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
Scary quotes
Loved the BBC headline from yesterday’s terror attack in Jerusalem: Jerusalem car ‘attack’ hurts 15 Here’s how the story starts: At least 15 people have been injured in an apparent attack in Jerusalem, Israeli police say. They say a man … Continue reading
With more victories like this …
*This post is now complete* Clyde Haberman starts off well: Once a year, the Israel-threatening, Holocaust-denying, nuke-building and child-hanging president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, comes to New York for the opening ceremonies of the United Nations General Assembly. Many New … Continue reading
What kind of Iraq?
The Jerusalem Post reports: First his two sons were murdered. Now he faces prosecution. The reason for Mithal al-Alusi’s troubles? Visiting Israel and advocating peace with the Jewish state – something Iraq’s leaders refuse to consider. The Iraqi is at … Continue reading
Fair Diehl
I’m not a big fan of Jackson Diehl. Earlier in his career he was the Israel correspondent for the Washington Post. More recently, he’s been a foreign affairs columnist for the paper. As columnist he has consistently favored Arab “reformers,” … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, palestinian politics
Tagged Bassam Eid, Natan Sharansky
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Bad faiths
In his J-Street primer for American audiences (an op-ed in the Washington Post), J-Street’s founder, Jeremy Ben Ami wrote: Grateful as I am for decades of U.S. friendship with Israel, I have to wonder, as the state my father helped … Continue reading
The connection betweeen J-street and the Obama campaign
One name: Alan Solomont. I posted a comment about him at LGF. There’s suspicion among some observers that the National Jewish Democratic Council was a significant player in the decision to cancel invitations to all politicians to speak at the … Continue reading
Diss-inviting Palin
I don’t know how many times I read at the NJDC website that support for Israel is bipartisan. But that’s been the mantra there. If anyone had temerity to criticize Democrats for their lack of commitment on Israel, that’s the … Continue reading
I guess he got a lot of iron in his diet
From the Telegraph: Michel Lotito (France) (b. 15 June 1950) of Grenoble, France, known as Monsieur Mangetout, ate metal and glass from 1959 until his death last year. His diet since 1966 included 18 bicycles, 15 supermarket trolleys, seven TV … Continue reading
Livni roundup
The Jerusalem Post reports that Foreign Minister Tzippi Livni won the Kadima primary by a narrow margin: Livni clinched Wednesday night’s Kadima primary by a mere 431 votes, winning 43.1 percent (16,936 votes) while Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz won 42% … Continue reading
Ehud’s no good very bad day
Today is the day that PM Ehud Olmert has dreaded for weeks. Today is the day when he might very well end his political career. The NYT reports: The selection of a new head of the party, Kadima, was prompted … Continue reading
Exculpating Hamas
Notice what’s missing from this headline from the NYT? Hamas Strikes at Gaza Clan Known for Criminal Activity Well, let’s look at the first paragraph of the story: Eleven members of a large Palestinian clan, including a 1-year-old, were killed … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged Doghmush clan
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Jealous Arabs make the best peace partners
Guy Bechor writes about which Arabs Israel can hope to reach by their reaction to PM Olmert’s legal (and political) troubles: The reformist group – Notably, most responses on the Olmert affair came from this camp. Members of this group … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged Arab world, Ehud Olmert
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Troofer vaccination
Last week Michael Slackman of the New York Times wrote about how conspiracy theories about 9/11 dominated Arab political thought. He wrote: It is easy for Americans to dismiss such thinking as bizarre. But that would miss a point that … Continue reading
Good government terrorists strike again
In-fighting in Gaza: Hamas forces, responding to the killing of one of their policemen during an arrest raid on Monday, raided a clan stronghold in Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday in search of a suspect in that slaying, officials … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel Derangement Syndrome
Tagged Hamas
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Nothing succeeds like Abbas
Daled Amos focuses on one aspect of Dennis Ross’s latest, A Mideast Crisis to avert. In a nutshell, Daled Amos points out that Ross’s argument that the West ought to bolster Abbas because he’s better than the alternatives, is a … Continue reading