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
Iranian hospitality: Not quite what they claimed
Let’s check out the details of what happened to the British sailors and Marines, shall we? Apr 6, 2007 — CHIVENOR (Reuters) – The 15 British sailors and marines seized by Iran in the Gulf last month said on Friday … Continue reading
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Palestinian civil war watch: Yeah, we’ve got that
Yes, the “militants” of Hamas and Fatah are still murdering each other without regard to anyone getting caught in the crossfire. Apr 6, 2007 — GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas and Fatah militants clashed in the Gaza Strip on Friday and … Continue reading
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Quid pro quo
Here’s the quid: Iran frees detained British sailors TEHRAN, Iran Apr 4, 2007 (AP)— Iran on Wednesday freed the 15 detained British sailors and marines in what President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called an Easter gift to the British people. Prime Minister … Continue reading
Rally for the kidnapped British sailors
Someone in Britain is staging a rally for the kidnapped sailors. Good on them, as the Brits say. I hope a million people show. Location: opposite the Iranian Embassy, 16, Prince’s Gate, South Kensington, SW7 1PT Map here Nearest Tube … Continue reading
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A Passover message from Iran
When I get back tonight, we can (hopefully) discuss how many things are wrong with this story from the Iranian news agency site: Iranian Jews Ready to Defend National Interests Tehran, April 1, IRNA The Association of Iranian Jews here … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Religion 3 Comments
About that claim of arrogance…
Yeah, Gorilla Boy is at it again. Iran’s hardline president said Saturday that Britain and its allies were “arrogant and selfish” for not apologizing over what he called the incursion of 15 captured British sailors and marines into Iranian waters. … Continue reading
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And they talk about American arrogance
So how is this not arrogance? Iran dismisses EU’s biased, meddlesome stances on sailors case ran on Saturday dismissed EU’s “biased and interventionist” stances on capture of 15 British marines and sailors, who illegally trespassed into Iranian territorial waters, calling … Continue reading
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In violation of the Geneva Conventions
Iran, which is a signatory to the Geneva Convention, is blatantly violating it by showing the captured British sailors on TV. They’ve just published a “confession” that one of the sailors made, saying they were in Iraqi waters. One of … Continue reading
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Connect the dots
What do you do if you happen to find yourself knee-deep in sewage in your backyard? I guess you would get to a dry place first and then figure out a way to get rid of the flood and make … Continue reading
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
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, palestinian politics 2 Comments
And I was right: No changes to the Saudi plan
I really don’t tire of saying “I told you so” on Israel-related issues, because unfortunately, this glass-half-full girl sees a half-empty glass when she looks at Israel’s prospects of peace. Reuters reports that the Arab League will not make the … Continue reading
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Two AP stories; two conflicting sets of facts
First, we have a story written by Salah Nasrawi, regular AP Middle East correspondent, titled “Arabs Said Open to Peace Offer Changes.” Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister suggested Monday that Arab leaders would be willing to consider changes in their 2002 … 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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The non-moderation of the PA, cont’d
The Arabs will never love their children more than they hate the Jews. They’re still teaching their children to hate, and that Israel is Muslim land—and once again, the world will turn a blind eye to the facts that this … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics, Religion 2 Comments
An Arab on the faux moderation of Hamas and Fatah
Khaled Abu Toameh writes in the WSJ that the “unity government” is, as I have said all along, a sham: Even before the Palestinian “unity” government was sworn in Saturday at least five European countries announced that they would resume … Continue reading
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