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: Religion
Three more Jewish Nobel winners: Thanks, America
Yesterday, I wondered how many of the three winners of the Nobel prize in economics were Jewish. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science to Leonid Hurwicz, 90 years old, a retired professor … Continue reading
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‘Suicide of civilisation’ warning as Italian town permits burka
A row has broken out in Italy over the wearing of the burka after the prefect of a city in the north-east announced he was permitting it, despite legislation outlawing any clothing that stops the wearer being recognised. In a … Continue reading
Americans and the Nobel prize
Three Americans will share the Nobel prize for economics. Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday for work that “laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.” The three researchers … Continue reading
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Ann Coulter and her views on Jews
I think Ann Coulter is ridiculous. I cannot stand her political views, or frankly, almost everything of hers I’ve ever read or heard. I think she’s a buffoon. I think she says outrageous things deliberately to provoke reactions. I don’t … Continue reading
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YES!
Two verses down. Twenty-eight to go. I’m finally getting this trope. If this keeps up, I’ll get to do the maftir after all.
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Can AP get any more biased?
Wow, the captions on Eid In The Middle East (you must capitalize it or you’re simply Missing. The. Point) are stunningly non-objective. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Well, yes, there is: A Palestinian boy rides a horse during … Continue reading
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The British and the Wall
Yisrael Medad points out that the PalArabs are claiming ownership of the Western Wall and notes the claimed basis for this in international law, from a British commission in 1930 that was established in wake of the 1929 Muslim pogroms … Continue reading
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A UC-Davis student speaks
From the comments: I am a UC Davis student and have been doing some research into the strong anti-semitic problem at this campus. In 2001 the UC Davis Hillel was SET ON FIRE. There is a history of strong anti-semitic … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Religion 8 Comments
An example of media spin in Ynet
Let’s take a look at this article about Israeli opinion on turning over Jerusalem to non-Israeli rule. The headline: Poll: 37% of Israelis willing to cede sovereignty in Jerusalem’s holy sites My first thought at that headline was utter shock … Continue reading
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It’s not anti-Zionism, it’s anti-Semitism
UC Davis “anti-Zionists” vandalized a Sukka on the campus. Student Programs and Activities Center representatives reported a hate crime yesterday, as graffiti was found defacing a small hut on the Quad being used for a Jewish holiday. The booth, called … Continue reading
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The unheard warning
In his post The Regrettable State of Being non-Muslim, Mick Hartley, one of my favorites, unearthed an interesting – an ominous – article by Raymond Ibrahim, titled The Two Faces of Al Qaeda. The article is a shocking document that … Continue reading
Richard Dawkins: now at a new windmill
Having successfully dispensed with the issue of God (god, deity, Intelligent Designer, Allah, as you will), Richard Dawkins is targeting now a new obstruction on his way to nirvana: In an interview with the Guardian, he said: “When you think … Continue reading
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Muslim ERA Watch: Afghan gals won’t you come out tonight?
Oh those Afghan girls, the way they wear their clothes, they keep the mullahs warm at night… Nearly six years after the overthrow of the strict Islamist Taliban government, almost all women in deeply conservative Afghanistan still only appear in … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Religion 9 Comments
Maldives: Trouble in paradise?
When you, my poor to moderately well-to-do reader, visit your travel agency to scrounge for a lowest price ticket to Spanish Riviera (if you are a Brit), to Cancun (if you are a US citizen) or to Cyprus (for Israelis), … Continue reading
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You know what?
Having a bat mitzvah is a complicated thing. And I don’t have my parents doing all the work of the party for me. Well, the invitations are mostly done. Have to email a few people for their addresses. I decided … Continue reading
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