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
Jerusalem of Gold on Jerusalem Day
It’s Jerusalem Day in Israel. Word that the Obama plan for peace in the Middle East includes making the Old City an international zone is bringing derision from all sides. I’m actually wondering if Obama is truly that stupid, and … Continue reading
Advanced cat yodeling
From the men who brought us cat yodeling: The next step. Because we need a laugh.
Scottish film festival boycotts Israel
Loathesome Ken Loach managed to bully a Scottish film festival into giving back £300 that Israel donated for travel expenses of an Israeli film director. And here’s the worst of it: The Scots stayed strong when the local Palestinian group … Continue reading
Obama to Bibi: What Israeli nukes?
Looks like Obama will not be making major changes in Israeli/U.S. relations after all. “At the talks, Obama expressed his deep commitment to Israel’s security and his full adherence to the deep presidential understandings in this area,” the source said. … Continue reading
The Hamas stamp of disapproval
It’s now official: Hamas has put its seal of disapproval on the Obama-Netanyahu meeting. “Obama’s statements and messages of hope are meant to mislead global public opinion regarding the continued existence and conduct of the racist and extremist Zionist entity,” … Continue reading
Netanyahu charms Obama; Arab world fuming
Toldja so. Here are some of the things that leaped out at me during the news conference: Bibi noticeably did not declare that he would work towards a Palestinian state. Obama mentioned the Road Map and “discussions at Annapolis,” but … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, The One 4 Comments
Argentina’s pogroms
Argentinian Jews celebrating Israel were attacked and beaten by anti-Semitic creeps holding anti-Semitic signs. Not anti-Israel—anti-Semitic. Police in Buenos Aires, Argentina arrested at least five people after anti-Semitic demonstrators clashed Sunday with Jews marking the 61st anniversary of the creation … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, World 2 Comments
Obama on Israel: Get ready for my toldjaso
It’s looking more and more like Obama is going to be pretty reasonable when he meets with Bibi today. Exhibit one: But analysts and officials in both governments said it is in neither man’s interest to have a public spat. … Continue reading
Obama won’t be throwing Israel under the bus, part I
Here’s where I stick my neck out and look either brilliant or moronic, but I don’t think that Obama is going to sell out Israel. Here’s another reason why: United States President Barack Obama has said he cannot tell Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, The One 5 Comments
Buying a gas stove
I’m buying a gas stove to replace the hated electric stove that came with my condo. I have gas heat, a gas fireplace, and an electric stove. I’ve already got a quote on what it will cost to run the … Continue reading
Posted in Life 4 Comments
Sleep is unfair
You know, it’s bad enough that I’ve been having lousy dreams and nightmares. I think it’s really, really unfair that I had a dream where I was actually speaking French to a Frenchwoman, and she had the nerve to insult … Continue reading
Posted in Meanderings 3 Comments
News Snarks
Hamas is refreshing its weapons supply. Egypt opened its Gaza border for “humanitarian” purposes. I wonder if one of those is picking up the weapons cache in the Sinai that the Egyptian army found. I also wonder if the world … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, News Briefs, Syria 2 Comments
The UN finds another club to use on Israel: Phantom torture facility
Did you know the UN had an anti-torture committee? You’d think that maybe they’d be checking out the handiwork of places like Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, various South American dictatorships, North Korea, Cuba, Libya, and, gee, pre-2003 Iraq. But … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, United Nations 1 Comment
It’s been a busy week
Especially the last couple of days. Much driving yesterday, much working today. Things are mostly under control at work. Tig’s way of showing how much he missed me was to sleep on my legs several times throughout the night. Gracie … Continue reading
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Attacking Iran
Iran is supposedly preparing for an attack on its nuclear sites. Saudi daily ‘Al-Watan’ is reporting that over the past several weeks Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has deployed several mobile surface-to-air and anti-ship missile batteries in the Strait of Hormuz and … Continue reading
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