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: June 2010
Critic, investigate thyself
The PA’s Abbas isn’t happy that Israel chose to investigate its actions regarding the attack on Israeli commandos by terrorists on the Mavi Marmara. “We totally agreed with the inquiring commission that was mentioned in the final declaration by the … Continue reading
Normalcy in Gaza, Ramallah
Yesterday Elder of Ziyon blogged about an article in the New York Times. The NYT’s bureau chief, profiled a reporter who recently returned from Gaza. Elder of Ziyon observed: But there are a number of stories that do not get … Continue reading
On the Ashton heap of current events
Lady Ashton wrote yesterday about Ending Gaza’s dangerous isolation: Two questions arise. How can we help to improve the daily lives of the people of Gaza? How can we help to enhance the security of the people of Israel? Those … Continue reading
Israel’s Gaza panel: An all-star panel, with international observers
Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the names of the members of the panel that will investigate the Gaza flotilla. There are two international observers, including a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office noted that the committee … Continue reading
What? URKEL is going to head Israel’s Gaza flotilla inquiry?
Are you effing kidding me? Netanyahu picked Urkel to head the inquiry ito the Gaza flotilla? Urkel? THIS Urkel? THIS is the guy that they’re going to have investigating the Israeli Navy, the Turkish “activists,” and the situation that caused … Continue reading
Sunday news briefs (I must be bored)
AP’s Awesomest Headline of the Week: Egyptians beaten while protesting police brutality. Since there were no Jews or Israelis involved, there will be no protests from anyone. If it’s Sunday, it must be time for another “poor, poor, pitiful Palestinians” … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, News Briefs, palestinian politics
Tagged Dubai hit, Egypt, Gaza, Israel
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A lazy Caturday post
What’s under Meryl’s desk? Why, it’s Miss Gracie, sleeping belly-up. (And yes, she is in the way of my feet.) But wait—where’s Tig? On the bed, of course. Don’t bother me, man. I’m busy sleeping. It’s a tough life, being … Continue reading
Friday night video
A fitting one for Friday night. Leonard Cohen toured Israel last year, ignoring calls for him to boycott the Jewish state, what with his being a religious Jew and all that. The result? What was probably a religious experience for … Continue reading
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Concrete answers for Gaza
This is a pretty typical claim made in news article about Israel’s embargo of certain goods into Gaza, which is controlled by the terrorist group Hamas: Israel says the embargo it imposed when Hamas rose to power in 2006 is … Continue reading
Two State Solution Eroding?
Mahmoud Abbas yesterday said that a two state solution is eroding. Â This is generally assumed to mean that the only option is a single state solution. The problem is that no single state solution has ever been or could be … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbas, Gaza, peace, peace process, single state solution, two state solution, west bank
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Joe Klein and the alphabet soup strategy
Joe Klein says that Israel’s problem is that it relies on ABCD. Jeffrey Goldberg, in his excellent memoir Prisoners, tells how he got pummeled by Irish kids, then read the famous novel of Israel’s liberation, Exodus, by Leon Uris, and … Continue reading
A Master of Juvenile Scorn
Rick Richman is earning my highest honor today, for these words: Elections are tough to organize when there are people who are running against each other. The good news, however, is that once you solve the internal problems with a … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Juvenile Scorn, palestinian politics
Tagged Palestinians
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