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: Media Bias
Is Ha’aretz is pulling a Scott Thomas on us?
Remember Scott Thomas? The New Republic’s crack reporter who wrote about supposed atrocities in Iraq? The one who was utterly disgraced and proven to be a liar? This Melanie Phillips article on Ha’aretz’s claims of IDF abuse in Gaza makes … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias
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Major newspaper seems fated to cast Israel in the worst possible light
I suppose that the article Israeli Coalition Appears Fated to Clash With U.S. isn’t nearly as bad as the title. Still it’s got some problems. For example, early on the reporter, Howard Schneider writes: A leading contender to become defense … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged Netanyahu
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When page A6 says something
When allegations of the IDF’s conduct first emerged, Yaacov Lozowick observed: Haaretz has just launched a series (so they say) of articles in which soldiers who fought in Gaza tell of wrongdoings. I’m linking to the first article here, and … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias
Tagged Ethan Bronner, IDF
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Newspapers investigate journalistic misconduct – not!
Following on the heels of the Ha’aretz report that soldiers did not abide by the IDF’s code of morality, the NYT reports Soldiers’ Accounts of Gaza Killings Raise Furor in Israel (via memeorandum) The testimonies by soldiers, leaked to the … Continue reading
The anti-Zionist elephant
Ethan Bronner reports in After Gaza, Israel Grapples With Crisis of Isolation. But in the weeks since its Gaza war, and as it prepares to inaugurate a hawkish right-wing government, it is facing its worst diplomatic crisis in two decades. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged Anti-Zionism
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Pincus fed paranoia
I’ve blogged quite a bit about the Chas Freeman appointment, but there’s a need to post (at least) one more item. Originally when Walter PIncus wrote about Freeman’s withdrawal he took great care to emphasize the Jewish opposition to the … Continue reading
When extremism counts and when it doesn’t
The Washington Post reported on the murders of two Israeli policemen the other night. Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said the shooting was being treated as a “nationalistic” attack, the phrase Israeli police occasionally use for political violence carried out … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged Binyamin Netanyahu
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Banality of a weasel
I suppose I should be generous to Roger Cohen. According to Roger Simon, Cohen flew out to LA on his own initiative – and dime – in order to defend his defense of the Iranian regime. But Simon writes that … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Jew Cooties, Juvenile Scorn, Media Bias
Tagged Roger Cohen
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Pincus: Arab media confirm that omnipotent Israel lobby sunk Freeman appointment
In a remarkable bit of investigative reporting, Walter PIncus of the Washington Post confirmed his previous reporting on the withdrawn appointment of Chas Freeman to be the next head of the National Intelligence Council. As Pincus wrote in Intelligence Pick … Continue reading
German documentary proves al-Dura was a hoax
Philippe Karsenty sent an email that was published on The Iconoclast blog that says a German documentary has thoroughly proven the Mohammed al-Dura story to be a hoax perpetrated on the world by the Palestinians, with the willing blindness (or … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias
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Israel and the media: Tunnel vision, blindness, or outright bias?
Yesterday, the Israeli press carried Hassan Nasrallah’s recorded speech released on Mohammed’s birthday. It’s a pretty important speech, you would think, since Britain has recently announced that it is seeking to establish ties to Hizbullah. And it’s a very important … Continue reading
Posted in Lebanon, Media Bias
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Sderot as a symbol
The Washington Post reports on Sderot as a “symbol” Perhaps a quarter of Sderot’s population has moved away in recent years. Of the 20,000 or so residents left, anxiety and other signs of post-traumatic stress are widespread. That’s the message … Continue reading
Roger Cohen: Straw man simplicity
Soccer Dad and Snoopy have both had their shots at Roger Cohen’s unbelievably naive column that claims that Iranian Jews are free. Now it’s my turn to reply to his response. The indignation stems from my recent column on Iranian … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Media Bias
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Iran, the Jews and Roger Cohen
This is a slight modification of the NYT headline Iran, the Jews and Germany, an article by Roger Cohen. In that article Roger Cohen, NYT op-ed columnist, tries to answer his many critics regarding his series of apologetic articles on … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Media Bias
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Changes in Middle East present new challenges for American reporters
The Washington Post reports, Tough Options For Clinton on Trip to Mideast, with a sub-head of “Analysts Urge Radical New Approach To Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process” What are those “tough options?” Any new peace effort would be complicated by other factors, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Juvenile Scorn, Media Bias
Tagged Elliott Abrams
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