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
IDS in action: Jews and poisoned balloons
The Lebanese “official” newspaper published an insane article about the IDF dropping poisoned balloons on Lebanon. Beirut- Eight people were hospitalized Saturday after inhaling toxic gases from poisonous balloons dropped by Israeli warplanes over Upper Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, the … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Lebanon, Media Bias
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The media spin on the war in Gaza
Things are heating up in Gaza. And the media spin is getting more noticeable. The AP simply downplays the killing: Hamas, Fatah Exchange Fire in Gaza Gunmen exchanged fire near Gaza City’s Islamic University on Saturday, killing two men on … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Media Bias, palestinian politics
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The Times profiles Abe Foxman
In this week’s Magazine. The attitude is one of condescension towards Foxman and the ADL. With anti-Semitism apparently waning, the A.D.L. might well have moved away from its original identity in favor of either promoting tolerance and diversity or leading … Continue reading
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The more things change: Media Bias Dept.
This postwas originally published on May 24, 2002. The Times is running scared Meryl Evans forwarded me this story, which did, indeed, bring a smile to my face. (Thanks, kiddo.) The New York Times boycott is apparently working, and working … Continue reading
Posted in Blasts from the past, Israel, Media Bias
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The Sunday Times: All the lies fit to print
Long-time readers may remember that one of my first, longest, and most widely-read blogwars was with a blogger named Aziz Poonawalla, who is held up as a shining light of the “moderate” Muslim variety. I was actually rather shocked at … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias
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A tale of two battles
Two battles took place on Thursday. One was in Gaza, one was in Ramallah. Guess which one gets the worldwide headlines? BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) – A senior Palestinian security officer was killed in an attack Thursday just moments … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Media Bias, palestinian politics
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Ahmadinejad strikes again
And Reuters happily publishes every word. TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a new verbal attack against Israel on Wednesday, saying he believed it would soon collapse, state media reported. Ahmadinejad, who has sparked international outcry by referring … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias
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Hamas whines about bad press
Get this: The Palestinian Authority is failing to get its message through to the world because of “poorly qualified or unqualified spokespersons with inadequate political and linguistic abilities,” the Hamas English language website claimed in an editorial Tuesday. The editorial … Continue reading
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On Brits in Mecca
Young Muslims alienated at home find solace at Haj The histrionics start with the headline, and there is no special need to continue reading this article by Arifa Akbar. Still, a few more sentences could not harm: Yashir Nawab could … Continue reading
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Another slip of a double tongue
This BBC article’s headline may not keep for long, so I have decided to make a snapshot for posterity. Israel to resume militant strikes“. How do you like them chickens? “Militant strikes”. I wonder whether we are witnessing here the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism
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Humpty Dumpty media rules
When is a cease fire not a cease fire? When more than 60 rockets are launched on a daily to near-daily basis, destroying property and wounding civilians. When is a war a “shaky truce”? When only Israelis are targeted. Israel … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Media Bias
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The New York Times’ blinders
Here’s a challenge: Go read this NY Times editorial and see if you can find a single reference to the messages—in the form of rockets loaded with ball-bearings that just destroyed two young boys’ legs—that palestinian terrorists have been sending … Continue reading
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Israel makes the baby Jesus cry
Johann Hari writes an article that shows, completely without context, the suffering of pregnant palestinians and, of course, repeats the lie that if Jesus lived today, he would be a palestinian. No, if Jesus lived today, he would be a … Continue reading
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Reuters discovers that Israel is a Jewish state
In this astonishingly insightful article, Reuters reports that Christmas is not very much celebrated in Israel. Huh. Imagine that. The Jewish state doesn’t have the Christmas spirit. Dec 20, 2006 — TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A glimmer of tinsel, a … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Israel, Media Bias
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Red on red: Rising
The palestinian civil war continues in dribs and drabs, teasing us just enough to believe that Gaza will become a battlefield at no risk to the IDF. (No, I don’t think it will, but one can always hope.) Clashes between … Continue reading
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