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: Middle East
The anti-Israel bias, cont’d.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s report on Israel and Hezbullah illustrates perfectly what is wrong with the way that the world looks at any conflict that involves Israel. A report released Thursday by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described … Continue reading
The famous Muslim “tolerance”: Death to apostates
Say, that famous Muslim tolerance of other faiths we’ve heard so much about? I’m thinking someone’s not being quite truthful. A month ago, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill, entitled “Islamic Penal Code”, which would codify … Continue reading
Call it POSHA
One of my biggest complaints about Palestinian demands for a state, is that they’ve never set up the institutions of government. Well now, in Gaza, Hamas has taken the first step. Call it P-OSHA. (h/t Daily Alert) Gaza’s smugglers are … Continue reading
A bazaar protest
Don Surber observes: … dictators are lousy economists Case in point: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In an interview a few weeks ago with the New York Times, he assured the interviwer, Neil MacFarqhar that Iran’s economy was in fine shape. NYT: I’ve … Continue reading
Iran’s “reformist” candidate: More of the same
The former speaker of the Iranian parliament has announced his candidacy for president of Iran. You’ll be told he’s a “reformist” who will bring a new viewpoint and attitude to the office. Don’t believe it. The “reformist” candidate—who owes his … Continue reading
Gas prices: WAY below $3 a gallon
Gas prices in Richmond have fallen as low as $2.69. Crude oil ended the week at less than $80 a barrel. Iran is freaking. Iran on Saturday called for stability in the oil market, saying the biggest challenge now was … Continue reading
The Russians are building Iranian nukes
Why is this story not getting wider play? International nuclear inspectors have begun investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to European and American officials. As part of the … Continue reading
Another crisis not of Israel’s making
Yes we’ve heard of the terrible siege that Israel has laid against Gaza. Mere Rhetoric catalogues all of the charges against Israel and shows them to be bogus. The latest to fall is how Israel’s blockade harmed the sick and … Continue reading
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Abbas at the abyss
Secretary Rice is apparently planning to celebrate the first anniversary of the Annapolis summit with – another summit. Shmuel Rosner describes this proposed summit as maintenance as opposed to a desperate, ill fated and misguided attempt (like Taba in 2001) … Continue reading
Olmert to Russians: Please don’t sell weapons to our enemies
Olmert is going to beg the Russians to stop doing what they’ve done for, oh, fifty, sixty years now: Sell weapons to Israel’s enemies. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, traveling to Russia this week on one of his last diplomatic missions, … Continue reading
The Iranians: Gasoline addicts without refinement
Further to my post of Friday about the falling price of oil: Iran is really starting to sweat the price of oil. Iran’s Oil Minister said Saturday that it would be “unsuitable” for both producers and consumers for oil to … Continue reading
A ray of light in the economic slump
Oil continues its fall. It’s under $94 a barrel right now, and holding steady. Gas is down to $3.19 in the Richmond area, and sinking. (Gasbuddy.com is a good place to find the cheapest gas prices in your area. It’s … Continue reading
Serious about Syria?
CNN reports: The United States and Syria held a series of meetings this week, signaling a possible thaw between the two countries as the former seeks to peel the latter from its close ties with Iran. No further meetings are … Continue reading
Peace on earth and a rocket launcher
I remember some cartoon – maybe from Mad Magazine, maybe from Calvin and Hobbes – showing a little boy on Santa Claus’s lap asking for all sorts of weaponry and – peace on earth. This picture reminded me of the … Continue reading