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 2010
Even the losers write history sometimes
I am no historian. But I can’t help the feeling that the New York Times’s account of the recdently declassified transcripts of the Israeli government’s deliberations over the war wasn’t presented in academic fashion, but rather to promote the view … Continue reading
Columbus Day briefs
Liar Liar Pants on Fire 1: You can start laughing now. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Monday that Tehran is to reveal proof of how nuclear material enriched by United States was delivered to the Islamic republic’s arch-foe … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Juvenile Scorn, News Briefs
Tagged Iran, Israel, Terrorism
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When a reporter’s opinion is news
Friday’s effort at smearing Israel in the Washington Post is called For Israeli army, tests of accountability and it is written by long time slanderer Joel Greenberg. First Greenberg writes about the recent video of Israeli soldiers dancing around a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged Joel Greenberg, washington post
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Fall Kittypalooza: CATching up on cat pictures
Tig playing on his kitty shelf. He has a regular playtime, generally around 11 a.m., and often while I (sigh) have a phone meeting. I use the mute button a lot when attending phone conferences. Tig got a new toy … Continue reading
Posted in Cats
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Saturday night stupid
I put this baby on the DVR, and Sarah came over to watch it with me. It’s great, stupid fun. Made by the guy that brought you Megashark vs. Giant Octopus.
So – a leader of what?
We complain about mass media aiding and abetting Palywood myth building. But here is an example of mass media creating a myth without any participation of the Palywood. From Fox news site of October 9, 2010: As shows Exhibit 1, … Continue reading
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Damn the Israelis, full speed ahead
According to the JTA (via Daily Alert Blog) The Israeli prime minister also has a major strategic concern. According to confidants, he fears that as soon as any new 60-day freeze ends, the Americans will put a “take it or … Continue reading
Friday briefs
That’s funny, I thought young American Jews were disconnecting from Israel: If the Peter Beinarts of the world are right, and young Jews are separating from Israel, how is it that Taglit (Birthright) Israel had to shut down registration in … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Iran, Israel, News Briefs, Terrorism, United Nations
Tagged AP Media Bias, Iran, Lebanon, UN
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Killing terrorists is an obstacle to peace
The AP doesn’t use quite the langue of this post title, but it’s close enough: Israeli troops killed two senior Hamas militants in an early-morning raid in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, the Israeli military and Hamas … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Hamas, Israel, Terrorism
Tagged Hamas, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism
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Late Thursday briefs
Awesome! Lebanon screws itself by mapping its borders: The Lebanese are trying to steal the gas fields that Israel discovered, so they’re defining the maritime borders between Israel and Lebanon—and giving Israel more territory than previous claimed. Those wily Zionists! … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, News Briefs, palestinian politics
Tagged Iran, Israel, Palestinians
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Hezbollah in passive voice
Many of us have noted that since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, Hezbollah has rearmed in violation of UN Security Council resolution. I always wondered when the MSM would catch up with the story. Today the New York … Continue reading
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NYT: peace process failing despite the great work of the administration
Contrary to the upbeat assessment of the Washington Post, Mark Landler of the New York Times can’t figure out why the Middle East peace process isn’t going smoothly. In Risks and Advantages in U.S. Effort in Mideast, Landler begins: When … Continue reading
Really bad marketing term of the week
Seriously? Pubit? Seriously? What was wrong with Publit, you dumbasses? It’s more than one letter off something that immediately springs to most adult minds when they see “Pubit”. Marketing geniuses. They’ll never stop giving me post fodder.
Posted in Juvenile Scorn
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AP anti-Israel bias: Today, WITHOUT the editorializing
The AP updated its mosque arson story—without editorializing. Amazingly, there are reporters at the AP (who are not named Mohammed Daraghmeh) that can report the Israeli condemnations of the mosque arson without adding an anti-Israel spin to the reasons behind … Continue reading
The dancing IDF soldier, BBC, CNN, FFS – and YOU
This post is not about the dancing Israeli nincompoop of a soldier, nor about BBC or CNN or even FFS. It’s about you. But to define “you”, we’ll have to peruse the two following exhibits. Which are simply lists of … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome
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