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
Watch out for flying pigs
The AP actually changed its boilerplate to the truth for a change. Look what I found in a tongue-bath for Al-Manar, a.k.a. Hezbullah TV: During the conflict, which began July 12 after Hezbollah killed three Israeli soldiers and captured two … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Lebanon 7 Comments
Stranglehold
Not content to kill Lebanese through the willful use of them as human shields in Hezbollah’s war on Israel, Bashar Assad is now strangling their recovery by cutting off electricity: Syria has cited technical problems for its decision to cut … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 3 Comments
Your morning briefs
So, about that disarming Hezbullah thing: Looks like nobody wants to do it. UNIFIL says it’s not in their mandate. The Lebanese Prime Minister Syrian Sock Puppet says UNIFIL shouldn’t be doing it, anyway, only the Lebanese army (try not … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 2 Comments
A post from paradise
Since it’s cloudy and overcast and looks like it may rain today, and because we were all exhausted from our fun in the sun yesterday and went to bed early, thus getting up early, I can take the time out … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 6 Comments
A short study of hypocrisy
Noun: hypocrisy 1. An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction 2. Insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have The definition above comes from my WordWeb dictionary. Effing … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias 4 Comments
Lebanon: What happened, and what is to be done?
This is a guest post by Ami Isseroff. Warning – a long post for serious readers only. The aftermath of the Lebanon disaster may be worse than the disaster itself. An air of unreality surrounds the debate and analysis by … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 19 Comments
A must-read on Hezbullah training and tactics
Iran’s proxy army in Lebanon: Twenty-five years in the making Continue reading
Lessons learned from Israel’s defeat
Let us not play with words: It was a defeat. Ehud Olmert declared three objectives to the war. The return of his soldiers, the disarming of Hezbullah, and the removal of the Hezbullah threat to Israel. None of these objectives … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 11 Comments
Cheer up, boys, the cavalry is coming!
Nah… I waited for a day or two to see how the cards are falling with the “beefed up” UNIFIL force that is supposed to begin its mighty reign in south Lebanon. Of course, we were promised to see the … Continue reading
George the Ouroboros
From Wikipedia: The Ouroboros (also spelled Oroborus, Uroboros or Uroborus) is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. It has been used to represent many things over the ages, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias 1 Comment
One big point to Bibi
The following text is roaming around the Internet like an Internet worm. Worth reading: Even those who aren’t particularly sympathetic to Bibi Netanyahu [that includes this blogger, Lord knows] could get a good measure of satisfaction from his interview with … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 9 Comments
One of the successes in Lebanon
You see, if the ground war had been undertaken a month ago, Hezbullah terrorists wouldn’t be crawling back into their ratholes for the next wave. The IDF can handle the job. It just wasn’t given to them in full. “The … Continue reading
Is 1701 going down the drain?
I have already mentioned the accumulated concerns regarding the Lebanese “as we go” modifications of the letter and the spirit of the UNSC resolution 1701. It looks like Hezbollah is having the upper hand in everything related to the implementation … Continue reading
Subverting the cease-fire agreement
Hezbullah’s man in power, Fuad Siniora, is working full-tilt to let Hezbullah stay in southern Lebanon—with their weapons. The IDF will have to resume operations in Lebanon if the expanded United Nations force being assembled does not fulfill its obligation … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Lebanon 2 Comments