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…
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Expensive speech
via memeorandum The Australian reports: THE cheque from the Saudi Government for $360,000 was enclosed in an envelope.It was a donation, a gift, a part payment to subsidise the construction of a building that would become Sydney’s Muslim heartbeat: Lakemba … Continue reading
Haveil Havalim present and past
Our esteemed, lovely and talented co-blogger Simply Jews hosts this week’s tremendous Haveil Havalim #164 (the no-name edition) with a special emphasis on Yom Hashoa. I’ve been remiss these past couple of weeks keeping up with my regular carnivals.Last week’s … Continue reading
Fourteen years ago
Fourteen years ago. On May 4, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat reached agreement in Cairo on the first stage of Palestinian self-rule.The agreement was made in accordance with the Oslo Accords, signed in Washington, … Continue reading
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“Unprepared” – to protect or to attack?
The Washington reports that Palestinian Recruits Hit Streets Unprepared The first class of Palestinian security officers trained under a multimillion-dollar U.S. program to strengthen the Palestinian Authority is deploying to one of the West Bank’s most restive cities without promised … Continue reading
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Nice NASA photos
In recent days, there have been some really awesome, NASA pictures of the day. A Place in the Universe This montage of planetary images was taken by spacecraft managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Included are (from top to bottom) … Continue reading
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Live action naqba cartoon
How do the Palestinians commemorate Naqba?With a play, of course. LGF in And now the Nakba dwarf describes the scene. … a malignant dwarf with an automatic rifle, dressed as a stereotype Jew. Snapped Shot (and a h/t for alerting … Continue reading
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Mixed message
Daled Amos asks How long have we been trying to ‘bolster’ Abbas? and answers it showing that bolstering Abbas has been going on for some five years now.One of the actions taken by Israel to bolster Abbas has been to … Continue reading
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Yossi Harel
Yossi Harel the captain who commanded Exodus 1947 died. Here’s an interesting tidbit from the NYT obituary. In a speech in La Jolla, Calif., in 2005, Mr. Harel gave statistics to show that running the British blockade was deadlier than … Continue reading
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When Kim confronted Ehud
Back in December North Korea condemned the Israeli raid on what we now know to be a Syrian nuclear reactor. North Korea lashed out Tuesday at Israel for invading Syrian airspace last Thursday, its official news agency said.”This is a … Continue reading
Extra! Extra! in Abu Dhabi
There’s a new paper in town! ONE of the Middle East’s wealthiest ruling families has a new asset: The National, a newspaper that promises independence from its royal owners.The paper, an English-language daily based in Abu Dhabi, published its first … Continue reading
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Reuters post mortem
Throughout the day Reuters reported: Israeli fire hit a house in the Gaza Strip on Monday while a family was eating breakfast, killing six Palestinians, including four children and their mother, residents and medical officials said. Elder of Ziyon and … Continue reading
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Pariah on pariahs
In Pariah Diplomacy, ex-President Jimmy Carter argues that continued boycotting of Hamas is counter-productive.After enthusiastically cheering on the success of Maoists in Nepal, he turns his attention to the Middle East. The Carter Center had monitored three Palestinian elections, including … Continue reading
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All the hamas news …
The New York Times reported on the Toronto transit strike, Iran vs. Barbie, and a dispute about Champagne.The Times even reported that Khaled Meshaal acknowledged that a truce with Israel is nothing more than a “tactic.” (As if you would … Continue reading
Throwing Bashar a lifeline
via memeorandum Israel Matzav noted that PM Olmert has apparently gone even beyond Ehud Barak’s generous concessions to Syria and promised Bashar Assad the complete Golan even up to the Kinneret. But my question is why now? Why would Olmert … Continue reading
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To build or not to build
Israelis Claim Secret Agreement With U.S. A letter that President Bush personally delivered to then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon four years ago has emerged as a significant obstacle to the president’s efforts to forge a peace deal between the Israelis … Continue reading
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