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
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
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Hiding the truth about Newt Gingrich and Israel
So the liberal Jewish press is harping on Sheldon Adelson because he has the nerve to want to spend his money on electing the candidate he likes the best. Gee, how un-American of him (*cough* *cough* Oprah) (*cough* *cough* Haim … Continue reading
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Just a test
An open letter to Richard Schiff: Don’t ever speak in a faux British accent again. Really. Boy, did you suck in this week’s episode of Once Upon A Time. That is all. (P.S.: Stick to cranky characters like Toby in … Continue reading
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The AP: Scary, scary, hardline Israeli is going to lose, but we’ll profile him anyway
The AP never misses an opportunity to bash Benjamin Netanyahu. This time, they use my personal winner of Most Annoying Israeli Spam to Meryl Award, Moshe Feiglin, as the bogeyman who is even more extreme than Bibi. Here’s the lead: … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias 2 Comments
Scary pro-Israel backers only count if they’re Republicans
The Forward takes the biggest anti-Semitic trope–that Jews have too much influence over American politics and are loyal to Israel over America–and publishes a piece that gives the David Dukes, Pat Buchanans, and John Mearsheimers of the world even more … Continue reading
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A challenge to the Associated Press
How about reporting on items like these instead of whitewashing Palestinian accountability for encouraging terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians? Palestinian television aired an interview with the relatives of the Fogel family murderers earlier this month, praising the two cousins convicted … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism 2 Comments
Oh, I almost forgot
Been a busy day. Writing, concert-going, and tablet-buying. More tomorrow.
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70 years after the Wansee conference
70 years after the Wansee conference, where Hitler gathered his top men to discuss how to eliminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, these things are happening now: The world ignores Iran’s continuing calls to “wipe Israel off the map”: … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Holocaust 2 Comments
The mainstreaming of anti-Semitism
Check out the original headline for an AP profile on Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire donor to the Gingrich campaign: Gingrich’s biggest benefactor is a casino mogul, a hardliner on Israel and very, very rich It has since been changed to … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Media Bias, Politics 4 Comments
Thursday, briefly
Dueling bomb analyses The New York Times Magazine runs a lengthy piece and says Israel will bomb Iran this year. Jeffrey Goldberg, who wrote a lengthy piece for the Atlantic not long ago, says it’s not gonna happen. I rather … Continue reading
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If it’s Wednesay, this must be Media Bias Against Israel Day
I have two words for this story: Bull and shit. Marwan Barghouti says the conflict with the Palestinians will end if Israel withdraws to the 1949 Armistice lines, a.k.a. the 1967 “borders”. Oh, really? Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said … Continue reading
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Hebrew-English translator in Jerusalem
Anyone need a translator? Rahel Jaskow is looking for work. Know anyone who needs an excellent editor, Hebrew –> English translator or entry-level technical writer? If you do, please send them my way! My Word skills are top-notch, I’m extremely … Continue reading
Mitt Romney’s new talking points
Governor Romney, I have your new response to those who complain you pay too little in taxes. Go tell ’em your tax rates aren’t the problem at all. You’re rich enough that you won’t be using the White House as … Continue reading
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The late Monday briefs
Seriously? I mean, seriously? They detained a sitting senator because of the TSA security theater bullshit? I’m not flying again until the TSA is gone. It’s not anti-Zionism: When an Islamic cleric calls for the death of Jews, and says … Continue reading
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It was a productive writing day…
but not for the blog. I wrote and recorded my last-ever Shire Network News segment, and also put down another 1100 words in the novel. That’s why there were no posts today.
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