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
Israeli oppression and security
Elder of Ziyon observes that a a list of supplies that Israeli has allowed into Gaza during the first half of June shows that the “terrible siege” that Israel has imposed isn’t exactly hermetic. And Israelly Cool shows a photograph … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Condoleeza Rice, Israel
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Not digging peace
An op-ed in Ha’aretz by Meron Benvenisti laments There is no archaeological peace. The subject is a draft agreement among archaeologists to define ownership of archaeological artifacts. Indeed, the agreement has sections that deal with the return of archaeological artifacts … Continue reading
Eldar hearts walt and mearsheimer
Ha’aretz’ Akiva Eldar starts his paean to Walt and Mearsheimer with this: Shaul Mofaz is not the first star to cast Iran in a part in the political game in Israel. Twelve years ago, in May 1996, on the eve … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome
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Keep on firing
Meryl charged that last week’s “work accident” would quickly fade down the memory hole and showed it happening. Update: And now (2:23 p.m. timestamp), all mention of the explosion is gone from AP updates. Move along, nothing to see here. … Continue reading
Make their fears come true
A few weeks ago Moshe Arens observed: But once the Israel Defense Forces and the security services began to seriously tackle Palestinian terror, following the massacre at the Park Hotel in Netanya in the spring of 2002, it quickly became … Continue reading
Focused like a laser on inanity
Count on the UN to get its priorities straight: UN to discuss resolution demanding that Israel halt West Bank settlement construction Here’s the short reason – via Meryl – that this settlements are irrelevant: In other words, give us everything … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel
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Explosive narrative
The NYT reports:Disputed Blast in Gaza Kills 5 Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, initially blamed an Israeli airstrike for the blast, and it fired a hail of rockets and mortar rounds at Israeli towns and villages around the … Continue reading
55 years a prisoner
Passage from Iraq “I am Jewish, I want to go to Israel,” she said in fluent Arabic and with great excitement. The embassy found it hard to believe her story; but when she named her relatives in Israel, the embassy … Continue reading
Stayin’ Alive
The Washington Post reports that Israel’s Olmert Clears Way for Party Primaries. Under an ethics cloud and facing the possible collapse of his governing coalition, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday cleared the way for his party to hold … Continue reading
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Snipin’
I won’t tell you whether or not Mr Rogers was a sniper in the U.S. Army. Take the test and find out. But she was a sniper! More here. Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
Betting with buffett
In People vs. Dinosaurs Thomas Friedman shows some surprising optimism about Israel. Question: What do America’s premier investor, Warren Buffett, and Iran’s toxic president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have in common? Answer: They’ve both made a bet about Israel’s future. Ahmadinejad declared … Continue reading
Sophomoric oxymorons
A few years ago Thomas Friedman wrote a column, “Wanted: Fanatical moderates.” It was advocating the Geneva Accords, a PR exercise undertaken by Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo and a number of others. The point of the exercise was … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, palestinian politics
Tagged Thomas Friedman
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