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…
Monthly Archives: December 2007
What’s a qassam or two …
Zvi Barel in Ha’aretz Can a military operation succeed where sanctions have failed? This is precisely the moment to remember that the Qassam rockets and arms smuggling via the Philadelphi route tunnels did not start after sanctions were imposed. They … Continue reading
On reporting, awarding, exploding
Abby Wisse Schachter delivers a devastating critique of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz But Haaretz’s ideological crusade is not limited to the editorial or opinion pages. Its editors are only too happy to publish defamatory feature stories as well. On November … Continue reading
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Losing while winning
Israel just released its own version of a national intelligence estimate, it is a post-mortem of last year’s war with Hezbollah. First the good news: It is clear that Hizbollah’s balance statement at the end of the fighting was mixed. … Continue reading
Fish tales at the PA aid conference
“It was a small fish, actually, rather like a guppy.” “No, no, Habibi Blair, it was more like a bluegill.” “Ha, Monsieur Fayyad, it must have been a bass.” “Herr Kouchner, I must disagree it was more like a salmon.” … Continue reading
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Palestinians get a free pass to more billions
Once again, the world has shown that the Palestinians need not uphold a single portion of their end of the Road Map, or any other agreement, for the world to fawn at their feet. The sum total of Palestinian Pledge … Continue reading
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Beilin the oxymoron
Four years ago Thomas Friedman described outgoing Meretz chairman Yossi Beilin as a fanatical moderate: What I have always admired about Mr. Beilin is that he is a fanatical moderate — as committed to his moderation as the extremists are … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #145 is UP!
Well Haveil Havalim #145 is UP! Given that it’s the 3rd anniversary edition you might be interested in some past milestones. Here’s what the 1st edition looked like. Here’s the 1st anniversary edition. Here’s the second anniversary edition The categories … Continue reading
Tel-Aviv Tech
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich reports: Tel Aviv University has hit the jackpot, with three of its scientists included in the list of 50 of the world’s leading innovators in the coming issue of one of the world’s leading science magazines, Scientific American.Prof. … Continue reading
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The Israeli Intelligence Estimate: No war on the horizon, yet
The Israeli Intelligence Estimate is being previewed by Ynet. Some of the more interesting tidbits: Israel’s strategic position has improved in the last year- but with it also the military capabilities of its enemies: the Qassam threat has worsened- and … Continue reading
Crude, homemade rockets score three hits in one week
The “crude, homemade rockets” launched by Palestinian terrorists from Gaza nearly every day have wounded three Israelis in three separate incidents this week, including one today that wounded a two-year-old child. A rocket fired by Palestinian terror groups from northern … Continue reading
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Hamas to Israel: It’s Jihad time
The Reuters coverage of the Hamas rally is different from the AP coverage in several ways. Reuters uses the Hamas crowd estimate (insert eyeroll here), and puts in far more harsh quotes than the AP editors. The lede also more … Continue reading
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Hamas to Israel: We will destroy you
Hamas celebrated its twentieth anniversary by assuring Israel that Hamas will never, ever recognize the Jewish State, and also, Hamas will never stop trying to destroy it. Large pictures of Hamas leaders, both in Gaza and in exile, were draped … Continue reading
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The very last Hanukkah menorah of the season
I know it’s after the holiday, but I found a new menorah picture that I thought you’d get a kick out of.
Posted in Holidays, Humor, Politics
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Syria and Iran: 2gether 4ever
Syria and Iran are going to stay bestest buddies like, forever! Syrian President Bashar Assad rejected claims that Syria’s alliance with Iran had been weakened by Damascus’ participation in last month’s US-sponsored Mideast peace conference, saying Thursday that the two … Continue reading
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Hamas to Iran and Syria: Let us kill more Jews
Hamas is asking its Iranian masters for permission to kill more Jews. Hamas has asked Iran to allow the organization to escalate its altercations with Israel, carry out more suicide attacks and if need be – threaten kidnapped IDF soldier … Continue reading
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