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…
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Mysterious decision at Time magazine changed focus of issue from Palestinians to Israel
According to unconfirmed reports, this was an early draft of Time Magazine’s now infamous cover for September 13, 2010 issue. Originally the issue was supposed to focus on: Abbas telling Jackson Diehl: Instead, he says, he will remain passive. “I … Continue reading
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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
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
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
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
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
The “cbm” imbalance
The New York Times today reports Killing of Israeli Settlers Rattles Leaders. First of all, they were not settlers, they were people. When terror attacks claim the lives of Jews living in Judea and Samaria, the Times can’t keep its … Continue reading
“I … am in the position to grant nothing”
Via Daily Alert blog. An article in the UAE’s the National Abbas is a man in exile, even among his own All Palestinian political factions, bar one, have denounced the direct talks, some in harsher language than others. Only Fatah, … Continue reading
The “cbm” maneuver
Helene Cooper contributes a perfectly predictable Early Obstacle at Start of Mideast Talks, to the discussion of peace talks in the Middle East. President Obama will begin his one-year effort to achieve Middle East peace on Wednesday, joining a long … Continue reading
Abuminah’s abominable op-ed
Ali Abuminah, the founder of the anti-Israel website, Electronic Intifada, has been given op-ed space in the New York Times. In that space he has written the highly misleading, Hamas, the I.R.A. and Us. I will have to disagree with … Continue reading
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You don’t have to dig so deep to find antisemitism though
The attack on a cabbie and the desecration of a mosque have led some hysterical folks to suggest that the debate over the Ground Zero Mosque has unleashed a tide of anti-Islam behavior. (via memeorandum) Jonah Goldberg, though, throws some … Continue reading
The bigoted non-bigots
Nina Shea in Ground Zero Mosque:Who’s in Charge? concludes: Regarding the Ground Zero mosque, based on the information provided by the two partners in the project, we know very little about who will eventually be its directors, or who will … Continue reading
Will’s still in Israel
Today he writes, In the Mideast the peace process is only a mirage: The biggest threat to peace might be the peace process — or, more precisely, the illusion that there is one. The mirage becomes the reason for maintaining … Continue reading
Peace is coming, why am I annoyed?
In Mideast Talks to look forward to? David Makovsky writes: Security cooperation between the PA and Israel has substantially improved. In 2002, 410 Israelis were killed by suicide bombings and other attacks emanating from the West Bank; in the past … Continue reading
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Gaza-bag
Today Ethan Bronner of the New York Times reports on his trip into Gaza. You see in recent months embarrassing reports have come out that have suggested that perhaps poverty in Gaza was not nearly as bad as advertised by … Continue reading