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
Direct / indirect
There is some noise in the media about the brand new PA unity government and the Abbas-Haniyeh agreement. The breakthrough in the Abbas-Haniyeh talks came after the Hamas leader agreed to indirect recognition of Israel, senior Hamas sources said. He … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, palestinian politics, Terrorism 1 Comment
Never ascribe to malice
As it became customary in the days around 9/11, various conspiracy theories are being pulled from the musty drawers, closets and other corners to be dusted, aired and embroidered. Time is a great healer of wounds, they say. Time is … Continue reading
Persian cure for Aids?
The following explosive headline is published by ubiquitous IRNA: Health minister to unveil breakthrough in AIDS cure. What can one say? Even if one is not personally concerned about AIDS at the moment, the whole world is suffering and holding … Continue reading
Posted in Iran 2 Comments
More steam, professor!
Professor James Petras published an article in the Arab News under intriguing title The Lobby and the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon: Their Facts and Ours. The article is a longish one and deals with Lebanon war and its “cover up” … Continue reading
The Perils Of Using JDate
Let’s assume that you are a cheapo – just for the purpose of this post, OK? Or, if the mere suggestion turns you off, let’s make another assumption – you are for the absolute gender equality in every matter, including … Continue reading
Posted in Israel 6 Comments
A sequel to The British Patient?
Two hospitals in northwestern England will be offering head-to-toe gowns for Muslim women who request them, officials said Tuesday. The gown is not as forbidding or restrictive for the women as it could appear from the picture in the article. … Continue reading
Posted in Religion 3 Comments
A place for a good laugh
A bad day in the office? A tiff with your spouse/friend/child? Shortchanged in a shop? Here comes your help. Don’t look further, IRNA – the official Iranian News Agency is always at your beck and click. Relax and read. Swedish … Continue reading
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The asymmetric humanity
There is a lot of talk about asymmetric warfare lately. How (if at all) could a regular army win a war against a guerilla movement, what are the pitfalls, respective strengths and weaknesses of each side. Less attention is given … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 3 Comments
Now this trick does it for me
I have belonged to the relatively small fraction of Israeli public opinion that believed in an independent commission of inquiry into the Lebanon war. Such a commission would have had a full authority to delve into any and all matters … Continue reading
Posted in Israel 5 Comments
Blood or knowledge?
I have just stumbled on a post by Picow in One Jerusalem that is positively demanding of the “three stooges” (Olmert, Peretz and Halutz) to quit. It is not that this is a new revolutionary approach, but the vehemence of … Continue reading
Respect and suspect?
Reading Debkafile is a mixed pleasure. You never know where the reality starts and the pure fantasy begins with these people, and that is on top of the team being clearly partisan and peppering what is supposed to be reporting … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Politics 5 Comments
The “quiet” terrorist attack in Germany
For some strange reason (Andrew Ian Dodge wonders about it too), the attempt to blow up two large and quite complex sets of explosive substances on two separate trains (but timed to explode simultaneously), passed almost unnoticed by MSM. Of … Continue reading
A short study of hypocrisy
Noun: hypocrisy 1. An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction 2. Insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have The definition above comes from my WordWeb dictionary. Effing … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias 4 Comments
Lebanon: What happened, and what is to be done?
This is a guest post by Ami Isseroff. Warning – a long post for serious readers only. The aftermath of the Lebanon disaster may be worse than the disaster itself. An air of unreality surrounds the debate and analysis by … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 19 Comments
Cheer up, boys, the cavalry is coming!
Nah… I waited for a day or two to see how the cards are falling with the “beefed up” UNIFIL force that is supposed to begin its mighty reign in south Lebanon. Of course, we were promised to see the … Continue reading