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 – 04/19/2013
1) Getting it wrong I missed the overnight development in the Boston Marathon bombing case. In the early part of the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing the media were regularly getting things wrong and reporting them. Daled Amos commented: … Continue reading
Mideast Media Sampler 04/18/2013
1) Syria and contiguity Jacques Neria writes in Stalemate in the Syrian Civil War: While Assad has survived so far, he has not been able to quell the rebellion, the economy is in shambles, and so are most of the … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 04/17/2013
1) We wouldn’t want anyone to get the wrong idea Yesterday Max Fisher wrote, Knowledge of pressure-cooker bombs is not limited to readers of al-Qaeda’s ‘Inspire’ magazine: And “Inspire” was far from the first extremist publication to distribute instructions for … Continue reading
Tuesday briefs
First, Memorial Day: Israel honors its fallen soldiers and citizens who were victims of terror attacks in the last 65 years. Both numbers are far too high. The number of Israelis who fell while in the line of duty stands … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 04/16/2013
1) The PA’s defense budget The Palestinian Authority regularly complains about its budget woes. Nitzana Darshan-Leitner writes that the largest portion of the PA’s budget goes to defense: Recently, the Palestinian Authority publicly revealed its new budget. In approving the … Continue reading
Monday briefs
Israel’s Memorial Day: The AP, for a change, has no spin at all in this description of Israel today. It’s a miracle! Israel at 65: The AP is back to its old anti-Israel self with this article. Read it all … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 04/15/2013
1) Bursting the balloon When I saw the following headline at the Baltimore Jewish Times I was worried, ” J Street Carved Out A Place In The U.S.-Israel Advocacy.” The article, written by managing editor, Maayan Jaffe starts by faithfully … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 04/12/2013
1) How to fight asymmetric warfare Charles Enderlein and Philipe Karsenty are back in court. Enderlein was the reporter who created the story of Mohammed al-Dura. Karsenty is the media critic who had the temerity to question the much honored … Continue reading
Mideast Media Sampler 04/11/2013
1) The Cartoonish Mr. Netanyahu In the space of two days the New York Times featured four articles last September mocking PM Netanyahu’s bomb cartoon. Nod to Obama by Netanyahu in Warning to Iran on Bomb – Rick Gladstone and … Continue reading
Mideast Media Sampler 04/10/2013
1) Egyptian plagues Last week Zvi Mazel wrote in the Jerusalem Post (h/t Leslie Eastman) In a remarkable and enduring show of unity, non-Islamic opposition parties under the banner of the National Salvation Front are boycotting the regime until their … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 04/09/2013 – New York Times op-ed Index for March 2013
New York Times op-ed Index for March, 2013 1) Argentina’s About-Face on Terror – by Fabian Bosoer and Frederico Finchelstein – March 1, 2013 Mrs. Kirchner’s decision to abandon Argentina’s longstanding grievances against Iran is particularly galling because it comes … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler – 04/08/2013
1) The language of concessions The Washington Post reports Kerry presses Israel and Palestinians for concessions to pave way for peace talks: Kerry first visited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has resisted new talks for most of the past four … Continue reading
Monday briefs
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israel comes to a halt. Anti-Semitic commenters on Yahoo News, not so much. Despicable: An Italian teacher told a Jewish student that if she had been in Auschwitz, she would have been a better student. Then, when … Continue reading
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Yom HaShoah in the news
It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. I’ve already read the shitty comments by the Jew-haters on Yahoo News, which reminds me that posting about this event is not optional, and never will be. This is the Ynet article about the Warsaw Ghetto … Continue reading
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Mideast Media Sampler 04/05/2013
1) Casting the first stone – and all the subsequent ones too What’s the difference between assault with a deadly weapon – a shooting – and assault with rocks that hit cars at potentially lethal speeds? Why should teenagers think … Continue reading