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
Muammar’s second act
The NYT persisting in its misguided principle that debate is always good, today offers an op-ed written by Libyan dictator, Muammar Quaddafi, “The One State Solution.” I had not realized it, but apparently Qaddafi is making a second career out … Continue reading
Gaza doctor: Hamas is lying about death toll
I know you’re going to be shocked to hear this. Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reported Thursday that a doctor working in Gaza’s Shifa Hospital claimed that Hamas has intentionally inflated the number of casualties resulting from Israel’s Operation Cast … Continue reading
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It’s all about gas, stupid!
Via Sandmonkey (what would we all do without Sandmonkey, I wonder?): a earth-shaking discovery of the real reason for the Cast Lead. It’s… but see the headline of this post. I cannot go on, its’ too funny – eventually the … Continue reading
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A decisive loss for Israel?
Really? Is it a decisive loss for Israel when a “progressive” lefty newspaper generously provides a pulpit to the propaganda chief of one of the most reactionary, misogynist and life-hating sects in existence? Nope, I don’t think so. Oops, I … Continue reading
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Losing while winning
The New York Times reports Few Israelis Near Gaza Feel War Achieved Much Elad Katzir, a potato farmer, was nervous as he drove through the lush fields, agreeing to stop the car only behind clumps of trees or bushes as … Continue reading
New president, old paradigm
The New York Times is happy with the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. And of course the Times draws the wrong lessons. The Israelis have tough decisions ahead, starting with their vote next month for a new prime minister. We … Continue reading
Better than them: Israeli relief efforts for Gaza
Israelis are already launching private drives to help Gaza’s civilians. As Operation Cast Lead draws to an apparent close, hundreds of Israelis, including those from rocket-battered communities in the Gaza periphery, are mobilizing to help suffering civilians on the opposite … Continue reading
Yes, barrister!
Every time I think that anti-Israeli rhetoric cannot stoop lower (for fear of breaking its back or for fear of hitting its head on the (basement) floor), the rhetoric surprises me again. This time it’s Michael Paulin, a barrister and … Continue reading
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A.B. Yehoshua vs. Gideon Levy
It is an interesting public debate: A.B. Yehoshua trying to get some sense into the head of our Mr self-assigned Conscience Of the Nation (CON) – Gideon Levy of Haaretz. The discussion is rather long, so I will quote only … Continue reading
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Hamas’ hollow victory claims
Khaled Abu Toameh has a devastating analysis of Hamas’ claim of victory over the IDF. Hamas’s claim that it has emerged victorious from Operation Cast Lead is reminiscent of the fiery statements of Ahmed Said, the famous Egyptian radio announcer … Continue reading
False claims of victory and peaceful intentions
From Israel Speeds Withdrawal From Gaza (via memeorandum): It remained unclear what impact the conflict had had on Hamas’s popularity in Gaza. Israeli officials said Hamas had been harmed politically. Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz suggested that Hamas was rapidly losing … Continue reading
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AP: Passing along Palestinian white phosphorus lies
The AP is helping the world to charge Israel with war crimes. They’re accusing Israel of dropping white phosphorus shells on Gaza without finding any physical evidence whatsoever—but they have plenty of Palestinian experts telling them it happened. Hey, even … Continue reading
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Feuded? Try aided and abetted
Last week the Washington Post reported Israel, Aid Groups Have Long Feuded: Many Israeli officials, however, have long nurtured suspicions that U.N. agencies and other aid groups, which are supposed to be politically neutral, favor the Palestinian cause. They say … Continue reading
More threats, lies from Saudis
First, the Saudis are pledging $1 billion to rebuild Gaza. Talk is cheap. They’ve made these pledges before, and yet, they don’t seem to come through for anything but paying off the families of suicide bombers. Funny, that. Next, the … Continue reading
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Declaring victory from a rat hole
In Parsing Gains of the Gaza War, Ethan Bronner writes: Halima Dardouna, 37, from the northern city of Jabaliya, whose house was destroyed by an Israeli shell, said both Fatah and Hamas were to blame because of their rivalry, “and … Continue reading