradictions
I have stumbled on a curious letter to the Guardian, titled Hiroshima, Israel and nuclear tests, signed by Dr David Lowry, former director, European Proliferation Information Center (EPIC). He starts with the background: I visited the exhibition on images of … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome
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Harvard divests .. er .. not so fast
According to Globes: (via memeorandum) In another blow to Israeli shares, the Harvard Management Company notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday that it had sold all its holdings in Israeli companies during the second quarter of … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome
Tagged BDS, Harvard, Johnny Rotten
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Israel’s Nuclear Ambiguity is Good for The United States
The Arab League is pushing to end Israel’s nuclear secrecy and demanding that it come under the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear nation. The Obama Administration asked the Arab League NOT to do this because Israel would clearly resist and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambiguity, Arab League, Israel, NPT, Nuclear Weapons
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Enjoy Life
Someone sent this to me recently. Admittedly, it probably was not an actual doctor who said this and putting it in the context of an oriental doctor is likely a literary device. I’m sure it is on snopes somewhere. But … Continue reading
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The failed UN peacekeeping in Lebanon
I think the “U” in UNIFIL should really stand for “Useless.” Witness: In an interview with The Associated Press on Mount Adir, a hill overlooking the border, an officer from the military’s Northern Command pointed through the summer haze at … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, United Nations
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And the cow is one
I think I’ve already posted about this, but it just keeps getting funnier. Our rabbi was away this weekend, so various members of the congregation led services. I volunteered for Friday night. Sarah and family were there as well, since … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Religion
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