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: Israeli Double Standard Time
The moral Disneyland revisited
Twenty years ago Charles Krauthammer wrote The Mideast as Moral Disneyland. (Washington Post, February 5, 1988). What set Krauthammer off was a complaint by Woody Allen about how Israel wasn’t so lovable as it once was. In the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Charles Krauthammer
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NYT: Hamas upgrades = success / Israel defends = disaster
The NYT today features two articles about Israel’s war against Hamas that are rather revealing. One is Striking Deep Into Israel, Hamas Employs an Upgraded Rocket Arsenal, and the second is In Dense Gaza, Civilians Suffer They are revealing both … Continue reading
Hamas war crimes
Hamas operatives are hiding in hospitals and operating rocket launchers in densely-populated civilian areas. Diskin also noted that large numbers of Hamas operatives are hiding in hospitals and that some are posing as medical staff. “Some are also hiding in … Continue reading
The media assault against Israel
The American media is doing all it can to undermine Israel’s case for war. I’m not just talking about those anti-Israel bloviators whom Noah Pollak amusingly call the “juicebox mafia,” but the opinion pages of major American newspapers have been … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged New York Times, washington post
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A massacre the world overlooks
There’s a real massacre going on right now in the Congo that the world is ignoring: A Ugandan rebel group known for its horrific cruelties has massacred 189 people and kidnapped at least 20 children over three days in northeastern … Continue reading
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Eyeless on the Potomac: the WaPo tells Israel to defend itself with the goodwill of Hamas
Israel has some tough choices ahead. Amos Harel of Ha’aretz writes: According to leaks from Jerusalem Sunday, a decision has been made for an extensive military action, and a ground operation is not out of the question. At this stage, … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged washington post
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Post-ceasefire post-mortem
Barry Rubin in Liar, Liar, pants on ceasefire on reasons why it was a mistake for Hamas to end the ceasefire: The first is that they ending the ceasefire while George W. Bush is president. Certainly Israel feels freer to … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged ceasefire
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Pretend truce is officially over
The fantasy truce—the one where it’s okay to launch a few hundred rockets, instead of thousands—has been officially declared over by Hamas, and of course, it’s not their fault. It’s Israel’s. Hamas on Thursday declared the end of a six-month-old … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israeli Double Standard Time, Terrorism
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Terrorism
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The slippery slope of terrorism
Media Backspin points to a discussion of the NYT’s use of the word “terror.” Elder of Ziyon, though, finds the standard of former Israel correspondent, James Bennett The memo said he settled on a rough rule: He would use the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, Terrorism
Tagged Clark Hoyt
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Compare and contrast: the UNHRC on Israel and the UAE
Compare and contrast the following reports from the UN Human Rights Council. Let’s look at one paragraph of recommendations for Israel (that don’t include the Palestinians, as most of them do). Please note the tone. It’s very important. Among the … Continue reading
99 UNHRC demands
The UN Human Wrongs Council has made a list of 99 “recommendations” (we shall call them “demands”) that Israel must follow before, presumably, the UNHRC stops blaming Israel for all of the wrongs in the world while ignoring utterly the … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, United Nations
Tagged Israel, UNHRC
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Jonesing for Jones
I’m not going to pretend that a recent positive IDF assessment of the Palestinian Authority security forces didn’t happen. Maybe something’s changed, but this is in stark contrast to past experience. I’d like to see something sustained before declaring success. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, palestinian politics
Tagged General James L. Jones
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Human wrongs
When you see a headline like: Israel Under Fire At UN Over Rights Record, it sounds pretty serious. Then you read the article itself. The Jewish state was being examined by the U.N. Human Rights Council as part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged United Nations
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Nissenbaum, missin’ it
Dion Nissenbaum, who, last week, was concerned that Israel’s preventing foreign reporters from entering Gaza damaged Israel’s image, missed the news. Israel re-opened Gaza to reporters. I would have thought that his concern for Israel’s image would have inspired him … Continue reading
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Tagged Dion Nissenbaum
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Law and terror
I’ve blogged about this incident before: On Sept. 6, Yaalon felt heavy, not happy, when the prime minister favored his recommendation over Dichter’s: Mission aborted. Sharon called off the strike to decapitate Hamas, Yaalon said, because Sharon demanded “no civilian … Continue reading