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
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Hamas to Israel: Your refusal to release our murderers is causing us to keep Gilad Shalit hostage. You know, I pretty much don’t have to describe the article after that headline. Israel files complaint with UN; complaint goes into circular … Continue reading
Queers for Palestine: They’re on the wrong side
So, let me get this straight—a gay Palestinian, who has been living in Israel with an Israeli partner for years, gets denied entry to Israel, can’t go back to his home town because he’s already been tortured by the Palestinian … Continue reading
The PA’s torturers: Made in the U.K. (and USA?)
The proponents of peace have declared for years that if only the Palestinians had western-trained security forces, the terrorism would stop. But they didn’t seem to notice that their millions of dollars per year to fund the Palestinian police force … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, palestinian politics Tagged Israel, Palestinians 1 Comment
The non-moderate Hamas: All of Jerusalem is Arab and Muslim
Jimmy Carter, the EU, and various American State Department officials (as well as presidential aides for the last two administrations) all insist that Hamas will moderate. That Hamas will work with Israel to reach some form of agreement. That the … Continue reading
The unbiased media, part the next
Say, take a look at this headline and tell me what kind of images it conjures up: Israeli police storm Jerusalem’s holiest site Holy crap! Israeli police stormed the Temple Mount? Really? Let’s see what the Israeli media have to … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Religion 4 Comments
Compare and contrast
This is why Israel has more Nobel prize winners than the entire Arab world combined. Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel … Continue reading
Lessons from teaching
This weekend was Brandon and Brittany’s b’nai mitzvah. In my six years of teaching fourth grade, I had four sets of boy-girl twins. I was always struck by both the bond between them, and their attempts to hide it because, … Continue reading
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You know you’re a redneck when…
You get charged with a DUI in a motorized La-Z-Boy. A Proctor man driving a motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair hit a parked vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. There’s a picture at the link. Anderson claimed he was driving … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Humor 4 Comments
Soupy Sales: No more pie in the face
Soupy Sales died yesterday. A childhood icon is no more. His greatest success came in New York with “The Soupy Sales Show” — an ostensible children’s show that had little to do with Captain Kangaroo and other kiddie fare. Sales’ … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture 4 Comments
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The delegitimization of Israel continues: San Francisco idiots interrupt Ehud Olmert’s speech with repeated cries of “war criminal.” Best protester line: “I’m not against free speech, but this is not free speech.” Got it? His interruptions are free speech. Ehud … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias Tagged Egypt, Israel Comments Off on Briefs
Two funny bits
First, Darth Vader plays golf. Next, if you have children who believe in Santa, do not click this link until after they’re asleep. It’s rather traumatizing for the little ‘uns, but funny as hell for the rest of us. Both … Continue reading
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The Gold Standard Debate: Oh, to be at this debate. Richard Goldstone v. Dore Gold at Brandeis. I hope they televise it. Go get ‘im, Dore! But the Gazans are living in crushing misery: The New York Times is calling … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Iran, Israel, News Briefs Tagged Iran, Israel, Richard Goldstone Comments Off on Briefly
The Human Rights Watch bias against Israel
Matthew Yglesias, who was for Israel before he was against it, takes issue with David Bernstein’s citing of the founder of HRW criticizing its anti-Israel bias in the op-ed pages of the New York Times. It’s certainly news that Human … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, Gaza, Israeli Double Standard Time Tagged Gaza, Human Rights Watch, Israel 25 Comments
My latest letter to AP
Since I was so crabby from the flu yesterday, I decided to use my powers for good instead of evil. No nasty email to anyone at work. Just to the biased writers and editors at the AP. Subject: Richard Goldstone’s … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel 1 Comment
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Hamas’ truce cry: We’ll dismantle Fatah. Really, I just love the Fatah-Hamas relationship. It’s so good for Israel and the world. Here’s what a Hamas “spokesman” says about disarming: “It is easier to dismantle the Palestinian Authority than it is … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Iran, Israel, News Briefs, palestinian politics, Terrorism Tagged Bill Maher, Gaza, Iran, Israel Comments Off on Briefly