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: March 2010
When a terrorist is less controversial than a religious shrine
via memeorandum Barak Ravid of Ha’aretz reports on a report apparently circulating among Israel’s diplomats: “The recent American statements point to the adoption of wording in line, even if partially and cautiously, with Palestinian demands in regard to the framework … Continue reading
Just in case you were still in doubt
From the Mitchell Report: The GOI asserts that the immediate catalyst for the violence was the breakdown of the Camp David negotiations on July 25, 2000 and the “widespread appreciation in the international community of Palestinian responsibility for the impasse. … Continue reading
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Time out for a station break
I am several hundred miles north, in the wilds of NJ, visiting family and friends (and buying kosher corned beef and Italian bread!). Ergo, the paucity of posting.
Dowd of Saud?
Did Maureen Dowd defend Israel to a Saudi prince? Continue reading
… and israel’s unpopularity among some americans
Given Israel’s popularity in America, that popularity is not universal. So those who don’t share pro-Israel views need an explanation. Walter Russell Mead explains: While I say nothing because I know nothing about the motives of particular people, it’s impossible … Continue reading
Israel’s popularity in America
The latest Gallup poll on American attitudes shows that by a ratio of 63 – 15, those who have an opinion, favor Israel as opposed to the Palesitnians. The New York Jewish Week opines: Analysts no doubt will find any … Continue reading
Muslim ERA watch: Hamastan bans hairdressers
In 2007, the New York Times happily published a lying op-ed by Ahmed Yousef that said, among other things: “Palestinians want, on their terms, the same thing Western societies want: self-determination, modernity, access to markets and their own economic power, … Continue reading
A note to the blowhards in Lebanon, Syria, and Iran
The Axis of Stooges that met in Damascus a few weeks ago and subsequently issued threats of Israel’s death and destruction probably will not like to hear that Israeli high school students are choosing combat service over noncombat service positions … Continue reading
Negotiation is its own reward
A few years ago Treppenwitz observed: Has anyone else noticed that most civilized countries don’t list any designated ‘negotiators’ among their dignitaries? Last time I checked, none of the EU members, the U.S., nor any top tier Asian nations lists … Continue reading
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Thursday snark briefs, all-Dubai hit edition
Time for your daily AP article on the Dubai hit: You’d think that the assassination victim was some kind of worldwide hero or something, for this much media attention, but you would be wrong. Israel supposedly did it, so the … Continue reading
Hell freezes over: UN notices Egypt is shooting Sudanese refugees
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights actually came down on Egypt for shooting unarmed migrants by the dozens over the past few years. And the release didn’t mention Israel once! Hell, even the AFP article doesn’t mention Israel. High … Continue reading
Not a mistake but a liberal democracy
I don’t agree with everything that Richard Cohen argues, but his central thesis about charging Israel with apartheid is unassailable: What can be said about others who apply the term to Israel in general? No apology has come from them … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel Apartheid Week
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Yes, it is anti-Semitism
The chief of police of Dubia, whom the world media have been quoting on a daily or near-daily basis (the AP alone finds it necessary to update us that the Australian police have gone to Israel to interview the former … Continue reading
Oh and by the way he was smuggling arms
Ynet reports: Mohammed Nassar, who was an aide to Mabhouh, spoke to Hamas’ al-Aqsa radio in Gaza from Damascus. A transcript was released Tuesday. . . . Nassar says Mabhouh “never stopped thinking about how to fight the occupation by … Continue reading
The I’m too tired open thread post
Long day in NorVA, beginning with some asshat trying to see if it were true that two things cannot occupy the same space at the same time (my Jeep vs. his sedan; the horn of my Jeep won), an 18-wheeler … Continue reading