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: World
These pesky civilians
The incomparable Aljazeera.com is bravely denouncing the US Zioimperialist strikes on the defenseless Somalia Islamists. The article is a jumble of contradictory statements, as could be seen for these two quotes: Somali officials confirmed the death of many people in … Continue reading
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A Mitzvah Project: Save Darfur
Texas Meryl, an old blog-pal of mine, asked me to let you know about her daughters Bat Mitzvah project. (I knew I forgot do to something!) Better late than never. (Geez, TX Meryl, she really grew up! What a beauty!)
Socialism according to Hugo
But also according to Guardian, it appears. I must confess that I started to look at the Guardian only a few years ago. It begun with my sensitive self being irked, angry and sometimes vivid. Now I got used to … Continue reading
Posted in Satire, World 3 Comments
The formula
Peace process not broken: ETA This is the AFP headline. By itself it is not remarkable, but the article is related to the latest explosion in Madrid: The political wing of the armed Basque separatist group ETA has said that … Continue reading
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This warm winter
I hate this warm winter. Since moving to Virginia, I have developed pollen allergies, and have been unable to go off Zyrtec for more than a year. We had no winter last year, and we have yet to have a … Continue reading
Keeping faith with Fidel
If you think that this title is about Cuba, it is not. To be precise – not exactly. This post is about one of the dinosaurs that are still populating the citadel of free press in United Kingdom. The name … Continue reading
Google searches
People from all over the world are looking for the Saddam execution video. I’ve gotten search hits from Morocco, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Denmark, Brazil, Austria, Poland, Portugal, the UK, France, India, Germany—and that’s just in the … Continue reading
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Make that 1 to 3 days for Saddam
They’re gonna hang him on Sunday. Or maybe even today. Now I do want a Javascript clock. Dang, can’t find my old bookmarks. Can we get a chorus of “Na na na na Hey Hey Goodbye,” please?
Posted in Evil Meryl, World 15 Comments
A win in the war on Islamism
Ethiopian fighters are beating the Somali Islamists. Islamic fighters were in a tactical retreat Tuesday, a senior Islamic leader said, as government and Ethiopian troops advanced on three fronts in a decisive turn around in the battle for control of … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, World 4 Comments
A case where they didn’t blame the Jews
They’re blaming the Bulgarians. Of course, there are no Jews in Libya, but that never stopped Jew-haters from blaming us before. TRIPOLI, Libya Dec 19, 2006 (AP)— A court convicted six foreign health workers Tuesday on charges of deliberately infecting … Continue reading
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Oh, look. Another anti-Israel office at the UN
Color me shocked, shocked, I tell you. The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to establish an office to register Palestinian damage claims stemming from Israel’s construction of a barrier in the West Bank. Israel and the United States strongly … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, World 4 Comments
The world is noticing that Iran is a problem
First the new UN Ambassador has some tough words for them, now the EU? The European Union accused Iran on Friday of destabilizing the Middle East with its nuclear program and threats towards Israel, in a significant hardening of the … Continue reading
Good for Secretary Ban
I’m already liking the new secretary to the U.N. Of course, my favorite thing about him is that he was not Kofi’s hand-picked successor. But this made me like him even more: Incoming U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Iran on … Continue reading
Wearing your heart on your sleeve
People who wear their heart on their sleeve express their emotions freely and openly, for all to see. The above definition comes from here. The definition is fairly simple, covering any emotion. That includes any expression of impotent hate, envy, … Continue reading
Posted in Media Bias, World 5 Comments
George W. Bush, Super-Genius
I think we’ve all been dead wrong about the Iraq Study Group. The president is a whole lot smarter than most people give him credit for, and I’m thinking he pulled one over on just about everyone. The Iraq Study … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, World 7 Comments