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
Don’t cry to me
via memeorandum AFP reports on yesterday’s violence on the border with Gaza. Two Israeli civilians and seven Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in an explosion of violence on the Gaza Strip border after Palestinian commandos stormed into Israel.The attack came … Continue reading
Doing the dictator boogie
via memeorandum Lee Smith in TNR argues that talking with the bad guys isn’t a cost free exercise. So, it was not doctrinaire anti-diplomatic tendencies that led the Bush administration to curtail relations with Syria. The administration’s outreach had done … Continue reading
The wisdom of (the) Solomon (project)
via memeorandumForeign Ministry opens Sderot bureau / Neta Sela The group will be taken to view Sderot and Israel’s ‘narrow waistline’ by helicopter in an effort to convey the true meaning of a return to the borders of June 4th … Continue reading
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The very model of a middle east correspondent
Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post is one of those Jerusalem bureau chiefs who have parlayed their time in the Middle East into a book and further fame and fortune. Now the Deputy Editorial Page Editor of the Washington Post, … Continue reading
The wages of moderation
via memeorandum Boker Tov Boulder lists many of the ways that the American government is supporting the terrorist activities of the PA. It’s worth adding that though the administration publicly favors isolating Hamas, in fact even the moderate Fatah has … Continue reading
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Marash speaks out
David Marash who was the American face of Al Jazeera English has an interview where he explains his decision to leave. I find his naivitee about Al Jazeera a bit disconcerting. Still here’s his identification of the point where AJE … Continue reading
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Not right and left
In his first outing as the NY Times correspondent in Israel, Ethan Bronner turns in a reasonably good effort with A Town Under Fire Becomes a Symbol for Israel about life in Sderot.My only real quibble with the article is … Continue reading
Adrift on the editorial page
In Adrift in the Middle East the editors of the NY Times argue: Israel marked Ms. Rice’s visit by agreeing to remove 50 of its roadblocks restricting travel in the West Bank. That leaves 530, roughly the same number as … Continue reading
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Collabarative dissonance
With the recent report that the U.S. monitors concluded that the PA has not been doing what it should to prevent terror, the PA has been making an effort to show that it indeed has been doing all it can … Continue reading
Silence of the NJDC lambs
In the weeks since revelations about Sen. Obama’s relationship with Rev. Wright became known, I was wondering when we’d hear from the National Jewish Democratic Council. Well we’ve finally heard from them on the controversy. That’s right. Silence. (Note: I’m … Continue reading
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Sticks and stones
The New York Times deals with an important issue, that’s slightly masked by the title: Hamas’s Insults to Jews Complicate Peace Effort. The reporter, Steven Erlanger, is actually reporting about incitement not simple insults. Part of the problem is that … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #160: The waffle edition
Haveil Havalim #160 is up at Life In Israel with an excellent sampling of the best of the Jewish/Israel blogosphere of the past week. Of note are posts about the “burqa babes,” the seven samurai and how Judaism is like … Continue reading
It’s hard to be humble
AP publishes a press release for Hamas: Exiled leader: Hamas might is ‘humble’. Khaled Mashaal told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday at his office in Damascus that Hamas’ military capacity is “humble.””The enemy is exaggerating it in an … Continue reading
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Showing a bad risk in a few week’s time
Erekat: Barak busy planning incursions – Jerusalem Post – March 13, 2008 Meanwhile, The Jerusalem Post has learned that Fraser will not publicize the report on compliance with the road map obligations he was expected to present at Friday’s trilateral … Continue reading
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March mideast media madness
Contents The Egyptian Israel media bias watcher Al Jazeera’s Jewish anchor – quits South African sponsored reconciliation radio The Egyptian Israel media bias watcher Adel Darwish wants to change the way Israel is covered in the British media. (h/t ETBuzz) … Continue reading