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
Russia finally wakes to the Iran threat
I wonder what W. did to get Russia to agree to this. Russia has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran’s nearly completed Bushehr power plant unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United … Continue reading
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A good day for Israeli PR
Ynet reports on a gathering in Ramallah called ‘Jerusalem First’ conference. The proceedings of the conference are, most probably, as good a proof of a deity pulling some strings as any other natural or supernatural phenomena. After all, it is … Continue reading
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A year later, the world does as expected
A year ago, any commentator on Israel with half a brain said that the world would ultimately deal with Hamas, even if Hamas didn’t actually change its stance in the least. Yep. It’s begun. Earlier Saturday, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas … Continue reading
Analyzing the Mecca Agreement
The news media reports on the Mecca Agreement, but never really tells you what it says other than that it got Hamas and Fatah to stop shooting at each other and agree to share power. Here is the full text … 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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Terrortory[sic] briefs
Hamas has un-banned the banned book, which they’ve already pulled from the shelf and destroyed. The Hamas-run Education Ministry on Saturday rescinded its decision to pull an anthology of Palestinian folk tales from school libraries and destroy copies, reportedly over … Continue reading
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Awesome if true: The Iranian defector has documents
I don’t know how true this is, but if it is, Iran is crapping bricks, sweating bullets, and otherwise extremely unhappy about the general who defected. Because he may have brought with him the smoking gun. Former Iranian General and … Continue reading
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Iranian general is spilling the beans
The Iranians have got to be sweating bullets today. The general that defected is a former commander of the Revolutionary Guard, and is chatting away to Western intelligence. Unfortunately, he wasn’t involved in the nuclear program. But he was one … Continue reading
The EU says it will wait on the unity govt.—for now
The AP reports that the EU is adopting a wait-and-see approach to the new PA unity government shell game. The European Union will maintain its wait-and-see policy toward a Palestinian unity government until Hamas and Fatah agree on a division … Continue reading
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The Brits are blaming Iran in Iraq
So, do you think the American anti-war fringe is going to claim that the Brits are lying about Iranian involvement in Iraq, too? A missile which brought down an RAF Lynx helicopter and killed five British Service personnel was smuggled … Continue reading
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Ahmadinejad called me the devil
Yes, that’s right. The president of Iran says I am the true incarnation of Satan. Damn. I had no idea I was this powerful. What’s that? He meant “Jews,” not Zionists? Well, I’m Jewish. What’s that? He meant “Israelis,” not … Continue reading
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Ahmadinejad blames Israel and U.S. for world’s problems; world yawns
So, gee, I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to hear The Man Who Would Be Hitlerblaming Israel and the U.S. for all the world’s problems. And where did he say this? In Sudan. Sudan. The irony of the moment … Continue reading
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Fisk lied. Who could predict that?
So it turns out that Fisk lied again, by jumping the gun with accusations that were utterly unfounded, and ultimately disproven, about Israel using depleted uranium. Who cleared Israel? The Lebanese. The Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission has ruled that no … Continue reading
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Bat-you-know-what crazy
I told you they’re batshit crazy. Iran’s president said on Sunday the country’s enemies had hatched a range of plots to push the Islamic Republic to give up its disputed nuclear programme, including driving up the price of tomatoes and … Continue reading
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Why the Mecca deal is meaningless to peace
The news media, Arab and Muslim states, and morons like to pretend that the palestinians’ Mecca agreement will have an effect on the Israeli peace process. That is to say, they pretend that it is a step forward in the … Continue reading
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