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 AP bias in clear evidence
Look at these two articles from the AP on the most recent terrorist attack in Israel: Israeli military says 2 Israelis dead in shooting A Palestinian militant shot and killed two Israeli security guards early Friday in a factory on … Continue reading
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Let’s give the AP a lesson in news angle
The AP has a story about the UN cutting off food distribution in Gaza. Why? Because they can’t get fuel to distribute the food. Why? Because Hamas is stealing half the fuel, and refusing to deliver the other half. But … Continue reading
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Hamas and the lies of the truce
It’s amazing—or probably not, having been analyzing media reports on Israel for years—that the media simply cannot come out and say that the attack by Hamas on the Kerem Shalom border crossing yesterday proves that Hamas is utterly uninterested in … Continue reading
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The double standard: Israeli and Palestinian casualties
It’s astonishing—or perhaps not—how often the words “youths” and “children” are used when describing Palestinian casualties, civilian or otherwise. A 19-year-old Palestinian injured in battle with the IDF is often called a “youth,” even if the 19-year-old was actually working … Continue reading
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Shame on WaPo for publishing Hamas propaganda
I have no proof—just a feeling—but I’d love to know whether Jimmy Carter had any input into this WaPo op-ed ostensibly written by Mahmoud al-Zahar, one of the chief terrorists of Hamas. And shame on the WaPo for posting this. … Continue reading
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Defining deviancy down
Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously coined the phrase “defining deviancy down” to accept more and more violent behavior. The news media seem to have that concept down perfectly when it comes to Israel. Always, when Israel launches offensives against terrorists—and always, … Continue reading
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AP reads my blog; fixes bias in article
I’m telling you, someone over there is reading my blog. The updated story has fixed some of the more egregiously slanted bits. They’ve made the lede far more objective, identified the Israeli victims as civilians, and lowered the anti-Israel rhetoric … Continue reading
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AP anti-Israel bias gets worse
The AP editors spin the attack on Israel as—wait for it—retaliatory strikes by Israel. Watch as the editors change the story’s angle in as little as two hours. First version: Apr 9, 11:03 AM (ET) By YANIV ZOHAR Palestinian Attack … Continue reading
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Don’t trust anyone over 30
Peace Now turns 30 this year, and the AP uses the occasion to (of course) blame Israel for the failure to achieve peace. In the square where Yitzhak Rabin was slain, Peace Now marked a bittersweet milestone Tuesday: Over the … Continue reading
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Marash speaks out
David Marash who was the American face of Al Jazeera English has an interview where he explains his decision to leave. I find his naivitee about Al Jazeera a bit disconcerting. Still here’s his identification of the point where AJE … Continue reading
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Hamas snipers miss a Minister
Palestinian snipers fired on farmers and, well, anyone else within sight of their scopes. Gee. Wonder where they got the high-powered sniper rifles and scopes? In any case, they almost hit an Israeli minister. And they’re claiming to be al … Continue reading
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What’s missing from the AP coverage of Al Qaeda?
Funny, but there’s a really huge part of a story that broke yesterday that the AP didn’t feel worth covering. Reuters did. Oh, they buried the quote halfway down the story, and they titled it “Zawahri says bin Laden in … Continue reading
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Adrift on the editorial page
In Adrift in the Middle East the editors of the NY Times argue: Israel marked Ms. Rice’s visit by agreeing to remove 50 of its roadblocks restricting travel in the West Bank. That leaves 530, roughly the same number as … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, in more truce news
Let’s take a look at how the “truce” is going, shall we? Mortars: Check. Two residents of the western Negev neighborhood of Netiv Ha’asara were lightly wounded Tuesday morning by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip. The two were taken … Continue reading
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It’s hard to be humble
AP publishes a press release for Hamas: Exiled leader: Hamas might is ‘humble’. Khaled Mashaal told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday at his office in Damascus that Hamas’ military capacity is “humble.””The enemy is exaggerating it in an … Continue reading
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