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
Dependent independence
As co-blogger, Daled Amos notes in his excellent critique of the Times editorial The Peril of an Israeli Transition, the Times holds everyone responsible for a Palestinian state other than the Palestinians themselves. I’d like to add a few observations. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, palestinian politics
Tagged New York Times
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Past (rock) glory
We were up in the Catskills today for visiting day where I saw a billboard for a concert. It was a triple billing of Journey, Cheap Trick and Heart at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. (It appears this … Continue reading
Reuters rooters
Given that a number of journalists have been killed or injured in the fighting between Russia and Georgia, Reporters without Borders (RSF) issued the following condemnation: Only an impartial analysis of what happened would be able to prevent these kind … Continue reading
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Piercing the darkness
A sliver of ‘ringshine’ pierces the darkness in this view that looks toward the unilluminated side of Saturn’s rings. The ring shadows fall into darkness beyond the terminator in the north. South of the equator, a dim glow brightens the … Continue reading
Worse than occupation
An Associated Press story about how Hamas and Fatah are both clamping down on dissent in the territories that each controls observes: The U.S. and Europe have said little about violations in the West Bank, even as they’re spending millions … Continue reading
Iran and it allies *heart* Sudan
Last week I noted that Hamas and Hezbollah, both proxies of Iran, support the genocidal regime of Sudan. Writing in the Weekly Standard, Jonathan Schanzer gives the history behind the relationship. It started with: The story begins in1989, when an … Continue reading
C-i-l-l the Zionist occupiers
In the early 80’s Saturday Night Live had a recurring character, Tyrone Green, played by Eddie Murphy who was a “poet” whose most famous work was “Cill my landlord.” In one sketch, Tyrone shows his versatility, he’s not just a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, palestinian politics
Tagged Mahmoud Darwish
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Such good friends
Without a trace of irony the NYT reports: An Iranian vice president said in rare comments that Iran was a friend of Israeli people, newspapers reported on Monday. “I say for a thousandth time that we are a friend of … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Jew Cooties
Tagged Olympics
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Comics stars get serious
Comic giants, Stan Lee, Joe Kubert and Neal Addams have turned their attention to getting a woman’s paintings back from the Auschwitz museum. As all-star comic-book team-ups go, this one beats the first meeting of Superman and Spider-Man. Three of … Continue reading
“Punishing” al Jazeera
Dion Nissenbaum’s in high dudgeon because Israel is “punishing” Al Jazeera. How’s that? The Israeli government stopped helping Al Jazeera after the station aired a birthday celebration for Samir Kuntar, the Lebanese killer freed last month in a prisoner exchange … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged Dion Nissenbaum
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Starting early with start-ups
I recently wrote about the destructive exercises that are part of Palestinian “summer camps” and how they’ve been like that for a while. (Elder of Ziyon illustrates the case.) So what kind of summer camps do Israelis have? Ha’aretz recently … Continue reading
An awakening
Barry Rubin writes about the failure of the Arab/Muslim world to modernize. This struggle between the old and new societies characterized much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, yet the trend was steady. Perhaps fascism (arguably Communism) and World War … Continue reading
What a fine Hamas
Back when the news of Israeli negotiations with Hamas were starting to make the news, Col. Jonathan D. Halevi wrote what Hamas was looking for: The tahdiya agreement for a lull is an important achievement for Hamas. Hamas will gain … Continue reading