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 AP whitewash of the week
I was under the weather the last 24 hours, which precluded me from posting on this little tidbit I found yesterday, on a story about new negotations for Gilad Shalit’s release: The militant group is leading the negotiations, demanding the … Continue reading
Accepting Jewish history; accepting Israel
In a departure for the New York Times op-ed page, they included “An end to Israel’s Invisibility” by Ambassador Michael Oren. It’s a case for Israel being recognized as a Jewish state by the Palestinians as a condition for peace. … Continue reading
Thanks, Adrian…
As a middle aged (to be PC, of course) person, I thought that my ability to be surprised is somewhat dulled by the years. So, in a way, I should be thankful to one Adrian Hamilton for the Indy article … Continue reading
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Wise Words Forgotten
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in a sermon “Can we win the war without losing America” delivered May 20, 1917 at Carnegie Hall wrote: We have gone into the war not because of the Lusitania nor yet because of the Sussex, … Continue reading
Hamas’s “good government” charade is over
A few years ago there was a trend in newspapers to write flattering accounts of Hamas and its commitment to good government. It was as if there was a campaign to say that “Hamas is basically good, you can ignore … Continue reading
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The Mad Mahmoud Lebanon trip news roundup—with snark!
Um, two miles from the border is NOT a stone’s throw away: Looks like Mad Mahmoud won’t be hitting Israel with a stone anytime soon—not unless he can throw one two miles. So it’s all media hype. Figures. Bet he … Continue reading
The tarnished halo effect
The New York Times ran a Reuters report Israel Says Flotilla Detainees Were Treated Well, yesterday. Really nothing surprising about that. What is is surprising is this (via Daily Alert Blog): In a TV interview, Turkish journalist Åžefik Dinç, who … Continue reading
Oh, NOW Europe doesn’t care who is a Jew
For century after century, in country after country, Europe was obsessed with dispossessing the Jews among its citizens. European nations created the Pale of the Settlement, the ghetto, the Nuremberg Laws. European nations committed pogroms, forced conversion of Jews, and … Continue reading
Never – When the Palestinian Authority will Recognize the Jewish State
Today, I published an article for We Are For Israel in which I talked about today’s article from Haaretz in which the PA leaders repeated their statement that they will “Never” recognize Israel as a Jewish state. You might want to … Continue reading
Even the losers write history sometimes
I am no historian. But I can’t help the feeling that the New York Times’s account of the recdently declassified transcripts of the Israeli government’s deliberations over the war wasn’t presented in academic fashion, but rather to promote the view … Continue reading
Columbus Day briefs
Liar Liar Pants on Fire 1: You can start laughing now. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Monday that Tehran is to reveal proof of how nuclear material enriched by United States was delivered to the Islamic republic’s arch-foe … Continue reading
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When a reporter’s opinion is news
Friday’s effort at smearing Israel in the Washington Post is called For Israeli army, tests of accountability and it is written by long time slanderer Joel Greenberg. First Greenberg writes about the recent video of Israeli soldiers dancing around a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias Tagged Joel Greenberg, washington post 1 Comment
So – a leader of what?
We complain about mass media aiding and abetting Palywood myth building. But here is an example of mass media creating a myth without any participation of the Palywood. From Fox news site of October 9, 2010: As shows Exhibit 1, … Continue reading
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Damn the Israelis, full speed ahead
According to the JTA (via Daily Alert Blog) The Israeli prime minister also has a major strategic concern. According to confidants, he fears that as soon as any new 60-day freeze ends, the Americans will put a “take it or … Continue reading
Friday briefs
That’s funny, I thought young American Jews were disconnecting from Israel: If the Peter Beinarts of the world are right, and young Jews are separating from Israel, how is it that Taglit (Birthright) Israel had to shut down registration in … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Iran, Israel, News Briefs, Terrorism, United Nations Tagged AP Media Bias, Iran, Lebanon, UN 4 Comments