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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Popular vote
Interesting. Right now at 8:48 PM, McCain actually leads the popular vote 50 – 49. Still, I’d like to see some more states for McCain. Michael Barone wrote out the optimistic scenarios for each candidate. With Pennsylvania apparently gone (even … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania called
Not good. Update by Meryl: I’m not going by calls until I see some actual vote results. Pennsylvania is still in play, as far as I’m concerned.
Begin again
Tzippi Livni mocks the return of “Benny” Begin to the Likud. “We are actually in a situation in which the Right wants to put a stop to everything and the Left may want to give up everything,” she said. “However, … Continue reading
Yossi we hardly knew ye
In a too generous retrospective of Yossi Beilin’s career, Ethan Bronner writes: For the last two decades, the easiest way to invoke dovishness in Israel has been to utter the words “Yossi Beilin.†The politician who navigated mutual recognition between … Continue reading
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Endorsements
With the help of Meryl and a number of other bloggers, I put together an endorsement roundup.
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Israel’s calm, that’s not good
Having done all they can to ensure the election of their preferred here, the editors of the Washington Post turn their attention to the next election, Israel’s in A Middle East Vote. Let’s skip to the end: Thanks to the … Continue reading
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Running interference for Rashid
The Washington Post which has devoted an editorial to debunking Jim Corsi but never one to dispel scurrilous attacks against the Republican ticket has now come off the sidelines to weigh in on the Rashid Khalidi controversy in An ‘Idiot … Continue reading
Bazaar advice
In his column yesterday, Thomas Friedman wrote: Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, compares it to bargaining for a Persian carpet in Tehran. “When you go inside the carpet shop, the first thing you … Continue reading
The doctor’s unpleasant medicine
Helena Cobban is shocked: Since when is it okay for a state (or an individual) to set out to kill a person based solely on accusations against him that have never been publicized and have never been tested against even … Continue reading
Israel’s strategic environment
Gen. Amos Gilad gives an overview of Israel’s strategic environment. Currently, Israel is living in a relatively good strategic environment. We are not facing imminent war and have not faced a hostile coalition since the 1970s. We seem to have … Continue reading
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The campaign and israel: take 3029
Last week Gallup released a poll showing that American Jews support Sen. Obama by a margin of 74 to 22. But if you look at the breakdown at the end, the October results were recorded over a shorter period of … Continue reading
Syrian strike
The New York Times reports on yesterday’s raid into Syria and concludes: The United States is trying to negotiate a strategic agreement with Iraq that would allow American troops to remain in the country and carry out military operations. The … Continue reading
If you’re not angry you haven’t been paying attention
I’ve the bumper sticker with the phrase “If you’re not angry you haven’t been paying attention” around a bit over the past few years. I’m assuming it’s an anti-Bush mantra. I think that it’s wrong in that case, but it’s … Continue reading
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First blood
Former National Security adviser, Robert MacFarlane wrote about the attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut and its aftermath. Apparently, the United States had a response planned against Hezbollah targets in the Bekaa Valley, but it was aborted. Cabinet officers … Continue reading
Ya think?
Ad Week recently had a featured article on one of the most successful advertising campaigns in history. But coverage of McCain has been heavily unfavorable—and has become more so over time. In the six weeks following the conventions through the … Continue reading