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
British journalists stop even trying to pretend they’re impartial
The British National Union of Journalists has voted to boycott Israeli goods. The National Union of Journalists has voted at its annual meeting for a boycott of Israeli goods as part of a protest against last year’s war in Lebanon. … Continue reading
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A tale of two bomb plots
First, the bomb plot according to the Israeli media: ccording to the details released by the security service, the driver, a suicide bomber, had managed to cross into Israel in a vehicle laden with about 100 kilograms of explosives. However, … Continue reading
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The AP bias strikes again
Rockets into Israel from Gaza? No big deal. On a daily basis? So what. Israel sends a Hellfire up the asses of three terrorists trying to send rockets into Israel from Gaza? Oh. My. God. Stop the presses, it’s a … Continue reading
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The fabulous AP anti-Israel bias
See, here’s what I’m talking about. Here’s the headline: Israeli, Palestinian Shooting Kills 1 And here’s the lede: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – A Palestinian gunman was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops Wednesday in an … Continue reading
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The AP and the Western Wall: Wrong again
Following is a copy of an email I sent to the AP: Several months ago, after the controversy over the Temple Mount archeological dig, I wrote to you to correct your error in the boilerplate about the Western Wall of … Continue reading
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Accept our peace offer, or we’ll kill you
That’s what the Arabs are telling Israel. And this is how it’s being spun. Reuters: Arab leaders urge Israel, world to take peace offer Mar 29, 2007 — RIYADH (Reuters) – Arab leaders endorsed a peace plan to end decades-old … Continue reading
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So how dangerous is Indy?
This is, of course, in reference to the inane headline So how dangerous is skunk? byIndy. You would think that this dubious rag that for years propagated its own version of truth regarding cannabis (among other similar “truths”) will recognize … Continue reading
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The real reason behind the sudden “momentum for peace” meme
Khaled Mashaal, the head of Hamas, the organization that has murdered or wounded thousands of Israelis, is in Algeria for something called the 5th International Conference on Qods. Qods is Jerusalem; I expect this conference is yet another gathering of … Continue reading
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AP anti-Israel bias in screaming evidence
Today’s lesson in media bias: Watch a wire service outright lie to its readers. First up, the Saudi peace initiative, which is essentially dead in the water due to the Arabs’ insistence that Israel agree to it before they can … Continue reading
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Burying the bad news
The wire services are doing their best to bury the fact that a two-year-old and a four-year-old child were killed by Hamas and Fatah over the past two days. You have to search long and hard to find any notice … Continue reading
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Anti-Semitism roundup
If anyone actually read Salon, I’d care that they pretend this article isn’t about Jews, nor even about the Israel Lobby, but about the Bush policy in the Middle East. Uh-huh. The touchiest aspect of all is the role played … Continue reading
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An almost-good article from AP
Either I’m too tired to see the bias, or this one has very little. Israelis Snub Senior Norwegian Diplomat Israel’s foreign ministry canceled a planned Tuesday meeting with a top Norwegian diplomat in a sign of displeasure the day after … Continue reading
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Good news according to Guardian
First of all, it’s quite some time since I had my teeth in Guardian’s knee. Secondly, it is a rare case when a Guardian’s (or, rather, The Observer’s, if anyone cares) writer is in this win-win situation, when in one … Continue reading
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Media bias, redux
When a palestinian terrorist is killed by Israel, the headline generally reads “IDF Kills Palestinian Militant” or “Militant Killed by IDF.” When they kill each other, the AP writes that the “militant” simply “dies.” Hamas Commander Dies in Gaza Shootout … Continue reading
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Commentary’s got a blog
It’s called Contentions, and I love the typeface they used for the name of the blog. In fact, I really like the overall look-and-feel, and the reason I’m noticing this now is that I am currently working from my home … Continue reading
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