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…
Category Archives: American Scene
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On the heels of Marc Ambinder declaring that the media will be the water-carriers for the Democratic Party regarding the demonization of the Tea Party, that selfsame subject (coincidentally, I’m sure) is now being discussed in the White House. The … Continue reading
The Comedy Central rally on the Mall: You can’t be serious
One of my commenters pointed out that CNN is really hyping the Halloween eve Comedy Central rally on the National Mall, which is supposed to be two “opposing” rallies led by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. I find it utterly … Continue reading
Disowning the Democrat bigots
William Saletan has a pompous, condescending piece in Slate about how liberals should not keep trying to get up in arms about how Glenn Beck is trying to co-opt Martin Luther King Jr.’s message by having a big rally, decades … Continue reading
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The bigoted non-bigots
Nina Shea in Ground Zero Mosque:Who’s in Charge? concludes: Regarding the Ground Zero mosque, based on the information provided by the two partners in the project, we know very little about who will eventually be its directors, or who will … Continue reading
It wasn’t 800 years it was 436, and it was peaceful if you consider a “convert or die” ultimatum peaceful
A recent Washington Post editorial about the “Ground Zero mosque” observed: It’s fine that Imam Rauf decided to call his organization the Cordoba Initiative; Cordova, Spain is an important place of history that merits study and draws tourists to Spain. … Continue reading
The Conversion Bill and Ridiculous Arguments
It is amazing to me that sane and realistic people who do not like the absolute control of the Orthodox establishment in Israel would argue in favor of the Conversion Bill. Israel Harel, wrote in Haaretz that: The Reform and … Continue reading
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Turn off the AC, turn on the bad times
As the northeast suffers through a July heat wave, the WaPo publishes an op-ed by the author of a book about how bad air conditioning is for us. A.C.’s obvious public-health benefits during severe heat waves do not justify its … Continue reading
WaPo: President Obama seeks to mend fences with Israel and keep Jews on board
Ahead of today’s visit of Prime Minister Netanyahu to President Obama the Washington Post, In Obama, Netanyahu meet again amid questions over U.S.-Israel relations, catalogues many of the difficulties plaguing the relationship between the two allies. The public show of … Continue reading
Glorious Fourth
Note: This post is staying on top all day. Scroll down for newer posts. Every year at this time (and throughout the year at random times), I thank God I was born in America. Thanks again, Big Guy. The American … Continue reading
They who must not be named
Today Charles Krauthammer blasts the administration for its refusal to state the obvious in Terror — and candor in describing the Islamist ideology behind it Instead, President Obama’s National Security Strategy insists on calling the enemy — how else do … Continue reading
Because that Israel lobby just distorts American policy so much
Yesterday’s Washington Post features At White House, Obama and Saudi king discuss Guantanamo, Mideast peace process by Ann Kornblut. The article features a number of interesting paragraphs: Broaching a sensitive subject, President Obama assured the visiting king of Saudi Arabia … Continue reading
How much will Israel be an issue in November?
Three months ago Daled Amos asked if Israel would be a major campaign issue in 2010 and presented polling data to show the difference between Democrats and Republicans. Yesterday Meryl picked up on a story that Israeli Ambassador MIchael Oren … Continue reading
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National Jewish Democratic cluelessness
Commentary magazine asked thirty one prominent American Jews their opinions on the relationship between Jews and President Obama. While the results of the symposium are generally not available, behind Commentary’s subscription wall, some of the participants have posted their thoughts … Continue reading
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Your Thursday morning snark
Stop making sense, you racist! One of the drafters of the Arizona immigration law has an op-ed in the Times that points out the lies in the propaganda of the law’s opponents—including, of course, our Constitutional scholar of a president. … Continue reading
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Step back or push ahead
At the end of his news conference the other day, President Obama said: And I remain committed to being a partner with countries around the world, and in particular hot spots around the world, to see if we can reduce … Continue reading