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
This deal keeps getting worse and worse
The Israeli government has decided to swap a live terrorist for two dead soldiers. Former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz is in favor of the deal. And isn’t the price too high? According to Halutz, “Our nation is not like … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics
Tagged Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev, Hezbollah, Israel, Samir Kuntar
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What color is the sky on J-Street?
J-Street has a wonderful new feature that allows you to send a letter to the editor of a local paper to support J-Street’s views. I decided to take advantage. Amy Teibel’s report on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has … Continue reading
Re-posting
Taking its cue from the NY Times that recently introduced “Op-classics,” the Washington Post is inaugurating a feature called “Re-posted.” (I like the name Op-Classics better, but the idea is still a good one.) Here’s the deal: This RePosted article … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias
Tagged washington post
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Syrian serial peace making
David Ignatius hails Israel-Syrian negotiations in A surprise negotiation. There is so much wrong with this article it’s hard to know where to start. OK, I’ll start with Noah Pollak’s observation that Ignatius: regularly demonstrates that you can write about … Continue reading
Once more unto the breach
The NYT and Washington Post both reported on the recent breach of the ceasefire by Hamas. Though both papers included the reporting in articles about PM Olmert’s political maneuverings the Times did a superior job. The Washington Post left out … Continue reading
Pictures = 1000’s of words
On the ceasefire: We have this picture with the caption: An Israeli woman stands outside her damaged house after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza landed in the southern town of Sderot And this picture with this caption: … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian police
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The folly of revisiting Shebaa Farms
Jonathan Spyer explains the untoward interest the West has in Shebaa Farms: In the wake of the recent Doha agreement, the US is keen to bolster the position of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora and the March 14 movement of … Continue reading
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No [blank] Tony
From Ethan Bronner’s Israel in the Season of Dread: Mr. Sara’s use of the word “calm” (“regiah” in Hebrew) was telling. No one quite knows what to call the current accord. Many use the Arabic word “tahadiya,” which is what … Continue reading
Anthony Lewis II
Nicholas Kristoff sounds off about The Two Israels. In Kristoff’s simplistic formulation there’s the good Israel and the bad Israel. There are no grey areas. Here’s his take: It is here in the Palestinian territories that you see the worst … Continue reading
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Tagged Nicholas Kristoff
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Hezbollah in the west
Nice to see that even after prodding Israel to accept Hezbollah’s claim that Shebaa Farms is part of Lebanon, Sec. Rice acknowledges the nature of Hezbollah. Rice said also during the lightning visit that Washington still considers Hezbollah a terrorist … Continue reading
Abdullah duels – with himself
In response to a question from Lally Weymouth, King Abdullah of Jordan says that he’s not afraid of Iran. Do you view Iran as the No. 1 threat in this region? I think the lack of peace [between Israel and … Continue reading
Hamas’s no-cost triumph
Jonathan D. Halevi on what Hamas accomplished. Hamas’ motives have nothing to do with “distress,” but rather with “opportunities” – that is, the objectives it seeks to attain in the international arena and especially in its own internal political arena. … Continue reading
The whole shebaa-ng
Back in February, 2002, Thomas Friedman trumpeted the Saudi “peace plan” as proposed by then-Crown Prince (now King) Abdullah: Earlier this month, I wrote a column suggesting that the 22 members of the Arab League, at their summit in Beirut … Continue reading
Hamas handed victory
Griffe Witte reports in the Washington Post, As Israeli Siege Strangles Gaza Strip, Hamas, Smugglers Profit Off Tunnels.Despite the title, and some silliness in the beginning the article is, overall, rather informative. For all the talk of the “strangling” of … Continue reading