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: Israel
Mideast Media Sampler 11/12/13
John Kerry and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week in Diplomacy I almost feel bad for Secretary of State, John Kerry. This really has been a brutal few days for him. There was the op-ed by Jackson Diehl John … Continue reading
Tuesday, briefly
This Pope is Teh Awesome: He fires bishops for wrongdoing. He foregoes many of the trappings of the Popehood. He embraced a severely disfigured man and prayed with him. And now he says that Jews are the big brothers of … Continue reading
Mideast Media Sampler 11/11/2013
Reporting on the Politics not the Substance of the Deal Over the past few days the reporting from Geneva changed from anticipation of an imminent deal to a final “no deal.” Or “no deal” for now. The New York Times … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 11/08/2013
Phony Polonium The New York Times reports Swiss Report Supports Theory Arafat Was Poisoned. Now, of course, the New York Times isn’t the only news outlet to be reporting this. But is it news? When someone makes an incredible claim, … Continue reading
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The Arafat polonium blood libel
Here we go again. Did you know that Palestinians are blaming Israel for Arafat’s death? Yes. Palestinians blame Israel for Arafat’s poisoning Really. Palestinians: Israel Only Suspect In Arafat Death Come on. Israel Accused of Killing Arafat by Palestinian Investigators … Continue reading
Wednesday briefs
Yeah, but watch out for the knife in the back: Israeli Energy Minister Silvan Shalom says everyone wants to hug Israel now that it’s going to be a natural gas exporter. See title. I know that the rules of the … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 11/04/2013
The Media’s Settlement / Prisoner Hypocrisy As we’ve noted earlier, much of the media is obsessed with settlements, intent on portraying them as the main obstacle to peace. There’s a tendency on the other side to take one of the … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 11/03/2013
“[N]ot a prescription for peace but for renewed hostilities” To read through recent news reports one could assume that the biggest obstacle to Palestinian Israeli peace are “settlements.” To cement that impression the New York Times published an article, 1,500 … Continue reading
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Obama’s bestest friend wants to build missile defense for China
Readers will probably not remember this, but Israel had to cancel a military deal with China after the U.S. angrily pressured Ariel Sharon not to upgrade UAVs that had already been sold to China. Here’s what happened to Israel: The … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 10/30/2013
When Wishful Thinking Becomes Foreign Policy Last week as we noted, the New York Times ran a devastating article about President Obama’s Syria policy. The Times reported, among other things, that the President was disinterested in planning discussions about Syria. … Continue reading
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The rising tide of anti-Semitism: At long last, honesty
A friend sent me a link to yet another article portraying the increasing anti-Semitism in Europe. This one is about France. It’s rather familiar, and it shows why French Jews are abandoning or about to abandon their native country in … Continue reading
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Will we ever be forgiven for the Holocaust?
Howard Jacobson, winner of the Man Booker Prize, delivered this year’s Jerusalem Address at the B’Nai Brith World Center in Jerusalem. This is his take on why the world hates Israel. The question is rhetorical. When will Jews be forgiven … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 10/27/2013
A Necessary Crisis with Iran Shortly after the first round of nuclear talks with Iran had concluded one of the American negotiators said: “… I have never had such intense, detailed, straightforward, candid conversations with the Iranian delegation before.” The … Continue reading
Mideast Media Sampler 10/24/2013
Limited by Legalisms Yesterday’s New York Times featured an article Obama’s Uncertain Path Amid Syria Bloodshed is probably one of the most devastating indictments of the President’s Syria policy published. I don’t think that the reporters set out to critique … Continue reading
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The ADL’s top 10 anti-Israel groups
Yeah, this sounds about right to me, though I might mix up the order a bit. 1. ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) 2. American Muslims for Palestine 3. CODEPINK 4. Friends of Sabeel-North America 5. If … Continue reading
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