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
Friday news roundup
They’re not even trying to hide it anymore: First Iran’s Supreme Leader admits publicly that Iran has been funding Hezbollah and Hamas for years. Now Chipmunk Cheeks himself is bragging that he’s in the Iranians’ pocket, and has been there … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Lebanon, Syria 4 Comments
You lost me at “wants to be remembered”
This is what is wrong with journalists today. In one of NPR’s top five articles on their website, they discuss whether or not Israel will attack Iran. The number one reason why Israel may bomb Iran is as follows: 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias 2 Comments
Wednesday briefs
If you’ve lost Joe Klein, you’ve lost Middle Europe: When even Time magazine correspondents are commenting on how crappy the deal between Fatah and Hamas is, you know that it stinks really, really, really badly. Check the skies for flying … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Gaza, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, palestinian politics, Syria 2 Comments
Tehran: HOT under the collar
I confess that the first time I’ve seen this ad, it made me laugh. Since the clip is not translated, here is its synopsis from Israelity: That’s the case anyway with the current TV ad campaign by cable provider HOT, … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome 2 Comments
Burying the lede, AP style
Well, that’s that for the AP. The fact that Iran’s Supreme Leader called Israel “a cancerous tumor” that “needs to be removed” is now buried on the second page of the story that warns the rest of the world that … Continue reading
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The war of the words
Israel’s annual Herzliya conference, which draws leaders from around the world to discuss the region’s security issues, is always a cause for the news media to get a case of the vapors. Its major topic this year, of course, is … Continue reading
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Thursday, briefly
Dueling bomb analyses The New York Times Magazine runs a lengthy piece and says Israel will bomb Iran this year. Jeffrey Goldberg, who wrote a lengthy piece for the Atlantic not long ago, says it’s not gonna happen. I rather … Continue reading
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If it’s Wednesay, this must be Media Bias Against Israel Day
I have two words for this story: Bull and shit. Marwan Barghouti says the conflict with the Palestinians will end if Israel withdraws to the 1949 Armistice lines, a.k.a. the 1967 “borders”. Oh, really? Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said … Continue reading
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The late Monday briefs
Seriously? I mean, seriously? They detained a sitting senator because of the TSA security theater bullshit? I’m not flying again until the TSA is gone. It’s not anti-Zionism: When an Islamic cleric calls for the death of Jews, and says … Continue reading
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Thursday news briefs
Because name-calling is such a great way to make your point: This column in Ha’aretz is titled “Every Jewish mother’s nightmare.” What, that their son/daughter intermarry and don’t raise the children in the faith? That they should, God forbid, die … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Juvenile Scorn, Media Bias, palestinian politics, Terrorism 5 Comments
Tuesday briefs
Yes, this is a real headline: Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers. Seriously. By Reuters. That’s right, the Iranian morality police are making sure Western culture–in the presence of Barbie dolls–doesn’t invade Iran. Because their culture, which … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias, Turkey 3 Comments
Briefs and then some
Intifada III, or testing the waters? Another Palestinian caught with another lot of pipe bombs. I think it’s the latter. Sigh. Cyberwar. Hackers striking Israeli sites again, and a retaliation promised. No good is going to come of this, and … Continue reading
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Friday three-day weekend brief briefs
The Obama administration grows a pair: Iran has been warned that if they close the Strait of Hormuz, there will be consequences. For real. He’s moved more troops into the area. Now, if only the administration would help the Iranian … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, The One, Turkey 2 Comments
Thursday clean house briefs
(My crack squad of ninja housekeepers is on the job today, and the cats, they are under the bed.) Obama and Islamists, sittin’ in a tree: High-level talks with the Muslim Brotherhood, whose raison d’etre has never changed. Of course … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Middle East, Syria 3 Comments
Wednesday news roundup
Not a very good career choice anymore: If I were an Iranian nuclear scientist, I’d be looking to defect by now. Their life spans keep getting shorter and shorter, thanks to some agency that keeps on blowing them up, or … Continue reading