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
The descent of “human rights” into parody
There’s something perverse about a group of tyrants – who deny their own people the right to vote – claiming the mantle of moral legitimacy on account of achieving a majority vote. But that’s what happened today at the UN … Continue reading
UNHRC: Ignoring human rights abuses (unless they’re Israel’s)
The UN Human Rights Council voted to send the Goldstone Report to the UN Security Council for further consideration. Of course they did. The fix has been in since the biased mandate was given last year—the mandate that the news … Continue reading
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Mia Farrow: Newest member of Legion of Morons
It almost makes you like Ruth Gordon in Rosemary’s Baby. Mia Farrow joined the Legion of Morons by denouncing Israel for the Gaza blockade while whitewashing the reason for it. The direct quote about firing rockets into civilian areas (which, … Continue reading
Snarking
Turk to Israel: No, really, we love you, you baby-killing bastards: Yeah, right. The Turkish producer of a film about Palestinians that depicts IDF soldiers murdering young girls for no apparent reason other than they’re Zionist child-killers says that just … Continue reading
Why Abbas is failing
The Washington Post describes how Mahmoud Abbas has lost popularity. First there was the failure to achieve a cost free advantage. Obama named Mitchell as his peace envoy just one day after taking office in an effort to demonstrate to … Continue reading
The Goldstone media narrative gains steam
The AP has published an analysis of the unintended consequences of the Goldstone report on the Israeli peace process. About halfway through, the analysis declares that this is a main reason the report is creating an uproar in Israel: One … Continue reading
Snarky, briefly
J-Street Blues: World’s smallest violin concerto for Jeremy Ben-Ami, the anti-Israel pro-Israel guy who can’t get Michael Oren or anyone in the Netanyahu administration to give him the time of day. Hm, let’s think. It’s a supposed pro-Israel lobbying group … Continue reading
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Breaking UN resolutions only counts if you’re Israel
How many times have we heard the tired old argument that Israel is in violation of dozens of UN resolutions? The fact that the resolutions that most people think of are nonbinding makes no difference; Israeli is in violation of … Continue reading
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An invitation to decline
J-Street in an effort to increase its relevance, has been lining up well known speakers for its upcoming convention. Such efforts to delegitimize the organization appear to have failed, with 160 congressional lawmakers endorsing its conference. The slate of scheduled … Continue reading
Turkey turns on Israel
Another Muslim country has decided that years of good relations with Israel must be sacrificed to the altar of the Palestinians. In the last week, Turkey banned Israel from an annual multinational army drill, causing the U.S. to pull out … Continue reading
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Another 1701 violation
Israel Matzav noted that there was an explosion in southern Lebanon and covered it from a Lebanese news source. (via memeorandum) Ha’aretz reports that Israel is going to the UN. Israel has demanded that the United Nations investigate the explosion … Continue reading
The Goldstone Effect
The Goldstone Commission is having its desired effect. With these few lines in an AP report, it explains exactly why Richard Goldstone was chosen to head the commission. Israeli officials across the board have condemned the report, saying their country … Continue reading
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No sympathy for Goldstone – in Sderot
In Moshav Yated Journal, Isabel Kershner of the New York Times reports: According to the Israeli military, some 3,300 rockets and mortar shells were launched from Gaza at southern Israel in 2008, compared with fewer than 300 since the end … Continue reading
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The Best of The Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere
The 238th edition of Haveil Havali, the weekly blog carnival of the JBlogosphere is now live. It contains a plethora of posts on politics, Israel, Judaism and much more. You can find it right here.
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Through the news snarkly
Hypocrisy watch, part 65,341: Jordan is really big on accusing Israel of violating human rights laws every time men under 50 are prevented from worshipping at al Aqsa (because they’re going there with the intent of rioting, but I digress). … Continue reading
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