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: Terrorism
Don’t know much about the Intertubes
I don’t know all that much about taking down a website, but I do know how to appreciate something important. Far more problematic for Al Qaeda, Hoffman says, is the sabotage of its online forums, some of which have not … Continue reading
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Calling a terrorist a terrorist
Kudos to the Washington Post for this op-ed that calls out Bill Ayers on his lies in the New York Times. In a Dec. 6 New York Times op-ed — headlined “The Real Bill Ayers” — Ayers cast himself as … Continue reading
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Terrorist chic by any other name smells as rank
In Why do intellectuals sympathize with criminals? Dr. Helen points to an interview Q & A BC: Why do we as a society automatically extend empathy and compassion to criminals rather than the victims of their crimes? There’s a phrase … 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
Chabad massacre: They did try to kill the baby
I have not written about the Mumbai terrorist attack for a variety of reasons. There is a half-finished essay that is waiting for the right words before you can see it. One of the things I wondered was why the … Continue reading
Mumbai myopia
Tom Gross asks: What is the motivation of journalists in trying to mangle language — such as going out of their way to refer to terrorists as “militants,” as one Mumbai story on yesterday’s Times of London Web site seemed … 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
Law and terror
I’ve blogged about this incident before: On Sept. 6, Yaalon felt heavy, not happy, when the prime minister favored his recommendation over Dichter’s: Mission aborted. Sharon called off the strike to decapitate Hamas, Yaalon said, because Sharon demanded “no civilian … Continue reading
What do they have to hide?
Michael Kraft at the Counterterrorism Blog writes about how the Lashkar-e Tayyiba gets funding through charity organizations in Britain, much the same way the Holy Land Foundation provided funds for Hamas. He writes that when the law was drafted that … Continue reading
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
Do they CAIR?
Powerline notes, “Muslims ‘Worry About Image’” and conclude: So far, most of the world’s Muslims haven’t been embarrassed enough to take any significant action to reform their religion. They have, I think, a remarkably high threshold of embarrassment. (via Instapundit) … 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
Targeting Jews
I found this report from Arutz-7 heart breaking. According to ZAKA emergency service, the body of the Rabbi’s wife Rivka was found covered with a tallit (Jewish prayer shawl), which her husband had managed to cover her with. Presumably Rabbi … Continue reading
Gaza operation imminent?
This time, it’s not a badly-sourced bunch of rumors from a discredited journalist. This time, there’s a mortar attack from Hamas to respond to, and an Israeli soldier who has lost his leg due to the attack. But it’s starting … 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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