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…
Category Archives: Iran
In your face, ayatollahs
We’ve been hearing the enemies of America cheering our financial crisis and calling it a punishment from above (or at least, from their version of above, not mine). Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gloated recently that the United States is paying … Continue reading
Iranians break up fowl spy ring
The Iranians have captured members of a spy ring that can go anywhere, and see anything, from the air: Pigeons. Iranian media reported on Monday that security forces had seized two ‘spy pigeons’ near the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz … Continue reading
Inviting a crisis
Michael Kinsley said that a gaffe is when a politician speaks the truth. If that’s so, I suppose Sen. Biden’s recent statement about there being an international crisis withing six months of Sen. Obama’s election as president would qualify as … Continue reading
Building the terrorists’ confidence
A possible smuggling tunnel was just discovered under the city of Hebron. Explosives from that tunnel were removed by the PA police who then alerted Israeli officials. That makes it the perfect time to give the PA even more control … Continue reading
Abbas the messenger boy?
Both the Hashmonean and Shira Bat Sarah noted this story in comments. The first mention was in Ha’aretz: U.S. President George W. Bush has apparently offered his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, to press Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights … Continue reading
The famous Muslim “tolerance”: Death to apostates
Say, that famous Muslim tolerance of other faiths we’ve heard so much about? I’m thinking someone’s not being quite truthful. A month ago, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill, entitled “Islamic Penal Code”, which would codify … Continue reading
A bazaar protest
Don Surber observes: … dictators are lousy economists Case in point: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In an interview a few weeks ago with the New York Times, he assured the interviwer, Neil MacFarqhar that Iran’s economy was in fine shape. NYT: I’ve … Continue reading
Iran’s “reformist” candidate: More of the same
The former speaker of the Iranian parliament has announced his candidacy for president of Iran. You’ll be told he’s a “reformist” who will bring a new viewpoint and attitude to the office. Don’t believe it. The “reformist” candidate—who owes his … Continue reading
Gas prices: WAY below $3 a gallon
Gas prices in Richmond have fallen as low as $2.69. Crude oil ended the week at less than $80 a barrel. Iran is freaking. Iran on Saturday called for stability in the oil market, saying the biggest challenge now was … Continue reading
The Russians are building Iranian nukes
Why is this story not getting wider play? International nuclear inspectors have begun investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to European and American officials. As part of the … Continue reading
Olmert to Russians: Please don’t sell weapons to our enemies
Olmert is going to beg the Russians to stop doing what they’ve done for, oh, fifty, sixty years now: Sell weapons to Israel’s enemies. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, traveling to Russia this week on one of his last diplomatic missions, … Continue reading
The Iranians: Gasoline addicts without refinement
Further to my post of Friday about the falling price of oil: Iran is really starting to sweat the price of oil. Iran’s Oil Minister said Saturday that it would be “unsuitable” for both producers and consumers for oil to … Continue reading
A ray of light in the economic slump
Oil continues its fall. It’s under $94 a barrel right now, and holding steady. Gas is down to $3.19 in the Richmond area, and sinking. (Gasbuddy.com is a good place to find the cheapest gas prices in your area. It’s … Continue reading
Serious about Syria?
CNN reports: The United States and Syria held a series of meetings this week, signaling a possible thaw between the two countries as the former seeks to peel the latter from its close ties with Iran. No further meetings are … Continue reading