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
That’s why we call it Israeli Double Standard Time
Let’s take another look at the AP news story on the Syrian border incursion from Sunday. Israeli troops on Sunday battled hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to burst across Syria’s frontier with the Golan Heights, killing a reported 20 … Continue reading
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If it’s Jews, it’s news
Hey, let’s have another peace conference that’s a failure before it begins! France thinks that Israel should hold talks with the Hamas-affiliated PA. Netanyahu says Israel won’t hold talks with the Hamas-affiliated PA. The Hamas-affiliated PA thinks that Israel should … Continue reading
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If it’s Tuesday, this must be AP media bias day
I just can’t get enough of the bullshit that the AP likes to pass off as unbiased reporting. In yesterday’s wrapup of the Syria border incursion by rioters—not “protesters”—we get this explanation of Syrian-Israeli relations over the years: On Monday, … Continue reading
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Monday article briefs
Israel TV: Bad. Syrian TV: Good. Every news organization in the world is quoting Syrian TV as if it’s an accurate count of dead and wounded from the border incursion yesterday. Bloomberg. Reuters. VOA. The AP, of course. Remember when … Continue reading
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Compare and contrast: The media on Israel and Syria
There is media bias, and then there is media bias. First, a quick look at the Ynet version of the events on the Syrian border this morning: According to reports, around noon, about 150 protesters made their way to the … Continue reading
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Hizbullah gets the message
The Palestinian march on Israel’s borders has been canceled. Palestinian organizers in Lebanon who had planned a march to the border with Israel early next week say they have canceled it. The organizers say that Sunday’s planned march marking the … Continue reading
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Parris Island news roundup
I have seen my nephew the Marine, and he looks good. (Great, actually.) Not that that’s going to stop anyone: The State Department says the Gaza flotilla is provocative because goods are already getting through. Yes, well, that would matter … Continue reading
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The post-holiday news roundup
Yes, but you’re assuming Abbas wanted things to turn out differently: Elliott Abrams writes about the failure that is Mahmoud Abbas, but I think he wasn’t as much of a failure as Abrams says. He is going to get a … Continue reading
On opening the Rafah crossing
Alex Fishman has an interesting op-ed about how the opening of the Rafah crossing now makes Gaza Egypt’s problem. Meanwhile, the fact that Egypt is opening the crossing in an orderly manner implies a de facto declaration of taking responsibility … Continue reading
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What No One Seems to Be Mentioning
When President Obama spoke last week at the State Department, he said something, different things, that upset virtually every Middle Eastern nation or group. Pissing off the Mullahs does not bother me. Calling out Bahrain while not mentioning Saudi Arabia … Continue reading
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The I woke up too early on a holiday weekend briefs
Go, Canada: Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the G-8 water down what would have been a statement praising the 1967 armistic lines as a start of negotiations. I am going to find a Canadian product this weekend and buy it. … Continue reading
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Finally Friday news roundup
Pinch me, I must be dreaming: This analysis of Israel and the 1949 armistice lines by CNN is—dare I say it? Fair and balanced. She does the work, so I don’t have to: Jennifer Rubin has an excellent roundup of … Continue reading
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The Gaza flotilla: It’s really about Israel
The new, improved Gaza Flotilla—which includes more anti-Israel fools than you can shake a lulav at—doesn’t care that the Rafah crossing is going to be opened. They’re going anyway. “We shall set sail, we have many surprises in store,” IHH … Continue reading
Fact-checking the AP fact-check on Bibi’s speech
Oh, Josef, Josef, Josef. You know I read the AP regularly. Why would you even tempt me? NETANYAHU: “You don’t need to send American troops to Israel. We defend ourselves.” THE FACTS: Israel is a leading recipient of American foreign … Continue reading
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Rafah crossing: Open, closed, it’s still Israel’s fault
Egypt says it’s going to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza. The AP still manages to slam Israel for having a horrible, awful, punishing blockade on the sweet, innocent Gazans, whose only crime appears to be breathing in the space … Continue reading
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