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…
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Assassination of Litvinenko – the plot thickens
The plot was exciting to start with. Assassination attempt on a senior ex-FSB officer, in London of all places. Hints on connection to the assassination of Russian journalist, thallium, Italian informer – in short, all the elements of a robust … Continue reading
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An open letter to John Le Carre
I must confess that John Le Carre is one of my favorite writers. His skill, style and language put him far above the pack of thriller writers and close to the top of the craft in general. That is, in … Continue reading
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Armenian holocaust – a little known episode
I have received the following comment to the post My genocide vs. your genocide on Meryl’s place. And as someone of Armenian descent, I should note the man who protested the massacres the most was Ambassador Henry Morgenthau, an American … Continue reading
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On British diplomatic ingenuity
Stuff of legends, that British ability to resolve anything using nothing but diplomatic wit and savvy. The Sun, under a rather shrilly headline Brave heroes hounded out, displays a shining example of that famous British tradition. Tragicomedy in 3 acts: … Continue reading
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Only in Russia
The article (some of you will have to believe me, I know) starts with the news about a theft of a new novel written by Victor Pelevin, one of the outstanding contemporary Russian writers. An electronic copy of the novel, … Continue reading
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The Croc Hunter no more
Sad, sad news today: A stingray killed Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. CAIRNS, Australia Sep 4, 2006 (AP)— Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while … Continue reading
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Add this to the official list of oxymorons
“Human swastika“
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Blogging will be light today…
Blogging will be light today, as Meryl is trapped in a local hospital and undergoing a plethora of tests. As bad as this sounds, consider if the situation were reversed and a local hospital were trapped in her and forced … Continue reading
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A break in the madness
Since it seems to be war-war-war-war here, I thought I’d spell Meryl a bit with a pointless and silly vignette from my workday. Today, Deskmerc and I went over to the nearby deli for lunch and had hamburgers. The deli … Continue reading
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Montenegro
The United Nations has a new member, and it’s not some cesspool of terrorism using a batch of Jordanian flags they forgot to put the star on: The UN General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday admitting the newly independent … Continue reading
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Comparative riches
Warren Buffett, the world’s second-richest man, is donating 85 percent of his fortune to charity. June 26, 2006 — Warren Buffett, the world’s second-richest man, is making an unprecedented donation to the world’s richest man, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. Buffett, … Continue reading
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Approved by Al Jazeera – see under “Culture”
Yes, this is the tag Al Jazeera has chosen for the article Conspiracy theorists meet over 9/11. They wore T-shirts asking What Really Happened?, snapped up DVDs titled 9/11; The Great Illusion, and cheered as physicists, philosophers and terrorism experts … Continue reading
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Nuclear scoop – directly from Khamenai.
Remember – you have first learned about it here, so do not let any mass media running lackey dog of capitalism, imperialism and Zionism to tell you differently. IRNA reports that no other than the Supreme Leader himself decided to
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Assad – losing it?
EU official: Assad losing grip on power, says Ynet. In conversation with Ynet, senior European Union official links signs of instability in Syria to impending United Nations report on Hariri assassination As time goes by Syrian President Bashar Assad has … Continue reading
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Another “freedom fighter” bites the dust
Ward Churchill, professor of indefinite studies, the self-appointed Native American, he of the “little Eichmanns” fame, was found guilty of the worst offences a tenured professor cum scientist could possibly be guilty of (aside of raping his students). It appears … Continue reading
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