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
Paying the terrorists to bomb Israeli schools
You can spin this any way you like, the bottom line is this: When $25 million goes into Gaza, rockets come out. Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday approved the transfer of NIS 100 million ($25.5 million) from the West … Continue reading
President Bush’s Mideast muddle
In a speech to the Saban forum last week, President Bush defended his record in the Middle East. (via memeorandum) Over the past eight years, I have had the privilege to see the Middle East up close. I have stood … Continue reading
Jonesing for Jones
I’m not going to pretend that a recent positive IDF assessment of the Palestinian Authority security forces didn’t happen. Maybe something’s changed, but this is in stark contrast to past experience. I’d like to see something sustained before declaring success. … Continue reading
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AP finally notices rockets raining down on Israel—barely
Buried deep within the AP story on Israel stopping yet another attempt to break its blockade of Gaza are these few words about the daily rocket barrages resuming: Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade on Gaza after the militant Hamas … Continue reading
Tunnel vision
After noting that Hamas in a fit of pique, denied residents who had been approved for the Hajj to travel to Saudi Arabia, the NYT reported. Israel and Hamas are also eyeing each other warily because on Dec. 19 their … Continue reading
What’s peace got to do with it?
The Jerusalem Post reports that the economy under Fatah is imrpoving: Officers in the Civil Administration said the economic surge was the result of a number of parallel factors but was mainly due to improved coordination between Israel and the … Continue reading
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How do you say “your maximum leader has no chin” in Arabic?
This is a great bit of psychological warfare. Recently, Israel hacked into the Syrian phone system, and sent thousands of messages to Syrians offering a $10 million reward for information on the whereabouts of missing Israeli soldiers. It’s not just … Continue reading
Rockets and mortars fall on Israel, but no news media can hear them
Three kassam rockets and ten mortars were fired at Israel so far today. But there is nothing on AP or Reuters about the truce violation. Because, as my readers know, the truce isn’t violated by the Palestinians. It is only … Continue reading
Richmond gas price below $1.50
The $1.50 plateau has been broken in Richmond. Gas went below $50 a barrel yesterday and it has stayed at $49 and change today. Crude oil fell for a third day after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries deferred a … Continue reading
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Israel breaks the truce by responding to constant rocket fire
Hamas continues its war of attrition against southern Israel. Here’s the tally for the last few days: Several mortar shells landed Tuesday noon near the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Gaza. No injuries or damage were reported in the … Continue reading
The Gaza blockade: Yes, that means Libya, too
Libya tried to send “humanitarian supplies” through the Gaza naval blockade. Israel was having none of it. A Libyan ship trying to deliver aid to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday turned back in the face of an Israeli naval … Continue reading
Hamas humanitarian crises
A few weeks ago Hamas engineered a blackout of Gaza, apparently for propaganda purposes. Now its latest stunt is to deny pilgrims from going on Hajj to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia sets quotas to different regions for the number of … Continue reading
Iran’s Hezbollah ties, Reuters lies
It’s not just the subject of this article. The blatant Reuters whitewashing of Iranian Jew-hatred is getting so obvious, I may not be able to read Reuters for much longer. Iran, a main backer of Lebanon’s Shi’ite group Hezbollah, urged … Continue reading
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Asking the arsonist to put out the fire
Israel’s foreign minister has asked the UN to take a stand against the continued rocket fire from Gaza. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni demanded in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday that the world stop … Continue reading
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