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
HRW and the media: Israel, war crimes, ’nuff said
In the next installation of “How can the world screw Israel even more?” we have Human Rights Watch issuing a report accusing the IDF of war crimes over white phosphorus use in Gaza. CNN, for some reason, loses that famed … Continue reading
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Once more, blame Israel
It’s a one-two punch this week from the UN and Human Rights Watch. First, the UN blames Israel for the lack of progress in Gaza. Because after all, what’s a hundred or so rockets between enemies? Why should Israel let … Continue reading
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Coalition coalescing
Last week Barry Rubin suggested that Binyamin Netanyahu’s agreement with Yisrael Beiteinu that included party head Avigdor Lieberman as Foreign Minister was a ploy and that we wouldn’t know the true makeup of the Israeli government until the beginning of … Continue reading
Netanyahu comes through with unity government
Benjamin Netanyahu got Labor to come into a unity government, something that has far-reaching repercussions for Israel as a whole, and Likud in particular. The world gets to say “Phew! Now we don’t have to deal with a right-wing extremist … Continue reading
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A threat countered
Too many of those covering Israel’s war against Hamas in December and January have used the disparity in casualties as a proof that Israel utilized disproportionate force and violated international norms. The latest tactic has been to publicize the claims … Continue reading
Israel and Gaza
The War in Gaza hasn’t really ended it has just moved into a different venue. Now we get to see it taken apart within the blogosphere and the MSM. Not to mention the report filed by the UN. If you … Continue reading
Northern exposure
Israel’s south has been somewhat quiet recently. Meryl wonders if it’s because a deal for Gilad Schalit is near. The north was quiet over the weekend. And that was fortunate. A 200-pound car bomb malfunctioned near a crowded mall in … Continue reading
Is Ha’aretz is pulling a Scott Thomas on us?
Remember Scott Thomas? The New Republic’s crack reporter who wrote about supposed atrocities in Iraq? The one who was utterly disgraced and proven to be a liar? This Melanie Phillips article on Ha’aretz’s claims of IDF abuse in Gaza makes … Continue reading
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The Jewish/Israeli Blog Carnival is Live
The latest edition of Haveil Havalim, the Best of the Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere blog carnival is now live at What War Zone. Go Check it out.
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Major newspaper seems fated to cast Israel in the worst possible light
I suppose that the article Israeli Coalition Appears Fated to Clash With U.S. isn’t nearly as bad as the title. Still it’s got some problems. For example, early on the reporter, Howard Schneider writes: A leading contender to become defense … Continue reading
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When page A6 says something
When allegations of the IDF’s conduct first emerged, Yaacov Lozowick observed: Haaretz has just launched a series (so they say) of articles in which soldiers who fought in Gaza tell of wrongdoings. I’m linking to the first article here, and … Continue reading
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Newspapers investigate journalistic misconduct – not!
Following on the heels of the Ha’aretz report that soldiers did not abide by the IDF’s code of morality, the NYT reports Soldiers’ Accounts of Gaza Killings Raise Furor in Israel (via memeorandum) The testimonies by soldiers, leaked to the … Continue reading
The anti-Zionist elephant
Ethan Bronner reports in After Gaza, Israel Grapples With Crisis of Isolation. But in the weeks since its Gaza war, and as it prepares to inaugurate a hawkish right-wing government, it is facing its worst diplomatic crisis in two decades. … Continue reading
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Rafael’s Indian promo, militant feminism and other trifles
As a latent MCP (Male Chauvinist Pig), I am always on lookout against committing another involuntary faux pas that will expose my inner id (Yid?) again. This time I simply cannot avoid a (mild) confrontation with the… anyway, here is … Continue reading
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When terrorists appeal to public opinion
For now, Gilad Shalit will remain in captivity. Olmert discussed the breakdown of talks in an afternoon cabinet meeting; he later went on television to explain the situation to a public divided between sympathy for Shalit and concern over releasing … Continue reading
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