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…
Category Archives: palestinian politics
Falk – moonbattery a feature not a bug
Israel kicked Richard Falk, the “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,” who is an anti-Israel crackpot who believes 9/11 conspiracy theories. McClatchy’s Dion Nissenbaum calls Falk “contentious” and his views “provocative.” … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Juvenile Scorn, palestinian politics
Tagged Richard Falk
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Saving Palestinian advertising dollars
So Mahmoud Abbas and co. are appealing to the Israeli people directly. Along Route 2, which follows the Mediterranean coastline, motorists are seeing an unusual sight: a Palestinian flag next to an Israeli one. Below the image appearing on billboards … Continue reading
Details, details, details
Two different perspectives. The first is from the AP, in a caption showing Israeli security guards supervising a cash transfer. It was the first time Israel has let money enter Gaza since October. It suspended the cash transfers after Gaza … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, palestinian politics
Tagged Daniel Pipes
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President Bush’s Mideast muddle
In a speech to the Saban forum last week, President Bush defended his record in the Middle East. (via memeorandum) Over the past eight years, I have had the privilege to see the Middle East up close. I have stood … Continue reading
Jonesing for Jones
I’m not going to pretend that a recent positive IDF assessment of the Palestinian Authority security forces didn’t happen. Maybe something’s changed, but this is in stark contrast to past experience. I’d like to see something sustained before declaring success. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, palestinian politics
Tagged General James L. Jones
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What’s peace got to do with it?
The Jerusalem Post reports that the economy under Fatah is imrpoving: Officers in the Civil Administration said the economic surge was the result of a number of parallel factors but was mainly due to improved coordination between Israel and the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, palestinian politics
Tagged Fayyad
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Predictable prescription from poobahs past
In today’s Washington Post Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft serve up perfectly predictable “Middle East Priorities For Jan. 21” After expressing their glee with the election of President-elect Obama, they tell us the advantage his election presents at this time: … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, palestinian politics
Tagged Brent Scowcroft, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Names will never hurt me – the double standard
Recently a number of bloggers got bent out of shape by comments made by incoming Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel’s father, “Obviously, he’ll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Media Bias, palestinian politics
Tagged Mahmoud Abbas, Rahm Emanuel, Salam Fayyad
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Palestinian PM at interfaith conference: Judaism? What’s that?
The Palestinian Prime Minister, yet another so-called moderate, managed to speak at the UN interfaith conference about how holy Jerusalem is to the world’s major religions—and utterly leave out Judaism. Jerusalem is holy to two religions – Islam and Christianity, … Continue reading
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Not learning from mistakes – diplomacy in the Middle East
The short version. A longer version. Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
Posted in Hamas, Israel, palestinian politics
Tagged Middle East
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The new Abbas is the same as the old boss
The guy being promoted as the great “moderate” hope of the Palestinians remembers his maximum leader quite fondly. During the memorial, held at Abbas’ Mukataa compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian president said, “The path of … Continue reading
Signs of separation
Israel will be weaning the Palestinians off the Israeli power grid. A Jordanian official said Monday that the Palestinian Authority will join a regional power grid that so far links Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya and Turkey. Israel is … Continue reading
Building the terrorists’ confidence
A possible smuggling tunnel was just discovered under the city of Hebron. Explosives from that tunnel were removed by the PA police who then alerted Israeli officials. That makes it the perfect time to give the PA even more control … Continue reading
Tunnel watch
Interesting story from the Jerusalem Post, but how should I feel about it? Should I be encouraged by this? The 150-meter-long tunnel was discovered by Palestinian Authority security forces on Monday and was immediately reported to the IDF, which sent … Continue reading