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…
Author Archives: Soccerdad
Taking the smart out of smart diplomacy
Washington Post reporter Scott Wilson writes of President Obama’s new approach to diplomacy “Shared interests define Obama’s world. Wilson starts: President Obama is applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he once used as a community organizer on Chicago’s … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #241
Co-blogger Snoopy is hosting the latest Haveil Havalim on his site. Comprhensive. How can he go wrong if he starts off with a picture by Dzeni? If I may emphasize a few posts for special mention, I’d recommend this one … Continue reading
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Conceived in sin
According to Al Jazeera, the impetus for the Goldstone Commission report came from the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). (h/t My Right Word) Al Jazeera: The UN’s Goldstone report has been in the headlines in the past few weeks … Continue reading
J-street cleaning
What happens when you try to present yourself as something you’re not, and then events conspire to show your true colors? Well you go to a sympathetic reporter and get him to present your side of the story. It’s very … Continue reading
Despair and hope / 2001 and 2009
Back in 2001, Yossi Klein Halevi wrote State of Despair for the August 6 issue of the New Republic (no link available): Rachel Dahan left her native Kiryat Shemonah 18 years ago and settled in her husband’s town, Sderot, near … Continue reading
Time after Time about Israel
I was looking for something else when I found an article about published in the June 9, 1967 issue of Time Magazine. (Despite the publication date, the article was clearly written beforeThe tone towards Israel was a lot more sympathetic … Continue reading
Orwell, antisemitism and Egypt
Barry Rubin observes about antisemitism: Orwell noted that anti-Semitism had been driven underground by the war and that the authorities and media went out of their way to avoid offending Jews in order to establish their credentials as not being … Continue reading
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Ignoring a decade
Matthew Yglesias (via memeorandum): I was debating with Jon Chait at a J Street panel this morning on the subject of “what does it mean to be pro-Israel?” As expected, we disagreed on a number of points, most of which … Continue reading
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Temple Mount clashes
In its report on the violence in Jerusalem, the Washington Post reports: Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land’s most volatile shrine, where past violence has … Continue reading
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Wear the label proudly
David Bernstein offers some friendly advice to J-Street. I certainly agree with his advice. However, I disagree with one of his premises. Second, from approximately 1988 to Fall 2000, I held views on the Arab-Israeli conflict that would put me … Continue reading
Weymouth interviews Netanyahu
In the Washington Post the other day, Lally Weymouth interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu. The first page of the interview was on the subject of the Goldstone commission report. Netanyahu was emphatic. Q: What did you think of the Goldstone report? A: … Continue reading
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The whiner that roared
You may not be aware, but the NJDC just had a conference. It was attended by many Democratic legislators, an advisor to the President and even, yes, Ambassador Michael Oren. But if you didn’t know about it, you won’t read … Continue reading
Gaza report’s author is really full of himself
Today the New York Times reports Gaza Report Author Asks U.S. to Clarify Concerns. The article is flawed for what it gets wrong and for its failure to scrutinize any of Justice Goldstone’s self-aggrandizing claims. What’s wrong with the first … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Judge Goldstone
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Degrading self-defense
Twenty years ago In “Legitimizing the PLO,” the late Jeane Kirkpatrick wrote about how international law was subverted over the years by the PLO and its advocates to excuse terrorism. One of the earliest steps in this process was the … Continue reading
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The passive aggressive peace dynamic
In an odd analysis yesterday, titled Painful Mideast Truth – Force trumps Diplomacy, Ethan Bronner of the NYT wrote: Through relentless commando operations and numerous checkpoints, the Israeli Army ended suicide bombings and other terrorist acts from the West Bank; … Continue reading
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