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: Politics
Post-Obamacare briefs
That new civility: “it’s Constitutional. Bitches” is the tweet sent by the executive director of the DNC. Not a staffer. Not a young intern. The man in charge of the Democratic National Committee. To quote Todd Manning from General Hospital: … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Israel, Media Bias, palestinian politics, Politics, United Nations
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Breaking: Obamacare passes the Supremes
Time to repeal it. From SCOTUSblog’s liveblog: Amy Howe: The individual mandate survives as a tax. Tom: So the mandate is constitutional. Chief Justice Roberts joins the left of the Court. Tom: The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Politics, The One
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Three more days until the Obamacare ruling
Nothing from the Supreme Court today, but the next (and last for this season) session will be on Thursday, when we will hear Chief Justice Roberts read the opinion of the Supreme Court. It is widely expected to be a … Continue reading
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Wednesday gloatfest briefs
And it’s Walker for the win: A eleven seven-point victory, but it was “too close to call” according to all the exit polls. Which just goes to show you: Exit polls are bullshit. Changed your LinkedIn password: Millions of passwords … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Middle East, palestinian politics, Politics, Pop Culture, Terrorism, Turkey
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Tuesday morning political news briefs
Suck it up and pay for your own damned pensions: Scott Walker’s recall election is today, and it’s ending as ugly as it started. The unions are in full-blown panic mode, because when the government doesn’t take union dues out … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Anti-Semitism, Israel, Media Bias, Politics, United Nations
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Grover Norquist, asshole
I rarely put up a title like the one on this post, but in this case, I would absolutely love to be the number one hit on Google when you type in “Grover Norquist asshole”. Here’s why: The anti-tax activist … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Politics
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Occupy Wall Street made me do it.
In honor of Occupy Wall Street, I’m buying a Kindle today. I will go to Staples on my lunch hour and pick one, then buy it on Amazon. (I have gift cards. I can wait two days to get it.) … Continue reading
Posted in Evil Meryl, Juvenile Scorn, Politics
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Wednesday briefs, lynch mob version
Apparently, it’s not a lynch mentality if it’s a black lynch mob: Apparently, it’s okay for the Black Panthers to offer up a wanted dead or alive poster on George Zimmerman, plus a $10,000 reward for him.. Also for Spike … Continue reading
Any experts on oil refineries out there?
A question just occurred to me while reading this Byron York piece on how Obama wants to be known as the Pipeline President: When the president appeared in Cushing, White House image makers positioned him in front of huge stockpiles … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The One
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Iranian nukes, POTUS, expectations and common sense
A day doesn’t pass without all kinds of media (local and international) offering another deep insight on the subject of whether it will be wise for Israel to have a go at Iranian nuclear sites. As if it weren’t enough, … Continue reading
Another look at why Jimmy Carter loathes Israel
I found this while reading a current piece on Huffpo. Jimmy Carter is deluded, and manages to lie and expose himself as a liar in the next breath. Also, the ego on the man is unbelievable, and now we see … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Politics
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The Exception Clause, Part 2
Longtime readers know that The Exception Clause on this blog consists of the words “except for Israel” added to situations that every other nation is allowed. One example would be that all nations have the right to retaliate when being … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Media Bias, Politics, The Exception Clause
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Wednesday briefs
An unnamed source said it in a stolen email, so it must be true: My bullshit detector is pinging at Over-the-top on this story that Russia and Israel exchanged missile and drone codes. Really, Stratfor was a bit of a … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Politics, Religion, Syria, United Nations
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The double standard on political influence
Wow, the media keep piling on Sheldon Adelson. Let’s remember his big crime is donating millions of dollars to Newt Gingrich’s campaign. And as we all know, there’s nothing the media like to do more than profile people who use … Continue reading
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Conservative Jews: We’re wrong, but we’re still Jewish. No, really.
This is probably one of the most condescending opinion pieces I’ve ever read in my life. It starts out bashing the Forward’s current Jewish Bogeyman of the Month, Sheldon Adelson: Jewish conservatives continue to spend significant amounts of effort and … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Politics, Religion
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