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
The unheard warning
In his post The Regrettable State of Being non-Muslim, Mick Hartley, one of my favorites, unearthed an interesting – an ominous – article by Raymond Ibrahim, titled The Two Faces of Al Qaeda. The article is a shocking document that … Continue reading
That Syrian incursion: Oh Debka, Debka…
It is never late to admit that I have been wrong. And I have been wrong in siding with Debka (for a change) in this post. Today the military censor allowed the following formula to be released: …the Israel Air … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Syria 3 Comments
Richard Dawkins: now at a new windmill
Having successfully dispensed with the issue of God (god, deity, Intelligent Designer, Allah, as you will), Richard Dawkins is targeting now a new obstruction on his way to nirvana: In an interview with the Guardian, he said: “When you think … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Religion 6 Comments
Maldives: Trouble in paradise?
When you, my poor to moderately well-to-do reader, visit your travel agency to scrounge for a lowest price ticket to Spanish Riviera (if you are a Brit), to Cancun (if you are a US citizen) or to Cyprus (for Israelis), … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Terrorism 2 Comments
While the dust settles
That mysterious sortie into the Syrian territory, ascribed to IAF, continues to bother the news agencies. Today, Jerusalem Post, Haaretz and Ynet in concert with CNN published a new version of the story, with Debka presenting a separate opinion. What … Continue reading
Sderot: one more step towards ghost town
I could be somewhat obsessed about this, but here it goes again: “We have decided to make Sderot a ghost town,” said a spokesman for Hamas who gave his name as Abu Ubeideh. “We are not going to stop launching … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel 7 Comments
Much ado about Meshaal
It is not to say that journalists shouldn’t pursue an interesting story where they can. And interviewing Khaled Meshaal, the under-assassinated head of Hamas, is a good story. This article, however, is almost totally devoid of anything new, aside of … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Terrorism 2 Comments
Measuring an obsession
Roaming the CiF (The Guardian’s Comment is Free forum) jungle, I have stumbled on an interesting page – one that shows the frequency of main subjects broached on CiF. It is not clear what period of time is represented, but … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome 2 Comments
The Moebius Man
I was hesitating for a while about the title for this post. How do you call a person who sees only one side of a multi-dimensional problem? One-trick pony? One-sided coin? Obsessed? Then I recalled what was shown to me … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome 1 Comment
A man, a pistol, a Guardian headline, nitpicking
I have copied this from the on-line edition of The Guardian of August 11: Of course, anyone familiar with this blog will know that I do, how to say it gently, criticize The Guardian from time to time for its … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias 1 Comment
Yet another professor
I write as a Jew and as a synagogue member. If I had a dollar (no, make it shekel) for every article that starts with these words, I would be able… wait, let me make a quick estimate… to replace … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome 5 Comments
Is it the time to clip the wings?
I am writing this with a heavy heart. Having pen friends (and personal friends) on the left and on the right, I have come with time to one simple motto – my friend must be a mensch first. And last. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel 10 Comments
The joke of the week
Israel has been refusing Arab peace offers for 60 years. Thus does a person with a moniker “Tim from Australia” title his opus in AlJazeera.com. He supports this revolutionary discovery by a following example of a brilliant historical review: For … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome 5 Comments
Foot in mouth misreading
Talk about the power of associative (or simply lazy) processing of random information: I was slightly incensed lately about the article in the British Medical Journal by the incomparable Tom Hickey, one of the chief promoters of the “boycott Israel” … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome 2 Comments
The Mighty Heart controversy
For me it started with the article by Debbie Schlussel in the FrontPage magazine. Let’s not mince the words – the article is a hatchet job, and a very thorough one to boot. Debbie has definitely gone overboard, trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Movies, Politics, Terrorism 7 Comments