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: SnoopyTheGoon
‘Al Jazeera’: US Air Force carried out raid on Syrian nuke site
Just heard it on the radio, and here it is, already on Jpost: The September 6 raid over Syria was carried out by the US Air Force, the Al-Jazeera Web site reported Friday. The Web site quoted Israeli and Arab … Continue reading
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Gaza switch-off and armchair generals
Seth Freedman has, in his endearingly provocative manner, slapped together another piece for CiF. As in most of his other articles, the recipe was simple: take one side of the Israeli/Palestinian strife, ignore all that is not black and white … Continue reading
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And we shall… investigate
Meryl just mentioned “The lack of world condemnation of the Israeli raid on an nascent Syrian nuclear plant…“, and here it comes: Mohamed ElBaradei accuses Jewish state of ‘taking the law into its own hands’, says ‘if countries have information … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Syria 3 Comments
Flag-folding recitation banned – another coup for political correctness
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Oct. 26 (UPI) — A federal agency has banned flag-folding recitations at U.S. veterans cemeteries after a complaint over religious content. The Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise said the recitation, used at thousands of military burials, explains the significance of … Continue reading
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The unbearable lightness of optimism
Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, via good services of Ynet, dropped today a huge Valium tablet on the unsuspecting citizens of Israel. The pill is titled Nuclear bomb won’t destroy Israel. I am not sure whether I understand all motives of that … Continue reading
Posted in Israel 7 Comments
Olmert escapes terror attack in Jericho
From Ynet: A group of gunmen affiliated with Fatah attempted to hit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s convoy as it made its way from Jerusalem to Jericho for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on August 6, Shin Bet chief … Continue reading
Syrian officials admit site attacked by Israel nuclear
Ynet came out with this: Syrian officials have admitted that the site attacked by the Israeli air force last month was a nuclear facility, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday. According to the newspaper, three Israeli diplomats present at a recent United … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Syria 2 Comments
Putin in Iran: assassination looming?
The rumor spreads through the media like a bushfire. To start with, a somewhat ridiculous item in CNN: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been told about a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, a Kremlin … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Terrorism 3 Comments
‘Suicide of civilisation’ warning as Italian town permits burka
A row has broken out in Italy over the wearing of the burka after the prefect of a city in the north-east announced he was permitting it, despite legislation outlawing any clothing that stops the wearer being recognised. In a … Continue reading
The poisoned fruit of multiculturalism
For at least 20 years there was a debilitating fog of moral relativism in the air, a miasma of guilty self-loathing, to the point when some natives persuaded themselves that although all other cultures were equal, ours alone was less … Continue reading
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Rafsanjani: Jews were pain in the neck
It appears that the master of Iranian stand-up comedy, Mahmoud Ahmydinnerjacket, has a serious problem with his ex-competitor for the post, the “moderate” Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani. They disagree on a key point in Mahmoud’s world vision. While Mahmoud is a … Continue reading
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“Pravda” means “truth”?
At least this is what your Russian-English dictionary will tell you. Not from my experience, though. Recently, while following a link from Olly’s Onions, I have stumbled upon an amazing pair of articles in Pravda. One that explains how American … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Scorn, Media Bias 6 Comments
Nothing personal
The Winograd Committee investigating the Second Lebanon War will issue its final report without any conclusions or recommendations against specific persons involved. Which means “Get out of jail” card to many a deserving person. Too bad… Cross-posted on SimplyJews. ***
The long winter of Nasrallah
Many bloggers more worthy than your humble servant already covered the latest performance by Nasrallah the famous Lebanese groundhog. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel of being behind the assassination of Lebanese politicians and urged feuding parties to agree on … Continue reading
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Now it is the booksellers’ turn
The body of a Christian official who was kidnapped over the weekend was discovered in Gaza City early Sunday, Palestinian sources said. The man was identified as Rami Ayyad, 31, director of The Teacher’s Bookshop, which is operated by the … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Terrorism 5 Comments