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: The One
If it’s Monday, these must be news briefs
Extremists: Some assholes claiming to be religious (probably Jews) vandalized Yad Vashem. Yes, Yad Vashem. Some 10 other slogans of the same nature were daubed in several other areas as well, including “Israel is the secular Auschwitz of the Sephardic … Continue reading
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Tuesday briefs
Politician who nobody cares about quits her job that nobody still knew she had: Tzipi Livni, the utterly irrelevant former leader of Kadima, is quitting the Knesset. And while she slammed Netanyahu on her way out, let’s face it–nobody cares. … Continue reading
Monday, briefly
Well, isn’t this interesting: We’re deploying Stealth jets in a base in “southwest Asia”, a.k.a.: Within striking distance of Iran. Yes, but they don’t really care about Palestinians: A major food retailer in the U.K. is boycotting Jewish goods. No, … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Middle East, palestinian politics, Terrorism, The One
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Tuesday, briefly
Flytilla 2, the sequel: You know, the funniest part of this AP brief about 2,500 pro-Palestinian “protesters” coming into Israel on Sunday is this bit: Organizers say they want to draw attention to Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians in Gaza … Continue reading
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Obama’s Four Questions
Cheerfully stolen from the Standard. For Friday night’s Obama White House seder, we hear there’s talk of an alternate version of the traditional four questions: Introductory Question Mr. President, why is this administration different from all other administrations? First Question … Continue reading
Barack Obama: Deliberately harming Israel
So the greatest friend of Israel, evah, is leaking classified information in order to prevent Israel from striking the Iranian nukes. Because that’s what allies do, cripple each other in advance of something as critical as whether or not to … 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
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Wednesday briefs
And the keen grasp of the obvious award goes to: The Asia Times, for a story titled “Iranian hand seen in Gaza escalation” Really? PIJ, which receives money and marching orders from Iran, was under Iranian orders not to stop … Continue reading
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Monday snowy briefs
Really? Snow in Richmond? Really? This is why they pay such a high price for hostages: A cadet in Israel went AWOL over the weekend, but nobody knew why he was missing at first. The entire country mobilized to find … Continue reading
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Yeah, not feeling too confident about Iran
Nope. Not after Obama’s speech. There is no shortage of speeches on the friendship between the United States and Israel. But I’m also mindful of the proverb, “A man is judged by his deeds, not his words.” So if you … Continue reading
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Friday news roundup
If you’re not reading Barry Rubin, you’re not informed about the Middle East: I haven’t pointed you to any of Barry’s writing lately, but you should just go to his column at PJ Media and scroll down. Also check out … Continue reading
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TANSTAAFL
For some reason, that acronym won’t leave my mind. It probably has something to do with my OD’ing on how badly Obama is screwing up American industry and the economy. Keystone pipeline to lessen our dependence on foreign oil from … Continue reading
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Friday three-day weekend brief briefs
The Obama administration grows a pair: Iran has been warned that if they close the Strait of Hormuz, there will be consequences. For real. He’s moved more troops into the area. Now, if only the administration would help the Iranian … Continue reading
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End of the work week briefs
But–but–Karl Vick said that Hamas and the PA would move towards peace! Ismail Haniyeh continues his Islamist victory tour of the Middle East (a.k.a. the “Show me the money!” tour), greeting cheering crowds in Tunisia and telling the AP that … Continue reading
Thursday, briefly
Woo, what a great ally! Turkey says if there’s an attack on Iran, it won’t be from Turkey. Yeah, we kinda knew that, what with Turkey refusing to allow American forces to pass through Turkey on their way to Iraq … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Gaza, Hamas, Holocaust, Syria, The One, Turkey
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