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
Abbas’ strategy: Preconditions, preconditions, preconditions
Benjamin Netanyahu has called for direct talks with the Palestinians, with no preconditions. Israel, he says, is ready to sit down right now and discuss all of the issues. Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinians will not resume direct talks … Continue reading
Thursday briefs
And if they were Palestinian prisoners, this would be the number one news story in the world: Cuban political prisoners tell of horrible prison conditions, only 50 stories so far in the Google News aggregator. Because if it ain’t Jews, … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, palestinian politics, Terrorism, World
Tagged Gaza, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism
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The president plans; Abbas throws pie in his face
Last week I offered qualified praise to the editors of the Washington Post for their observations about President Obama’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The one part of the editorial that I didn’t like was towards the end: Now Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, palestinian politics, The One
Tagged President Abbas, President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu
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Snarks, snarks, get your snarks here
Damn, the bulls did a poor job this year: The running of the bulls, and they could only manage three with bumps and bruises? Geez. What about some good, old-fashioned gorings? (I always root for the bulls on this one.) … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, News Briefs, palestinian politics, Pop Culture, World
Tagged Iran, Israel, Roman Polanski
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Wednesday morning breifs—no, briefs
But I thought it was “traditionally Arab east Jerusalem”: The AP officially admits that Jerusalem did not belong to the Palestinians throughout history. In an article about a century-old grenade found in Jerusalem’s Old City, the AP writes: Jerusalem’s Old … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, palestinian politics
Tagged Gaza, Goldstone Report, Israel, Palestinians
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The Abbas charm offensive
Mahmoud Abbas has been very talkative lately. He talked to American Jewish groups. He’s talking to the Israeli media. It’s a pretty good PR offensive. He seems eminently reasonable. Except it’s all a facade. Abbas, in the briefing with Israeli … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians
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Normalcy in Gaza, Ramallah
Yesterday Elder of Ziyon blogged about an article in the New York Times. The NYT’s bureau chief, profiled a reporter who recently returned from Gaza. Elder of Ziyon observed: But there are a number of stories that do not get … Continue reading
Sunday news briefs (I must be bored)
AP’s Awesomest Headline of the Week: Egyptians beaten while protesting police brutality. Since there were no Jews or Israelis involved, there will be no protests from anyone. If it’s Sunday, it must be time for another “poor, poor, pitiful Palestinians” … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel, News Briefs, palestinian politics
Tagged Dubai hit, Egypt, Gaza, Israel
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A Master of Juvenile Scorn
Rick Richman is earning my highest honor today, for these words: Elections are tough to organize when there are people who are running against each other. The good news, however, is that once you solve the internal problems with a … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Juvenile Scorn, palestinian politics
Tagged Palestinians
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Lies my Fatah told me
The headline reads Abbas: Second intifada was one of our worst mistakes The first paragraph reads: “The second intifada was one of our worst mistakes,” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told an Egyptian television station on Wednesday. “[Late Palestinian leader Yasser] … Continue reading
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Tagged lies, Mahmoud Abbas
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Abbas is negotiating with a maxed out credit card
Evelyn Gordon speculates at the end of The Purpose of Proximity Talks: Why is the proximity-talks charade necessary? Because currently, Obama lacks both public and congressional support for moving beyond mere verbal hostility. If he didn’t realize this before, the … Continue reading
Sunday NJ briefs
Oh, didn’t I mention I was in New Jersey? Nose to nose: This looks really neat. The Israeli embassy in New Zealand was reopened with a Maori nose-pressing ceremony. Looks like the Maoris like Israelis better than the Kiwis do. … Continue reading
Sabotaging negotiations before they begin
The Palestinians are not serious about negotations with Israel. It is evident to anyone who has followed the situation at any length, but they’re really making it easy to see that they don’t really want two states, side by side, … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Palestinians, peace process
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The Post on proximity talks
The Washington Post has a pretty good editorial on the upcoming proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Israelis and Palestinians are ready to begin talking — sort of: INDIRECT TALKS between Israelis and Palestinians appear finally set to … Continue reading
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Tagged Mahmoud Abbas, washington post
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