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
The anti-Israel media bias: Nine years and counting
Time for a blast from the past: A Reuters fisking! Let’s look at the headline. Israel, Palestinians to offer peace proposals: Quartet Oh, so the article’s about how Israel and the Palestinians are going to create a basis for negotiation? … Continue reading
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Thursday briefs
The first post-Gilad grad rocket: No one was hurt. The question is, how is Bibi going to respond now that there are no Israeli hostages in Hamas’ hands? I’m sure this is a test to see what would happen. And … Continue reading
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It’s been another crazy day
I have been slammed with work this week. The good news is that we won two of our recompetes, so I will continue getting slammed with work for some time to come. The bad news (for the blog) is that … Continue reading
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Tuesday morning briefs
They’re selling out, man: Some enterprising entrepreneur is looking to trademark Occupy Wall Street. Ah, the delicious irony—he isn’t even really a part of the movement. Smart man. Think Facebook will delete this page? A Saudi cleric is offering $100,000 … Continue reading
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Family and friends
Spent the weekend with family and friends. One of those that kind of falls into both categories (I’m Aunt Meryl, but we’re not related) is young enough to be in the OWS movement, but she has far more important things … Continue reading
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Lazy Saturday open thread
Busy, busy, busy. You’ll have to talk amongst yourselves. I’m not home, and I forgot the cable for the camera, so the pictures are currently trapped on a memory stick.
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Friday morning briefs
Baby Assad is shaking in his booties: Sic semper tyrannis, dude. The fall of Kadaffy is energizing the Syrian opposition. (Really, do all the news services have to run that gross picture of dead/dying Kadaffy? Yes, he deserved it, but—ew.) … Continue reading
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Thursday, briefly
Don’t worry, no one will hold them responsible: Think the New York Times will write an editorial on how Salaam Fayyad isn’t ready for peace? The time is not right for meaningful Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad … Continue reading
The Times’ moral equivalency on Gilad Shalit
Besides the media constantly calling the ransoming of Gilad Shalit a “prisoner swap,” there have been many irritating moral equivalencies, but none more egregious than this snippet in the New York Times. Both Israel and the divided Palestinian leadership — … Continue reading
Wednesday post-Shalit deal briefs
Say, mainstream media editors, writers, and idiots: It’s not a “prisoner swap.” It’s a ransoming of a hostage. Gilad Shalit was kidnapped and taken hostage five years ago. The Palestinians who were released all broke the law and were prisoners. … Continue reading
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Gilad Shalit is home
He’s home. After 1,941 days in Hamas captivity, Gilad Shalit has returned home: IDF soldier Gilad Shalit entered the Kerem Shalom crossing just before noon on Tuesday and was greeted by Israeli army officers. He is seen walking with the … Continue reading
Monday, briefly
Or they’ll frown in Syria’s general direction: The Arab League is giving Syria 15 days to stop murdering its own citizens. The vote was to suspend Syria from the league, and as you can see, even murdering over 3,000 civilians … Continue reading
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Sunday, briefly
Oh, please. Israel is raaaacist: Chinese Jews feel more at home in Israel than in China, but never forget, Israel is a racist, apartheid state. What’s that? Only Palestinians count when you call Israel racist? Yeah, we knew that. (Now … Continue reading
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Your Caturday twofer
A rare twofer of Tig bugging the crap out of Gracie. Don’t be swayed by the cute, little-boy look on Tig’s face. He was lying on the other side of the screen pawing at Gracie, trying to make her play. … Continue reading