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: Media
Innocent Palestinian ship blown up by evil IDF
A Palestinian fishing vessel, minding its own business, was viciously attacked by the IDF. And strangely, it exploded. A Palestinian fishing boat from Gaza, floating illegally near the Israeli coast, exploded Monday morning when hit with IDF artillery. IDF sources … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza, Terrorism 1 Comment
More on the Israeli war crimes in Gaza
In a way the rise of this subject was as inevitable as the next sunrise. After eight years of Qassam bombardment and the callous (and documented) use of Gazan population as one formidable human shield during the Cast Lead operation, … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias 1 Comment
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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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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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
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias 1 Comment
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
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias Tagged Anti-Zionism 47 Comments
Pincus fed paranoia
I’ve blogged quite a bit about the Chas Freeman appointment, but there’s a need to post (at least) one more item. Originally when Walter PIncus wrote about Freeman’s withdrawal he took great care to emphasize the Jewish opposition to the … Continue reading
Funniest missile ad ever
An Israeli defense company is selling its missiles to India via a Bollywood campaign. I think it has top 40 potential. But then, I’ve had a soft spot for these music videos ever since I first discovered them. I think … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Israel, Media 2 Comments
When extremism counts and when it doesn’t
The Washington Post reported on the murders of two Israeli policemen the other night. Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said the shooting was being treated as a “nationalistic” attack, the phrase Israeli police occasionally use for political violence carried out … Continue reading
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Banality of a weasel
I suppose I should be generous to Roger Cohen. According to Roger Simon, Cohen flew out to LA on his own initiative – and dime – in order to defend his defense of the Iranian regime. But Simon writes that … Continue reading
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Pincus: Arab media confirm that omnipotent Israel lobby sunk Freeman appointment
In a remarkable bit of investigative reporting, Walter PIncus of the Washington Post confirmed his previous reporting on the withdrawn appointment of Chas Freeman to be the next head of the National Intelligence Council. As Pincus wrote in Intelligence Pick … Continue reading