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…
Author Archives: Meryl Yourish
Thursday funny
The most awesome Broadway play sneak peek, ever:
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Thursday briefs
Say, kids, what time is it? That’s right, it’s Israeli Double Standard Time. The world is slamming Israel for refusing to freeze settlements, but there’s not a word about the Palestinians not talking to Israel during the ten months that … Continue reading
How can I whitewash? Let me count the ways
Just when you think the AP can’t get any better at whitewashing, you’re wrong. Over 200 mortars and rockets—including Grad rockets—have been fired from Gaza into Israel this year. So how does the AP manipulate language to make it seem … Continue reading
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The BBC Book Challenge
Because it’s easier to do this here than on Facebook, and because Sarah reminded me that this is out there (it’s been out a while, and I think I must have posted the list in the past), here we go … Continue reading
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Eighth Light:
And on this eighth night of Chanukah/Hannukah, I give you: The original, the one, the only: Adam Sandler and The Chanukah Song. Sigh: Here’s one that works. Now, people, your turn to post vid links if you have any more.
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Boycott Israel: Stop miracles from happening
The boycott and divest morons are working to prevent Israeli inventions like this: Oh, sure, they say they’re not against innovation. But boycotting Israel, with the intent to harm Israel’s economy, means companies that invent devices like this don’t get … Continue reading
Around the news, briefly
So, how’s that Syrian outreach going for us? Not good at all. Nope. So, let’s see—the Obama administration outreach to Russia? Zilch. Syria? Zilch. Iran? Zilch. North Korea? Zilch. How’s about the Obama attitude towards Israel? Smart power not looking … Continue reading
Seventh Light
You know, it’s not so easy choosing these videos. For instance, I was going to include this one, until near the end. It’s funny and different, and yet offensive on so many levels. So I think I’m going to go … Continue reading
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A note to my commenters
Some of you may have noticed that your comments have disappeared. That is because I will not have the kinds of comments that are accepted on many sites. No disparagement of Arabs, Muslims, or Palestinians for being Arabs, Muslims, or … Continue reading
Jew hatred: It’s the Grand Unified Theory in action
Lest the idiots in the comments over at Think Progress think that only Republicans are anti-Semites, I remind them of Congressman Jim Moron [sic], who famously blamed the Jews for the Iraq war. At a March 3 antiwar forum in … Continue reading
Tom Paine vs. the BDS wussies
You don’t mess around with Tom. His story follows: Pugnacious self-defence is very much the theme of this season, but you don’t have to time-travel back to the Selucid period to find yourself in a fight. In what I think … Continue reading
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Your Tuesday morning briefs
Some good old-fashioned right-wing anti-Semitism: Just a blast from the past for those of us who remember the anti-Semitism of the right. The Texas legislature has the kind I remember from my childhood: “Religious” Christians who want to make sure … Continue reading
Israel sharks are eating Egyptian tourists
It’s unbelievable, what those wily Zionists can do: Now, we can command sharks to eat up foreign tourists in the Red Sea (but only off the Egyptian coast, not Israel), just so we can ruin Egypt’s tourism industry. Speaking on … Continue reading
Sixth light: Top 40 video
This one is the best yet. NCSY Chanukah Musical Remix 2010 (Music by Six13)—they take three big hits and rework them to Chanukah. There are lots of women in this video, as well as children, people of color, and even … Continue reading
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Monday briefs
Zionists are more awesome than anyone knew: Iranians are in another tizzy over another Star of David, this one on the roof of Iran Air, seen on Google Maps. It’s supposedly 30 years old, and may be a prank by … Continue reading
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