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
The protocols of the unlearned president of Iran
Yesterday, the President of Iran gave a speech to the United Nations that was, of course, widely quoted in the wire services and mainstream media. However, the words below were not widely quoted by the wire services, particularly not the … Continue reading
Scary quotes
Loved the BBC headline from yesterday’s terror attack in Jerusalem: Jerusalem car ‘attack’ hurts 15 Here’s how the story starts: At least 15 people have been injured in an apparent attack in Jerusalem, Israeli police say. They say a man … Continue reading
Exculpating Hamas
Notice what’s missing from this headline from the NYT? Hamas Strikes at Gaza Clan Known for Criminal Activity Well, let’s look at the first paragraph of the story: Eleven members of a large Palestinian clan, including a 1-year-old, were killed … Continue reading
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Hamas murders baby; world media ignores it
Say, how many headlines you think this would create if it had been the IDF that killed a baby? Baby among 11 dead after Hamas raids criminal gang’s Gaza base Forces from Hamas, the Islamist movement in control of Gaza, … Continue reading
Troofer vaccination
Last week Michael Slackman of the New York Times wrote about how conspiracy theories about 9/11 dominated Arab political thought. He wrote: It is easy for Americans to dismiss such thinking as bizarre. But that would miss a point that … Continue reading
Hamas’s novelty wears off
In recent years there have consistent attempts in the Western media to portray Hamas as just another political party. Ahmad Ayyad, candidate No. 3 on the Islamic bloc’s slate, ran down a list of what he considered to be Abu … Continue reading
Ten questions for the media pundits
They’ve asked the candidates the questions, and written many sneering op-eds on that yokel Sarah Palin, so I have a few questions for the media. Just to test their general knowledge of things I’ve been reading about lately. How do … Continue reading
A piece of peace
One thing that reporters in the Middle East enjoy is irony. So that’s the angle Ethan Bronner takes about Jenin in A West Bank Ruin, Reborn as a Peace Beacon. But a quiet revolution is stirring here in this city, … Continue reading
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Slackman flacks for troofers
In his Memo from Cairo today, the NYT’s Michael Slackman writes about Egyptian attitudes towards 9/11. “Look, I don’t believe what your governments and press say. It just can’t be true,” said Ahmed Issab, 26, a Syrian engineer who lives … Continue reading
In media’s resentment
Brian Carney writes in the WSJ: Meanwhile, 51% of those surveyed thought the press was “trying to hurt” Mrs. Palin with its coverage. Perhaps most troubling for the press corps, though, was this finding: “55% said media bias is a … Continue reading
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Visual proof of the siege
Tony Blair’s sister in law and other “peace activists” sailed to Gaza to express solidarity with the Gazans who are under “siege.” Neither Israel nor Egypt will let Ms. Booth leave by land, so currently she’s been trying to stay … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias Tagged Lauren Booth Comments Off on Visual proof of the siege
The banality of terror
Without passing judgment the NYT reported on the Hezbollah Shrine to Terrorist Suspect Enthralls Lebanese Children The dead man being shown such veneration is Imad Mugniyah, the shadowy Hezbollah commander. Until his death in a car bombing in Syria in … Continue reading
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Oh so casual
The approach to threats against Israel is one of those things that is taken casually. Here’s Secretary Rice on the regular but (relatively) infrequent Qassams that still get fired into Israel despite the ceasefire with Hamas: QUESTION: How does the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, palestinian politics Tagged Prisoner releases 2 Comments
Blockheads vs. the blockade
Never mind that Israel allows large quantities of goods into Gaza and the Palestinians themselves smuggle even more in via tunnels from Egypt. But a bunch of anti-Israel activists decided to make some PR and “run” Israel’s naval blockade of … Continue reading
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Hamas didn’t get the NYT memo
Someone didn’t get the New York Times editorial staff’s memo. The one that said: A way must be found to help turn Hamas into a legitimate and acceptable negotiating partner. Because here’s what the “negotiating partner” has to say about … Continue reading