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: September 2010
Pieces of Time’s “peace”
This weeks’ Time Magazine has a cover story that explains, “Why israel doesn’t care about Peace?” Israelly Cool dismisses it with: Real serious journalism here. A provocative title and they’ve spoken with a couple of Tel Aviv condo salesmen. All … Continue reading
J Street smears ECI: It’s all about lack of context
J Street knows that the Emergency Committee for Israel is hitting nerves. Joe Sestak has now refudiated signing a letter to Obama urging the lifting of most of the Gaza blockade. So what is J Street doing? Lying by omission. … Continue reading
Why, yes, the site was down for a while
I was out enjoying the last day of summer with my favorite family. I had backwards dinner tonight—custard at Rita’s with Sarah and the kids, then dinner. I bought a dining room set today. I won’t have it by the … Continue reading
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The “World is Flat” Award for the columnist who tries hardest to emulate Thomas Friedman goes to …
Kathleen Parker for her silly Facebook and social media offer the potential of peace column the other day. At the State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. … Continue reading
Tzedaka for the holidays
If you’re trying to decide where to send your tzedaka for the high holidays, consider 2020 Vision Quest. My friend Rachel is heavily involved with the fundraising. She told me that there are about 4 million blind people in the … Continue reading
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The wages of cbm’s
Last week, in New Chance for Peace the editors of the New York Times observed that: There are other positive currents. Violence against Israelis is down. Palestinian security forces are increasingly competent at policing the West Bank. Palestinian authorities have … Continue reading
Delusions of “peace:” Breaking the conspiracy of silence
This is an article that you will probably find as hard to read as I had. One certain indication that the peace talks must fail is the flood of mail that I have gotten of late from Palestinian peace and … Continue reading
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Saturday night open thread
Been having a life this weekend, since an out-of-town visitor is here. Showed her the Richmond sights, then went to the Byrd Theater for the second-run showing of Prince of Persia. You know, that really is a fun, fun movie. … Continue reading
Friday, briefly
Awesome! The UN gives up on Israel’s nukes: That will be one less anti-Israel report out of the UN, as investigators have given up because they can’t get the information they need for the report. Oh, like Israel is going … Continue reading
If you keep rejecting a deal it probably means …
The New York Times features an analysis, Mideast expert fear peace talks are too ambitious. The headline is probably correct as Abbas has no real standing to make any deal. But this paragraph struck me: But those urging a more … Continue reading
The Netanyahu narrative: He doesn’t really want peace
The anti-Israel (and anti-Bibi) narrative continues. In this AP peace processs analysis, the writer reports about critics on “both sides,” and yet, it is Netanyahu who is slammed throughout. Witness: Analysts on both sides questioned the ability and desire of … Continue reading
More briefs!
Awesome! I get to piss off the Mormons again: Every time I post about the Mormons posthumously baptizing Jews, one of them manages to read my blog and post an angry comment. So here it is: The LDS say they’re … Continue reading
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Friedman’s false history
Thomas Friedman – the master of pithy phrase that means nothing and firm believer that there’s always one more Israeli concession that’s necessary for peace in the Middle East – clearly has experienced a different history from the one I … Continue reading
Briefs
Turkey is starting to get the piper’s bill: The U.S. military will withdraw again from the annual joint military exercises with Turkey and Israel if Turkey excludes Israel again. The question for the Turks, then, is who do they think … Continue reading
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How the Peace Stoppage May Become a Process
Much of the discussion on the Palestinian side in recent months centers on two plans should the peace process fail. One is aimed at forcing Israel to accept the entire population of the West Bank, if not also Gaza, into … Continue reading